You Do It, the Offering to the God Begins

However, these large tribes did not exercise this right during the annual sacrificial rites.

For some unknown reason, the Fire-Wielding Tribe suddenly wanted the Heavenly Ox Tribe and other smaller tribes to participate in the grand sacrificial ceremony this time.

The Heavenly Ox Shaman was quite helpless.

Going to participate in the grand sacrificial ceremony meant that their own Heavenly Ox Tribe rites would be impossible.

Going to participate in the great sacrifice was a minor matter.

But delaying the Heavenly Ox Tribe's sacrificial ceremony was a serious matter.

On this day, the Heavenly Ox Tribe would offer all their year's worth of sacrifices to the Heavenly Ox God.

In exchange for the blessing of the Heavenly Ox God.

That year, the Heavenly Ox Tribe also suffered a natural disaster, which nearly led to its extinction.

Offering sacrifices to the gods is even more necessary.

If it is not possible to hold a religious ceremony...

This year is likely to be filled with bad luck.

Heavenly Ox Shaman turned to look at Li Yunjing beside him.

"True Person Li, we are going to the Fire-Wielding Tribe to participate in the Grand Sacrifice. The Sacrifice of the Heavenly Ox Tribe will be entrusted to you."

Li Yunjing was thinking about something.

Hearing the words of the Heavenly Ox Shaman, he immediately came to his senses.

"What? You're giving it to me?" Li Yunjing was somewhat taken aback.

Does the Heavenly Ox Shaman really trust himself that much?

Originally, Li Yunjing Li Yunjing was unwilling to preside over the sacrificial ceremony.

It was only after the Heavenly Ox Shaman and Flame strongly persuaded them, and the Heavenly Ox Shaman promised to help,

Li Yunjing then agreed.

The Heavenly Ox Shaman and Flame are about to leave for the Fire-Wielding Tribe.

Let Li Yunjing preside over the sacrificial ceremony alone.

If something goes wrong, the delays are the least of our worries.

Angering the Heavenly Ox God would be a serious matter.

Li Yunjing didn't believe he could stop the Heavenly Ox God.

"True Person Li, I believe in you." The Heavenly Ox Shaman patted Li Yunjing on the shoulder.

Li Yunjing was speechless.

What do you mean by believing in yourself?

Just as he was about to refuse, the Heavenly Ox Shaman didn't give Li Yunjing the chance.

Turning around, he and Yan walked and talked, preparing to attend the great sacrificial ceremony.

Seeing this, Li Yunjing felt utterly helpless.

That Heavenly Ox Shaman decided to preside over the sacrificial ceremony himself.

Forced into a situation.

Li Yunjing thought to himself.

However, compared to presiding over the sacrificial ceremony himself,

Li Yunjing was even more worried about something else.

What Sikong Ying said, could it be true?

Sikong Ying had previously mentioned that he had received information that the leader of the Fire-Wielding Tribe and the sorcerer had fallen into demonic ways.

Li Yunjing didn't really believe it at first.

However, the unusual actions of the Fire-Wielding Tribe at the moment aroused Li Yunjing's suspicion.

There's no other reason than that the Fire-Wielding Tribe suddenly decided to hold a grand sacrificial ceremony.

The Heavenly Ox Shaman said that the Fire-Wielding Tribe had never held a grand sacrificial ceremony since its founding, until today.

The sudden change, coupled with what they had heard before,

It's hard not to make Li Yunjing overthink things.

It's like someone who's been a vegetarian since childhood suddenly developing a liking for meat.

Li Yunjing wanted to go and explain the matter to Sikong Ying.

However, Sikong Ying was nowhere to be seen at this moment.

After asking around among the Immortal Alliance members, Li Yunjing learned that Sikong Ying had left the Heavenly Ox Tribe.

He went to discuss it with the other members of the Immortal Alliance.

Left with no other option, Li Yunjing asked the Immortal Alliance disciple if he could contact Sikong Ying.

Unfortunately, it's not possible.

After asking around, no one could contact Sikong Ying.

Li Yunjing could only ask these people if they knew where Sikong Ying would meet with the other members of the Immortal Alliance.

Fortunately, one of the deacons was clear-headed.

Li Yunjing immediately sent the Immortal Alliance steward to find Sikong Ying.

Have this steward inform Sikong Ying of the changes in the Fire-Wielding Tribe.

When Sikong Ying hears about the Fire-Wielding Tribe, he will definitely think of what he said before.

After the steward left, Li Yunjing felt a little more at ease.

"I hope I'm just overthinking it," Li Yunjing said.

At this point, the time for the sacrificial ceremony had arrived.

Pan found Li Yunjing and asked Li Yunjing to preside over the sacrificial ceremony.

Li Yunjing nodded and followed Pan to the huge stone statue of the Heavenly Ox Tribe.

Upon arriving in front of the stone statue, Li Yunjing saw an even older man.

The old man leaned on Root Bone cane; his hair was thinning, and his skin was loose and sagging.

Pan and Li Yunjing exchanged a few words.

Through Liu Yiyi's translation, Li Yunjing finally learned the old man's identity.

This was the previous shaman of the Heavenly Ox Tribe.

He wasn't originally going to participate in this sacrificial ceremony.

I'm too old; I simply don't have the strength anymore.

But it was Yan and the Heavenly Ox Shaman who left the Heavenly Ox Tribe.

Li Yunjing was once again forced into this situation, and Heavenly Ox Shaman was not unreasonable.

The only option is to invite the previous shaman to come out of seclusion and help Li Yunjing.

Li Yunjing breathed a sigh of relief; with the senior figure around, he wasn't so worried.

Go forward and speak with the previous shaman.

Although the previous shaman of the Heavenly Ox Tribe was very old, he was not yet blind or slurred his speech.

He also speaks the official language of Great Qiu, though not as fluently as Yan, but fortunately, communication is not a problem.

Li Yunjing also learned his name.

Li Shan.

Li is his surname, and Shan is his given name.

The reason he didn't use "Tian Niu" as his surname was due to his social status.

The barbarians in the Hundred Yue Mountain generally only have one given name and no surname.

Even if they have a surname, it is the name of their own tribe.

Only those barbarians who held high enough status and made significant contributions were allowed to have their own surnames.

And this surname was not chosen by himself.

Instead, they consulted the gods, who bestowed it upon them.

For a barbarian, this was an honor he could take with him to the grave.

Every barbarian takes pride in having his own surname.

Moreover, this surname can be passed down.

Having a name and surname allows one to branch out and spread.

Gradually, they will form an organization similar to Lineage.

Li Yunjing and Li Shan talked for a while.

The ritual then officially began, with Li Shan instructing Li Yunjing on what to do.

Li Yunjing had been taught a lesson by the Heavenly Ox Shaman before.

Now, with further guidance, they are even more familiar with the steps of the sacrificial ceremony.

The first step in worshipping the gods is to write a celestial book.

The contents of this celestial book are quite varied.

First, we must express our gratitude to the gods; second, we must explain the situation of the Heavenly Ox Tribe; and third, we must state our hopes for the coming year, wishing to receive blessings from the gods, and so on.

Originally, the task of writing the celestial book should have been undertaken by Li Shan.

He was a shaman, primarily responsible for Spirit Communication.

Even when Li Yunjing presided over the sacrificial ceremony, it was still the same.

However, Li Shan was too old to write.

Therefore, Li Shan could only dictate, and Li Yunjing would write it down.

The script used to write the celestial book was an High Antiquity etched script.

In other words, Li Yunjing studied under Nangong Chengyu for a period of time.

Otherwise, I really couldn't have written it.

Several minutes later, Li Yunjing finally finished writing the celestial script.

After writing the heavenly book, a great fire was lit, and the heavenly book, offerings, and other items were burned as offerings to the gods.

Within the flames, the gods will respond.

Pan directed the remaining Heavenly Ox Tribe to start a fire.

This fire was no ordinary fire.

The firewood used for tending the fire consisted of bones and blood from various Demon Beast Demon Beast that had undergone special processing by the Heavenly Ox Tribe.

This originates from the distant era before the Five Provinces appeared in Tianyuan.

Blood sacrifices were common at that time.

The barbarians in the Hundred Yue Mountain hunt Demon Beast, and some even kill people directly.

This is done to please the gods.

However, blood sacrifices were gradually abolished later.

However, it still has some impact.

The current methods of worshipping gods evolved from blood sacrifice.

They arranged all the Demon Beast bones and poured a lot of Demon Beast blood on them.

Pan picked up the torch and threw it over.

The Demon Beast's blood was like oil; it ignited instantly upon contact with the flames.

In the blink of an eye,

A large fire erupted, scorching the surrounding area.