On top of Yao Mountain, Ji Hao built an altar with red jade shavings mixed with essence flame iron.
The round-shaped altar was ninety meters tall, divided into nine layers. After being burned by the Gold Crow flame, the altar had become a seamless whole, without even the slightest crack. Po helped Ji Hao by carving the ancient Gold Crow painting on the altar. Countless magic talismans were hidden on the altar, and every single one of those talismans had an earth-shaking power.
Ji Hao filled the middle of the altar with a large number of top-grade fire magic crystals, then cut his own wrist and let his Senior Magus spirit blood soak the entire altar.
Mr. Crow screamed out loud while his body expanded to hundreds of meters long. He flapped his pair of wings and rose straight into the sky, leaving a fiery streak of light in the sky. Within a blink of an eye, he reached tens of thousands of miles high in the sky. Mr. Crow's feathers turned blood-red, with large amounts of golden light spurting out from his feathers. He opened his beak and inhaled towards the sun in the sky. Instantly, countless beams of essence sun light gathered over from all directions, being swallowed by Mr. Crow.
Mr. Crow had been following Ji Hao for all these years, listening to Ji Hao and Po's discussions about the great Dao. From time to time, he would gain a few magic pills from Ji Hao and Po. Therefore, his ancient Gold Crow bloodline had already been fully awakened. Once he became more powerful and grew his third claw, he would become a living Gold Crow.
Mr. Crow had mastered quite a few of the special abilities that Gold Crows should have. Devouring the essence sun light and condensing the seed of sun fire was one of them.
Staying in the air for a small half an hour, a tiny seed of essence sun fire burst out from Mr. Crow's belly. Mr. Crow's entire body released a raging fire, descending from the sky like a fiery shooting star. He opened his beak and breathed this tiny seed of essence sun fire into the middle of the altar.
The large number of top-grade fire magic crystals that Ji Hao had filled in the altar were immediately ignited by the essence sun fire. The golden-red flame swooshed up to hundreds of meters high, rolling Ji Hao's Senior Magus spirit blood into the altar.
Ji Hao stood on the altar, spread his arms and silently incanted a spell that was passed down through generations of Gold Crow Clan to summon ghosts and gods, and to worship the souls of ghosts and gods. Gusts of fierce wind roared over from every corner of Yao Mountain. Visible, countless hazy mountain gods and water ghosts were faintly visible in the fierce wind.
These strangely shaped creatures floated in the air, silently looking down at Ji Hao.
Ji Hao connected with the world with a spell. Emperor Shun's conferring scroll floated above his head, with the human emperor's seal shining brightly on the scroll, announcing to all ghosts and gods in this world that Ji Hao had become the owner of this world.
Ji Hao's spirit blood was burned by the fire on the altar, transformed into strands of spirit blood power, and rose into the sky. Those mountain gods and water ghosts opened their mouths and swallowed the spirit blood, silently memorizing its smell.
From now on, only Ji Hao and the people who had the same bloodline as Ji Hao could be recognized by the Ghost God of this world, and be protected by the Ghost God of this world.
"My name is Ji Hao. I was granted the title of Earl Yao in Yao Mountain. My bloodline originates from the Gold Crow Clan of the Southern Wasteland, and I have inherited the power of the ancient three-legged Gold Crow. Ji Hao held a bronze stamper with both of his hands, bit his tongue tip broken and sprayed a stream of spirit blood onto the stamper, then raised the stamper high, showing it to those mountain gods and water ghosts floating above his head.
"Ghost God of this world, after receiving my stamper, you will be worshiped by the people of Earl Yao for generations to come!" Ji Hao showed his own stamper to let those mountain gods and water ghosts memorize the style of his stamper. After that, he gave his order. Following his order, Zhamu and a large group of warriors drove over groups of livestock one after another.
Blade lights dazzled across the air, and those large livestock, which were sealed by a magic seal, fell to the ground one after another. Large streams of blood were rolled up by a fierce gale, flying into the sky. Those mountain gods and water ghosts laughed delightfully, opening their mouths and ceaselessly devouring the spirit blood and souls of those livestock.
Receiving the blood offerings, the figures of these mountain gods and water ghosts instantly became much clearer, and the twisted looks on their faces eased up a lot as well.
The tens of most powerful mountain gods and water ghosts spread their arms. Dim light spots drifted down from their bodies and merged with the bodies of over ten million people kneeling around Yao Mountain. These people only felt that their bodies were floating in the air for a short while, after which, both their bodies and souls suddenly felt strangely peaceful.
Kneeling on the ground, they felt that the connection between Yao Mountain and themselves grew even closer.
During the past half a year, although they had built houses, opened up farmlands and started a new life in Yao Mountain, they always felt that they were like guests from the outside, and that this place hadn't completely accepted them.
However, after Ji Hao built the altar and ignited the fire of offering to the ghosts and gods in the world, these ghosts and gods enjoyed the offerings and gave their blessings to the people living in this area, all of a sudden, an indescribable connection was established between these people and this area.
They had already become the people of this place, and had truly rooted themselves in this place.
From now on, no matter if they went into the woods or into the rivers, they would always be under the protection of these mountain gods and water ghosts. Except for some extremely ferocious beasts, none of the other poisonous beasts would attack them on their own initiative. Therefore, the safety of these mountain gods and water ghosts had been raised largely.
On the altar, Ji Hao left seals on the jade boards one after another with his own seal. The jade boards flew up into the sky one after another, merging with the bodies of those mountain gods and water ghosts. Since then, these mountain gods and water ghosts were officially recognized by the humankind. They protected human beings, and the alliance of human clans protected them as well.
After being officially conferred by Ji Hao as Earl Yao, in Yao Mountain territory, no one was allowed to attack these mountain gods and water ghosts. Otherwise, it would be seen as a challenge to Ji Hao's authority and the entire alliance of human clans.
Through this ancient and sacred ceremony, Ji Hao's territory and these mountain gods and water ghosts had formed a symbiotic alliance.
After enjoying the fresh blood and being conferred by Ji Hao, these mountain gods and water ghosts satisfyingly transformed into fierce gusts of wind and dissipated in the mountains.
The fire of offering was blazing. Ji Hao stood on the altar, looking down at the tens of millions of people kneeling down under Yao Mountain.
All Ji Hao's people kneeled down and kowtowed to Ji Hao, loudly shouting 'Earl Yao' and 'leader'.
An overwhelming power of faith raised a fierce gale, ceaselessly gathering towards Ji Hao's body.
Ji Hao felt that he was instantly refreshed. His mind became incomparably clear, and the life-force released from his body had become especially agile. Even his connection with this world had become many times smoother than before. Normally, when he studied magic formation with Po, quite a few difficult questions that he couldn't figure out before were suddenly solved. Ji Hao only felt that he was so stupid that he spent so many days on such a simple question!
Tens of millions of people had their eyes fixed on Ji Hao, on their Earl Yao, on their landowner, and on their leader.
They devoutly worshiped Ji Hao, praying that he could bring them happiness, let them live and work in peace and contentment, and let their families be full of children and grandchildren.
Po stood aside, smilingly looking at Ji Hao, nodded and said, "Brother, you've already understood the benefits of the natural fortune and faith of the humankind, haven't you?"
A shooting star descended from the sky. Along with a deafening roar of wind and clouds, a thousands of meters tall divine God trod on a cloud and landed on the top of Yao Mountain. He popped out his eyes, looked at Ji Hao and asked loudly, "You're Earl Yao? Are you the one who's building the city? "
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