The Mountain Opening Ceremony offered sacrifices to both the Heavens and the people.
After the Great Calamity of ancient times, the Land of West Chu was filled with wilderness and dense forests. Vicious beasts and evil spirits were everywhere. Not to mention being suitable for ordinary people to live in, even if martial artists entered it, few could survive.
The current West Chu had gone through tens of thousands of years of arduous reclamation by their predecessors. Only then did it have its current flourishing appearance.
Therefore, every time the Mountain Opening Ceremony was held, apart from offering sacrifices to the Heavens, it also had to offer sacrifices to the ancestors who had painstakingly paved the way for the future generations.
On the hillside behind the Dong Family's residence, a huge table was placed in the center. The crowd stood in the back, and only the people of the Dong Family stood beside the table.
On those huge tables were not the three animals used by ordinary people to offer sacrifices. Instead, there were ferocious beasts, tigers, leopards, and so on. Moreover, they were all alive.
At this time, a wizened old sorcerer wearing colorful clothes and a ferocious ghost mask walked to the center of those tables and began to dance. Although it looked somewhat comical, it gave off a simple and desolate feeling.
The Land of West Chu was popular in the Ghost God Witchcraft Technique. The Moon Worshipping Cult was the master of this technique.
Even if the Dong Family belonged to the Nine Great Families and was considered a righteous sect, they would rather believe in these traditional things than not.
As the old warlock danced, he sang something in an incomprehensible language. As his singing spread, the tigers, leopards, and beasts that were struggling strangely became unusually obedient, like cats.
At this time, the other warriors of the Dong Family walked over with sharp blades in their hands and started to bleed the beasts. Even if they saw their own blood flowing, the beasts could only stare blankly at it. Their bodies twitched, but they didn't resist at all.
As the old sorcerer's singing and dancing stopped, the blood of the beasts also flowed out and gathered in the center, unexpectedly turning into a very strange blood-red rune, mysterious and evil.
Dong Qikun raised his wine bowl to the sky and said loudly, "A toast to the Heavens, bless my Dong Family's safety."
His internal force erupted, and the wine in the bowl evaporated into the air.
Dong Qikun poured another bowl of wine on the ground and said loudly, "A toast to the Heavens, bless my Dong Family's harvest."
Finally, Dong Qikun forced out a drop of his blood and poured it on the ground. He said in a deep voice, "A toast to the Ancestors, bless my Dong Family's prosperity for generations!"
After three bowls of wine, Dong Qikun said in a deep voice, "The Mountain Opening Ceremony is complete. Everyone, bless my Dong Family's safety!"
With these words, the members of the Dong Clan took the lead and walked into the pitch-black forest that was densely covered by trees.
Chu Xiu and the others looked at each other, before following the crowd into the undeveloped desolate land.
Chu Xiu and others looked at each other and followed the crowd into the Mountain.
It was unknown how the trees in the West Chu Land grew, but they were over thirty feet tall. Some of the giant trees were so thick that it would take several people to wrap their arms around them.
There were dense trees everywhere. Even if you flew up into the sky, you wouldn't be able to see what was inside.
Therefore, during the Opening Ceremony, members of the Dong Clan would bring all kinds of tools and leave marks in this area. Then, they would sweep through the entire area and record which places were safe and where there were mineral resources. After that, they would cut down the valuable trees in these areas and pave the way. From then on, this area would be the Dong Clan's territory.
Compared to the lands of Northern Yan and Eastern Qi, the various powers of West Chu also competed with each other, but it was not as intense.
The remaining land is so big. If you want it, you can rely on your own strength to cut down the forest and bear the danger. There is no need to fight with others.
Of course, this is just a normal method. In fact, there are many dangers in this forest. All kinds of strange poisonous insects and fierce beasts are just a small path. The most difficult to deal with are the evil creatures left behind from ancient times.
Chu Xiu, Fang Qi Shao, Lu Fengxian, and Xie Xiaolou walked together. Apart from Chu Xiu and Lu Fengxian, who were seriously exploring, Fang Qi Shao and Xie Xiaolou were somewhat absent-minded.
Seventh Young Master Fang casually waved his hand, and a stream of sword Qi sliced a dark green little snake that was about to pounce on them while hiding in the dead leaves. He said lazily, "I say, let's just walk around for a bit and then we'll get out of here. Aside from the beginning when they performed the Great Shaman Dance, what else is there to look at in this deep mountain forest?"
For rogue cultivators, even if they didn't find any ancient treasures, there were still many rare flowers and herbs that could be harvested for medicinal purposes.
But for Fang Qi Shao, he was the successor of Swordking City. How could he lack these things?
Even if a Fifth Revolution or Sixth Revolution Spirit Herb was at his feet, he wouldn't even bother to pick it.
Chu Xiu cast a glance at Seventh Young Master Fang. This guy's mouth is really a big problem. He actually described the solemn Mountain Opening Ceremony of the Dong Clan as a dance. If these words were heard by the people of the Dong Clan, they would definitely fight him to the death.
"Dong Family's Opening Mountain Ceremony covers such a large area. What if we find some ancient ruins? Although there are some things we can't take away, even if we can take away one or two of them, it won't be a wasted trip. "
Chu Xiu said calmly as he walked in a certain direction.
Chu Xiu didn't know where the Ancient Demon God Lv Wenhou's inheritance land was. However, he knew the specific location according to the original plot.
Although Chu Xiu didn't know some of the details, he just had to deal with it when the time came.
In the original plot, Lu Fengxian's strength was almost the same as it was now. He could obtain the inheritance by himself. Now that Chu Xiu joined them, their chances should be higher.
Fang Qi Shao shrugged his shoulders. In any case, he wasn't interested in most of the inheritances. He didn't even care about some of the Sword Daos in Swordking City, let alone the others.
After walking in the direction according to his memory for nearly a day and a half, Fang Qi Shao started to get impatient.
He came here to join in the fun. However, apart from the Opening Mountain Ceremony, which was a bit interesting, they spent the rest of the time wandering in the barren mountains and forests. Occasionally, they would kill some fierce beasts and roast them. However, due to their poor cooking skills, the roast beasts didn't taste good. Therefore, Fang Qi Shao started to get annoyed.
Just as Fang Qi Shao was getting impatient and was about to leave, Lu Fengxian suddenly said, "Something's wrong."
Chu Xiu nodded. Fang Qi Shao also nodded with rapt attention. Only Xie Xiao Lou was confused and asked, "What's wrong?"
Chu Xiu pointed to the front and said, "The sound."
Xie Xiao Lou immediately reacted. Indeed, the sound was a bit wrong.
Although there was no aura coming from the front, it was completely silent.
It had to be known that in the West Chu Jungle, there were countless fierce beasts, snakes, and insects. There would definitely be all kinds of sounds coming from there.
However, there was only silence in front of them. There was only one possibility. There was a very terrifying existence in front of them. The aura it emitted made the sensitive snakes, insects, and fierce beasts not dare to approach.
Chu Xiu and the others looked at each other. At this time, even Fang Qi Shao became interested. Chu Xiu said in a deep voice, "Be careful."
The few of them nodded and headed in that direction.
After walking for around four hours, Chu Xiu and the others could feel that something was wrong. The pressure in front of them was getting stronger and stronger. Especially the ground under their feet was filled with a dark red color, as if blood had dyed the ground red.
Continuing forward, the trees became sparser and a strange thing appeared in front of them. It was strange to the point that Chu Xiu and the others didn't know how to describe it.
It was a giant building that was thousands of meters tall. It was like a giant bowl that was upside down on the ground. In one direction, there was a giant wordless stone tablet.
If this thing was shrunk a thousand times, everyone would be very familiar with it. This was a tomb, a huge tomb, a tomb that suppressed a Demon God!
This was the tomb of the ancient Demon God Lu Wenhou. It couldn't even be called a tomb, because it was not used to bury Lu Wenhou, but rather used by his enemies to suppress him.
The history of the ancient times was extremely chaotic. There were many legends about the life of the Demon God Lu Wenhou, but no one knew the real situation.
But now, people could be sure that Lu Wenhou was not a good person. A good person would not be called a Demon God.
In the past, many experts besieged Lu Wenhou and his subordinates. It was said that Lu Wenhou's cultivation was extremely high. He had cultivated the Nine Heavens Fiend Golden Body to the level of Immortal Demon Body. Broken limbs could be regenerated, and even beheaded could be used to kill enemies.
So, even if people killed Lu Wenhou, they couldn't guarantee that he was really dead. So, they deliberately built such a big tomb to suppress Lu Wenhou and his subordinates, so that they could never be reincarnated. It could be said that it was very vicious, but it also showed how terrifying Lu Wenhou was.
Fang Qi Shao looked at the big tomb and murmured, "What is this thing? The key is, how do we enter it? "
Since this big tomb was originally prepared to suppress Lu Wenhou, it naturally didn't leave any entrance. The surroundings were sealed, not even a gap was left.
Chu Xiu glanced at the other side of the big tomb and said lightly, "Don't worry, people have already started. Just follow behind them."
When Chu Xiu and the others arrived at the other side of the big tomb, they found Dong Qikun leading dozens of martial artists of the Dong Clan, Qiao Liandong, and another Martial Dao Grand Master were already studying how to enter the tomb. However, after much discussion, they could only come up with the conclusion that they should attack by force.
But this big tomb was still very exciting for Dong Qikun and the others. Although Chu Xiu was the only one present who knew what was buried in it, others could tell that it was absolutely not an ordinary thing just by looking at its size and the power it exuded.
Even if it was a major power like the Dong Family, they wouldn't always have a harvest in every Opening Ceremony. This time, only a few days had passed since the Opening Ceremony, and they had already discovered such an ancient ruin. Dong Qikun really thought that it was the blessing of the ancestors.
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