Chapter 431: Sacred Platform and Offerings, The Fourth Xianyang Level, Astonishing Talent

The ancestral temple was built along the valley and is located in the deepest part of the inner city.

The temple is 33 meters long, 33 meters wide, and 55 meters high. It is divided into three floors and has a pyramid structure as a whole, but there is no spire. The top floor is a high platform.

The first floor is the Ancestral Hall, where anyone with Does Does Da Xia household registration can enter to set up a monument for sacrifice, so it is logical that this floor occupies the overall space, and the height alone is 35 meters;

The second floor is the Ancestral Hall, which can only be entered by those who have been conferred a title and have the qualification to open a clan. Although Does Does Da Xia currently only has 339 title-conferred people, for the sake of the future, a height of 15 meters was still given during the design, and a total of ten thousand vacant shrines were reserved on the surrounding walls.

The Xiang clan's shrine is located at the top of the Ancestral Hall. Xiang Liang held his son and walked up the ring ladder for less than fifty breaths before he saw the exit on the top floor.

There were not many pedestrians on the ring ladder. Realizing that everyone else was already in place and he was relatively late, Xiang Liang immediately quickened his pace and soon passed through the exit and reached the top floor.

Upon reaching the top floor, Xiang Liang's gaze was immediately attracted by a silver high platform in the middle.

It was a square silver high platform with a side length of five meters, facing east and west. There were nine steps down from the high platform, and it emitted dazzling silver light, which could be seen at a glance that it was made of silver.

On the high platform, there was a rectangular table two meters wide. On the table were ten spirit tablets emitting strong light, divided into three levels from high to low, standing one after another:

The highest one in the middle is written with the two characters "Does Does Da Xia", clearly referring to the entire Does Does Da Xia camp; the next level has five spirit tablets, which are the Great Clan Lord Xia Hong, the Great Clan Matriarch Li Ying Xuan Ling, the Branch Clan Lord Xia Chuan, and the Branch Clan Matriarchs Xiao Ning and Xiao Yu; the last level has four, which are the Great Clan Young Lords Xia Yu Yao and Xia Yu Sheng, and the Branch Clan second-generation descendants Xia Yu Zong and Xia Yu Ning.

All small clan lords must go to the Great Clan Sacred Platform to worship every year, so this is already Xiang Liang's fourth time coming to the Great Clan Sacred Platform. He is not unfamiliar with the high platform, the table, and the ten spirit tablets on the table.

What really attracted him at this moment were the offerings placed in front of the table.

Xia Li did not set strict requirements on the specifications of the offerings for the ancestral festival, as long as the five items of three animals, five fruits, yellow candles, spirit wine, and spirit pills were prepared.

But first, it is a sacrifice after all, and the better the offerings prepared, the more pious the offerer is; second, the Secretary Xia Chuan once publicly said that all spirit tablets will increase in spirituality as the number of offerings increases, and will produce more other wonderful uses in the future; third, Does Does Da Xia's products are rich, and offerings are not disposable items. After the sacrifice, these things can still be used normally.

With these three factors, when everyone prepares offerings, as long as their financial resources allow, they are certainly prepared to the highest specifications.

For example, Xiang Liang himself, the offerings prepared by Wang Yuxiu for him just now, the three animals are all high-level beast meat, the five fruits are the five most expensive fruits in the Camp Needs Department at present, the spirit pills are also the best sixth-level pills, and the spirit wine is also the three kinds of high-grade spirit wine he specially exchanged from the Camp Needs Department.

Except for yellow candles that can only use two per person, the other four kinds of offerings are basically the best his wife can do within her ability.

Even he, a ninth-rank Ying Xuan Ling Viscount, can use these offerings, not to mention other people with higher titles and more abundant financial resources.

As for the Lord's family, that is, the offerings used in the Great Clan sacrifice, they are almost at the ceiling level.

If he remembers correctly, the three animals used in the Great Clan sacrifice last year were directly the best piece of meat from three different beast-king-level cold beasts; the five fruits, spirit wine, and spirit pills were all top-notch treasures not open to the public by the Camp Needs Department; and yellow candles were directly prepared with 10.

And this year, the five kinds of offerings placed on the high platform are even more exaggerated than last year.

The first tray directly placed three cold beasts, namely the Blood Jade Fox, the Fire Stone Tiger, and the Green Thunder Roar. Their body lengths are all under half a meter, and their pupils are distinct in black and white, which are very obvious beast-king-level characteristics;

The spirit fruits, spirit pills, and spirit wine placed on the second tray are mostly things Xiang Liang has never seen before. There are more than ten kinds of pills alone, totaling thousands, all of which are the most precious sixth-level spirit pills in the camp at present, not to mention the countless spirit fruits and spirit wine;

Finally, there are yellow candles. Hundreds of yellow candles filled the entire table, illuminating the entire high platform, adding a few more brilliance and luxury to the already incomparable silver light.

"Lord Xiang, long time no see!"

Xiang Liang was looking at the offerings on the high platform in a daze, completely unaware that an old man in his seventies, with a middle-aged man, had walked to his side. Hearing the voice, he came back to his senses, turned his head to see the two, and immediately showed a smile on his face, bowing to return the salute:

"Old Bai, long time no see!"

The visitor is none other than Bai Shanqiu, who performed a lurking mission with him the year before last, and his eldest son Bai Yuming.

"Yuming, pay respects to Lord Xiang!"

"Brother Bai, no need to be polite, please get up quickly."

Seeing Bai Yucheng, who is more than ten years older than him, bowing to him, Xiang Liang subconsciously wanted to reach out to help him up, but he was holding his son Xiang Chong in his arms, so he could only helplessly raise his hand to return the salute.

Xiang Liang and Bai Shanqiu lurked in Dajue Temple for nearly two years, using the father-son identity, and had already established a life-and-death friendship. Although the choices of the two after being conferred titles were completely different, the relationship was firmly established, and the two families were also very familiar with each other.

Bai Shanqiu has three sons and one daughter, all of whom have started a family. The eldest son is the Bai Yucheng in front of him, who is already forty-one years old this year. Bai Yucheng is not only older than him, but his strength of 19 manes is far above him.

This is Xiang Liang's embarrassment at present. Whether it is the ninth-rank title or the Deputy Penal Officer position, according to his current strength of 13 manes, it is actually far from qualified.

According to his preliminary understanding, among the 339 title-conferred people in Does Does Da Xia, the strength is generally above 25 manes, and those with 20 manes are very, very few. Even Bai Shanqiu, who was conferred a title at the same time as him and had no combat body aptitude, has a strength of 16 manes.

So, his ninth-rank Ying Xuan Ling Viscount is at the bottom of all title-conferred people in terms of strength.

The embarrassment lies here. Those who are stronger than him, as long as they are not conferred a title, according to Xia Li's regulations, they must call him Lord when they meet, and they must take the initiative to salute.

No wonder the Secretary gave him a green light to open the Martial Arts Pavilion for two months before he took office last year. If he really took office as the Deputy Penal Officer of Hong Sect with a strength of 6 manes, it is estimated that even the person guarding the door would be stronger than him, which would be really embarrassing.

Fortunately, in the more than half a year since he took office in Hong Sect, Xiang Liang had already encountered many such embarrassing scenes, so he didn't take it to heart at this moment.

Bai Shanqiu also saw his embarrassment and hurriedly changed the subject with a smile: "The specifications of the offerings this year are completely different from previous years, Lord Xiang discovered it, right?"

Xiang Liang nodded immediately in response, seeing Bai Shanqiu showing a hint of mystery, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Could it be that besides the hair-pinning ceremony of the two Great Clan Young Lords, is there anything more important today?"

Bai Shanqiu smiled and nodded, then leaned closer and lowered his voice: "Old man has always been in Xia City, so I got some wind. I heard that the Lord might leave seclusion today. These offerings were specially ordered by the Secretary to be prepared in advance. In my opinion, the Lord must be going to perform some great means again. These offerings might have better effects than previous years."

Hearing this, Xiang Liang's face suddenly showed a hint of excitement.

Half of the offerings used in the Great Clan sacrifice every year will be taken out and distributed to all small clans. Xiang Liang received a portion last year, so he knows it very well.

Unlike them, these small clans, the offerings used in the Great Clan sacrifice will get an extremely strong increase in effect.

For example, beast meat, the meat of beast kings, because it contains too much energy, can only be used as medicine under normal circumstances. If you want to take it directly, you must have at least Cold-Resisting level cultivation. And the offering beast meat that has gone through the sacrifice process will have its energy expand more than ten times again. The cultivation increase effect obtained by Cold-Resisting level after taking it is five or six times stronger than the Yangyuan Pill;

Beast blood is the same. The blood of beast kings can help the Earth-Digging Realm limit improve combat body aptitude, while the offering beast blood that has gone through the sacrifice process will also have a five to six times effect increase;

And spirit pills and spirit wine are all the same!

The distribution of offerings in previous years was based on the title level. The higher the title, the more things you get. Xiang Liang is the lowest ninth-rank title, and he only received 10 jin of beast meat, 3 jin of beast blood, 1 jin of spirit wine, and 5 Yangyuan Pills last year.

Xiang Liang received offerings for the first time last year. After experiencing it, he immediately realized why those title-conferred people in Does Does Da Xia improved their strength so much faster than others.

He used those four kinds of offerings, beast meat, spirit wine, and Yangyuan Pills, and only kept the beast blood, intending to use it for his brother Xiang Yan and sister Xiang Rong when they impact combat body aptitude.

He can receive it again this year, and judging from the situation, it is highly likely that he will receive more than last year. Combined with what Bai Shanqiu said, the effect this year might be better, Xiang Liang's heart is naturally excited.

"It's almost time, the Secretary is coming soon, hurry up and find a seat to stand well!"

Hearing Bai Shanqiu's reminder, Xiang Liang hurriedly suppressed the excitement in his heart, looked around the Sacred Platform, saw that everyone was standing according to the title level, and immediately followed Bai Shanqiu to find a position in the back and stand well.

Except for the Secretary Xia Chuan who presided over the ancestral festival tonight, and the two Great Clan descendants Xia Yu Zong and Xia Yu Ning, the remaining three hundred small clan lords and the clan elders they brought all stood in five rows strictly according to the title level.

There is only one person in the first row, which is Director Yu Wen Tao, the Secretary of the Military Department, who was promoted to the fifth-rank Golden Palace Viscount with the Secretary at the beginning of the year. Director Yu Wen Tao is not married, so naturally there is no clan elder, so there is only one person;

There are not many sixth-rank Purple Electric Viscounts in the second row, there are four pairs of fathers and sons in total, namely Yuan Cheng Yuan Shao, Xu Ning Xu Cheng, Qiu Peng Qiu Hong, Luo Yuan Luo An, plus a lonely Li Tiancheng;

There are slightly more seventh-rank Green Underworld Viscounts in the third row, the same father-son combination, Yue Feng Yue Yuan, Lin Kai Lin Shou, Lu Yang Lu Yuzhou, Liu Yuan Liu Che, Mu Dong Mu Yan, Cheng Feng Cheng Luan, Bai Dongying Bai Yaochen, Zhao Long Zhao Yuanwu, Hong Guang Hong Yu, Meng Yi Meng Ao... a total of 27 pairs;

There are more eighth-rank Red Sky Viscounts in the fourth row, Li Yuankun Li Tiandu father and son, Shi Ping Shi Da father and son, Chen Yingyuan Chen Yuan father and son, Peng Bo Peng Zu grandfather and grandson, Hong Tian Hong Ning father and son, Zhu Yuan Zhu Ying father and son, Zhao Hu Zhao Yuankong father and son, Zhao Bao Zhao Yuankang father and son... a total of 61 pairs;

The remaining fifth row are all ninth-rank Viscounts, totaling 241 pairs, similar to the people in the first four rows, the vast majority are father-son or grandfather-grandson combinations, and those who have not started a family are very few.

"There are 339 title-conferred people in total, and there are only 336 present here. It should be that the titles of Huang Yong, Zhu Ling, and Ying Xuan have not been successfully inherited by their descendants, so they are not qualified to come up."

Xiang Liang's gaze swept over the people in the front row, seeing the cold beast patterns on their clothes, a strong fighting spirit rose in his eyes.

Ancestral festival must be attended in grand attire, so what everyone wears is naturally the title clothing bestowed when the title was conferred. Does Does Da Xia's ninth-rank title clothing, color, style, and material are all the same, all are dark red wide-sleeved Xia clothing.

What is used to distinguish the title level is the cold beast pattern embroidered on the back of the title clothing.

Ninth-rank Snow Mane, Eighth-rank Frost Wolf, Seventh-rank Demon Sheep, Sixth-rank Teng Jiao, Fifth-rank Lei Kui, Fourth-rank Demon Antelope, Third-rank Fire Tiger, Second-rank Blood Fox, First-rank Zhu Hong.

Xiang Liang has tasted the various benefits of being conferred a title, and naturally he is full of thoughts about continuing to climb up. A ninth-rank Ying Xuan Ling Viscount is by no means his end.

"Those three beast kings seem to have been killed just now, do you see it?"

"It's true, I didn't pay attention just now, the blood of the wound hasn't dried yet."

"Three beast kings, has the Lord left seclusion?"

"It must be! Except for the Lord, who has this ability?" ===== CHAPTER 432 =====