Chapter 9 Awakening Ritual
For the next three days, Zuo Chengfeng stayed in the Zuo family compound and listened to the adults explaining the things to pay attention to during the awakening ceremony.
He carefully recorded all this knowledge, and he was determined to win this awakening of Yuanli.
There is also a bet with Zuo Yiming. Although it seems to be an indifferent joke to adults, he is very serious and demands that he must not lose.
During this period, he took out a golden token for Zuo Luyang to see, which was found from the two big men who wanted to kill him.
Zuo Luyang told him that this was the token of the exclusive royal family.
When asked where he came from, he only said he picked it up on the road.
But his heart was already in trouble, and he vaguely guessed what was going on.
"Damn old lady, you've finally gotten it done, so come on. I believe this is just the beginning, but I promise to surprise you."
He subconsciously clenched his fists.
The Ancient Ice Field City has been extremely lively these days. Although it is in the courtyard, you can still notice it.
Although the Ancient Ice Field City is an imperial border town and is located at the foot of the Ice Field, it is never cold and desolate here, and can even be described as the word "business".
The ice field is surprisingly rich. There are extremely rare refining material ice crystals here, which are very popular among alchemists. The prices on the market have been very high, so many expedition teams and herb collection teams want to pick a few pieces here and go back.
There are huge ice beasts here, and the ice bears, ice leopards and ice foxes are the most representative.
Ice bear galls and ice leopard bones are great tonics for practitioners. Zuo Chengfeng usually eats this thing, so although his body seems weak, it is actually extremely tough.
Of course, this is also related to his persistence in practicing the Yijin Jing.
No one taught him martial arts and martial arts, so he could only practice the styles taught by Master Fa Ba.
He learned two internal martial arts from Faba, the Yi Jin Sutra and the Marrow Cleansing Sutra, and the practice order of the two is in sequence. Just as the scriptures says, "After the Yi Jin Sutra is finished, it becomes a diamond body", and then he can practice the Marrow Cleansing Sutra. Just the Yi Jin Sutra, if you practice it to a high level, you will be able to keep water and fire from invading and the golden body from extinguishing.
In the past, he always suspected that this scripture was fake, but after practicing, he found that the benefits were endless. The meridians and muscles in his body were being subtly transformed. This discovery made him extremely happy.
So he kept practicing every day, and at the same time he practiced some fists and feet and tricks to capture the wrong bones.
Ice leopard tendons are an important material for refining weapons and alchemy, and are very popular.
Ice fox fur is a precious material for making luxury clothing, and the clothing made with it is sought after by wealthy women.
As they penetrated deep into the heart of the ice field, a large number of ice monsters appeared. The ice monsters' bodies were top-notch food, and the magic crystals formed in their bodies were the basic materials for alchemists to refine pills.
The magic crystals produced by the ice monster here are usually related to the ice attributes, which determines the uniqueness of this thing and is in short supply in the market.
There is a kind of tree growing on the ice field, ice fir. This thing grows slowly but has a hard material, making it an important auxiliary material for making weapons.
There are also some precious medicinal materials growing on the ice field, one of which is called ice lotus fruit. It is said that after being persuaded, the cultivation of the star warrior can be achieved in a flat land, so a large number of practitioners come to try their luck.
It can be said that one-third of the people who went deep into the hinterland of the ice field came for the ice lotus fruit.
It is conceivable how large the people coming to the ice field from all over the empire and even from all over the Xingyuan Continent every year. As a major city to enter the ice field, the only supply site and inn, the status and prosperity of the ancient city of the ice field can be imagined.
So this place became a distribution center for people and goods. As one of the three major local families, the Zuo family owns a large number of family industries, which is no exaggeration to say that it is rich.
As one of the four major events in the empire, the Awakening Ceremony attracted everyone's attention.
The Ancient City of Ice Field is the only place with an Awakening Square in the northern border of the empire. Children aged five to eight who have conditions in the entire border will come to participate. In addition to the accompanying parents, the ancient city suddenly burst.
The ancient city these days is not an exaggeration to describe it as bustling traffic and bustling. All the restaurants and inns are full.
Of course, Zuo Chengfeng didn't have time to see the prosperity of the ancient city. He has been staying in the compound these days to digest the knowledge taught by the adults.
He has never practiced Yuanli, so he has no idea how to condense Yuanqi into Yuanli. He has been making up for the lessons in the past few days, and sharpening his guns in the face of battle is better than not.
Three days passed quickly, and the awakening ceremony began with Zuo Qingfeng's uneasiness.
Under the leadership of the Great Elder and the Second Elder, the Zuo family rushed to the Awakening Square in the center of the city. The streets were crowded with people, shoulder to shoulder.
"Look, isn't that a genius from the Zuo family? It seems that he is called Zuo Yiming. It is said that he can chase Zuo Jiuzhou. There is also that, Zuo Chengfeng, his father has been a general, and I don't know why he was driven out by the court. Tsk tsk, it's a pity, otherwise he would be in a prosperous position now."
"That's right. It is said that Zuo Chengfeng inherited his genes and might be able to become a great general in the future."
"It's also a great general. I heard that he has never practiced and has experienced the wind in the Ice Field all day long. No wonder his father gave him a name called Zuo Chengfeng."
Some people laughed "hahaha".
"Who is right? Maybe he wants to be a hunter. Have you heard of it? The two geniuses of the Zuo family are betting that who can condense the core earlier. Those who lose will have to stay on the ice field for three years and are not allowed to leave one step."
"What if they can't even get out of the core?"
"If you can't even form a core, the people from the Zuo family will squeeze out your egg yolk."
The crowd burst into laughter again.
The Zuo family has long been used to the pointing point of these onlookers, because after all, they are envious and jealous of their family. Can you still not let the sour fox speak?
However, when someone from the Zuo family cast a cold look at the commentators, all of them closed their mouths and looked at their left and right, as if they were saying that the person they were talking just now was not me.
On the square covering an area of thousands of acres, there is a sea of people gathering.
The three major families are the Zuo family, the Mu family, and the Yun family. Although they no longer preside over this year's awakening ceremony, they still left special seats for them in the square. After the patriarchs of the three major families greeted each other, they returned to their seats.
In addition to the people from the three major families, the children of other forces also came to participate. The majority of children from civilian families who could afford the fees were accounted for, and a few slaves who could provide guarantors were also allowed to participate. These people were obviously thinking of making a big comeback.
With the accompanying parents and the crowd watching the fun, the square seemed particularly crowded.
A awakening platform in all directions was temporarily set up at the northernmost end of the square, with a buffalo leather canopy on it.
There are ten hardwood square tables at the forefront of the awakening platform. Behind each table was one person, all wearing blue star warrior costumes, and two star patterns were printed on each person's left chest, which means that these people are star warriors in the realm of enlightenment.
In the Star Origin Realm, the Star Warriors are divided into the entry realm, the Taoist realm, the Hall realm, the Grand Master realm, the King realm, the Saint realm, the Venerable realm, the Supreme realm, Nirvana Supreme realm, the True God realm, etc.
For the convenience of expression, people usually call them first-level star warriors, second-level star warriors...
The gap in strength between star warriors at different levels is like a gap.
Each major realm is divided into ten small realms, and there is also a big gap between them.
The ten second-level star warriors in the square are now the awakening masters, and there are two monitors standing behind each of them to ensure that the entire awakening ceremony is fair.
On each table is a crystal the size of an adult fist. This is the awakening stone, which is made of ice crystals and is very precious.
These awakening stones were distributed uniformly by the empire and must be handed over as they are after use.
It is said that more than 200 awakening stones were used at the awakening ceremony in the imperial capital. The ceremony lasted for three days, which shows the number of people participating in the awakening ceremony each time.
Behind the awakening table, there were two more exquisite tables, and there were two people sitting behind them. Among them, the middle-aged man in official uniforms and stature was Gu Bo, the city lord of the city.
The other person was wearing ordinary casual clothes and was also a middle-aged man with long beards. Since he could be on par with the city lord, even the city lord looked at him with great respect. Everyone guessed that this person should be the representative of the imperial capital.
Around the platform, there was a circle of guards, many of which were star warriors.
The time of the city was over, and the representative of the city lord briefly read out the rules and disciplines, and then announced the beginning of the awakening ceremony. However, the city lord did not give a passionate speech as usual, but just sat there quietly, which made everyone feel a little unreasonable.
Of course, everyone is more concerned about Yuanli Awakening, and now they are all focused on the ten awakening stones. According to convention, the awakening ceremony starts from the three major families.
At this time, a housekeeper from Zuo Family Branch hurried over and came to Zuo Luyang and whispered: "Third Master, it's not good. The ice field has rioted. Several ice peaks have collapsed. I'm afraid..."
"What, the Ice Field Riot?"
Zuo Luyang suddenly became nervous because Xuanhe Peak was sealed with his beloved wife He Yuerong. If the ice peak collapsed, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"Are you sure?"
He asked in a deep voice as he stared into the butler's eyes.
The butler nodded with certainty.
“Wow…”
Zuo Luyang couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, looked at Zuo Chengfeng, pondered for a moment, took out a small nanmu box from his arms and stuffed it to him: "This is Guyuan Dan, the family will allocate one to you, and leave it to take it when needed."
"Father, I'll go with you."
Zuo Chengfeng said anxiously.
Zuo Luyang shook his head: "Just just awaken Yuanli, don't worry about anything else, I'll go and go."
It seems that this is the only way to go now. The disciples of the three major families have already started queuing up.
According to the number of people, the disciples of the Zuo family and the Mu family lined up in front of three tables on the left and right respectively, while the Yun family occupied four tables in the middle.
On the Zuo family, Zuo Yiming is the oldest, ranking first, and Zuo Chengfeng is ranked last.
Looking at Zuo Chengfeng in the back row from afar, Zuo Yiming moved his lips, as if saying, "Wait, don't forget our agreement."
Chapter completed!