The corridors and cloisters of the temple, every few dozen steps away, there is a row of oil lamps, forming a colonnade with round pillars, and the lintel above shines brightly. The pillars are decorated with gilded bronze shields, various ornaments, and decorative carvings of rare birds and flowers; The middle ridge decoration belt made of white marble decorative panels has continuous relief sculptures describing the content of the myth of Mount Mi. On the gable walls at the top of the east and west temples, there are reliefs carved with warriors riding on two giant elephants pulling a chariot, and Rhine warriors lying sideways wiping their beloved weapons.
The war god Kampas stroked the relief of Mio and the boar Li De, in the final version, Medusa leaned against the side of the war god, her hair fluttering, and the war god's cold helmet-covered eyes cast a moving warmth.
Very human warmth.
This relief left Liu stunned for a long time.
The temple's main building consists of two large halls, with a portico on either side supported by six Doric columns. Both porticos are shrouded in heavy velvet drapes. Two Knights Templar led Liu and Helen into the eastern portico.
The large hall to the east was very empty, except for the twelve bronze flower-shaped oil lamps in the corner of the wall, there was only a giant chair on the four-tiered platform in the due east position, and there were no other decorations or furniture in the huge hall.
The dome design in the hall is extremely delicate, and the hollow dome shines a concentrated beam of sunlight directly onto the central position of the hall. Liu Zhen and Hailun were led by two noble knights to stand on this spot where the light shone.
Helen's hair was illuminated by a strong light and turned into a fiery red transparency.
Helen nervously grasped Liu Zhen's broad palm, and suddenly found that at this moment, Liu Zhen was also quite nervous. The two exchanged a smile.
"Please wait for a moment, Your Excellencies." The two Temple Knights and princes bowed their heads, stroking their chests in a knightly salute, and with a flourish, they swung their cloaks behind them and exited the grand hall.
Liu Zhenhong carefully examined the granite floor tiles under his feet, discovering many names and records of battles on them, which seemed to be all about some sacrificial achievements. Liu Zhenhong took this as a way to kill time, reading with relish, unlike Helen who was getting more and more anxious.
A loud, thunderous drumbeat pulled him back to reality. Four fully armed Temple Knights, surrounding a middle-aged supermodel like stars around the moon, and over ten Temple priests wearing black ceremonial robes, lifted the curtain and appeared in front of them with an elegant and proud gait.
Liu Zhen heard Helen say that the black sacrificial robes were all sceptre sacrifices in the temple sacrifices, and the big model wearing a crimson purple sacrificial robe, wearing a conical hat, was obviously the highest sacrifice of the northeastern province's Shinto shrine - Wei An Dasa.
Helen and Liu were both humbly lowering their heads, even the usually restless Guo Guo and Yu Ying were suppressed by the great shaman's aura and quietly stayed on top of Liu's head.
Weiyana the Great Shaman dragged his heavy turtle shell behind him, walking up to the throne carved with crossed scepters and war knives. The priests below the steps all bowed their heads, hands on their chests.
"Noble Grand Shaman Vian, your followers pay their respects to you!" The voices of the priests were as smooth and pleasant as celestial music.
"Praise Kampas! Your loyalty is my honor." Vian the Great Shaman shook open his wrinkled eyes and waved his hand.
Liu Zhen and Helen slightly raised their heads, and Liu Zhen, who was carefree, saw a beautiful Medusa opposite him, smiling at him and Helen. She was a mature and beautiful female snake, whose age was like an eternal unsolved riddle; her winding tail lifted the black sacrificial robe, revealing her plump and slender figure, with breasts as high as the Taimuraya Snow Mountain. She was born to be in the carved railings and jade pavilions of ancient times, a type that could never change its beauty.
"That's my mentor Cui Peishan, Nicole-sama." Helen pinched Liu Zhen's small hand and whispered with a slight pout on her face.
"This is Master Ancestor!" This sentence thoroughly interrupted Liu Zhen's continued reverie.
"Honorable spiritual leaders, today we welcome Bog Village's young Fox Spirit Heir and her Pig Spirit Disciple, who have undergone rigorous training and have come to apply for promotion to War Spirit." said the calm and collected Great Shaman Vianne.
The worshippers suddenly lost their dignified appearance, and the noble rituals were thrown to the clouds. They all pointed at Liu Zhen, gesturing and whispering to each other.
Liu Zhenhua smoothed out his uneven hairstyle, exposing the two deep nostrils to the air, proving his identity.
"Gentlemen! Please mind your manners! Although the Piggs tribe has a lower probability of producing sacrifices, the war god is fair. I don't need to explain this point to you again, do I?" The tone of the Great Shaman Vian was not high-pitched, but it was full of majesty. He turned his head and looked at the beautiful snake woman: "Nico, first of all, I want to thank you for cultivating such outstanding sacrifices for the temple and the kingdom. Such a young soul sacrifice can already bring out apprentice sacrifices, which is extremely rare even nationwide!"
The beautiful snake's eyes immediately shot over several fiery gazes, and the eyes of several priests turned red. Medusa nodded calmly at the great shaman, her clear voice like a cloud in a quiet valley: "Helen is a fox tribe genius I 'enlightened' during my travels two years ago, I also reported to you, Lord Qidan, do you remember?"
"Of course, we can't forget the last time Helen went missing, and the tragic incident in Maple Village that even shocked His Majesty the King." Vian, the great shaman, smiled and nodded at Helen: "Praise the gods, our little fox has finally come home."
Helen was almost faint with happiness, her face full of intoxication and satisfaction.
She hadn't expected the noble Vian Grand Shaman to value her so much, Helen's eyes became moist.
What's with the official tone, why didn't he go save her? Liu was secretly laughing coldly in his heart.
"This is a special moment, if time permits, I would have liked to gather all the war priests who served in the army to come back and celebrate this special moment, because we welcome a born soul singer. If my incomplete memory doesn't go wrong, it's been decades since a born soul singer priest appeared in the temple of Waisetsu Pon in the northeastern province." The Great Shaman's eyes looked at Liu Zhen with kindness.
"Born singer of the soul?" The shamans burst into another round of chatter, each and every one of them staring fixedly at the beautiful snake woman with a mixture of envy and jealousy; the beautiful snake woman's eyebrows knotted into a knot, she concentrated her mind for a moment, looking at Vian in puzzlement.
"Silence! I have an even more shocking piece of news, this naturally gifted soul singer has also successfully obtained a dragon pet. How many dragon pets do we currently have in our kingdom? My dear Prince Richard?" The Grand Shaman turned his head to look at his attendant knight.
"In our kingdom, except for the Phoenix Fire Sacrifice, we have not yet possessed a Dragon Sacrifice! My respected Lord Qidan!" The prince with the same name as Liu Zhensheng answered loudly in an excited tone that he deliberately suppressed.
The priests under the stairs were initially silent as death. Then "Boom" a sound, the silence was replaced by whispers, then these whispers turned into loud discussions, and finally this group of black-robed priests turned the solemn great hall into a noisy marketplace.
Wei An Da Shaman didn't go to interrogate this group of priests for their mistake, but instead smiled and glanced at them with a hint of amusement.
"Dragon sacrifice?" A group of fox tribe's sacrificial ceremony surrounded Helen, sizing her up from top to bottom.
"Which family do you serve?" A dignified priestess approached with a gentle smile, looking at Helen with a warm gaze.
"Join us, the Reedly Gold family, we are closest to Bok village," another Fox tribe priest said.
"Tsk, tsk... how is that possible? Little girl, you're not 'blowing bull' (Note: In the Bimon language, 'bull' means cow, so 'blowing bull' means bragging), are you?" Another one said.
"Silence!" Vein's face was covered with a layer of frost: "How can your family's interests be brought into the highest temple?"
It wasn't until several foxes realized how out of line their actions were that they turned red in the face and, one by one, tucked their tails back between their legs and returned to their original positions.
"Gentlemen, I must say that your vision is indeed limited! This dragon sacrifice that has appeared only once in a thousand years......" Vian, the great shaman, scanned his subordinates with a unique tone: "...is not Helen of the Fox tribe, but her apprentice, Richard of the Pig tribe."
It was as if a human magician had cast a forbidden spell here, and the dozen or so rod-wielding priests in the great hall were all stunned, then jumped up, shouting: "How is this possible! How is this possible......"
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Book Recommendation: Lang Xiang's new work: "Despicable in Han Dynasty"
Yesterday I forgot to thank the old reader Hei Tian Da Da for his gift of a laptop during my Shanghai trip.
"The internet cafe writer" can finally no longer be my exclusive title.
Hehe, nothing more to say.
Who says there's no true love on the internet? My heart is filled with happiness.
I was too tired yesterday and overslept today, sorry guys!
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