Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1710 Pensive new drama
On the west side of the Tower of Time, Codex Square.

Compared with the central square in Savile Town, the Codex Square is larger, and the Daxia Territory is in a state of development, and most of the citizens live together. It is very convenient to go to the Codex Square, and the distance is shorter.

A few years ago, when the population of the territory was small, there were basically no decent celebrations in the territory, but now the population of the territory has reached [-] to [-], almost catching up with Savile.

When Xia Duo came back, except for the space reserved for the blessing ceremony in the area where the Codex sculpture was located in the center, the rest of the square was crowded with people.

However, although there are many people, it is not chaotic.

Among the crowd were a large number of security officers wearing eye-catching orange uniforms, dividing the entire square into several areas, which was in stark contrast to the wave-like crowds in the central square of Savile Town.

In these areas, special passages are even set aside for people inside to temporarily enter and exit the square.

Of course, the districts are not exactly the same. Some districts are larger, some are smaller, and some members of the territory's culture and education department are performing tricks, dramas and so on.

Some watched the performance quietly, or entertained themselves, but after all, they could still see the obvious difference.

Seeing this scene, Xia Duo couldn't help but think of the scene when his school held a meeting on the playground when he was in middle school, but there were not as many people in the school then as now.

And with just one glance, Xia Duo could see that the Codex Square should only be a "main venue", and it is estimated that half of the people were arranged in the "sub-venue", that is, the altar square.

……

When Xia Duo and Niya appeared at the foot of the Codex sculpture, Leiden immediately received the notice, and led several newly trained rookie priests to separate from the crowd and come to Xia Duo from outside the square.

"My lord, arrangements have been made at the altar square. If there are no other orders, the blessing ceremony can already start here."

"Then let's get started!"

"Yes."

Leiden responded, and immediately called the new priests to take their seats in front of the statue of the Code, and then announced to all the crowd watching the ceremony in the square——

"The blessing ceremony begins!"

"Great Lord of Radiance, thank you for giving us sunshine!"

……

Leiden had already walked out of the temple in Savile Town, and the blessing ceremonies in the two places were not much different. As for the time, it was determined by the height of the sun, and the two places were basically synchronized.

As the ceremony progressed, the holy light shrouded in the sculpture of the Code became more and more obvious, but until the end of the ceremony, Xia Duo couldn't wait for any miracle to appear.

During the blessing ceremony this time, he asked Layton to "report" the results of Daxia's standard weights and measures to his superiors. He thought that the Lord of Radiance would at least show something, but he didn't expect to be so stingy.

After the ceremony, Xia Duo called Layton to his side and asked in a low voice, "Does that person have any special reaction?"

"No." Layton shook his head, looking a little disappointed, "There is only regular divine grace feedback, nothing else."

"Forget it, let's just do our own thing."

"Ah."

Under the influence of Xia Duo, Leiden's thinking has also changed a lot, at least he will no longer regard divine grace as the only criterion for practicing the idea of ​​God as in the past.

It can even be said that Leiden already has his own understanding beyond the teachings. Although he is still influenced by the original teachings, it can be said that he has embarked on a path that truly meets his inner needs.

After all, it is impossible to be completely unaffected.

A person's life is inherently subject to various external influences, ranging from deep to shallow. The difference lies in whether the process of influence is truly accepted by oneself.

Some people are affected unknowingly. They don't care about the process of the influence, but only proceed from the result. In the end, they will almost inevitably lose themselves and become slaves to desires.

Xia Duo didn't know which type Layton belonged to, but he was sure that he himself was definitely not the kind of person who didn't care about the process of influence.

He insists on meditation training every day to ensure that the changes in his personality can always be accepted by himself at the current moment, instead of directly accepting the changed personality.

Of course, Xia Duo can't give a conclusion on which of these two kinds of people is better. Accepting a new self at all times is probably a life attitude, but he himself prefers to make the development of personality more controllable.

……

After the ceremony, although the sun was still overhead, it had turned to the west, and Leiden had to go to the altar square to finish, so Xia Duo didn't keep him.

After that, Xia Duo saw the difference in the celebration process between Daxia Territory and Savile Territory.

After the blessing ceremony, the lord of Savile led the priest to distribute holy water to the people. This activity will continue until the night. Of course, the lord only needs to show his intentions at the beginning. No one will really stand until the night. .

This activity basically continues the tradition of the Nether people, but now more and more territories have given up the tradition.

Like Da Xia Ling, Xia Duo did not engage in any holy water distribution activities from the beginning.

After the ceremony, Gibb, the leader of the Territorial Security Office, began to adjust the distribution of areas on the square. The general direction was to divide the people in the middle to the periphery and let the people in the periphery come to the center.

As for why.

Of course, the area where the Statue of Code is located will simultaneously stage a new drama created by the Ministry of Culture and Education of the Territory and approved by Xia Duo in four directions.

Some of the actors are members of the Ministry of Culture and Education, but most of them are ordinary citizens of the territory.

In fact, these new dramas have been widely circulated in the territory at ordinary times, such as "From Nether Slave to Great Xia Citizen", "Legend of Great Xia", "New Wind in the Territory" and more than [-] works.

They involve rich themes and cover almost all aspects of territorial life, which is actually part of the new life movement in the territory.

There are very few entertainment methods for ordinary people in this era. Xia Duo promotes new dramas (similar to dramas on Earth) in the territory, which is deeply in line with the hearts of the people in the territory.

Even if most of the citizens have not watched all the thirty-odd dramas, they can almost speak of the classic plots in them.

The second half of the Midsummer Celebration is actually a drama session.

In addition to the purpose of entertainment, it is more important to use the miraculous general knowledge effect of the Codex sculpture, so that the people near the sculpture can integrate their understanding of the Daxia Codex during the process of watching the play.

When Xia Duo first heard that the Codex sculpture could still be used in this way, he immediately ordered the Ministry of Culture and Education of the Territory to hurry up and create a batch of new dramas that focused more on legal education, similar to the legal education films in Xia Duo's hometown.

But it's a pity that Xia Duo didn't know until this matter was late, and there was only one special legal education drama staged in this Midsummer celebration.

The name is "Wendy Johnson Buying Melons". Xia Duo had only read the script and thought it was quite interesting at the time, but he didn't know how it would perform live.

(End of this chapter)