step on mountains and rivers

Everyone rested in the village of the Wuxian Clan for a few days. Seeing that Lu Qing's body had almost recovered, they wanted to bid farewell and leave to investigate the secret text map and the Four Sacred Palace, but Wu Xing'er stopped them.Wu Xing'er told them that tomorrow is the Phoenix Ceremony, the annual grand ceremony of the Wuxian Clan, so there is no need to rush when they want to leave. I hope they will leave after participating in the grand ceremony.After thinking for a while, several people nodded in agreement.

The Phoenix Sacrifice is a festival for the Wuxian clan to sacrifice to the divine bird, the Phoenix, and it is the most important event of the whole clan in a year.At that time, all clansmen will participate in it, gather together to pray and pray, sacrifice to the divine bird Phoenix that conceived them, and pray for the prosperity of the descendants of the Wuxian clan and their descendants.

The Wuxian Clan consists of two major families,

One is the Wu family. They are proficient in cultivating and manipulating various Gu insects. The family has inherited the position of patriarch from generation to generation, protecting the Wuxian clan from foreign enemies.

The other is the Lan family. They are good at making and using all kinds of strange poisons. These strange poisons can not only kill people invisible, but also double people's skills in a short time.They have been assisting the Wu family and guarding the land.

On the day of the Phoenix Festival, the people of the Wuxian clan began to get busy before dawn. On the sacrificial square, people were busy setting up tables and chairs, and decorating the venue with various bird and animal ornaments. In the middle of the venue, a group of tribesmen with exquisite craftsmanship were using The slender rattan weaves the protagonist of this sacrifice, the divine bird Phoenix.

The phoenix is ​​almost finished, and its image is exactly the same as the one on the roof of the sacrificial hall. It is about two feet tall, with a wingspan of about one foot, and a body length of about three feet, of which the tail is one foot long.The body of the rattan-woven divine bird is covered with fiery red feathers, which makes the entire divine bird vivid and vivid, as if alive, flapping its wings and flying to the sky.

In this way, people have been busy from early morning to evening. The preparations before the sacrificial ceremony are finally finished, and the next is the evening sacrificial ceremony.

In the Diaojiao Building in the evening, Wu Xing'er brought two sets of clothes to Tang Qingfeng, and asked him and Li Zhenwu to change into them, saying that they were for the sacrificial ceremony.

Tang Qingfeng looked at the clothes. Both sets were made of light gauze, and each set was equipped with two different divine bird ornaments. One of them was purple, and the fabric on the upper body was a bit cool. He looked at Li Zhenwu beside him, Then he took the purple set and went behind the screen.

After a while, Tang Qingfeng changed into purple sacrificial attire, and slowly walked out from behind the tent.He saw Li Zhenwu standing there, looking at his clothes motionless, with a hesitant expression on his face, so he asked:

"Zhenwu, what's wrong?"

Li Zhenwu turned his head and saw Tang Qingfeng walking towards him slowly in sacrificial attire.

I saw that he was half covered with long black hair, and the loose hair was scattered on his chest at random.A silver-white phoenix headdress wraps around his forehead to the back of his head. The delicate feathers on the phoenix's tail are fan-shaped and spread out, standing on top of the black hair, adorning his handsome face.

Beneath his face, a crescent-shaped carved silver ring hangs on his slender neck, and the drop-like pendants are scattered in the white collarbone.Under the collarbone, a purple veil stretched out from the left arm, wrapped around the chest, tied around the right shoulder, half floated behind the arm, and fell to the ground.Beside the arm, under the slender waist, on the hem of the thin purple long skirt, a silver-white phoenix jumps on it, fluttering its wings and flying.

Looking at Tang Qingfeng in front of him, Li Zhenwu was stunned for a moment, and a thought suddenly flashed in his mind: "The legendary Penglai immortal looks like this." '

Seeing Li Zhenwu looking at him without saying a word, Tang Qingfeng asked softly:

"True martial arts?"

Hearing his voice, Li Zhenwu came back to his senses, withdrew his gaze, turned slightly sideways and said:

"Clothes, very suitable."

"Really?" Tang Qingfeng looked at him with a smile and said, "Then Zhenwu should be replaced quickly, the sacrifice will begin soon."

"I, don't need it." Li Zhenwu looked at the clothes hesitantly and said.

Tang Qingfeng looked at Li Zhenwu and guessed what he was thinking, so he smiled and said:

"Zhenwu actually doesn't need to mind. The Wuxian tribe respects nature. Wearing such costumes is to show their pure soul to the divine bird, so that the divine bird can give it the most powerful power. The Phoenix Festival is not only a grand event for the Wuxian tribe, but also It is the communication between the tribe and the soul of the bird."

"Yeah." Li Zhenwu nodded slightly, picked up his clothes and walked behind the screen.The moment he came out again, he saw an indigo veil bound on his beautiful body. The person inside the clothes was like a fairy left behind in the world of mortals. Fairy is somewhat inferior to him.

Li Zhenwu's clothes are similar to Tang Qingfeng's, but the top part is not as cool as Tang Qingfeng's.The cyan tulle loosely surrounded the whole body, floating behind and around the waist, only revealing the white collarbone and half-covered slender waist.

Under the waist, a silver phoenix dragged its long wings, encircling him, under the phoenix,

The long indigo dress made of pieces of light gauze slowly fell from the waist and spread around the feet.

Li Zhenwu walked towards Tang Qingfeng with hesitation on his face. Because he was not used to this kind of clothing, his walking movements were a little stiff.Tang Qingfeng looked at him with a smile, and said softly:

"Very beautiful."

"What?" Li Zhenwu didn't hear clearly, looked at Tang Qingfeng and asked.

Tang Qingfeng looked at him, smiled and said: "It's nothing, Zhenwu, the clothes are very suitable, let's go."

"Yes." Li Zhenwu nodded.Then the two rushed towards the square.

When the two arrived, Jiang Ling and Lu Qing were already waiting there. Seeing the two coming, they quickly waved their hands, and when they saw them, they walked towards them quickly.

Walking closer, Jiang Ling looked at Tang Qingfeng and Li Zhenwu and said:

"Tsk tsk tsk tsk, Wu Xing'er is really eccentric. I gave you all the good things. Just gave me two pieces of rags."

"The clothes are all the same, it mainly depends on who wears them." Lu Qing glanced at Jiang Ling and said unhurriedly.

"Huh? Lu Qing, what do you mean? Even if it's two pieces of rags, it looks great on me." Jiang Ling said dissatisfied.

Lu Qing glanced at Jiang Ling, and saw his handsome face, broad chest, blue gauze wrapped around his arms, and above his arms, a silver phoenix fluttered lightly.

"Normal." Lu Qing said and looked away.

"Oh." Jiang Ling said dissatisfied.

"Okay, you two, stop making trouble, the sacrifice will start soon." Tang Qingfeng looked at the square, interrupted the conversation between the two, and the four found their seats and sat down.

After a while, the sacrifice began.

I saw two young men and women in gorgeous priestly attire walking slowly to the center of the square and standing on the high platform in front of the divine bird Phoenix.Among the two, one was Wu Xing'er, and the other, they had never met.

Wu Xing'er looked at the crowd and said:

"When the crescent moon comes out, the phoenix sacrifice, I offer my soul to the gods, for the Lord of Eternal Life, and pray for the prosperity of all ages."

After finishing speaking, Wu Xing'er scratched her wrist with her nails, swung her arm, and sprinkled blood on the divine bird Phoenix behind her.

The young man beside her shouted in a low voice:

"The sacrifice begins!"

As his voice fell, a burst of thick drums sounded slowly, the reed sheng played, and the huqin came with the sound of the thick drums. Various instruments interweaved with each other, playing a magnificent picture.

Amidst the majestic and majestic music, Wu Xing'er is following the rhythm of the drums, dancing a mysterious dance of blessings. The dance opens and closes, sonorous and powerful, as heroic as mountains and rivers, as broad as stars.

As the drum beats became denser, Wu Xing'er's dance became faster and faster. At this time, the young man beside her opened his mouth slightly, and slowly sang:

"In the ancient Cangshan Mountain, the divine bird descended into the world, with five colors and writing, the name is Phoenix, the first writing is called virtue, the wing writing is righteousness, the back writing is ritual, the inscription is benevolence, the belly writing is faith, blessing all things, and the gods and spirits coexist. Protect the witches and prosper."

The singing voice was deep and deep, resounding through the sky like thunder, reverberating in the square, beating the souls of everyone.

After the song was sung, the drumming and dancing also stopped, and the square was suddenly silent. The young man stepped forward and said:

"The gift is over! Choose a child and send it to the gods!"

After speaking, some clansmen brought up an exquisite hollowed-out and carved silver box, in which were placed some silver phoenix feathers.Wu Xing'er walked to the side of the silver box, reached in, took out a piece at random, then showed the feather piece to everyone and said:

"neck feathers"

Then she stepped back, and the young man beside her came over, took out a piece from it, and said in front of everyone:

"waist feather"

Then he also stepped back.

"What do you mean?" Jiang Ling looked at Tang Qingfeng and asked puzzledly, Tang Qingfeng shook his head to express his ignorance.

At this moment, Wu Xing'er looked at the audience and said:

"Please!"

I saw two clansmen on the stage step down, pass through the crowd, and walk straight towards Tang Qingfeng and the others.The tribe stopped in front of Li Zhenwu and Lu Qing, and said:

"Son of God, please come on stage."

"??" Li Zhenwu and Lu Qing looked at the people with puzzled faces. One of the younger teenagers secretly pointed to the silver phoenix on his ear, then pointed to their necks and waists, combined The two of them immediately understood what they just said, and followed the clansmen towards the divine bird Phoenix.

Walking up to Phoenix, Lu Qing and Li Zhenwu stood between Wu Xing'er and the young man. Wu Xing'er and the young man respectively handed over the torch symbolizing the soul to them, and then said in unison with the man:

"Send God!"

"Wait a minute!!!" The moment Wu Xing'er and the young man finished speaking, a familiar voice sounded from the crowd, stopping their movements.

Everyone followed the sound and looked in surprise.

"It's Wu Xing'er!!"

"What exactly is going on?"

"Why are there two Wu Xing'er?"

"Which is real?"

Everyone looked at the scene in front of them and started discussing. They looked at Wu Xing'er in the crowd, and Wu Xing'er in the stands, and they couldn't tell the truth from the fake.

Before the sacrificial ceremony began, Liu Ruxue saw Wu Xing'er being caught and bound, so she followed them. After the man left, she secretly rescued Wu Xing'er. The two rushed to the square at the last moment of the sacrificial ceremony. He was offering sacrifices on the stage, so he quickly stopped him.

Just when the crowd was puzzled, Wu Xing'er in the crowd said loudly:

"Wu Yue! How long are you going to pretend?"

Wu Yue! ! !Everyone looked at the stage in surprise, only to see Wu Xing'er on the stage suddenly turned around, stretched out his right hand, grabbed Lu Qing's neck and restrained him in front of him, then he looked at Wu Xing'er and said with a smile:

"Xing'er, I haven't seen you for a long time, your skills are good, you broke free from the bondage so quickly."

"Wu Yue! Let him go, what are you going to do!" Wu Xing'er said as she was about to rush forward.Seeing this, everyone wanted to step forward to rescue him.

"Don't move, otherwise I can't blame me for accidentally killing him." Wu Yue said with a smile, and the force on Lu Qing increased a bit.Lu Qing was short of breath.Wu Yue didn't pay attention, turned her head to look at Li Zhenwu who was on the side and said:

"Xiao Daoist, long time no see."

Li Zhenwu looked at him coldly and said, "Let him go."

"Tsk tsk tsk, it's up to you." Wu Yue said, "Xiao Daoist, if you want to save someone, ask Tang Qingfeng to exchange the picture!" With a bang, she threw a smoke bomb, performed lightness kung fu, and led Lu Qing With a bang, he flew up to the roof and disappeared before everyone's eyes.

The moment Wu Yue ran away, Wu Xing'er immediately chased after her, followed by Liu Ruxue.Before leaving, Liu Ruxue glanced at Li Zhenwu and said to him:

"Xing'er and I will go after him first, and we will send you the location later. You go change your clothes first, and come quickly after receiving the signal!"

"Okay, be careful, both of you!" Li Zhenwu replied, and just as he finished speaking, the young male priest beside him jumped up and followed the two of them, chasing them together.

Wu Xing'er glanced at the man behind him, and asked puzzledly, "Lan Mo, what are you doing here?"

"Eliminate the traitor." Lan Mo said coldly as he glanced at her.