Chapter 66 Qinghua Palace

The gods that are most often worshipped are actually the three gods of heaven, earth, and water.

Heaven is the god of the four seasons, while earth and water refer to the local mountain gods, land gods, water gods, etc., all of which belong to the gods of the earth.

Because the four seasons and mountains and waters are necessary conditions for the production and life of all people. Without them, people cannot survive and live, so people often worship them with awe.

For example, the rituals in the book "Zhu" record: "Sacrifice to heaven by burning firewood, sacrifice to mountains and rivers by rising, sacrifice to rivers by sinking, and sacrifice to earth by burying."

Water is the blood and qi of the earth, like the flow of tendons and veins.

Water is the standard of all things, the light of all life, and the quality of non-gain and loss. Therefore, there is nothing that is not full and nothing that is not inhabited. It gathers in heaven and earth and hides in all things, is produced in gold and stone, and gathers in all life.

Meaning, water is the "basis" of all things, the "center" of all life, and the basis of all right and wrong gains and losses. Therefore, there is nothing that cannot be filled by it, and there is no place where it cannot stay. It can gather in the sky and the earth, hide in the inside of all things, be born in metal and stone, but fill the body of all living things, so it carries the same responsibility as the blood of the earth.

This nature of water determines the nature of the water god.

The water god is responsible for transporting the resources of heaven and earth, just like blood, regulating the qi of different places to maintain the vitality of heaven and earth.

These are all said in the book "Blessing".

Li Qi's own understanding is that the water cycle is very important.

This is common in both worlds.

And when offering sacrifices to the water god, one should sing praises to the merits of water in this regard, praise water for taking away the old qi, and then bringing fresh qi, so that all things can operate and continue to grow.

The sacrifice arranged by Li Qi is such a thing.

The drum beats the fish skin drum, and ten people sing loudly. Li Qi, as the blessing person, comes forward to offer a blessing and preside over the ceremony.

There were people passing by, all curious, some watching, some walking and watching.

Li Qi didn't care about that, and concentrated on presiding over the ceremony.

Burning spices.

Beating the fish skin drum.

Put down the paper boats, which carried the offerings.

One paper boat was filled with meat, one paper boat was filled with gold, one paper boat was filled with the mane of a dragon colt, and one paper boat was filled with a cup of yellow wine. Then, a candle was placed on the fifth paper boat, lit, led the way, and sent to the river.

White candles are very expensive, one is one hundred coins.

When sending them out, Li Qi's heart was bleeding.

But he couldn't show it.

Wait until everything was completed, and confirm that the progress bar of the ceremony reached 100%.

Li Qi was very careful from beginning to end. This small sacrificial ceremony cost him more than three thousand coins. In addition to the cost of two thousand three hundred coins, there was also a gold worth one thousand coins.

After confirming that everything was completed, Li Qi drank the wine that belonged to the person who wished.

Close your eyes and start to use the unique method of the person who wished.

Yes, such sacrifices, pure sacrifices are ineffective, it is just a simple offering to the gods.

But the people who pray are not the people who worship the gods.

Li Qi has read nearly 3% of the prayer books and has deeply understood this point.

The people who pray are the people who are responsible for negotiating with the gods, the brokers between the gods, and the bridges for dialogue between people and gods. They use sacrifices as a means of dialogue and transaction to communicate with the gods and exchange what they have.

The people who pray in Wushen Mountain have never been servants of the gods and will not do such things as pure dedication.

After drinking the second glass of wine, he stared at the paper boat with his eyes wide open as the drums sounded.

I saw a small whirlpool suddenly appear in the river.

This water whirlpool swallowed the paper boat with candles into it, and then the other four paper boats were gradually swallowed into the whirlpool.

Some people looked at the gold and were a little greedy.

Others laughed at Li Qi and said he was a fool for throwing gold into the river.

Some people even jumped into the river to fish out the gold.

After all, this was a public sacrifice on the bank of the Lishui River, and it was not an official one, but a sacrifice for private purposes. It was normal to have these ignorant onlookers.

Li Qi ignored them, but watched the paper boat being swallowed by the whirlpool, and then drank the third and last cup of wine.

Bang.

Bang.

Bang——!

Three consecutive drum sounds were struck by the laborers he hired next to him.

Playing the fish skin drum, Li Qi suddenly felt that the water vapor in his body began to stir!

That was the internal energy of refining the carp flow!

He seemed to have a subtle connection with the river in front of him.

This gave him a feeling.

Following this feeling, he walked forward and jumped into the river.

Jumping into the river, he felt like he had stepped into a portal.

In an instant, the sky and the earth were separated!

The river surface was no longer the river channel of Yi County.

The original muddy river channel could not be seen under the river.

Instead, there were… countless palaces, extending from the bottom of the water to the surface, piercing the sky, but above the sky, it seemed to be still the surface of the water, and the infinite water enveloped this world.

I saw the golden and silver palaces in front of me, the crystal light was dazzling, the palaces were supported by coral ridges, there were pearl flowers, jade flowers, agate flowers, and a dazzling array of things. It was obviously in the water, but suddenly there were many pavilions, with infinite layers, and the more they were counted, the wider they were, no less than hundreds of layers, some were shaded by window lattices, some were surrounded by railings, the five-colored crystal light was dazzling, and there were also jewels, each showing its own uniqueness.

The waves contain island shadows, green light and emerald colors, overlapping and layered, which is beyond the reach of the world's painters. There are also various sparrows and fish in the water, wandering and wagging their tails, which are so beautiful that you can't see them at a glance.

Even if Li Qi is a modern person, he has never seen such a gorgeous scene!

What is this place?

Qinghua Palace?

A sentence suddenly popped up in Li Qi's mind, which was said by Shen Shuibi when he introduced Luofu Mountain.

"Luofu Mountain is located in the cave heaven. The Tao is originally nothingness, but because of trance, there is material energy. It is the beginning of Yuanchong, and it is divided into shapes by luck. The essence is mysterious, and the palaces are arranged in the clear scenery. The secluded quality is condensed, and the caves are opened in the famous mountains. Its heavenly origin overlaps, and the atmosphere is mixed, which is completely different from the present world."

Here, it gave him a feeling that it was not in the human world at all, but in the fairyland.

This reminded him of the original sacrificial speech, that is, the sentence that there is the god of Lishui in Qinghua Palace.

Could this be Qinghua Palace?

However, before he could appreciate the scene carefully, a meteor fell from the sky.

It just happened to hit him.

Li Qi did not react at all, he had not noticed it before!

He was hit directly, and he felt dizzy immediately, and subconsciously swam towards the water.

"Hu——!" He flipped out of the water and found that he had returned to the river in Yi County.

The dreamy scene just now seemed like an illusion.

However, Li Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

He knew that it was not an illusion.

Because, in his body, a full thirty strands of pure water vapor were rotating with the Ying Qi and Wei Qi.

The sacrifice was completed!