Arcane Lord

On the west side of the Tower of Time, Codex Square.

Compared with the central square in Savile Town, Codex Square is larger, and the Daxia Territory is in a state of development. Most of the people in the territory live together. It is very convenient to get to and from Codex Square, and the distance is shorter.

In the past few years, when the population of the territory was small, it was difficult to hold any decent celebrations. But now the population of the territory has reached 70,000 or 80,000, and it is almost catching up with Savile Territory.

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

However, although there are many people, it does not appear chaotic.

There were a large number of security guards in eye-catching orange uniforms among the crowd, dividing the entire square into several areas. This was in sharp contrast to the waves of people in the central square of Savile Town.

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

Of course, each area is not exactly the same. Some areas are larger and some are smaller. In some areas, members of the territory's Department of Culture and Education are performing tricks, dramas, etc.

Some watch the performance quietly or entertain themselves, but after all, you can still see the obvious difference.

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

And with just one glance, Xia Duo could tell that Codex Square was only the "main venue", and probably half of the people were arranged in the "branch venue", that is, the Altar Square.

…

When Shado and Niya appeared at the foot of the code sculpture, Leiden was notified immediately and led several newly trained rookie priests to separate from the crowd and come to Shado from outside the square.

"Sir, arrangements have been made at the Altar Square. If there are no other instructions, the blessing ceremony can begin 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 people watching the ceremony in the square——

"The blessing ceremony begins!"

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

…

Leiden had 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 shrouding the statue of the code became more and more obvious, but until the end of the ceremony, Sha Duo could not wait for any miracle to appear.

During this blessing ceremony, he asked Leiden to "report" the results of the Daxia Standard Weights and Measures to the superiors. He originally thought that the Lord of Glory would at least show some expression, but he did not expect to be so stingy.

After the ceremony, Sha Duo called Leiden to his side and asked in a low voice: "Did that person have any special reaction?"

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

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

"Um."

Under the influence of Chateau, Leiden's thinking has also changed a lot, at least he no longer regards divine grace as the only criterion for practicing God's ideas as he did in the past.

It can even be said that Leiden already has his own understanding based on the teachings. Although he is still affected by the original teachings, it can be said that he has found 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 influences from the outside world, some deep and some shallow. The only difference lies in whether the process of influence is truly accepted by oneself.

Some people are affected unknowingly. They do not ask about the process of influence, but only start from the results. In the end, they will almost certainly lose themselves and become slaves of desire.

Chateau didn't know which type Leiden belonged to, but he was certain that he was definitely not the kind of person who didn't care about influencing the process.

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, rather than directly accepting the changed personality.

Of course, Chateau cannot give a final conclusion as to which of these two types of people is better. Accepting a new self at all times is not an attitude towards life, but he prefers to make the development of his personality more controllable.

…

After the ceremony, although the sun was still overhead, it had already moved to the west. Leiden had to go to the Altar Square to finish the ceremony, so Chateau did not keep him.

Afterwards, Xia Duo saw the difference in the celebration procedures between the Daxia Territory and the Saville Territory.

After the blessing ceremony, the lord and the priests in the Saville Territory distributed holy water to the people. This activity will continue until night. Of course, the lord only needs to show his intention at the beginning. No one will really stand there until the night. .

This activity basically continues the tradition of the Nese people, but now more and more territories have abandoned the tradition.

Like the Great Xia leader, 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 in the square. The general direction was to distribute the people in the middle to the outside and let the people from the outside come to the middle.

As for why.

Of course, the area where the Code Statue is located will perform a new type of drama created by the Territory Department of Culture and Education and approved by Shado in four directions at the same time.

The actors include 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, including "From Nese Slave to Daxia Citizen", "Legend of Daxia", "New Style in the Territory" and more than 30 dramas.

They cover a wide range of topics and cover almost all aspects of life in the territory. This is actually part of the new life movement in the territory.

In this era, ordinary people have very few entertainment options. Xia Duo promotes new dramas in the territory (similar to dramas on earth), which deeply wins the hearts of the people in the territory.

Even if most of the people in the territory have not watched all the more than thirty dramas, they can almost casually recite the classic scenes in them.

The second half of the Midsummer Celebration is actually a theater performance.

In addition to entertainment purposes, it is more important to use the miraculous understanding effect of the Codex sculptures so that the people near the sculptures can integrate their understanding of the Bactrian Codex into the process of watching the play.

When Sha Duo first heard that code sculptures could be used in this way, he immediately ordered the territory's Ministry of Culture and Education to seize the time to create a batch of new dramas that focused more on legal education, similar to the legal education films in Sha Duo's hometown.

But it is a pity that Xia Duo came to know this matter relatively late. During this midsummer celebration, there was only one special legal education drama performed.

The name was "Wendy Johnson Buys Melons". Xia Duo only read the script and thought it was quite interesting at the time, but he didn't know how it would work in a live performance.