Myriad Paths

Forty-six days.

Forty-six days have passed.

Li Qi traveled to every inch of Guangyang.

Since then, he has been immersed in sorting out and scrutinizing all the procedures for constructing a grand festival.

This is a very, very difficult thing,

His hair was now messy and his eyes were bloodshot, but he still looked bright and energetic. His face looked a little tired, but his actions were still quick and his reactions were not affected.

He immersed himself in countless files, carving out all the things that should be done for this sacrifice bit by bit.

Sacrifice firewood to the sky, sacrifice to the earth, sacrifice to the calf during the season, sacrifice to the altar for cold and summer, sacrifice to the palace used for the sun, sacrifice to the moon and night, sacrifice to the stars and ancestors, sacrifice to the water and drought, sacrifice to the four seasons and four altars, and sacrifice to the hundreds of gods in the world.

This is called sacrifice.

If the law is applied to the people, worship it; if you die and work diligently, worship it; if you work hard to stabilize the country, worship it; if you can control the great troubles, worship it; if you can protect yourself from great dangers, worship it; the mountains and rivers in the four directions of heaven and earth should be worshiped according to the time.

This is called worship.

Clearly distinguish these differences, and then arrange different sizes according to the specific situation. A large sacrifice needs to be pieced together with countless separate small sacrifices, and all parties must be scheduled according to certain specifications to complete the ceremony together, which is quite complicated.

When Li Qi was in Lizhou City, the annual river opening ceremony was actually a routine sacrifice.

Throughout the city, millions of people have been mobilized, and everyone performs their duties. There are arrangements for what everyone does, what each gang does, and what time they do.

Even what to eat that day is stipulated by custom.

In this way, the river-opening ceremony can be achieved to such an extent that both the God of Lishui and the prefect of Lizhou can benefit a lot. The people below, such as trackers like Li Qi, can also share some benefits and take to reward and meat.

It's like a festival like Ghost Festival, where the whole world will perform rituals at the same time on that day. Everyone will burn paper, worship ancestors, and make offerings.

This kind of grand ceremony, which is carried out by an unknown number of people at the same time, is extremely complicated. Even depending on the region and country, the rituals of people in each place are also different, but this difference is exactly what the entire grand ceremony needs.

Just thinking about it, you know that mobilizing people all over the world to do one thing at the same time, and everyone's division of labor is different, and solidifying all this...

I don’t know how it spread to the whole world... Anyway, this is how a ‘custom’ was formed.

What Li Qi wants to do now is the same thing, but on a smaller scale.

The ghost festival promoted in Wushen Mountain is promoted to the whole world.

Li Qize wanted to plan everything that tens of millions of people in Guangyang would do in one day.

On that day, everyone must follow his arrangements and perform various rituals to produce different effects and create different qi.

Through Li Qi's control, these qi will gather at the main altar in the center, and then there will be subtle reactions between different qi, eventually achieving the result he wants.

Just hearing it tells you how complicated it is, and the calculations required are too many to count.

What kind of ritual will produce what kind of Qi.

The generated qi, what qi will be combined with it, what kind of reaction it can produce, and what effect it will have after the reaction.

This chain reaction that spreads infinitely has hundreds of millions of nodes, each of which will have different effects, and will also chain with other nodes.

It is really difficult to make no omissions by just reading, and you must try on a small scale little by little.

Li Qi organized this knowledge and then made step-by-step arrangements based on the actual situation in Guangyang, even down to a certain village or a certain block in the county.

In fact, it shouldn't be so precise. If it's too precise, it's easy to make mistakes. However, Li Qi could only be lenient in predicting the enemy. He would be precise first to confirm the effect, and then slowly modify it later to improve the error tolerance rate.

This increased his workload more than ten times, but it could effectively reduce risks.

But the consequence of this is that he must hurry.

It has been more than forty days.

If we really delay the completion of this design work for a year, the number of people who will starve to death by then will not be able to stop it by 100,000.

Moreover, after the design is implemented, it will only take more time.

It must be done as quickly as possible. When everyone is dead, everything before will be a joke.

So except for necessary eating and rest, Li Qi devoted almost all his time to this.

While Li Qi was working seriously, there was a sudden knock on the door outside.

"Mr. Li...it's time for lunch." A maid came in carrying some broth and meat cakes.

These things are too simple for lunch and do not fit Li Qi's identity at all.

However, this was Li Qi's special request. If the meals were to be served according to normal specifications, it would take too much time to eat.

Meatloaf, broth, and some vegetables in it, it only takes two or three bites to complete a meal, which is very efficient.

"Oh, thank you." Li Qi looked up from reading the endless literature and took the food with a smile.

Li Qi has been immersed here for more than a month.

But for such a long time, apart from eating, Li Qi spent the rest of his time sitting here reading information found from various sources.

These materials include not only the "Zhu" book, but also some documents and ancient books he asked Senior Le Ya to collect, including some secret information inside Wushen Mountain, including some sacrificial points, layout methods and various experiences written by Da Zhu himself.

This is the benefit of big power.

Just these books, even a few words in them, if placed outside, are enough to cause a bloody storm.

For such a precious thing, Li Qi could look through it at will and even pick and choose.

There was much more information than he thought. There were about one to two hundred million words, and every word was exquisite. They were all extremely refined words. Each of them had to be carefully chewed and tasted before they could be understood. It could not be read at a glance.

Some even come with pictures and videos, and some even have holographic illusion explanations that play the situation directly in your mind for real-life demonstrations, which is very advanced.

But this is even more of a waste of time.

He had to find the key part as soon as possible, and he couldn't delay.

So, just like now, except when eating, Li Qi spent all the rest of the time reading these materials without sleep, not daring to miss a word.

Even when eating, I eat and watch at the same time.

He tore the meatloaf casually and swallowed it whole with the soup. It was all done in just over a minute, so it was considered a meal.

The maid next to her looked at Li Qi with some worry: "Mr. Li... you are still trying too hard, why don't you take a rest?"

"Don't worry, just go down." Li Qi shook his head and replied casually.

"Yes." The maid did not dare to say anything more and exited the room.

Outside the room, Shen Shuibi was sitting next to the stone table in the courtyard.

Seeing the maid come out, she turned around and asked, "Still the same answer?"

"It's still the same, sir...I'm afraid you still have to persuade him personally." The maid replied in fear.

"No need to persuade, what are you trying to do with this?" Shen Shuibi tilted her head: "You go ahead, you don't have to come here anymore, just leave it to me."

"Yes." The maid nodded, then backed away in fear.

It would be best if you don't come here.

I heard that Young Master Li was a person who did great things. Every time I stayed around him, I felt a pressure. Every time he spoke, my heart would pound.

She was very nervous. Although she would feel a little disappointed if she didn't come again, she would be able to relax a lot.

However... I heard from many people that Mr. Li was a saint-like person, so he would not be killed because he made a mistake.

I heard that he is so busy now because of the whole of Guangyang.

But she didn't quite believe it.

The whole Guangyang... is so big, what can one person do?

The maid withdrew with full of questions.

On the other side, Shen Shuibi tidied up and pushed the door open.

Li Qi frowned and said without raising his head: "What's the matter? If there's nothing urgent, except for two meals a day, it's best not to come in."

However, it was not the maid's voice that answered Li Qi, but Shen Shuibi.

"It's me," she said.

"Ah?" Li Qi stopped what he was doing and looked up at Shen Shuibi: "Ah, Miss Shen, why are you here?"

Shen Shuibi walked to Li Qi, moved a stool, sat next to him, and picked up a book: "Let me help you."

Li Qi laughed dumbly and shook his head: "You don't know how to..."

"So you have to teach me, I learn very quickly." Shen Shuibi replied matter-of-factly, and then opened the book.

Li Qi immediately realized that Shen Shuibi was serious.

He immediately said: "This is the secret of Wushen Mountain. These books are-"

However, before he could finish speaking, Shen Shuibi had already tapped his forehead with one finger.

Suddenly, an inheritance divine message appeared directly in his mind, but he had no time to read the content and could only recognize the five words on the cover.

"Chenji Golden Pill Method"

Is this... the fundamental method of Luofu Mountain? !

It's been said before.

There is a Chenji in the sky, which is the center of the sky and has never moved. The stars rotate around it. Each rotation is called a "circle of the sky".

Luofu Mountain uses Chenji as a metaphor for golden elixir. You are the center of the universe, and everything revolves around you.

Pay attention to the perfection of self-refinement. If you don't move when you see the form, if you don't move the heart, you can practice yourself. You should practice yourself as the "Chen Ji" of all things.

this--

While Li Qi was stunned, Shen Shuibi spoke:

"This is the fundamental method of Luofu Mountain. In this case, Da Zhu and Da Divination should have nothing to say."

Hearing this, Li Qi was speechless and didn't know what to say.

He had nothing to say.

Shen Shuibi didn't care about that, but opened the book and started studying it.

Even if she starts from scratch, she feels that she will definitely be faster than Li Qi.

Li Qize took a deep breath.

Shen Shuibi has already made it this far, so there is no need to say anything else, just hurry up.

In the study room late at night, the only sound was the sound of the two of them reading and studying.

Occasionally, there would be Shen Shuibi's voice asking questions.

"Where is the sacrificial animal?"

"Sacrifice is added to lifting."

"oh."

Time passed bit by bit.

Another month has passed.

In the process of getting along, Li Qi really felt how...smart Shen Shuibi was.

Her ability in this area is unbelievable.

Everything can be mastered with just a few clicks.

It is easy to draw inferences from one instance. Most situations can be studied in depth simply by reading books. Among hundreds of thousands of choices, the correct answer can be 'guessed' purely by guesswork and deduction.

Li Qi couldn't even remember how many situations she had predicted. She predicted many mistakes purely by relying on mathematical deductions, and helped Li Qishao take countless wrong paths.

Here, everything is so stable.

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Another twenty days passed.

However, on Le Ya's side, things are a little more subtle.

This fifth-level witch who came from Wushen Mountain was tasked with being Boyue's protector.

Of course, because he wrongly blamed Li Qi, he made a promise to Li Qi Shi to help him complete this great sacrifice.

Originally, he thought that this shouldn't be a problem. What he wanted to do was to let this very ambitious young master complete his work wholeheartedly, which was considered to be the ultimate grand ceremony among the ninth grade.

This result is expected to get full marks on the Wushen Mountain side.

Whatever help or information this young man needs, he will provide it.

Le Ya believed that he was strong enough to easily protect his opponent to complete this grand ceremony.

He can make it impossible for any external factors to interfere here.

Like some kind of sky-devouring demon nest, some kind of national war, etc. If he had the guts to interfere with the grand ceremony at this moment, he would take off the other person's head as a warning to others.

Given his strength, it's not difficult.

The Demon Lord Swallowing Heaven is not inferior to him in strength, but as long as the opponent is in his right mind, it is impossible for him to come here at this time.

As for the so-called ‘lords’ of Baiyue, they are nothing more than chickens and dogs.

But the problem is that the premise of all this is based on ‘normal circumstances’.

The current situation is a bit difficult to handle.

That Shen Shuibi from Luofu Mountain... actually handed over the Chenji Golden Pill Technique.

what is this?

Headache.

Wushenshan wouldn't be so shameless as to ask a young master to donate his personal property. That would be too shameful.

It's like a child at home who earns 200 yuan of pocket money outside. No respectable parent would ask his child for these 200 yuan.

It doesn't matter even if the Chenji Golden Pill Method is the method to activate the Sun and Moon True Lead Cauldron.

The True Lead Cauldron of the Sun and Moon is a second-grade magic weapon in the hands of Empress Luofu, but the witches are only insidious when doing things, but they are still very upright as people, and they will not take advantage of others' danger to rob it.

All in all, whether it is the private property of the young master or the Luofu Queen, Wushen Mountain will definitely not be touched.

But the problem is...that's not necessarily the case in the Tang Dynasty.

There is a secret hidden in the Sun and Moon True Lead Cauldron. Le Ya doesn't know what it is specifically. He only knows that it is the fundamental reason for the destruction of Luofu Mountain and the reason why the Tang Dynasty is determined to destroy Luofu Mountain.

Now, the Chenji Golden Pill method has been leaked, and Wushenshan already has a way to activate the Sun and Moon True Lead Cauldron.

Needless to say, with Tang Guo Si Tianjian's methods, he had definitely learned about this matter from the cause and effect.

If this incident happened in the mountain gate, everything would be easy to say, and the most that could be done would be to completely break up the relationship. Would it be possible to fight to the Witch God Mountain?

But now, it's happening in Baiyue...

Le Ya covered his face in pain.

He has already reported it to Shanmen.

What happens next is no longer his decision.

As for the young master’s big festival...

Just leave it to fate.