Chapter 312: Ancestor Worship Ceremony
"Hehe, I have the same idea. I wonder if my cousin can guide me?" Qin Xingbao was overjoyed when he heard this, and then said with a hint of shyness on his face.
Qin Ziling couldn't help but smile as he looked at Qin Xingbao.
This fellow looked like a rough and unruly man with a full beard, but he actually knew everything in his mind. It turned out that he had been waiting for what I said all this time.
" Aren't you afraid that I will lead you into a trap?" Qin Ziling asked deliberately.
"Hehe, my uncle is so young, and he started from scratch and cultivated to the late stage of bone refining. He must have his own way of doing things. How could he lead me into a trap? Besides, if you want to seek opportunities and benefits, you have to take risks!" Qin Xingbao replied.
"Haha!" Qin Ziling couldn't help laughing when he saw that Qin Xingbao looked like a fool but had a bright heart. He said, "Okay, since you are not afraid of me leading you into a trap, after this ancestor worship ceremony, we will find something to do together."
"Thank you, uncle . But we are a little weak with just two of us, so it would be better to invite some more people." Qin Xingbao said.
Qin Ziling was slightly startled, but thinking that this was his first time, he could learn more with more people, so he nodded and said, "Okay, we'll see then."
As the two were talking, the attendant of the head of the "Weiwu Academy" came up on a blood-red horse and said to Qin Ziling, "Master Ling, the head of the academy invites you to come over."
"Okay." Qin Ziling nodded, shook the reins, rode the clouded leopard horse and followed the head of the courtyard and his entourage to a luxurious carriage.
"Come up and talk." The car curtain rolled open, revealing Qin Zitang's thin, cold face that seemed expressionless.
"Yes, Dean." Qin Ziling bowed slightly, then handed the reins to his follower and got on the carriage.
Qin Ziling boarded the carriage, greeted Qin Zitang, and then sat down opposite her.
After Qin Ziling sat down, a waitress who came with the car handed him a box.
"This contains your monthly allowance. Two 'Liuhe Bone-Refining Pills' and a secret bone-refining medicine made from the blood and flesh of a strange beast. The strange beast is a fourth-grade intermediate-level exotic beast. Its blood and flesh are most suitable for bone-refining by great martial artists who practice 'Cold Iron Skill'." Qin Zitang said lightly.
Qin Ziling was slightly stunned, with a hint of surprise on his face.
He had forgotten that a month had passed and it was time to collect his monthly allowance. He was also surprised that Qin Zitang, the cold and aloof dean, would give it to him on purpose.
"This kind of monthly allowance can only be received by key students for one year. After one year, if there is no significant progress, they will have to redeem it with merit points. If there is significant progress, the family will continue to provide it for one year, and after that it will be up to you to earn it, unless you successfully break through and become a martial arts master, in which case you will receive an additional salary as a clan elder." Qin Zitang saw that Qin Ziling's expression was a little subtle, and he obviously misunderstood what he meant.
"Thank you, Dean." Qin Ziling naturally would not point out that his subtle expression was because he had forgotten about this matter and was surprised by her behavior, so he hurriedly thanked her.
"I heard that you have been staying in the Sutra Library reading books recently. Have you encountered any confusion in your practice?" Qin Zitang waved his hand and asked with a still cold expression.
Qin Ziling's eyes flashed with surprise when he heard this, but he quickly said, "Thank you for your concern, Dean. I don't have any confusion about cultivation at the moment."
"In that case, go ahead." Qin Zitang's expression did not change when he heard that, he just spoke in a cold tone.
"Yes!" Qin Ziling bowed slightly, then stood up and got off the carriage.
After getting off the carriage, Qin Ziling rode his clouded leopard horse again and watched the carriage leave with a subtle look in his eyes.
"Uncle, key students are different! Unlike our Yingwu Academy, which has many students, the head of the academy doesn't have much free time to care about us." Qin Xingbao rode his horse forward and said to Qin Ziling with envy.
A few days ago, he failed to get a place in the key children's quota, and finally he was still a Class A student. However, because he had a big breakthrough this time, he could receive another year's monthly allowance.
"Tell me about the head of 'Weiwuyuan'." Qin Ziling said.
Qin Xingbao opened his mouth slightly when he heard this, and after a while he smiled bitterly and said, "Uncle, you are a student of the Weiwu Academy, why are you asking me this?"
"Nonsense, you know this is my first time to the Qin family in Wuzhou, and I didn't know anything about the Qin family before. After I came here, I stayed in the Sutra Library every day, so how would I know about the affairs of the dean! But you, you should have interacted with other members of the clan a lot these days, so you should know something about our dean." Qin Ziling said.
"Well, I don't know the details. I only know some random information. It is said that the strength of the head of 'Weiwu Court' is at an upper-middle level among the elders of the clan. She seems to be practicing 'Qinglong Xuanmu Gong'. She is very cold towards people and things, and many clan members are a little afraid of her. As for why she stayed in the clan and did not marry out, I don't know." Qin Xingbao said.
Qin Ziling glanced at Qin Xingbao speechlessly. It was the same as saying nothing.
With his eyesight, couldn't he see that Qin Zitang was practicing the "Qinglong Xuanmu Gong" and that she was a cold person? Did Qin Xingbao need to tell him this?
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At the beginning of the afternoon, Qin Ziling saw from afar a majestic, tall and majestic mountain range that stretched for hundreds of miles, like a giant dragon lying on the earth.
The first peak is thousands of feet high, rising from the ground like a dragon's head raised high into the sky.
Qincheng was built on this mountain. The city wall is more than 20 feet high, covering a very large area. It rises from the ground and overlooks the vast plain at the foot of the mountain.
The tall city walls were all made of huge granite, stretching for dozens of miles in a semicircle, surrounding the entire city in front of the mountains. Inside the city, the roads were crisscrossed and wide enough to accommodate more than ten horses running side by side. On both sides of the roads, houses were lined up one after another.
There is an ancient, magnificent and solemn ancestral temple built at the innermost part of the city, on a leveled hilltop, like a king looking down on the world.
Outside the city are vast tracts of fertile land, with many towns and villages.
"Uncle, that is Qincheng, and that mountain is called Qianlong Mountain . It is said that our Qin family's ancestors had dragon blood, and giant dragons once lived here. There are even rumors that this Qianlong Mountain was the body of the giant dragon after its death." Qin Xingbao pointed to the mountain and city in the distance and said with pride.
"Really?" Qin Ziling asked subconsciously, but his hand gently pressed on his chest.
There is a pattern there.
Qin Ziling still remembers clearly that when he was covered in iron and broke through his limit, it seemed as if the shackles and seals in his body were opened. Then he saw a giant with muscles all over his body like a dragon, extremely tall and majestic, standing on the ground.
The earth was desolate and vast, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and there were lightning and thunder.
This giant seemed to hold up the entire world!
Perhaps, his body really carries a trace of the blood of ancient great men and dragons.
"It's just a rumor, who knows!" Qin Xingbao was slightly stunned, then replied.
Qin Ziling smiled when he heard that.
As they were talking, the two followed the team into Qincheng.
This time the Qin family's ancestral worship ceremony was attended not only by the Qin family from Wuzhou, but also by others who became grand masters, moved out of the sect, found a place to establish roots outside, and gradually developed into a branch or clan of their own power. Now that the Qin family from Wuzhou is holding a grand ancestral worship ceremony in the Qincheng ancestral temple, they all have to bring people to participate in the worship.
In addition to the Qin clan members who participate in the ancestral worship ceremony, there are also some people from other surnames who come to watch the ceremony.
Therefore, the city is very lively today, with flags and signs everywhere.
However, Qin Ziling was not concerned about these things. Instead, he sensed many powerful auras in the Qin family's ancestral land.
These powerful auras permeated and enveloped every corner of Qincheng. Even though Qin Ziling was proud of his high level of cultivation, he still felt a little tingling on his scalp.
"No wonder the Qin family of Wuzhou has been able to be passed down from generation to generation and remain standing despite the changes of dynasties. This foundation is indeed powerful!" Qin Ziling sighed secretly in his heart, and suddenly seemed to have a sense of inspiration, and looked towards the back mountain where the ancestral temple was located.
There was a breath there that Qin Ziling couldn't describe, a kind of familiar yet frightening aura emanating from it.
The breath was so faint and so imperceptible that if it weren't for his powerful spirit, he would definitely not be able to sense it.
"I wonder what is hidden behind the ancestral temple?" Qin Ziling thought to himself, but he had no intention of exploring it.
After all, that is where the Qin family's ancestral temple is located. Qin Ziling still has the Qin family's blood and the Qin family's soul in him. Moreover, since he came to the Qin family in Wuzhou, the Qin family has treated him well.
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On the second day, the ancestor worship ceremony officially began.
Looking up at the ancestral temple in the city, I felt it was so ancient, magnificent and solemn.
After climbing up the 999 steps and standing in front of the ancestral temple, I looked at the extremely wide square, with flags flying on both sides and people standing in awe. The ancestral temple was towering into the sky, with a huge tripod placed in front and tablets placed inside...
Even though Qin Ziling was an orphan in his previous life and had never participated in any ancestor worship ceremonies, in such a scene and atmosphere, he couldn't help but become solemn.
The entire ancestor worship ceremony involves many rituals and rules such as "burning incense", "offering tribute", "offering wine", "reading blessings", "following the offering", etc. It is grand and solemn, starting from early in the morning and ending at noon.
After the ancestor worship, a banquet is held.
The banquet stretched from the square in front of the ancestral temple to the wide avenue under the stairs, and no one knew how many tables were set up.
As a key member of the Qin family, Qin Ziling's seat is relatively close.
He saw that the great-great-grandfather Qin Longyuan and the clan leader Qin Zaixin, whom he had seen on the first day, were sitting at the top seats, as well as the great-great-uncle who was in charge of the fifth floor of the Sutra Library, and some older clan elders. The Qin family's prodigy Qin Xingjun was also present.
However, what Qin Ziling really paid attention to was a middle-aged Taoist nun sitting next to the patriarch's seat, accompanied by Qin Longyuan.
It's hard to tell the Taoist nun's exact age, but Qin Ziling's keen senses can vaguely sense the vicissitudes of life she has experienced, which is not the aura that a middle-aged woman should have.
Moreover, the aura of this Taoist nun gave Qin Ziling a feeling of being unfathomable. He only paid a little attention to her, and she seemed to have noticed it. Qin Ziling immediately tried to restrain his aura.
"Aunt, Uncle Jianming's lineage has descendants, and they have been found this time. It's just that Uncle Jianming's lineage is not large, with only one person passing down the legacy for five generations. Fortunately, his descendant is quite capable, and he has already reached the late stage of bone refining at the age of only 26." Qin Longyuan whispered to the middle-aged Taoist nun beside him at the table.
"Oh, it's rare that Jianming's lineage has produced an outstanding person." The middle-aged Taoist nun said with a calm expression, and it was hard to tell how much emotion she had.
