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"Why not plant more fairy peach trees?"

Gu Xia was not stupid, and he did not find that the environment of this peach garden was much different from other places in Taoxian Mansion.

This shows that the growing environment of fairy peaches is not extreme, at least it is not because of environmental restrictions that more can't be planted.

Li Qingyun sighed: "Taoxian Mansion has tried it before, but failed.

Wen Chen, do you know? This peach garden is said to have 999 fairy peaches, but in fact there is only one peach tree."

Gu Xia: "Only one?"

Li Qingyun: "Just like the bamboo forest, all the peach trees in this yard are actually new buds sprouting from the roots of the spiritual tree cultivated by the ancestor back then.

As long as you cut off the roots of the spiritual tree, whether it is cuttings or seeds, you can only get an ordinary peach tree.

Taoxian Mansion holds a celebration every nine years, and sells tens of thousands of fairy peaches each time. For hundreds of years, it has never worried that outsiders can grow fairy peach trees, because even Taoxian Mansion can't do this.

And the roots of that spiritual tree can sprout up to 999 new buds. After that, every time a new bud sprouts, an old bud will die."

Gu Xia nodded: "I see."

Several people continued to walk along the path in the peach garden, and soon they came to the center of the peach garden.

Gu Xia originally thought that this would be the place where the legendary spiritual tree was, but it turned out to be a large open space. Many people had already gathered here. A closer look revealed that they were all members of the Li family.

In the center of the open space, a circular altar was built. The entire altar was built with gold and jade.

The diameter was nearly thirty feet, and the central platform was nine feet in diameter. There were nine layers in total, and nine radial long stairs around it.

"Sun Stair Altar?" Gu Xia suddenly felt familiar. This altar seemed very similar to the altar that he had encountered when he dreamt of the blood sea.

He looked carefully again. The altar was engraved with various mysterious patterns, five elements and eight trigrams, and other symbols. They were all common elements in the soul cultivation world, and there were no strange or weird inscriptions.

"It should be just a coincidence."

The worship of the sun was common in the past and present lives that Gu Xia had seen and heard. Many buildings were built according to the sun, so it was not surprising to have similarities.

The sacrifice had not yet begun. It had to wait until all the people were together and it would start after the auspicious time.

The Li family gathered around the altar, with the direct line inside and the collateral line outside, with clear hierarchy. Gu Xia was led by Li Qingyun to a position in the inner layer.

No one whispered to each other, and they all stood silently in their positions.

This world attaches great importance to offering sacrifices to heaven and earth and ancestors.

Gu Xia originally thought that soul cultivators were good at soul techniques, knew that reincarnation was not very reliable, and would not believe in the sayings of ancestors having spirits and blessings.

After all, the ancestors were all masters of soul cultivation. If he really had spirits after death, he would have shown his power long ago.

However, the fact is that most cultivators attach great importance to useless sacrificial activities. Perhaps offering sacrifices to ancestors and heaven and earth is just an excuse.

After a long time.

"The auspicious time has arrived!" An old man in charge of the sacrifice of the Li family made a sound like a huge bell.

Dong! Dong! Dong! Buzz!

The low and solemn drum beats sounded, and someone beat a musical instrument similar to a chime, playing a solemn and magnificent tune.

In the sacrificial music, Li Zhuohua, the current head of the Li family, walked up to the altar in a sacrificial robe, with slow and steady steps.

Every nine steps to the altar, he would stop and bow to worship, and everyone under the altar would worship together.

After a while, Li Zhuohua climbed to the highest level.

Dongdong! ! The drum beats sounded.

"Sacrifice!!" The old man shouted again.

The sacrificial personnel who had been prepared in the surroundings immediately set up three offering tables more than ten feet long, on which a pig, a chicken, and a fish were placed.

However, these three sacrifices were nearly ten feet long, and they were obviously special animals raised for sacrifice.

In addition to the three animals, someone brought in large boxes, each of which could probably hold two people.

These should all be sacrifices, and I don't know what is in the box. Everyone must be silent during the sacrifice, so Gu Xia couldn't ask any questions.

Two more drum beats.

Li Zhuohua took out a jade board and read the sacrificial text.

"Respectfully inform the ancestors..."

The general meaning is that on a certain day of a certain month of a certain year, the current head of the Li family, Li Zhuohua, presided over this ceremony.

What has the Li family done since the last ceremony and how has it developed? Now offer sacrifices to the ancestors so that the ancestors and descendants can share the prosperity of the Li family. Finally, pray for the future of the Li family to be smooth sailing and more prosperous, etc.

After a long time, the sacrificial text was finally read.

Dongdong! !

"Burn incense!"

Li Zhuohua lit a stick of incense and inserted it into the incense burner on the altar.

And under the altar, the Li family members also had to burn incense in another incense burner in turn according to the rules.

About an incense stick of time passed, and everyone finished burning incense.

Dongdong! !

"Knock!"

Led by Li Zhuohua, everyone kowtowed to the ancestors three times.

"The ceremony is over!!"

Instantly, the bells and drums rang, and the ceremony ended with a magnificent music.

But everyone did not move and still did not disperse.

A group of strong men appeared, two people in a group lifted the big box next to the three animals, and walked quickly to the white jade altar.

With a click!

They pried open the box and poured the contents into the center of the altar.

Gu Xia was under the altar, and Li Qingyun had warned him that he was not allowed to deploy the soul force field in Taoyuan, and he would be severely punished if he was found.

So he couldn't see the whole altar, but he could see what was poured out of the box from a distance with his sharp eyesight.

It turned out to be a full box of black crystals. Such a large box could probably hold hundreds of black crystals.

Gu Xia roughly counted and found dozens of large boxes around. A simple multiplication showed that there were at least tens of thousands of Xuan crystals here, enough for the entire Xingxuan Sect to use for at least ten years.

Many Xuan cultivators would never see even one tenth of the Xuan crystals here in their lifetime.

Gu Xia's eyes showed a hint of surprise and greed, thinking how nice it would be if all these Xuan crystals could belong to him.

However, some things can only be thought about in the mind. Gu Xia watched as all the boxes of glittering Xuan crystals were poured into the center of the altar.

There should be a big pit in the center, otherwise so many Xuan crystals would be enough to pile up into a small mountain.

As the Xuan crystals piled up, Gu Xia also noticed a hint of abnormality in the air.

Obvious Xuan energy fluctuations came from the altar, so strong that the body could sense it without the need for soul power to sense it.

Blue light gradually appeared in the center of the altar.

Madam Zhuohua walked down the altar, and the last box of Xuan crystals was also poured.

Buzz buzz buzz! ! !

Boom! ! !

After a moment, a blue beam of light rose from the center of the altar, like a planetary engine.

The beam of light continued to spray to a height of a hundred feet, and then the hemispherical barrier covering Taoyuan City was slightly visible, and the beam of light merged into the barrier.

Seeing this, Li Zhuohua's expression relaxed a little, she knew that there would be no worries outside Taoxian Mansion in the next nine years.

The Taoxian Festival was officially over, and the people in Taoyuan would disperse in order according to etiquette.

Gu Xia looked at the beam of light in front of him with some thought.

"If I'm not mistaken, the so-called Taoxian Festival is paving the way for this beam of light."

After a moment.

Li Qingyun confirmed his guess. Since Gu Xia would become a member of the Li family in a few days, the woman had nothing to hide.

She said, "Wen Chen, you guessed right. The Peach Fairy Festival is a ceremony to charge the Peach Garden Guardian.

Although the Peach Garden Guardian was condensed by the innate power of the two ancestors. But they experienced a great battle before their death, and their power was not much.

Besides, five hundred years have passed, and the souls of innate masters can be worn into nothingness by wind and frost.

The original power of the Peach Garden Guardian has long been exhausted. If you want to maintain the barrier, you need to recharge it regularly.

Otherwise, the power of the Peach Garden Guardian will become weaker and weaker every year, and in the end it will be like before, even if the demons sneak in and can't hit them with all their strength."

Gu Xia: "How many black crystals are needed for one recharge?"

Li Qingyun: "At least not less than 30,000 pieces, because the news that the demons made trouble before and the Peach Mansion was empty has spread.

Just in case, this time my mother filled the Peach Garden Shelter with more than 60,000 black crystals to ensure that there will be absolutely no worries within nine years."

Hearing this, Gu Xia couldn't help but be amazed.

"As expected of Yunzhou Soul Cultivation Holy Land, it's so arrogant!"

Li Qingyun smiled: "Now everything is done! Wenchen, next is our wedding!

I think, maybe we don't have to be just partners. It's not a bad idea to become real husband and wife."

Gu Xia also smiled and said: "Then let's do as Qingyun wants."

He was happy with it.

Having the resources of Taoxian Mansion and getting a beautiful woman for free, this is simply Xuande's encounter, why not?