Chapter 92 The Alternation of Saints! Shouzhe Changes the Clouds and Makes It Rain (Please Vote for Me)

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Gu Shen Village.

As the political and cultural core of the Barbarian Gu Clan, the Gu God Village is very large, almost ten times the size of an ordinary small Gu village. Even a large Gu village with tens of thousands of people is smaller than this Gu God Village. A small witch can be compared to a big witch, and the gap in scale is huge.

The permanent population of the Gu God Village is over a hundred thousand, which is far from the average Gu Village.

Even in normal times, guests from other villages would often arrive in this village, and supplies would circulate very frequently. There were also special markets and trading points in the village, making it look like a city.

Recently, as the day of the celebration approaches, guests have been arriving in the village, and it has become even more lively than usual. People come and go during the day, and it feels like a bustling crowd. Even if the troops outside are already pressing down on the border, they can't stop this enthusiasm.

In more than ten days, it will be the day when the quasi-saint Jing will officially succeed the saint and pay homage to her ancestors. For the Barbarian Gu Clan, this is an extremely important day, and it is also a rare celebration that must be well prepared.

Therefore, the men, women, and children in the village began to take action early in the morning.

The altar in the center of the village is naturally the most important thing.

This altar for worshiping ancestors has a very long history and has been in use since Gu Shen Village moved here. The blue-gray stone has become mottled and old over the years, making it look particularly deep and solemn.

On the altar stood a tall totem pole.

At this moment, an old man in the village is carrying a paint bucket, using bright paint bit by bit, patiently and meticulously repainting the totems on the poles, making the ancient totem poles glow with life again.

On the altar, there are also some lean men with dark skin who are cleaning the altar over and over again. They must make sure that every stone seam is as smooth as new and free from any dust.

Further away, there were some men carrying items and rearranging the altar under the command of the clan elders.

Unlike the tall, fair-skinned girls, the men of the Barbarian Gu tribe generally look much leaner, and their skin tends to be darker. Compared with the bright-looking girls, they look much less attractive.

However, men and women have some tattoos on their bodies.

In the bamboo building next to the altar, a group of girls were busy taking down the old and gray decorations in the bamboo building, cleaning them, or replacing them with new ones.

This bamboo building is a large-scale bamboo building that is rarely seen in the Barbarian Gu tribe. Both in height and area, it is many times that of ordinary bamboo buildings. The level of detail and complexity of its production is far beyond that of ordinary bamboo buildings. .

There is no doubt that its owner is the Saintess or Son of the Barbarian Gu Clan. This title has a long history.

It's just that the Barbarian Gu Clan has no way to step further into Lingxu for the time being, so the Holy Girl and the Holy Son are both vacant.

As the residence of the saint, the material used to make this bamboo building is not ordinary bamboo, but a special variety of spiritual bamboo, which has many spiritual effects. Each of the spiritual bamboos has been treated with special techniques. Even though it has been used for many, many years, it does not show any signs of age.

At this moment, several girls were holding bamboo baskets, taking out exquisitely cut cliparts and pasting them on the pillars, doors and windows of the bamboo building.

This is also one of the customs of the Barbarian Gu tribe.

The clip art shows the six divine Gus from the ancient legends of the clan. It is said that they are super powerful Gu bugs cultivated by the powerful ancestors. Each one has great power that reaches the heaven and the earth and can protect the clansmen in a dangerous world. Stay alive.

During every celebration, old people will cut some and paste them on doors and windows to ward off disasters, pray for blessings, and ask for blessings from their ancestors. It can also add to the festive atmosphere.

"Did you hear about it?" A girl suddenly said, "Yesterday, the former quasi-saint Nuya and several elders went to the saint's grandma to file a complaint, accusing the quasi-saintess Jing of colluding with outsiders and betraying our Holy Gu clan. She harbored evil intentions and had no good intentions from the beginning. She was a lackey of the Da Gan people. The commotion was huge."

The Dagan people call themselves the Barbarian Gu Clan, but the Barbarian Gu Clan naturally calls themselves the Holy Gu Clan.

"You said there was a lot of commotion, how could you not have heard of it? My father went to watch the fun yesterday~" Another girl rolled her eyes at her, "If you ask me, the former Saint Nuya just watched She doesn't understand the situation. Doesn't she just want to use this incident to bring down the quasi-saintess Jing, and take the opportunity to replace her and become the new saint? But she doesn't want to think about how much the quasi-saintess Jing has done for us since she came. Things? How many troubles have you solved for us?"

"When the quasi-saintess Jing first came here, there were so many elders who objected to the saintly grandma taking her in. Aren't they all convinced now? Who believes that the quasi-saintess Jing has evil intentions? Anyway, I don't believe it."

"That's right." Another girl was also a little dissatisfied. "The date of the festival has been set, but Ya still hasn't given up. She still thinks that she is the superior quasi-saint. She doesn't even look at it. Now, except for the elder Ga and Na How many die-hard conservatives and elders are willing to support her?"

The quasi-saint Jing in their mouth is naturally Wang Shouzhe's fifth sister, Wang Luojing.

She has been coming to the Barbarian Gu Clan since decades ago. As a member of Da Gan, she naturally struggled at the beginning. Many people from the Barbarian Gu tribe looked at him with colored glasses and were always wary of her. Even becoming the disciple of the current saint, she experienced many twists and turns.

But over the past few decades, with her efforts, the Barbarian Gu clan has developed faster and faster, and everyone's life has become better and better. Everything has shown a trend of prosperity, and everyone's views on her have naturally changed. .

Moreover, because she has always been kind to others and has no airs, unlike the former quasi-saint girl, she often teaches the children in the village some very useful knowledge. Over the past few decades, she has accumulated a lot of knowledge among ordinary villagers. gained a high reputation.

Not to mention anything else, these little girls who came to help decorate the bamboo house under the arrangement of the elders often followed Wang Luojing around. Wang Luojing's words may be more effective than their biological parents.

Although some people in the village are panicking due to the recent invasion of the Qian army, and some people have begun to question the position of the quasi-saintess Jing, they still firmly believe that the quasi-saintess Jing will not abandon them.

"However, although I firmly believe that the quasi-saint Jing will not betray us. But my father said that the biggest problem now is not who will be the saint. It is that Daqian is obviously determined to conquer southern Xinjiang and will not easily do so. Let's give up. But our strength is obviously not as good as Daqian. If we fight, we will definitely suffer heavy losses and many people will die... And when the time comes, Ya might take the opportunity to attack again..." The girl frowned as she spoke. He frowned, a little worried.

Seeing this, another girl comforted her and said: "I don't quite understand what you are talking about. But I believe that no matter what the problem is, the quasi-saintess Jing will definitely find a solution. Didn't she solve all the difficulties in the past? Already? It will definitely work this time."

"Can this be the same?" The girl rolled her eyes at her.

"Why do you think so much? Those are things that big people should worry about. We little people can't get involved. You'd better finish the things at hand first. The stickers are all crooked." There were two girls. I was passing by carrying a bamboo basket, and when I heard their conversation, I couldn't help but mutter a few words.

Their bamboo baskets contained small copper bells, made in the shape of insects, which were very delicate. That is a bug bell, also used in celebrations. In ancient legends, the patterns carved on insect bells can be used to communicate with ancestors.

While he was talking, one of the girls had already deftly climbed up the eaves and started hanging insect bells under the eaves.

Hearing this, the girl with the sticker quickly straightened the crooked sticker, and then retorted unconvincingly: "Aren't I worried about the future of the quasi-saintess Jing and our Saint Gu clan? Aren't you worried?"

"Is it your turn to worry?"

The status of women in the Barbarian Gu tribe is very high, and the girls are naturally fierce in character, so they are not the ones who can suffer. When the two sentences didn't agree, the two girls started fighting with their hands on their hips.

The other girls were busy breaking up the fight, and the scene was a bit chaotic for a while.

"Ahem~~"

While they were noisy, a cough suddenly came from next to them.

The girls were startled when they discovered that a nun in black stood behind them.

The nun wore a beaded hat on her head, gold earrings on her ears, and several bracelets set with precious stones on her wrists. In the Barbarian Gu Clan, only Gu Masters with high status would dress up like this.

"Aunt Aya."

Several of the little girls obviously knew her.

This is the nanny next to the saintly grandmother. She is also very powerful and a powerful Gu Master.

At that moment, they also realized what mistake they had made, so they shrank their necks and admitted their mistakes obediently.

"I'm sorry, Aunty Aya, we shouldn't have argued here and disturbed the saint's grandma and the quasi-saint's quiet practice. We know we were wrong. I'm sorry~"

"Okay, go and get the punishment yourself~" Aya shook her head and waved her hand to drive the person away.

"Oh~"

The little girls had no choice but to leave dejectedly.

"These kids~~Hey~~"

Grandma Aya sighed and couldn't help turning her head to look at the bamboo building behind her.

The saint, Dian, and the quasi-saint, Her Highness Jing, have been having a deep conversation behind closed doors for a long time, and I don’t know how the conversation went. This time, the vast army is approaching, and the life and death of the Holy Gu clan depends on the thoughts of these two people.

I hope everything will turn out well~

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at the same time.

Inside the bamboo building where the saint lives.

"It is said that a long time ago, our Holy Gu tribe was still in a barbaric state and did not know how to raise Gu insects. We lived a difficult life surrounded by poisonous insects and ferocious beasts all day long, and we lived in fear every day. Shocked. Maybe when I open my eyes, my husband and children will be dead."

A woman who was gorgeously dressed, with black clothes decorated with various mysterious symbols, murmured in a low voice with a slightly hoarse voice, "Until one day, the Gu God came to this mountain range, and He gave our tribe the ability to raise Gu insects. Super powers, and left behind a legacy of the Holy Gu [Celestial Silkworm] and the "Holy Gu True Method"."

"And our people learned how to control poisonous insects and strange Gu, and gained the ability to hunt ferocious beasts. Gradually, the Holy Gu people spread out and occupied a vast territory."

The woman in gorgeous clothes had mottled hair and a deep voice, as if she was old. But there are no wrinkles on his face, and he still looks young. However, she has many mysterious tattoos from her face to her neck, making her look mysterious and dangerous.

This is the saint of the contemporary Saint Gu tribe - Saint Dai.

On her shoulder, there lay lazily a two-foot-long, white and fat silkworm. It had cute eyes and was bored. It was half asleep and half awake, which is exactly what Gu insects are like. , sleeping most of the time.

This is the Holy Gu passed down from generation to generation by the Holy Gu tribe - [Celestial Silkworm]. According to legend, the Celestial Silkworm will be reborn every time it dies. And under the support and sacrifice of the current saint or Gu Saint, he quickly reached the stage of ninth-level Gu insect.

Because of this, the Holy Gu inheritance of the Holy Gu clan has never been cut off.

Not far behind Saint Dai, a young woman also wearing a black Gu Master skirt lowered her head slightly and listened quietly without saying a word.

She is none other than Wang Luojing, the fifth sister of Wang Shouzhe, the contemporary patriarch of the Wang family in Changning.

Wang Luojing's figure is slightly petite and exquisite, and her handsome and pure face is more cute than charming. If she were to change it to the earth, she would look like a middle school and high school girl.

But in fact, she is already one hundred and twenty-five years old. It is precisely because of the relatively fast cultivation speed that the body's functions have been maintained in a very young state.

Ever since she gained a lot in the Shenwu Dynasty recruit training camp and successfully promoted her bloodline to the middle level of the second-level Great Tianjiao, Wang Luojing's cultivation speed has increased by leaps and bounds.

Now, her cultivation has been promoted to the eighth level of the Heavenly Realm, and it is only a matter of time before she reaches the Purple Mansion Realm.

Her state of mind is different from that of the Barbarian Gu tribe, and she is unwilling to get various tattoos on her body to increase her combat effectiveness.

"Luo Jing." Saint Dai turned to look at Wang Luojing, a strange light flashed across her deep eyes, "Do you know why I am willing to support you as the next Saint?"

"Holy Maid of Initiation." Wang Luojing whispered, "You are doing this for the sake of my late master Zhou Changfeng."

"No, when I was still a quasi-saint, I was already criticized when I took Da Ganren Changfeng as my disciple. Unexpectedly, after Changfeng gained some strength, he took advantage of me to be in seclusion to receive the inheritance of magical powers. With the secret assistance, he stole half of my "Holy Gu True Method"." Saint Dai sighed, "It also made me so angry that I failed half of the inheritance. He also made it impossible for me to break through so far. The culprit of the Supreme Supernatural Power Realm. So much so that when I am only over six hundred years old, I have to change my inheritance."

"It stands to reason that I will never be able to forgive him in this life. But the letter he wrote before his death explained the reason. He himself was depressed for the rest of his life. He could not even break through the realm of heaven and human beings in order to atone for his sins."

"For me to forgive him and accept you as my disciple is already tolerant and generous."

Wang Luojing said calmly: "Then what does Her Majesty the Saint mean...?"

"It's just like the story I just told." Saint Dai sighed and said, "Our Saint Gu tribe is now facing the same dilemma that our ancestors experienced."

"It's just that the ancestors faced poisonous insects and ferocious beasts at the beginning. But now, we are facing the more powerful Da Qin and Da Qian. Da Qin is doing better at the moment, and there is still a miasma between the territorial border and our Holy Gu Clan. There are so many mountains and mountains, but sooner or later they will expand to us."

"And Daqian is extremely warlike, and his territory and strength are expanding very quickly. Especially this generation of Emperor Longchang, who is extremely ambitious for expansion. After annexing the most fertile land of our Holy Gu clan long ago, he is still not satisfied. Trying to fully conquer our Holy Gu clan."

"Every time we resist, at least hundreds of thousands of outstanding tribesmen will die on the battlefield."

Wang Luojing was speechless, although she felt some sympathy for the Holy Gu Clan in her heart. But this is the rule of this world. The strong will continue to expand territory, or conquer or annex the weak.

Daqian’s current huge land area was indeed conquered bit by bit. In fact, if Da Gan cannot strengthen itself, it will be annexed by the Southern Qin and the Western Jin sooner or later.

"Luo Jing, the reason why I support you as a saint is because in addition to Zhou Changfeng's letter, you also brought a letter from your Wang family, Wang Shouzhe." Saint Dai said calmly, "Just like Saint At the most critical moment of the Gu clan, Lord Gu God came and changed the destiny of the Holy Gu clan. And now it is time for the Holy Gu clan to have to change."

"Your Wang family and the current emperor Zi An are indeed different from Emperor Longchang and other Daqian people. They have kept their original promises and brought about earth-shaking changes to the Holy Gu clan in just a few decades. This makes me I see the true future for the Holy Gu Clan."

"Your Highness the Saint, I understand." Wang Luojing said calmly, "Don't worry, both me and my fourth brother will work in different positions to bring new life to the Holy Gu Clan and enjoy long-term peace. Common prosperity and common development.”

Saint Dai nodded.

In fact, she has not been idle in the past few decades, and has been paying attention to the great changes that Wang has brought to the Holy Gu Clan. At the same time, many of the Gu masters who accepted Wang's organization to "work" were her people.

She learned bit by bit what Wang Shouzhe had done, and she was lucky in the end.

Wang and Wang Shouzhe have a very good reputation. There are various benefits and they will develop and work together with their allies.

Likewise, Di Zi'an's reputation and credibility were also excellent, which reassured her a lot.

It was precisely for various reasons that prompted Saint Dai to make up her mind, unite with many heavyweight Gu elders, and finally support [quasi-Saint Girl Jing] to lead the Saint Gu clan to a new future for the next generation of saints. .

If it were Emperor Longchang or Prince Kang who carried out this plan, she would probably never dare to take such a big gamble. Wang Shouzhe is right. Before Emperor Longchang's death, there will be a battle between the Holy Gu Clan and Da Gan. By then, it will not end well.

The current situation is the optimal solution for the Holy Gu Clan.

"Your Highness the Saint, my fourth brother sent a letter." Wang Luojing took out a letter and presented it, and whispered, "He said that the time is ripe and we can close the net according to the plan."

"Okay, then I'll wait and see." Saintess Dai's eyes showed a hint of determination. She firmly believed that this was the best choice for the entire Saint Gu Clan. Besides, she had no choice but to agree.

If she dares to break the contract and not recognize Wang Luojing as a saint, or not follow the plan. The 100,000-strong army outside, which looks like tigers and wolves, will instantly overthrow the Gu God Stronghold.

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Time flies.

Ten days flew by.

The army of Daqian Kingdom was quietly entrenched hundreds of miles outside the Gu God Stronghold.

This put immense pressure and threat on the entire Barbarian Gu Clan.

Envoys from both sides came and went, as if they had to make multiple trips a day, negotiating with each other, trying to reach a common goal.

today.

It is the day when the Saint of Gu Shen Village inherits the inheritance.

The people inside Gu Shen Village were filled with joy and excitement, temporarily "forgetting" the shadow of war hanging over their heads and immersed in the atmosphere of the festival.

In front of the altar.

The bamboo viewing platform for the inheritance celebration has been set up. There was already a sea of ​​people around, but they were all onlookers, and they had no place to sit.

Different from the solemn and solemn atmosphere of the Daqian royal family ceremony, the Sheng Gu tribe is obviously much more relaxed and has the custom of all people participating.

The dignitaries of the Holy Gu Clan arrived one after another and were led to sit on the bamboo platform to watch the ceremony.

They are all the important ruling class of the entire Holy Gu clan, and the weakest Gu masters are in the middle and late stages of the Heavenly Realm.

According to the tradition of the Holy Gu tribe, they are people with many rune tattoos.

Soon, there were dozens more people on the bamboo viewing platform.

Then, the Gu elders appeared one by one. Only Gu masters who are equivalent to Daqian Zifu realm monks are qualified to serve as Gu elders. Each of them is a top figure in the Holy Gu clan, and the power in their hands can also influence the direction and future of the Holy Gu clan.

Although the entire Holy Gu clan is now much worse than at its peak, it still has a total of seventeen Gu elders.

Previously, the selection of a saint heir from two quasi-saints relied on the votes of seventeen Gu elders. Among them, the quasi-saint Jing received the support of nine Gu elders and the saint Dai, and was successfully elected as the next saint.

After the Gu elders appeared one after another, the atmosphere at the scene became more and more solemn.

Among them, the appearance of Gu Elder Ga and the eliminated quasi-saint Ya were particularly eye-catching.

Elder Ga is one of the most lofty elders in the Holy Gu Clan, and the original quasi-Saint Nuya is a very outstanding descendant of his lineage, and has shown extremely outstanding talents since she was a child.

Before the appearance of the quasi-Saint Jing, everyone believed that Ya would definitely succeed the next generation of Saint. After all, Saint Dai failed half of the inheritance and would inevitably abdicate early if she could not be promoted to Gu Saint.

But what Elders Ga and Ya never expected was that [Jing], who had suddenly emerged as a new force, would eventually obtain the right to succeed the Saint with her merits and the full support of Saint Dai.

It can be seen from this.

Elder Ga and former quasi-Saint Nuya are definitely not in a good mood at the moment. When they walked in, their faces were all dark, and their tattoos became more colorful.

"Hey, isn't this Ga?" Elder Chan, who has always been at odds with Elder Ga, said sarcastically, "I thought you wouldn't come today."

Elder Chan is an old woman who has always been against Ga Shi due to her power and historical reasons. This time, she is also a strong supporter of the quasi-Saint Jing.

"snort!"

Elder Ga's eyes became more gloomy, "Maybe Lord Tiancan will dislike foreign blood and be unwilling to pass it on."

"Hahaha, just go ahead and dream. The quasi-Saintess Jing's Gu Master bloodline is very strong and pure, and she can't be considered a foreigner at all." Elder Chan said with a smile, "Besides, Saintess Dai has already asked Master Tiancan for his opinion. Your Excellency has long expressed his love for Jing."

The opinion of the Holy Gu Celestial Silkworm is naturally very important. Relatively speaking, the Holy Gu Celestial Silkworm prefers Jing, which may be because Jing's bloodline talent is much stronger.

If he is a Gu master that even the Holy Gu Celestial Cannon is unwilling to accept, how can he get the support of many Gu elders?

"snort!"

Elder Ga snorted coldly and was about to retort a few words.

But unexpectedly, another long shout came from outside the viewing platform: "Da Qian's 'Di Zi'an' has arrived."

Di Zian?

The "ordinary big shots" who didn't know the inside story were shocked and talking.

"Why did Daqian Emperor Zian come here?"

"It should be Saint Dai who was invited to watch the ceremony after discussion with the Gu elders."

"He is so brave. Aren't you afraid that we will swarm up and kill him to solve the dilemma of the army suppressing the situation?"

"Idiot, if you kill Emperor Zi'an, our Holy Gu clan will be buried with the whole clan."

However, they only dared to say these words when Emperor Zi'an was still far away.

When Di Zi'an and his entourage and guards approached, there was a sudden silence. Di Zian, who was dressed in armor and military uniform, received countless looks of hatred, awe, or admiration.

Wang Shouzhe, who was dressed in white and looked as graceful as an immortal, was a few steps behind Emperor An, unwilling to steal the limelight.

But even so.

Many of the young women who were watching cast admiring glances at Di Zi'an and Wang Shouzhe, and among them, there were even more whispers about Wang Shouzhe.

"The young man in white is so handsome."

"It's over, it's over, what should I do if I really want to marry him?"

"That young master must be a big shot. How could he like you?"

"Even if you sleep for one night, that's fine."

"Then let's gather some sisters together later, and when the celebration is over, we'll swarm them. Even if we get a handful, it's worth it."

Women from the Barbarian Gu tribe are naturally much more open-minded than Daqian. Especially in this rare celebration and festival, it is normal for men and women to look at each other and do anything.

Even whispers fell into the ears of Di Zi'an, Wang Shouzhe and others. There is no way, the strength is too strong, unless you specifically use spiritual thoughts to isolate and shield, it will be difficult to hear.

Just when they were not taking it seriously, a "senior guard" behind him, covered in armor, said in an old and teasing voice: "Hey, hey, pretty boys like Shouzhe are indeed very popular with foreign women. Ah. If you want to keep some romance alive, feel free to do so. I promise I won’t file a lawsuit with Ruolan."

Wang Shouzhe rolled his eyes angrily. The closer Emperor Longchang was to his retirement, the more playful he became. After staying in Wang's for a long time, I began to be very restless again and insisted on going on an expedition with him.

He said that he wanted to witness the thorn in his heart being pulled out so that he could abdicate quietly.

If you have the ability, why don't you fight it yourself? What's the point of pretending to be a guard?

Now the whole Wang family, that is, Ruo Lan, An Ye, and Li Xian can still listen to a few words they say.

Sigh~ The old naughty boy's behavior is really a headache.

However, Wang Shouzhe selfishly did not want Emperor Longchang to come. He was not afraid of others, but was afraid that he would cry.

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