Soon Wang Wuxie led a group of disciples to greet the holy driver. Zu An looked carefully and found that besides Wang Wuxie, all the major peak masters of the Zhengyang Sect were here. Apparently they did not dare to show any slightness.
However, the people from the other eight sects of the Taoist sect were not there. They didn't know if they had left or something happened. It was difficult for Zu An to ask questions in detail in front of everyone.
Seeing Wang Wuxie, Zhao Hao also acted very affectionate towards him. After all, he was a national master and the number one person in the Taoist sect, and the two had had friendship in their early years.
Soon Wang Wuxie led a group of people to the Jieyin Hall halfway up the mountain, and then revealed that an altar had been set up on the Golden Summit during this period.
Zhao Hao nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered the others to wait in the Jie Yin Hall while he went to the Golden Summit to hold a ceremony to worship the heaven.
Sacrifice to heaven is about communicating with heaven. In theory, only emperors and empresses have this qualification. Other ministers will "pollute" the sacredness of this ceremony.
Of course, he mainly didn't want King Qi to be contaminated with the divine nature of worshiping gods, and the people would think that he had received the authorization of heaven.
However, Bi Qi immediately raised concerns: "Your Majesty, this would be a safety hazard."
Zhao Hao smiled and said: "There are hundreds of civil and military officials on the mountain and down the mountain, what kind of security risks can there be, not to mention that there are national teachers accompanying us."
At this time, Zhang Zijiang and Wang Bolin from the Yulin Army also came out to claim credit: "The general has already inspected the Golden Summit and other places in advance, and everything is normal."
When everyone heard this, they looked at Wang Wuxie. He had been respectful to the court in recent years and was also a well-known master. It was hard to say anything else.
Soon Zhao Hao, led by Wang Wuxie, headed for the Golden Summit.
Of course, although he did not bring any other ministers, he was accompanied by Eunuch Wen, a group of embroidered messengers led by Zhu Xie, and the imperial guards.
After they left, Zu An finally found Xie Daoyun in the corner, walked up to her quietly and asked what had happened these days.
Seeing that he had returned safely, Xie Daoyun was obviously relieved. Knowing what he wanted to ask, he quietly replied: "I don't know what happened, but the secret realm of Daomen was not opened at the scheduled time, and the date of the emperor's arrival was also advanced.
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"Those from the Dao Sect were worried that their motives would be suspected if they stayed in Zishan, so they left first. Now only people from the Zhengyang Sect are left on Zishan."
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Zu An was shocked: "The secret realm of Daomen is not over yet?"
Generally speaking, the speed of time in secret realms is different from that in real life. The speed of time in secret realms is generally much faster. In some secret realms, the gap is many years, but outside it may be only a few months.
Chu Chuyan and the others have been in the secret realm for many days, so logically they should have come out.
"Don't worry, Brother Zu. Miss Chu, Miss Pei, and the others are all very well-educated and always smart and resourceful. They will definitely be safe and sound," Xie Daoyun comforted.
Zu An forced a smile, but he was still a little worried.
On the other hand, Zhao Hao followed Wang Wuxie to the Golden Summit and chatted with him along the way. As a result, the other party seemed a bit submissive. He couldn't help but sigh: "You seem to have become a lot duller. The days when we fought side by side are still the same."
Before my eyes, I didn’t expect that I would still be alive now.”
Wang Wuxie replied: "The king is a king, and ministers are ministers. The emperor is destined to be lonely."
Zhao Hao was touched and sighed without saying anything else.
Soon we arrived at the Golden Summit, where a high platform had been built and everything was arranged for worshiping the heaven.
When Zhu Xie arrived at the Golden Summit, he scanned it with sharp eyes and found that the Golden Summit had been basically cleared. Except for a few Zhengyang Sect disciples who were responsible for the heaven-sacrifice ceremony, there were no other people waiting.
He breathed a sigh of relief, but still arranged for the guards and embroidered messengers to occupy various important passages around the Golden Dome to protect the emperor from a distance in the center.
Next, Wang Wuxie led Zhao Hao to a huge furnace, and Zhao Hao threw the torch into the furnace to light it. There were various precious Yuan stones, precious medicinal materials, top-quality minerals, etc. piled in the furnace.
Wisps of fragrant fireworks slowly rise from the top of the stove, and fly to the sky without dissipation, thereby conveying the world's respect for heaven to heaven.
Then Zhao Hao knelt down and worshiped God Haotian on the high platform and the tablets of various gods to express his respect.
Although he is invincible in the world, he is still full of awe for things in heaven.
You must know that legends of immortals have been circulated throughout the ages. Although no one has seen a real immortal for thousands of years, he still has a trace of longing and luck in his heart, hoping that one day he can ascend to the immortal world.
As soon as he knelt down, the rest of the people on the golden dome dared to stand, and they all knelt down to salute.
Next, the disciples of the Zhengyang Sect brought a jade basin filled with clear mountain spring water. After Zhao Hao washed and wiped the water stains, he took the incense on the side and offered it three times to the altar on the high platform, and then took it again.
After passing the precious gifts such as jade and silk fabrics prepared by Wang Wuxie, he walked up to the high platform step by step to pay homage to the tablets of the gods in heaven.
This high platform is extremely sacred, and he is the only one in the world who is qualified to go up there, while everyone else is standing around the high platform from a distance.
Zhu Xie looked around with all his heart. He didn't know why, but he always felt frightened today, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. He could only pray secretly that nothing bad would happen today.
But what are you afraid of? Suddenly, a deafening explosion sounded. The entire high platform flashed with dazzling fire, as if a mushroom cloud had risen, and the entire Golden Dome was full of explosions. The messengers in embroidered clothes and the imperial guards
He was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses.
"Your Majesty!" Zhu Xie was shocked, because the center of the explosion was the high platform where the emperor was. At that moment, the emperor was engulfed in the fire and could not feel his breath at all.
Although the emperor has a high level of cultivation, who can guarantee that he will be fine in this earth-shattering explosion?
At this time, in the reception hall halfway up the mountain, the ministers were originally guarding here respectfully, but the emperor was not here, so everyone just pretended to be fishing and chatted privately through the Yuan Qi Sound Transmission.
Suddenly there was a sudden tremor, and even the tiles of the entire Jieyin Hall kept falling down, and dust flew everywhere.
Many people screamed instinctively, while Zu An slapped a few tiles away and tightly protected Xie Daoyun beside him.
After a while, everyone ran out of the reception hall and looked in the direction of the explosion.
I saw the fire on the golden roof soaring into the sky, filled with thick smoke, and everyone's expressions changed: "Your Majesty!"
Led by Bi Qi and others, they all rushed to the top of the mountain.
Zu An looked at the situation on the other side of the Golden Summit, and suddenly his heart moved. Yun Jianyue mentioned before that the Seventh Golden Medal seemed to be investigating a batch of missing gunpowder. The gunpowder disappeared near Zishan, and it was probably taken by someone from the Zhengyang Sect.
A big shot hid it, and it turned out to be used here.
Zhang Zijiang and Wang Bolin, who had been in high spirits before, turned pale and murmured to themselves: "It's over, it's over!"
This time, they shouldered the responsibility of coming to Zishan in advance to investigate hidden dangers. As a result, such a big mistake was made. It would definitely lead to a catastrophe of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan afterwards.
At this time, bursts of angry scoldings suddenly came from the other side. It turned out that Bi Qi and other ministers were blocked by the formation in front of them, and they all angrily scolded the Zhengyang Sect disciples for what they were doing.
Those Zhengyang Sect disciples didn't say anything and disappeared one after another after activating the formation.
Xie Daoyun exclaimed and said in annoyance: "Oh, this is Zhengyang Sect's mountain protection formation. Although I noticed it before, I didn't think about it at all."
Zu An patted her hand to express comfort. It was indeed not her fault. Who would have thought that the Zhengyang Sect, with its upright and prosperous roots, would use a mountain-protecting formation to isolate the connection between the emperor and the civil and military officials.
He looked towards the direction of the Golden Summit, thinking that no wonder he thought Wang Wuxie was a little strange before. It turned out that he was planning to attack the emperor.
However, he is too courageous. Although his cultivation level is high, he is no match for Zhao Hao. I wonder what kind of helpers he will have this time.
With such a large amount of gunpowder, I wonder if it can kill that old boy Zhao Hao.
This chapter has been completed!