According to the description of knowledge skills, in this world, celebration activities of the gods are carried out regularly. Each god has its own unique celebration rules.

From daily prayers to fixed seasons and fixed time activities, from annual holy day festivals to large-scale celebrations that occur every few decades or even hundreds of years, the celebration itself is more like a rule that needs to be gradually adapted to believers.

and habits that should be developed.

However, as time goes by, when the creatures spend the festivals of the gods, they have long forgotten or ignored the meaning of the festival itself, and have become obsessed with the form of the celebration itself.

This creates a situation similar to festivals and holidays in the real world:

People had a pleasant holiday, but they had no idea why they had a holiday. People enthusiastically carried out a certain festival activity, but did not know much about the meaning of the activity itself.

For Wang He, this is actually quite normal.

In a busy society, it can be much easier to just focus on results.

However, in the world he lives in now, the older the race, the more devout the believers, the more they pay attention to the celebration of the gods.

Because the celebration itself is the embodiment of the core teachings of the gods they believe in, and it is also the carrier of the values ​​they recognize.

During Wang He's discussions with the Elf Council of Elders, he discovered that the elves were unusually persistent in their celebrations and traditions.

It is impossible to rigidly pressure the other party in the name of Melikai's Oracle and demand that the celebration be held according to the rules he set.

Therefore, how to achieve "seeking common ground while reserving differences" and ultimately achieving what he wants to achieve is the focus of Wang He's entire negotiation.

Under his leadership, the content of the Four Holy Feasts, the first day of the Shield Ceremony, was divided into two.

The original rules for the Four Holy Feasts are:

The royal family will dispatch 100 elves with excellent singing skills or devout faith who have been selected by the royal family to outside the Four Sacred Forest on the night of the holy day to sing the "Four Sacred Songs" of the Melikai Cult together.

The Four Saints correspond to the four seasons.

As the sun is shining brightly in summer, what they sang was naturally the "Midsummer Night Song" that suited the season.

According to tradition, every candidate must carry a specially processed dead leaf from the main temple of Melika when entering the outside of the forest.

If you gain the approval or favor of the goddess Melika after singing, the miracles of the goddess Melika will be displayed on the dead leaves.

The level of miracles can be judged by the degree of vitality that the dead leaves glow.

The supreme miracle, the entire dead leaf will be "resurrected" in an instant.

The originally withered leaves will become as fresh and tender as if they were just picked from the branches.

The original total of 100 participation places was obviously insufficient because Wang He brought the player group into the event.

Considering that it was impossible for the elves to give up their original quota, Wang He made a suggestion.

After negotiation, the Elf Elders Council gave Wang He an additional 100 places and left the selection of the additional places to the witness priest Wang He.

This means that Wang He must select 100 contestants from among the many people who checked the Four Holy Feasts during registration within two days before the celebration.

There are 10 main judges in total, and at least 6 are elven representatives selected by the Council of Elders. Wang He can select the remaining 4 or give up these places.

Through this negotiation, he obtained the decision-making power of the entire meeting from the witness priests of Melikai, and the promise of the Presbyterian Church to actively cooperate during the event.

This was a difficult task, but Wang He looked as usual and had already planned it.

On the day the pre-selection event for the Four Holy Banquets began, according to statistics from royal staff, approximately 10,000 players and aboriginal NPCs signed up to participate.

Most of the NPC applicants were local elves, and they were not selected by the royal family to participate in the holy feast.

So after getting the extra opportunity, they chose to sign up even if they were looked down upon by their peers for ignoring tradition.

Especially in the second half of the registration period, the huge number of applicants and the huge influence made them truly realize the extraordinary significance of this registration.

With the oracle of the goddess Melika as a cover, more elves put aside their unnecessary reserve and participated.

For their own reasons, they will compete with players on the same platform.

In the early morning, about 1,000 people of various races gathered outside the royal family's special Four Holy Banquet qualifying venue.

Under the guidance of the Knights of the Knights, they were divided into 10 teams again.

As early as after the deliberations of the Council of Elders, Wang He immediately asked the royal family to publish the entire set of rules, procedures and lists for the Shield Gathering Ceremony in all areas of the Elf territory.

In addition, he also used the NPC task release system to update the task descriptions and competition instructions for all players who accepted the Four Sacred Banquets competition tasks. This ensured that participating NPCs and players could perform according to the rules.

As time passed, a player with strange behavior appeared at the door of the venue and muttered to himself.

Many passers-by stopped and watched his stand-up comedy, forming a circular human wall around him.

"Hello everyone! I am the reporter for the comprehensive section of the "Void" game community, Xiao P. It is now 5 o'clock in the morning during game time, and the sun has just appeared. But the enthusiasm of the players can no longer be restrained!" Xiao P pretended to wipe his sweat.

, more than a dozen staff who cooperated with the recording adjusted the angle in time to face those players.

The players immediately started to get restless.

"Yeah! Did you catch me?"

"Hmph, my singing voice will make you kneel down and surrender."

"Hey, will my little kitten become an idol in the gaming world?"

…

The players knew that Little P was the official community reporter, so they cooperated very enthusiastically and shouted enthusiastically, and the outside of the venue was very lively for a while.

"Oh! Did you see that, a lovely halfling lady." Little P seemed to have discovered something and signaled the recording team to follow.

A halfling who is about 1 meter tall but dressed in gorgeous modern clothes is particularly conspicuous in the crowd.

Except for being very short due to her race, having a ruddy complexion, and having black hair, her appearance is very close to that of a miniature elf.

"Beautiful lady, are you a contestant of the Four Holy Feasts? Your exquisite costume is so beautiful!" Little P opened his mouth in surprise.

"Yes. I make my own clothes." As soon as she finished speaking, a commotion broke out in the crowd.

"Yes, I am an excellent tailor, whether in reality or in the game."

"Players who are interested in purchasing physical clothing can come to my online store 'Black Rose' to purchase. If you need to reserve in-game clothing, remember to queue up with your requirements and price. This is limited, do you understand?"

The NPC player named Bonnie easily revealed his identity and showed a mysterious smile.

She presented fashion manufacturing, a function that requires in-app purchases in other games, to the world for the first time through an official platform:

Excellent tailor = unlimited customization possibilities.

This is a very impactful topic for the appearance party.

"I'm afraid people watching the recording will go crazy soon!" Many players present had this idea and silently wrote down the name of "Black Rose".

"This is really an eye-opener! Let us thank Miss Bonnie for bringing a new field, and let us look forward to Miss Bonnie's beautiful singing voice!" After finishing speaking, Little P led the team to another queue of 100 people.

"According to official news, the theme of this Four Holy Feasts' Singing Competition' is: summer, forest, faith and the goddess Melika. You can choose to perform the traditional song "Midsummer Night's Song" announced by the royal family, or you can choose

Create your own song."

"How much inspiration hidden in people's hearts can be discovered by competing in an exotic place? I have a feeling that this special singing competition will give birth to at least one native idol in the "Void" game! Let's

Let’s wait and see!” Little P said very excitedly.

"Get out of here!" A tall orc pushed Little P away from the road and walked forward with a murderous aura.

Little P didn't mind. He seemed to have discovered something hot, and his eyes lit up: "Did you see it? There are also people from the NPC side. Let's look forward to the beautiful singing voice of this sturdy lizard man brother. Don't lose.

oh."

The crowd burst into laughter.

Because of the large number of contestants, even the Imperial City does not have a public gathering place that can accommodate thousands of people at the same time.

There is no way the Presbyterian Church would have allowed the game to use military grounds.

Almost all the competition venues decided by Wang He are open areas in the city.

Such as squares, plains next to rivers, etc., which are not only convenient but also convenient for other players to watch.

For military reasons, the Elf royal family only allows 1,000 contestants to enter the city at a time.

At the same time, under the supervision of the high-level knights, they will be divided into 10 teams again and taken to different competition areas.

As a witness priest, Wang He can travel between various competition areas without restrictions.

The judges he selected were: Mielikki, Unicorn, Sasan, and the very reluctant third prince of the elves, Sipleus.

Wang He also placed the competition areas they were responsible for in adjacent areas to facilitate management.

The Central Commercial Plaza competition area is the home ground in charge of Melikai.

Wang He announced loudly to the 100 contestants in front of him with a pious look: "Goddess Edath is on top! Goddess Melikai is on top! Dear guests who are lucky enough to be here, I hereby declare: This Shield Celebration

The pre-selection activities for the Fourth Holy Feast have officially begun!”

"Everyone needs to know that the Four Holy Feasts are a reproduction and praise of the teachings of the goddess Melikai, so as the rules say, faith is also part of the examination." Wang He paused deliberately.

"Haha, I told you before that there are advantages to switching to Melikai's camp. If you don't listen to my advice, you two will just wait to be crushed by me." After hearing Wang He's words, a male elf player immediately began to laugh at the people around him.

people.

Another elf next to him immediately retorted: "If your duck voice can win, I will eat the terminal when I get offline!"

"Hey, you have to remember what you said."
To be continued...