"Dong~dongdong~dong!"

The deafening sound of drumming resounded throughout Sangmazhai.

Everyone knows that the final sacrificial activities of the Drum Festival are about to begin.

Many tourists who were having breakfast immediately devoured the food in their hands, and then walked towards the small square in the center of the village.

Jiang Chen and Chen Jiuxing were naturally among the tourists and followed them to the small square.

In fact, this small square also has a very famous name - Yinglong Square.

The name of Yinglong Square is related to the "Dragon Recruiting" ceremony that will be carried out today.

When Jiang Chen and others arrived at Yinglong Square, the square was already surrounded by crowds of spectators.

After looking around, Jiang Chen led Chen Jiuxing directly into the innermost part of the crowd.

As soon as he squeezed into the crowd, a deafening wave of sound hit directly from the square.

The two of them looked up and saw dozens of wooden drums forming a circle in the square.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing is the huge wooden drum located in the middle of the drum group.

This wooden drum lies flat on the ground. The diameter of the drum head alone is nearly three meters high. This is the only wooden drum that many people have seen in their lives.

In fact, many people don't know that in Miao territory, all drum societies will have such a sacred drum.

This huge wooden drum on Yinglong Square is the sacred drum of Sangma Village.

at this time.

In front of each wooden drum stood a young man wearing traditional Miao costumes. They held drumsticks and beat the wooden drum in front of them rhythmically, and bursts of sound suddenly came out.

After the sound of drums continued for a while, a group of people walked out of the village in a mighty manner and walked slowly towards Yinglong Square.

When those people walked near the square, dozens of Miao youths in front of the wooden drum stopped beating, perfectly completing the transition from noisy to quiet.

The crowd of onlookers consciously made way for the group of people. When those people entered the square, everyone saw clearly that they were holding something in their hands.

The leading young people were seen carrying a huge desk together; the following people were carrying a processed fat pig; and the people behind were carrying rice wine and various other sacrifices.

The leading young men carried the desk to the southeast corner of Yinglong Square, and then placed the desk under a huge sacred tree of liquidambar.

After placing the desk, the few people behind placed the fat pig in the middle of the desk, with the pig's head also facing the southeast.

After that, the people behind also placed their offerings on the incense table.

Jiang Chen counted and found that there were twelve bowls of rice wine in total, and there were also twelve bowls of chicken, duck, and fish each.

After placing the sacrifices, these people stepped aside, and then an old man wearing different clothes came up.

When Jiang Chen saw this old man appear, his eyes narrowed slightly.

He recognized at a glance that the old man was wearing some kind of sacrificial robes, and he should be the sorcerer, or Gu master, among the Miao people.

Moreover, Jiang Chen did sense the Gu Master's aura in this person, but the other person's cultivation level didn't seem to be high.

"This old man doesn't look like Ouyang Ruoyi. He should be just an ordinary Gu Master."

"Isn't that Ouyang Ruiyang still showing up today?"

While he was deep in thought, Jiang Chen suddenly felt someone bump his shoulder. He turned around and saw that the person who bumped into him was Chen Jiuxing.

Noticing that Jiang Chen was looking at him, Chen Juxing immediately gestured in the direction of the old man, and then asked Jiang Chen with his mouth.

"Is he a Gu Master?"

Jiang Chen saw this and nodded directly.

After seeing Jiang Chen's reaction, Chen Juxing raised his head again and looked at the old man.

If it had been a few days ago, he would have already rushed forward to become a disciple after knowing the identity of the old man.

As for now?

After those things, he now had a shadow on the profession of Gu Master, and he had a somewhat respectful attitude towards it.

Jiang Chen could naturally guess Chen Jiuxing's psychological activities, and immediately shook his head in amusement, and also continued to pay attention to the old man.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the old man first lit a strange stick of incense, and then began to recite "Gu Ci", which is also the poem to attract the dragon.

After chanting for a while, the old man reached out and took the mallard duck and the knife that were handed to him by someone at the side, and slaughtered the duck directly on the spot.

Upon seeing this, someone from behind immediately came over to catch the duck's blood, then walked to the middle of the wooden drums and poured the duck's blood onto the sacred drums.

The next moment.

The surrounding village elders blew the Lusheng directly, and the drum head also raised a huge drumstick and struck the holy drum three times.

As three loud noises were heard, all the Miao people around started singing.

After a while of singing, the old man stood up again and said something loudly in Miao language.

Afterwards, dozens of people stood up. Some of these people were carrying various sacrifices, and others were carrying a small bronze drum.

The old man shouted again, and then led the way out of the square, followed by dozens of people beating drums.

Seeing this scene, the crowd watching the fun outside the square also followed in a mighty manner, but fortunately no one stopped them.

Under the leadership of the old man, everyone walked out of the Miao village and walked straight to a nearby low mountain.

Jiang Chen had discovered before that this mountain was where the dragon's veins were located.

This short mountain is relatively gentle. Although there is thick fog around it, it is not difficult for everyone to climb it.

With many tourists watching, the sacrificial team soon arrived at the top of the short mountain.

When they arrived at the top of the mountain, the old man took a pottery from the person around him, which contained Zhaolong rice.

Accompanied by the low sound of bronze drums around him, the old man began to chant sacrificial words while throwing rice to attract dragons.

The mist that permeates the mountains adds a bit of mystery to this sacrificial activity.

After reciting the sacrificial words, the old man took a white cloth flag used to attract dragons from someone else. After carefully measuring it, he firmly inserted it somewhere on the top of the mountain.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Chen's brows suddenly frowned slightly.

Before Jiang Chen could think about it, the old man led everyone down the mountain.

Jiang Chen glanced at the white cloth flag and quickly followed the crowd.

On the way down the mountain, the old man kept throwing rice to attract dragons until everyone climbed up another hill.

After some prayers, the old man planted a white cloth flag on the top of the second low mountain.

Then, the third side, the fourth side...

In the end, this sacrificial team climbed a total of eight low mountains and left eight white cloth flags on nearby mountain tops.

After coming down from the last mountain, everyone returned to Yinglong Square again.

at this time.

The tourists around were all discussing something excitedly, except for a few people, including Jiang Chen, who were a little uneasy.
Chapter completed!