Chapter 498 Oracle
Unlike the strict order and clear hierarchy of the Da Qi Dynasty, the court meetings of Da Yan were obviously much more casual and scattered.
At first glance, it seems that a group of rough men are surrounding King Yan's seat. They are talking to each other and shouting non-stop. It is more lively than the market.
Someone couldn't restrain their curiosity and couldn't help but ask Zhao Changying, Your Majesty... No, why did Grandpa suddenly come out of seclusion? Could it be that he had made a breakthrough in his cultivation.
Zhao Changying did not inform anyone of his injury before.
He smiled and replied: "No, I was called by God. He guided me to leave the country in advance and do something of great significance."
A great thing of great significance?
Everyone could not help but open their eyes wide.
Just when they were confused, a man wearing a red robe and a red hat suddenly ran into the lobby in a hurry, shouting loudly: "Oracle! There is an oracle!"< br>
This man in red robe is naturally Chong Li, the high priest of the Fire Temple.
Everyone's eyes fell on him.
Zhong Li staggered a few steps and fell in the center of the lobby with a "plop".
A raging flame several feet high suddenly burst out from his body, illuminating the entire room in a dazzling orange color. The shadows of everyone were cast on the wall, like countless ghosts flickering.
In the past many years, the fire god believed in in the north has almost never performed miracles in public like today.
Everyone could not help but hold their breath and stared at the scene in the flames attentively.
A vague figure appeared in the center of the flames.
People couldn't see His face clearly, but they saw Him climbing to the top of Kunlun Mountain, stealing fire from the fairy world, and bringing it back to the human world - this is a story that every northerner is familiar with.
But Vulcan's appearance soon changed.
The flames around him gradually faded and turned into bright stars, and his long black hair also turned into silvery white.
“Emperor Ziwei!”
"How could it be Emperor Ziwei?"
Emperor Ziwei is really recognizable. Everyone quickly recognized His identity.
It's just that they can't understand it -
"God" and the Fire Temple have been competing for believers in the northern region for hundreds of years, and they can be regarded as irreconcilable rivals.
Why did Vulcan suddenly turn into Emperor Ziwei?
Could it be that the God of Fire lost to Emperor Ziwei in the battle of gods and was deprived of his name and incense by Emperor Ziwei?
Or are they essentially different images of the same god?
The figures in the flames continue to change.
His face gradually became younger, his long silver hair turned back to black hair, and his dark brocade robe turned into a simple green shirt.
It was Gu Xu’s appearance.
The officials of Dayan were no strangers to Gu Xu.
After all, when Zhao Changying was still King of Yan, he once invited Gu Xu as a guest in the court and asked everyone to treat him with the courtesy of a national scholar. He even abolished two Qi Dynasties for Gu Xu. The messenger’s cultivation.
Later, they also kept hearing things like "Gu Xu is the incarnation of the God of Fire in the human world", "Gu Xu will soon become the wife of the King of Yan", "Gu Xu can deprive the Zhao clan of their bloodline power" "rumors.
However, although Gu Xu is famous, he wore a mask most of the time in the northern border and rarely had close contact with people.
So as the rumors spread, he became more and more mysterious in the eyes of everyone in the North.
At this moment, when he, the God of Fire, and the image of Emperor Ziwei appeared in the oracle flames, people became more and more convinced that the relationship between him and the God of Fire was extraordinary.
After a few minutes, the bright flame finally died out. Chong Li, the unconscious high priest of the Fire Temple, also put his hands on the ground and slowly got up.
He looked around and saw expressions of surprise, confusion, or doubt on everyone's faces.
"What just happened?" he asked with a frown.
As the priest who delivers the oracle, he has just been in a state of "possession by the gods", has no personal consciousness, and has no memory of the content of the "oracle".
Hearing his words, an official stepped forward and briefly stated to him the scenes changing in the flames.
At the same time, he also asked in passing: "Your Majesty the High Priest, what is the meaning of this will of the gods?"
Since the oracles themselves are often vague and obscure, the interpretation of the priests often plays a role. plays a huge role.
High Priest Chong Li took a deep breath.
He thought of the young man wearing a green robe and a mask who stood under the altar of the temple not long ago, bowing his head to the blazing flames.
"The God of Fire we believe in is more powerful than we imagined," Zhong Li thought for a while and replied seriously, "Now that he has come to the world, he is ready to lead us to a brighter future."
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This "oracle" conveyed by Chong Li to the ministers in the northern border was undoubtedly a scene arranged by Gu Xu.
As Gu Xu's understanding of the power of incense has become more profound, he has been able to inform the believers of his will through the priests of the Fire Temple.
The oracle itself is vague though.
But he believed that under the guidance of Chong Li, the officials in the north would make their own decisions in the direction he wanted, so that he could twist his forces into a god in the future.
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After lunch, Gu Xu left the northern border with Luo Chuan.
Even though we know we will meet again soon.
But when they parted, Zhao Yan still showed her reluctance to leave Gu Xu, hugging him tightly and not letting him go until the space passage was basically formed.
"You have to take care," she stretched out her hand to smooth the wrinkles of his collar, "I'm waiting for your good news."
Gu Xu didn't respond, just kissed her silently forehead.
Then he turned around and stepped into the spider web-like space crack.
Zhao Yan stood there, staring at the place where his back disappeared. It took a while before she recovered from her trance.
This was her third time to say goodbye to Gu Xu.
The first time was thousands of years ago, when she was a young girl Xi, she watched her master disappear into her arms, leaving her to think about it day and night, and never came back.
The second time was at Jingu Pier. She watched Gu Xu disappear at the junction of sea and sky together with the merchant ship he was riding on - after that, he was once removed from her memory by a mysterious force. erase. She couldn't imagine the terrible dangers he would encounter while searching for the fragments of his natal magic weapon.
"Yan'er, relax," her father Zhao Changying appeared beside her at some point, patted her shoulder and comforted her, "He will be fine.
"This man you have is not simple. I can't see through him at all now. ”
"He is indeed very extraordinary."
Thinking of Gu Xu's rapid improvement in cultivation, his ability to save Zhao Changying from death, and the power of his subordinates that he had quietly gathered, Zhao Yan took it seriously. nodded.
But the worry in her brows did not completely disappear.
(End of this chapter)