Buddhist Cultivation: Starting from Divination

Chapter 63 Raven Ceremony
In the early morning, the early sun broke through the fog.

The first believer of the Raven Sect, after bidding farewell to Zhao Huai, has not been idle, leading the mighty team, swimming around the inner and outer cities of Jinzhou.

I didn't miss a street or an alley, and turned them all over again.

After a morning of hard work, I finally followed a lot of people, but most of them looked sallow and emaciated, dressed in ragged clothes, clearly looking like refugees, and there were also very few people, dressed more expensively, looked more normal, with interest in their eyes and curious.

"Everyone come with me."

The leading believer turned his head to the crowd and smiled gently.

He led the people through the streets and came to an open compound, which was located at the junction of the inner and outer cities, and the area was very empty.

The courtyard is just the tip of the iceberg. This is actually a mountain villa. The villa includes the courtyard, storehouses, ancestral halls and other places. This villa was originally a ruins of a Taoist temple in the former dynasty. After fleeing, after the Raven Cult settled in, after repairs, it finally returned to its former style.

The leading believer walked in front, passed through the compound, and came to an ancestral hall.

In the center of the ancestral hall is a lacquered bronze statue of a crow's head, with feet on the clouds, three heads and six arms, more than ten meters high. The crow's head has sharp eyes and looks forward from a distance.

"This is the Crow Immortal we enshrine."

The leader of the believers stood still in front of the bronze statue, saluted respectfully, and explained with a smile.

"Boom!"

The melodious bell sounded, and there were bursts of prayers from the depths of the villa.

The leader of the believers saw the doubts in the eyes of everyone present, and said in a soothing tone: "This is the time for the ceremony. The saint is leading the members of the church to pray."

"What ceremony? Who is the saint?"

A man in the team asked curiously.

The leader of the believers replied with a smile: "As long as you enter the ceremony, you can become a member of the real Raven Cult."

"As for the Holy Maiden, you will know later."

Everyone stepped into the deepest part of the villa and came to a palace.

The hall has a large space, and there is a woman surrounded by a group of raven believers.

This woman is wearing a loose black robe with a silver raven pattern on it, and there is a circle of copper bells on her left bare foot. She is wearing a white veil, and her silver hair is faintly visible in the robe.

Even with a veil on, those extremely beautiful eyes are quite suffocating.

"This is our Lady Saint, who came here specially from Kyoto to preside over the ceremony."

The leader of the believers introduced with a smile.

This woman, known as the Holy Maiden, glanced at the crowd who came here with a look of astonishment, and said:
"Welcome everyone to join the Raven Cult. From now on, we will be a family."

His voice was slightly hoarse, but not cold, but very gentle and polite, bathed in spring breeze, as if there was a power to confuse people's hearts.

When everyone heard this voice, their hearts calmed down. There were even men in the team who were directly fascinated. They stared at her and refused to let go.

After saying this, the woman in the center turned around again and looked to the other side.

Over there is a long table, fully ten meters long, filled with all kinds of dishes, including fragrant rice, roasted whole pig, steamed fish, roasted duck with soy sauce, roasted deer breast, etc. There are too many meat and fruit snacks to count.

Someone was already feasting on the table, pulled out a goose leg, and gnawed it wantonly, his mouth was full of oil.

These people are obviously the same as the group of people who came here, they were all recruited from outside.

The hungry refugees in the team swallowed hard while watching, their eyes were full of envy, but they were also very afraid of the crowd of believers surrounded by darkness.

The woman in the center smiled knowingly when she saw their expressions, and said softly:

"Go, finish eating, the ceremony will officially begin."

After saying this, a large number of hungry people in the team couldn't bear it any longer, and rushed over like crazy one by one, running extremely fast, and began to enjoy the meal.

At this time, the leader of the believers came before the saint and respectfully said:

"Master Saint, the number of people this time should be enough."

"not enough.

The black-robed woman said expressionlessly.

"The more people the better, the Crow Immortal needs more faith."

"Forgive me for being stupid, what's the use of needing so many people now, these refugees may not be able to become powerful."

After hearing this, the black-robed woman said calmly: "You have not been in the church for long, and you just became the head of the hall. It's normal not to know some things. These refugees are of great use to us."

"Whether it's the power of the Crow Immortal, or the incense that overturns the Great Xia's national destiny, these refugees are indispensable. In other words, they are the source of our strength."

After hearing this, the leader of the believers understood a little bit. He looked at the jackdaw totem above his head devoutly, and said in awe: "Master Crow Immortal helped me break through the realm. Without him, I would not be where I am today."

The black-robed woman didn't look at him anymore, but asked a believer beside her.

"The ceremony is ready."

"Report to the Holy Maiden, everything is ready."

The believer nodded vigorously.

It's been a long time.

The people who were wolfing down their food were almost finished, the food on the table was swept away, and the plates were all shiny.

"Let the ceremony begin."

With an order, the surrounding Raven Cultists dispersed, leading the crowd to the center of the hall.

Many people looked around curiously, not knowing what was going on with this ceremony.

The black-robed woman was covered with faint silver essence, and the surrounding air suddenly became cold.

In the dark hall, the body of the black-robed woman rose slowly, like a rising sun, and a faint blue arc flashed in her eyes, and she softly shouted:

"Get up."

An incomparable brilliance emanated from the ground of the hall, and the complicated inscriptions on formations finally appeared at this moment.

Everyone looked at the jackdaw totem above their heads in awe.

Everyone stood in it, like ants. In the center of the hall, there was a huge light cluster suspended in mid-air. With that dazzling light, it seemed that a jackdaw could be faintly seen.

After the formation was activated, invisible powers of faith were pulled out from everyone's bodies.

Enter the glowing jackdaw totem.

At this moment, the members of the Raven Cult did not dare to say a word, and knelt on the ground one by one, bowing devoutly.

Then the black-robed woman recited a spell, and activated the second link of the mysterious ceremony.

A series of blue light groups broke into the bodies of everyone, causing great changes.

"My head hurts! It seems like something has come in!"

"It's itchy all over! What's the matter!"

"What's wrong with me!"

The crowd began to howl, crying out in pain, and complex sigils grew on everyone's body, and the sigils were outlined together in the shape of a jackdaw.

These people were all branded with the raven brand, the symbols on the surface of their bodies flickered, and their eyes also changed.

The muscles swelled inexplicably, and the blue veins bulged, as if the whole body had been improved a lot. This was another method of the Raven Sect, to exchange lives for letters.

What is burned is life, and what is gained is strength.

After a long time, the ceremony ended. The woman in black looked at the people below who had been reborn, nodded in satisfaction, and said with a light smile:

"Welcome everyone to formally join the Raven Sacred Cult."

The people in the team all looked wild, as if they had been brainwashed, and shouted loudly:

"The Faithful Crow Immortal! Destroy the Great Xia! Seize the Country!"

(End of this chapter)