plumnovel Chapter 200 Catching Insects! The Yongle Emperor is Going to Perform a Sacrifice to Heaven!
Chapter 200 Catching Insects! The Yongle Emperor is Going to Perform a Sacrifice to Heaven!
After it came out of the bowl.
Chen Fan walked out of the palace.
In a good mood, he strolled along Chang'an Avenue.
He smiled broadly as he watched the vendors hawking their wares along the way.
"Young master... come in and have some fun... We've recently had quite a few noble ladies from the Yan Kingdom arrive... each one is stunningly beautiful..."
When passing by Yichun Courtyard.
Chen Fan was also drawn to the brothel owner by the roadside.
He paused to take a look and felt that these women were too pitiful!
Once noble ladies of the Yan state, they have now been reduced to prostitutes and dancers.
Looking at those women with tears in their eyes, Chen Fan could only sigh inwardly.
Then he turned and left!
It's not that Chen Fan didn't want to go in and comfort them!
But he's really useless!
We left the city.
Chen Fan walked towards the nearby barren mountains!
Winter is coming!
The trees in the barren mountains were all bare, and the grass on the ground was withered and yellow.
Chen Fan walked around and searched for a while.
They soon arrived at the deepest part of the barren mountains.
This place is deserted; it's obvious that very few people come here.
Seeing that no one was around, Chen Fan took out a white stone about the size of a thumb from his pocket.
This is a fragrance-attracting stone!
It's the secret method that the Thousand Insect Elder used to catch insects!
Chen Fan naturally brought him along this time.
He casually tossed the incense-attracting stone on the ground, then jumped onto a tree and waited silently.
Time passed little by little!
The fragrance emitted by the incense stone quickly attracted the insects.
In Chen Fan's divine sense.
A bright red frog emerged from the soil.
It reeked of a fishy stench and moved step by step toward the Scent-Attracting Stone!
And to the left of the frog.
A colorful snake with horns on its head also emerged from under the rock!
The two poisonous insects were clearly after this scent-attracting stone!
Chen Fan, who was hiding in the tree, witnessed this scene.
A slight smile played at the corners of his lips.
Without the slightest hesitation, he raised his hand and pocketed the two poisonous insects!
After doing all this.
Chen Fan continued to wait silently.
Not long after, another commotion was heard nearby.
Look closely.
It is in the soil about one mile away from the incense-inducing stone.
A centipede as thick as an arm burst out of the ground!
With its eyes bloodshot, it rushed toward the scent-inducing stone at top speed after smelling the aroma!
And to the south of the centipede.
A red and white ferret suddenly darted down from under the tree!
With its yellowish eyes, it sniffed the scent and then headed straight for the direction of the incense-attracting stone.
Upon seeing this, a glint of shrewdness appeared in Chen Fan's eyes!
He glanced at the two poisonous insects and then pocketed them as they approached the incense-attracting stone!
With the addition of the frog and the snake, he has now collected all four poisonous creatures!
Only one poisonous insect remained.
Chen Fan can then begin raising Gu!
He waited silently, secretly wondering what the last poisonous insect would be!
But we waited for a long time.
There was no further sound from the surroundings.
This made Chen Fan wonder if there were no more poisonous insects here!
While he was confused.
Chen Fan suddenly sensed something was wrong with the ground.
He held his breath and stared intently, his expression changing drastically!
It was found in the soil layer directly below the incense-attracting stone.
That is, about ten zhang deep in the soil.
A golden cicada is rapidly diving upwards!
"This is... a cicada..."
Chen Fan smiled, his eyes gleaming.
He immediately waved his hand!
Instantly, he became the center!
A powerful divine sense penetrated the soil and firmly locked onto the golden cicada!
It is faintly visible.
The golden cicada was less than three feet away from the incense-attracting stone!
Under Chen Fan's gravity technique.
The poisonous insect was quickly pulled out of the soil.
It screeched in frustration, then he took it into his possession!
The fifth poisonous insect is in hand!
With a smile on his face, Chen Fan put away the incense-guiding stone and quickly left the place!
After a while.
Inside the Lion Tower on Chang'an Avenue.
Upon arriving, Chen Fan ordered a plate of peanuts and a pot of wine.
He then sat by the window and began to have a drink.
His gaze was fixed on the window, but his divine sense covered the entire Lion Tower!
"The Church of Light has been completely silent these past two days... Could it be that they've been scared off by the massacres?"
"It's possible... quite a few members of the Cult of Light have died..."
"Have you heard... in a couple of days the emperor is going to lead all the officials out of the city to offer sacrifices to Heaven! It's going to be very exciting!"
"A sacrifice to Heaven? It's been a long time since the Great Abyss held one... The last time was when Emperor Taiyuan founded the nation..."
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A sacrificial ceremony to Heaven?
Chen Fan's eyes flickered!
When he first entered the palace, he was fortunate enough to witness Emperor Taiyuan's sacrificial ceremony to Heaven!
This emperor had rendered meritorious service in establishing the country, so his sacrifice to Heaven was a justifiable act.
Even though Emperor Hongwu expanded the territory considerably, he was still not qualified to perform the sacrificial ceremony to Heaven.
Not to mention he wouldn't have been able to defend Chengdu and become the Jianwen Emperor!
The reason why Emperor Yongle was allowed to offer sacrifices to Heaven was because he destroyed the Great Yan Dynasty!
Such meritorious deeds are indeed worthy of appealing to Heaven in order to increase the nation's fortune!
If it were in the past...
Chen Fan still felt that the sacrificial ceremony to heaven was a big deal.
He only realized this after he cultivated immortality.
The so-called sacrificial ceremony to heaven was nothing but a performance!
In Chen Fan's view, the sky of Dayuan is the Changchun Sect!
In their eyes, the oppressed royal family was nothing more than larger ants!
Thinking about these things.
Chen Fan suddenly felt a little confused.
I wonder if Emperor Yongle was offering sacrifices to Heaven or to Emperor Changchun!
Unaware of the situation, he shook his head inwardly, feeling that something was amiss.
Unable to figure it out, he simply stopped thinking about it!
I didn't sit for long.
Chen Fan walked towards the palace.
On the way back.
He could easily spot some eunuchs and palace maids preparing incense, candles, and other offerings.
The quantity far exceeds the amount of incense, candles, and offerings used during previous Lunar New Year celebrations!
Chen Fan didn't look at it closely.
Too lazy to meddle in other people's business, he followed them back to the Imperial Stables.
As soon as he entered the room, he sat down cross-legged.
Then, Chen Fan calmly took out the storage bag containing five poisonous insects.
Upon closer inspection, the five poisonous insects, packed together, were fighting each other just as described in the "Treatise on the Poisonous Insects"!
Chen Fan only glanced at it twice.
They then discovered that the frog was slightly weaker in combat.
Under the attack of the centipede, they soon became a meal on the plate!
Then the unicorn snake became the ferret's meal!
As for the cicada that came in last...
He lay motionless on the ground, as if he were dead!
What Chen Fan found strange was...
Neither the ferret nor the centipede tacitly refrained from attacking the cicada!
After having a hearty meal, the two immediately clashed and began to fight again!
This made Chen Fan feel even stranger after seeing it.
These insects seem to possess a kind of intelligence; they are definitely not the kind of insects that know nothing.
It's obvious that Jin Chan is sitting on the sidelines watching the tigers fight, waiting to reap the benefits!
But these two insects simply ignored it!
Soon, after a fierce battle...
The ferret was bitten to death by a centipede and then swallowed whole and skinned alive!
Just when Chen Fan thought the centipede had eaten the ferret and was finally going to make a move against the cicada!
But what he saw left him speechless!
After eating the ferret, the centipede gradually approached the cicada.
Trembling all over, it then rolled over, exposing its belly, and lay down in front of the cicada...