Aztec Eternals

"The Lord God bless you! The number obtained from the divination is six! The Kan hexagram corresponds to water!"

"Come here! Water torture, throw into the lake, sacrifice to the Lord God!..."

"The divination result is number seven, Gen hexagram, which corresponds to mountain!"

“Stone to death, stoning to death, sacrifice to God!…”

"The divination result is Qian Gua, which corresponds to the sky!..."

The sky is clear and the February sunshine is full of sunshine. On the two-meter-high small altar, Shulot held the only sunflower grass and showed it to hundreds of Mexica nobles. There was a burst of surprised and excited whispers around him. After experiencing several divination judgments, everyone already knows that this is the only one among the eight types of Lord God's judgments, the life blessed by the Sun God, to be acquitted!

On the higher altar, God King Avit still had a calm expression. He nodded slightly, and faced the fourth fortune teller, a young noble from the southeastern mountain city, and declared calmly.

"The sun is watching from the sky, the Lord God gives mercy and forgives your sins! Come on, let him go!..."

"Ah! The Lord God bless you! The Lord God bless you!..."

The young city-state noble was incoherent and too excited to say anything. He just kept chanting about the Lord God, and knelt down to kowtow to the God King and His Highness who was doing the divination, his eyes full of gratitude. Soon, the two cut-haired guards brought him back to the crowd, allowing the next nobleman waiting for the divination to come forward.

"The Lord God bless you! The divination shows that the number is four! Zhen Gua!"

"Come here! Punish with thunder!"

"Boom!..."

After a cannon shot, the nobles became quiet again. They stared at Shulot's divination, as if they were watching some exciting and silent sacrifice. In fact, this is indeed the same as sacrifice. In addition to the newly added punishments of thunder and wind, the four punishments of water, fire, stone, and earth, and sacrifices, are all traditional sacrificial items familiar to Mexica people.

"The divination result is five, the Sunda hexagram, which corresponds to wind!"

"Been punished by wind, shot to death with random arrows, and sacrificed to God!..."

"Swish swish!..."

"Ah! Uh...ho ho..."

"The divination result is eight, Kun hexagram, which corresponds to earth!"

"Be punished with earth, dig a pit and be buried alive. The soul will return to the kingdom of God, and the body will return to the earth!..."

"Oh no!…"

"The divination result is two, and the hexagram corresponds to the water and the blood!..."

A series of divination and sacrifices soon came to the last person. Shulot held two sunflower stalks and showed them to the people around him. Many nobles looked at the Bagua Divine Flag, and after finding the corresponding swamp and blood marks, they all looked at the God King Avitt.

One stem is heaven, the vitality given by the Lord God. Converting the two into blood is the decision of the Lord God to devolve the king or priest, and it also has a glimmer of hope. Among the eight types of trials by the Lord God, the result of "Dui" is the only "blood punishment", or "blood sacrifice", that is decided by the judge. According to the alliance's traditional blood sacrifice rules, it can be a "big sacrifice" that involves tearing out one's heart and lungs, or it can be a "small sacrifice" that involves cutting off one's fingers... As for now, it all depends on the decision of the God King!

"Well... six nobles were sacrificed in a row, and the military morale was almost shocked!..."

God King Avit looked around and saw the expressions of the generals showing no resentment and awe, and nodded secretly in his heart. It is said that Shulot was "enlightened by Western gods and men" and created this set of divination and hexagrams, which not only fully conforms to the divination and sacrificial tradition respected by the Mexica people, but is also significantly better than the traditional methods of burning oracle bones, smoking sacred smoke, and The "madness" divination of gathering mushrooms, eating black feather jade, and asking gods to take over your body is more convincing and controllable, and can convince the knowledgeable nobles! …

Avitt pondered for a moment, still expressionless, and declared like a god.

"The Lord God has shown mercy. As the supreme King of Gods, I will also give you a chance to fight! Cut off your little finger and perform meritorious deeds. For the Lord God's southern expedition, for the army, continue to go south to attack Yunshan City, and lead the team to fight to the end!..."

"Ah! Yes! Yes!...The God King is above! I will definitely lead the team and fight to the death in the city for the Lord God!..."

The royal nobles who had escaped the disaster looked excited, knelt down and saluted, and were then dragged away by the guards. Soon, a suppressed low cry came faintly, but it was a "small punishment but a big commandment", a blood sacrifice of just cutting off the little finger.

"Priest of the Xiulote Sect, the army is about to set out! Please ask the chief **** again, is the omen of this southward journey good or bad?..."

"I obey you, God King!"

Shulot lowered his head slightly, and the bright Chagar feathers on his crown were fluttering in the wind. His expression was always solemn and his movements were precise, as if following a special rhythm. Then, he prayed three more times, took out a sunflower grass and gave it to God, divided two piles of sunflower grass into heaven and earth, and then took out a sunflower grass from the pile to become people. This time, he performed a complete yarrow divination, which required six lines before and after!

"Four roots, four roots, four roots...one becomes five...two becomes four...three becomes four!..."

Shulot separated the sunflower hay from the pile on his right hand in groups of four until the last four or less were left, and then dealt with the sunflower hay pile on his left hand in the same way to find the remaining amount. The remainder of the two times is combined with one of the little fingers of the left hand to get "five". Then, take out these five sticks, divide the remaining ones into piles, draw one, and then find the remaining number of four sticks that are drawn out continuously. If the remaining sticks are connected to the stick on the little finger twice, you will get "four". After pulling out these four sticks, the third time is still the same as before, and another "four" is obtained.

"Five, four, four, three times a few, are Lao Yang. One line is 'Yang'!..."

Shulot showed it three times in a row and unfolded a piece of white cloth on the altar. There was already a low-level priest holding a jar of fresh blood and offering it on the altar. Obviously, the blood came from the six previous sacrifices and was also a necessary sacrifice before the great divination in Mexica. Shulot recited the numbers silently in his mind, dipped his **** in blood, drew the yang line of "—" at the bottom, and marked an old yang line of "."

"Five, four, eight, two minority and one majority, are Shaoyin. Two Yao are 'Yin'!..."

Soon, the second line of divination was also completed, which was the Yin line of "--". All the nobles around were holding their breath and concentrating. Even Avitt on the high platform had a solemn expression, watching this series of "divinations" that although they could not understand, they were obviously shocked.

In fact, Avitt has a very deep understanding of the "divination" of high-level priests and understands the twists and turns involved. Because in traditional divination, there is no doorway like "Yi" that is logically complete and can withstand scrutiny. It all relies on the mouth of a high-ranking priest to deceive ordinary tribesmen. For the truly knowledgeable royal family and glorious nobles, there is no way. Great job.

Avitt has always used "divination" as a means to manipulate people's hearts and minds, but he doesn't mind it in his heart. It's just that the means of divination are now upgraded from the "Shang Dynasty" to the "Zhou Dynasty", from the too simple "tortoise shell" to the mysterious "Book of Changes", and the priest of divination is Shulot who has always received "divine enlightenment" At this time... Avitt was a little doubtful and treated it with the most solemn attitude!

"Five, eight, eight, one is a minority and two is a majority, it is Shaoyang. Three Yao is 'Yang'!..."

"Nine, four, eight, one is the minority, two is the majority, it is Shaoyang. The four lines are 'Yang'!..."

"Five, eight, four, two small numbers and one majority, are Shaoyin. Five Yao are 'Yin'!..."

"Nine, eight, eight, the majority of three, is Lao Yin. Six Yao is 'Yin'!..."

Shulot dipped in blood ink, solemnly drew the last line, and marked the "x" where Lao Yin changed into a line. This set of "Yarrow Divination" process is very ornamental as a mysterious ritual, which is the "divinity" that the nobles are convinced of!

Later, Xiulote first interpreted the hexagrams of the three lines. "Yang Yin Yang" was the hexagram "Li", and then he interpreted and drew a ball of fire. Then, the hexagram image of the upper three lines, "Yang Yin Yin" is the "Zhen" hexagram, and a thunder is drawn at the back.

"There is thunder above and fire below. The thunder and fire are Feng, so the original hexagram is the 'Feng' hexagram!... And after the change of the first and sixth lines, the upper fire and the lower Gen are the upper and lower hexagrams, and the hexagram changes to the 'Lv' hexagram?..."

Seeing the Lei Huo Feng hexagram in this hexagram, Xiulote's heart moved, and he secretly deduced the changed hexagram of the Volcano Brigade, but he didn't draw it on the cloth. As a divination to boost morale before going on an expedition, it is enough to have this hexagram!

Of course, the more practical point is that Shulot doesn't know what the hexagram "Lv" actually means. As for these sixty-four hexagrams, he was actually forced to memorize them by his grandfather when he was a child. Even the meaning of the "Feng" hexagram, he could only barely remember that it was a lucky hexagram. As for how to interpret it specifically, it still had to be solved by one's own subjective initiative!

"Priest of the Shulot Sect! What is the meaning of the omen given by the Lord God?!..."

Seeing the blood-red hexagrams on the white cloth, as well as the marked thunder and flames, God King Avit narrowed his eyes and looked at Shulot's face, his expression extremely serious. The same was true for the surrounding Mexica nobles. Their eyes were immersed in the mysterious atmosphere of the divination ceremony. Xiulote's expression remained unchanged, he just bowed slightly, pointed solemnly at the white cloth, and read loudly.

"Dear God King, look! Thunder above and fire below, thunder from the sky and fire from the earth! This hexagram indicates that it is the Lord God who sends the thunder of destruction, and the army ignites the flames of destruction, completely destroying the Mixtec city-state and the Descendants of God!…”

"Blessed by the Lord God! This is a good omen for the expedition! The Yunshan City of the Mixtecs will surely fall in the thunder and fire, and will be captured by the alliance's invincible army!..."

"Ah! The chief priest of the Xiulote Sect has divined a good omen!"

"Thunder and fire? The Lord God's thunder and fire will help us break through the strong Yunshan City!..."

"Praise the Lord God! In the following southern expedition, the army will surely win!..."

"Yes! Destroy Yunshan City, and then sacrifice the Mixtec descendant to please the blessed God of War!..."

"Haha! Okay, very good!"

After hearing Shulot's interpretation, God King Avitt's solemn face finally burst into a smile. He stretched out his hands to suppress the chaotic and excited discussions of the crowd, looked around at the fierce and happy faces, and declared loudly and decisively.

"The majestic Lord God has given a divine decree! Thunder and flames are auspicious omen for conquering Yunshan City!..."

"The generals will return to the camp immediately and inform the alliance warriors in each camp of the results of the divine divination to boost the morale of the warriors!..."

"God bless you! Tomorrow morning, the vanguard of 5,000 people will go south! The army is setting off one after another. Before the rainy season in May comes, Yunshan City will definitely be broken!..."

"Yes! God King!..."

Everyone knelt down and saluted the God King respectfully. Many nobles bowed visibly and bowed their heads in greeting to Shulot, who was in charge of divination. The generals quickly returned to their respective camps, and the Mexican camp, which looked like a creeping beast, finally began to come to life! It let out a noisy low roar, jumped to the south of the Cloud Valley, and began to hunt more ferociously!