Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1310: Chapter 429: Holy Platform and Offerings, the Fourth Xianyang Level, Astonishing Talent, Ritual Process

The sect temple is built along the valley, located in the deepest part of the inner city.

The temple measures 33 meters in length, 33 meters in width, and 55 meters in height, divided into three layers and forming a pyramid structure. However, it lacks a pointed tip; the topmost layer is a high platform.

The first layer is the ancestral hall, where anyone registered as a citizen of Great Xia can enter to erect a stele for sacrifices; naturally, this layer occupies the majority of the space, with a ceiling height of 35 meters;

The second layer is the sect hall, accessible only to nobles who have received founding qualifications. Although Great Xia currently has only 339 nobles, the initial design reserved a ceiling height of 15 meters for future considerations. The surrounding walls have over ten thousand vacant shrines.

The shrine of the Xiang Family is located at the top of the sect hall. Xiang Liang, holding his son, walked up the spiral staircase for less than fifty breaths before reaching the exit at the top.

There were few pedestrians on the staircase, and realizing that others were already in place, he was relatively late, so Xiang Liang hastened his steps, quickly passing through the exit and ascending to the top layer.

Upon reaching the top layer, Xiang Liang’s gaze was immediately drawn to the silver high platform at the center.

It was a square silver high platform sitting east and facing west, with a side length of five meters. The platform descended nine tiers of stairs, radiating dazzling silver light, clearly crafted from silver.

On the high platform was a two-meter-wide rectangular table, upon which ten spiritual tablets radiating strong light were erected, divided into three tiers from high to low:

The highest tablet at the center bore the inscription ”Great Xia,” clearly representing the entire Great Xia Camp; the next tier held five tablets, representing the main sect leader Xia Hong, the sect mother Li Xuanling, the branch sect leader Xia Chuan, the branch sect mother Xiao Ning, and Xiao Yu; the last tier contained four tablets, representing the main sect young master Xia Yuyao, Xia Yusheng, branch sect second-generation disciples Xia Yuzong, and Xia Yuning.

All lesser sect leaders must ascend to the holy platform to worship the main sect during the annual sacrificial rites, thus this was Xiang Liang’s fourth visit to the main sect’s holy platform. The high platform, the table, and the ten spiritual tablets upon the table were entirely familiar to him.

What truly attracted him at this moment were the offerings placed before the table.

Xia Li hadn’t imposed strict regulations on the specifications for sacrificial offerings, requiring only the preparation of three animals, five fruits, yellow candles, spiritual wine, and spirit pills.

However, since it is a sacrificial rite, the better the offerings, the more devoted the offering becomes; secondly, Minister Xia Chuan openly stated that all spiritual tablets will increasingly accumulate spirituality as offerings increase, with further miraculous uses potentially emerging in the future; thirdly, Great Xia’s abundant resources mean offerings are not mere disposables—after the rites, these items remain useable.

With these three factors in mind, everyone prepares offerings at the highest permissible level if resources allow.

For instance, Xiang Liang himself had offerings prepared by Wang Yuxiu. The three animals used were advanced beast meat, the five fruits were the five most expensive fruits currently available at the Camp Supply Department, the spirit pills were the best sixth-level elixirs, and the spiritual wine was three types of top-grade wine personally exchanged from the Camp Supply Department.

Except for the constraint of using only two yellow candles per person, his wife utilized the best possible within their capacity for the other four kinds of offerings.

Even as a Ninth-Rank Xuanling Marquis, Xiang Liang was able to use these offerings, not to mention individuals with higher noble titles and greater financial strength.

As for the offerings the lord’s family used during the main clan sacrifice, they were nearly top-tier level.