Chapter 184 Longevity Mountain
Changsheng Mountain, the only holy land in the Liao Kingdom, is also the spiritual belief of the people of the Liao Kingdom. If the Khan of the Liao Kingdom and the leaders of various tribes controlled the people's bodies, then Changsheng Mountain controlled the spirit of all the people of the Liao Kingdom.
Grab and snatch. Therefore, on the grassland, Changsheng Mountain is the supreme existence, and even the great khan of the Liao Kingdom should give in three points, because before every new great khan on the grassland ascends the throne, he must go to Changsheng Mountain to worship the god of Changsheng, and be crowned as a khan under the witness of the high priests of Changsheng Mountain, so that he can become the real khan on the grassland and be recognized by the tribes of the grassland.
As for why such a system exists, it is also determined by the situation on the grassland. You should know that there are many tribes on the grassland, and burning, killing, looting and fighting endlessly has become commonplace on the grassland.
For a long time, there was no unified king on the grassland. Killing was performed every day on the entire grassland. Old tribes were slaughtered every day, and new tribes were rising. The people on the grassland lived a desperate day. In despair, they naturally placed their hopes on the mysterious gods.
And Changsheng Mountain is the birthplace of the shaman ancestral temples, the birthplace of practitioners on the grassland.
In the eyes of the people of the grassland, shamans are omnipotent, curing diseases, praying for rain, praying for blessings, sending souls, divining, jumping at great gods, and ensuring a good harvest... It is no different from the imagined gods, and the "Eternal God" believed in by these shamans has naturally become deeply rooted in people's hearts. After countless years of precipitation, the "Eternal God" has become the only faith on the grassland.
The Changsheng Mountain where the "Eternal God" is located naturally became a special existence on the grassland.
Even when the pre-Han unified the Eastern Region, Changsheng Mountain was prosperous and it was one of the several holy places in the empire. Such a behemoth had an amazing natural influence on the grassland.
After the collapse of the Han Empire, the northern grasslands fell into disputes with all races. That is, eight hundred years ago, Yelu Qi's ancestor Yelu Aotian unified the grassland and established the Great Liao Empire. At that time, in order to gain the allegiance of various tribes on the grassland and to obtain the strong support of Changsheng Mountain, Yelu Aotian respected Changsheng Mountain as the Great Liao religion, and was crowned the Great Khan of the Liao Kingdom under the witness of the twelve high priests of Changsheng Mountain.
From then on, this became the ancestral system. Before ascending the throne, all Khans of the Liao Kingdom had to be crowned by Changsheng Mountain to become the real Khan of the Liao Kingdom and be recognized by all races on the grassland. This further increased the power of Changsheng Mountain and made it truly an existence above the imperial power.
However, after more than ten generations of the Yelu family, the Liao Kingdom became more powerful. The Changsheng Mountain, which was above them, naturally regarded it as a thorn in the eyes. When Yelu Qi's great-great-great-grandfather, he secretly suppressed the prestige and power of Changsheng Mountain.
After Yelu Qi's grandfather ascended the throne, the conflict between the Liao royal family and Changsheng Mountain was even more superficial and almost intensified. The monks of Changsheng Mountain naturally did not want to spit out the fat meat from their mouths, but in this Dharma-Ending Age where humanity ruled the heaven and earth, how could monks resist the general trend of humanity?
After several generations of Liao Khan spared no effort to suppress it, Changsheng Mountain's power in Liao was almost deprived of all, leaving only spiritual symbolic meaning. However, the lean camel is bigger than a horse, and the Changsheng Mountain that has existed for tens of thousands of years is naturally not underestimated. Its strength is not as good as the Liao royal family in its heyday, and it will not be much different.
You should know that in Changsheng Mountain, there are twelve high priests, "spirit, fire, mountain, sun, moon, star, city, wind, rain, thunder, lightning, and soul". Each high priest has a powerful armed force under his command. The number of people is uncertain, and he specializes in conquering. He is called the "Twelve Prisoners". This is also the most feared thing about the Liao royal family. You say that your sect does not practice meditation well to save the world and the people, but instead engages in private arming, which makes everyone think that you have bad intentions and do not suppress who you are suppressed?
This is also why Brother Jie reacted so much when he heard that Yelu Qi was going to Changsheng Mountain. Changsheng Mountain and the Liao royal family were as powerful as the water and fire. Now, when he went to Changsheng Mountain, wasn’t he just out of the wolf’s den and entered the tiger’s mouth?
文彩 Dingdian Novel Network 文彩. Seeing Brother Jie stunned there, Yelu Qi naturally understood what he was thinking, but if it were in the past, Yelu Qi would naturally not care about the opinions of a little marshal. It’s just that now he is not as good as a chicken in trouble now. Naturally, he doesn’t want to be separated from a general like Brother Jie, and he couldn’t help but explain patiently:
"Now that I, Daliao, has reached the critical moment of life and death, so naturally I cannot fight in internal struggle. Now we need to integrate all the forces that can be integrated against the Great Zhou."
"The people who Ben Khan believed in Changsheng Mountain were not fools, so he naturally knew how to choose. This Great Zhou was completely different from the previous Great Han Empire."
Yelu Qi's explanation made Brother Jie feel relieved and felt it made sense. Everyone else hit the doorstep, so his brothers naturally had to be consistent with the outside world.
Seeing that Brother Jie's expression relaxed, Yelu Qi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that Brother Jie would get into a stubborn position and make them lose harmony with the ruler and his ministers. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. Now he was so down and began to care about the attitude of the slaves, for fear that these servants would be dissatisfied with him. When it comes to his Khan halo, he began to gradually disappear, and he no longer had the majesty of the emperor before.
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At the western tip of the Liao Kingdom, there is a place with a sacred beauty near the border of the Song Kingdom. The mountains are beautiful and the spiritual charm is rising. The clouds and mists are lingering all year round, purple air is misty, and fairy arts are overflowing. This is a rare blessed land in the world. This is the famous Changsheng Mountain in the Liao Kingdom.
At this time, in a majestic hall on the top of Lingyun Peak, the main peak of Changsheng Mountain.
The twelve young and old were different, and people wearing gilded brocade robes sat around a cloud platform. In the middle of the cloud platform, there was a green jade disk floating, emitting a divine light. On the disk, what appeared was the scene of Yelu Qi leading his army through the siege of Zhou's army and fleeing in a hurry. It seemed that it was a bit far away. It could only be seen clearly that two armies were fighting, and the picture was shaking violently, as if they were about to disappear at any time.
"Old Ling, your mysterious light mirror is too bad. Why can't you just look from a distance and can't you pull it in a little bit? This picture is too blurry, right?" At this time, a very burly and sturdy middle-aged man said dissatisfiedly to an old man who looked like a monkey.
The old man couldn't help but give a blank look at the strong man and said angrily:
"If you can see such a scene, you should be content. If you don't look at where it is, it's a battlefield! The place where evil spirits gather, this is where we can still see it from afar on our territory. My mysterious light mirror has long been shattered elsewhere, and I have accompanied the life of the priest of the three hundred spiritual tribe to get this scene!"
Chapter completed!