The whole weird world is waiting for me to go to heaven

Chapter 706: The Ceremony of Transmigration
During the three days, from morning till night, the bell rang a total of thirty-five thousand times.

The sound of the bell echoed far away, even reaching far, far away places beyond Chang'an.

When an emperor passes away, the bell tolls 30,000 times, but the only treatment better than that of an emperor is the ceremony of the ascension of the highest being in the temple - the high priest.

As a result, the entire Tang Kingdom was discussing who the high priest was.

Over the years, the high priests would enjoy their old age in the temple after leaving office until they passed away.

To fall in office is simply unprecedented.

When the coffin was carried out of the temple, it was followed by the Great Priest Lou and the Great Priest Mei. In this way, it was self-evident who was in the coffin.

High Priest Li was the youngest of the three high priests. Unexpectedly, he died so young, and many people couldn't help but sigh.

The coffin was carried by six strong servants of the gods, led by two high priests, and behind them were the priests of the entire temple, arranged according to their rank, forming a long snow-white dragon, slowly crossing Suzaku Street.

Wen Weilan and Lin Shuying were also on Suzaku Street at this time, and were almost drowned out by the wailing and crying all around them.

Like everyone else, they prostrated themselves on the ground, silently watching the coffin slowly move out of the city, with mixed emotions in their hearts.

"Is it him?" Lin Shuying asked softly.

Wen Weilan shook her head without answering, and it was unclear whether she was denying it or not knowing it.

"I wonder who will be the next high priest?" Lin Shuying asked again.

This sentence is also a question in many people's minds.

"It will definitely be selected from among those fifth-rank priests." An uncle whispered.

Wen Weilan noticed that he was howling at this moment, but there was no sadness on his raised face.

In fact, many people do the same.

This is what happens when the influence of the Supreme God fades away.

Wen Weilan and Lin Shuying's eyes fell tacitly on the four fifth-level priests in front of them, and their eyes then stopped on the fifth one.

"This is a new face." Lin Shuying said in surprise, "I didn't expect there would be a newly promoted fifth-rank priest."

But Wen Weilan recognized that this was not a new face to her.

She was not face-blind like Liu Sheng, so of course she recognized that this was Grand Secretary Yan Lai.

But here, it should be Priest Yan.

As the team passed by, she looked away.

……

"That's the Priest Yan that Grand Priest Lou suggested, right?"

Standing on the city gate, the emperor said with a solemn look as he watched the coffin of the great priest Li pass by.

"Yes, my Royal Brother." The Princess watched with a hint of smile on her face. "Even High Priest Mei praised him highly, saying that Priest Yan is a rare talent for research and development. This time, the Temple participated in the Skynet Project, and Priest Yan quickly caught up and greatly advanced the progress."

"Indeed...suitable..."

A cold voice came quietly from behind the emperor.

"Grandma..."

"Your Majesty..."

The Grand Master rarely appeared from the darkness, uttered a hoarse call, and stared at the phantom that appeared in the eyes of the three of them, with admiration flashing in his eyes.

But the shadow stopped them from talking, "No, someone is coming."

There are only royal family members above the city gate. All officials are on the lower level, so there should be no other people.

But what this hidden being said was true.

At this time, the coffin of the great priest Li had passed the city gate, and the ceremonial team suddenly stopped.

At this moment, the figures of Grand Priest Lou and Grand Priest Mei appeared above the city gate like vague shadows.

The two men looked solemn and bowed slightly to the emperor.

The emperor said in a deep voice: "After the ascension ceremony of the great priest Li, there can be no more delay. The divine protection tour must start tomorrow, otherwise it will be too late to travel across the country before New Year's Eve. If the temple's affairs are delayed by then, I cannot afford it."

Downstairs, the mourning drama was still going on. The priests were chanting, and the servants in white were dancing around the coffin, their movements frantic and with some strange rhythm, as if they were praying to some unknown power.

Great Priest Lou watched the dance with a complicated look.

"of course."

Great Priest Mei bowed deeply and said, "Your Majesty, the accompanying items have been prepared, and the accompanying personnel have been arranged. We can set off tomorrow."

"I feel relieved now that the great priest Mei is out." The emperor smiled again.

Great Priest Mei also laughed: "I will do my best to promote the power of the Tang Kingdom..."

The great priest Lou had an inexplicable look on his face, interrupting this scene of mutual respect between the monarch and his subjects that shouldn't have existed:

"Your Majesty, you may now read the eulogy."

The emperor nodded, took out the eulogy he had prepared long ago, and read it aloud.

This eulogy was polished by countless great scholars. It was written in gorgeous language and expressed sincere emotions, which moved all the listeners.

The people downstairs were in tears and wailing sounds were heard one after another, as if the whole Chang'an was shrouded in the sadness of farewell.

After the eulogy was finished, it was the turn of the great priest Lou to give the final blessing and farewell.

She gently waved the scepter in her hand, and the face of the god in the sky seemed to move slightly, and his eyes slightly raised, as if pulled by an invisible string, and his movements were stiff and slow, like a puppet that had lost its agility.

Everyone didn’t dare to look directly at it, so naturally they didn’t know what was happening. They just couldn’t help but sigh softly - because the long-lost divine light poured down at this moment, enveloping the world, holy and solemn.

All the people in the world bowed their heads and knelt in worship.

However, when the people on the city gate saw the divine light appear, they couldn't help but turn their eyes to the great priestess Lou, only to see that her face was gray, as if stained with ink, and she seemed to be trying her best to endure something.

Then, as divine light shone, a long, imaginary white jade staircase appeared from under the city gate, slowly extending toward the sky.

The long steps were transparent and seemed to be made of pure light, which was shocking.

The common people are familiar with it, and all the priests are even more familiar with it.

"Climb the steps!"

"This is the Heavenly Stage. The Supreme God has come to take High Priest Li!"

With a loud shout, six servants of God lifted the coffin together and stepped carefully onto the long white jade steps.

The heavenly steps that had rejected these servants of God in the past did not exclude them this time. Instead, they were allowed to step up smoothly.

Many people exclaimed that this was a miracle, and their once shaken faith was revived at this moment.

Great Priest Lou also breathed a sigh of relief, but still tried hard to maintain the scepter in his hand.

Six people carried the coffin, and their steps became heavier as they walked higher and higher.

Fortunately, thanks to the blessing of the great priest Mei, the coffin remained steadily moving upwards, gradually approaching the mysterious door leading to heaven.

The door seemed to be within reach...

However, at this moment, the expression of Great Priest Lou suddenly changed, and the scepter in his hand suddenly turned black, with countless cracks spreading on the surface like a spider web.

Great Priest Lou tried his best to keep it steady, but the scepter still shattered violently and turned into countless pieces!

The crisp sound of breaking not only resounded on the city gate, but also echoed throughout the heaven and earth.

Dark cracks appeared on the steps of the sky at the same time. With an unbearable shock, they suddenly shattered and turned into countless points of light, which dissipated in the air like meteors.

And on the steps that day, the servants of God who were carrying the coffin suddenly lost their support, and their bodies fell down uncontrollably, not caring about the sacred mission in their hands.

However, the great priest Mei, who had already locked onto them, cast floating spells like raindrops, firmly fixing the six servants of God, and finally allowing them to land safely in the sky miraculously.

But the heavy coffin was not so lucky.

It hit the ground heavily like a falling meteorite, making a loud noise and shattering into pieces. Even the body of the great priest Li rolled out in this violent impact.

The crowd that was already gathered below suddenly let out a cry of surprise.

Because they saw that the body of the great priest Li was smashed into pieces just like the coffin, with not a single intact body left.

"Great Priest Li! He was... killed!"