Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 30 Report Letter

After putting a bunch of scrap metal and counterfeit pills on the sect shop, Fang Xianyu took a deep breath and placed the statue of Jiao Mu Xingjun in the Xingjun Hall that had been prepared long ago—a small side hall that had been built using system energy during the update. The space inside was very small, only able to accommodate a dozen or so people at most, but it was more than enough to enshrine a few immortals and gods.

The Star Lord's Palace is not open to players. Fang Xianyu specifically set up a special "restriction" on all the puppets to prevent this.

This restriction, imprinted on the players' consciousness through a "cross-world network" connected by system energy, affects the puppets. Like code in a data game, the restriction is automatically triggered once the players are about to exceed the activity area designated by Fang Xianyu. At this point, the players will find themselves unable to control their characters, forced to watch helplessly as they walk towards the sect's headquarters until they are more than 100 meters away from the edge.

Fang Xianyu even added a mischievous voice prompt: "The area ahead is not yet open. Please come and explore it later!"

This Star Lord's Palace has also been subject to similar restrictions, making it a "forbidden area" that players cannot enter.

After all, what if some player suddenly decides to research how to worship gods and immortals, and then suddenly decides to worship the Star Lord of Horned Wood... who knows what bizarre things these otherworldly cancers might do!
It was 7 p.m. on Wednesday, and Fang Xianyu had just finished setting up the altar and was making final preparations in front of the statue of the Star Lord of Horned Wood.

However, this time is calculated using Earth's system. In reality, according to the Guixu Realm, it should be the hour of Xu (戌) on Mercury Day, corresponding to the constellation Jiao (角宿), which is Wednesday evening from 7 PM to 9 PM on Earth's Gregorian calendar.

This brings us to the point that although this world's calendar is similar to that of Earth, it actually uses a calendar more akin to Earth's ancient calendar, and is quite similar to many ancient calendars of China. However, the specific calendar used in the Guixu Realm varies slightly depending on the cultures dominant in different continents, islands, and smaller worlds.

In places like Central Continent, where many deities of the stars are worshipped, the Central Continent Calendar, also known as the "Star Calendar," is commonly used. It calculates the stars of time, day, month, and year, making it a relatively complex calendar, but it is well-suited for magical practices such as invoking deities.

In the constellation calendar, besides dividing a day into twelve two-hour periods, there is also the concept of a "week." However, in the Guixu Realm, it is not called a "week," but rather the "Seven Luminaries" or "Seven Elements." These are the sun, moon, and five elements, totaling seven days, forming a small cycle known as the "Seven Luminaries Day."

The seven days of the day correspond one-to-one with the Gregorian calendar of the planet Earth: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

In the calculation of the constellations, the constellations take turns ruling each hour, and the seven luminaries have a total of eighty-four hours, which ensures that each of the twenty-eight constellations takes turns ruling three times. The entire cycle begins with the Zi hour (11 PM - 1 AM) and ends with the Hai hour (9 PM - 11 PM) and ends with the Hai hour (9 PM - 11 PM), which is one cycle of the Jiazi (甲子) system.

Therefore, according to calculations, the times during the week when one can accurately communicate with the Star Lord of Horn and Wood are noon on the day of the Lunar New Year, 7 PM on the day of Mercury, and 3 AM on the day of Saturn. However, it is important to note that noon on the day of the Lunar New Year is a time of great misfortune, when offerings are made, but communication is forbidden, otherwise disaster will surely follow.

Furthermore, in the constellation calendar, constellations also take turns ruling the day, month, and year. These three correspond to the calculation of the day constellation, month constellation, and year constellation. When it is the day, month, or year that the worshipped constellation deity is ruling, the acts of invoking the deity, making offerings, and communicating with the corresponding constellation deity will be exceptionally smooth. At the same time, at this time, the cultivators who worship the corresponding constellation deity will find it particularly easy to perform rituals and cultivate. Fang Xianyu's luck is quite good; today happens to be a Mercury day. As long as he waits until the hour of Xu (7-9 PM), he can "report" to the Horned Wood Star Lord, allowing the Taiyin Sect to be listed before him, and from then on, he will officially be considered a sect protected by a deity.

Once the hour of Xu (7-9 PM) had passed, she placed two yellow sealed tubes bearing the Taiyin Sect's spiritual seal in front of the statue of Jiao Mu Xingjun. Around them, she arranged dragon bone powder, obsidian, and some spiritual plants belonging to the water element according to their positions. These are essential ritual items for communicating with deities through sacrifices and offerings, and the specific items vary depending on the deity's role.

Of course, this is not a phone call. This method does not allow people to communicate directly with the gods. Rather, it strengthens the "channel" for communication with the gods, so that the offerings can be successfully received by the gods.

For example, Fang Xianyu submitted two memorials in sealed envelopes. One of them requested that the Taiyin Sect be allowed to worship the Jiaomu Star Lord. The core content can be summarized in four words: "Big boss, please protect me."

The other was a "report letter," roughly saying: I'm reporting! There's a cannibalistic monster in your jurisdiction, Lord Jiao Mu! Right in front of our Taiyin Sect! Guarding a passage in the Nine Netherworlds! The Guangcheng Sect above is too weak to control it! But we're just a group of mortals who haven't even reached the Foundation Establishment stage! We're going to die! We're about to die! Help! (Danger! Danger! Help!)
Hmm... She wrote it specifically as an urgent message, don't ask, the answer is I'm just a Foundation Establishment cultivator, so scared! I don't understand!
After reciting the corresponding offering scriptures, they waited for less than an hour—this time was mainly to allow the Star Lord of Horned Wood to read the petition in the sealed container. Then, Fang Xianyu began to try lighting the incense that had been prepared beforehand.

The three incense sticks trembled as they burned, the tiny sparks at the tips seeming reluctant to burn. But thankfully, they were lit, which meant that Lord Jiaomu had received the two memorials and had replied "read."

As for why it burned so reluctantly...

Perhaps even the Star Lord of Horns doesn't want to work overtime...

As Fang Xianyu lit and placed all the incense sticks, a golden light flashed on the offering table, revealing a black, glossy scale that exuded an ancient and profound aura, along with a subtle sense of pressure. However, since Fang Xianyu was now considered one of Jiao Mu Xingjun's allies, this pressure was not frightening to her; instead, it felt familiar and comforting.

Fang Xianyu deduced that these should be scales of the Star Lord of Horned Wood, and judging from the condition of its base, it was very likely that it was casually plucked on the spot...

At the level of immortals and gods, even the things they casually use acquire a special quality, and scales are equivalent to extremely high-grade magical artifacts. Even after the immortal and divine power attached to them dissipates, they are still rare and unparalleled materials used for refining artifacts and alchemy.

As soon as Fang Xianyu touched the scale, he naturally understood its function—it was a medium for a clone of the Star Lord of Horned Wood, which could be used to "invite the gods"!
This chapter was so valuable it took me over ten hours! Just researching took forever, and even then, I couldn't understand it! Ugh! After bothering several Taoist priests, I finally met a kind one who taught me about divination techniques (a kind of numerology) and then taught me… about 50%. This stuff is seriously hard to learn; it took me ages QAQ
The constellation calendar described in the book is the prototype of the constellation calendar. Of course, the so-called constellation calendar is based on the constellation calendar (year constellation, month constellation, day constellation, hour constellation) that I compiled!

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