Chapter 177

The gathering ceremony of the holy flame of Zoroastrianism began with the prayers of Zoroastrians.

Dozens of priests murmured and prayed: "the burning holy fire will burn my residual body. Promote good and eliminate evil, only light. Joy and sorrow return to the dust. Have mercy on me and the world, and there are many worries."

Miriman led the priests to recite the praises to the gods in front of the fire altar and recite a large section of the scriptures of Avista.

As we said before, the highest holy flame, the "fire of victory", is not only the heavenly fire, but also the ordinary holy fire worshipped by believers.

For this ceremony, miriman spent three days collecting the sacred flame they worshipped from the homes of all Sogdian believers in Chang'an city.

Now the highlight of the ceremony is to wait for Li forgetful to collect the sun flame, and then combine the two flames into one to complete the ceremony.

Although the process of collecting ordinary sacred fire is quite hasty, Milliman believes that as long as the sun and sky fire can be collected as Li forgetful said, this is the top sacred fire, even higher than the sacred fire enshrined in the Persian temple.

After the long and solemn sacrificial ceremony, it's Li forget you's turn to perform.

The convex lens made of ice with a large grinding plate can't be carried by Li forgetful.

However, the dandies scrambled to help him carry it. After Li forgetful asked who was willing to help light the flame, the dandies almost didn't fight.

Obviously, the three brothers of the Cheng family can crush a group of dandies, and even the weichi twins can't compete with them.

Under the hostile gaze of a group of dandies, the three brothers of the Cheng family came out with the huge ice convex lens.

However, Li forgets worry and does not intend to expose the mystery of using a convex lens to take fire.

After grinding the ice indoors, he asked Milliman for some silk and satin, and wrapped all around the ice with silk and satin.

No one can see the original shape of the ice convex lens.

In the open space of Yici temple, excellent ignition materials have already been prepared. Sandalwood stained with oil is placed in the bronze tripod, which is sprinkled with a lot of sandalwood sawdust to start the fire according to Li forgetful's instructions.

It was noon and the sun was shining directly from above.

Li Qieyou commanded the three brothers of the Cheng family to hold the convex lens of the ice high above their heads, and then continuously commanded the three brothers to adjust the angle of the convex lens according to the light spot formed by the sun through the ice.

This strange move attracted the crowd outside the Yi temple to talk about it one after another.

"What's the trouble? Moths? Don't you mean to collect the sun flame? What are the three big men holding?"

"How does it look like a piece of ice?"

"Yes, what is wrapped in silk is a large round ice. Is this used to take the sun flame?"

"I don't understand. How can this ice make a fire? Isn't this nonsense?"

"Can you gather fire from ice? I'm afraid the gods can't do it."

"Tut Tut, if you can collect any sacred fire, I will eat this piece of shit."

Not only the onlookers outside the Yi Temple talked endlessly, but also the priests and priests of the Yi religion were surprised.

Milliman saw this scene, and his intestines were blue with regret.

Are you out of your mind? How could you believe the young man's nonsense and believe that he can collect the sun flame.

He wanted to stop the farce, but he opened his mouth without making any sound.

That's it. Let these dandies do it.

Anyway, if he can't collect the sun flame, his position as Sabah will come to an end. In that case, only prayer can produce miracles.

Chumo, holding a large ice convex lens, whispered, "Ziyou, are you sure you can really collect the sun flame? It's no joke. If you play tricks on the Sogdians, they will really go crazy."

"Brother Chumo, you should pay more attention. There's no problem at all. Brother Chuliang, don't hang around and hold it up." Li forgets to tell them to adjust the angle of the ice while smiling to Chumo.

However, although he said so, none of the three brothers in the Cheng family had confidence that the sun flame would really be collected from the ice they were holding.

Under the constant command and adjustment of Li forgetful worry, the noon sun finally gathered a large spot through the convex lens of the ice and shone on the ignition wood in the copper tripod.

Li forgot to worry and clapped his hands: "OK, that's it. Three brothers, hold on. Don't shake."

Seeing that he was so determined, the Cheng brothers honestly held up the ice.

However, due to the low purity of the ice and the limited polishing level of Li forgetful worry, although the light spot was focused and irradiated on the ignition wood in the copper tripod, there was no response.

Milliman became more and more anxious. He couldn't help walking to Li forgetful and asked in a low voice, "Xiao Lang, is this how the sun flame was collected?"

Li forgot to worry and naturally replied, "it's natural. Sabao, look, the sun's sunshine is gathered by me. Soon the sun flame will come to your ancestral temple. Don't worry, wait patiently."

These people of the Tang Dynasty naturally don't know what a convex lens is.

The convex lens with thick center and thin edge has the function of concentrating light.

After learning the basic knowledge of physics in junior middle school, I know that a convex lens will gather the sunlight on its surface into a beam. The temperature rises continuously until it reaches the ignition point of the irradiated wood, and the wood can be ignited.

When a scientific research team was exploring the Antarctic, it accidentally lost the fire, which was ignited by processing the ice into a convex lens and focusing on the sun.

Therefore, Li forgets worry and has no doubt that he can collect the "Sun flame".

However, I don't know why today. The spot focused by the convex lens of the ice took a long time on the ignition wood in the copper tripod, and there was no response.

As time went by, Li forgot to worry.

He instructed the Cheng brothers to adjust the ice angle several times to make the light spot more focused.

Milliman didn't care about the solemnity of the flame collection ceremony. He kept turning around the bronze tripod, which made Li forgetful feel dizzy.

Outside the Yi temple, the crowd watching the flame collection ceremony made more and more comments. The dandies also looked at each other and said something bad in their hearts.

If the sun flame collection fails today, the consequences are really unpredictable.

Fang Yiai secretly stabbed Lingwu with his elbow: "brother Lingwu, if Ziyou can't get the holy flame, we have to protect him and rush out later."

Chai Lingwu wiped the sweat from his forehead and nodded: "it's natural. Later, let brother Yuchi and brother Cheng run with Ziyou first. We'll break up later."

Weichi Baolin and weichi Baoqi also nodded, secretly rolled up their sleeves, and were ready to drag Li forget to worry and run away at any time.

Several dandies were whispering and discussing their way back, but they saw that the crowd outside the ancestral hall was forcibly pushed away by a group of vicious episodes and squeezed out a channel.

Several young dandies, whom Li forgot to worry had never seen before, swaggered into the Yi temple under the escort of the trilogy.

"Yo, the little Duke of the Cheng family is playing with monkeys? Is he holding up a big ice cube to show everyone?" the first young man with triangular eyes said sarcastically.

Li forgets to worry. Where do these bastards dare to laugh at Chumo?