Regarding the profit estimates for the Millennium Joy Festival from the Grand Sky Chamber of Commerce that Senior Brother Feng Fei sent over, Chu Xinghe was practically in tears from laughter.
Are the four major chambers of commerce trying to sell me merchandise here?
You guys started this, so don't blame your Senior Brother Xinghe if I take the Millennium Joy Festival in a ridiculous direction.
Soon, under Chu Xinghe's notification, the senior brothers and sisters from various palaces who were familiar with the Millennium Joy Festival gathered at the Spirit Crane Palace.
The first topic of discussion was the location for the final altar of the Millennium Joy Festival.
Senior Brother Feng Fei suggested holding it in the Grand Sky Palace, which is centrally located in the entire Grand Sky Mountain Range, making it the most suitable place to hold the event at the Heavenly Dao Arena within the Grand Sky Palace.
But the moment this suggestion was made, Chu Xinghe immediately rejected it.
Why hold it at the Heavenly Dao Arena?
How big is that place anyway?
How many people can it accommodate?Does your Junior Brother Xinghe care about the central location? What I care about is the expenditure.
What's the cost of using an existing Heavenly Dao Arena?
So, with a wave of his hand, Chu Xinghe directly selected a mountain peak in the Grand Sky Mountain Range, one no smaller than the Spirit Crane Palace, and decided to build a super altar from scratch on this mountain.
This will be the main altar for the Millennium Joy Festival.
The senior brothers from the Earth and Wood Division had no qualms about Junior Brother Xinghe's idea of building an altar using an entire mountain.
"Junior Brother Xinghe, rest assured, it won't take us even a month. We can easily complete it in a few days. It's just an altar, after all."
The other senior brothers and sisters nodded and smiled at the words of the Earth and Wood Division brothers.
Although the Millennium Joy Festival seems like the grandest event on the Blazing Sun Continent, at its core, it's still just a sacrificial ceremony.
So, no matter how big the altar is, it's still just an altar.
The Earth and Wood Division brothers expressed no pressure.
But just as they confidently assured there was no problem, Chu Xinghe laughed.
The brothers aren't wrong... Building an altar, no matter how big, costs just a few bucks?
And the key point is, besides the offerings and the altar, what else is there to consume in a sacrificial ceremony?
If the brothers can think of these issues, do you think I, Chu Xinghe, haven't thought of them?
So, Chu Xinghe directly proposed his idea.
From the first grand festival to now, it's been a full thousand years.
But in these thousand years, every grand festival has been about the world's strong and representatives from all walks of life coming together to honor the sages.
Tell me, what's new about this kind of sacrificial activity?
It's not just me, Chu Xinghe, who can't stand it; the sages in heaven are probably tired of it too, right?
So, with the Millennium Joy Festival upon us, can't our Grand Sky Sect break the old mold and come up with something new?
Chu Xinghe proposed his plan.
He divided the entire Millennium Joy Festival into three parts: the first part called "Remembering the Past," the second part "Talking about the Present," and the third part "Honoring the Sages!"
In these three parts, Chu Xinghe first explained the first part.
"We need to lead everyone on the Blazing Sun Continent back to the great war a thousand years ago, allowing everyone to witness how the sages bravely fought against the evil forces and sacrificed their lives to protect the Blazing Sun Continent."
The scene fell into dead silence at Junior Brother Xinghe's words. At this moment, all the senior brothers and sisters had only one thought: Junior Brother Xinghe, what the hell are you talking about?
"Uh... Junior Brother Xinghe... I don't quite understand your words. How can this 'Remembering the Past' let everyone see what you're talking about?"
Nangong Yan was full of question marks.
What? Junior Brother Xinghe, do you have the ability to take everyone back in time to a thousand years ago?
That's simply unrealistic, right?
Other senior brothers and sisters also nodded, expressing the same doubts as Nangong Yan.
"Senior Sister Nangong, who said we can't travel back in time to a thousand years ago? We can use our methods to show everything from a thousand years ago to everyone on the Blazing Sun Continent."
"So, this Millennium Joy Festival is not just a grand festival; it's also a time-traveling journey for the entire Blazing Sun Continent!"
As Chu Xinghe's words fell, the scene was silent. It's no exaggeration to say that if anyone else had said this today, the senior brothers and sisters from various palaces would have mocked them mercilessly.
But even though Junior Brother Xinghe's words were outrageous, it's Junior Brother Xinghe...
Don't we all know what Junior Brother Xinghe is capable of?
If Junior Brother Xinghe says he has a way to travel through time, then he must have his method. As for how exactly to travel through time, that's Junior Brother Xinghe's problem.
Although no one understood what Junior Brother Xinghe was planning, the senior brothers and sisters from various palaces expressed their support for Junior Brother Xinghe, saying, "Junior Brother Xinghe, you handle the arrangements. However you say we should do it, we'll do it."
Chu Xinghe took out the construction blueprint for the Millennium Joy Festival that he had drawn up over the past few days from his Space Ring.
And as the blueprint appeared, the scene once again erupted into chaos.
Because everyone realized that Chu Xinghe's blueprint wasn't for an altar at all, but... a city?
Junior Brother Xinghe, do you want to take a look at what your blueprint is?
Isn't this a bit too outrageous?
When others hold grand festivals, they build altars. Even the Cloud Soar Sect, which was said to have the most successful festival a hundred years ago, only built an extremely grand altar.
But you're building an entire city? What's going on?
And isn't this city a bit too large?
According to Junior Brother Xinghe's requirements, the altar within the city used for honoring the sages is as large as the one built by the Cloud Soar Sect, which was said to be the grandest altar in history.
Using an entire city as the main venue for the Millennium Joy Festival is a bit too much, isn't it?
Even though Junior Brother Xinghe's blueprint was outrageously extreme, the senior brothers from the Earth and Wood Division still stood firm.
They assured Junior Brother Xinghe that they would complete the city within the required time.
Additionally, the senior brother from the Earth and Wood Division asked whether the main color of the city should be white or silver.
After all, white is commonly used for sacrificial ceremonies, although silver is also used sometimes.
"Use red! Bright red!"
Earth and Wood Division disciple: "???"
Everyone: "???"
Uh... Junior Brother Xinghe, do you hear what you're saying...
Red? Bright red?
This is the Millennium Joy Festival. Is it appropriate to use bright red for our Millennium Joy Festival?
Whether it's a large sacrificial ceremony or a small family one, have you ever heard of anyone using bright red?
Isn't red the color of celebration?
Our Millennium Joy Festival is to honor the sages. Is it appropriate to use such a festive color?
Let's put it this way: if anyone else had suggested this, the senior brothers and sisters on the scene would have gone berserk.
"Junior Brother Xinghe, I think we should choose white..."
"Yes, yes... It's always been white... If not, we could choose silver. Red is a bit too weird..."
"Red doesn't seem right... This isn't a happy occasion..."
A group of senior brothers and sisters tried to persuade him, but Chu Xinghe kept shaking his head.
Red! It has to be bright red!
And not only should it be bright red, but our Millennium Joy Festival must also change its mode.
What do you mean?
You say the Millennium Joy Festival isn't a happy occasion?
Why isn't it? A thousand years ago, we were the damn victors!
As victors, we've been holding sacrificial ceremonies for a thousand years. Why can't we turn it into a celebration?
Even funerals can be joyful, so why can't our grand festival be a joyful one?
If we hold a normal sacrificial ceremony, tell me, what's the point?
If the sages truly have spirits in heaven, wouldn't they be tired of seeing a thousand years of tears?
We're changing things up, giving the sages a brand new joyful festival experience. Is there anything wrong with that?
So, as the chief planner, Chu Xinghe directly decided that all the brothers and sisters from the Earth and Wood Division should build the city according to his joyful festival requirements.
Don't make the city solemn and serious; make it as festive as possible, even playful.
Hang red lanterns everywhere, let ribbons flutter... Just make it as festive as possible.
The sages have seen a thousand years of tears. What's the point?
Who the hell likes people coming to mourn them for no reason? If I, Chu Xinghe, were a sage, I definitely wouldn't like it.
I, a sage, gave up my life for you back then, bringing peace to this world, and now you come to mourn me at the drop of a hat... If I could be happy about that, then there must be something wrong!
So the main theme of this Millennium Joy Festival is decided today!
It's called the Millennium Joy Festival!
When they heard the words "Millennium Joy Festival," Senior Brother Feng Fei was dumbfounded.
Feng Fei knew that Junior Brother Xinghe's ideas were always wild, but he never expected them to be this wild.
But no matter how much Feng Fei tried to persuade him, it was useless. Junior Brother Xinghe was adamant about using the Millennium Joy Festival as the theme.
Faced with Junior Brother Xinghe's stubbornness, Feng Fei didn't know what to say...
Uh... Junior Brother Xinghe, do you realize that even normal grand festivals get criticized, and your Millennium Joy Festival will be a super target for criticism?
Have you considered that you might get criticized to no end?
But just as everyone was bewildered by Chu Xinghe's Millennium Joy Festival theme, Chu Xinghe proposed another new idea.
Since it's a joy festival, we definitely need to make it festive, right? So the next step is to gather the best musicians and performers from all over the world at the Grand Sky Sect.
Our Grand Sky Sect will put on an extremely festive Millennium Joy Festival for the whole world!