During the seven days before the Heaven-Crashing Ceremony, three hundred thirty-three strikes will be made at sunrise and sunset each day.
This is the highest etiquette of the Black Wood Tribe to welcome guests from all around.
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Chen Yan did not enter Black Stone City; as an outsider, he was not qualified to reside there.
Black Stone City is not large, but it is the core area of the Black Wood Tribe, where the priests, elders, cave masters, and Yama reside, along with some high-ranking tribe members.
Outsiders, even guests sent by the major sects to attend the Heaven-Crashing Ceremony, can only stay outside the city.
About five hundred meters outside the city walls, a row of tall, broad, and imposing earth towers have been built. The four-directional guests of this Heaven-Crashing Ceremony have all been arranged to stay here.
