my weird life

Chapter 510 Passing on and conferring (22)

Incense curls up and floats.

The clay statues of the Sanqing gods are surrounded by incense, and they have a little more meritorious divinity.

At the feet of these three clay statues,
There are scrolls of paper propped up by bamboo and wood, erected like flags on a high altar table, and the scrolls are painted with Taoist priests in cassocks and various Taoist crowns, as well as some blue-faced fangs gods.

The scroll scrolls go up layer by layer, and there is only one scroll on the top supported by a tall bamboo pole, which also depicts a Taoist man in purple.

These paper scrolls dancing like prayer flags are all erected on the high altar table,
On the altar, there are also some things on display.

There are whips wound with red cords;
The altar wood with the whole body of vermilion;

Seals and buttons made of copper, iron and jade;
Tokens of black iron;

The gods with thick paste;
The canopy ruler, the crooked stick, the magic knife and other killing instruments.

Common or uncommon instruments of Taoism are arranged on this altar.

Layers of scrolls, scrolls, and various weapons and weapons have already shown that these things under the seat of the Sanqing God are forming a "altar of law"!
All kinds of things on the altar table gave off an inexplicable aura, Su Wu raised his eyebrows slightly, and finally confirmed that his trip was at least in the wrong place in the future, and some things on the altar table were 'real things', and that was enough!

"Master abbot!"

Su Wu was still looking at the Dharma altar under the feet of the Sanqing God. Xie Yunqing scanned the hall, and immediately noticed the tall and thin old Taoist priest with a big beard and a black cassock. He waved at him ,

The abbot, who was dressed no differently from ordinary Taoist priests, nodded slightly and walked towards Su Wu and the others with a smile.

After saluting to the bearded Taoist priest, Xie Yunqing introduced to him: "Master, this is the folklore scholar who the Bureau of Religious Affairs told us that the Taoist temple would come to investigate today.
His name is Su Wu,

Her name is Yun Nishang. "

The little Taoist introduced Su Wu and the bearded Taoist.

The two greeted the bearded Taoist respectively.

With a gentle smile on his face, the bearded Taoist priest said, "It's not convenient to talk here, two guests, please follow me to the side room."

"Okay." Su Wu nodded in response.

The abbot led the two of them to the side room of the Sanqing Hall,
Xie Yunqing picked up an aluminum pot from the briquette stove at the door, set out several tea bowls on the table, twisted out a handful of tea leaves from the tin can at the corner of the table, put some in each tea bowl in turn, and then poured boiling water into the tea bowls middle.

Amber tea was brewed immediately.

He poured a bowl of tea for each of Su Wu, Yun Nishang, and the abbot's uncle.

He was also holding the tea bowl, pulled a chair and sat beside him, with a look of blindness, and didn't feel that there was anything wrong with listening to the conversation of the elders here.

The bearded Taoist stared at Xie Yunqing, but Xie Yunqing felt puzzled, picked up the tea bowl and drank half a bowl of tea.

"As a nephew of mine, I am also diligent in doing things, and I am also good at repairing scriptures.
Just no wink.

According to the current words - this is a lower emotional intelligence,

If he said something that offended the two scholars, the two scholars must not take it to heart, and the old man apologized to the two scholars for him. "The bearded Taoist turned around and talked with Su Wu and Yun Nishang.

"Xie Xiaodao is friends with us.

Longshan set time,

If it weren't for the cooperation with Daoist Xie Xiao and Daoist Huang, I'm afraid we would not be able to escape from Longshanji, which is about to recover from Li Gui. "Su Wu smiled and replied to the bearded Taoist priest.

The bearded Taoist saw Xie Yunqing chatting enthusiastically with the two 'folklore scholars' from the window of his living room earlier.
Thinking that he was familiar with himself, his temperament broke out again, and he started talking with folklorists.

Unexpectedly, Su Wu and Yun Nishang had an old relationship with Xie Yunqing and his younger brother, and they had experienced the "Longshan Collection" together!

He clicked,
Looking at Su Wu, Yun Nishang, and Xie Yunqing, he said, "The old man didn't expect that you are already familiar with each other."

There is a bit of intimacy in the words of the abbot Taoist,

It is different from the polite and polite attitude before.

"Then you—Mr. Su, Miss Yun, what are you doing here at Yuzhu Temple?

As long as I can do it,

Be sure to help! "The abbot Taoist said so.

In this way, the greetings and politeness are omitted, and the back and forth evasion is avoided, and the point is straight to the point.

Su Wu didn't hesitate when he saw this, the shadows under his feet boiled, and an arm with ten arms crawled out from the shadows, spread its ten fingers, and spat out a greased paper package.

The arm is immediately withdrawn into the shadows,
The shadows under his feet also returned to silence.

Everything that happened just now was like a hallucination of everyone.

But everyone could see it clearly, and now the oiled paper package was still on the table, this evidence made it clear to everyone that what they saw just now was definitely not an illusion.

The abbot Taoist narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the oiled paper bag on the table and said nothing.

Su Wu glanced at his expression,
I was sure in my heart - the other party had seen Li Gui before!
Moreover, I have seen Li Gui more than once, and may have even participated in some Li Gui's troublesome incidents!
"I really want to ask Jade Bamboo Monastery for help." Su Wu spread out the oiled paper bag, revealing thirteen half-black and half-yellow lightning strike mahogany swords inside, and he continued, "I would like to ask Jade Bamboo Temple to come to Jingtan Patriarch, enlighten these thirteen lightning strike mahogany swords for me.

All sects of Daoism have "Soldier Invitation Talisman". I also want to ask Yuzhu Guan to teach me, so that I can invite soldiers to kill on the mahogany sword, and "Soldier Sacrifice" this sword. "

The bearded Taoist priest looked at the peach-wood swords with a glossy color, and asked Su Wu if he could pick them up for inspection, and then took a peach-wood sword with a rectangular shape and a round hilt, which was about the same length as a normal sword. sword,
After looking around,

The abbot Taoist said with a smile: "This is the best thunderbolt peach wood. It is very good to make peach wood swords to suppress evil spirits. Press it under the pillow to sleep, and you will not have dreams at night.

The year should be more than 300 years old. "

Afterwards, he put down a mahogany sword, looked at Su Wu, and said with emotion: "What is the military sacrifice that Mr. Su said? I really didn't understand it—you and my junior brother are old, and we escaped from the dangerous place like Longshanji together." Come out, only for this reason, the old Taoist will not deceive you.

However, the 'Soldier Invitation Talisman' is indeed recorded in the secret book of the Shenxiao faction's talisman in our collection. "

After speaking, he turned to look at Xie Yunqing: "Go to the library, and bring me the five books No. 03 from the left on the third floor of the A20 bookshelf."

"Okay!" Xie Yunqing drank all the tea, and immediately stood up to get the book. He took two steps, then turned to look at the abbot Shibo in doubt, "Why don't you tell me the title of the book?" Counting the bibliography to find it?"

"Many books have the same name, but the content is quite different.

You don't read much, how do you understand? "The bearded Taoist laughed at Xie Yunqing.

Xie Yunqing left angrily.

"The book I asked Yun Qing to look for recorded the various summoning talismans that Taoist priests can practice when they are granted different talismans." The abbot said to Su Wu.

Su Wu grasped the key point in the words of the abbot and Taoist priest: "Give the talisman?
If not granted,
It seems that you can't practice the summoning talisman? "

"Indeed it is."

The bearded Taoist priest nodded.

"If you don't grant the scriptures,

Is there no way to get the authority to summon the 'Five Thunder Altar' of Yuzhu Temple? " Su Wu asked again.

"That's not it."

The bearded Taoist priest shook his head: "As long as you pass the 'passing test', you can summon the 'Five Thunders Altar', but if you only pass the 'passing test', you have the right to set up the Five Thunders Altar yourself.

At this time, without a talisman, I couldn't even draw a spell.

There is no use in setting up an altar. "

Passing the scriptures and granting the scriptures are both ceremonies that Taoist priests will inevitably experience in their practice.

The so-called transmission,
It is the meaning of inheritance and degreeization, and it is the ritual model for Taoists to formally enter the Tao.

The first step to become a Taoist priest is to start with 'passing on'.

And "granting talismans" means that only after granting and accepting talismans, Taoist priests can enter the roster of Tiancao and have the priesthood.

Compared with the "Quanzhen Sect", the Zhengyi Sect does not have too many rules, so it has been flourishing since ancient times, and many Taoist sects have been merged into the "Zhengdao League" to respect the "Ancestral Heavenly Master".

The Quanzhen sect also has a similar ritual to the Zhengyi sect's "passing degrees and granting talismans".

It's called 'Passing Precepts'.

While the abbot was talking with Su Wu, Xie Yunqing had already obtained a thick book with a dark blue cover and no title, and walked into the side room.

He handed the thick book to the abbot's uncle,

The master abbot waved his hand and said, "Just show it to Mr. Su."

"Give!"

Xie Yunqing handed the thick book to Su Wu instead.

Su Wu took the thick volume and turned over the cover. There was no title on the inside of the book. The first page was a blank sheet of paper. From the second page onwards, there were densely packed text and some talisman patterns.

Most of these characters are in traditional Chinese characters,
It was printed by the predecessors after handwriting it into a book.

Sweeping through the talisman patterns on the thick booklet, Su Wu's 'meaning' was not touched at all. After turning over a dozen pages, he saw a 'Soldier Invitation Talisman', corresponding to the "Taishang Sanwu" Only Taoist priests who have mastered the "Du Gong Sutra" can practice this 'request for soldiers'.

Even this invitation talisman, Su Wu didn't notice anything unusual.

Taoists say that "fu" is formed by the gathering of clouds and air in the sky, and it is "the words of the law of heaven". Therefore, it has the power to summon ghosts and gods, calm the five directions, subdue demons and so on.

But Su Wu looked at these spells now,

I just think it's ghost-like handwriting,

It is not like the words of Li Gui, Xin Yi, and secret domain, which give him a direct touch.

He closed the thick book, looked at the bearded Taoist priest, frowned slightly, and said, "Master, are these spells really useful?"

"Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

Useless most of the time,
Useful very rarely. "The bearded Taoist spread his hands and said a few words.

"Why is that?" Su Wu asked.

The bearded Taoist replied: "The inheritance of the Shenxiao sect has been cut off for a long time, and now the first abbot of Yuzhu temple also learned a few spells through his own groping, and then re-established the orthodoxy.

But the way he fumbled was passed on to his disciples,
The disciples were not used to it.

Some have learned a thing or two, but they are sometimes ineffective.

Some haven't learned anything, and have already gone everywhere to teach others to make money.

If these spells and spells are really useful, why does the old Taoist shrink in Yuzhu Temple?The old Taoist also ran out long ago to subdue demons and eliminate demons, to help the world and save people! "

(End of this chapter)