Part-Time Taoist Priest

Xie Lingya felt that Shi Changxuan was also coming, and the two looked at each other. He turned Tang Qi's stiff head away from the window, and made a silent gesture.

Tang Qi's expression was very stiff, and there was some doubt.

Xie Lingya whispered: "The fox is wearing a skull to worship the moon, it is practicing, don't disturb."

It seems that those skulls were taken away by them. Tang Qi thought it was a bold boy from a nearby village.

It is said that a fox can transform from a fox body into a human body through practice, and can also cultivate into a righteous fruit. There has always been a custom of worshiping fox fairies among the people.Especially after the early Tang Dynasty, this trend prevailed, and there were sacrifices to fox fairies in all villages and villages.

According to folklore, a fox wears a skull to worship the moon, and if the skull does not fall, it can transform into a human form.But of course the conditions for becoming a human cannot be so simple. Is it enough to wear a skull and worship the moon?

In fact, that is already the key to the final stage of cultivation.

The reason why man is the spirit of all things is because of his mind and thought.Foxes also have a certain amount of intelligence, so they are easier to become spirits than other animals.However, this kind of intelligence is still far behind that of other animals and humans.

Therefore, the fox worships the moon with the human skull on its head, absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon on the one hand, and on the other hand, hoping to obtain human thinking, so as to achieve Taoism.And the part of the skull is where the main soul was.

These foxes may have certain spirituality, so they know how to steal skulls to practice.Xie Lingya told Tang Qi not to make a sound, because he was afraid of disturbing the fox's practice, and they held grudges in their hearts.

Tang Qi nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, and wanted to continue looking out, but he didn't dare, because Xie Lingya didn't explain everything, all he could think was that there were vixen in the world, would they come to catch my Tianling Gai?

"Then what should we do now..." Tang Qi whispered again, "Is there any way tonight?"

Xie Lingya was also in trouble, the skull appeared, but in the hands of the fox, who knew the fox would return, he couldn't help asking Shi Changxuan: "Can they understand human language? I can only communicate with ghosts. "

Tang Qi: "..."

Shi Changxuan: "If it's Laohu, he might understand."

Xie Lingya hurriedly began to put on his clothes, he wanted to go out and guard, trying to get the skull back.Foxes can use their skulls to cultivate, which is their instinct, but they inadvertently make other people's bones incomplete.

How could Tang Qi dare to stay here alone, so he quickly got dressed and followed him out.

Xie Lingya walked around to the side of the house. There was no road to climb up the low cliff, so he had to climb, but if he moved, he would disturb the fox, making it very difficult.

At this time, two foxes took off the skull, held it in their mouths, and touched the smaller fox next to it. The little fox took off the skull as if waking up from a dream.

Looking at the sky again, no wonder, the moon has already hidden in the dark clouds.

Seeing that the three foxes were about to sneak back into the woods with their skulls, Xie Lingya became anxious and shouted, "Wait, give me back the bones!"

As soon as the three foxes heard the sound, they jumped into the vegetation without a trace without hesitation.

Xie Lingya: "...It seems that I really can't understand people's words."

Even if he understands, he may not pay attention to him.

Xie Lingya was very depressed, "How can I find this, Daoist Shi, is there any talisman I can use?"

In ancient times, it was common to enter the mountains, so Taoists also have many talismans that can be used in the mountains.They are not hunters, they can catch the fox from such a distance.

Tang Qi was also very depressed, "There is nothing wrong with it, but the fox stole the skull, and those 'good brothers' started to make trouble because of the incomplete bones?"

Shi Changxuan thought for a moment and said: "Those foxes seem to be somewhat spiritual, try saying the "Eternal Purity and Tranquility Sutra" to call them over."

"Is that so?" Xie Lingya pondered for a while, "You can indeed try."

Tang Qi didn't understand, "What do you mean?"

……

Tang Qi followed Xie Lingya and the two of them, and climbed to the low cliff panting, and then saw Xie Lingya sitting on the ground, took out his mobile phone, and read to the words on the mobile phone: "The old gentleman said: The great way is invisible, and the world is born; the great way is ruthless, Runs the sun and the moon; the Dao has no name, but nourishes all things. I don’t know its name, but the strong name is Tao..."

This is the Sutra of Chang Qingjing, the Supreme Old Monarch. Xie Lingya wrote it down when he lectured in Liu Bohe, but in order to prevent mistakes, he carefully searched it out on his mobile phone and recited it.

Tang Qi also knew it was a Taoist classic when he heard it, but he didn't know why Shi Changxuan and Xie Lingya said that reading this would call the fox over, but all kinds of things that shocked him had already happened tonight, so he was not in a hurry Now he had to explain, so he simply sat down on the rock beside him, propped his hands on his knees and watched Xie Lingya's "performance".

But listening to it, Tang Qi really heard something, although he couldn't understand the meaning.

Xie Lingya's voice was clear and clear, and chanting sutras in the forest gave a sense of emptiness and tranquility. The speed was neither fast nor slow, with a strange rhythm, which made people feel calm without knowing it.

The "Eternal Purity and Tranquility Sutra" is only a few hundred words, and it can be read in a few minutes.Xie Lingya recited it repeatedly, and when he read it for the seventh time, he was fascinated by Tang Qi, and suddenly heard the sound of Susuo in the grass behind him, and it took him two seconds to react. There are a few green dots.

Tang Qi was startled, these are the reflective fox eyes, what's going on, the fox really came!

He thought to himself, I'm going, could it be that he came to listen to the chanting, this fox has really become a spirit, right?

Xie Lingya also saw those eyes, but he didn't stop. After reading the seventh time, he explained the scripture he just read: "Tao, the heaven and earth do not see the beginning, and the heaven and earth do not see the end. Formless and shapeless, nothing is not the Tao, nothing is the Tao. So the Tao has no form..."

The three foxes who were squatting in the grass about eight or nine meters away, listening vigilantly, now got out of the grass and approached Xie Lingya's direction step by step, but the three skulls were nowhere to be seen.

The moon emerged from the clouds again, and with the light not far away, you can see their khaki fur and brown eyes, turning from time to time, guarding against the people on the side.

Xie Lingya remained calm, and after explaining, the three foxes were only two meters away from him, staring wide-eyed.

Xie Lingya slowly stretched out his hand: "Give it back to me."

The little fox writhed in the big fox's arms, rubbed its head, squinted at Xie Lingya, acting like a spoiled child, while the big fox licked the little fox's fur.

Xie Lingya was very angry, "You can listen to the scriptures, but you can't understand them when you return things?"

——When Liu Bohe taught the laymen of Baoyang Temple to study the scriptures, it was mentioned that the scriptures must not be read incorrectly, and only when they are proficient in private can they be recited publicly, otherwise they will hurt others and themselves.In contrast, if you read it correctly, you are saving others and yourself.

Taoism says that chanting sutras brings boundless blessings. Chanting sutras alone not only saves others and oneself, but also saves ten kinds of spirits, and the passing creatures are all blessed.If there is spirituality inside, it is even more able to listen to scriptures and comprehend.

Shi Changxuan and Xie Lingya just thought, this fox knows how to worship the moon, and must have some spirituality, so they try to chant scriptures here, they heard it, if they have the heart to take advantage of this light, they will naturally appear.

And the comprehension of listening to the scriptures is not inferior to that of wearing skulls to pray to the moon for cultivation. Xie Lingya recited the scriptures before and explained them again after seeing them hiding in the grass.

Taoism regards the Tao, scriptures, and teachers as the three treasures. The Tao cannot be passed on without a scripture, and the scriptures cannot be understood without a teacher.Not everyone has the comprehension ability of Xie Lingya, the classics are passed on by word of mouth, and the secrets are passed on from the teacher to the disciples.So it's even more rare.

Xie Lingya thought that he could take the opportunity to get the fox to return the skull as a deal.In this way, there is no need to use violence, hello fox, hello corpse, hello everyone.

And these foxes did come out, but they realized what Xie Lingya didn't know, and Xie Lingya could see it by pretending to be stupid.

Shi Changxuan looked at it, but said: "It should be something in exchange, and the skull was returned without an agreement in advance to listen to the scriptures."

Xie Lingya: "..."

... Xie Lingya felt that he thought of them too sweet, or he was too sweet.According to the legends and stories Xie Lingya has read, this animal will consciously donate something to any Taoist priest or eminent monk who listens to the scriptures.

There was no other way, Xie Lingya had no choice but to ask Tang Qi to get some food.

Tang Qi was terrified when he watched the fox with the skull on top of his head worshiping the moon from a distance, but he didn't know whether it was the effect of Xie Lingya's chanting just now, or it was caused by these foxes' cheating. Now he has no fear.

He couldn't drag other people in, so as not to scare the wild fox away, he brought mineral water, two sea bowls and some meat over by himself.

Xie Lingya unscrewed the mineral water, poured it into a bowl, and placed the two bowls in front of him.

The foxes squatted down to see that he had finished pouring the water, so Shi Shiran walked over and buried their heads to lick a few mouthfuls of water first.The little fox stuck half of its face in, shook its head, and bit a piece of chicken in the bowl next to it.

After the two big foxes waited for the little fox to chew for a while, they couldn't wait to grab a piece of meat and ate it hungrily.

Tang Qi couldn't help asking: "Can they become people?"

Just like the vixen in the story, she becomes a beautiful woman.

"Probably not, isn't this still in cultivation?" Xie Lingya said, at present, they should still be at the stage of opening up their wisdom.

After all, it is not easy for wild animals to cultivate these days!

The area of ​​mountains and forests has decreased, and there are fewer places to live, and there are people everywhere. These little guys, judging by the way they eat, they may not always be full.

"You have to give me back your food when you're full," Xie Lingya murmured next to him. He was afraid that the fox would be too smart and refused to admit it. "Don't think that you can play tricks just because you are a second-class national protected animal..."

Tang Qi & Shi Changxuan: "..."

The three foxes ate up all the meat, their stomachs were swollen, they drank mineral water, and licked their fur so shiny. After eating and drinking so much, the big fox hit the little fox with his head.

The little fox barked a few times and walked into the grass, turning back every step.

The big fox gave an urgent cry, and the little fox jumped out.

Xie Lingya was also cheap, and stroked the tail of the big fox from behind. The fox looked a bit like a dog, but with a big and fluffy tail. He stroked it from top to bottom.

The fox turned around, Xie Lingya had already withdrawn his hand, looking at it innocently.

The big fox slowly put his tail in front of him and licked it, with a little "suspiciousness" in his eyes.

Seeing this scene, Shi Changxuan couldn't help showing a smile in his eyes, but no one noticed it in the night.

After about three or four minutes, the little fox came back. It slowly emerged from the grass, with three overlapping skulls on its head, and its ears were pressed down to the sides, probably because it was afraid of falling off.

After walking in front of Xie Lingya, the little fox lowered its head, and the three skulls slid off its head, and then called out to Xie Lingya a few times.

Seeing the little fox's brown eyes staring at him wide open, Xie Lingya wanted to touch its head, but then thought that the head had just been covered with bones, but when faced with the little fox's innocent eyes, he had no choice but to settle for the next best thing. He reached out and hugged the little fox's neck a few times.

As soon as Xie Lingya's hand touched the little fox's neck, it rolled over and lay on the ground with its feet in the air.

"...It scared me to death, I thought I was going to touch porcelain." Xie Lingya couldn't help saying, and then hugged the little fox's belly a few more times in a friendly manner.

The two big foxes were not worried at all, they were grooming each other.

Tang Qizhen is not someone who loves small animals, but when he saw this scene, he felt a little itchy.

These are the three wild foxes, their coat color is not beautiful, and they even play with skulls, but Tang Qi saw them go from being full of vigilance, to tentatively approaching, and then lying down intimately. This process made him feel inexplicably good.

Tang Qi also squatted beside him carefully, and the two big foxes stared at him immediately, but seeing that Tang Qi just reached out and touched the little fox's back, he ignored him.

"It's quite slippery." Tang Qi said, "I don't even know if I should call them to come here often in the future."

Xie Lingya: "Come and scare people."

"That's what I think." Tang Qi was just expressing such a wish, no matter for people or for foxes, it's better for them to go sideways.

When the time was approaching, the two big foxes combed their fur, called the little fox, and it turned over from Tang Qi and Xie Lingya's hands, followed behind its parents, dragging its fluffy tail, and disappeared into the vast night together middle.

……

Xie Lingya wrapped the three skulls with talisman paper, took them back, and assembled the bones.

Lao Wang said: "I just wanted to say something. I asked people in the village and they all said they didn't take it. Where did you find it?"

Xie Lingya looked at Tang Qi, but said nothing.

Tang Qi didn't intend to say that he saw a vixen (although the level is average), so as not to spread the panic, Hu said: "I'm afraid it was taken away by a wild dog. When I took a bath, I saw the white hair on the back. I couldn't see it in the past. Those are the skulls."

Lao Wang didn't think too much about it, "Well, it's good that I picked it up."

The time has come, Shi Changxuan used the method of forming an altar, and Xie Lingya also took out the altar cleansing talisman and the filth breaking talisman to be used. He also drew a whole set of magical talismans of the supreme secret method of town house.

There are 72 talismans in this set, which can attract gold and silver into the house, get rid of evil spirits, get rid of diseases, get rid of mountain spirits and tree charms, etc.It is said that this set of talismans can protect the house for ten years and make the main family rich and honored for 20 years, avoiding disasters, sweeping away spirits, and keeping the family forever.

In ancient times, this set of talismans was widely circulated and has been effective many times. The most prominent is that it is said that the emperor of a certain dynasty also used this set of talismans.

Practice, pass talismans, bury bones.

It was after two o'clock in the middle of the night that a ceremony was considered finished.

Before the hot spring was half soaked, they were disturbed by foxes. Now that they were done with the ritual, Tang Qi beckoned them to go to the bubble bath again to relieve fatigue.

"I'm not going to soak anymore, I want to go to bed early." Xie Lingya yawned, "Mr. Tang, go by yourself."

Tang Qi looked at Shi Changxuan again, but Shi Changxuan also shook his head, so he had to go wandering by himself.Although it was late at night, but Shi Changxuan had just finished the ritual, Tang Qi was so confident that he was not afraid of being alone.

Performing rituals is also physical work. You will be exhausted even if you are forced to stand in school for a class, let alone several hours of ritual rituals.Both Shi Changxuan and Xie Lingya were tired, and they went back to their rooms.

After Shi Changxuan washed sleepily, he lay on the bed, his eyelids stuck together as soon as he touched the pillow.

But as soon as he touched the pillow, he yelled and opened his eyes slightly.

God Shang Lu, who was placed next to the pillow, finally waited for him to come back, and his tone was so sad: "God Shang Lu, God Shang Lu, knows how to predict the most diligently. The fox abandoned me in the soup, and the wood spirit was full of tears."

Shi Changxuan: "..."

Shi Changxuan looked up and buried God Shang Lu under the pillow.

The next day, everyone got up and had breakfast.

Xie Lingya saw that Shi Changxuan didn't mention Shang Lushen, so he asked a casual question.

Ever since Shi Changxuan got this Shang Lushen, he always picked it up and picked it up again, and now he took it out of his backpack.

As soon as Shang Lushen was taken out, he burst into tears. Shi Changxuan frowned slightly, and threw it into Xie Lingya's hand, "Help hold it for a while."

Xie Lingya caught Shang Lushen, put it to his face and listened.

Shang Lushen: "..."

Shang Lushen: "...uh!"

Sobbing, not holding back.

Xie Lingya didn't understand, and thought it was hiccupping, so he hung it on his body.

Tang Qi looked at it and said in awe: "Could this be... raise a kid?"

Although he himself felt that he would not dare to do evil things, he also knew that some businessmen or celebrities liked to raise ghosts to help them, and of course Taoists also raised them.

"...Well, how do you explain it? It's kind of like, you know, the Ears Reward God?" Xie Lingya said.

Tang Qi's concept is a bit vague, but he still thinks he is similar to a little ghost, "Then Daoist Shi raised this... fierce?"

Although the puppet was dressed up cutely, Tang Qi had a preconceived notion that the cuter it was, the weirder it felt, and it might be super fierce.

Xie Lingya: "Not fierce, cute."

If Shi Changxuan thinks about it, fierce is not fierce, but he has always suspected that he was knocked out of his mind by lightning.

"Really, what will he do then?" Tang Qi asked.

Shi Changxuan wanted to sneer a little bit.

Xie Lingya said: "Can sing..."

Tang Qi: "??"

Xie Lingya: "Can tell fortunes..."

Tang Qi: "Oh!"

That's about it!Tang Qi said again, "But Teacher Xiao Xie also counts fortune-telling, right? Daoist Shi can't count?"

"Daoist Shi can do it too," Xie Lingya explained, "but there is no conflict with this one. The Ear Reporting God itself is also a kind of divination, which belongs to the willow man's forecasting technique. And the biggest advantage of Daoist Shi raising this is actually Save it and cultivate merit.”

"It makes sense." Tang Qi solemnly took this opportunity to give them a card with 50 in it.Originally promised 30 in advance, Tang Qi went back last night and thought about it, and added another 20.

The main reason is that he saw Xie Lingya reciting the "Eternal Purity and Tranquility Sutra" with his own eyes, and he also attracted the wild foxes. It can be confirmed that Mr. Xie's teachings are profound!Of course, Daoist Shi also worked very hard, helping to design a Fengshui bureau exclusively for Buddhist temples.It's just that last night's performance was quite shocking, which opened Tang Qi's eyes.

Tang Qi thought about how hard it is to be an expert, so he added more money with the intention of making friends.

Originally, 30 Xie Lingya was very pleasantly surprised. They mainly asked Shi Changxuan to design a relatively high fee. They did not have such a reputation for Baoyang Temple, and they couldn't sell so many talismans.

Now that Tang Qi took the initiative to increase the money, Xie Lingya was very happy. He and Shi Changxuan were in a relationship, and they could get a lot.

Tang Qi took them to Baoyang Temple in another car before leaving. Before getting off the car, he shook hands with the two of them again, and said meaningfully: "Mr. Xie, Daoist Shi, we will keep in touch in the future."

Tang Qi thought about it later, thinking that he had heard a sentence before, and it was also from Taoism.It is called "The great creation of heaven and earth is always in one aperture. People can know this aperture, and all dharmas can always be understood."

——There are actually many Taoisms like this. For example, Uncle Xie Lingya mentioned that there are people who can't get in through the door of practice, and there are sixteen steps of kung fu to become immortals.Or: "A little spiritual light is a talisman, and the world is wasting ink and ink in vain."

In short, Tang Qi didn't think that Mr. Xie was young at all. He already believed that Mr. Xie was no worse than Chen Sansheng.

Xie Lingya said generously: "It's easy to say, and Mr. Tang is also welcome to come to our small Taoist temple for tea when he is free in the future."

For businesses like Tang Qi's and Mr. Gao's, Xie Lingya can receive one or two a month, so he doesn't have to worry about the funds to expand Baoyang Temple.Then he would accept a few more apprentices for his uncle, and he would feel that he had lived up to his uncle's regret before he died.

……

Xie Lingya came back with a bag on his back, it was lunch break, he was not there, everyone had boxed lunch.

Xie Lingya greeted everyone, "I'm back."

Hai Guanchao picked it up for him, jokingly said: "It's hard work, Mr. Xie has made money to support his family and is back."

Everyone knows that Xie Lingya "exorcised ghosts without a license" outside to make money and come back to supplement Baoyang Temple.

Xie Lingya blushed and said: "It's easy to say, after all, there are old people and young people, this is what a man should do."

Everyone: "..."

Hai Guanchao looked around, "There are old and young? Don't you deny that I am a master?"

Xie Lingya compared Bi Lingguan Hall with his thumb, "The upper one is old," and pointed to Shanglu God on his shoulder, "The lower one is young."

Everyone: "..."

Shi Changxuan: "..."

The author has something to say: Shang Lushen: Yes, yes, yes!