Chapter 35: The Gathering of the Moonlight Ritual

Su Jin followed the two ginseng dolls and walked towards the middle of the dense forest, surrounded by tall trees surrounded by ten people, the sky was getting darker, and the forest became more and more gloomy. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

"I can't call you a ginseng doll, old man, you better tell me your name." Because he was asking for help, Su Jin spoke very politely. Although it is strange to call a pink and tender child an old gentleman, it is better to ask for the name first.

"Our ginseng family, even if we cultivate into a human form, we will be dolls for life, and the world says that our ginseng does not grow much, because it is rumored that we are ginseng dolls outside. There are many kinds of ginseng dolls in this world, which can be roughly divided into the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, all of which are condensed by the aura of the world and are the best tonic. Our branch, the life grid belongs to the wood, every full moon night, it comes out to absorb the moonlight to increase spiritual power, and it is hidden in the tree village on weekdays. The little doll stroked the beard stuck to the roots of the tree, and shook her head about the origin of their ginseng family.

Su Jin nodded while listening, and said at the end: "Old man, I just asked your name!" ”

"My name is Mu Yuan, my grandson's name is Mu Ling, and everyone in our village takes Mu as their surname. Ling'er, don't run around, it's time to go to the sacred tree to collect moonlight, you are obedient and obediently follow me back to the village, don't be lazy. After Mu Yuan answered Su Jin, he beckoned the wood spirits running around to come back.

Su Jin followed behind, looking at the surrounding trees curiously: "Mu Yuan, I see that most of the trees in this forest are of this kind, what is this tree called, why have I never seen it before?" ”

"Oh, what do you know, I see that you are pampered, you didn't go out much before, so I only know some ordinary willow trees, where have I seen this strange tree species, this tree is called 'Hua Cui Dye', it is the best collection of moon flowers in the world, the thickest one in the forest is in the middle of the village, it is the holy tree of our village." Mu Yuan glanced at Su Jin, with a look of "Hello and Ignorant".

"Hua Cui dye... Su Jin muttered to himself, and then looked at the leaves on the tree, it was really crisp, and the moonlight swept on it, casting a halo, which was indeed worthy of the name Hua Cuiran.

After walking forward for a while, Su Jin saw ginseng dolls running past in twos and threes.

Mu Ling pointed with his little hand: "The front is the doll village!" Su Jin looked left and right, and sure enough, the ginseng dolls had gathered here. Suddenly, I heard a few people in front of me shouting: "Mr. Mu Yuan, why are you here, everyone is waiting for you to preside over the ceremony, it will be too late!" ”

"Alright, alright, sir, am I not here? Is everything ready? Mu Yuan quickly walked to the front of the crowd.

Su Jin felt a little dazzled, they were all white and tender little people, dangling in front of people's eyes, making people dizzy.

"Mr. Mu Yuan, why did you bring outsiders into the village, if the 'Dragon Marrow' knew where we were hiding, it would kill everyone." A little ginseng next to him saw an outsider coming with him, he was shocked and frightened, hid behind Mu Yuan, and dragged the corner of his belly pocket.

"Don't be afraid of the rain, I know them, it's not a bad guy, don't worry, and there won't be any 'dragon marrow' in the future, the 'dragon marrow' has been killed by these heroes, so you don't have to hide in the future, you can also move freely in the forest during the day, we don't have to rely on Yuehua alone in the future, we can also come out to absorb Rihua during the day to replenish spiritual power!" As soon as Mu Yuan finished explaining to everyone in the village, a group of little dolls erupted into a jubilant voice.

Su Jin is very strange, how can he identify so many villains who look the same, and he can still call the other party's name, is it written somewhere?

"Mr. Muyuan, will we hold the ceremony tonight?" Someone next to me asked. Supposedly, there will be plenty of daylight to collect in the future, and the moon will not be so important tonight. Mu Yuan hesitated.

Su Jin stepped forward and squatted down to be level with Mu Yuan: "Mr. Mu Yuan, I have never seen this kind of ritual of collecting spiritual power in Xia, let's hold it again today, let me see and understand it?" And there won't be any more in the future, so it's good to let the dolls keep a souvenir. ”

Mu Yuan listened, turned his head to look at Jiuyu behind him, the latter nodded, and Mu Yuan said to everyone: "Tonight, let's hold the last ceremony, let's leave a memorial for everyone, I hope everyone is pious and grateful to the moonlight for its blessing of our ginseng clan for hundreds of years." ”

Su Jin pouted, it's still a fox's big face!

The ceremony began, and more than a dozen ginseng dolls brought out the musical instruments carved out of wood, a bit like Xun, and the lingering and resentful sound of the musical instruments came out. Several more men set up a wooden table and placed a cup and a kettle on it. Mu Yuan walked to the table, picked up the kettle and filled the cup, then walked under the tree with a glass and poured a cup of water on the roots. As the water seeped into the soil, the huge canopy of books suddenly shone brightly, as if all the moonlight had been concentrated on this tree.

Su Jin poked the wood spirit next to him: "What is in your grandfather's pot, why is it so powerful, and it can still attract moonlight." ”

"That's moonlight, but it melts in the dew, and with this as a guide, more moonlight can be gathered, and after each ceremony, grandpa has to fill the kettle." Seeing that there was so much aura gathered on the tree, Mu Ling left Su Jin and a few, followed the other ginseng dolls, and climbed to the top of the tree together, sitting there side by side, facing the moon with their little faces and eyes closed, looking very intoxicated. Slowly, the dolls' little faces turned red, as if they had drunk a little wine.

Mu Yuan also went up the tree, sat on a branch lower down, lifted the lid of the kettle, and handed it to the moonlight, the moonlight seemed to be alive, automatically flowed into the kettle, and after a while, the pot was filled, Mu Yuan covered the lid of the kettle and put it away carefully. Su Jin was very interested in not destroying this peaceful atmosphere, the dolls all regarded this ritual as a sacred existence, just like he Su Jin was in awe of food, this Yuehua is the foundation of the dolls' lives.

The music is still drifting, and several musicians on duty did not go up to the tree to collect the moonlight, this music cannot be stopped, and the moonlight will disperse as soon as it stops, so each time the musicians are on duty in turn.

In the second half of the night, suddenly the music had stopped, and the ginseng villains slowly opened their eyes, as if they had woken up from a drunken dream, and they all came down from the trees and went back to their own tree houses to rest.

The crowd gradually dispersed, and Mu Yuan also came down to the tree, and ordered people to put away the table and musical instruments, and then led Su Jin back to the tree house where he lived.

"It's been tossed in the middle of the night, everyone is tired, let's rest first, the demonic spirit in you, you can't die if you look at it a day later." Mu Yuan arranged Su Jin and Fan Yin into a small tree house, and went back to sleep.

Su Jin couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning, this room was directly carved out of a hole in the tree, and the tables and chairs were also carved directly out of wood, Su Jin felt that living between the branches and leaves of this tree was really novel and elegant, making people feel like elves. After tossing for a while, I finally couldn't stand it and fell asleep.