Chapter 8 Houtu

During the Qingming Festival, it rains a lot, and pedestrians on the road want to break their souls.

By asking where the restaurant is, the shepherd boy pointed to Xinghua Village.

Du Mu's poem "Qingming" describes the scene of the Qingming season, and most of the Qingming in previous years was a rainy day, just like today.

Between heaven and earth, there is a drizzle, and the spring rain like cow hair falls from the sky and is sprinkled one after another. Everything on the ground seemed to have been carefully cleaned, the trees were greener, the flowers were more vibrant, and the water in the river was a little clearer than usual.

Looking at the world in the rain, a special smile suddenly appeared on Li Changding's face. The author of the original novel seems to be particularly fond of rainy days. As a result, it was a thunderstorm when Fang Xin crossed the seizure, it was a rainy day when he returned to the Great Fan Plane to kill Ge Yuancheng, it was a rainy day when he ascended to the fifth order, and it was a thunderstorm when he was half-step to the sixth order, and even in the end, when he established the Holy Dao to reach the ninth order, and when the Dao was eternal, it was still a rainy day and a light rain. If the whole novel does not count the preface at the beginning, it can be said that it begins in the rain and ends in the rain.

As for the fact that after he arrived at the Immortal Dao World during the period, he simply became a water bo, and he was specifically responsible for the rain, so it was not a problem.

Li Changding read it carefully in his previous life, and in the original novel, as long as the outdoor scene was depicted, it was a rainy day or just finished raining.

"Changding, it's time to go." Parents shouted at Li Changding.

"Oh! Here it comes! Li Changding hurriedly walked over.

Holding a small blue umbrella, Li Changding walked quickly behind his family with his calves. Today, even his parents have pushed all sorts of things down.

On the way to the Houtu Temple, there were pedestrians with umbrellas coming and going, and their destination was the same as Li Changding's. Tomb sweeping during the Qingming Dynasty, this custom has been passed down in the empire for thousands of years and is still preserved today.

Coming to the Houtu Temple, he crossed the forest of the spiritual pagoda with ease, and came to a spiritual pagoda, looking at the black and white photo posted on it, Li Changding's family was silent.

In the photo is a young beauty, with apricot eyes and peach cheeks, beautiful and refined, this person is Li Changding's grandmother.

Looking at the photo, a wreath was laid. Li Changding sat down cross-legged, took out a copy of "The Sutra of the Aftermath of the Earth", and opened his mouth to read it.

"Dust to dust, earth to earth, soul to Houtu......" As soon as he opened his mouth, he immediately sensed, and the holy light of Houtu sprinkled down like rain, mixed with the faint merits on his body, and turned into a holy light curtain enveloping the spiritual pagoda in front of him.

When reciting the "Sutra of the Aftermath of the Earth", Li Changding was engrossed in it and devoted all his mind to it. The heart and mouth are united, the yin god trembles, and the light shines, this light is pure, clear as jade.

In this clear and clean sexual light, the Yin God and Li Changding's body chanted the "Hou Tu Sutra of Rebirth Sutra" together, the Yin God chanted the Sutra without sound, only a divine spell spit out from his mouth, and then this word was integrated into the Hou Tu Holy Light, making the Holy Light more pure, and at the same time leading more and more Holy Light to come back.

In this way, the holy light of Houtu became more and more vast, and soon, the holy light no longer only shone on the spiritual pagoda of Li Changding's grandmother, but shrouded the entire spiritual pagoda cluster.

There are dozens of spiritual pagodas here, all of which are the ashes of nearby residents after their deaths, and there is soul aura in them.

The light envelops the souls, calming these ghosts, alleviating their fears and sins.

Li Changding admired Houtu, and respected her compassion and avenue even more, he knew what kind of responsibility Houtu carried, and it was almost infinite compassion and love for the deceased.

"You are the seed of eternity, and we are indeed your parents, guiding you to the path of righteousness, and before that, I want to live forever"

This is the content of the Sutra of the Afterlife, which directly says her great wish.

In the main world, there are two types of souls who return to the Houtu, one is the people who believe in the Houtu, whether they are Chinese or foreigners, and the other is the souls of Chinese beings, these souls, whether they are human or animal, are the same, unless you believe in other gods, so there will be other gods to lead.

Then these souls will be reborn elsewhere according to their own causes.

After reciting the Sutra of Rebirth Thirty-six times, Li Changding stopped, and at this time he happened to see a priest walking towards him.

"It's Chief Priest Lin." Seeing this person, Luo Xianyun greeted.

"Ms. Luo, Mr. Li." Seeing Luo Xianyun and Li Yunqi, the priest surnamed Lin responded politely, "It turns out that you are here, I will say who has the ability to attract such a vast Houtu Holy Light, it turns out to be you." ”

"Hello Grandpa Lin." Don't look at this priest is only about thirty, in fact, he is the same generation as Luo Xianyun and Li Yunqi. Li Changding respected him very much, not because of his age, but because he had studied with Lin Xian for a while.

At that time, Li Changding had cultivated the Yin God at a few years old, and Luo Xianyun was afraid that he would be influenced by the outside world, so he often brought him to the Houtu God Temple, the purpose of course was not to let him see ghosts, but to let him feel the holy light of the Houtu here.

After a long time, Li Changding decided to join the belief of Houtu out of respect for Houtu, of course, this does not mean that he believes in the goddess of Houtu, but respects her great wish, so he is willing to contribute to Houtu, similar to Fang Xin's attitude towards Houtu.

Because Li Changding was very young, Luo Xianyun asked Lin to take care of Li Changding. In those years, Li Changding would come to the Houtu Temple every Saturday and Sunday afternoon, chant the scriptures and sprinkle the sweeping, and at the same time follow the Lin sacrifice to learn something. Li Changding learned a lot about Houtu from Lin Xi. And that's how some of his meager merits came from.

What the? How do you say the other part of the merit comes from? Do charity! Donate your pocket money to a charitable foundation, and take on some charity tasks that can be accepted, such as praying for the sick and so on.

Lin Xian smiled and nodded to Li Changding, and then said, "Boy, you haven't been here for a long time. ”

Li Changding scratched his head embarrassedly and said apologetically: "I've been busy studying Taoist talismans recently, so I don't have much time. ”

"Oh, you're already studying Taoist spells? Didn't your grandma stop it? Saying that, he glanced at Luo Xianyun, Lin Xian had a good relationship with the Li family, so he knew these things.

"No! Grandma is very open-minded this time! Li Changding said happily.

Hearing these words, Li Yunqi's eyes lit up, he secretly glanced at his wife, and said in his heart: I'm already learning talismans! Then you can also learn other sword formations or something......

Lin Xian chatted with the Li family for a while and was about to leave, when Li Changding said to his grandparents: "Parents, grandparents, you go back first." Today I am volunteering at the Temple of the Earth. ”

Luo Xianyun nodded and left with confidence, this kind of thing happens every year, and they are used to it.

"Grandpa Lin, let's go, it's estimated that we will be very busy today."

Looking at the little boy with pink makeup in front of him, Lin Xian smiled and nodded, he couldn't help but think of some previous clips.

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"Why are some urns filled with soul slights, even ghosts, while others are empty?" The little boy asked curiously, blinking his big eyes.

"Some didn't start with, and some didn't." Facing the curious little boy, Lin Xian patiently explained.

"I don't understand."

Lin Xian smiled, so he started from the beginning: "Houtu incarnates the six realms, in charge of reincarnation, if the people of this world are no longer attached to this world after death, they can immediately accept the guidance of Houtu to leave this world, and there are also some who are unwilling to leave immediately, and they still have attachment to this world, so these souls came to the temple with their ashes." ”

I see, Li Changding recalled that the old man who left most of his property to Fang Xin in the original novel died directly under Fang Xin's escort and was taken away by Houtu, thinking that he didn't have any attachment to the world.

"And then as time went by, the souls who didn't want to leave also changed their minds and left, so there wasn't anything after that, was it?" Li Changding asked.

"That's right."

"And then those who didn't have it in the first place were taken away by the goddess of the earth when they just died, right?"

"It was right that they left in the first place, but some were taken away by other gods. Of course, there is a special case, but ...... This kind of thing rarely happens though, but lately...... Ay. Speaking of this, Lin Xian suddenly just left a long sigh.

Li Changding was also silent, obviously, that special situation is that the soul is scattered.