Chapter 24: Succession Ceremony
In order to catch these ghosts, Longhu Mountain also paid an extremely heavy price, the disciples of the sect suffered countless casualties, and even the elders with high mana also suffered heavy losses, and when the war subsided and the world was unified, Longhu Mountain from top to bottom, from the master of the sect to the disciples of the sect, but there were only a few hundred people left.
After this battle, the Heavenly Master at that time fell into deep self-blame, thinking that Longhu Mountain almost broke the inheritance because of his decision, but he did not regret it, Longhu Mountain had the responsibility to eliminate demons and evil for the world and restore peace to the world.
After that, the Heavenly Master who was in charge of the sect at that time decided to pass on the position of the sect to his son, and he entered the forbidden land of Longhu Mountain, that is, the mausoleum where the souls of the heavens were stored, and used his life's cultivation to suppress and transcend the wandering souls.
Before leaving, he also passed down the last decree of the Heavenly Master in charge, "From now on, every Heavenly Master must enter the forbidden land of Dragon and Tiger Mountain when he is about to run out of oil and lamp, and use his life's cultivation to suppress the countless souls in the transcendent forbidden land." ”
After passing down the decree, the Heavenly Master walked firmly towards the forbidden place of the back mountain step by step, and all the disciples under the Dragon and Tiger Mountain men knelt and bowed in the direction of the Old Heavenly Master, and the Old Heavenly Master did not look back at the Dragon and Tiger Mountain again.
Since then, every Heavenly Master has entered the Forbidden Land of the Back Mountain after his abdication, and has used his life's cultivation to suppress the hundreds of thousands of wandering spirits in the Forbidden Land......
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Xiao Yao also sighed when he heard this, it turned out that there was such an unknown secret, Longhu Mountain deserved to be one of the four holy places of Taoism, and the Taoist leader in the world. The effort behind it is also so tragic.
"Dao Chief, the kid still has something unclear, since every Heavenly Master only entered the forbidden land when the oil ran out and the lamp dried up, then why did the old Heavenly Master abdicate and enter the forbidden land now? As far as I know, the Celestial Master is still very strong now, huh? Xiao Yao said the doubts in his heart.
Chonghe Daoist laughed after hearing this, but his smile was full of helplessness and reluctance, "Yes, now the Heavenly Master is still very healthy, but a month ago, we found that the seal in the forbidden land began to weaken, and hundreds of thousands of wandering spirits gradually woke up and began to impact the seal, and the result of our final discussion was that the Heavenly Master could only enter the forbidden land to re-strengthen the seal by cultivation, although all of us strongly opposed it, but this is the most effective way at present." Okiwa said slowly, with mixed emotions in his tone.
Daoist Chonghe spoke again at this time, "Boy, are you here to find the junior brother this time?" ”
Xiao Yao first shook his head, and then nodded, "Actually, I came this time to ask for help from Longhu Mountain, you also know that I sealed my cultivation before, but something happened before, and a small part of my seal was unlocked, and now I want to unseal it all, but I have no way, so I found Grandpa Feng, and Grandpa Feng said that only Longhu Mountain can completely unlock the seal, so I came." ”
"So you figured it out?"
"Yes, it's connected" Xiao Yao sighed a little.
"It's good to figure it out, it's good to figure it out!" Chonghe said with relief.
The incident ten years ago was an indelible scar for Xiao Yao and the junior brother, only they could get out of it, and no one could help them.
"Let's go see the little junior brother, since he returned to Longhu Mountain, the little junior brother has never been out of the yard, and usually only the junior brothers go to see him and talk to him, since you have figured it out, then take him out too!!" After Chong and the Taoist chief finished speaking, he stood up, "Let's go, I'll take you over"
Xiao Yao didn't speak, but he still followed Chong Hezi out of the main hall, and the two walked in the direction of the back mountain.
In the morning, the mountain air is crisp, and the aroma of earth and vegetation is unique, and when you take a deep breath, your whole mood immediately becomes relaxed.
Chong Hezi and Xiao Yao came to the front of a small courtyard, the yard is not big, there is a square meter or so, round, there is a small place in the center with black and white pebbles paved with a Taiji yin and yang fish pattern, there is a house in the corner of the courtyard, made of bricks and stones, not big, the roof is composed of gray tiles, the overall look looks gray and gloomy.
Chong Hezi had quietly left at this time, leaving Xiao Yao to look at the small courtyard in a daze, Xiao Yao was a little struggling in his heart at this time, whether he wanted to go in to see him, and there was also a figure in the room standing in front of the door, one hand on the doorknob, and the same struggle in his heart whether to open the door, the two stood dumbly across the two doors, one did not enter, the other did not come out, just kept standing......
On the other side, in front of the main hall of the Heavenly Master's Mansion on Longhu Mountain, the periphery of the Heavenly Master's Mansion was full of tourists who came to watch the ceremony, and the mansion was also full of people, all of whom were the heads of the three sects invited by the Heavenly Master's Mansion and the Taoist friends of various famous mountains and ancient temples.
The person who presided over the ceremony was Chong Hezi who took Xiao Yao to the small courtyard just now, at this time Chong Hezi had a solemn face, and solemnly came to the statue of Sanqing in the hall, picked up the three pillars of sandalwood, pinched the handprints with both hands, and a breeze blew, only to see the sandalwood head suddenly brightened, and then there were bursts of green smoke, and the green smoke floated straight up.
After the incense, Chong Hezi shouted "Please Heavenly Master"
At this time, a person walked in from outside the main hall, wearing a navy blue robe, holding a jasper whisk in his hand, pedaling on the clouds, and his long silver-white hair was fixed on the top of his head with only a wooden hairpin, this person was the current Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain Heavenly Master Mansion "Zhang Xinghua".
At this time, Zhang Tianshi slowly walked to the statue of Sanqing, also fragrant, knelt on the futon, and held the jasper whisk dust in his hand high above his head, at this time Chong Hezi stepped forward, stretched out his hands to take the jasper whisk, and respectfully placed it on the shelf on the offering table, while Zhang Tianshi was still kneeling.
After Oki Kazuko did this, he shouted again: "Affectionate successor Heavenly Master!" ”
At this time, another man came in from outside the hall, a young man, about thirty-five years old, wearing only a blue-gray coarse sermon robe, and the same long hair was coiled with a wooden hairpin, and came to the statue of Sanqing, and also put on incense, and knelt on the futon.
Chong Hezi took out a good yellow table paper from the sleeve of the wide robe and wrote the sacrifice with cinnabar, Chong Hezi took it to the front of the two people, the old heavenly master bit the middle finger of his right hand, and drew a unique talisman of the heavenly master's house on the sacrificial text, this kind of talisman is only drawn on the sacrificial text when the new and old heavenly masters are handed over, and it usually has no effect, after the old heavenly master draws it, Chong Hezi took it to the young man kneeling aside, after both of them were drawn, Chong Hezi took the sacrificial text to the Sanqing statue, read out the content of the sacrificial text aloud, and threw the sacrificial text into the air, The sacrificial text flew upwards in a whirlwind, and after flying to a certain height, it exploded with a "bang", burning instantly, and it burned clean after a while.
Seeing that the sacrificial culture is green smoke hovering over the main hall, Chong Hezi smiled slightly, this is considered a success, and then as long as the new heavenly master has worshiped Sanqing, after Sanqing descends auspicious light, the new heavenly master will be able to take charge of the Heavenly Master's Mansion......