It has been three years since I returned to that small mountain village in northwest Zhejiang, the Cha family's house is still there, and Chaozi and Zhuo Xiong's business has been quite successful.

In the years that Cha Wenbin left, there were still many people who came to look for him, but after a long time, everyone knew that there was once a very powerful Taoist priest who wandered around, and there have been very few people looking for him in the past year.

When Cha Wenbin came back with Xiaohetu, Chaozi was holding a porcelain and arguing with Zhuo Xiong about whether it was a vase or a night pot.

With a "snap", the porcelain vase that Chaozi had just collected from the old farmer after spending a lot of money fell to pieces.

Wen ...... Brother Wen Bin? The three of them turned their eyes to the person in front of them who was a little sloppy, even a little like asking for food, and they didn't know what to say for a while.

"Let's take a hot shower first, I haven't taken a shower for some days." Cha Wenbin sniffed his clothes self-deprecatingly, and a bad smell was indeed not very elegant.

When the water in the bucket turned black, Cha Wenbin came out with Xiaohetu.

The Taoist priest pays the most attention to cleanliness, because those evil things are called dirty things by the world, and Taoist priests who are particular about it in the past have to bathe and change their clothes before doing so, and freshen up from head to toe to show respect for the gods.

During the banquet, the glass was pushed and changed, and all the parting in the past three years was in the wine in the cup. Men, don't talk about feelings, just about wine glasses. Lunch lasted from one o'clock to the evening, and when all four adults had collapsed on the table, only one and a half children were left to clean up the mess.

The news of Cha Wenbin's return spread far and wide, and there were not a few people who read him, and the threshold of the family was going to be broken in a few days, and most of the people who came were asking for fortune tellers or looking at the future for their children. Some of the people who came prepared local eggs, and some of them were red envelopes, but how many of these people were all closed, and Cha Wenbin was not seen to all the comers.

For a time, some people rumored that Cha Wenbin would no longer be a Taoist priest, some people said that he was cultivating behind closed doors, and some people said that Cha Wenbin had offended too many gods and ghosts in recent years, and he went out to avoid the limelight a while ago. Later, I learned that during that time, Cha Wenbin was preaching behind closed doors.

Taoist priests accept apprentices, and they pay attention to a fateful word. Hetu originally had a root, and he had been with his grandfather for so many years, and he was naturally contaminated with a temperament that was different from other children. The profession of Taoist priest is not something that everyone can do, first of all, you have to let the ancestor recognize it, otherwise you have to ask the ancestor to bless you in the future.

Although Tianzheng Dao is a partial branch of the Maoshan lineage, it is not a big faction, and when it comes to Cha Wenbin's generation, it can also be described as the withering of incense. But to be a Taoist priest, the most important thing is a generation, so Hetu has to worship the ancestor and go to the ancestral incense to be regarded as a real entry.

chose an auspicious day of the zodiac, Cha Wenbin sent Chaozi and a few people to prepare wine, vegetables, meat, incense, candles, paper money, and a small sedan chair with bamboo. This sedan chair is not made for people to sit on, the lower two poles are made of yellow withered bamboo, and then a small top is tied on top of the bamboo, the size of which is no more than a bedside table.

The top of the cabinet is modeled like a gazebo, and it is pasted with red paper as a tile, and the whole sedan chair is wrapped with green paper ribbons. At the front end of the Baoding, an open space was specially set up for the incense burner.

Cha Wenbin put on a brand-new purple and gold robe, which was custom-made by the trustee in the provincial capital. On his feet, he has a pair of cloud climbing shoes, a square head with a black cloth and a white background, a cloud crown square scarf on his head, and a few pieces of cloth inlaid with gold threads hanging behind him. Holding a dust whisk in his left hand, holding a bell to ward off evil in his right hand, and carrying a seven-star sword, this outfit is not majestic, but not chic.

Hetu got up early on this day, and Cha Wenbin had already prepared a bucket of hot water for him, bathed in wormwood, and then wiped his body with wicker, and finally wrapped himself in sackcloth before he could go out.

After Cha Wenbin finished chanting the incantation, he respectfully invited the master's tablet out of the house, knelt on his knees, and gently placed it on the sedan chair.

After the three tribute incense sticks were lit in turn, they were inserted on the incense burner, and Cha Wenbin took Xiaohetu's hand and shouted: "Get up the sedan chair!" ”

The sedan chair was carried by Chaozi and Zhuoxiong, and the rest of the tribute was carried by Dashan alone, and the destination was the ancestral tomb mountain of the Nacha family. There were a lot of people who came to see the excitement along the way, and there were also timid people who didn't dare to get too close, and some bold ones followed behind Cha Wenbin. On this day, Cha Wenbin was full of smiles and did not drive everyone away, and after a while, the team expanded to half of the village.

An old man who understands a little bit said that this is the Taoist priest is going to open the altar to worship the ancestors, in order to inform the ancestor that there are successors under the ancestors, and for a time the news that the Taoist priest wants to accept apprentices has spread all over the four towns and eight neighbors, so it seems to be very lively like the New Year.

The adults are lively, the children are fresh, and the ancestral tomb of the Cha family has not been so lively for many years. Everyone surrounded a few of them in the middle, and it all depended on how Cha Wenbin accepted the apprentices.

Cha Wenbin's master Ma Sufeng, a native of Qingfeng Dao and the twenty-sixth generation head of Tianzheng Dao, has long since returned to Huangquan. Cha Wenbin held a stack of paper money and shouted lightly: "Disciple Cha Wenbin is a shaman today, and I hope that the master will protect my Tianzheng incense forever!" ”

To be a Taoist, as an important thing is to have a seal of his own, the seal is the identity symbol of the Taoist, but also a weapon to drive away evil spirits, with a big seal of the Taoist, is a qualified Taoist. Generally speaking, a sect will have a large seal that symbolizes the head of the sect, which is passed down from generation to generation, and the person who obtains the big seal is the head of the sect.

In the same way, each Taoist priest is given his own seal after entering the school, which is usually taught by a master. Only with the seal can the talisman be drawn, and with the talisman can the practice of exorcising evil spirits, the quality of the seal directly affects the power and effectiveness of the talisman. Engraving is naturally also a buddy, this is not as simple as carving a radish chapter, every engraving will consume a lot of Dao power, and the essence of gods and ghosts contained in it needs to use up the hard work of the carver. It took three months for Cha Wenbin to carve such a stamp pad, although the material is not the best, but the quality is not ambiguous.

Cha Wenbin asked Hetu to kneel in front of the grave of his ancestor and lit him three long incense sticks. Hetu took the incense and held it above his head, and respectfully bowed to the grave three times.

After serving the incense, the wine glass was handed over, and after toasting the grandfather, Cha Wenbin untied the big rooster and tied one of its feet with a rope, and the other end of the rope was tied to Hetu's wrist.

There is a ** here called the master to lead the door, how to lead it, it is led by this big rooster.

In the past, people thought that the rooster could be psychic, and the ancestor could deny the apprentice, and it all depended on this big rooster. The rooster probably has been hanging for too long, and he fluttered desperately on the ground, fanning Hetu with chicken feathers, which made the onlookers laugh.

It's no wonder that after that, it didn't take long for the big rooster to flap its wings and jump on top of Hetu's head. The boy did not dare to be frightened, but the chicken stepped on the top of his head. After a while, the chicken began to adjust its position continuously, and gradually moved its body to the grave facing Ma Zhenren. Not long after, the chicken's neck thrust upwards and it opened its mouth and screamed.

Seeing this, Cha Wenbin hurriedly stepped forward to untie the rope on the chicken's feet, and the rooster shook its wings and flew, jumped on the grave, and then turned around to look at the river map.

Cha Wenbin took Hetu another bowl, the bowl contained five grains, and Hetu respectfully held the bowl above his head and handed it to the front of the rooster.

The rooster looked down at the river for a while, and slowly put his head into the bowl, pecking only one grain of each grain. After a total of five bends, he jumped off the grave again, and flashed into the grass to the side, presumably looking for bugs.

At this point, it means that the ancestor has recognized this apprentice, Hetu changed into a Taoist robe prepared for him in advance, stood at the front of the team with the spiritual seat in the sedan chair in his hand, and began to descend the mountain with everyone.

At this time, the bold people are already scratching the. This rooster is edible, and it is said that those who eat it also bring good luck.

Back at home, Cha Wenbin was sitting in the house, and Hetu gave Cha Wenbin three big knocks, offered a tea bowl, and received a big seal, which can be regarded as a real entry.

Worship the three Qings, then worship heaven and earth, worship the five ghosts, worship the eight halls of Yama, and worship the eighteen road fairy river maps. For those who do this business, it is better to ask for more gods than to offend them, because it is easy to dodge with open guns, but it is difficult to prevent hidden arrows.

That night, the Cha family held a ten-table banquet and invited the villagers to gather together, firstly to thank the villagers for their care over the years, and secondly, to officially announce that Tong Hetu was his apprentice.

Tianzheng Dao, the twenty-eighth disciple Tong Hetu became Cha Wenbin's closed disciple, and Cha Wenbin did train him with his heart, but later he didn't expect so many things to happen, which also made this matter the swan song of Tianzheng Dao.