Chapter Twenty-Three: Jiao and the Altar
Zhaijiao ritual is a kind of Taoist ritual, by the Taoist priest wearing gold and silver thread robes, holding different instruments, chanting ancient tunes, dancing in the mandala, as if performing an excerpt play, this is the Taoist Zhaijiao ceremony, commonly known as "dojo", called "according to science and teaching", referred to as "science and education", that is, the law. www.biquge.info Of course, this is a way for Taoist priests in the secular world to make money, and the monks who really practice seeking truth regard Zhai Jiao as a method of communicating the vitality of heaven and earth. However, due to the cumbersome rituals and the lack of cultivation of the original heart, Zhai Jiao was gradually replaced by the Neidan School and the Divine Refining Method, and was reduced to a second-rate category in the cultivation world.
Among the memory fragments absorbed by Zhao Yi, two people were masters of Zhai Jiao art, and one of them even presided over Zhou Tian Dajiao. Zhou Tian Jiao is second only to Putian Jiao, and the secular Zhou Tian Jiao must be presided over by the minister, offering 2,400 Jiao seats, that is, worshipping 2,400 gods, used to eliminate disasters and pray for blessings, and the scale is grand. Cultivators do not worship the gods, but take themselves as the Jiao position, turn themselves into gods, communicate with Haotian, and practice in order to realize the Tao, and the Zhou Tian Dajiao needs 2,400 practitioners to perform at the same time, so you can imagine how grand the scale is. Paying attention to the ritual and scale is an important reason for the decline of Zhai Jiao technique, since ancient times, it is difficult to ask the immortals in the dark road, how many people can practice, the Zhai Jiao faction wants to gather the number of people to open the altar is a big problem, Zhou Tian Jiao has only been held once, and the Putian Jiao is only existing in the Taoist book.
Since it is not easy to make Jiao, many people who practice Jiao are determined to simplify the ritual of Jiao. After the simplification of the masters of the past dynasties, the Zhai Jiao technique has been able to replace the Jiao position with a talisman, that is to say, as long as the grade of the talisman is high enough and the number is more, the practitioner can even hold the Zhou Tian Jiao by himself! Zhao Yi is playing with the idea of this tricky method, and now that the Dao method is in decline, it is not an exaggeration to call it the era of the end of the law, and he has never met a second cultivator, and Zhai Jiao can only be replaced by a talisman.
Zhao Yi began to ascend the altar after more than three months of preparation, because even a simplified version of Zhaijiao would be troublesome in Zhao Yi's opinion. This simplest of the five elements also requires 405 talismans, of which the most important cardinal talisman must also be jade talismans. After day and night of diligent cultivation, Zhao Yi finally had the ability to prepare jade talismans. The jade rune is different from the paper rune, first, it can hold more yuan power, and the power of the jade rune of the same grade is three or five times greater than that of the paper rune; The second is that it can be used many times, and after the yuan force is exhausted, as long as the yuan force is infused again, it can be used again, unlike paper symbols, which can only be used once; The third is that the high-quality jade talisman can be re-refined, and the first-grade jade talisman refined in the night tour realm can be re-refined into the second grade after arriving in the day travel realm. Of course, the last re-sacrifice must be a high-quality jade talisman, if the jade quality of the talisman is not high, it will collapse because it can't withstand the higher-level Yuan Force when it is re-refined.
Zhao Yi has made a lot of money for this Zhaijiao, and the 405 talismans are all jade talismans. Binghuo Fu, Wutu Fu, Renshui Fu, Gengjin Fu, Jiamu Fu, the last three of which are the biggest harvest in Zhao Yi's three-month practice, counting the three corpse path runes of avoiding corpses, driving corpses, and controlling corpses, Zhao Yi has been able to refine eight kinds of talismans, and he can refine more than a dozen of them every day. The water charm allows Zhao Yi to move in the water for an hour without having to recite a water avoidance spell, and can easily control the flow of water. The Gengjin Fu can be ejected to form a sword qi, and it can also be attached to other objects to increase its strength and sharpness, Zhao Yi tried to use the Ruijin Fu to make a chopstick pierce the red brick. The Armor Talisman can easily manipulate and increase the power of plants, as well as have a strong healing effect. The jade materials used in these jade talismans were basically provided by Chang Xinlin, and the jade materials alone cost fifty or sixty million. Not to mention the other top-level materials needed to make jade talismans, it is difficult for ordinary people to get Tongren cinnabar alone, and they are all sold by the gram.
The cardinal's five talismans used the Lantian ancient jade sent by the Zhou family, and the ancient jade enshrined by the incense was not only of excellent quality, but also saved Zhao Yi a lot of trouble with the lingering luck divine will on it.
Zhao Yi pressed all the family wealth this time, and these jade talismans were almost all of his talismans. If Zhai Jiao fails, not only will these jade talismans be destroyed by the mountain god seal, but he himself will also suffer a lot of damage. Even with Zhao Yi's generous temperament, he muttered fiercely before going to the altar: "Special mother, this day is over!" ”
The altar is set up in the backyard of Zhou's house in Laoshan, which is where the leyline selected by Liu Ruozhuo, the real person of Huagai, is located, and the leyline aura is used to attract Haotian's vitality, and the result is twice the result with half the effort. The altar is divided into three layers, and is made of light-grained white marble from Fangshan, Kyoto, and 135 jade talismans are placed in 135 jiao positions on each floor. The upper outer ring is 130 five-element jade talismans, the inner circle is the cardinal five talismans, all arranged according to the direction of the five elements, and the middle of the inner circle is surrounded by a piece of open space that is one zhang and two squares, and the middle of the open space is the mountain god seal to be sacrificed this time. Zhao Yi walked on the altar with a solemn expression, took a deep breath, did not burn incense or pray, pinched the trick in his left hand and held the sword in his right hand, and stepped on the doubu gang!
Unlike people in the world, practitioners don't have much respect for gods, and gods are nothing compared to true immortals. Since ancient times, cultivating immortals and seeking freedom, even if it is a land immortal who has lived for 500 years, it is better to be at ease than to be a god of the earth. Yin Shang sealed the gods in a battle, the upper one became an immortal Tao, the middle one became a god, and the lower one became an adult. Throughout the ages, there are many powerful cultivators who can enslave the gods, of course, it is the Mao gods such as the mountain god and the land, and few people dare to provoke the righteous gods who are on the list of gods.
As Zhao Yi stepped on the Big Dipper, the jade talismans on the altar shook slightly, and the invisible Yuan Force flowed between the jade talismans, connecting the altar into a whole. The earth's leyline aura vibrated and rushed up to the altar, where it was tightly locked by the small five-element locking spirit array on the first layer of the altar, and it shook endlessly. The Big Dipper stars above the nine heavens flickered in turn, and a star power shot from the Doukou Tianshu Star to the Arctic Ziwei Emperor Star, and the Ziwei Emperor Star seemed to sway under the shining, and the starlight shot straight down, and the vast star power was poured into the small five-element star attraction array on the second layer of the altar. The aura of the first layer rushed up to the second layer, and after merging with the star power, it rushed straight to the top third layer, and the jade rune on the top layer emitted a five-colored light visible to the naked eye, and all the aura mixed with silver star power was injected into the mountain god seal.
At the moment when the aura was injected into the Mountain God Seal, the Mountain God Seal shook slightly, as if a wail was issued, it was the Ziwei Emperor Star King Dao Qi in the Nine Heavens Star Power that was destroying the remaining spiritual consciousness of the original owner of the Mountain God Seal. The owner of the Mountain God Seal has fallen, and the remnants of spiritual consciousness are not difficult for cultivators to erase. But Zhao Yi can't do it, Zhao Yi has just been practicing for just one year, and he can't be more tender in the cultivation world with Jiazi as the unit of time. Although Zhao Yi practiced the Shangqing Dadong True Scripture, the lack of accumulation was the lack of accumulation, and he could only use the magic circle to grind off the spiritual consciousness of the mountain god seal.
As the spiritual sense was erased, the mountain god seal emitted a soft yellow light, and a momentum rose into the sky, dispelling the dark clouds that were not dense in the sky, revealing a circular blue sky. He Liu, who was waiting outside the courtyard, sighed with emotion: "The Heavenly Master is really generous, looking at this posture is extraordinary." Chang Xinlin nodded when he heard this: "I have a lot of confidence in Zhao Tianshi now, I have an idea, I don't know why the boss is not interested." ”
He Liu glanced at Chang Xinlin and said, "Let's hear it." ”
"As the saying goes, one person is short and many people are long, and the catastrophe affects everyone, so it doesn't make sense for a few of us to die here. We can organize a small rally and bring in powerful people to join in for the end of the world. Chang Xinlin looked at the courtyard cautiously and said, "The key to this matter is still on Zhao Tianshi, as long as we organize the assembly and he shows such a trick and a half in front of everyone, this matter will be done." ”
He Liu touched his chin and said, "It's a good idea, but be careful not to attract the attention of the federal government." The federal government also knows about the apocalypse, and it is difficult for anyone to say what can be done in the name of the country. In case a few of us are tied up and let us serve the country, do you say you will do it? ”
At this time, Lao Li walked in with a gloomy face, leaned into He Liu's ear and whispered something. After listening to this, He Liu's face also changed, and he asked, "What you said is true?" Does it really have anything to do with that? ”
Lao Li said: "It's true, the people who cross the hill over there are guarding, waiting for you to make an idea." If this matter is really involved over there, it will be a big deal. ”
"If the heavens are big, we have to wait for the Heavenly Master to come out, and with the Heavenly Master here, the sky will not fall." He Liu's face was gloomy, and he turned to Chang Xinlin and said, "We're going to be in trouble." ”