After the initiation ceremony, the godfather took off his outfit very quickly, and the speed of his movements was amazing, but it was understandable, after all, it was already the sixth month of the national calendar, and it was indeed a lot to wear three layers of clothes.

When the godfather was tidying up, I opened the red envelope that the godfather gave me, how much money does it cost to have such a thick stack! I opened it and saw that it was a pile of money in the smallest denomination, and I was immediately filled with doubts.

The godfather looked at my actions, probably seeing through my thoughts, and said to me: "I gave you a lot of money in the smallest denomination for your own good, which means how much work you can receive in our local Dharma circles, although the denomination is small, but the amount is large. It means that you can take on a lot of jobs in the future, and they are all small jobs that you can easily solve, although the money may not be too much. If it's a big denomination, it means that you will receive a very profitable, but difficult job, if you are not satisfied, I can give you a few big ones, but I am afraid that in the future, you will have money to make money and spend it. ”

I hurriedly waved my hand and explained, "I know that the godmaster is for my good, how can I be dissatisfied?" I just didn't understand it at once, and I was a little curious. However, can the godfather spend all this money? "I finally got the crux of the question

The godfather raised his eyebrows, and said with a somewhat indifferent expression: "No one has asked me this question, and I don't know too well." However, I recommend that you wait until after the toss has passed. ”

After listening to the word "toss" in the answer of the godmaster, I couldn't help but be a little curious, so I asked the godmaster: "What is the toss?" ”

The godfather thought for a moment and replied: "It's similar to a coming-of-age ceremony, it's like a dinner ceremony for people who have turned eighteen years old here, and it is a ceremony to represent you officially becoming a qualified Master Meishan." At that time, you can officially be counted as a member of the Meishan faction. ”

I asked suspiciously, "Could it be that I have joined the religion and am not considered a member of the Meishan faction?" ”

The godfather replied: "A disciple is just like a child, if you want the master to take it, even if it is half." In fact, the initiation ceremony depends on the region, and in some areas, Meishan is different from other religions after the fusion. As the saying goes, each teacher teaches his own teaching, and each family has its own law, and everyone is different. ”

I asked, "Why is it different?" ”

The godmaster replied as a matter of course: "Of course, the number of sects that worship each other is different, and the inheritance of the master is different." ”

I listened to the words of the godmaster and found the key points, and couldn't help asking: "According to what the godmaster said, there are many sects that can be worshipped?" Worship many masters to learn the Fa? ”

The godfather replied with a look of course: "That's it, that's right!" Why can't you worship many sects? Sometimes there are too many mages produced in the sect altar in one place, and there will be more wolves and less meat, and the newly produced mages are not easy to fight with the masters, so they have to go out and break through. But running to a place where you are not familiar with life, the religious rules of other regions, the local gods don't know anything, how can you mix it up to eat, plus it is a foreign religion, the local incense altar must be excluded, the best way is to worship that altar, not only can you turn enemies into friends, but also can learn from your own strengths and weaknesses, increase your knowledge, only the benefits are not harmful, huh...... It's not without harm, anyway, it was later that their own laws were formed, and everyone was prone to conflicts, because they couldn't tell the truth from the false. ”

I listened and said with a blank face: "Why can't you tell the truth from the fake?" ”

The godfather said: "Because everyone is a mixed sect, they will combine the customs of different regions, and the meaning of the spells of each region and each sect is different. It's like our inheritance, ah, yes, you have to remember that our sect inherits the Tianxin Orthodox Religion, pursues the Tiangang Thunder Method, and goes down to the altar to serve the Meilu Second Courtyard, and there is nothing wrong with walking incense. Some of the other Meishan don't need the initiation ceremony, we have to go to the sect first in the initiation ceremony, because we are on the Tianxin Orthodox Church, so we have to send it to the Arctic Exorcism Institute, so that the other side knows that there is a person. I painted on your body, because this is the Lushan sealing method in the Wuyue region, and I will help you seal the key acupuncture points on your body with charms, so that you will not be possessed by anything. Other Meishan don't necessarily have these, they may be completely different from us. ”

I was overwhelmed by what to do, I felt like I was about to be suffocated by this amount of information, and I had a lot to ask, but I didn't know where to ask. So my expression may be frozen right now.

The godfather saw that I was stunned, and understood that I didn't understand at once, so he took out some dry goods and two bottles of soda and boiled them, saying that they would talk while eating. I looked at the soda and sighed, I haven't drunk it for a long time, ah no, it's not when you think about this, you should think about what questions to ask.

After thinking about it, I asked my godfather: "Then why are we still the Meishan faction?" Isn't that what Orthodoxy and what Lushan came from? ”

The godfather said with a natural expression: "Of course, it's because, in the area where we are close to the Meishan culture, the spells used are mainly from the Meishan faction, and he accounts for more than 80% of the content. Of course, we are the Meishan faction, and there are many kinds of Meishan faction in Xiangdi. ”

I was taken aback again: "Oh my God! There are still many kinds of Meishan pie? ”

The godfather took a bite of peanuts, drank a sip of soda, and burped and said: "Yes, there are a lot, which are roughly divided into five categories, Meishanman, Meishantan, Meishan Shijiao, Meishan Shidao, and Shaomin Meishan." ”

I have nothing to say, I can only listen to what my godfather said silently, this is no longer a level that I can understand and touch too early. But the godfather seemed to have turned on the switch, and he was talking to himself, and I was embarrassed to interrupt the godmaster's words.

The godfather continued to talk excitedly: "Let's talk about Meishanman first, Meishanman has a barbarian word, as the name suggests, it means uncivilized, that is, it refers to the most primitive Meishan, which is the most ancient witchcraft." There is no theoretical system, there is no precept, it is the most primitive belief in the gods. ”

While I was hmmmmmm

Gan Ye continued to speak: "After talking about Meishanman, let's talk about Meishan Altar, which was developed from Meishan Barbarian, before the Song Dynasty, the Meishan area was not connected to China, so the cultural thought is completely different from the Central Plains, it is a complete hunting civilization." And at this time, the god that came out of the hunting civilization was the god of hunting, which was different from the sexual god of Meishanman at that time. The gods on the Meishan altar are in charge of hunting, sacrifices, and marriage customs. It can be said that it is the era with the most unique Meishan cultural charm. That era had already begun to have its own unique theoretical system. ”

As I listened, I wondered if religion was uplifted according to the needs of the people, or was it religion that led people to change? No, how did I start thinking about philosophy without a fixed answer? It's really dangerous, almost stupid.

Gan Ye continued: "The next thing to talk about is [Meishan Shijiao] and [Meishan Shidao], they are all produced after the connection between Meishan culture and Central Plains culture, Meishan Shijiao is due to the fact that after the Central Plains culture entered the Meishan area, Meishan people gradually began to think that they were a member of the Central Plains culture, and their customs and habits gradually began to move closer to the Central Plains culture, including the Meishan faction also began to absorb the witchcraft and Taoism of the surrounding Han people, so they combined their own experience and unique system to form a new system, such as Bamen Keying, Of course, there are also spells that are directly absorbed, such as Kyushu Gang and the like. This is the Meishan Teacher's Teaching, which is based on absorbing the theoretical system of Taoism and learning from each other's strengths and weaknesses. They still worship a large number of Meishan gods and a small number of Central Plains gods. It also considers itself a religion independent of Central Plains Taoism. ”

After I listened, it was difficult to describe my feelings, so I could only nod or make a few "um" sounds, replying that the godmaster himself was listening.

Gan Ye continued to preach with his eyebrows fluttering: "The biggest difference between Shijiao and Shijiao is that Shijiao considers itself to be a religion independent of Taoism in the Central Plains, and the two are not high or low. And Shidao thinks that he is a part of Taoism from the heart, belongs to Taoism, and has become one of the many sects of Taoism. And the way of the teacher can be subdivided into two levels - [the way of the master of the master] and [the way of the master of the way].

[The Master's Teaching], their theories are no different from the Master's teaching, there is no difference between the rituals and the spells, but the thoughts in their hearts are slightly different from the Master's teaching, and they think that they are just a part of Taoism. And [the master of Taoism] is terrible, they think that they are Taoism, all theoretical systems are completely Taoist, and magic and rituals are completely Taoist. Therefore, the teacher and the teacher of the main way are simply incompatible. ”

The godfather took a sip of water and moistened his throat and continued: "The most important key point is that [the master of the main Taoist sect] generally calls the ancestors of the Meishan faction the gods of the lower altar, which originates from Taoism, which means the gods who do not enter the stream, and even the gods of grass. Although the bishop teaches the way of the teacher, although this statement is acquiesced, it will not really worship the ancestor of Meishan as the god of the lower altar, you can look at the altar table, the one who worships on the table is the upper altar, and the one who worships under the table is the lower altar, which means that you can't go on the table. [The way of the master], they generally worship the Meishan ancestors on the altar as the main gods, and enjoy the treatment of the altar, almost to build a middle altar, and the treatment is still the same as the altar. And [the master of the main Taoist religion] is different, their main gods are the ancestors and marshals of Zhengyi Sanshan, and on their altars, the gods of Meishan are generally partial gods. ”

I couldn't help but sigh a little: "Meishan [the master of the Taoist sect], it seems a little too much? ”

The godfather sighed and said: "It's not too much, the key is that the relationship between [Shijiao] and [Shijiao of the main Taoism] is too poor, [Shijiao] thinks that the other party is a scum who deceives the teacher and destroys the ancestors, and forgets his roots in the name of the ancestors, and the [Shidao of the main Taoism] feels that the other party is a stubborn old antique, and does not know how to be enterprising and flexible." ”

I raised my hand slightly and interrupted my godfather and asked, "Actually, I want to ask what is Zhengyi Sanshan?" What kind of Meishan do we belong to? ”

The godfather thought for a moment and replied: "Zhengyi Sanshan is equal to the sect of the leading boss of Taoism, and our altar belongs to the [Master of the Master of the Master], so it is just in the middle of the [Teacher Teaching] and the [Master of the Lord Taoism], and the conflicts between them are generally neutral and paddling peacemakers. That's why I'm going to tell you this objectively. ”

Oh, after listening to the godfather's explanation, I somewhat understood. I found that there was still one missing that I hadn't said, so I reminded the godmaster: "There is still a young man Meishan who hasn't talked about it." ”

The godfather patted his head with a smile and said: "The memory of the old age is not very good, Shaomin Meishan is actually the Meishan faction of the Yao and Miao people, when the Meishan faction passed in the past, the Taoist division of the Yao and Miao tribes merged with them, and their words are different from ours, sometimes we don't understand, but the scientific instrument is still roughly the same, and we still have to throw cards." To put it simply, it is very similar to our teacher's Taoism, if our teacher's Taoism is the product of the integration of teacher's teaching, then Shaomin Meishan is the combination of teacher's teaching and Shaomin's witchcraft. ”

I nodded to show that I understood, I have a general understanding of the situation in the Meishan sect, and my mind is now full of uneasiness. How does it feel like the same as the rivers and lakes, there is still infighting.

The godfather sighed and said: "Ears, you still have to be careful in the future, don't be dragged into the contradiction between the [Teacher's Teaching] and the [Master's Teacher's Teaching], it's quite dangerous." ”

I asked curiously, "Could it be that everyone knows how to fight, and it's dangerous?" ”

After hearing this, the godfather's face became sad, and he drank the rest of the soda in one gulp: "The fighting method is not very terrible, the general fighting method rarely kills, everyone accepts it when they see it, and there have been people next to him to persuade it, plus the fighting method has been for a long time, everyone will be fine if you persuade two sentences." But they clashed, even bloodshed, and slashed each other with knives. It's really scary. ”

That's right, I also think it's scary, I originally thought they were all mages, and there were contradictions and spell attacks, but I didn't expect it to be a physical attack, I couldn't think of it.

After talking about all kinds of Meishan, the godfather said: "Let you, the newcomer, know about this, but it's none of your business, your top priority is to cultivate mana." ”