190. Chapter 190
After Zhang Zichen put on the Taoist uniform, Li Changgen led the two of them into the ancestral hall.
In the ancestral hall, many people were here, and several of Li Da's daughters and granddaughters knelt in front of the coffin, crying uncontrollably.
There are some relatives and friends next to them who are persuading, it is nothing more than some festival mourning and the like, women are such a tall person, easy to be sentimental, so when the elders die, they are the easiest to cry.
In fact, death is not the end of life, after death, people's souls enter the underworld, and they can also be reincarnated.
But how could these mortals know such a secret?
"The Taoist chief is here, everyone let go!" Li Changgen shouted to the people surrounding the coffin.
"The Taoist is here!"
"It's time to do something!"
So in the discussion of everyone's words, Li Da's daughters and granddaughters stopped crying for the time being, and vacated the land for the mage to do things.
Although there were dozens of people standing in the entire ancestral hall, there was no sound.
Seeing this, Zhang Shouqing sat on the side of the black coffin and closed his eyes to chant.
And this time, Zhang Zichen, the main force of the practice, began to work, he took out eight oil lamps from the master's rag bag and placed them around the octagonal coffin.
After lighting eight oil lamps, Zhang Zichen took out some glutinous rice and sprinkled it in all corners of the ancestral hall.
The purpose of the rooster is very simple, one is used to tie to the coffin of Old Man Li, and it is used to scare domestic cats and wild cats who want to get close.
There were also two roosters used to wipe their necks, and their blood was added to the eight oil lamps around the coffin, and the blood of the big rooster was very positive. After the oil lamp is burned, a small amount of chicken blood is emitted in the air, which can not only not disperse the yin energy of the corpse in the coffin, but also increase the yang energy in the ancestral hall, which can mentally calm the feelings of some people.
After that, Zhang Zichen used a brush and cinnabar to draw a gossip array around the coffin.
The eight corners of the Bagua Array are the eight oil lamps, and the center is Li Da's coffin, the purpose of this Bagua Array is to protect Li Da's soul and make his soul less harmed in the underworld.
Then came the hardest part, chanting mantras to see them off.
"Dust to dust, soil to soil, under the moon in Chang'an, on the peony flowers. Dust to dust, earth to earth, south of the south, the years are boundless......"
Zhang Zichen took out the peachwood sword and began to sing and chant mantras while swinging the sword to see him off.
At this time, Zhang Zichen was wearing a yellow Taoist robe, half-closed eyes, and began a twelve-hour journey of the Dharma.
This ritual began at eight in the morning and lasted until eight in the evening, and Zhang Zichen hardly stopped to rest, and his hard work can be imagined.
Under the arrangement of Li Changgen and others, Zhang Shouqing and his apprentices had a full meal, and then returned to Longhu Taoist Temple on a motorcycle.
On the way back to the Taoist temple, Zhang Shouqing rode a motorcycle and asked, "Zichen, Master just sat on the side and meditated and chanted the scriptures today, and didn't help you, did you work hard?"
Zhang Zichen smiled bitterly: "Master, it's not hard, that's fake, change your old man's jump, babbling all day, aren't you tired?"
"Haha! yes! tired!" Zhang Shouqing smiled, "But you can't blame the teacher, understand?"
"Naturally, I understand, not only can I not blame Master, but I also have to thank Master. Zhang Zichen seemed to understand Master's painstaking efforts, "This practice of sending Old Man Li to the underworld can be regarded as a merit, Master, you are giving me these merits, I should naturally thank Master, your old man." ”
"Mmmmmmmmmm During the conversation between the two masters and apprentices, the two of them slowly returned to the Dragon and Tiger Taoist Temple.
At this time, it was already nine in the evening, and the night lights in the Dragon and Tiger Taoist Temple were already bright.
Still in the distance, Zhang Zichen saw a figure standing at the gate of the Dragon and Tiger Taoist Temple pacing around, this figure was emaciated and decadent, he sometimes paced, sometimes stroked the two husband and wife peach trees that were more than 800 years old and sighed.
When the motorcycle approached, Zhang Zichen realized that this person was Yuan Xuanqi.
After Yuan Xuanqi saw Zhang Shouqing approaching on a motorcycle, he seemed to have made a lot of determination, and he stopped Zhang Shouqing and Zhang Zichen at the door.
"Senior, do you have something to do?" Zhang Shouqing stopped the motorcycle, got out of the car with his apprentice, and asked.
"Shouqing, I'm ......" Yuan Xuanqi hesitated for a moment, and still couldn't seem to open his mouth.
"Senior Yuan, you have saved my apprentice several times, if there is something you can do, as long as I Zhang Shouqing can do it, I will definitely do it!" Zhang Shouqing swore an oath.
Zhang Shouqing is not like this, Yuan Xuanqi really didn't think about it, from the last Soul Eater incident, to the later Liu Yi jumping off the building. These two things have something to do with Zhang Zichen, and if Yuan Xuanqi hadn't appeared in time, I'm afraid Zhang Zichen would have died several times.
is the so-called cycle of cause and effect, and now that there is this cause, Yuan Xuanqi is better able to speak.
"Shouqing, this matter I want to ask you for is not ordinary, and it is extremely difficult for you to make a choice......" Yuan Xuanqi hesitated again, and finally stubbornly said, "Actually, I came to your Dragon and Tiger Taoist Temple for a purpose!"
Zhang Shouqing seems to have thought of this matter a long time ago, Yuan Xuanqi's master and apprentice will live in this Dragon and Tiger Taoist Temple for two months, if they have no purpose, the ghost will believe it.
Seeing that Zhang Shouqing didn't speak, Yuan Xuanqi said embarrassedly: "Actually, you have already seen it, haven't you?"
Zhang Shouqing said honestly: "Senior Yuan, although we have seen this matter for a long time, but several times I want to ask my seniors directly, if there is anything that can help, I Zhang Shouqing will definitely help." But I haven't had the courage to ask, I didn't expect you to come out by yourself today. ”
"Alas!" Yuan Xuanqi sighed, "Shouqing, these two peach trees...... They are already more than eight hundred years old, they absorb the aura of the dragon vein all the year round, and they already have a peach heart, and the peach heart has been cultivated into a refinement, and I believe that it will not be long before the peach tree essence will be born. With all that, it's obvious what I mean, in fact, I want to get one of the peach tree spirits......"
This requirement......
It seems to be really difficult!
Zhang Shouqing looked at Yuan Xuanqi, and then at the two thousand-year-old peach trees, and his heart was very entangled.
On the one hand, he is the predecessor of the Dao Law Realm, and the benefactor who saved Zhang Zichen's life one after another.
On the other hand, there are two thousand-year-old peach tree essences, although these two peach tree essences belong to Zhang Shouqing in name, but if Master Zhang Tianxi doesn't say anything, no one can be the master.
Suddenly, Zhang Zichen, who remained silent, asked, "Senior Yuan, you and Min have been having trouble during this time, is it because of this incident?"
"You know?" said Yuan Xuanqi in surprise.