Yue Guanchao looked at the many Taoist priests who were praying for the ceremony, and the purple-robed old Taoist was undoubtedly the most noble among the Taoist priests.

I saw that he was wearing a purple qi ruijin placket, the embroidery on the robe was gorgeous, the sun, moon and stars, pagodas, dragons and phoenixes, cranes, etc. were all over his body, the long sleeves were wide and fluttering, and the golden lotus crown on his head held the silver and white snow hair, which made him even more immortal and majestic.

Behind him, followed by a few old Taoists dressed in red-sleeved robes, they held incense in their hands as a bow, as if they were praying for something, and then the Taoist priest's clothes were much more plain, just a blue coat with wide sleeves and placket, which should belong to the ordinary Taoist priests in the Taoist temple.

Yue Guanchao searched around the crowd, but didn't find his familiar figure at all, and rubbed his head depressedly: "Didn't Xu Xiake tell us to prepare the scientific ceremony, why didn't I find him?" ”

"These Taoist priests are all clear blue cardigans, aren't you picky, you are taking a closer look at him, maybe you can't see it with your back to us."

Song Siyuan didn't notice Xu Xiake's figure, and stretched her neck to carefully observe the Taoist group.

"Impossible, Brother Xu is a white-faced man with fine skin and tender meat, if it is really in this group of Taoist priests, the skin color alone is already very clear, you look at the crooked melons and cracked dates here, all of them are black and swarthy, it is estimated that they have not eaten meat for a long time and are malnourished!"

Yue Guanchao's words caused Song Siyuan to laugh: "You are poor, how do you know that other Taoist priests are not nutritious, they can see what they can see when they turn their backs, and when they turn around, let's talk about it." ”

After the bell rang, the old Taoist priest finally turned around, these blue-robed Taoist people gradually separated, forming a semicircle on both sides, and when they turned around and stood quietly, everyone saw that there was indeed no Xu Xiake inside, and they were also worried in their hearts, could it be that Xu Xiake deceived them, in fact, they went somewhere else?

Just when everyone was puzzled, the white-haired old Taoist priest shouted: "Please believe in the fragrant flowers and fruits, the immeasurable heavenly venerable, and praise with joy." ”

After finishing speaking, there was a crowd of people nearby, and a few small Taoists in Baina robes walked out of it.

These little Taoists are completely different from the Taoist priests present, their black hair is mostly tied into a bun and fixed on the top of their heads, and they also wear a black gauze hood, and they carry a peachwood Taoist sword behind them, and the Taoist robes they are wearing are strange, the whole Taoist robe is in the shape of an ancient wide-sleeved robe, the placket is tied in the heart on the left, the neckline has a horizontal auspicious cloud pattern, the clothes are covered with palm-sized checkered patches, black, white and gray are mixed with each other, from head to ankle look layered and nested, like a monk's Baina robe, but the shape is close to the Taoist robe, very strange.

When Yue Guanchao looked at these little Taoists, they were completely different from those blue-robed Taoist priests, their faces were white and delicate, and they looked like they hadn't been bullied much, and he saw Xu Xiake in the crowd at a glance.

The little Taoist priest was walking out with the flower and fruit treasure pot, seeing Yue Guanchao and them in the crowd, he frowned slightly and wondered, this kind of ritual is Taiyi's birthday after all, and he can't be easily distracted, he quickly suppressed his curiosity, put the fruit pot in front of the furnace, and folded his hands and recited the blessing mantra.

The old Taoist priest took out the budding branches, dipped them in talisman water and whipped them, and every time he struck, he muttered an incomprehensible spell in his mouth, and only after seventy-two times did he let go of the branches, and pinched the Taoist Dharma seal with his hand and said:

"Respect and sincerity, the ancestors of the Tao are feasted, from today on, you are the lay monks who are rushing to the void, you must take the Tao, believe in the Tao, protect the Tao as your own responsibility, and wholeheartedly protect the interests of the Tao, may your heart, body, and mind all take refuge in the Tao, the heart is converted, the body is relied on, the line has a direction, there is a standard, and there is always the support of the auspicious god, from now on, do a good self-cultivation, to be good, to be virtuous, to save him, to reach the other side, when the results are complete, there will be immortals to lead, ascend to the realm of bliss."

In this way, Yue Guanchao finally understood what kind of ritual this was, Xu Xiake estimated that he was only a registered disciple and did not take refuge before, but today he can be regarded as a lay disciple in the Taoist temple and a Taoist layman.

When all the rituals were over and the monks were gone, Xu Xiake walked through the crowd and found Yue Guanchao: "Didn't you tell you to wait in the village, how did you find here!" ”

"Brother Xu, what are you wearing? It looks so strange. ”

Xu Xiake pulled his clothes and explained: "Baina Taoist robe, the clothes worn by Taoists when they travel all over the world, can keep warm from the cold, and later it also represents the wandering Taoists who have not yet converted. ”

"Why don't you just become a Taoist priest, isn't this a change of name!"

Yue Erpao ate the sugar gourd sold at the temple fair, and asked with a whimper.

"Chong Xuguan is the first major view in the Tang Dynasty, and there are dozens of generations of heavenly masters who inherit the incense, how easy is it to be a Taoist priest who Chong Xuguan, do you see that these Taoist priests are young?"

When everyone was looking for Xu Xiake just now, they had already carefully observed the blue-coated Taoist, and he was indeed not young, and even his skin had become dark and dark from the wind and sun, which was completely different from these laymen with fine skin and tender meat.

This made them curious!