Chapter 25: Maoshan (2)
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This middle-aged man is a little thin, with three wisps of slight beard, with an ordinary sense of intimacy in his appearance, and his dress is also very ordinary, looking like a teacher in a rural private school, but there is a kind of laziness and casualness in his eyebrows and eyes. In short, this person can make people feel close at a glance, without the slightest arrogance, anger, air conditioning and other uncomfortable things, like a warm wind with the smell of sunshine, giving people a very approachable feeling.
The middle-aged man picked up a pair of chopsticks on the table, picked up a few pieces of mutton and tasted it in his mouth, and praised: "Yes, it is Lao Li's sauce meat skills in Nanhua Town, I didn't expect him to have no rest during the New Year, it's rare." He picked up another pot of wine and took a sip, then nodded and said, "This is not bad, twenty years of old flower carving, who deserves this wine and meat?" ”
Xiao Xia looked at the middle-aged man in a daze, and had a familiar feeling of this person, as if he should have seen it not long ago, but he just didn't know it, and he couldn't find this person in his memory.
Mingyue also opened her eyes wide, looking curiously at this middle-aged man who suddenly appeared beside her.
The surroundings were already silent, and the other young Taoists, including Xiningzi, all looked at the middle-aged man blankly, the difference was that they seemed to know this person, and everyone's eyes were wide open, and their mouths were also open.
"But this fireworks really don't have much to look at. How old are you, and you still play with these things? Isn't it the same to just find a few talismans from the Five Elements Sect and put them away? If you have cultivated a body of Taoism, is it only used to fight, kill, and recite scriptures and memorize books?"
The middle-aged man waved his hand, and some boxes stacked in the distance suddenly jumped up, which were the remaining fireworks that had not yet been released. As if suddenly coming to life, these wooden boxes jumped automatically, opened the lid by themselves, and spit out all the fireworks and firecrackers inside, and then these fireworks also overlapped each other as if they had life, and in the blink of an eye, they actually pieced together a big human shape. Boom. Two flames erupted from the feet of the firework humanoid, and the whole humanoid rushed into the sky and then exploded.
All the fireworks exploded in one place, and the flames and flashes that flew out were naturally a hundred times heavier than before, and the fireworks that exploded were not splashed randomly, but seemed to be condensed together by an invisible force, and were waved in the air like ink: Congratulations to the New Year.
"Wow, this looks good. This is fun. Mingyue clapped her palms and watched happily.
Looking at the four big characters that were a little cheesy in the sky, Xiao Xia's eyes almost fell out, and his mouth was as wide as those other young Taoists. It's not because it's so well written—it's really well written, and the fireworks explode like a huge, invisible pen, with all the strokes folded horizontally and vertically. The pause, the wind bones, and even the flow and stagnation of the fireworks 'ink' on the void 'paper' were all clearly displayed—but the spell used by the middle-aged man to write this large handful of fireworks was completely beyond his imagination, and he had hardly even thought that the spell could be like this before that.
When the middle-aged man waved his hand just now, when the wooden boxes had just moved, he could vaguely feel that this was the 'five ghost carrying' in the Shangqing Law of Maoshan Mountain. It's just that this is not a single spell, but each wooden box is pulled by a spell alone, and then those fireworks that pop out of the wooden box are all affected by a single Five Ghost Carrying Technique. The Five Ghost Handling Technique is not a profound spell, but this middle-aged man can come up with these dozens or hundreds of them without moving his hands and feet, which is not only completely out of his imagination, but also subverts the common sense of using Dao talismans.
This was nothing, and he didn't have time to be surprised, and the hundreds of spells were intertwined with each other. Pulling each other, pulling and moving, the whole body is like countless silk threads twisted together to form a rope, manipulating fireworks and firecrackers to piece together into a human shape. It seemed to be a rune array like a combination of multiple runes, but it was far more complicated than a rune array, because the spell combination was constantly changing, and it was as if it had come to life. Until the fireworks exploded, it was even more complicated and complicated to manipulate those fireworks in the void with the Five Ghost Handling Method, which was so complicated that it was impossible to identify. made Xiao Xia dizzy and almost fell headlong. When he withdrew his attention and divine sense from the countless spells and looked at the middle-aged man again, an inexplicable feeling arose: this qiē was actually not complicated at all. It's really simple to the extreme, the fireworks have to be gathered and exploded like that, just because the middle-aged man wants to do that. As for those spells, those fireworks evolved automatically following the middle-aged man's thoughts.
The law is the heart, the heart is the law, and a little spiritual light in the chest is the ten thousand laws in the world. Xiao Xia finally understood what this sentence meant.
Xiao Xia has seen a lot of top-grade Dao talismans in his life. The Heaven and Earth Oven Array of the Heavenly Fire Sect, the Fire Rainbow Escape Method, the Purgatory Extreme Fire Cover that covers the sky and the sun under the Heavenly Volcano, and the Dry Heaven Lock Demon Talisman that is said to be made by Zhang Tianshi himself, are all high-grade spells that are rare for ordinary cultivators. But no matter how powerful those spell runes were, if they shocked him, they were still not as good as the fireworks tricks of the middle-aged man in front of him. This is already a kind of gap in the realm.
And what kind of person can use such a spell?
When Xiao Xia came back to his senses slightly, and when he thought of this question, Xiningzi had already knelt on the ground with weak feet, trembling and kowtowing: "Palm Teach the real person, please teach the real person to forgive the sin!"
As soon as he knelt, the other stunned young Taoists around him also knelt down. For a while, only the middle-aged man was left standing in the field, as well as Xiao Xia and Mingyue. At this time, Xiao Xia finally understood and finally remembered. The middle-aged man in front of him had indeed seen it, it was the Maoshan Sect Master who presided over the ceremony of worshipping the heavens on the high platform of the three-day ceremony not long ago, and He Jinzhi, one of the three heavenly masters.
"Kneel and kneel, the year is over, do you still want red envelopes? ”
He Jinzhi glanced at the kneeling Maoshan disciples around him and smiled faintly. took off the Heavenly Master robe with gold and silver threads, and took off the Shangqing Hibiscus Crown, his whole person really looked difficult to be associated with the very weighty and majestic identity of 'Sect Leader', at first glance, he was a scholar who gave people a very approachable feeling.
The kneeling young Taoist priest hurriedly stood up when he heard the words. Xiao Xia didn't kneel down, but at this time, he still bowed honestly according to the rules: "I've seen a real person in charge." ”
"What are you afraid of? Lent has passed, and it is not a precept to drink alcohol and eat meat, and setting off fireworks is just a common thing to have fun with. Why are you scared when you see me?" He Jinzhi looked at the Maoshan disciples around him with a smile on his face, his voice and expression were relaxed. It was very soft, without the slightest hint of harshness and reproach, but those disciples were still silent. A few bonfires are still burning, the wine and meat on the table are still there, and the smell of fireworks in the air has not dissipated, but the hustle and bustle just now has long been gone. The person in front of him looks very kind, but it is indeed a genuine Maoshan master.
"You're afraid. It's because you have a ghost in your heart, and you feel guilty in your heart, isn't it? Because although you don't break the precepts, you are prepared to drink and have fun here at this time, and this is really not what a Taoist disciple should do. Although the rules on the surface have not been violated, the rules in my heart have already been violated. That's why I feel ashamed, isn't it? Since I feel ashamed, no one has forced you to come here to drink and have fun, so why bother? If you dare to do something like this, you don't even have the bearing of an ordinary reckless man, how can you cultivate the Tao and seek truth?" He Jinzhi said lightly and sighed again. "Either way. When you go back, each of you will copy the Sutra of Tranquility a thousand times. Let's carefully understand the state of mind that people in my sect should have. ”
"Respect the teachings. These Maoshan disciples could only honestly bow down and agree.
"By the way, who prepared this wine and meat?" He Jinzhi asked.
Xiningzi could only take a step forward and replied, "It was prepared by the disciple." Disciple Xiningzi, from Guangningguan in Jingzhou, went to Maoshan for the first time, thinking about getting closer to all the brothers in the sect."
"Well, I can see you've put a lot of thought into it, too. He Jinzhi nodded. "I have eaten your flesh and drunk your wine, and I have accepted your affection. So be it. You only need to copy the Jingjing Sutra 990 times, but everything you copy must be sent to me to see if I really put my heart into it, and when I will finish copying it and then talk about going down the mountain. ”
"Respect the teachings. Xiningzi's expression was strange. Being able to enter the eyes of Maoshan Palm Teaching, and let the Palm Teach personally check the handwriting, this is also a great luck and opportunity from a certain point of view, and it will also attract many people to secretly envy and gain fame. But this also means that these 990 times of the Pure Sutra not only cannot be written perfunctory, but even must be copied seriously, which is even more painful than some hard labor.
"What about you, do you have a clear conscience?" He Jinzhi turned his head to look at Xiao Xia.
Of course, Xiao Xia has a clear conscience. Because he didn't think of himself as a true disciple of the Dao at all. However, the reason why he didn't kneel was that he didn't recognize this He Zhangjiao, at that time, his attention was more shocked by the lightweight spell in one hand, and he didn't pay much attention to the reactions of the other people around him, otherwise he would also kneel down with the others just to be inconspicuous. The details of this can't be said clearly, but fortunately, this kind of verbal quickness has always been his best skill, just a little pause before opening his mouth, and replied lightly in a very natural tone: "Buddhism has wine and meat through the intestines, and the Buddha sits in his heart." The purity and freedom that I seek is not only the purity outside the body, but also the purity of the heart, which is naturally pure. The disciple was just chatting with these brothers and sisters here, and he really didn't care if it should be like this or not. ”
"Oh?" He Jinzhi raised his eyebrows. The other Xiningzi and others around were also stunned when they heard this, and their faces either had a look of admiration after a sudden realization, or a sense of incomprehension in their hard thinking.
"Hee-hee. Daoist Xia, you're lying again. At this time, a voice suddenly came from the side, but it was Mingyue giggling.
Xiao Xia's face couldn't help but blush slightly, but fortunately, it was not very conspicuous under the firelight of the night.
"Hahahaha" He Jinzhi laughed and looked at Mingyue and nodded. "It's still Miss Mingyue's straightforward heart. ”
"Oh, uncle, do you know me?"
"Of course I do. You're the moon girl. He Jinzhi nodded and smiled, as if there were two morning stars twinkling in his eyes. "I was about to go home, and I passed by and saw the excitement of this place. Well, would you like to go to the humble house for a cup of tea? I have something I want to ask you and this pure-hearted boy who is full of nonsense. ”
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He Jinzhi walked slowly on a path in the forest with his hands behind his back in front of him, like a teacher after class. It turned out that this real person in charge of the sect did not live in the palace courtyard of the Maoshan sect like other Maoshan Taoist priests, but in the mountains behind this Maoshan Mountain.
Xiao Xia and Mingyue followed behind, and they also walked slowly along the trail. Mingyue was talking to He Jinzhi all the way, she rarely had so many words, and she rarely had such a willingness to talk to someone other than Xiao Xia. The temperament of this Maoshan Sect Master is indeed different from others, and even Mingyue has completely let down her guard.
He Jinzhi also seemed to be very interested in her, and kept chatting with her with a faint smile on his face. Sometimes ask Mingyue about the situation under the Tiantian volcano, sometimes ask about the cause of the battle in the black forest of Qingzhou last year, and sometimes ask Mingyue's mentor and hometown. Fortunately, Xiao Xia had already helped her carefully arrange the answers to these questions. Although Mingyue doesn't like to lie, even if she is honest, as long as she pays attention to the method and way of speaking, it is enough to deal with many situations, not to mention that the way Mingyue girl speaks is a little confusing. At least the average person can't hear any flaws.
Xiao Xia, who followed behind, was a little distracted, and he didn't even care much about Mingyue and He Jinzhi's words, his mind hadn't completely eased up from the previous fireworks spell, and now there was a new shock along the way.
The midnight forest should have been out of sight, but with He Jinzhi's footsteps, all the scenery within a hundred feet of his body could be seen clearly. Specifically, he didn't look at where the light source was, as if the surrounding environment was automatically lit as he moved, but it looked so natural, without the slightest strange feeling. Mingyue, who was bouncing in front, didn't seem to even notice this.
Xiao Xia couldn't tell which sect, which faction, which kind of spell this was, and he wasn't even sure if it was a spell. But I can't think of what it would be if it wasn't a spell. Originally, he had always been a little complacent about his miscellaneous and well-informed spells against spells, and he felt that he still had some talent in the way of talismans, but it wasn't until today that he saw He Jinzhi's methods, and he was extremely depressed and had to admit that he was just a frog at the bottom of the well. What I saw from this Maoshan Sect Master was no longer the sect of spells, the types of spells, and the level of power, but the concept of spells, and the realm was completely different.
"Little Brother Xia. What to stay in. ”
There was such a sentence ahead. Xiao Xia was startled, looked up, and saw He Jinzhi turning his head sideways and looking at him with a smile, and hurriedly folded his hands and bowed: "How dare you be called so by the real person of the Palm Sect?"
He Jinzhi smiled faintly: "Okay, your identity as a disciple of Maoshan was originally given to you by my girl." There is no one else here, who are you doing this for? Could it be that you really want to enter the wall of my Maoshan Gate?"
Xiao Xia couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed and thought about it. also sighed for a long time, and happily and convincingly made a fist hug salute for the juniors of the rivers and lakes: "He Zhenren has an extraordinary bearing, and the juniors really want to use the identity of this Maoshan disciple to avoid a lot of trouble, and I am offended." ”
He Jinzhi waved his hand and said, "I still want to thank you." Two years ago. You saved my girl from the hands of the five ghosts of Tianhe. At that time, although she said that she did it herself, but with her little bit of Taoism, how could she kill the long-famous underworld figures such as the Five Ghosts of Tianhe and Wan Yufeng? After she returned to the mountain, she worked harder and harder, and she always asked people about all kinds of tricks in the rivers and lakes, and it seemed that she was stimulated by you, and she was always very unconvinced by you in her heart. Now you have asked her, but she uses this method to tease you, asking you to be a disciple of Maoshan so that she can point fingers at you? It's really hard for you. However, walking on the rivers and lakes, having a door and wall background can indeed save a lot of trouble. Don't worry, I'll turn around and ask someone to handle your urn. ”
"Then thank you He Zhenren!" The stone in Xiao Xia's heart finally landed. This Maoshan Sect Master personally spoke, which was naturally a hundred times safer than He Xi'er. Once this identity is confirmed, there will finally be no more mistakes in Qingzhou.
"It's just a temporary expediency. You don't have to worry too much about it, you can see that you're not used to being a real Dao disciple, can you?"
Xiao Xia thought about it, but nodded honestly: "It turns out that being a real Taoist priest is so tiring." ”
Unexpectedly, He Jinzhi also nodded, spread his hands and smiled: "Yes, it's so tiring to be a Taoist priest." So I don't think I'm a Taoist priest when I'm fine. ”
Xiao Xia suddenly laughed. One of the Taoist masters in the world, the dignified Maoshan Sect Leader, actually said that it was tiring to be a Taoist priest, and if this matter was told to others, I was afraid that he could only be regarded as a madman. But looking at this He Zhenren dressed in ordinary clothes, he can't see the smell of a Taoist priest at all, maybe this is really not a joke.
"You don't have to be a Taoist priest to cultivate the Tao, and being a Taoist doesn't necessarily mean that you will be able to cultivate the Tao. In fact, being an unrestrained wild Taoist priest is the true path of cultivation. I can't envy this. He Jinzhi sighed. Suddenly, he stood on his feet and turned his head to look at Xiao Xia. "I heard that you have some experience and talent in the way of talismans. Although the talisman spell is only a trivial part of the cultivation, it is still fully used to walk on the rivers and lakes, if you have any questions about it, you can come and ask me, as long as it is not related to my Shangqing faction's descendants, I can teach you the rest. ”
"Huh?" Natsu almost wondered if she had misheard.
Mingyue clapped her hands and smiled on the side: "Great." Daoist Xia: You can learn those tricks just now, and you can play them every day. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to M. to read. )