Chapter 43: Three Divine Incense
"Brother Guan, this is really a treasure of feng shui!"
Guan Hai also nodded in agreement, "Although I don't know anything about feng shui or anything, but coming up here makes people feel refreshed, and I feel a lot more comfortable." ”
Li Hao looked up at the sky, wanting to see the colorful auspicious clouds that Zhao Dahu said. But after looking around, I didn't find it, I don't know if I didn't encounter it, or if it's just a legend.
"Forget it, you can't see the colorful auspicious clouds, and it's okay to watch the sunset."
The two of them found a plot of land and sat down, and waited for the sunset.
After a long time, someone finally went up the mountain.
Originally, this man thought that he was the first to climb to the top of the mountain, but when he came to the top of the mountain and looked around, he saw that there were already two people sitting here, and it seemed that they had been coming up for a long time. The expression on his face that was full of excitement froze suddenly.
"You two, how long have you been around?"
Li Hao and Guan Hai turned around, and it turned out that someone had already come up, so they answered.
When the man heard this, he sighed, "Ah. ”
Seeing this person sighing, Li Hao said with relief: "Big brother, don't sigh either." At least you can make it to the top of this mountain, right? Isn't that great? ”
The man did not look back, but went down the mountain in despair. The people passing by saw that someone had already descended the mountain, and when they looked at the expression, they understood that this was already someone who had reached the top, and after thinking about it, they went down the mountain. After all, it took three or four hours to go up the mountain last time, plus the time to go down the mountain, and it was already dark this time.
The sun gradually sets in the west, the sky seems to burn red, and from time to time a few birds fly through the sky, as if to add a touch of vitality to this beautiful picture. The golden sun slowly set, and the afterglow slowly disappeared.
After the sun completely set, Li Hao sighed: "Watching the sunset from the top of this mountain is really spectacular!" ”
"Yes! It was also the first time I had seen such a spectacular sunset! ”
Guan Hai was also very emotional. It was the first time he had watched the sunset from the top of a mountain, and it was the first time he had a different mood in his heart.
Looking at the different emotions in Guan Hai's eyes, Li Hao secretly thought in his heart that he must change Guan Hai. He understands that Guan Hai has always been obsessed with revenge, but what should he do after taking revenge? So Li Hao wants Guan Hai to know the beauty of this world.
"Alright, Brother Guan. Let's spend the night on the top of the mountain tonight, and I'll go find something to light the fire. ”
Then, Li Hao went to find some dry branches and prepared to make a fire, and Guan Hai also took some dry food and water out.
After eating, it was also dark.
In the vast night sky, the stars are dotted, and a white full moon hangs in it. The breeze blowing from time to time on the top of the mountain, with a slight coolness, made the two of them feel a little cool in this hot summer.
The two of them just lay on the top of the hill and looked at the night sky.
Looking at the stars in the night sky, Li Hao wanted to see which star in the sky was the brightest. Suddenly, he found that a string of stars directly above him was connected into a spoon, which was the Big Dipper, and the brightest star among them was Lian Zhenxing.
I don't know how long I watched it, Li Hao planned to meditate and rest. As soon as I sat up, I saw the breeze blowing through the turtle-like boulder, and then swayed up and down, as if worshipping the three old men on Sangong Mountain.
"It's really amazing."
Because the full moon is in the sky, you can see the surroundings clearly from the top of this mountain. Looking in the direction of the boulder pilgrimage, Li Hao found that there was a hole in one of the peaks.
"Brother Guan, there's a cave there."
Guan Hai looked in the direction of Li Hao's finger and found that there was really a cave entrance.
"There's a cave on the top of this peak, is there anyone living here?"
"Go and see? The top of this mountain is a bit chilly, and there is a cave to shelter from the wind. ”
Li Hao soaked urine and extinguished the fire, "Well, set fire to the mountain and sit in the prison." ”
Guan Hai heard what Li Hao said, turned around and asked, "What did you say?" ”
"Nothing, let's go."
The two of them took advantage of the moonlight to go to the top of another peak, even if this mountain was connected to each other, but it took almost two hours.
When they came to the summit, the two realized that it was a grotto. There is also a stone table on one side of the grotto, which also houses an incense burner and is filled with remnants of incense candles.
Li Hao thought for a while and said, "Could it be that this is the place where the immortals said Brother Zhao said?" ”
"I guess so. Let's go into the grotto. ”
When the two entered the cave, they found that there was nothing but a stone bed.
When looking around, Li Hao found that there were obvious traces of excavation on one side of the cave wall, so he sighed softly.
"Huh?"
Hearing Li Hao's voice, Guan Hai knew that Li Hao must have discovered something, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"Look here, the traces of the excavation on this should be destroying something."
Guan Hai stepped forward to take a closer look and found that under the traces of the excavation, there were still some traces of words left in some places.
"There must be some words engraved underneath, and these traces have erased all these words. It seems that the content of these words is very important, and looking at these traces, it should be some years. ”
Li Hao looked at it for a while, and came to the same conclusion as Guan Hai's. This made him very curious about what was engraved on it that could make people destroy it all. I don't think the villagers below know it, otherwise this place would have been fenced off a long time ago.
The two put their things down and looked at them for a while, but there were no other new discoveries. It was already late at night, and the two of them were going to rest. Guan Hai slept on the stone bed, and Li Hao found a place to meditate cross-legged.
Li Hao told Guan Hai that although he was also cultivating in this meditation, he could also rest well. Over time, Guan Hai was not polite to Li Hao.
Guan Hai's snoring came out after a while, and Li Hao didn't care. Hold your breath and concentrate on the exercises of the "Secret Sutra of Radiant Qi", and after a while, you will empty yourself and enter a meditative state.
Usually when he meditates, Li Hao doesn't have other thoughts. But for some reason, today's meditation, Li Hao felt that someone had been whispering something in his ear. He wanted to open his eyes, but he couldn't.
I don't know how long it took, in a trance, Li Hao felt that his spiritual sea seemed to have broken in. He saw a figure that seemed to be depicting something, and the scene around him was in the grotto where he was now. He didn't know why he saw this scene, and he wanted to get closer to see what it was depicted, but he couldn't move anyway, and he felt as if he was frozen.
I don't know how long this person has been portrayed, but suddenly, this figure turned to look at Li Hao.
He didn't know if it was a hallucination or a dream. It was as if this man was standing in front of him, and he was looking at this man. Seeing that the corners of the figure's mouth were slightly hooked, Li Hao had a creepy feeling, as if he had been seen through.
Suddenly, the figure disappeared with a wave of his robe. Li Hao could also move, he took a few steps forward and came to the cave wall. Seeing the words engraved on it, he had a feeling of being clear at a glance.
A voice sounded in my head.
"Destined people. This is the three incense sticks. Originally, it could open the gate of heaven, open the earth, and reach the saints, enter the mountains to drive fierce beasts, avoid the plague of swords, rain for a long time, and cross the river to avoid turmoil. There is fire to burn, and there is no fire to chew. But this incense can only dispel the plague and calm the turmoil. I hope you can use it well. ”
After the voice fell, the previous chanting in my ears gradually became clearer. Li Hao listened carefully, comparing it with the words on the wall, this is exactly the content on the wall, the formula of the three gods.
When I woke up again, it was already dawn.
Guan Hai saw that Li Hao was awake, and hurriedly told Li Hao, "On the wall of the cave, there are no traces of what we saw last night, could it be that we were all wrong last night?" ”
Li Hao raised his eyes to look at the cave wall, and Li Hao found that the traces of the excavation he saw yesterday were really gone. The walls of the cave were full of potholes, as if what I saw last night was an illusion. But Li Hao knew that this was not an illusion, because he remembered the recipe of Sanshenxiang very clearly in his mind.
"That's right, it's gone."
"Huh? So what's going on? ”
Thinking back to last night's incident, Li Hao told Guan Hai. It may be the reason for yesterday's sacrifice, and with the addition of seven stars in the sky, the two of them saw the traces on the wall. And Li Hao also told Guan Hai that the content on this wall was dreamed of when he dreamed last night.
"Is it so mysterious as you say? I still dreamed about it, how come I didn't dream it. So tell me what's on this wall. ”
Seeing Guan Hai's disbelief, Li Hao smiled and told him about Sanshenxiang, and Guan Hai was stunned when he heard it.
"Is it really that powerful? Dispel the plague and calm the turmoil. This is no joke. ”
Li Hao pointed to the incense burner on the stone table outside and said, "That should be the burned Sanshen incense, maybe this is the secret of the rain that rains once a month in Changshan County." But this content was destroyed, and who made it and went up to the mountain every month to light incense? ”
Just as the two of them were thinking, Li Hao saw a figure come to the stone table, and when he raised his eyes, it was the old priest from yesterday. The two of them walked out and greeted the old man.
The old man didn't expect that there would be people on the top of this peak, and it seemed that he had stayed here all night.
Li Hao saw that the old man was holding something wrapped in a yellow cloth in his hand, and then thought of yesterday's sacrifice, and knew why the old man came.
"The old gentleman came up to burn incense?"
The old man didn't expect the young man in front of him to guess what he was doing, and he was stunned.
Seeing that the old man didn't answer, Li Hao continued, "This incense is Sanshen incense." ”
As soon as these words came out, the old man's face suddenly turned shocked, and he hurriedly said, "How do you know?" ”
"I also learned about it by accident, I don't know why there is such a thing, old man?"
The old man looked at Li Hao, then at Guan Hai, and did not speak, but opened the yellow cloth and took out seven incense sticks. After it was lit, it knelt down and petitioned, and then inserted it into the incense burner.
Subsequently, the old man stood up and told Li Hao that this grotto was originally a hermitage for Yan Gong, but there were many snakes, insects and beasts around it, so he had to find a thatched nunnery to live under this mountain. Later, I met three Taoist people to spend the night, and after a few people talked, they told that there was a stone cave on the Sangong Mountain, but although the environment was good, there were snakes, insects and beasts. One of the Taoists handed over the three divine incense to Yan Gong and told him about the benefits. After Yan Gong got it, he went up the mountain to burn incense, and sure enough, all the poisonous snakes and beasts avoided silently.
Later, when Yan Gong Chengxian left, he left the incense recipe of the three gods in the cave, and also left the remaining three gods incense to the descendants.
Li Hao didn't doubt the old man's words, after all, he had seen immortals, and he was also his master.
"Old man, are you a descendant of Duke Yan?"
The old man nodded, and then continued: "Yan Gong only left these three divine incense to our descendants, and there is no incense recipe. It was only later that I learned that this was once the hermitage of Yan Gong, and I don't know who destroyed the incense recipe on the cave wall, and it came and went. ”
"Then again, how did you two end up on this peak?"
Now it was the old man's turn to ask Li Hao.
"Yesterday the two of us followed the villagers to participate in the sacrifice, and it was too late to go up the mountain, so we spent the night on the top of the mountain. I happened to find a cave here, so I came over to take a look. ”
Seeing Li Hao's answer, his eyes were quite sincere, and the old man also nodded.
"Since you can come here, and you have a relationship with Yan Gong, can you come to my house as a guest?"