Chapter 13, Prayer to the Heavens
The change of seasons in southern Xinjiang has entered the late spring season, the wind and drizzle are endless, and the seedlings and plants in the four fields have grown up, a green scene, and the vitality is unlimited.
It is in the season of valley rain, the weather is vigorous, all things are negative yin and embrace yang, the breath of life is all over the four directions, and the prayer ceremony held by the king of Zhennan is finally coming.
On this day, Nanyang City is particularly lively, and the streets and alleys are full of people, whether they are locals or visitors from other places, all going to the square in the center of the city, which happens to be adjacent to Fengzhi Lake. The king of Zhennan will open an altar here to pray for heaven.
"Hurry up, hurry up, it's not good to be delayed. ”
"It's coming, it's coming. ”
Pedestrians on the street hurried to the square in the center of the city, and at this moment, tens of thousands of people had already gathered in the square, including men, women, and children, scholars and martial artists, and around the square, there were rows of heavily armored soldiers, patrolling everywhere to maintain order.
In the center of the square, a grand altar was erected, on which flags were arranged, scriptures were inscribed, incense and candles were lit, extremely solemn, a group of Confucian monks and Taoist monks, and even people in Buddhism, were divided into three parties, reciting the scriptures in a low voice.
And in front of him, there was a middle-aged man, dressed in brocade clothes, with a solemn expression, like an abyss, unfathomable, standing there calmly, like a mighty and boundless mountain, suppressing all the Tao and the Dharma.
Mu Li and Chu Chu stood in the crowd with the Mu clan, looking at the figure, their hearts were extremely uneasy, the one in front of them was one of the eight kings of the imperial court, the king of Zhennan, the existence of the four seas.
Behind the king of Zhennan, there are still a few people, a general in iron armor, standing behind him with a sword, the other is a graceful and luxurious woman, with a peaceful expression, thinking that it is the princess of Zhennan, and the other is a young man in black, he was born extremely handsome, not inferior to himself at all, and that bearing, even more transcendent, seems not to be a mortal person.
He didn't know that this young man was the only son of King Zhennan, a talented young genius, both civil and military and extremely outstanding, even His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, who was famous in the capital, was also one of the influential figures in the Jixia School Palace, Li Yinian.
Just like Mu Li, in the crowd at this moment, there are many women looking at the young man, their eyes are admiring and confused, and they are nymphomaniac. Many people talked about it, and it reached his ears. Most people in Nanyang City know His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, who has been practicing in the capital since he was a child, came to Nanyang three years ago, and lived in the palace for three years.
The people of southern Xinjiang all say that "the tiger father has no dog son", and it is Li Yinian, the son of the world.
But what surprised Mu Li the most was the young man next to Li Yinian, who was upright in white and had no other elegance, which was not much better than Li Yinian, attracting everyone's attention. And this person is Mo Xiaoyao.
Mu Li couldn't have imagined that the person Mo Xiaoyao said he was looking for that day was Li Yinian. In this way, his origin is definitely extraordinary.
didn't know that the young man was Li Yinian's fellow disciple.
In the other direction, the girl Qinghe accompanied a white-haired old man who never left the wine jug, standing in the crowd, looking at the direction of the altar, seemed to recognize Mo Xiaoyao, and suspected in his heart that this guy was actually standing behind the king of Zhennan, I am afraid that his identity is even more extraordinary than that of Zhi Muli.
Because she also learned about Mu Li, after learning that he was the second son of the first-class family Mu Clan in Yizhou, he was not qualified to stand on the altar.
It can be seen from this that Mo Xiaoyao is extraordinary.
The old man, on the other hand, looked indifferent, only cared about tasting wine, and from time to time stuck out his tongue, commented on it, and then looked up and drank again. This appearance made Qing He helpless for a while, and only said: "You old man, you know how to drink." ”
"No way, who knew that the rice brew in this world tastes so wonderful that it can't be stopped. The old man shook his head, and also looked at the altar, staring at the noble figure, and sighed in his heart, this person's cultivation was unfathomable above him.
He is worthy of being the top big man of the secular dynasty.
When the sun was high in the sky, a loud bell rang, everyone quieted down, only to see the king of Zhennan walk forward, and said loudly: "The disaster in southern Xinjiang is alleviated, all things are recovered, prosperity and growth, the court ordered the king to hold a prayer ceremony, thank the emperor and the queen of heaven, gather people from all over the world to pray, accumulate fortune." The king announced the official start of the prayer ceremony. ”
This voice was like a flood bell and a big lu, resounding throughout the square, and everyone's hearts trembled slightly, as if they were suppressed by the true sound of the Great Dao.
Then I saw the priest walking forward to preside over the ceremony, his voice was old and majestic, with a slight sense of hoarseness. However, as everyone knows, this is one of the three major sacrificial officials of the imperial court, the Confucian master - toasting, highly respected, even the king of Zhennan is very respectful, and even respected by today's saints.
Even the outstanding princes and princesses in the capital, including Li Yinian, the prince of Zhennan, are all disciples of the toast, and the five disciples of the toast are all famous geniuses in the Jixia Academy.
"The ceremony is divided into three steps, the first step is for several monks to chant and pray for heaven, and everyone prays for one day. The second step is to go to the outskirts of Nanyang City, where the younger generation hunts, hunts wild beasts as livestock, and sacrifices to the sky for three days. The third step is the 'Shun Tian Fortune' ceremony, to see who will be chosen by God to inherit good fortune. ”
The words of the toast made everyone's hearts very uneasy, but they didn't expect that praying for heaven was far more than simply praying for heaven, there were other activities, and these other two activities were to test the younger generation. Especially the martial arts monks, I am afraid that they will be generous and glorious in the hunting battle.
As for the 'inheritance of heavenly fortune', I don't know who will fall on it, and if we inherit the heavenly fortune, the future will be bright.
Then, I saw the three monks of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism on the altar began to chant the scriptures, the Confucian drums, the Taoists rang the bells, and the Buddhists knocked on the wooden fish with flowers. Obscure voices rang out.
“......”
And the rest of the people, including the Zhennan Wang family, all closed their eyes and contemplated, prayed in their hearts, and felt this sacred moment, after all, the chanting of the three major sects is extremely rare, enough to affect the emperor and the queen of heaven, descend the law, and bless this land of mountains and rivers.
And people, while praying, can also be moved by the true sound, understand some Dharma principles, and penetrate their own bodies.
Mu Li was also immersed in the chanting sound, at this moment the spirit on his forehead emitted a faint light, and he felt something in his heart, and unconsciously emerged the words in the "River Tuluo Book", which seemed to depict a thousand miles of mountains and rivers, rivers and mountains.
A great world.
Thousands of true sounds entered his ears, echoing with the scriptures of the "Hetuluo Book" in his mind, forming a mysterious and unpredictable picture, and even his mind saw a long sword, erected in the air, blooming endless sword qi, cutting off all beings in heaven and earth, and everything turned into nothingness.
This is an extremely wonderful situation, Mu Li wanders in it, and his mind begins to comprehend and begin to penetrate, so that he is more friendly to heaven and earth, and more keenly attracts the aura of heaven and earth, flows into the life wheel in his body, and turns into true yuan.
His life and soul are changing, gradually approaching the realm of perfection, although it is only a slight, as if there is nothing, but it is really changing.
His mind is sublimating, and his mind can perceive farther and sharper. So much so that the spirit, spirit, and strength are all strengthening.
It is rumored that when you practice to a certain level, you can take off your physical mortal womb and form a primordial god, and you will live a long life without eating the fireworks of the world, and your mind will become a god, which is enough to cover thousands of miles of mountains and rivers.
This is what the world calls the Dao Immortal, a masterpiece that can transcend the immortals.
The sound of chanting in the sky is endless, resounding in the square, so that Nanyang City, the mountains and lakes outside Nanyang City, the fields of the four fields, all living beings are transforming and sublimating under the true sound of this avenue, including human beings.
At this moment, there are scholars who understand the true meaning of the scriptures, their literary attainments have reached a higher level, and there are martial arts monks who have penetrated the meaning of the law and advanced their realm. Muli is single-minded, and both are improving. In his sea of knowledge, a phantom shadow of the "Hetuluo Book" was formed, and a magic seal made of a mighty sword qi echoed each other, which was quite mysterious.
At this time, the toast seemed to be aware, his eyes inadvertently skimmed, and he glanced at the young man, and the brilliance in his eyes flowed, and he didn't know what to think, and he was thoughtful.
The young man felt the changes in himself, especially the wheel of life in his body, which became more and more condensed, the brilliance flowed, and the mystery was unpredictable, and it seemed that a sword mark had also appeared, engraved on it. Mu Li felt that this was related to the sword qi that Master Cen introduced that day.
In addition to this, his realm is also fluctuating. It is recorded in the martial arts classics that the life wheel realm is divided into small and Mahayana, and at this moment he is ascending to the Hinayana realm. After the Mahayana of the Wheel of Life in the future, you can begin to feel the yin energy of the earth, absorb it to awaken the earth soul, and enter the earth element realm. In this way, the human body can communicate with the earth, perceive the topography, and comprehend the power of the five elements of yin and yang.
At that time, the combination of true qi and the yin element of the earth released a strong combat power, which was enough to rival ten thousand people, and had the power of a hundred elephants, which could be called mana.
At this moment, they understood in their hearts that this prayer to heaven was not just a simple prayer for the accumulation of fortune, but also an opportunity given by the imperial court to the monks of the southern Xinjiang land and the surrounding states.
Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and scholars went out together, chanting scriptures to solve doubts, and refining the mind.
In the depths of enlightenment, there are already people who move as they wish, scholars recite scriptures, fill in words and play songs, and martial artists begin to fiddle with boxing, perform moves, and practice martial arts on the spot.
The scene was chaotic several times, but King Zhennan did not intervene, he looked at the people under the altar, his expression was calm, knowing that they were affected by the sound of this scripture, and entered a state of self-forgetfulness, and they were really improving.
However, these scriptures are useless to him, after all, everyone present, even if they toast, the realm is similar to him, and the rest of the chanters are lower than him, so they are of no use to him at all, and can only be used for meditation. When he reached his realm, he had a lifespan of thousands of years, but if he wanted to get closer, it was really more difficult than ascending to the sky.
Moreover, this day has long been at his feet.
The princess beside him didn't have any understanding, because her realm was high enough, and she was not a person who was bent on seeking the Tao, and these ethereal ways were not as good as her husband and son's happiness, and they couldn't be as peaceful as the southern Xinjiang.
But Mo Xiaoyao and Li Yinian are contemplating like everyone below. And the people below, not all of them are contemplative, and there are also those who have cultivated to the advanced level, but they are just standing there, waiting for the descendants of the family.