Chapter 33: Difficulties

Since he couldn't settle the female Daoist aunt in the Netherworld Valley at the moment, Chen Dongyang planned to put down this place first and rush to the next place where the turtle talisman was hidden.

"Monkey, you wait for me here for a few days, I want to go to the next location by myself first, and see if there is anyone there who is still guarding the turtle talisman. ”

"You're going alone, I'm a little at ease!," the monkey said kindly.

"I'll go and see if there are any cultivators there, if there are still cultivators in that place, it means that there are basically people in the remaining places, which also means that every turtle talisman will have a successor to guard, if we want to take that turtle talisman, it's not so simple, you don't have purple qi yet, six hundred miles of running is enough for you to run for three or four days, and I can go back and forth in two days." ”

"Okay, then I'll wait for you here. ”

"Hmm!"

Chen Dongyang brought two days of dry food with him, and left the rest for the monkeys to take care of, and then got up and set out on the road.

The third location was located on a mountain six hundred miles north-west of the Netherworld, and according to the depiction on the map, the guardian of this place was also a guardian of pure purple qi cultivation, and if it was according to normal logic, there should be no one in that place at this time.

But when Chen Dongyang's imperial qi came to a place fifty miles away from the target location, Chen Dongyang could clearly feel that there was a strong purple qi rushing into the sky in that place fifty miles away.

Chen Dongyang suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

In order to find out the truth of the matter, Chen Dongyang hid his aura, and the royal qi came to the foot of the mountain.

Chen Dongyang looked at the mountaineering bag he was carrying, and suddenly had a thought, he dressed himself up as a mountaineer, wanting to explore the reality of this Taoist temple.

Because he can't use aura, Chen Dongyang can only climb all the way up, fortunately, although this mountain is high, but there is a road to go up, this is still in the interior of Sichuan, there are still populated places, and the road from time to time to see the garbage thrown by people, it seems that this Taoist temple is not uncannibalistic fireworks.

Go up to the top of the mountain, and find that the Taoist temple is located in the center of the mountaintop, the size of about three-quarters of the area of the mountaintop, about one or two hundred square meters, on the other two small peaks, there are also several smaller Taoist temples, should be together.

Looking up, the three big characters of the Wufang Temple are hung on the door plaque of the Taoist Temple, and then look inside, there are five solemn Dharma images lined up and placed side by side.

"It turned out to be the family temple of the five elders of the five directions!" Chen Dongyang suddenly chuckled in his heart.

The five elders of the five directions, also known as the five heavenly monarchs, the five elders of the five directions are the Taoist gods, they are the Eastern Blue Emperor Qingling Shi Lao Jiuqi Tianjun, the Southern Red Emperor Danling Zhen Lao Sanqi Tianjun, the Central Yellow Emperor Xuanling Huang Lao Yi Qi Tianjun, the Western White Emperor Haoling Emperor Lao Qiqi Tianjun, and the Northern Black Emperor Wuling Xuanlao Wuqi Tianjun.

According to legend, the five people are all incarnated by the primordial heavenly king, that is, the Yuqing patriarch Yuan Shi Tianzun, these five heavenly monarchs are the incarnation of the Yuan Shi Tianzun, and their existence is mainly to live in Wuyue, in charge of the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth.

The five heavenly monarchs are the emperors of the five mountains, and the southeast, middle and northwest correspond to the five peaks of Mount Tai, Heng Mountain, Song Mountain, Hua Mountain, and Heng Mountain.

The five elders of the five directions also correspond to the five elements, the Eastern Emperor is in charge of Mude, the Southern Emperor is in charge of Fire, the Middle Emperor is in charge of Tude, the Western Emperor is in charge of Jinde, and the Northern Emperor is in charge of Water.

Although the status of the five elders in Taoism is not the highest, it is second only to the three Qing and four emperors, and they are also in charge of the five elements, and they are also pivotal figures in the immortals.

There are many immortals in the sky, most of the immortals have their own ancestral temples or even branch temples, most of the Taoist temples are dedicated to the three Qing and four royals, and the five elders of the five directions are worshipped, it is really rare, and this is the ancestral temple of the five elders.

Chen Dongyang settled down, pretending to be a tourist, wanting to enter the Taoist temple and offer incense.

Although the Taoist temple is not big, but two young Taoist priests are meditating and chanting in it, the Wufang Temple is spotless, and there is the smell of incense, it seems that there are not a few people who come to worship God on incense.

"Little master, can I burn pillar incense?" Chen Dongyang asked at the exit of a little Taoist priest.

The Taoist priest was about twenty-three or four-year-old when he heard Chen Dongyang's question, and a Taoist priest got up and took five incense sticks for Chen Dongyang and handed them to him, and then stood aside and watched.

Chen Dongyang thanked the little Taoist priest, took the incense and lit it with the help of candles, and then respectfully put five incense sticks on the five elders of the five directions.

The reason why you want to put on five incense sticks is because there are five heavenly monarchs enshrined in this hall, so you burn five sticks of incense. (It is a stick, not a pillar, a pillar of incense is medicine)

And burning incense is also very particular, when burning incense, if the incense is an open flame, must not be blown with the mouth, this kind of disrespect to the gods.

If there is an open flame on the incense, it should be shaken up and down to extinguish the flame, or you can fan it out with your hands, but you can't blow it with your mouth.

Secondly, when inserting incense, there is also a lot of particularity, if you worship the incense of the three Qing, then you only need to burn three incense sticks, when inserting incense, first of all, the first point is that you can not insert all three incense sticks into the incense burner at one time, but should be inserted one by one, and each incense stick should be inserted straight, three incense sticks should be inserted flat, and the spacing of the three incense sticks can not be too inch, and it will not work if you exceed an inch.

Also, when burning incense and inserting incense, you must insert it into the incense burner with your left hand, not your right hand, because in Taoism, the left hand represents the good hand.

The order of the three incense sticks is also exquisite, the first pillar of incense is inserted in the middle, and the first Tianzun of the Yuqing Dynasty is enshrined, which represents the treasure of the Dao.

The second pillar of incense is inserted on the left, dedicated to the Shangqing Lingbao Tianjun, representing the Zunjing Bao.

The third pillar of incense is inserted on the right, dedicated to Taiqing Taishang Laojun, representing the treasure of respecting the teacher.

Similarly, the same rules are the same when worshipping the five elders, Chen Dongyang first inserts the incense in the middle, enshrines the central Yellow Emperor Xuanling Huang Lao Yi Qi Tianjun, the second pillar incense inserts on the left, enshrines the Southern Red Emperor Dan Ling Zhen Lao San Qi Tianjun, the third pillar incense is inserted on the right, enshrines the Northern Black Emperor Wuling Xuan Lao Wu Qi Tianjun, the fourth pillar incense is on the far left, enshrines the Western White Emperor Haoling Emperor Lao Qi Qi Tianjun, and the last incense stick is inserted on the far right, dedicated to the Eastern Blue Emperor Qingling Shi Lao Jiu Qi Tianjun.

After serving five incense sticks, Chen Dongyang took out his wallet from his pocket, took out 500 yuan and stuffed it into the merit box on the side, which was considered incense money.

There is no regulation on how much incense money must be, this is all up to the pilgrims themselves to give at will, if there are any temples and Taoist temples that require you to give how much you must give, then the Taoist temple or temple must be informal.

Because godliness requires sincerity, not how much money you give, and if you give too much money, then the value of the existence of the gods will be gone.

Because not everyone in the world is very rich, rich entrepreneurs often donate hundreds of thousands of millions of incense money, and ordinary people who have no money can only give ten yuan and twenty yuan to burn incense.

Although the rich man gives more money, the gods do not necessarily bless him, and although the poor give less money, it does not mean that the gods will not bless him.

There are clouds in the Taoist scriptures: there is no way for good and evil, but people call themselves, and the retribution of good and evil follows like a shadow.

It means that there is no certain way for good and evil, and people are inspired by themselves. The retribution of good and evil, like a shadow following the form, will never be separated.

The so-called good people, everyone respects them, God blesses them, blessings follow, all evils are far away, and the gods defend them.

The gods will not bless you with a lot of incense money just because you are rich, and the immortals will not give you ten or five yuan of incense money because you are a poor person and ignore you.

There are immortals in heaven and earth who specialize in recording people's merits, and every time you do a good deed, the gods will give you a note, and every time you do a bad thing, the gods will also give you a good record in a small book, and when the time comes, they will settle the account with you.

So, let's be a good person.

The young Taoist priest couldn't help but light up when he saw Zhang Fengcheng's actions of incense and incense, and saw that Chen Dongyang had left five hundred yuan of incense money, and he couldn't help but greatly increase his favor towards Chen Dongyang.

Their Wufang Temple is located in the deep mountains, and the nearest village to the bottom of the mountain has more than 20 miles of mountain roads, and there are very few believers who come on weekdays, so there has not been much money for incense. Giving 500 yuan of incense money for a performance is already a big deal.

He asked, "Are the believers also my followers?"

Chen Dongyang waved his hand and said with a smile: "I only know a little bit about Taoist etiquette. ”

"Oh, I see, our Taoist temple is located in the middle of nowhere, so there are not many believers, and I thought that believers were believers in my temple. ”

Chen Fengchen smiled and said: "Although the place is a little off, but the cultivation is the same everywhere, those places where incense is prosperous, there may not be Taoist priests who are truly successful in cultivation, but in a small place like yours, there may be many immortals!"

The young Taoist priest was praised by Chen Fengchen like this, and suddenly a smile appeared on his face, he said: "That's not it, our five views have been passed down for more than a thousand years, I heard that there is a teacher in the ancestors who became immortals and was invited to the sky, my master is only less than forty this year, and he already has a remarkable ability, and he is invulnerable to kung fu." ”

"Senior brother, you are bragging here again, why don't you go and recite the scriptures quickly. ”

As soon as the young Taoist priest was beaming with pride, another Taoist priest opened his mouth to stop him from continuing, and glared at him with his eyes.

As soon as the young Taoist priest was told by his senior brother, he quickly confessed and left, but Chen Dongyang had already figured out what he wanted to know at this time.

It turns out that the coach of this Wufang Temple is Kung Fu, no wonder there is a very strong purple qi in the room on the left side of the Five Fangguan.

There are all kinds of strange Taoist cultivation methods, there are people like Chen Dongyang who practice qi, there are also those who practice martial arts with this Wufang Guan Zhang, and there are some who specialize in catching ghosts and watching the ground, and this is what the Maoshan faction did.

But no matter which line of work, once you practice to the extreme, it can make people can't despise you, even if it's ordinary fist and foot kung fu, when you practice to the extreme, you will become a generation of masters.

The master of this five-sided view is that by practicing martial arts, he can actually enter the purple, and he is also a pure purple cultivator, which shows his strength.

But the more powerful he is, the more bottomless Chen Dongyang's heart becomes, because there are purple qi masters in the Netherworld Valley and the Five Directions Temple, which indirectly illustrates one thing, that is, the nine places where the turtle talisman is hidden, it is very likely that there will be heirs, and in the Yuqing Ancestral Court, there are immortals who think they are immortals.