A stick of incense shows piety, and "incense" is the basic method and etiquette of Taoism to communicate between man and god.

The so-called "a stick of fragrance penetrates the sky, and ten thousand auspicious lights shine", the importance of incense in the Taoist law is self-evident. Yu Zhenyi took the three incense sticks in Xu Yangzhi's hand and walked forward, only to feel that there was no change.

Except for the wind in the mountains, it was a little stronger.

The word incense is very important, and in the early years, monks even had the word "incense cultivation". The fragrant clouds swirled and soared into the sky, offering to the gods of the Three Realms, such as Gao Zhen of the Upper Realm Cloud Mansion, Yue Du Wei Ling of the Middle Realm, and Immortal Officials of the Lower Realm Water Mansion.

Later, this method of practice was considered too evil and gradually abandoned.

The Taoist Sutra says, "The treasure incense is burned in the golden furnace, and the smoke of the incense reaches the heavens." This shows that "incense" is a communication between man and God, and we can convey our prayer message to the gods by burning incense and curling cigarettes, so as to pray for the blessings of the gods. Therefore, the Taoist Sutra says, "The Three Pillars of True Incense Communication Method, the gods of the Three Realms will bring blessings." ”

In the Taoist Sutra, the "Wishing Incense Mantra" cloud: the Tao is learned from the heart, the heart is passed on with fake incense, the incense is hot and the jade furnace is hot, the heart is in front of the emperor, the true spirit is looking forward to it, the immortal is in Xuan, and the ministers are closed, and the path reaches nine days.

When offering incense to the gods, use your left hand to insert incense. The left hand is yang, which is large, indicating respect for the gods. The total width of the three pillars of incense inserted in the incense burner should not exceed one inch, which is called "inch sincerity and feeling God", and the inch represents "inch heart", which refers to sincerity and sincerity, and the Taoist scripture says: "Inch heart can reach the nine heavens", which refers to sincerity and sincerity, which can move the gods above the nine heavens.

These things were all taught to him by Xu Yangzhi in the past few days.

When he was in the Demon City, Yu Zhenyi was taught by the old man, but he didn't believe in ghosts and gods. During the New Year's holidays, other people's homes are burning incense to welcome the gods, and only the old man is still striking iron at home.

At that time, Yu Zhenyi also asked the old man: "Why do others burn incense, but our family doesn't burn it?"

The old man just said, "I believe in the hammer in my hand more than those immortals." ”

Now that I think about it, the hammer in my hand is the old man's sword. The old man's meaning is that he only believes in the sword in his hand.

The ancients said well: "Three kowtows in the morning and dusk, and a burner of incense in the morning and evening." ”

The Taoist gate burns incense and burns three incense sticks, and the burning of three incense sticks represents the Taoist "respect for the three treasures", that is, the three treasures of Taoism, scripture and teacher. Burn incense and honor the three treasures, and do not forget the three treasures. When burning, it is not allowed to hold the incense nose to smell, and must first use the residual incense to light the lamp, hold the incense whiskers in both hands, and put incense on the stove with the left hand. If there is an open flame, it needs to be extinguished up and down, and it cannot be blown with your mouth.

It is advisable to burn incense in the main furnace with three sticks. Insert them into the furnace according to the middle, left and right respectively, and the three incense sticks should be inserted flat and straight, and the interval is not more than one inch wide. On the right position, then on the left, then on the right, on the left and right positions, and the other gods on the left and right are the same as the ceremony of one or three burns on weekdays.

Yu Zhenyi remembered Xu Yangzhi's warning, took three incense sticks, and took another step forward.

One foot on the dragon head incense stone pillar.

The surrounding scene changed in an instant, and Yu Zhenyi suddenly felt that he was flying very high and was no longer on Wudang Mountain. He was originally a person who was afraid of heights, but now he is so tall that he is in a cold sweat.

And when Yu Zhenyi stepped on the stone pillar, the moon in the sky seemed to disappear.

It was pitch black all around, and all Yu Zhenyi could see was the incense in his hand. Fortunately, the real martial sword was on his back, giving him some support, so that he would not fall. Resist the fear in your heart and move forward

a step.

Stepping on the stone pillar, Yu Zhenyi had a sense of peace of mind.

Burning incense to be flat requires the incense burner to be calm, plugging straight is to require the incense burner to be upright, and the interval is not too wide to say that the heart is touching.

There are two incense-burning poems in "Dafan Douyi", one of which says: "The right side of the body belongs to yin and the left belongs to yang, and the green dragon is on the top of the shengfang." Because of the place where the sun and the moon ascend to heaven, the incense is good on the left hand. ”

The second said: "The incense planting treasure tripod is fine and strict, and it should only be straight and not biased." If the incense is right, the heart is also right, and the unity of the heart and incense is true piety. From these two poems, it can be seen that burning incense with the left hand, and the left is yang, which is the meaning of the living square. Moreover, it warns people that the heart is upright, the heart is evil, and the unity of heart and incense is what burning incense should achieve.

Yu Zhenyi's state at this time is not very good.

In addition to the True Martial Sword, the True Martial Order was also in his arms, emitting a hint of coolness. It seems to want him to go farther, higher.

Every time Yu Zhenyi took a step forward, the burden on his body felt a little heavier. At this time, next to his ears, the voice of Huang Zhong Dalu came. From time to time, there is the laughter of fairies, and he seems to be in a fairyland.

But in front of me, it was still pitch black.

He took another step forward.

Suddenly, I heard someone say, "Little mortals, instead of practicing well in a down-to-earth manner, they covet other people's cultivation." If it's not your own, why ask for it? Even if it's given to you, you won't be able to climb the road. Don't turn back quickly. ”

Another woman said: "Yu Gongzi, you have good talents, if you practice well, you will be able to achieve immortality in the future." Why don't you go back and practice hard? This incense is destined to be unbearable for you. Turn back early, so that you don't suffer. ”

A majestic voice came: "A mere dog mongrel, how can you still want to accept such a powerful inheritance? If you dare to take another half step forward, grandpa will definitely let you taste the taste of heavenly thunder." ”

Beside him, another voice came: "My Dao Sect disciple, how can I allow you to threaten? ”

The one who spoke seemed to be a Taoist priest, and after he said this, Yu Zhenyi's ears were crackling again. The two of them seem to have really fought.

After a while, the voice of the old Taoist priest came again, only slightly tired: "Boy, your name is Yu Zhenyi, don't listen to Xu Yangzhi'er's words." He lived in the mountains all year round and had problems with his brain. He's crazy, are you crazy with him? Immortality is not so good, and looking back, you still have a long way to go. ”

Another person's tone was extremely domineering: "Boy, proving the Tao with strength is the king." This kind of aura inheritance, there is nothing to ask for. Don't you have a physical cultivation method on your body, go back and cultivate well, and you will definitely be able to break ten thousand methods in the future!"

Someone on the side laughed: "Read 10,000 books, travel 10,000 miles." Young man, you might as well take a good look at this world. Is it because the book is not good-looking, or is the girl not good at typing? ”

In addition to them, another woman charmed: "Don't go forward, don't look back, you might as well jump down and take a look." Jump down, there are gold and silver treasures, glory and wealth, beautiful women and beautiful wives. Whatever you want, jump down and you'll have it all. ”

At your feet, there is the abyss.

Yu Zhenyi felt that there seemed to be something soft, climbing up from under Ai and wrapping around his feet. The True Martial Sword flew out automatically and slashed those things. The thick smell of blood made him a little uncomfortable, and he took two steps forward.

After two steps, it became darker and darker.

The smell of blood disappeared, and Yu Zhenyi was holding incense in his hand, and he couldn't see anything anymore. It was pitch black, Yu Zhenyi had never seen this kind of black, it looked disgusting and wanted to vomit.

A familiar voice came, it was Xu Yangzhi: "Do you feel dark, this is the future fate of Datang." If you feel uncomfortable, you can cut it away with a sword!"

Yu Zhenyi held the incense in one hand, held the Zhenwu Sword in the other, closed his eyes, and slashed forward!

Between heaven and earth, in the boundless darkness, a glimmer of light suddenly appeared.

Soon, Yu Zhenyi saw that the darkness around him was slowly fading. He came to another world of birds and flowers, and the few people who had just spoken appeared in front of him one by one.

At the head was a swordsman with a sword crown on his head, and this person just asked him not to covet other people's cultivation. Then there was a fairy, wrapped in ribbons, who had just advised him not to suffer.

Immediately afterwards, it was a short dwarf, with scars on his face, and he just said that he wanted Yu Zhenyi to taste the taste of heavenly thunder. Beside him, there was a young Taoist priest with a pleasant face, very handsome, the one who had just beaten people.

In addition, there was also a big man wearing leather armor, with a strong figure, who was clasping his hands around his chest, looking at Yu Zhenyi. On his body, it seems that there are tattoos. Beside him was a man reading a book, with a scroll in his hand and a smile on his face.

At the end, there is a woman, extremely charming, with nine tails hidden behind her, she is the person who just said to charm Yu Zhenyi.

There are seven people in total.

Yu Zhenyi was extremely shocked in his heart, these seven people are not small.

He didn't know about others, but that young Taoist priest, wasn't he the Emperor Zhenwu? So young, Yu Zhenyi had seen this portrait on Wudang Mountain. At this time, Emperor Zhenwu sighed and said, "Since you are here, quickly plug in the incense and leave." ”

Yu Zhenyi saw that there was a bronze tripod in front of him, and he stepped forward steadily, inserting the three pillars of incense in his hand into the bronze tripod.

The moment they were inserted, the seven disappeared.

And the scene in front of Yu Zhenyi was also restored to its original state, and he returned to Wudang Mountain. At this time, Wudang Mountain is extremely bright. Not only the moon shines, but also the bright lights behind him, and the flames are very bright.

Yu Zhenyi walked down slowly and held Xu Yangzhi.

He had already seen that Xu Yangzhi was even older at this time.

There was a smell of dead man in the air.

Xu Yangzhi saw him come down, smiled slightly, and gently stroked the bronze lamp with his right hand. I saw that the flame on the lamp was much smaller, but it was not completely extinguished. Xu Yangzhi looked at the flames that were flickering and sighed, "Once the lamp of life is lit, it can't be extinguished." ”

There was another sentence that he didn't say.

When the lights go out, it is when he dies.

Yu Zhenyi didn't know what to say, although the old Taoist priest in front of him, although he hadn't had much contact with him and had not known him for a long time, Yu Zhenyi dared to feel a trace of warmth in him. It's like family.

He found himself always like this, and every time there was a little warmth, it was fleeting.

He helped Xu Yangzhi and said, "Let's go back." ”

Xu Yangzhi nodded: "Go back and sleep, just get some sleep." ”