Chapter 9 The Opportunity of the Conferment
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In the evening, Master Cai had no intention of leaving, and it happened that Uncle Da Zhuo and Xiao Zhuo also had something to say to Zhao Ran, so Zhao Ran simply arranged for the three of them to live in Junshan Temple.
After settling in Master Cai, Zhao Ran came to find Uncle Da Zhuo and Uncle Xiao Zhuo, and when they met, he asked what this Master Cai meant, why did he pestered himself endlessly, and he didn't have the consciousness of being a mage at all?
"I said two uncles, what is the origin of this Master Cai, is he here for the matter of the statue?"
Zhuo Tengyi said with a smile: "Who made you show your roots today? ”
Wouldn't it?"
Zhuo Tengyi didn't know that Zhao Ran had other thoughts, and explained: "Master Cai is best to form a formation, and you can talk to him about the formation today, which can be described as his favorite." Speaking of which, Senior Nephew Zhao, your progress in the formation is really amazing, it has only been two years, and you have made such progress to such a point, even Master Cai admires it very much......"
Zhuo Tengyun, the elder brother who has always been silent, suddenly said: "Tell the right thing." ”
Zhuo Tengyi coughed and changed the subject: "Senior nephew Zhao, I heard that the Qibao pineapple root was offered by you, can you tell me the origin of this elixir? You know, my brother and I went to the river this time, and we searched for several months, and only got a few of them, and there is still a big gap between the needs of alchemy." The previous five-color master had just exchanged the tongue vine for Huayun Pavilion. Now you've got the Seven Treasures pineapple root, and it's incredible. Rest assured, my brother is not a man to take it by force, just tell us where these elixirs come from, and my brother will go to them. I will never bother you with my nephew, and if you get something, the museum will also reward you richly. ”
Zhao Ran shook his head and said: "I'm sorry uncle, I fled back from Xia last year, and my uncle also knows about this matter, to be honest, Pei Zhongze and I do have some benefits, but they are all from the Buddhist temple, and most of them are with Pei Zhongze." I kept two pieces for myself, one is the tongue vine and the other is the Seven Treasures pineapple root. Last time, Uncle Shi, you left me a letter, saying that you needed tongue vines, and I was going to take it out at that time, but I couldn't contact the two uncles, so I handed it over to the five-color master and asked him to present it on my behalf. As for offering the Seven Treasures pineapple root. You should know the bottom of this......"
Seeing the disappointment on Zhuo Tengyi's face, Zhao Ran immediately changed his words: "But I don't have any elixir." But Pei Zhongze still has some there, I don't know what the two uncles want, I went to Xinqingyun Pavilion, with my friendship with Pei Zhongze, I may be able to help one or two. ”
Zhuo Tengyi looked at Zhuo Tengyun, and Zhuo Tengyun nodded. Zhuo Tengyi said: "Then thank you." In the elixir being refined in Huayun Pavilion, there is a lack of an elixir called 'Five-Flowered Fragrant Cloud Leaf', which has a total of five leaves, each with different colors and smells. I also hope that my teacher and nephew will ask for some on my behalf. ”
Zhuo Tengyi said. Zhao Ran put his divine thoughts into the wrench, rummaged through the pile of medicinal materials, and sure enough, he saw this elixir, there were three of them, so he said: "Uncle Shi, don't worry, if Pei Zhongze has this medicinal material there, I will definitely ask for it for Uncle Shi." ”
Zhuo Tengyi said happily: "In this way, there will be work." But I don't know what difficulties my nephew has had recently, if I can use it, I will do my best!"
Zhao Ran said angrily: "The two uncles spoke to me, this is to look up to the nephew, where is there any condition, this matter is not mentioned!"
As soon as he said this, the two Zhuo family uncles had a higher evaluation of him, so they talked very happily for a while, and Zhao Ran was ready to say goodbye and leave.
Before leaving, Zhuo Tengyun, who had been a stuffy gourd all night, suddenly said: "Senior Zhao's nephew has entered the Taoist realm?"
Zhao Ran rubbed left and right here, waiting for this sentence, and immediately picked up the topic and said: "Uncle Dazhuo also sees it? Hehe, my nephew and I have been practicing hard for a year, and it is really not easy." ”
Zhuo Tengyi was very surprised, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to catch Zhao Ranzhong, and then said happily: "Sure enough, the sea of qi has been built!" and then sighed for a long time, saying that he had never seen this kind of situation, and it was unheard of for a monk with waste roots and bones to step into the realm of Taoist priests in a year.
Zhao Ran immediately said: "I remember that the two uncles once talked about the assignment of the priesthood......
"When you get back, I'll go and ask the elders for you, and try to fight for you. ”
"Thank you, two uncles!"
Zhao Ran left the house of the two uncles of the Zhuo family, and worked hard to practice since returning to the room. Early the next morning, Master Cai finally remembered the mission of his trip and began to work on the matter of setting up the statue.
The idol occupies the most important and core position in the dojo, and in this world, the establishment of the Ten Directions Jungle Dojo, in addition to supervising the secular and controlling the place, the most fundamental purpose is to absorb the power of faith, and the idol is the magic weapon that absorbs the power of faith.
The Ming Dynasty took Taoism as the state religion, and the gods of Taoism were a very large system, from the highest Sanqing Taoist ancestors to the lowest mountain god land, which could be used as the object of worship to the gods. Therefore, it is impossible to worship all the gods in one place of preaching, not even the general view of Lushan, let alone the place.
Generally speaking, in the formal Taoist temples and Taoist palaces, the statues of the ancestors of the three Qing Daoists must be set up, and in the Taoist courtyards of the larger level, if the conditions are ripe (the palace is complete and there are many people), there will also be the statues of the three Qing Dao ancestors, such as the Wuji Temple. Other than that, there are differences.
If it belongs to the Zhengyi Sect, in addition to the Three Qing Dao Ancestors, the Taoist Yuan also worships Zhang Tianshi; if it belongs to the Quanzhen Sect, it enshrines Chongyang Zhenren, and as for the Seven Sons of Quanzhen, it depends on which faction they belong to. The rest of the idols are even more varied.
In general, the decision on which statue to place was decided by the first Taoist priest who opened the dojo. Daomen believes that both secular people and cultivators are secretly in harmony with the heavens, and spiritually must have a close connection with a certain star above the nine heavens, and the stars are the positions of the gods and immortals, so there will be inductions between the heavens and people. In other words, as long as any person in this world believes in Taoism, he will be blessed by a god in heaven, and his thoughts, feelings, and thoughts will be connected to the god who protects him.
This so-called fate should be God's yes also.
The Taoist priest is particularly sensitive in this regard, and can form an unknowable communication with the gods who protect him to a great extent, and when the Taoist priest preaches, it will also affect the people who receive the Tao. Therefore, when a Taoist priest opens a dojo, he should try his best to worship the idol of his own destiny god, so as to maximize the effect of absorbing faith power.
In addition to the Sanqing Daozu and Zhang Tianshi, Huang Chengyi, one of the four values of Gongcao, is also enshrined as the main sacrificial deity, because the fate of the first prison was Huang Chengyi.
Therefore, as the ancestor of the opening altar of Junshan Temple, Zhao Ran's fate should be used as the statue of the god enshrined in the temple. Of course, this is also the only statue of the god in Junshan Temple so far - the temple is too small to accommodate other gods. In the future, if there are conditions, there will be statues of Sanqing Daozu and Zhang Tianshi, but generally speaking, the Taoist temple is not needed.
How can we know which god Zhao Ran's destiny is?
Master Cai stood in front of the shrine where he was waiting for the vacant position, Zhuo Tengyun and Zhuo Tengyi on the left and right sides were separated, Zhao Ran knelt on the futon, and Jin Jiu, Guan Er and Lu Jin were arranged in turn behind him. The ritual of choosing the idols was extremely important, so everyone wore the formal robes used for the Jiao ceremony.
Master Cai took out a golden cylinder from his bosom, took out a thick pile of talismans from it, and with a flick of his hand, these talismans covered the entire shrine. Zhao Ran looked at it, and there was a statue of a god painted on each talisman, and the name of the god was indicated in seal script next to it.
I listened to Master Cai said: "This is the spiritual position of the ninth-class gods and immortals, Zhao Zhiran, you sincerely worship the incense, if there is your destiny to respond to the gods, the spiritual position will rise by induction." ”
Subsequently, Master Cai explained that the ninth-class gods and immortals are the most common fate gods of ordinary people, and the gods are extremely large, including the flying dragon immortals, the envoys of the capital, the wolf and the tiger, the Tianding Lux, the Tianju armor, the land of the mountain god, etc., these talismans can only be referred to, not depicted one by one, for example, the mountain god is a talisman to refer to, and the land is also a talisman to refer to, but in fact, the mountain god and the land must not be counted.
If Zhao Ran worships incense and worships, it is the mountain god who rises, and he will establish the position of Xiaojun Mountain God. For example, the statue of the god of the Longshan Temple of Wuji Yuan is dedicated to the position of the god of Longshan Mountain.
So Zhao Ran took the three-pillar incense burnt incense handed by Master Cai, and after bowing respectfully, he sincerely offered it.
Everyone stared with bated breath and looked at the stands. (To be continued......)