Chapter 25 The Midyear Festival of July 15
The fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the birthday of the Emperor of the Three Officials, which is called the Zhongyuan Festival in Taoism, and is also known as the "Ghost Festival" among the people.
In fact, as early as the pre-Qin period, the Chinese ancestors had the sacrifice activities of Meng Qiu and July, and in the Southern Dynasties, they completely set July 15 as the day to worship their ancestors.
Every year on this day, Taoism holds a large puja to forgive the sins of those who are lonely and helpless, in the hope that they can be reincarnated as soon as possible and become human beings again.
After Buddhism was introduced to China, in order to make the people religiously accept it, it eventually created the story of 'Muren Saving His Mother' with filial piety as the core, from which the so-called 'Obon Festival' was derived.
No matter what it is called, July 15 is a festival worthy of awe in the hearts of the Chinese people, and the whole month of July is also called the 'Ghost Month'.
Legend has it that in this month, especially on the night of July 14, the Yin God of the underworld will open the door of ghosts, allowing the ghosts of the underworld to travel and enjoy the incense offerings of the descendants of the underworld.
For a small world that can practice, every Ghost Month is the busiest time for cultivators, and Qingfeng also received an invitation letter from the 'Hong Kong Island Taoist Association' early.
"Qingfeng Daoyou is here, please hurry up!"
Driving Lin Jiuying's van, Qingfeng came to the headquarters of the association in the countryside, and as soon as he got out of the car, a short thin man in a short coat and a little bald head greeted him.
Although this person Qingfeng had only met once, he was impressed, not because he was Lin Jiuying's senior brother, but because of the paper man stand-in technique he used in that film.
It is really not easy to practice this technique with the cultivation of refining and refining qi, but unfortunately because the cultivation is too low, he was unable to escape from the hands of the yin and yang corpse.
"Brother Yuan Dao is polite, Qingfeng is participating in the grand event for the first time, if there is any rudeness, please bear with me!"
Qingfeng clasped his fists and chuckled, and then, under the guidance of the other party, walked towards the inner hall where the seats were arranged.
At this time, there were already many people in the hall, but after Qingfeng swept his eyes, he found that apart from him, there was not even a person who had cultivated to reach the realm of refining qi and transforming gods.
"Qingfeng Daoyou, please take a seat!"
As the president of the Dao Art Association, Yuan Xiangren naturally would not lose his manners, and immediately smiled at Qingfeng who was hesitant.
"I'm afraid that's not right, right?"
Looking at these Taoist priests in the hall who were old enough to be his uncle, Qingfeng couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, if he sat on the top, would they secretly poke his backbone.
"It's okay, my generation of cultivators pay attention to those who attain the Tao first, and they come according to this rule every time!" Yuan Xiangren smiled and explained to Qingfeng when he heard this.
"In that case, then Qingfeng is rude!"
After hearing this explanation, Qingfeng bowed his hand to everyone in the hall, and then sat down at the top, but his heart was full of doubts.
How can there be a Taoist association, it is actually some people who refine and refine qi cultivation, where have those predecessors and masters gone.
"This fellow Daoist looks so good!"
When Qingfeng was thinking, a Taoist priest who wore glasses and looked a little similar to Superintendent Hu arched his hand to him curiously:
"Poor Dao is Zhang Wu, the thirty-seventh generation disciple of the Zixiaguan of the Maoshan Sect, I don't know which sect your Excellency is a high disciple?"
"Qingfeng, a disciple of the Qing faction on Maoshan Mountain, has seen a fellow Daoist!"
Hearing the other party's inquiry, Qingfeng temporarily let go of the confusion in his heart and saluted him back.
"It turns out that Daoyou is a disciple of the Shangqing lineage, no wonder he can have such a cultivation at a young age!"
As Qingfeng's words fell, another Taoist priest who looked a little fierce also saluted him, and then introduced himself: "My name is Zhong Fabai, a disciple of Maoshan Ghost Refining Hall!"
"Hey~, Qingfeng Daoyou, don't listen to him, in fact, his real name is Leslie Cheung, but he has the same name as a star, and he is ashamed to give himself an alias!" Zhang Wu pouted after hearing this.
"Hmph! You still have the face to say me, Qingfeng Daoyou, don't look at him like a person, in fact, he is an old gambler, and he owes a lot of debts outside, so be careful when he borrows money from you!"
Zhong Fabai saw Zhang Wu exposing his shortcomings, and immediately retaliated with a tooth for a tooth, hurting each other in his heart.
"Two..."
"Wow, everyone came so early, Uncle Zhong hasn't seen you for a long time! This brother, you are new here, do you know that you are sitting in the wrong seat? This is Lin Jiuying's seat!"
Qingfeng saw that the two were about to persuade each other, and a tall man wearing a leather jacket, leather pants, and willow boots and several iron chains walked in outside the door.
If Qingfeng didn't know that this was the Taoist Association, with his fierce face, he would have thought that he had come to the entrance of the hall.
"No mistake, no mistake, my junior brother is in poor health, so he won't come to the meeting this time, this is the new Qingfeng Dao Leader!" Seeing this, Yuan Xiangren hurriedly walked over and introduced to the tall man.
"Qingfeng Daoist, let me introduce you to you, this is Miao Yimiao, a disciple of the Heavenly Master Dao, don't look at him with a fierce face, but when it comes to the ability to catch ghosts and drive demons, among the hundreds of members of our association, he is also among the best!" Yuan Xiangren turned around and introduced to Qingfeng.
"It turned out to be Miao Daoyou, disrespectful!"
Qingfeng smiled at Miao Yimiao when he heard this, and said in his heart that he really came to the right place on this trip, because whether it was Uncle Huan Zhang Wu, or Uncle Zhong Fabai, or Miao Yimiao in front of him, he had seen them in the film.
Don't look at their cultivation is not high, but secretly they all have some unique learning, if they can exchange and discuss the Tao, it will be of great benefit to their own cultivation path.
"Hahaha, Uncle Ren, why didn't you say it earlier, let me lose such a big person in front of Qingfeng Dao Chief!"
Miao Yimiao hurriedly laughed after hearing this, and then hugged her fist at Qingfeng and said: "Qingfeng Dao Chief, I'm sorry, brother, I'm just a broken mouth, don't go to your heart!"
"Miao Daoyou's words are serious, it's the first time I've come to Poor Dao, and I still have a lot of questions to ask you."
"Dao Chang is refreshing, if you are in trouble in the future, you must call me Miao Yimiao, whether it is cutting people or cutting goblins, you will definitely not frown!"
As Miao Yimiao spoke, he pulled out a strangely shaped and cool sword from the sword box behind him, and there was a card slot at the bottom of the hilt.
"How about everyone, handsome, right? This is my latest demon slaying sword, no need for a rune seal or bite your fingers, just install a small battery, you can use it to catch ghosts and exorcise demons!" Miao Yi Miao said with a full voice.
"Okay, okay, Miao Daoyou, your invention will be mentioned later, now that everyone is here, let's talk about the Midyear Festival first!"
Yuan Xiangren hurriedly stopped Miao Yimiao's action of wanting to show, and pressed him to the position where he should be sitting, and it was not until this time that everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.
"The last time he said that he invented the motor cultivator, a Taoist friend was hot-headed and believed his nonsense, and now he is still lying in the hospital and has not come out!"
In the face of Qingfeng's incomprehension, Zhang Wu and Zhong Fabai quietly came over, you explained word by word, and then solemnly admonished Qingfeng, even if you believe that there are no ghosts in the world, you can't believe in Miao Yimiao's invention.