(Inscription: Even if there was no God in this world, but there are many believers, God can come out of thin air.) So some people began to create gods, and some people began to seal gods and seal themselves or others. Over time, people in the world have been unable to determine whether it is a human, a god, or a ghost on the altar that we voluntarily or compulsorily worship?

"Why can mental power help Yiyi?" was the question I asked the Wind Gentleman after he confirmed that the chrysanthemum was blooming as my heart wished.

The time was the second class in the morning, and after class, I heard me quietly ask, the gentleman put down a thread-bound ancient book in his hand, made an unfathomable look, and said leisurely: "Ever since I met you and that little female ghost, I have been trying to find a way to help the two of you." Now you're fine, but she's still trapped in the Qingying Mirror, and she doesn't let it go, and she doesn't let it out. During this period of time, I went to the library to check the "Daozang", and I was dizzy and dizzy, and as a result, there was a major realization. ”

"What's the big deal?"

Feng Junzi said solemnly: "My cultivation methods from ancient times to the present are vast, but the classics that have been circulated in the world by various sects and sects have a common feature - that is, they are all written for people to see, not for ghosts!"

I couldn't help but be angry and amused: "I haven't heard of a book for ghosts, and it's about the same as burning paper." ”

Feng Junzi shook his head: "You listen to me finish speaking." I don't have a ghost cultivation method in my current Dao Collection, so I'm going to think of other ways. In the past few days, I have flipped through a lot of wild history notes from the Ming and Qing dynasties, as well as novels about gods and monsters, and finally came up with a clever plan for me. ”

"What's the solution?"

"Ishino, look at this ancient book, it should be a note of a Ming Dynasty person. This book contains many ghost stories that have been circulated among the people. Among them, several stories are mentioned, and the offerings in the folk ancestral halls are often not immortals and bodhisattvas, and many are demons and monsters. There are many ghosts attached to Buddha statues and deities that have not been consecrated, and they receive incense offerings, which can also increase their cultivation over time. Do you know what it means to receive an offering of incense?"

"Incense offerings? is the common people burning incense and kowtowing. ”

"That's it, but it's not that simple. God is offered by man, and even if there are many people who did not have faith in God, they can create a god out of thin air. Incense offerings must be sought, and supplications originate from belief. The incense in the world is the wish of all people. Ghosts are attached to clay puppets and worshipped by people, which is to practice according to their wishes. Yiyi, only the Yin God has no body, and the furnace Ding is not there, so naturally I can't cultivate my Dan Dao, but I can find a temple with incense to attach to the statue of the god, accept everyone's wishes, power, merits, and the Yin God may be able to cultivate and form, and then we will think of other ways. The reason why you want to cultivate your mental power is naturally useful when you go to the place. ”

"You mean-find a temple--let Yiyi-pretend to be a bodhisattva!"

Feng Junzi smiled slightly: "You're not stupid, I'll understand as soon as I say it." Now the question is, where to find such a temple, do you have such a place in the countryside? It is better to have incense. ”

Feng Junzi asked such a strange question, I blinked my eyes and thought for a long time: "I only know that there is a mountain temple in the mountain of Zhaoting Mountain, and the statue of the mountain god in it seems to be a woman. But this small temple was abandoned early on, but there was no incense. ”

"Female mountain god, great, it's tailor-made for Liu Yiyi. Where is that temple?"

"Not far from the foot of Zhaoting Mountain, you can see it after walking more than a mile through the mountain gate, and next to it is the famous Snow Creek Spring of Zhaoting Mountain. There are still many tourists who come there every year. ”

Feng Junzi slapped his thigh: "I still have a little impression when you mention it." It's just ordered, the incense doesn't matter, I have my own way! Shi Ye, you go back and prepare, ten days later, you bring the Qingying Mirror, and the two of us will visit the mountain temple at night. ”

"Is there anything else you can't go tonight, why do you have to go ten days later?"

The Wind Gentleman glanced at me: "Don't you look at what day is ten days after the calendar? It is the winter solstice of the year, which is the time when the yin pole and the yang are born." You should continue to practice your impure view for the past ten days, and now although you have mental power, your mental power is still weak, and it can be a little stronger...... And how many days will it be ten days since you first saw Yiyi?"

I crossed my fingers and counted dozens of days later, and it was just forty-nine days since I saw Yiyi, no more, no less, exactly the number of seventy-seven in the legendary ghost returning to the yang, could it be that there was really a providence in the dark? Unfortunately, I didn't know at that time that this practice of the Wind Gentleman had not only not been tried before, but also violated the taboo in the cultivation realm. I have always regarded him as a master, but I have forgotten that he is still young, and he only passed his fifteenth birthday last night.

After self-study that night, I saw the wind gentleman standing outside the chrysanthemum bed, shaking his head at the two chrysanthemums that opened in advance, and muttering to himself: "If I report the peach blossoms to the green emperor in his year." The rebel leader can also write poems! What are you waiting for him to go up to the mountain to seal the gods in ten days!"

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I don't know how many kinds of dogs there are. From Tibetan mastiffs to chihuahuas, they vary in shape, and some don't look like an animal at all, but they are all dogs. But no matter what kind of dog is, it can't climb trees, and if it can climb trees, it's cats. But I ran into a dog that climbed a tree.

It was noon one day, under the bridge hole of the Zhuangyuan Bridge, and I had just sat down on the futon when I heard the sound of something stirring the vines. Turning his head, a puppy came in. This puppy is not big, according to the size of our native dogs in the countryside, such a big dog is probably only three months old. Its fur is brownish-red, and it runs like a small fireball rolling all over the ground.

How did a dog get to the bottom of the pool? Did he accidentally fall down? Because the Zhuangyuan Bridge has no railings. I was curious, and the puppy ran straight up to me, not at all afraid of me as a stranger. It stared at my little pink nose with dark eyes, and it was still pumping hard, as if it was smelling me. Probably tired of running just now, a panting sound came out of his mouth.

The puppy looked very cute, I reached out to touch its head, and it didn't dodge, but stuck out its little pink tongue and licked my palm, making me tickle. It occurred to me that I had beef jerky and chocolate in my pocket. I never buy these snacks, they are all windy gentlemen and eventful. When I went to Sister Han's noodle restaurant last night, I saw that the gentleman was also eating wontons there, and I was laughing with Sister Han while eating. When Sister Han saw me coming, she gave me a big bag of all kinds of snacks, and said that she heard that I hadn't eaten lunch for ten days, and why didn't I come to the restaurant to eat, and these snacks were all bought for me by her. I don't know how the gentleman said to her that she was depressed! Sister Han coaxed me like a child.

Seeing the cute appearance of the puppy, I remembered the chocolate in my pocket, took it out, peeled it off, broke a piece and put it in the palm of my hand. The puppy immediately licked it in its mouth, ate it, and then looked at me again, and I broke another piece for it. Soon the chocolate was finished, but looking at the puppy, he was still not satisfied, and kept looking at the pocket I had just taken out, and I still had a bag of beef jerky in my pocket.

I took out the beef jerky and teased it: "Little dog, what's your name, this beef jerky is too hard, can you chew it?" Unexpectedly, the puppy seemed to understand what I said, and his mouth screamed twice, looking at me, he actually nodded the dog's head vigorously.

"Oh, your name is Xiu Xiu?" I continued to tease the puppy, but the puppy nodded again, and his eyes still did not leave the beef jerky in my hand. I pulled out a small piece of beef jerky and fed it it, and it tilted its head and chewed vigorously, and then looked at me again. It didn't take long for a bag of beef jerky to be fed, so I clapped my hands and flipped my pocket out again, signaling that I didn't have it. The puppy yawned when he finished eating, and jumped on my lap. I saw that it was on all fours, with its belly upward, and it actually fell asleep on my lap cross-legged!

With this puppy making trouble, I won't be able to meditate at noon today. I carefully picked up the dog and put it on the futon so that it could sleep well and prepare to leave. But when I thought about it, how did the dog get up under the bridge? It must have accidentally fallen off and was not injured, which is a great blessing. So I took the puppy and climbed to the shore of the pond to let it go. Unexpectedly, the dog jumped out of my arms as soon as he opened his eyes, climbed down quickly along the camphor tree on the bank of the pool, and slipped into the bridge hole. I almost thought I had seen it wrong, whose dog was it, and how did it climb a tree?

At noon that day, I didn't meditate, but at night I meditated on the bed in my dormitory and practiced impure meditation. After a night of silence, I woke up the next morning to feel something furry next to my pillow against my ear. I was so startled that I almost didn't bark, but when I turned my head, it was the puppy I met yesterday at noon. This little thing curled up in a ball and crawled next to my pillow and slept soundly! How did it get in? I remember sleeping yesterday when the dormitory door was closed, and I looked at the window again, and now it was not plugged in, and it was pushed open a small slit. The puppy can only come in through the window, but our dormitory is on the second floor! Could it be that this dog can climb through the window in addition to climbing trees? I really don't know if it's a cat or a monkey!

This puppy has been following me a lot since this day, I don't know whose dog it is, it looks like he is very clean and tidy, not like a stray wild dog. I gave it a name and called it Xiuxiu. Xiu Xiu is very clever, our student dormitory is not allowed to have pets, but every time Xiu Xiu enters the dormitory, he can always avoid the dormitory supervisor and prevent him from appearing. I don't know when it will come to me or when it will slip away on its own, often bumping into it under the bridge at noon, occasionally in the middle of the night it will sneak into the dormitory and run to sleep next to my pillow. The rest of us in the dorm knew each other, and they often teased him, but he didn't want to pay attention to others, and he just circled around me. I didn't have that much chocolate beef jerky to feed it, but now I eat almost everything, as long as I feed it, even the dried radish is gnawed with relish, and I am about to catch up with the rats.

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The day of the winter solstice soon came, and it was the day when I agreed with the Wind Gentleman to go up the mountain. It was a Friday, and neither of us had evening self-study, and we slipped out of school as soon as school was out in the afternoon. I only carried a schoolbag, which contained the Qingying Mirror, while the Wind Gentleman took a large bag. As soon as the two of us walked out of the school gate, a red shadow rolled over from the ground, and it was actually a sigh. When Xiu Xiu saw me, he swooped at me.

The Wind Gentleman also saw it and asked me curiously where it came from. I told him that this was a dog I had picked up under the Zhuangyuan Bridge, and his name was Xiu Xiu. The wind gentleman wanted to touch it, but he was reluctant to let him touch it, which made the wind gentleman a little unhappy, and suddenly reached out and grabbed the fur on the back of his neck, and carried it in the air like a chicken. Xiu Xiu hung in the air and struggled hard, I couldn't see it, I wanted to persuade the wind gentleman to let go, but the wind gentleman put Xiu Xiu's ear to his mouth, whispered a few words to it, and Xiu Xiu immediately became honest.

Seeing that Xiu Xiu was not struggling, the wind gentleman held it in his arms and touched it a few times, Xiu Xiu closed his eyes, and looked submissive. The Wind Gentleman felt bored and gave Xiu Xiu back to me and hugged it. I asked the Wind Gentleman, "What did you just say to Xiu Xi, the Wind Gentleman?" ”

The wind gentleman looked at Xiu Xiu and said, "You don't care what you say, this little thing can understand people." How did you pick up so many treasures under the Champion Bridge, and you kept it as a dog, and what do you feed it every day?"

"If it's a dog, what can it be if it's not a dog? Can it be a rabbit?" I replied, "I can feed it whatever it eats, and it will eat whatever turnips, greens, and rice." ”

"Oh my God, how can this be?" Feng Junzi's eyes seemed to see something strange, and then he sighed lightly and said: "If you want to be a dog, you can raise it as a dog, this is not an ordinary dog, you will get sick if you eat too much grains." Are you going to take it up to Zhaoting Mountain? Let's go quickly, or we won't be able to catch the car. ”

Zhaoting Mountain is more than 20 miles away from Wucheng City, and it is not far away, but it is not close. We went to the bus station and boarded a city and city bus. Now pets are not allowed on buses or long-distance buses in big cities, but at that time, there was no such rule on the tattered rural buses in Wucheng, and even some farmers in the suburbs carried the little piglets to the car. On the way, Xiu Xiu was very interested in the two little piglets in the car, jumped out of my arms, stretched out his paws to scratch the ears of the piglets, and the two little piglets were honestly lying there motionless.

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I got off the bus next to the country road, and it was five or six miles away from the temple on Zhaoting Mountain. By the time I walked to the mountain temple with the Wind Gentleman, it was already getting dark. The temple has been abandoned for a long time, but perhaps because of its remote location and inconspicuousness, it is still relatively well preserved. There is a large stone trough in front of the mountain temple, and there are traces of incense smoke in the stone trough, which shows that there was incense here a long time ago. Outside the temple gate, there are two begonia trees with thick cups on the left and right, which have died, and there is a mountain peach forest around it.

The small temple is not big, there is no courtyard, and the door panel does not know where it has gone. When I walked into the temple, I saw a painted statue of the mountain god on the altar, with a clear figure and face, and it was a woman dressed in a palace. Unlike the religious statues of most temples or Taoist temples, this idol is closer to artistic sculpture. I saw that this mountain god had a slender figure and a beautiful face, like a little jasper with affection. There is also a line of words engraved on the base of the statue: The position of the god of Zhaoting Mountain, the green snow, it seems that this is the name of the god. The painting around the statue has faded due to age, but it is still vaguely the original color.

The Wind Gentleman walked around and seemed to be very satisfied, and said to me, "This place is really good, let's take a rest first, but we will do it later." As he spoke, he took out a few boxes of canned food, a flashlight, a military coat, and even a watermelon knife from his big bag. I asked him what he was doing with the watermelon knife, and he actually said it was for self-defense. I have lived at the foot of Zhaoting Mountain for more than ten years, and there are no beasts on this mountain at all.

After a simple meal, I fed half a loaf of bread, and the little guy didn't know where to run. The gentleman of the wind wore a military coat and leaned against the altar to close his eyes and recuperate, and I also sat on the threshold to rest. Time passed little by little, and gradually came to the time in the boring waiting. The Wind Gentleman finally opened his eyes and looked at the time and asked me, "Aren't you cold Ishino?"

Only then did I notice that I was still wearing daytime clothes during the night in the mountains, and I didn't feel the cold mountain breeze at all. It seems that although I didn't feel much during this period of practice, my body still changed unconsciously. At first, I thought it was incredible to see Mr. Zhang wearing a silk shirt in late autumn, but now I finally understand what is going on. Before I could answer, the Wind Gentleman had already stood up and said to me, "Ishino, come here and give me the Blue Shadow Mirror." ”

I handed the Mirror to the Wind Gentleman, and the Wind Gentleman held the Mirror in one hand and pointed it at the idol, and held my hand with the other hand. I was ready to know what he was going to do. Sure enough, I heard him read in his mouth: "Borrow the supernatural powers, use the gods to return to their places!" I saw the Qingying Mirror in his hand tremble, emitting a ray of light in the darkness, this halo just covered the idol, and a figure floated out of the mirror, floating towards the idol along the light. This figure is Liu Yiyi, I saw Yiyi's figure floating towards the statue, and the moment she approached the statue, she seemed to be attracted by some power, and she got into it all at once.

In the light of the green mirror, this clay statue suddenly seemed to come to life! The idol in front of me became two ghosts, one was still the original mountain god, and the other was Yiyi, who was one with the mountain god. I finally saw Yiyi again! Yiyi stood on the altar and attached to the statue, with a pair of dark eyes open, as if she didn't understand what was going on. The look in her eyes was looking at me, and she was trying to say something to me. I was about to say a few words to Yiyi, when the Wind Gentleman had already put away the Blue Shadow Mirror, and the light disappeared in all directions, returning to darkness. At this time, I heard the voice of the Wind Gentleman: "Ishino, you go out to avoid it, I still have something to do, and no one can disturb me." ”

Where do I go to avoid these barren mountains and mountains? I can only walk out of the temple gate in the dark and stand outside the wall. Hearing the voice of the Wind Gentleman, he faintly came: "Liu Yiyi, you died innocently twenty years ago, when you were so confused that you have no soul to rely on today...... I have taught you the method of self-enlightenment and ghost cultivation...... Today, you are named the god of Zhaoting Mountain, gather here to gather the gods and spirits of the mountains to help you practice...... Surrounded by the incense of the world, the spirit of the original spirit rebuilds the body......"

The few solemn words of the Feng gentleman are not like his usual words and deeds, and I also listened to them outside the door in awe. However, at this time, listening to the tone of the gentleman, he became immodest again: "Liu Yiyi, do you really want to see the brother outside the door?...... You can't be in a hurry, I've already sealed your soul in the god statue, when do you have a way to get the original god out of trouble, you can go on a date with your brother Ishino...... I wonder if he actually has another way...... When you see each other in your dreams, you can hold your dreams...... It doesn't matter, I'll find an opportunity to teach Shi Ye, let you Brother Shi teach you personally......"

Why didn't this kid say a few serious words, and he ran the train with his mouth full of mouth, I was questioning, and the gentleman of the wind had already flashed the flashlight. Seeing me standing outside the door, he patted me on the shoulder and said, "The matter inside the temple is done!"

"Feng Junzi, what did you say in there just now, I seem to have heard you Feng Yiyi be the mountain god, you are not joking, right?

The Wind Gentleman put his index finger to his mouth: "You whisper so that Yiyi doesn't hear it." The most important thing in the cultivation of the wish is that the heart is pure, she is not a mountain god in the mountain temple, what is it? Promoting the mountain god should be the responsibility of the Jade Emperor, but you and I don't know him, the old man doesn't know where this Jade Emperor is hiding, so I have to work hard. Originally, I wanted to find the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee, but they didn't care about this kind of cadre......"

Feng Junzi was talking nonsense endlessly, and I quickly interrupted him: "Okay, okay, I've served you, is it over here?"

"It's over, it's still early!" the Wind Gentleman's voice looked very strange in the darkness with a hint of a smile, "It's up to you to rely on the results of your cultivation during this period of time." I warn you that the rest of the week is not as easy as it was just now, and you will feel very, very, very uncomfortable. ”

"Wait, do you want to borrow my supernatural powers again? Wind Junzi, there is one thing I have always wanted to ask you, you are so powerful, why do you keep borrowing my supernatural powers, isn't it easier for you to do it yourself?"

"You don't understand. Heaven is so clear that it is not happy at all, and what a cultivator like me is most afraid of is getting involved in cause and effect incidents. Everything is because of you, so I can only borrow your mana, and when the time comes, God will settle the account, and don't count it on my head...... Don't forget, I'm helping you and I have nothing to do with me!" I wanted to ask a few more questions, but the Wind Gentleman had already grabbed my hand, raised his head and shouted, "Call Spring with a magical power!"

What? It's called Spring! Did I hear it wrong? Is there such a perverted spell in the world? It's too ...... name. Just when I was laughing and laughing in my heart, a sour feeling came from all over my body, and I felt that the strength of my body was almost drained, my legs were weak, I could hardly stand, and I couldn't even breathe. The Wind Gentleman reminded me just now that I would be very uncomfortable, and it didn't seem to be a casual remark. This time, he "borrowed his supernatural powers" for a much longer time than any previous time, grabbed my hand and never let go, and the feeling of weakness hit me again and again, and I gradually became unconscious. I don't know how long the Wind Gentleman has cast this spell of "called spring", because by then I had lost consciousness involuntarily.