509, ordination and ordination (2/2)
Incense is floating in the air.
The clay statues of the three pure deities have a bit of majestic divinity surrounded by incense.
At the feet of these three clay statues,
There are paper scrolls supported by bamboo and wood, standing like flags on the high altar. On those paper scrolls are painted Taoist priests wearing cassocks and various Taoist crowns, as well as some green-faced fangs. of gods.
The scrolls of paper go up one layer at a time, and there is only one scroll at the top supported by a tall bamboo pole, which also depicts a purple-robed Taoist.
The paper scrolls dancing like prayer flags are all erected on the high altar table.
On the offering table, there were also some items displayed.
There is a whip cord wrapped with red rope;
There is a red altar wood all over;
Seals and buttons made of three materials: copper, iron and jade;
Token made of black iron;
The heavily coated god’s seat;
Canopy Ruler, Torture Staff, Demon-Conquering Knife and other killing weapons.
Common or uncommon Taoist ritual instruments are arranged on this altar table.
The layers of scrolls, scrolls, and various magical weapons and weapons already indicate that these things under the throne of the Sanqing God form a ‘dharma altar’!
All the things on the altar table exuded an inexplicable aura. Su Wu raised his eyebrows slightly and finally determined that at least he would not go to the wrong place during his trip. Some of the things on the altar table were 'real things'. That was enough!
"Uncle Abbot!"
Su Wu was still looking at the altar at the feet of the Sanqing God. Xie Yunqing glanced around the hall and immediately noticed the tall and thin old Taoist priest with a big beard and black robes. He waved to him ,
The abbot, who was dressed no differently from ordinary Taoist priests, nodded slightly and walked towards Su Wu and the others with a smile.
After Xie Yunqing saluted the bearded Taoist priest, he introduced him: "Uncle, this is the folklore scholar who was informed by the Bureau of Clan Affairs that he would come to inspect the Taoist temple today.
His name is Su Wu,
Her name is Yun Nishang. "
The little Taoist introduced Su and Wu to the bearded Taoist.
The two of them met with the bearded Taoist respectively.
The bearded Taoist priest had a gentle smile on his face and said, "It's not convenient to talk here. Two guests, please come with me to sit in the side room."
"Okay." Su Wu nodded in response.
The abbot led the two of them to the side room of Sanqing Hall.
Xie Yunqing picked up an aluminum kettle from the briquette stove at the door, placed several tea bowls on the table, twisted out a handful of tea leaves from the iron can on the corner of the table, put some into each tea bowl in turn, and then poured boiling water into it. In a tea bowl.
Amber tea was brewed immediately.
He poured a bowl of tea for Su Wu, Yun Nishang, and the abbot uncle.
He was also holding a tea bowl and pulled up a chair to sit next to him. He looked like he had no eyesight and didn't feel there was anything wrong with listening to the elders talking here.
The bearded Taoist priest glared at Xie Yunqing, which made Xie Yunqing feel puzzled. He picked up the tea bowl and drank half a bowl of tea.
"As my nephew, I am usually diligent in doing things and can also practice scriptures well.
Just no wink.
In current terms - this is a somewhat low emotional intelligence.
If he says anything that offends the two scholars, they must not take it to heart. The old Taoist will apologize to them for him. "The bearded Taoist priest turned back and talked to Su Wu and Yun Nichang.
"Xie Xiaodao is our friend.
When Longshan gathers,
If it weren't for the cooperation with Daozhang Xie Xiaodao and Daozhang Huang, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to escape from Longshan Ji, where Li Gui is about to revive. "Su Wu replied to the bearded Taoist priest with a smile.
The bearded Taoist priest had previously seen Xie Yunqing chatting animatedly with the two 'folklore scholars' from the window of his room.
Thinking that his familiar temper was showing up again, he started chatting with folklorists.
However, they did not expect that Su Wu and Yun Nishang had an old relationship with Xie Yunqing and their junior brother, and they had experienced the weird things in the "Longshan Collection" together!
He clicked his tongue,
He looked at Su Wu, Yun Nichang, and then at Xie Yunqing, and said, "I didn't expect that you two are already familiar with each other."
The abbot's words showed some intimacy,
It was different from the polite and polite attitude before.
“Then you—Mr. Su, Miss Yun, why did you come to Yuzhu Temple?
As long as I can do it,
Be sure to help! "The abbot Taoist priest said this.
This saves the pleasantries and pushback and gets straight to the point.
Su Wu didn't hesitate when he saw this. The shadows under his feet boiled. An arm with ten arms crawled out from the shadows. It opened its fingers and spit out an oil paper bag.
The arm immediately retracted into the shadow,
The shadows under his feet also returned to silence.
Everything that happened in just a short moment seemed like an illusion for everyone.
But everyone saw it clearly. The oil paper bag was still placed on the table. This evidence made it clear to everyone that what they just saw was definitely not an illusion.
The abbot narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the oil paper bag on the table without saying a word.
Su Wu glanced at his expression and said,
I was already sure in my heart - the other party had seen Li Jui!
Moreover, I have seen Li Jui more than once, and may have even participated in some incidents where Li Jui caused trouble!
"I do have something I want to ask Yuzhu Temple for help." Su Wu unfolded the oil paper bag, revealing thirteen half-black and half-yellow lightning strike peach wood swords inside. He continued, "I want to ask Yuzhu Temple to invite Jingtan. Patriarch, enlighten these thirteen lightning peach wood swords for me.
All Taoist sects have the 'Inviting Soldier Talisman'. I also want to ask Yuzhu Temple to teach it to me, so that I can apply the aura of inviting soldiers to kill on the peach wood sword, and 'Soldier the Soldier' to this sword. "
The bearded Taoist priest looked at the oily peach wood swords, and asked Su Wu if he could pick them up for inspection. sword,
After looking at it,
The abbot Taoist priest smiled and said: "This is the best lightning-struck peach wood. It is very good to use it to make peach wood swords to suppress evil and subjugate demons. If you put it under your pillow and sleep, you will not have dreams at night."
The year should be more than three hundred years. "
Then, he put down his mahogany sword, looked at Su Wu, and said with emotion: "What is the military sacrifice that Mr. Su is talking about? I really didn't understand - you and my junior brother have an old relationship, and we escaped from dangerous places like Longshanji together." Come out, for this reason alone, no veteran will lie to you.
However, the ‘Inviting Soldiers Talisman’ is indeed recorded in the secret book of Shenxiao Sect Talisman that we have collected. "
After speaking, he turned to look at Xie Yunqing: "Go to the library and bring me the twenty-fifth book from the left on the third floor of the A03 bookshelf."
"Okay!" Xie Yunqing drank up the tea and immediately stood up to get the book. He took two steps and turned to look at the abbot, the uncle, doubtfully. "Uncle, couldn't you just tell me the title of the book? Why do you have to ask me? Count the books to find it?”
“Many books have the same title, but the content is very different.
You read little, how do you understand? "The bearded Taoist laughed at Xie Yunqing.
Xie Yunqing left angrily.
"The book I asked Yun Qing to find records the various military invitation talismans that Taoist priests can practice when they are awarded different talismans." The abbot Taoist priest said to Su Wu.
Su Wu grasped the key point in the abbot's words: "Granting a casket?
If you don’t grant the gift,
It seems like you can’t practice the Soldier Invitation Talisman? "
"Indeed it is."
The bearded Taoist priest nodded.
"If I don't give it to you,
Is there no way to gain the authority to summon Yuzhu Temple’s ‘Five Thunder Altar’? "Su Wu asked again.
"That's not true."
The bearded Taoist priest shook his head: "As long as you go through the 'transmission', you can summon the 'Five Thunder Altar'. However, if you just go through the 'transmission', even if you have the right to set up the Five Thunder Altar on your own,
At this time, without being taught, I couldn't even draw a spell.
There is no use in setting up an altar. "
Delivering blessings and conferring gifts are rituals that Taoists must experience in their practice.
The so-called transmission,
It means inheritance and transformation, and is the ritual model for Taoists to formally enter Taoism.
The first step to becoming a Taoist priest is to "transfer".
The 'conferment of talismans' means that only after the Taoist priests of the Zhengyi sect are awarded the talismans can they be listed in the Tiancao roster and have the priesthood.
Compared with the Quanzhen Sect, the Zhengyi Sect does not have many rules, so it has been flourishing since ancient times. Many Taoist sects have merged into the "Zhengyiyi Alliance" and jointly respect the "Ancestral Master".
The Quanzhen sect also has a ritual model similar to that of the Zhengyi sect’s ‘transmission of teachings and teachings’.
It’s called ‘The Precept’.
While the abbot was talking to Su Wu, Xie Yunqing had already obtained a thick book with a dark blue cover and no title, and stepped into the side room.
He handed the thick volume to the abbot,
The abbot uncle waved his hand and said, "Just show it to Mr. Su."
"Give!"
Xie Yunqing handed the thick book to Su Wu.
Su Wu took the thick volume and turned over the cover. There was no book title on the inside pages. The first page was a piece of white paper. Starting from the second page, there were densely packed text and some talisman patterns.
Most of these characters are traditional Chinese characters.
It was handwritten by predecessors and then printed.
Scanning the talisman patterns on the thick book, Su Wu's 'meaning' was not touched at all. After turning over ten pages, he saw a 'inviting soldiers' talisman, which corresponded to the "Third and Five Years of Taishang" Only Taoist priests who have read "Du Gong Sutra" can practice this "Inviting Soldiers Talisman".
Su Wu didn't notice anything unusual about this summoning talisman.
Taoism calls "talisman" a gathering of clouds in the sky, and it is a "word of the movement of heavenly principles." Therefore, it has the power to summon ghosts and gods, calm the five directions, subjugate demons, and so on.
But when Su Wu looked at these spells,
I just feel like the handwriting is like a ghost drawing.
It's not like Li Kui's text, Xin Kui's text, or Secret Realm's text that directly touched him.
He closed the thick book, looked at the bearded Taoist priest, frowned slightly, and said, "Taoist Master, are these spells and spells really useful?"
“Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.
Useless most of the time,
Very rarely useful. "The bearded Taoist priest spread his hands and said a few words.
"Why is this?" Su Wu asked.
The bearded Taoist priest replied: "The inheritance of Shenxiao Sect has been cut off for a long time. Now the first abbot of Yuzhu Temple learned a few spells by himself before re-establishing the Taoist lineage.
But the methods he explored were passed on to his disciples.
The disciples did not adapt.
Some people have learned one or two things, but they are sometimes good and sometimes not good.
Some have never learned anything and have long gone around doing tricks for others to make money.
If these spells and spells are really useful, why would the Taoist huddle in Yuzhu Temple? The old Taoist had already gone out to slay demons and save people! "