Hou Zi completely gave up the opportunity to ask Li Chuping to enter the underground warehouse. He knew very well that if he couldn't understand the Ghost Festival, he would never be able to open his mouth.
Immediately began to collect information about the Shanyin Ghost Festival in Sikong Mansion, not only from past records, but also from the mouths of colleagues.
Except for Li Chuping, he has no friends in Sikong Mansion, but a person has a mouth that only opens his mouth when eating. It is not strange for people to be polite. There are many people with weird tempers in Sikong Mansion, and there are also many people who are arrogant and lonely, but they are gentle, polite and willing to help newcomers.
There are also many.
Ask more, open your mouth more, and be polite and polite, and there will be nothing you can’t learn. There is no great secret about the Sanin Ghost Festival.
The Shanyin Ghost Festival, once every twelve years, is a festival in the Splendid Continent that does not belong to mortal humans; in the mortal world, there are countless festivals and festivals about ghosts and the destination of people after death, such as Shangyuan, Qingming, and Double Ninth Festival.
Fengdu, etc., each region and each country has its own traditional customs.
But the Shanin Ghost Festival is continent-wide and exclusive to the underworld. Only human monks can participate in the festival, as well as the souls of ordinary mortals who died during this period.
To put it simply, there are countless ghost festivals on the Splendid Continent, but only the Shanyin Ghost Festival is a festival in which ghosts and dead souls truly participate. The others are just festivals made up by mortals, directed and performed by deceased relatives and friends.
This is the essential difference.
Every twelve years, the underworld will hold such an event. The purpose seems to be to coordinate the exchanges between the human world and the underworld, deepen mutual understanding, eliminate barriers and strangers, and prevent each other from seeing each other as a dangerous road to hell.
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Of course, this statement originated a long time ago, and I don’t know to what extent it has changed now?
A more reliable statement is that every once in a while, the underworld needs to neutralize and adjust Yang Qi to achieve the internal balance of the underworld. This balancing process takes twelve days, once every twelve years.
At that time, the gloomy energy of the underworld would permeate the entire Splendid Continent. It was the end of winter and the beginning of spring. In the mortal world, it manifested as hazy weather for ten consecutive days. It was not a serious problem, but no one knew that this period of time was actually a period of haze.
When ghosts are on the move.
Ghosts continue to emerge and wander around the continent. Eventually, the ghosts will gather in a certain area between the mortal world and the underworld and start their festival. This is probably such a process.
Mortal people cannot see them, and they will not appear in front of the world, let alone interfere with the various things in the human world; in Hou Zi's eyes, this process is more like a kind of ghosts from the underworld coming out to get some air and get some sunshine.
The process of anger?
The underground ghosts are the absolute protagonists of this festival.
Human monks are the supporting characters of this festival; due to the restrictions of the Yin Qi ghost mist, high-level monks cannot enter; or this is also a compromise reached between the underworld and the human world of cultivation, and only practitioners in the three realms of Tongtian can participate.
It has been less than twelve years since Hou Zi entered the Tongxuan Realm, so he couldn't feel the Shanin Ghost Festival last time, but this time it was just right.
Not every human cultivator in the Third Realm of Tongtian is qualified to participate. They must be allowed by the national power sect and hold a special talisman to be allowed to observe this ghostly event in the world.
As far as the realm of cultivation is concerned, one must be at least the second level of Heaven-Better in the Yin Qi Ghost Mist in order to move freely. If you want to be at ease, it is best to send a third-layer Heaven-Better monk to participate.
Supervision, observation, and moderation to avoid certain unpleasant events;
This is not a good job, because it is unprofitable, and the underworld ghosts don’t seem to be easy characters to deal with. They always have a feeling of sour grapes towards the mortal practitioners, and they are envious and jealous.
There is also a certain complacency and rejection in it.
Fortunately, there are only 12 days, so there is no need to delay anything.
"The Shanyin Ghost Festival is originally an interaction between the underworld and the human world. Ghosts, ghosts, ghosts, ghosts, and ghosts are the maintainers of order in the underworld. If they want to practice, they need to be contaminated with some yang energy to adjust. This is normal."
An old cultivator who works in the dormitory has a leisurely life. As he gets older, he will become a teacher. In Sikong Mansion, there are not many people who are willing to solve problems, but there are even fewer people who are brave enough to ask questions without shame.
"Will all the ghosts from the underworld come up? Doesn't that mean I can see the living King of Hell at the Shanin Ghost Festival?"
The old cultivator laughed and said, "How is that possible? The high-ranking officials in the underworld will not come. They are strong enough in themselves and do not need to come to the earth to be contaminated with Yang Qi. Not to mention the Ten Palaces of Hell, they are the judges below, Meng Po. Black and white are impermanent.
Bull head and horse noodles, they are also unnecessary.
But there are more petty officials in the underworld. It is said that there are twenty-four divisions: Yin and Yang Division, Quick Report Division, Merit Division, Merits and Demerits Division, Fortune Note Division, Plague Division, Induction Division, Punishment Division, Merit Examination Division...
These minor officials have limited cultivation, low strength, and no chance to come to the human world, so they need such a ghost festival to adjust the balance of yin and yang.
Well, judging from past history, it is generally the black and white impermanence or the bull-headed and horse-faced officials who are responsible for guiding and commanding, which are the highest-ranking underworld officials that can be seen.
But their strength is different from that of human cultivation, and there is a big gap between them, so no one can tell what level they are at.
According to the guesses of people who have been there, black and white are probably in the golden elixir. The bull-headed horse-face should be the two realms of Tongtianhou? There is no comparison between these things. There is no comparison between the things in the underworld and the cultivation system we are familiar with."
Hou Zifen was puzzled, "It's just an exchange meeting, what's the surprise? They keep to their own boundaries, there's no conflict of interest, how can they be so serious about it?"
The old cultivator said playfully: "This is a theoretical thing, maybe it is like this in history; but you have to understand that everything changes. Human beings are changing, and ghosts are also changing. How can there be any unchanging rules?
Just like our Shanmen Quanzhen, how many of the rules left by our ancestors do we still adhere to now?
Therefore, the current ghost mission is no longer the original ghost mission, and there are many unsatisfactory places;
Similarly, there are monks from different sects in the mainland during the Ghost Festival. The relationship between them is hard to describe. What do you think will happen in such an occasion?
In addition, during these twelve years, a large number of souls who died in the mortal world gathered together, complained of various grievances, and howled like ghosts and wolves. It was no ordinary chaos.
There are even some monks who are so talented that they can break into the scene without any edicts, tsk tsk..."
Hou Zi was speechless, "So confusing?"
The old cultivator sighed, "So, in history, each sect would just randomly send a monk to show off and support the situation; later on, the disciples they sent would become more and more powerful because they had to face many unexpected surprises.
This is also a way to expand the inheritance of Taoism. For example, if a large number of ghosts gather, if they can fall in love with a unique and powerful Taoism, they may have a soft spot for this Taoism after reincarnation in the future... etc.
Wait, and so on."
Hou Zi shook his head, "People have already gone to the underworld, why do they have to bring them back to visit the human world again? Isn't this unnecessary?"
The old cultivator spread his hands and said, "Who knows? I heard that this is a soul-loving initiative sent by the underworld to give these dead souls a last chance to see their relatives and friends in the human world, so as to reassure them."
Hou Zi said, "What if you see your enemy and he is still alive and well?"
