This Linyunya Grotto is where the Maolu Taoists practice magic and sorcery. Unless they are practicing Qing Jing Tao, they should not stay there for long.
Liu Qiao remembered that he had a good feeling, and the two of them hurriedly packed up and left Maoshan in half clouds and half mist.
"Master, there is a big city not far ahead. It's called Yanzhou. I bought the silk knives and pens there."
Liu Qiao said: "Then go to Yanzhou and find a place to stay in the city. Let's practice Taoism first before leaving."
After traveling no more than a hundred miles, below the clouds and mist, there was a city with a circumference of more than ten miles. It was bustling with people, and the people's customs were slightly different from Chaoge.
The two masters and apprentices looked down from a distance and changed their clothes again.
Liu Qiao was dressed like a traveler, wearing a Taoist scarf and a yellow cedar whisk to dust the dust. Chang Long still looked like a tutu, with a string of beads hanging from his neck, his chest exposed and his abdomen exposed. Both had large sleeves floating in the air and walked in cloud stockings.
I also lined up to enter the city along with those who carried burdens selling charcoal and hawkers selling melons, fruits and dates.
"Where did the two Taoists come from?" The soldiers at the entrance of the city bowed.
Seeing that he looked very respectful, Liu Qiao said: "Coming from Dong Chaoge, my master and disciples are both from good families. Why did the military master stop me?"
The soldier said solemnly: "Sage Xibo returned to pay tribute a few days ago. Fortunately, the immortal family rescued him and drove away the tigers and wolves. Now he is publishing an announcement to recruit Taoists and strangers. This is not to stop him, but to remind him at the city gate."
Chang Long said in a muffled voice: "How to recruit people? Is it possible that one person is rewarded with ten thousand gold, given a purple robe and jade belt, and greets each other when he enters the pavilion?"
"I don't dare to go against the rules in Jiyue. It's just that in our two hundred towns in Xiqi, if any stranger is brought to pay tribute to Qizhou, his official position will be lost, either as the general soldier or as the general superintendent of grain. All of them have real power in the army.
For the position, there is also a reward ranging from a hundred gold to a thousand gold." The soldier replied.
After saying this, he added: "Therefore, in our state yamen, all Taoists and strangers who enter the country must go to the yamen to report. If they succeed, they will be rewarded. If they fail, they will be copied and given some porridge, millet and vegetarian food."
It turned out that it was after Xibohou Jichang first got the help of the stranger Liu Qiao and then the hundredth son Lei Zhenzi, and he passed the five passes and returned to Xiqi in one day.
Deeply aware of the magical power of the Immortal Family, he issued a public notice asking all the 200 towns under his command to pay tribute to Taoists, Toutuo, and foreigners, who would be awarded military positions according to their abilities.
After doing this, many capable people and strangers joined Xiqi, but the high-ranking officials in the government were all ordinary people, so how could they know the true saint.
Those who are mischievous and mischievous have become high-ranking officials through some clever tricks. Many of those who are really good at arching, horse-drawing, martial arts, and Taoism have no choice but to work as grain keeper.
Liu Qiao twisted his beard and said with a smile: "Sage Xibo is a Taoist, but we don't have any special skills. We just want to learn about Taoism. We are not judges, nor are we highly skilled. We are just people who know medical skills, but we still have to go there."
Will the Yamen report it?"
The soldier saw that Liu Qiao's master and apprentice were dusty and tattered, and they were indeed not like a master. He waved his hands scornfully and said: "I'm sorry that Dongfang Chaoge is from the top of the world. Even if he is not a judge, forget it. Go to the city."
If you have nowhere to rest, just go to the Yamen, where there are vegetarian rooms for worship and accommodation in the side rooms."
The so-called judge is not the lawyer in charge of the law in later generations, but it is also similar. At this time, the official Taoist who has taught the Dharma Disk Talisman and can write elixirs and curse water is in charge of the law of the Heavenly Palace.
Generally walking in the world, specializing in solving the problems of wealthy families, looking at Feng Shui, they are not considered Immortal family Qi practitioners, they can only be jitong, who can support Luan and invite immortals, because most of them passed down the sash to the Heavenly Palace from their ancestors, or inherited the Yin Law Lu
, was appointed as a mage, so he was also called a judge.
After entering the city, Chang Long said angrily: "This pawn doesn't know that my master is the True Immortal Yuxu. He also said that I am the supreme sage of the East, Gaozhen. The master is so humble. Why don't you use some Taoist magic to get away from him?"
Vision.”
"They didn't say anything, it's just that the East and the West despise each other."
Liu Qiaoxin said that he was not a great sage. His magic power had been mediocre for less than two years, and he had not yet touched the threshold of Yuan Shen Taoist practice. He had two Taoist skills, but one was still unfinished, and he was nothing more than a rotten shrimp.
However, Chang Long's confidence in Liu Qiao has greatly increased since he met him in Maoshan and gained enlightenment.
Just kidding, Chang Long has lived for seven hundred years, has had many contacts with old demons, and has seen giant ancestors who have practiced Taoism for thousands of years from afar.
But I have never seen someone who can manifest the wonders of the Tao. That feeling, even though it only lasts for a moment, is as if the infinite Tao is right in front of me, let alone Liu Qiao, who has only been practicing for a few years.
At that time, Chang Long exclaimed in his heart, "My teacher Liu Qiao has the qualifications of a great sage!!"
"Then let's go to the Yamen to perform magic spells and have some fast food and worship in the meditation hall?"
Liu Qiao glanced at him in surprise and said, "Didn't you burn down that stockade and pick up some gold, pearls, shells, and jade? You're not short of money, so what are you going to do?"
"Hehe, there are some, but unfortunately most of them were taken away by some minions when they left..." Chang Long touched his bulging bag and said with a smile.
The cottage was burnt to ashes by Chang Long, but some gold and jade were not afraid of the fire, they just turned into a lump and still shined in the residual eternity.
Most of them were the savings hidden by the old thief, but Chang Long dug them out and picked them up.
Liu Qiao shook his head, handed a page of silk to Chang Long and said: "Go and buy a quieter mansion. Then according to what is written here, buy some incense, candles, red ink, and yellow banners on the desk. Let's write the next chapter of Taoism. After practicing, let’s go to Xiqi.”
"Then Master, wait for me in this inn with some food and wine. I'll be back in a few minutes."
Chang Long took the silk book and agreed, handed Liu Qiao some money, asked him to wait for some drinks in the tavern, and then left.
………
Half a day later.
Chang Long took care of the matter, and with money flowing like water, he bought a dark and secluded manor house a few miles west of Yanzhou City, deep in the Qianmoqiu Forest.
This place is really a good place. It is in the middle of a mountain. There is a wide open space, which was once the hunting ground of the wealthy people. At Gaobu, there is a large circle of exquisite cottages, which was the former residence of Gao Linggong, the first emperor of the emperor.
If you build a Zen nunnery and a Taoist temple, it will house thousands of households, but you may not be able to make birds fly. But if you build a ghost cave and a shrine, you will live there for half a year and never hear the crowing of cocks or the barking of dogs.
Good guy, this area of courtyards, pavilions, flowerbeds, waterside pavilions, red wooden buildings, connected by winding corridors, covers an area of dozens of acres. Uncle Chang used the money as money and bought them all, using them as a place to practice.
There are two warehouses outside the house, all of which are filled with magic materials. The expensive ones are like gold beads, the cheap ones are like wood and stone, the plentiful ones are like beans and wheat, the burning ones are like coals, the thin ones are like needles and threads, the clear ones are like tea and wine, and the miscellaneous ones are If all the medicinal materials are piled up in the warehouse, just use them for refining.
First practice the Taoist techniques in the next chapter, and order Chang Long to lead the powerful men to set up an altar in front of you. The master and the disciple will first take a bath and fast, abstaining from meat and wine.
The Taoist techniques in the next chapter were also introduced by Liu Qiao and combined with Jiang Shang's legendary Sect Dunjia to set up an altar. It can be completed in forty-nine days, eliminating the need for many years of complicated sacrificial practices.
Choose an auspicious day in Liujia for this altar. Place the homespun bags in five directions, about a foot apart, and build new bricks around them, about one foot and five inches high. The empty spaces are filled with grains and rice.
There are three bright lamps on it, which are used day and night, and a sacred tent made of yellow cloth is used outside to cover it.
There is an incense table in front, offering offerings to horses, horses, clouds, and cranes, all made of paper, grass, leather, and silk. There are three kinds of tea, wine, and fruit.
Recite the Liujia Soul Summoning Mantra once every day to invite spirits, purify the body, mouth, and earth mantra once each to clear the altar, offer sacrifices to the Requiem Soul and Life-transferring Mantra three times, and worship the grass-cultivator Jia Ma Yunhe spiritually, and then perform sacrifices according to the law every day. This is a routine and does not need to be elaborated. .
The day after the altar was installed, Liu Qiao summoned Chang Long. Both of them had their hair spread out and held swords. They were dressed like wizards. They held wooden swords in their hands and stepped on Kuigang. They pinched the Liujia talisman and brought the vitality of all parties into the altar. They burned the talismans and incense.
, use mana to refine the spell.
This happens every day, and before you know it, forty-nine days have passed. Thatch, grass, talismans, curses, armor, horses, and cloud paper in the altar are all sacrificed to improve spirituality. This is half the work, just waiting to be used.
If you use it, you can transform Tao soldiers according to the law.
With only this last step left, Liu Qiao called Chang Long forward to teach secretly: "The sacrifice has been channeled, and now it has been completed. If it is time to use it, you must use your shape to absorb the energy. What do you want this talisman to do?"
Do this visualization.”
"Why do you call it using shapes to absorb energy and visualize armor and horses? My disciple is stupid. Master, please give up your mercy. Please don't use hidden words and tell me clearly..." Chang Long bowed sincerely.
Liu Qiao twisted his beard and said with a smile: "If you have ever seen a very ferocious beast or a stranger, take a wisp of its breath and blow it into the grass, vines, armor and horse when you are ready to use it. This is to use the shape to draw the breath."
The so-called visualization is to be familiar with the form of an object, know its expression, and understand its spirit. If you want to change into a tiger, think in your heart, if you throw it out, you will be a tiger. If you want to change into a wolf, if you throw it out, you will be a wolf. This is the principle."
Chang Long suddenly realized that it turned out that he had to see something first, take a breath, memorize its shape, recite the incantation and make a secret, and then he could create it.
I lament that there is no such good teacher in the world. At this time, the immortal family teaches and teaches the apprentices secretly. If you are willing, you can break the riddle in the plate. If you understand it, you are smart.
If the mystery cannot be solved and enlightenment cannot be achieved, the master will not teach it again, and it will only be regarded as a shallow person who is not destined to achieve this.
Jiang Shang even handed Liu Qiao a fairy book directly and asked him to learn and practice it on his own. Fortunately, before Liu Qiao obtained the Dharma, he and Jiang Shang knew the ancient characters, Dragon Zhang and Phoenix Seal.
He himself also served him diligently, reading the Taoist scriptures and asking for hidden meanings. Jiang Shang was also a master, and he got impatient with being pestered, so he taught him some terminology. After two years of studying, he had a profound foundation in the Taoist scriptures.
Seeing Chang Long deep in thought, Liu Qiao said again: "It's just that it's just superficial, and you can't understand the truth. Most of the changes are tangible but not spiritual, just like the two Maolu Taoists, which are just false and deceptive.
Moreover, if the same Taoist technique is practiced by different people, the effect will be different. It all depends on your own diligent study. If you can understand the spirituality of all things, then the things in the world will be transformed, and they will all appear to be real."