Chapter 623 Ceremony, Is Junior Sister Afraid of Pain?
Yunxuanmen is a quadrangle with four entrances.
The building has a quaint and ancient flavor, but some of the facilities inside are still relatively advanced.
It feels a bit like the merging of ancient and modern times.
After Qin Yuanshan came back yesterday, he immediately checked the time and decided on an auspicious time for the apprenticeship ceremony.
Logically speaking, this apprenticeship ceremony should have been done long ago.
Like Jiang Yuan and the others back then, generally speaking, they would have to go through this ceremony on the day they entered Yunxuanmen to worship Qin Yuanshan as their master.
But Chi Zao is an exception.
Because of her identity, because of the importance of Qin Yuanshan’s last apprentice, and because of her age and ordinary background,
In short, due to various reasons, Chi Zao is the only one who has become a master but has never had a ceremony or made it public until now.
There is no rush to announce that she is Qin Yuanshan's apprentice. After all, as soon as this news comes out, she will become the target of public criticism and face endless troubles.
Even with the Yunxuan Sect and the five masters and apprentices of Qin Yuanshan protecting her, even if she herself had a certain level of strength, Qin Yuanshan still didn't want her to face this prematurely.
At least, it was within his capabilities. He had to give her a better environment to study and learn this.
The announcement will be made in advance, but the apprenticeship ceremony cannot be postponed.
Qin Yuanshan had long wanted to bring Chi Zao to Kyoto to worship his ancestors and enter his discipleship tree, but it was delayed until now because Chi Zao was facing the college entrance examination at that time.
So after Chi Zao came to Kyoto, the first thing he did was to ask his disciples to come back and hold an apprenticeship ceremony.
If it weren't for the fact that he was thinking about this in his heart, he wouldn't be able to come back now.
Chi Zao followed Qin Yuanshan out of the main hall.
After walking through a hand-curtained corridor, passing through the hanging flower gate, and entering the third courtyard, you saw the large ancestral hall.
Push the door open.
There is a main niche in the main hall, and side niches on the left and right.
The tablet of the first generation master of Yunxuan Sect is attached to the small hall in the main niche on the wall, and the other ancestors of the past dynasties are placed on the side niches in order of left, Zhao and right.
There is a large rectangular mahogany table in front of him. In addition to the melons and fruits for worship, there is also an ancient copper incense burner on it.
Under the incense burner, there are three large futons.
Qin Yuanshan stood beside the mahogany desk and waved to Chi Zao, "Xiao Zao, come here and kneel down."
Chi Zao nodded, stepped forward, and knelt upright on the futon.
The four senior brothers stood aside.
Qin Yuanshan took over the incense used for worship from his eldest disciple Jiang Yuan.
After lighting it, stand next to Chi Zao.
He clasped his hands together, faced the ancestral tablets, leaned slightly, and said in a solemn tone: "My ancestors from the Yunxuan Sect, my disciple Qin Yuanshan, today I brought five disciples Chi to pay homage to all the ancestors. I hope all the ancestors will be apprenticed to Sun Chi to pay their respects as soon as possible.
, allowing her to enter the school and become the 130th generation direct disciple of Yunxuan Sect."
After speaking, he stood up and inserted the incense into the incense burner.
The incense burns slowly, emitting bursts of sandalwood and lingering around the table.
Except for Chi Zao, Qin Yuanshan and the other three disciples stood quietly and waited, all with solemn expressions.
Such an atmosphere made Chi Zao unable to help but feel nervous.
Qin Yuanshan patted her shoulder and explained to her: "First kneel three times and nine times to worship the ancestors, and then worship the master and serve tea with blood. These are the traditions of Yunxuan Sect that are different from other sects. Now, I want to report to the ancestors, ancestors
Having met you and recognizing you, the incense will continue to burn, otherwise, the incense will be extinguished or discontinued."
Chi Zao was stunned.
If you recognize it, it will continue to burn, if you don't recognize it, the fragrance will die?
Is it possible that this ancestor still has a soul?
Can you still test the disciples and grandchildren of the younger generations?
But this shouldn't be the case...
Chi Zao looked at the rows of ancestral tablets.
She didn't feel any ghosts or gods here.
soul……
If there really is one, it must be a thousand-year-old ghost.
As if he could tell what Chi Zao was thinking, Qin Yuanshan also said, "When I became a disciple, I was as surprised as you when I heard your master say this."
This is such a mysterious thing that no one can reasonably explain.
But over the years, the fragrance has actually stopped or disappeared only once or twice, which can be said to be an extremely special situation.
Qin Yuanshan has never encountered it, he only heard it mentioned by his master.
But now think about it carefully.
This probably, maybe, has something to do with fate...
Some people have special fates and are born suitable for this profession.
Some people have a poor life and are only suitable to live an ordinary and stable life. If they forcefully glimpse their destiny, they will only end up miserable.
Anyway, it's hard to explain.
Chi Zao nodded slightly, "Disciple understands."
She stood up and took a step back.
With a solemn expression, he takes out his left foot first, with the back of his hands facing upwards, kneels on both knees, and bows.
Kowtow once.
Kowtow twice.
Kowtow three times.
Get up, kneel again, and kowtow again.
Repeat for the third time to end.
At the same time, the incense stick on the incense burner dropped a small piece of ash for the first time.
When Qin Yuanshan saw this, he smiled.
He reached out and took the incense from Jiang Yuan's hand again, lit it and handed it to Chi Zao, saying, "The ancestors have recognized you. Xiaozao, you can worship on your own."
Is this...approval?
Chi Zao was a little confused.
She looked at the tablets and the burned incense ashes that fell, and seemed to vaguely notice something.
However, he didn’t ask any further questions, so he knelt down obediently and paid homage.
"Disciple Sun Chi has already met all of your ancestors."
Kowtow three times in a row.
Get up again, imitate Qin Yuanshan and insert the incense into the incense burner.
This process may seem simple, but every step is full of meaning.
Three months ago, she became Qin Yuanshan's apprentice, but she was only Qin Yuanshan's apprentice.
But from this moment on.
She is a member of Yunxuanmen!
Xie Cheng handed Qin Yuanshan a blue-covered book that looked like an ancient martial arts secret book. Qin Yuanshan turned to a blank page, wrote Chi Zao's name with a brush, and then took out a square,
Give her the clear white jade.
"This is the identity certificate of a disciple of Yunxuan Sect. Although we are the only masters and disciples in the sect, there should be more than enough."
Chi Zao took it solemnly.
The jade is top-grade mutton-fat white jade, and it has a very comfortable warm and cool feel.
She suddenly thought of what Qin Yuanshan left for her before leaving Ningcheng.
The most precious thing is the jade plaque representing Qin Yuanshan's identity.
She was moved and said, "Thank you, Master."
Qin Yuanshan patted her hand to reassure her.
After paying homage to the master's ancestors, the next step is to serve tea with drops of blood.
Shen Yubai brought the brewed tea to Chi Zao.
At the same time, he handed her a knife.
"Little junior sister, are you afraid of pain? If you are afraid of pain, just make a small cut, don't cut it too deep." Shen Yubai instructed.
Chi Zao nodded, "Thank you, Fourth Senior Brother."
She took the knife and cut her fingertips.
The dull pain on her fingertips made her blink.
Then, without changing his expression, he dropped the blood into the tea. After the blood melted, he knelt down, slowly fell under the mahogany table, and kowtowed.