There are luxurious palaces and temples in the mountains, and there are lights everywhere. Those who don’t know may think that today is some kind of religious festival.
In the Tianneng Hall at the highest point in the center, the light shines through the paper window. It is already bright, as if there is a fire inside, but in addition to the lights, there are also various kinds of divine lights, which shine continuously and shine through the window.
It was like there were five-colored thunder and lightning shining silently inside.
Whenever a young Taoist priest walks by and sees it, he is inexplicably surprised. When he sees the temple owner standing at the door like a stone statue, he is even more surprised, and then he doesn't dare to stay for a long time and leaves quickly.
The divine light in the temple finally calmed down.
Only the bright yellow light like a fire remained.
"Squeak..."
The palace door was opened.
It was quiet inside.
Only the Taoist stepped out, and the calico cat next to him was like a rabbit, jumping across the threshold.
"Fellow Taoist, please wait."
Song You bowed his hand to Zhu Chengzi.
"No no……"
Zhu Chengzi responded with a quick salute, his expression was as usual and his tone was calm, concealing the turmoil in his heart: "Fellow Taoist, have you finished offering incense?"
"We have finished worshiping in Tianweng Hall, but there are still a few gods down there who want to visit. I wonder if there are statues of their gods in your palace?"
"..."
Zhu Chengzi stood there and did not answer for a moment.
Just two answers flashed back and forth in his mind thousands of times in an instant, but it was difficult for even him to choose.
But it was only silent for a moment——
"I wonder which god it is?"
Zhu Chengzi asked after silence.
"The important positions in Doubu are Star Officials, Ancient God of Heavenly Bell, Emperor of Nothingness, and the Four Ancient Saints." Song You mentioned four positions with divine names that were not in Tianweng Temple, then paused and added three more, "And An.
Qingyan Immortal, Qingmu Immortal, and Lilong Shenjun.”
"..."
Zhu Chengzi wrote it down and tasted it secretly, and replied: "Among the gods of Doubu Xingguan, Tianweng Hall only enshrines Jinlingguan, but in front of it is Xingxiu Hall, which houses a total of twenty-eight Doubu stars, big and small.
Star Official God Lord.
"Emperor Tianzhong is too old. Except for Guangzhou and its surrounding areas, which are his ancient dojo and have more statues, there are few temples in other places to enshrine his statues...
"The same goes for the Emperor of Nothingness.
"However, since this temple dares to be called Fengtian Temple and worships the gods and heaven, it naturally has the most complete statues of gods and gods in the entire Dayan. There is a small hall behind Tianweng Hall, called the Ancient Immortal Hall, in which there are enshrined
The Heavenly Bell Emperor and the Void Emperor.
"The four holy gods in ancient times have boundless power. This temple has a special temple built in the east, west and south to worship their statues.
"As for the Anqing Yanxian, in the temple at the gate of the mountain, the Qingmu Immortal and the Lilong Shenjun only have divine tablets, which are also enshrined in the Ancient Immortal Palace..."
Zhu Chengzi said it very clearly.
At the end of the sentence, he remembered that he saw a swallow beside Song You this evening. It was obviously not an ordinary swallow, but it had a pure aura and a faint divine light. At that time, he guessed that it was probably the inheritance of An Qing.
He is the descendant of An Qingyanxian.
This is also worth thinking about and savoring.
"As expected of Fengtian Temple, worthy of being the master of Fengtian Temple." Song You nodded.
"Excellent."
"I don't know..."
"Oh, fellow Taoist, please come with me."
Zhu Chengzi turned back and closed the palace door. He took this opportunity to take a look at the scene in Tianweng Palace.
Everything in the temple remained as it was, with all the lights still on, reflecting a long row of altars and dozens of tall statues of gods, either majestic and upright, kind-hearted, immortal, or natural and casual.
There is a deeper majesty under the candlelight than during the day. Those who are timid stand at the door and look up, and they will naturally feel awe.
But it was quiet and everything was as usual.
As if nothing happened just now.
"Squeak..."
Zhu Chengzi closed the door and without hesitation, made an invitation gesture to Song You and took him to the Ancient Immortal Palace first.
His steps were hurried along the way, his expression solemn.
Tiangong is the heavenly palace of Taoism, and Fengtian Temple is the Taoist temple of Taoism. It is originally an institution under the jurisdiction of Tiangong in the human world. It conveys feelings to the gods for people in the world, and also attracts incense for the gods of Tiangong in the world. When someone needs to offer incense to the gods of Tiangong
When expressing your feelings, there is no reason to refuse.
This is one of the duties of Taoism.
At the same time, Taoism is also the Taoism of the human world and the Taoism of the common people.
Taoists are human beings first.
The Heavenly Palace should also be the Heavenly Palace of gods, and it should be the Heavenly Palace of virtuous gods worthy of respect by mortals.
Zhu Chengzi was a Taoist and a human being.
What's more, the master of Fengtian Temple worships the heaven and then the gods. He knows the way of heaven and the people, and also knows the decay of the gods. The descendants of the contemporary Fulong Temple re-establish the heavenly palace and the road to heaven. This is beneficial to the Taoist heavenly palace and restores the original appearance of Xianghuo Shinto.
It is something that is beneficial to all living beings in the world. No matter as a person or as a Taoist, there is no reason to refuse.
So under his leadership, Song You traveled to and from the palaces in front and back, and almost walked around Fengtian Temple.
Offer incense one by one to God.
In the temple, the gods appear one after another, and the divine light shines. Anyone who hears it will show up and see for themselves.
Even several ancient gods who had never appeared since Fengtian Temple erected statues for them, and whose apparition legends were rarely heard elsewhere, also rarely appeared through this. When Zhu Chengzi saw it, he suddenly realized that these gods had arrived.
It still exists now and has not been lost in the long river of time and thin incense.
Some gods were so angry that they almost caused thunder.
There was a spirit of harmony, and he had a long conversation with the Taoist priest in the temple.
After finishing the incense, it was past midnight.
However, Zhu Chengzi did not feel tired or sleepy at all. Instead, he was in great spirits. He was shocked and sighed——
Usually, I have only read about such things in Taoist books, only heard about them in stories and legends, and can also vaguely see things like this in history books with the unique vision of a monk. However, I never thought that I would be able to witness it with my own eyes in my lifetime.
This kind of thing is so close to me that I almost personally participated in it.
"I didn't realize it was so late. I thanked fellow Taoist fellow Taoist Zhu Chengzi for accompanying me. It was really hard work."
"You're welcome, fellow Taoist."
Zhu Chengzi then extended his hand to the Taoist again: "It's already late at night. Fellow Taoist, please come with me and go to your residence to rest first."
"Thank you."
Song You followed him.
It was still a long arc-shaped corridor, with mahogany pillars one after another. However, most of the hanging lanterns had been burned out, and the remaining ones were still lit, and the firelight was already very weak. The night at this time was much darker than before.
It was much quieter and colder before, with only the moonlight as bright as snow and not a single star in sight.
The Taoist returned to the guest room in Guanzhong and simply washed up.
It's past midnight, but it's the time when cats are active.
Sanhua Empress followed him to offer incense and pray to God today. She didn't understand some of the words, but she roughly knew what he was going to do and what was going to happen. The Taoist was still very calm, but Mao'er and the children were the first to become nervous and sat in the room with a serious face.
He put it on the table and said he wanted to keep him awake all night.
The Taoist let her go, let her get a sense of accomplishment from it, lay down on the bed, closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Empty your mind and be calm.
After squinting his eyes for a while, he fell asleep.
Almost as soon as I fell asleep, the gods came to me.
The first person to arrive was an old god.
Wearing a silver robe, gold threads outline the scales, I don't know if they are fish scales or dragon scales, with gray hair and a snow-white beard.
"My name is Changshu."
This is the real name of Lilong Shenjun.
Lilong Shenjun is one of the ancient gods. His status in the Heavenly Palace is not low, but he is not an important god with great power. He has a very high level of Taoism, but he does not have the power of Taoism like the ancient gods of Tianzhong and the four ancient saints.
He was a good friend of one of the founders of Fulong Temple many years ago.
Among the friends of the founder of Fulong Temple, there are two recorded in the temple who are gods in the Heavenly Palace. Another one gradually faded out of sight of the gods during the change of leadership in the Heavenly Palace two hundred years ago.
There is still this one who few people know about.
"I've met senior."
"You want to imitate your Fuyang Patriarch, but you are not as good as him in terms of the path to heaven and the virtues of the gods." Shenjun Lilong said bluntly, "You should wait for the opportunity in troubled times."
"It's time to start on the road to heaven."
"Starting from the path to heaven and the virtues of gods, although it can make the contemporary heavenly beings angry and make you your enemy, it can also help you to gain righteousness and comply with the will of heaven and the people. However, the path to heaven and the virtues of gods are too sensitive, and the former can easily make some gods suspicious.
You want to control the path to heaven and gain the authority to become a god. The latter, haha, how many of the ancient gods rose to the top not by virtue but by virtue?"
"I'm about to clear them out."
"Arrogant!"
"Senior, please help me!"
Song You only said to help me, not to change or give up.
His calm expression and resolute mind are especially clear in dreams, as if they have turned into visible shapes and recognizable words. There is no need to study them carefully like in reality.
"The good news is that among the ancient gods in the sky, there are more virtuous ones. As long as you are right and comply with the will of heaven and the people, they will not be your enemy or act against heaven. The bad news is that there are only ancient gods without virtue.
Gods and, according to my guess, the gods who may respond to the call of the contemporary Tianweng, are far beyond your power, even if you are stronger than Fuyang."
Lord Lilong didn't talk much, didn't dare to stay for long, and spoke very briefly.
"You need to borrow strength from heaven and earth, prepare carefully, do not underestimate the enemy, and do not resist arbitrarily. I will help you in the sky. You go to the temple where the incense was just burned and take a corner of my statue. From now on, whenever I visit, I will help you.
When you tell me in a dream, the mud will respond."
The first half of the sentence is almost useless, it is what Song You has been doing, and the second half of the sentence is exactly what he wanted.
Song You offered incense to him for this reason.
Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you fight a hundred battles without danger.
"Thank you, senior."
"I owe you..."
I don’t know how many dreams Song You will have tonight. Lilong Shenjun didn’t dare to take up more of his time. He shook his head and sighed, and took a closer look at the young face of the Taoist in front of him. He seemed to be deeply moved and showed an indescribable smile.
, turned into dust and smoke and dissipated.
The Taoist's dream suddenly felt empty.
In the midst of the chaos, another spirit came into the dream.
This time it is the envoy of Emperor Chijin.
This Heavenly Emperor picked a good candidate, it was the Qingmu Immortal who came to Song You when Fengzhou Ghost City was achieved, and Song You had expected that he would invite him.