On the way out of the teacher's apartment, I thought of Chu Jiu's last sad look on his face as he told Niu Niu to stay in a state of knowing nothing and what to do, and don't show fear, he would solve it as soon as possible.
"Chujiu, isn't it difficult?" Looking at Chujiu's worried look, I actually guessed that things were not simple.
"Guo Guo, this goes against the norm. Infant spirits usually dissipate on their own in 49 days and won't harm people. I'm afraid it's already turning into a resentful infant."
"What should we do?"
On the way out, I told Chujiu about the information revealed by the hexagrams. At this time, coupled with Chujiu's doubts, I felt a little powerless.
"Prepare some sacrifices and ask the mountain god to ask!"
When Chujiu said this, he gritted his teeth and worked hard.
When I was a child, I heard my grandpa talk about the classification of the levels of gods. The land of mountain gods and the underworld officials we often call are actually earth immortals. Earth immortals are the lowest level of gods and the most numerous of them. Earth immortals do not ascend in physical form.
, so magical powers are relatively weak, and their source of strength is closely related to people's offerings.
The strength gap between the land of mountain gods is judged by the size of the incense offerings and the fiefdom under their jurisdiction. If it is the land of a big city, although their cultivation and level are that of earth immortals, they will not show weakness when encountering ordinary heavenly immortals. But if it is the land of the wilderness,
The land and mountain gods, let alone immortals, are no match for them even if they encounter more powerful demons.
The plot in Journey to the West can actually explain everything. The land and mountain gods who are bullied by monsters are all in nooks and crannies and in desolate places.
The land and mountain gods in Chang'an City and the Five Mountains receive endless offerings every day, and their strength is extremely powerful. This is also the reason why there are very few demons and monsters in the big city. Firstly, the land under its jurisdiction is strong, and secondly, it is protected by the national destiny.
Furthermore, there is the awe-inspiring righteousness of the students who study.
I looked at the deserted mountains next to the school. I went hiking with my classmates on the weekend before and seemed to see a dilapidated and short mountain temple on a corner of the road. It looked like a place where gods lived.
However, I was very excited about having the opportunity to meet gods. After all, I had only seen the God of Wealth and the God of Longevity on the New Year pictures on the wall since I was a child. I don’t know how to invite the mountain god on the ninth day of the lunar month.
According to the tasks given by Chujiu, we split up. He went to the noodle shop to get some food from the proprietress, and I had to climb over the wall and go to the small grocery store next to the Internet cafe to buy some sacrificial supplies. Chujiu’s only request was to buy more. The more the better.
Well, the more, the merrier.
The path up the mountain was indeed the same path we had climbed before. I asked if he had climbed the mountain before Chujiu? He replied no, there was only such a road nearby. It looked like it was old, and mountain temples were usually built there.
Near the old road.
When we were still one-third of the distance from the top of the mountain, we encountered three forks, one continuing to the top of the mountain, and the other two leading to the left and the right. On the ninth day of the month, I decisively walked to the right. I tried hard to remember, but I was short of thoughts.
I couldn't get up. I had seen it in a corner of the corner before. I was planning to stop and see if I could calculate the direction. Chujiu said that it was definitely right to go in the east direction.
Sure enough, not long after we walked, we saw a dilapidated mountain temple next to a huge boulder. Rather than a temple, it looked more like a small stone house built by passers-by out of random rocks. Looking at it from a close distance, the stone house was only over one meter tall.
It is high and about two feet wide. There is a stone statue inside. In front of the stone house is a simple altar made of stone slabs. There is a thick layer of dirt on the altar. It seems that no sacrifice has been left for a long time.
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"Chujiu, these conditions are too simple. Do you think the mountain god will live here?" I asked the question in my heart.
"Guo Guo, did you feel any discomfort when you went up the mountain in the middle of the night? Did you encounter some ferocious beasts? Don't you think it's strange that you can't even see a wild boar in such a big mountain?"
Chujiu asked me several questions in one breath. Just when I didn't know how to answer, Chujiu continued.
"It's not that there are none, but the mountain gods stipulate that ferocious beasts cannot appear within these areas. Mountains of all sizes have mountain gods. Even if there are no mountain gods, there are still mountain spirits or mountain spirits."
Then Chujiu explained to me the mountain spirits and mountain spirits. They are usually found in large mountains. They are similar to the subordinates of the mountain god. They are mostly intelligent animals that have survived for more than a hundred years and are responsible for managing a certain person designated by the mountain god.
The jurisdiction area will be changed every few years, or if new animals with spiritual intelligence are produced in this area, then the jurisdiction area will be expanded. Chujiu’s grandfather told Chujiu that the mountain spirit of Kunlun Mountain
He is a tiger king, and the area he governs is much larger than that of an ordinary mountain god.
After cleaning up the weeds near the altar, I placed two steamed buns and some pieces of meat on the altar on the ninth day of the lunar month. He took the plastic bag in my hand, dug out two stacks of yellow paper, and took it out of the small cloth bag fastened to his belt.
A copper coin was pressed on each piece of yellow paper. It was said that this was similar to the anti-counterfeiting of human coins and was easier to be recognized.
After everything was ready, on the ninth day of the lunar month, three sticks of incense were lit and placed on the dirt road in front of the altar. He stood next to me and stared at the tribute.
"No more? Aren't you going to recite some incantation? You used to recite something as urgent as a law?"
After I asked, I saw Chujiu roll his eyes in the moonlight, and then pointed at the three sticks of incense.
The three lit incense sticks were burning at an incredible speed, leaving only the remaining ashes in just a short while.
At this time, Chu Jiu performed a standard Taoist disciple's salute in the direction of the altar, glanced at me, and I followed suit and saluted in that direction with clasped fists.
A vague figure appeared in front of the altar, and gradually began to become more substantial. Finally, an old man wearing an official hat and tattered official uniforms with no trace of his dynasty appeared in front of us.
The old man held a steamed bun in one hand and a piece of meat in the other. He bowed his hands to us in return and stuffed them into his mouth hungrily.
"Uh," the old man burped, returned the salute to us, and straightened his black official hat with both hands.
"It would be great if I had some more wine! Two little friends, one is from Taoism and the other is from Xuanmen. As the saying goes, if you have nothing to do, go to the Three Treasures Hall. Tell me what you want to see me for! I will definitely understand.
Do your best."
"Master Mountain God, I'm here for a school matter. I happen to be in your jurisdiction, so I came here to ask you about the situation. Do you know about the infant spirit that appeared some time ago?"
Chujiu put the copper coins in his hand back into the small cloth bag and asked.
"That infant spirit, this kind of existence is not among the Five Elements, will not be accepted by the underworld, and will not be retained in the human world. Every time it just passes by here, I just turn a blind eye and let it go."