Senior Brother's Chicken Soup for the Soul made Zhao Ran shudder, but then he thought, instead of losing the first three months of his life in vain and getting nothing, he might as well just bite the bullet and accept this bowl of Chicken Soup for the Soul.
So Zhao Ran chose to open the hexagram, and as soon as the hanging symbol came out, his chest felt like a lightning strike, and his whole body fell to the ground exhausted.
After recuperating in Huoshan for three full days and thinking about it for three days, he finally recovered some of his strength and immediately set off down the mountain.
When I returned to Dajun Mountain, I met my senior brother Wei Zhizhen in person. He was teaching lessons to three generations of disciples of Lou Guan in Xixin Pavilion.
The eldest disciple, Qu Fenghe, is working as the abbot of Baimayuan and is working hard for the missionary work of the Ming Dynasty. There are four people sitting in the Xinxin Pavilion. The first one is Feng Tang, the second one is Qu Fengshan who set bones the year before last, and the third one is
Yuan Lin was admitted into the family at the end of last year, and the fourth was Zhao Hao, who just had his bones corrected in the first month of this year.
Feng Tangfu showed outstanding talent as soon as he came into contact with spiritual practice. He entered the Taoist realm in half a year and entered the Taoist realm in another three months. After just one year, he broke through and entered the Taoist realm at the end of last year. His speed was catching up with Qu Fenghe's.
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Qu Fengshan also lives up to Zhao Ran's wise eyes. It has been a year and a half since his bones were set, and he has been practicing in the Taoist realm for half a year. According to Wei Zhizhen's speculation, if nothing unexpected happens, he will be awarded the Taoist priesthood by the end of this year.
Yuan Lin was Yuan Hao's son. This was a talent discovered by Luo Zhiqing, and he officially became his disciple. However, Wei Zhizhen's lectures were very good, and Luo Zhiqing thought he could not compare with him. Therefore, he followed Wei Zhizhen when he was studying Taoism, and when he was practicing techniques.
Only after being taught by Luo Zhiqing himself did he enter the Taoist realm in the first month of this year.
There is also a disciple in the pavilion, Zhao Hao, who has just turned fifteen this year and was raised to the Dharma altar by Jiang Tenghe to set his bones. He had just finished setting his bones and it would have been impossible for him to enter Taoism so quickly. However, because he started early, in Da
Junshan Dongtianzhong has consciously or unconsciously received the influence of spiritual power for two years. He has come into contact with many monks and spirit monsters in daily life, and has laid a good foundation through the influence. As soon as his bones are set, he quickly touches the threshold of entering the Taoism.
You can enter the path with just one foot. So I sat on the edge of the pavilion. When I couldn't bear it any longer, I would leave. When I was done repairing, I would sit back again.
Xixin Pavilion, like Jiange, is an excellent magic weapon to assist the disciples of Lou Guan in their practice, especially playing a huge role in laying a good foundation for practice for middle and low-level disciples. Wei Zhizhen, Yu Zhichuan, and Luo Zhiqing all formed elixirs successfully, and with Xixin Pavilion
There is an inseparable relationship with the refinement of others - except Zhao Ran.
Therefore, Wei Zhizhen preached and taught in Xixin Pavilion on a daily basis. Sometimes, if several third-generation female disciples from Wenqing Sect were free, they would be encouraged to come to Xixin Pavilion to listen to lectures. Wei Zhizhen did not care about them.
Everywhere, teach everyone equally and patiently.
In addition to the above four people, there are six new disciples who were admitted during the two general surveys. They all sat outside the pavilion and listened to the lecture. They were all people with good qualifications and skills, but their qualifications were not as good as those in the pavilion.
People just stand out so much.
These six people have either just touched the edge of Taoism, or their eyes are still dark. In addition to listening to lectures here, the bulk of their daily homework is still learned by Louguan Taoists to learn writing and Taoism, laying the foundation for future Taoism.
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Looking at this scene of teaching, Zhao Ran recalled his time in Huayun Hall and couldn't help but feel filled with emotion.
He didn't bother, took out the futon given by the teacher, sat down, and listened to Wei Zhizhen's lecture again from a distance.
After it was over, Wei Zhizhen came over and asked, "Did the hexagram come out?"
Zhao Ran nodded: "There is a severe drought this year. All four counties of Long'an Prefecture, Baoxian County, Maozhou and An County in the north of the capital, our side are Yongzhen County, Xiaohe County and Songfan County, which is roughly the junction of the three prefectures."
This area, I reckon, involves nearly a million people."
Wei Zhizhen was stunned and said: "No wonder there has been no snowfall since the end of autumn last year. Let's go and find the teacher."
Jiang Tenghe and Zhao Liniang had just returned from Fujian. After hearing this, they were silent for a moment and flew to the Jade Emperor Pavilion to see the Oriental Celestial Master.
The Eastern Heavenly Master asked: "How many divination successes does Zhiran have?"
Jiang Tenghe said: "He learned the plum blossom counting method from Patriarch Long Yang, and there is no problem in getting seven or eight out of ten."
Dongfang Tianshi asked again: "Can I ask Patriarch Longyang to count again?"
So Jiang Tenghe and Zhao Liniang took Wei Zhizhen and Zhao Ran to the Yunxian Terrace again.
After Patriarch Longyang heard Zhao Ran's prediction, he pondered for a long time. Such a large-scale natural disaster would shorten lifespan. He knew this better than Zhao Ran, but he was not as clear as Zhao Ran about how much lifespan would be shortened. Despite this,
Judging from past experience, the lifespan lost in predicting such a major secret must be calculated in years.
Patriarch Longyang was only twenty or thirty years away from being 300 years old. He really didn't dare to take such a risk easily. Therefore, he asked Zhao Ran to rearrange the predicted parameters for him. After reading it, he pondered for a while and asked Jiang Tenghe.
Said: "Zhiran's divination is more accurate than mine. I agree with this hexagram. Get ready quickly. Spring plowing is about to begin. This matter cannot be delayed."
With Patriarch Longyang's endorsement, the Eastern Heavenly Master finally made up his mind and flew to Fu Huayun Pavilion and Kuixing Pavilion respectively, notifying the two elders to rush to Yuhuang Pavilion immediately the next day.
Under the auspices of the Eastern Heavenly Master, Yuhuang Pavilion, Huayun Pavilion, Kuixing Pavilion and Zongsheng Pavilion reached an agreement and began to prepare for drought relief.
This resolution was immediately promulgated by Xuanyuan Guan, who came forward to summon all relevant parties to Qingcheng Mountain in seven days.
At the end of February, the East Courtyard of Xuanyuan Guan was under a curfew. The inspection of the square hall and many Taoist priests blocked the roads to the East Courtyard to ensure that the discussions in the sutra hall would not be disturbed by pilgrims and to prevent the important matters being discussed from being advanced.
The leak caused panic among the people.
The meeting was convened by Zhao Yunlou of Xuanyuan Temple. Those who participated in the meeting included Sichuan Zuobu Zong, Governor Xia Ji of Western Sichuan, Prefect He of the capital and Prefect Kong of Long'an Prefecture, Bai Tengming, supervisor of Tianhe Palace, Song Zhiyuan, supervisor of Jingshou Palace, and Xi Jinping.
Xu Tenglong, the superintendent of the Zhenwu Palace, was in charge of all the palaces and the chef.
The dozen or so Taoist priests and senior officials sitting in the sutra hall are the most powerful people in the Shifang Forest and the government in northwest Sichuan Province. Every decision made here will affect two million people in northwest Sichuan Province.
, and even the fate of more than eight million people in Sichuan.
As representatives of the monasteries, with Dongfang Jing as the chief and Zhao Ran as the deputy, they also attended the meeting. They will supervise the drought relief and contact various monasteries to bring into play the power of the monks.
As soon as the discussion started, it fell into a quarrel. In order to maintain confidentiality, Xuanyuan Guan informed these high-ranking officials and officials when they came to Qingcheng Mountain that they did not explain what was going on. As soon as the announcement was made, there was an uproar immediately.
The key point of the debate is whether this matter is certain or not. There are many things about predicting natural disasters, but I have never heard of whether it can be predicted so accurately. It is really unheard of to specify the place and time, and even the area where the disaster occurs.
Several prefects said that although there has been no rain or snow in northwest Sichuan since last autumn, this phenomenon has happened many times before, and it was later proved that although there is little rain and snow, it is not absent. This is just used to infer that there will be a severe drought this year.
Not a pertinent argument.
If it is decided to adjust this year's policy direction according to this prediction, it will inevitably cost a lot of financial and material resources, and recruit a lot of manpower, and the impact will be far-reaching. If the prediction is not accurate, God will have rain and a bumper harvest.
Wouldn’t the entire Sichuan Taoist sect and officialdom be reduced to a laughing stock? It’s just a laughing stock, but how to recover the heavy losses caused?