At noon, in one of the guest rooms of the Cangsheng Hall in Shuoyang Taoist Temple on the east side of Shuoyang City in Yue State, a white-haired Taoist wearing a bright yellow Taoist robe was receiving pilgrims who came to receive the "Jian Yue Lingpei".
"What do you call this little lady?" The white-haired old man said kindly to the pretty young woman in front of him, stroking his long beard.
"Taoist Priest, the name of the daughter-in-law is Su Qi, and this is her folk medal." A middle-aged woman who accompanied the young woman hurriedly handed over a small rectangular iron medal, which was issued by the government.
People's brand.
"Su Qi, a commoner in Shuoyang City, Pingyang Prefecture, was born in the 43rd year of Zhengshi"
The old white-haired Taoist took the government and civilian sign and looked at it. The front of the iron sign was engraved with the above words, and the back was engraved with the official seals of the four directions of Shuoyang City. After confirming that it was correct, Meng Shengming returned the iron sign to the woman.
The old white-haired Taoist took out a white square wooden plaque from the exquisite wooden box on one side. There were still many identical wooden plaques in the exquisite wooden box. There was a lifelike fairy carved on the front and back of the wooden plaque, which was Fairy January.<
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The old white-haired Taoist picked up the green bamboo pen on the table, dipped it in the blood-colored cinnabar, poured spiritual power into it, and wrote the two characters Su Qi above the fairy pattern on the back of the wooden sign.
Then he put away his smile and said solemnly: "Donor Su, Fairy Jianyue, is a true fairy in the immortal world. She has a beautiful spirit, is compassionate, protects all living beings, and has immeasurable merits. Donor, are you willing to sincerely worship Fairy Jianyue? Pray for the fairy's blessing?"
"Little girl Su Qi, I would like to worship Fairy Jian Yue for the rest of her life. May the fairy bless the little girl with a safe life." Su Qi put her hands together and replied word for word according to her mother's repeated instructions in advance.
"Donor Su, as long as you sincerely worship Fairy Jian Yue, the fairy will protect you for life. Donor, please stretch out your left hand. I want to take a few drops of your essence and blood and inject it into the wooden pendant." After the white-haired old man finished speaking, he used his magic power.
Take out a long red needle from the brazier on one side and put it into a large bowl filled with cold water on the table to cool.
When the young woman saw the long, red-hot needle, she couldn't help but feel a little frightened. Under the urging of her mother, she gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and stretched out her clenched left hand. Her body was shaking slightly, obviously.
Still very scared.
The white-haired old man took out a long needle from the water, grabbed the young woman's hand, pricked a needle on the index finger and middle finger, squeezed out a few drops of scarlet blood, and dripped it on the square wooden sign until the white wooden sign was completely dyed red.
, then let go of the young woman's hand and said solemnly: "Okay, the Jian Yue Lingpei is ready. The donor needs to carry it with him every day and keep it properly."
"Don't worry! Taoist priest, my little girl, she will carry it with her every day." The woman next to her took the wooden sign, put it into the bag of tips she had prepared early in the morning, put the bag into the pocket of the young man's clothes, and said with a smile. "Young lady knows! Thank you so much, Taoist Master!" The young woman wrapped her left hand with a handkerchief, her eyes were a little red. After thanking the white-haired old Taoist, she got up and followed her mother out of the house.
"Xiao Xuanzi, we'll stop here today. Let the pilgrims waiting behind you go back first and come back tomorrow!" After seeing off the mother and daughter, the old white-haired Taoist said to the young Taoist priest at the door.
"Okay, Master! By the way, Magistrate He is here, waiting in the backyard!" The little Taoist priest at the door responded hurriedly.
"I know, let's go!" The white-haired old man nodded.
After the little Taoist priest saluted, he ran to the front hall and asked the waiting pilgrims to leave and come back tomorrow. For some reason today, the temple master stopped accepting pilgrims at noon, which is really rare.
Soon the little Taoist priest smiled happily, who cares! He thought to himself: I can be lazy again today!
About a quarter of an hour later, the little Taoist priest could no longer be happy. He and other Taoist priests in the temple were called to the backyard dojo and waited in line under the scorching sun. Not only the Taoist priests in the temple, but also Magistrate He and other Shuoyang City officials.
With many policemen and government officials.
The backyard dojo is paved with large stones and is extremely wide. At the end stands the tall statue of Fairy Jane. This statue is made of white jade and is lifelike. It is ten feet high and looks like a hill. The statue has its hands in Ruyi mudra, looking down.
Covering the entire Shuoyang City.
Xing Qu, the master of Shuoyang Taoist Temple, stood at the front of the queue. He was a man with white hair. He was already an octogenarian. He was a disciple of the Huang Sheng Sect. He practiced Qi at the eighth level, but after failing to build a foundation, he first served in the Pingyang General Temple in Pingyang Fucheng for ten years.
He was "registered as a spiritual official" in 2001, and was later transferred to the Shuoyang Branch Temple by the sect to serve as the temple master.
Shuoyang City is a small city, with a total population of only more than 800,000. Shuoyang Taoist Temple is also a temple. Although there is also a statue of Jian Yue in the temple, it is the same as the statue of Pingyang Taoist Temple in Fucheng. The issued "
"Jianyue Lingpei" is also different.
Although the styles of the two immortal statues are exactly the same, but they are smaller in scale, the "Jian Yue Immortal Statue" in Shuoyang Taoist Temple cannot condense the "Qing Ke Dan".
It is precisely because of this that Xing Qu can become the master of the Shuoyang Taoist Temple with only the eighth level of Qi training. In addition to himself, there are two hired casual cultivators in the Taoist temple, one with the fifth level of Qi training and the other with
He is at the sixth level of Qi, not too young, and is a local monk in Shuoyang City.
The rest are ordinary Taoists with no magic power. There are more than 150 of them, and they help take care of the daily chores of Shuoyang Taoist Temple, such as people from the city coming to the temple to pray for blessings, offering incense, giving alms, and cleaning.
Wait.
There are nearly a thousand small temples like Shuoyang Taoist Temple in the Yue Kingdom. Some Taoist temples are not as big as Shuoyang Taoist Temple, and even most of the temple owners are casual cultivators hired by Huang Shengzong Hua Lingshi.
When Xing Qu was first transferred to Shuoyang Taoist Temple, he always had a doubt in his mind. Why did the sect spend a lot of spiritual stones to build so many Taoist temples that could not condense the "Qingke Dan", and also hired a large number of casual cultivators to take care of the Taoist temples? Is it just
In order to give out "Jian Yue Ling Pei" to the people all over the world for free?
Until ten years ago, an inspection envoy from the "Jianyue Immortal Sect" came to the Taoist Temple. Accompanied by a senior deacon of the sect, he carefully inspected the Shuoyang Taoist Temple and secretly visited the people in the city about the reputation of Shuoyang Taoism. p>
Xing Qu took the time to ask the sect's deacon and found out that the sect's expense and effort to maintain so many useless Taoist temples was not the sect's original intention, but a death order issued by the "Jian Yue Xian Sect".
As Xing Qu originally guessed, these Taoist temples were established precisely to distribute a "Jian Yue Ling Pendant" to everyone in the world. Not only the Huang Sheng Sect needs this, but all sects in the world are the same.
The "Jian Yue Immortal Sect" has ordered that all towns with more than 100,000 people within the jurisdiction of the sects in the world must build a Jian Yue Taoist temple, and issue "Jian Yue Lingpei" to the people through the Taoist temple. If there is an incident between sects,
During war, the Jian Yue Taoist Temple is not allowed to be destroyed. Anyone who violates this will be severely punished.
Xing Qu asked why the "Jian Yue Immortal Sect" issued this order and what benefit it would have to the "Jian Yue Immortal Sect"? But the sect deacon did not answer, or even the sect deacon himself might not know clearly about the "Jian Yue Immortal Sect"
The profound meaning of issuing this order.
"Look! There." When a group of people were sweating like rain under the scorching sun, the sharp-eyed policeman suddenly pointed to the horizon and exclaimed.
I saw several streaks of light appearing between the mountains and white clouds in the distance. They were extremely fast and reached the sky above Shuoyang City in the blink of an eye. They were four immortals flying with swords. Below were the officials and policemen of Shuoyang City.
The yamen servants all put their feet up and looked up, looking excited and chatting away.
"Silence! How unbecoming!" Magistrate He saw Old Guanzhu Xing on the side looking unhappy, and immediately shouted to everyone behind him.
"Xing Qu, the master of Shuoyang Taoist Temple, has met four Taoist friends!" After the four sword lights fell, Xing Qu stepped forward and said with a smile.
"Xuanhan, a poor Taoist, came to Shuoyang City to host the "Spirit Testing Conference" under the order of the sect. This is the fourth junior brother Li Feng, this is the sixth junior brother Liu Yu, and this is the seventh junior sister Tang Zhi." Zhang Yuanzhen said.
Disciple "Xuanhan" nodded slightly and responded.
"It turns out it's senior Xuanhan. Disciple Xing Qu is disrespectful!" The old man Xing Qu immediately raised his hands and saluted and said. Although the other party looks young, the world of cultivation can only have a name after establishing a foundation. Xing Qu does not dare to rely on his old age to show off.<
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"You don't need to be like this, fellow Daoist Xing!" Xuan Han smiled and returned the greeting.
"These two fellow Taoists are enshrined in the temple! Fellow Daoist Huang and Fellow Daoist Li!" Xing Qu turned sideways and began to introduce the welcoming people behind him.
"The poor Taoist Huang Ci and the poor Taoist Li Fengyu have met four masters!" Two old casual cultivators employed by Huang Shengzong hurriedly came forward and bowed respectfully.
"Li Feng, Liu Yu, and Tang Zhi, I have met two fellow Taoists." The three of them hurriedly bowed in return.
"Senior Xuanhan, this is the prefect of Shuoyang City." Xing Qu introduced, pointing to the court official behind him who wore a black gauze hat and a blue-patterned belted robe.
"Your Majesty, He Niu, will bring all the officials of Shuoyang City to pay homage to the four immortal masters!" He Niu, the magistrate of Shuoyang City, bowed and said. Behind him, officials of all sizes and other policemen, and the government officials knelt down one after another, shouting in unison.
Said: "Little man, pay homage to the four immortal masters!"
"Everyone, please get up quickly!" Taoist Xuanhan stepped forward to help He Niu up, and then said to the kneeling officials, policemen, yamen and others.
"Can Magistrate He inform us of this "spiritual testing conference"?" Taoist Xuanhan asked about the business.
"Master Immortal, please rest assured. All the seventy-eight townships in the six counties under the jurisdiction of Shuoyang City have posted announcements. In half a month, the Immortal Sect's "Spirit Testing Conference" will be held in Shuoyang City for a period of one month! All counties are ordered to arrest people.
Come on, the government officials are running around to tell you, and the people of this province will definitely come and actively participate!" Magistrate He hurriedly replied.
"Then Magistrate He will take everyone back first! Then we will make preparations for the "Spirit Testing Conference"." Taoist Xuanhan said with a frown as he looked at the crowd of people, sweating profusely.
"Immortal Master, I have set up a banquet at the "Drunken Dream Tower" in the city to welcome all the immortal masters." Magistrate He said with a smile.
"Thank you all! I am tired from traveling for many days, so I won't go!" Taoist Xuanhan said politely.
"Prefect He will go back first! The old Taoist master will greet the four masters." Seeing that Prefect He still wanted to invite him, Xing Laoguan hurriedly interrupted him for fear of offending Xuan Han and others.
"Then I will resign first!" Magistrate He did not dare to say more. He bowed to Liu Yu and the others and left in a hurry with a group of people.
"Senior "Xuanhan", please follow Xing!" Master Xing led Liu Yu and the four of them to the quiet room that had been arranged to rest.