Chapter 170: Returning to the Mountain and Respecting the Ancestors
Ten days later, the peak of the main peak of Maoshan Mountain, in the Jiuxiao Palace.
I was dressed in Taoist robes, respectfully from the right side of the door into the Jiuxiao Palace hall, in front of the statue of Da Mao Zhenjun, on both sides of the case, respectively, stood Master and Gu Tan, they are all dressed in Taoist robes, solemn expressions, jade furnace incense, the deacons of each hall are wearing class clothes on both sides, full of majesty, among which the apprenticeship rituals, I have long been familiar with the heart. Respectfully walked to the god case, I first bowed, then knelt, kowtowed three times, and then got up and bowed, knelt down and kowtowed three times, so that the three bows and nine bows were completed.
Immediately afterwards, he asked for incense and tea for the ancestor, so solemnly worshiped the ancestor, and then took refuge and received ordination.
Master sat down on the side, I turned around and came to Master with a cup of tea, knelt down respectfully, and then offered the tea, and said, "Master, please use tea!" Master smiled and took the tea, then took a sip, nodded, and put the cup down.
After a pause, the master said with a serious face: "Ergou, now that you are the teacher again, you can be regarded as officially worshipping under my Yang Yuanshan Gate." For the teacher to give you the Taoist name Xianchu, you will no longer be Li Ergou in the future, but Li Xianchu! Refuge, ordination, and transmission are simplified and replaced by the teacher's book in you, and ......" As he spoke, Master slowly stretched out his hand to the side, and at this time, a disciple respectfully handed over a wooden box, and Master took the wooden box and put his hands in my hands.
I was puzzled and took the wooden box and asked, "Master, what's in it?" ”
The master said solemnly: "There is your soul card in it, originally this soul card was to be properly hidden in the mountains for the teacher, in order to prevent you from abandoning good and evil in the future, it is also good to restrain you, but the teacher knows that you are a child with a pure temperament, and I don't believe that you will have that day, so this soul card, or you should hide it yourself!" As for the position, it will be awarded in the future, today is to let you return to the mountain to respect your ancestors, from now on, you are the real Maoshan heir! ”
When I heard this, I immediately kowtowed to Master three times excitedly, and said in a slightly choked voice, "Thank you, Master!" Disciple to heart! Let the Maoshan Taoism be carried forward! ”
"Well, go and meet your uncles!"
Master nodded, casually pointed to the other side, I hurriedly stood up, but what I saw was Gu Tan. I saw Gu Tan standing there indifferently, as if waiting for me to bow down.
However, before I could say the title, I only heard Gu Tan say lightly: "Xianchu, whether it is age or Taoism, I am above your master, as the saying goes, the master comes first, you should call me a master." This number of etiquette is a big problem, and there is no room for a little sloppiness! After that, Gu Tan raised his head proudly, with an arrogant face.
"Gu Tan, although we are our own sects, but when we worshiped Maoshan at the same time, there was no succession, and now I officially accept apprentices, and I should call you Uncle at the beginning!"
Master slowly stood up and retorted to Gu Tan.
When Gu Tan heard this, he was immediately unhappy: "Of course it should be Uncle Shi, I am now the head of the Maoshan faction, and I am on cultivation and fame, I am above your Yang Yuan Mountain, why are you taller than me?" At the beginning of Xianchu, he is not called a teacher? ”
"Xianchu, it's called Uncle Gu Tan!"
"Xianchu, I am older than your master, of course you should call me uncle!"
"Uncle Shi!"
"Uncle!"
“…………”
For a while, Master and Gu Tan actually quarreled, I knelt on the ground with an embarrassed face, and on the other hand, everyone else also opened their mouths dumbly, but no one dared to go up to care about the dispute between the two great masters. As a last resort, I quietly turned around and saluted the uncles on the side one by one. There are a lot of these uncles, just this Jiuxiao Palace, there are two major attics of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion and the Holy Master Pavilion, respectively, there are uncles in charge, as well as Taiyuan Palace, Gaozhen Palace, Two Temples, Lingguan Palace, Dragon King Hall and other five halls of the stewards of the uncle, in addition to Yuxiang Daoyuan, Huanxiu Daoyuan, Qiyun Daoyuan, Chongbi Daoyuan, Lizhen Daoyuan, Yihu Daoyuan Six Avenue Courtyard of the housekeeper uncle, the two Taoist housekeepers and so on, all worship once, it has been half an hour.
However, at this moment, some uncles quietly waved their hands to me and asked me to come closer, and I hurried to the front, only to hear the uncle in charge of the Lizhen Taoist Academy whispering to me: "Persuade them, this is the ancestral hall, you can't make noise...... We can't control the two of them old and stubborn, if you can't persuade them, just leave early and let them quarrel. After that, all the uncles and their disciples bowed to the statue of the ancestor one after another, turned around and left the Jiuxiao Palace one after another, and went back separately.
I was left with my eyes wide open, watching Master and Gu Tan arguing. And at this time, I saw Shangguan Jin also standing behind Gu Tan with a helpless face, and he didn't even dare to let go of a fart, so I had to look at Shangguan Jin, and motioned for him to hold Gu Tan, and I grabbed my master, hoping to stop them. Shangguan Jin nodded, agreeing with my idea. At the same time, we each stopped our master and whispered, "Master, everyone is done......"
"Huh?"
Master and Gu Tan both turned their heads to look at the empty hall, and both of them were speechless. Then, the two of them flicked their sleeves, snorted coldly, and walked away. Originally, it was a decent and dignified festival to return to the mountain and respect the ancestors, but it was made to such a point, helplessly, the two sects of Mi Xian have always been incompatible, and neither of them is willing to be lower than the other, they both want to press each other, no matter what time it is.
I'm afraid that only when someone can officially unify the Maoshan faction can they get the highest right to speak.
Gu Tan is now the honorary head of the Maoshan Sect, and his own power is greater than that of Tantra, so he occupies the upper five halls, and the master is in charge of the lower six Taoist courtyards. As for the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion and the Holy Master Pavilion, they are jointly supported by the two secret sects. Master didn't say anything along the way, and took me around the Jiuxiao Palace for a long time, blowing a cool breeze for a long time, before taking me to the Lizhen Taoist Temple.
Before entering the door, the master said: "The Lizhen Daoist Academy is managed by your Uncle Ge Suzhen, and the inner courtyard of the Law Enforcement Hall where you lived a few days ago is managed by your Senior Brother Yan Sen, but the Law Enforcement Hall is part of the outer gate in the Maoshan Sect, and it is not subject to the restrictions of the Mi Xian Sect and remains neutral, so it is inconvenient for you to live there all the time." In the future, our master and apprentice will temporarily live in this Sixth Avenue Courtyard. ”
"Huh! I knew that Senior Brother Yang would come to my Lizhen Taoist Academy, so the tea was ready! ”
It was the uncle who asked me to persuade him in the ancestral hall before, it turned out that he was the Ge Suzhen that the master said, he looked me up and down, and Uncle Ge smiled and said, "What? Aren't you used to it? Hehe, but we are all used to the battle between their two grandmasters, the literary and the martial, we have all seen them, so we know that we can't persuade them, every time we see them arguing, we immediately hide away, you will get used to it in the future, come in with your master. ”
"Thank you Uncle Ge for your teachings!"
I respectfully clenched my fists and bowed, and then walked into the Taoist courtyard with Master. In the quiet room, Uncle Ge really prepared fragrant tea for us, and when we sat down, Uncle Ge motioned to his disciples to retreat, and then said with a smile: "Now your Tantric Sect is weak, but the Maoshan Sect knows that if it is really about Taoism, their Sect will naturally not be able to compare with you, but now Gu Tan has the real power of the Maoshan Sect, and it is also helpless to suppress your Tantra, unless you can find it one day...... What you want, unify the Maoshan faction and completely solve the thousand-year battle between the two secret sects! ”
"Senior Brother Suzhen, the battle between the two sects of Mixian has lasted for thousands of years, and they cannot be integrated from generation to generation, if you want to really wait until the day when the Maoshan faction is unified, I don't know when."
The master smiled bitterly, took a sip of the tea, and then asked in a low voice, "Senior Brother Suzhen, I asked you to send someone to inquire about the news a few days ago, do you have eyebrows?" ”
When Uncle Ge heard this, he couldn't help but sigh lightly and said, "The Earth Immortal Ancestor is mysterious and unpredictable, and it is not easy to find his old man with just a few young disciples. However, his old man has the power of an unpredictable prophet, and he must have been reluctant to return to the Maoshan faction for a long time, which has his own reasons. Maybe...... Maybe I just deliberately didn't want to see you Secret Manifestation Sect! That's why I left the Earth Fairy Boy to prevaricate you in the Earth Immortal Palace, so that your respective wishful thinking will fail, and no one can beat the idea of the Earth Immortal Palace! ”
Hearing this, I couldn't help but speak: "Master, even if the Earth Immortal Ancestor Yunyou doesn't come back, but I heard that ......" In the middle of the words, I suddenly saw Uncle Ge, and I didn't know if these words should be said in front of Uncle Ge, so I hesitated for a moment and swallowed the words back.
"It's fine!"
The master waved his hand and said: "The stewards of the Six Great Dao Courtyards and the other five Dao Courtyards basically do not associate with Weishi and Gu Tan in order to avoid suspicion, but your Uncle Ge is an exception, he and Weishi were once brothers from the same master's family, and they have nothing to say, just say what you want to say." Hearing this, I hurriedly smiled apologetically at Uncle Ge, and Uncle Ge also gently gave me a comforting smile.
Since Master said so, I naturally don't have to shy away from Uncle Ge. Immediately said: "I heard that even if the Earth Immortal Ancestor doesn't come back, it's not that he can't get the key to the fourfold secret vault, I know that if you want to enter the Demon Sealing Cave, you must pass through the Quadruple Secret Vault, and this Quadruple Secret Vault has many organs, and ordinary people can't enter it at all, even if the master is so profound, it is difficult to guard against, so if you want to pass through the Quadruple Secret Vault, you must have a key to close the mechanism, otherwise no one will want to enter the Demon Sealing Cave." However, this key may be in the hands of the fairy boy in the land, and even if he doesn't have it, he must know how to get the secret vault key! ”
After a pause, I continued: "So, I think Gu Tan will definitely make a fuss about the Earth Fairy Boy!" Master, this ...... You can't afford to be on guard! ”