Chunyang First Headmaster

Chapter 212
In the blink of an eye, the day of Double Ninth Festival has arrived.

The Emei School was decorated with lanterns and festoons everywhere, and the guards were strict. They had brought the disciples over early and invited all the guests to the Ziyun Terrace to watch the ceremony.

The Ziyun Terrace is the highest point of the back mountain of Emei, and far away is the even more majestic and taller Jinding main peak, but this Emei Golden Summit is already in the bag of Buddhism. Unable to take Jinding back under the door.

Those who can be invited to come here are all Taoist elites. They have already known the situation clearly, and they can only sigh sadly when they see it.

Xiao Qianli brought people from the Chunyang Sect to Ziyun Terrace, and saw that the place was covered with bluestones, which were extremely smooth. Thinking about it, he didn't know how much painstaking effort, manpower and material resources it took to build this huge platform.When he took a closer look, he saw that some of the stones had ax-hewn marks that were very new. Although they had been covered with mud and moss, it could be seen that they were recently patched up. Obviously, the Ziyun Terrace has been destroyed for a long time, and it has clearly witnessed the Taoism. The past from prosperity to decline.

The heroes of Taoism came to the top of the back mountain of Emei, and saw dozens of small wooden pavilions, large and small, built on the huge platform, and immediately followed Emei to receive the disciples and guide them, they all took their seats.

Some young disciples led a few people to a small wooden pavilion on the west side of the platform. There was a small sign with three big characters "Chunyang Palace" hanging on the small pavilion, which was obviously arranged in advance.

Xiao Qianli immediately ordered the disciples to sit in the gazebo, Qin Yuyao didn't shy away from it, and sat down next to Liu Suifeng, but she felt sorry for Liu Suifeng's uneasiness, twisting and turning on the chair, it was like sitting on pins and needles.

Everyone has been used to it for the past few days, and they don't see strange things, just pretend they haven't seen them.After Xiao Qianli glanced roughly, no less than a thousand people had already come to Ziyun Terrace.

I saw another group of people coming, and the leader was Daoist Xihe from Shenxiao Sect. Seeing Xiao Qianli sitting in the pavilion, Daoist Xihe was slightly startled, stepped forward and saluted, "I've seen fellow Taoist!"

Xiao Qianli stood up to return the salute, Taoist Xihe turned his head and glanced, and said, "I never thought that the noble and my sects would be sitting close to each other. Why don't we put the two pavilions together so that we can communicate with each other in our spare time."

The wooden pavilion was originally a roof supported by a few pillars, and it is not difficult to move and disassemble it. Xiao Qianli nodded with a smile. At that moment, two disciples from each of the two factions stood up. Chu Xun and Guo Pengcheng stood at a corner. Lift it up, move it a few feet, and put it together with the wooden pavilion of the Shenxiao sect.

The two factions were seated again, Xiao Qianli and Taoist Xihe were less than two feet apart, exchanged a few words of greeting, and waited quietly for the ceremony to begin.

The gathering of heroes is a grand event, and many hermits in the mountains and forests who have rarely walked on the rivers and lakes have also appeared at this time.

After waiting for half an hour, there was only a commotion, but dozens of people surrounded a tall and thin old Taoist. Floating in.I saw him with a crane top and a turtle back, phoenix eyes and sparse brows, ruddy complexion, and elegant demeanor, obviously a man of integrity.

Taoist Xihe suddenly said: "Friend Xiao Daoist, this is Taoist Xuanguan who is the head of Emei sect. He has stopped fighting after taking over the position of sect master more than [-] years ago. I don't know what state he is in now."

Xiao Qianli took a good look with his eyes, turned around on Taoist Xuanguan, and saw his appearance and demeanor clearly, then looked away, and said with a smile: "Friend Tao is not bad at all! Taoist Xuanguan Jun is as vain as a valley, his realm is ethereal, and his cultivation is truly unfathomable."

Taoist Xuanguan climbed to the high platform in the square, gave a Taoist salute, and said in a loud voice: "All fellow Taoists are invited." The mountain wind was very strong on Ziyuntai, and everyone was scattered in the pavilions around. But the words came to everyone's ears clearly.

Everyone stood up in unison and returned the salute one after another.

Taoist Xuanguan smiled slightly, and said: "All fellow Taoists have come to Emei, and Xuanguan is very grateful. Before all the friends came here, most of them must have received the order of the Sanqing. Today is the cooperation of my Taoist sect. Concentric, together to participate in the Double Ninth Ceremony, Xuanguan is the landlord, and dare to be this grand ceremony." Thousands of people in the audience said in unison: "It should be like this!" Taoist Xuanguan smiled: "Everyone, please sit down."

After everyone was seated, seeing that the time had come, many Emei disciples immediately stepped forward and set up altars, incense, candles and other things for sacrifice. There were ten offerings of incense, flowers, lamps, water, fruits, tea, food, treasures, beads, and clothes. Every five plates of offerings constitute a class, which is divided into nine classes
Taoist Xuanguan straightened his clothes, and with a wave of his right hand, the eight candles in front of the altar were immediately lit. In Taoist sacrificial rites, lighting candles means "silver lamps and shadows are shining brightly, shining on the sky, shining brilliantly and spit out silver rainbows, Make an offering devoutly, and collect blessings to welcome you.” Although the mountain wind is bitter, it can’t blow out the big candle as thick as a child’s arm. elsewhere.

Immediately afterwards, Taoist Xuanguan bowed to the east, took three incense sticks, lit them on the candle, and respectfully inserted them into the incense burner. The three sticks form a pillar, which means "three treasures incense".Taoist Xuanguan paid nine obeisances, and then lit the nine pillars to send incense.Its meaning is "pure and moral incense, offering to the emperor, looking at the auspicious light of the Dharma driving from afar." The nine-pillar incense symbolizes the nine heavens and pays homage to the Taoist gods in the nine palaces.

Daoist Xuanguan made three salutes to the court, knelt on the futon and melted paper money, and said in a loud voice: "Today, I will show the true spirit and sincerity, and seek the prosperity of the Taoist sect forever!"

At this time, all the people who came up to Ziyun Terrace were Taoist elites, they all stood up and said in unison: "Yongyou Taoism is prosperous!"

Just listen to Taoist Xuanguan reciting slowly: "Above the Jade Realm, Brahma Qi Miluo, the highest is the highest, the sky in the sky..." Some people in the audience followed and recited, while others recited: "Locating in the Shangqing Realm, named Lingbaojun. The ancestors were born in a catastrophe, and there are more than [-] Brahma Qi..."

Among the people present, only Chunyang Palace chanted differently. Lu Wuyan, Liu Suifeng and others chanted: "Set up teachings according to the direction, and save people through calamities. I am the teacher of the emperor, the teacher of the emperor, and the teacher of the king." , the pseudonym changed the name..." Guo Yuying deeply hated that when Taoist Qingyue passed on the scriptures, she deserted and couldn't memorize the "Taiqing Baogao", so she had no choice but opened her mouth and lowered her head. go down.

The voices of several people in Chunyang Palace sounded together, and the people who heard it nearby all looked over in amazement.

After the recitation of the scriptures was finished, Daoist Xuanguan stood up, looked around the audience, and said with a smile: "I would like to teach fellow Taoists to know that in today's grand ceremony, the "Sanqing Baogao" is collected for the first time, it is really gratifying Hey!"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the venue was in an uproar. Except for a few small pavilions near Chunyang Palace, most people looked around in a daze, wondering which sect had received the inheritance of Taiqing Taoism.

Taoist Xuanguan turned his head, cast his eyes on Xiao Qianli from afar, and said with a smile: "This head teacher Xiao comes from Chunyang Palace of Yuxu Peak in Kunlun Mountain. Gathering for more than a year, red flowers, white lotuses and green lotus leaves have reappeared in the world, which is in response to the great prosperity of the Taoist sect!"

Hearing Taoist Xuanguan's words, Xiao Qian was surprised, and said to himself: "I don't know the head of Emei, but he raised Chunyang Palace so high, what is his intention?"

It's just that he didn't have time to think about it at this moment, he stood up immediately, and said in a loud voice: "Xiao has met all fellow Taoists!" This time he used up his internal strength, and the voice spread far away. All heard clearly.

(End of this chapter)