The longevity of the heavens begins with Mingyu Gong

Chapter 389 300 Years After Journey to the West

Hearing Yan Chixia speak, Xu Xian subconsciously looked at the grandparents and grandchildren in the corner.

The old man who was leaning his head in the shadow of the corner, making it hard to see his face, hesitated for a moment when he heard Yan Chixia's question, and slowly raised his head and said: "It turns out to be Hero Yan, old and dim-sighted, sorry for being rude."

Only then did everyone realize that this seemingly ordinary old man was actually hiding something.

Yan Chixia's eyes showed a bit of solemnity, she didn't expect to meet this old man surnamed Yu in Lanruo Temple.

Yu Lao looks like an ordinary performer, but in fact he was born in Hezao Mountain. The seven notes on Yunji he repaired are inherited from the ancient Zhuyou, and he is proficient in manipulating paper figurines, clay puppets and puppets.

Those who practice this technique must prepare a quiet room, several seven-color papers, a piece of bluestone, 49 inches long, 49 inches wide, and [-] minutes thick. A table is placed on the east side, with paper, pens and cinnabar on it.

When all things are ready, in the middle of the night, in the quiet room, the seven-color papers are stacked together in the order of white, yellow, red, blue, purple, and black, glued together, and cut into paper figurines, seven inches high, with a total of 49 paper-cut figurines , each time you cut a mantra, take a breath and blow it on the paper.

Press all the paper figurines under the bluestone, so that they cannot be exposed, and put a scarf on the stone with a talisman written in cinnabar to suppress ghosts.

Afterwards, every time you practice, take out a paper figurine, burn it together with the soul-calling talisman, recite the mantra seven times, and then put the paper figurine under the stone without repeating it.

By the 49th day, the paper figurine had a soul. When it took time, it was taken out from under the stone, and after a breath, it became a soldier and could be commanded at will.

If the practice is less than 49 days, the paper figurine cannot be controlled. If the ghost-suppressing charm is torn off, the paper figurine will become a villain, endangering all directions.

Yu Lao is a leader in this way. He travels the world and pretends to be a performer. When encountering monsters, he casts spells to drive them away.

Yan Chixia was in the south of the Yangtze River at the beginning, traveling all over the world, happened to meet this old man selling art at a stall, and saw him subdue demons, so she asked for advice, so she became a little friendly.

"I heard that Great Xia Yan chased and killed the Seven-Tailed Demon Fox and went out of the pass, why are you here now?" Yu Lao asked calmly, raising his head, his previous restraint gone.

Yan Chixia said: "I received a letter from my senior brother saying that there will be demons in Wuzhou, so I came to help my senior brother. But Yu Lao, did you find any demons when you appeared in Lanruo Temple?"

Yu Lao sighed: "Wuzhou experienced military disasters first, and then encountered demons and demons. The people are struggling to survive. The old man is just doing his best to obey the destiny and do his best. The origin of Lanruo Temple can be traced back to 300 years ago. gone."

Maybe it's because he's getting old, but when Mr. Yu talked about the origin of Lanruo Temple, several people could only listen attentively.

"Lanruo Temple was destroyed 40 years ago when Emperor Wuzong exterminated Buddhism, but 300 years ago, this temple has a lot of origins. It was the temple built by the king of Tang for Master Xuanzang who went to the West to seek Mahayana Buddhist scriptures when he returned to China. .”

As soon as Yu Lao opened his mouth, he surprised several people. They didn't expect that Lanruo Temple would involve Xuanzang, a Buddhist sect 300 years ago.

"At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Lao Tzu was respected as the ancestor. In order to win the battle with Taoism, Xuanzang made a great wish to go to Tianzhu to seek the true Buddha. It took 14 years to bring back 81 volumes of Mahayana Buddhist scriptures, making Buddhism a great success in the Tang Dynasty. Two major sects alongside Taoism."

Gently put down the boy in the arms of the veteran, got up and came to the center of the hall, looked at the broken Buddha statue, and said softly: "It is rumored that Master Xuanzang was the first abbot of this Lanruo Temple, and finally passed away in this Lanruo Temple. The real Wukong inherits his mantle and guards the great demon suppressed by Master Xuanzang at the bottom of Lanruo Temple."

"Real Wukong?" Song Xing couldn't help interjecting when he heard this, "Is this real Wukong a human or a demon?"

Yu Lao looked back at Song Xing, his eyes were cloudy: "Master Xuanzang's successor is naturally a human being, why do you have such doubts?"

Song Xing let out a light snort, and disguised his words: "I once heard a storybook, which told the story of Master Xuanzang's journey to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures. In the storybook, the real Wukong is a demon that Master Xuanzang subdued."

Xu Xian next to him asked suspiciously: "What script? I have read many ancient and modern scripts, why haven't I read this story?"

Mr. Yu shook his head and said, "How can this story be taken seriously. Maybe it is the deeds of Master Xuanzang that are spread among the people, and they were adapted out of context."

At this time, Yan Chixia also interjected: "Old Yu, I know the story of Master Xuanzang seeking Buddhist scriptures, but this real Wukong seems to seldom appear in the classics."

When she was young, Yan Chixia was erudite and talented. In addition to being familiar with a subset of scriptures and history, she was also familiar with various essays, interesting histories, and religious classics, but she had never read the deeds of the real Wukong.

Mr. Yu looked at the few people gathered around him, thought for a while, and said slowly, "Have Hero Yan ever heard of Jedi Tiantong?"

When Song Xing saw Yan Chixia heard the word "Jedi Tiantong", his face suddenly became serious, and his heart moved.

Jedi Tiantong, an ancient Chinese mythology and allusion, heaven and earth, gods and humans perform their own duties and do not interfere with each other.

According to ancient records, in the Shaohao clan in ancient times, humans and gods were not mixed, and only some special people could become witches, and they were responsible for the communication between the people and the gods.

The five sense organs perform their duties without confusion, the common people are loyal and trustworthy, and the gods have virtues.In this way, the gods bless the land, the grain grows well, the disaster does not come, and the people's life is rich.

When the Shaohao clan declined, the Jiuli tribe disrupted the moral government and mixed the people with the gods.Everyone can sacrifice, every family has witches, and there is no agreement between humans and gods.

There are no rules for sacrifices, and the people despise oaths, and the majesty of the gods cannot be displayed.

The people are poor in offering sacrifices, but they are not rewarded, the grain is not protected, and disasters are frequent.

Therefore, Zhuanxu ordered the gods to be in charge of the sky, and Li to be in charge of the people on the earth, so as to restore the original order.

Yan Chixia naturally knew this allusion, but he didn't know why Yu Lao would say such words.

Seeing that Yan Chixia was puzzled, Yu Lao said again: "Actually, 300 years ago, after Journey to the West, the world had undergone drastic changes. The world is in chaos."

"After Journey to the West, Jedi Tiantong?"

Hearing what Yu Lao said, Song Xing was also very surprised. He didn't expect to hear some kind of remarks about Journey to the West and about gods and Buddhas in this small Lanruo Temple.

Isn't this just the troubled times of the Tang Dynasty at Lanruo Temple, or the troubled times of Journey to the West 300 years later?
Yu Lao went on to say: "300 years ago, after Journey to the West, Buddhism and Taoism flourished, demons did not show up, the world was peaceful, and it was also a great world for practitioners. Decades later, the gods and Buddhas disappeared overnight, leaving behind the mortal world. The inheritance is also closed to the mountains to hide from the world, which led to the terrible scene of demons rampant 300 years later."

"What makes people more concerned is that what happened 300 years ago cannot be written down at all. Hezao Mountain was born in a branch of the Qing Dynasty, and only a few words of the deeds of the year were passed down by word of mouth. The unknown True, somewhat false."

"Before you came, I tested it with a secret method, and I didn't notice any evil spirits growing in Lanruo Temple. However, if the rumors that Master Xuanzang and Master Wukong suppressed the big demon here are true, maybe you and I came today for it. Yes, it is the big demon from 300 years ago."

(End of this chapter)