From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 435: The Parade of the Gods of the Citong Tree
Fujian built, Citong City.

Baijiao Tzu Chi Temple is a landmark folk building built in Fujian and famous both at home and abroad. The front hall has a multi-story building with a veranda, a foyer and a bell and drum tower. The middle hall is the main hall, supported by dozens of huge stone pillars, including twelve large stone pillars with coiled dragons, which look majestic, mysterious and spectacular.

Wang Shuhuan and Wang Xianghong, two Taoist disciples who had returned home, looked at each other in the front hall of Baijiao Tzu Chi Temple.

The two of them were called by the elders of the family to guide them in making the pagoda bone statues for the parade on the fourth day of the first lunar month.

Fujian is a region with very rich folk beliefs. The local people worship a wide variety of gods, among which Mazu, Baosheng Dadi, Three Holy Kings, Huaguang Dadi, Wuling Gong, and Taishan Mansion have the widest influence.

The old people here believe that the gods will return to heaven to report on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month every year, and will return to the people on the 4th day of the first lunar month. In order to welcome the return of the gods, the villagers take the statues of the gods out of the temple, place them on sedan chairs and parade them, which means that the gods are inspecting the people and bringing a year of health and happiness. This is the so-called parade of gods.

When gods travel, they need divine generals with them. For example, Emperor Baosheng is preceded by thirty-six heavenly generals, Master Zhu, Lord Kuixing, Prince Guanping, and General Zhou Cang.

These assistant generals will not be carried out of the temple in a sedan chair carried by eight people, but will be made into pagoda bone statues.

The pagoda bone statue is also called "the great god", which is mainly divided into "head tube" and "frame". The head tube is carved from camphor wood, and the body frame is woven from bamboo strips. Every year when the god parade season comes, the head tube and the bamboo frame are assembled together, and then clothes and helmets are put on. When welcoming the god, people get into the bamboo frame and carry the statue on their shoulders.

When these pagoda bone statues were made in the major temples of gods in Fujian this year, they all began to invite Taoist disciples who had returned home to provide Taoist guidance, and the Taoist disciples wore them during the parade.

In the words of the villagers, these Taoist students have all come into contact with real gods and may become gods themselves in the future, so it is most appropriate for them to preside over the parade.

As a disciple of Baiyun Taoist Temple, Wang Shuhuan was extremely popular. In the end, Baijiao Tzu Chi Temple spent a huge amount of money to contact Wang Shuhuan's grandfather, and Wang Xianghong was also sent as a gift.

Wang Xianghong's facial muscles were so stiff that he had to keep smiling. He asked Wang Shuhuan in a low voice: "Brother, do you know these? What do the gods in front of the throne of Baosheng Dadi look like and what do they wear?
“Nonsense, of course I won’t.

"What? You guys at Baiyun Taoist Academy don't teach these things?"

"Why, you teach in Qinghai Daoyuan?"

"Not even a word."

The two brothers fell into silence.

Faced with the carpenter's questions, he could only nod and shake his head without uttering a single word.

After two days of hard work, the pagoda bone statue was finally completed. The two brothers swore countless times that they would be there on time for the parade on the fourth day of the first lunar month. Only then were they released by the Baijiao Tzu Chi Temple.

"Oh my god, this is simply life-threatening! We are just students, how can students understand? How can I understand the parade of gods!" Wang Xianghong came out of Baijiao Tzu Chi Temple and immediately began to wail and complain: "They also said that we can act according to the Taoist priests in our Taoist temple! The dean of our Taoist temple drinks every day and randomly respawns anywhere in the Taoist temple in the early morning. If I act this out, their Baosheng Dadi will be so angry that he will come alive!"

"How about your Baiyun Taoist Academy? How are the lecturers there?"

Wang Shuhuan was silent for a long time, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

There are four lecturers. Zhu Ling is made to cry by Liu Ming and his friends' dancing every day. Yu Bao is sweet and soft like the big sister next door. Wang Xin got lost while looking for his lost students. As for Zhao Ziyao... it's better not to mention her.

These four are all very...people-friendly.

"Forget it. They have taught you the basic steps anyway. Since you promised grandpa, just go back and watch some videos and learn them." Wang Shuhuan consoled him, then hailed a taxi on the side of the road to go home.

Since being admitted to the Taoist academy, the two guys' status in the family has risen sharply, and some family affairs will begin to seek their consent.

"Okay." Wang Xianghong looked downcast. After getting in the car, he heard Wang Shuhuan talking to the driver and looked up in surprise: "Aren't you going home? Then where are we going now?"

Wang Shuhuan rolled his eyes at him and said, "Why do you care so much? Just go."

Wang Xianghong wanted to refute, but seeing Wang Shuhuan's expression, he swallowed the words back.

Wang Shuhuan has now mastered the Qi drawing, but he has not yet mastered the Qi drawing. Judging from his exchanges with Wang Shuhuan over the past few days and the bruises on his body, the gap between the two is huge.

The taxi started slowly and then drove through the small town of Minjian.

There is no snow in Minjian, but it is still very cold in winter. Looking around, the trees on the roadside are desolate and the leaves are withered.

Not far away you can see a temple similar to the Baijiao Tzu Chi Temple. Villagers are bustling in front of the temple, and the air is filled with the sound of incense and noise.

Suddenly, Wang Xianghong pointed out the window at an extremely luxurious palace on the roadside and shouted to Wang Shuhuan,
"Brother, look over there! When was it built? Why are there so many people there? I have no impression of it."

This palace seems to be even more popular than the Baijiao Tzu Chi Temple. It covers a very large area and is a brick, stone and wood structure with a double-eaved hip roof. There are twelve dragon pillars outside the palace alone, and on the ceiling of the left corridor of the front hall there are painted patterns of phoenix heads, turtle backs, dragon claws, lion feet, tiger legs, and Bai Ze tails. The tourists coming and going are unable to queue up to get into the palace, and a long dragon stretches to the road. Many traffic police are trying to maintain order.

The driver glanced at it calmly and said, "Oh, that, that's Baiyun Yuchan Palace. In this day and age, there are so many people who believe in fake gods, let alone a real one."

"This is dedicated to Master Miaofa and Master Chi. If you turn in from Xiamen, you will see a large area there. There is a Xuantian Palace of Master Qi from Mount Qingcheng. Several other innate masters also have temples. There are also a lot of people coming to them every day... This is probably managed by the higher-ups, otherwise these masters would have their statues parading this year."

The driver couldn't help but sigh when he said this: "The world has really changed."

The two brothers looked at each other, and for a moment they were terribly shocked.

The car drove through the city of Citong. The two brothers sat in silence, watching the changes in this coastal town in just a few years.

This is just a microcosm of the changing times. The times are changing, the torrent is rolling.

After arriving at the destination, the two brothers got out of the car. Wang Xianghong looked at the familiar building in front of him and gave Wang Shuhuan a mischievous smile with a wink.

Wang Shuhuan was a little bit at a loss as to what to do after hearing Wang Xianghong's laughter. He pretended to be expressionless and knocked on the door.

"dong dong dong"

There was a knock on the door and a middle-aged woman with a wealthy appearance opened the door. After seeing Wang Shuhuan clearly, her face immediately became extremely enthusiastic.

"It's Shuhuan. My daughter often tells me about you. Come on, come in and sit down."

"Oh, no need, Auntie. We just passed by and came to see Chen Li. We will leave soon if something happens." Wang Shuhuan looked a little helpless. "Where is Chen Li? Is she at home? She hasn't replied to my message for a few days. I'm worried..."

"Hey, this damn kid, she has been locking herself in the room these days and won't let us in, saying that she has her own privacy. I don't know what's going on... Don't worry, she is fine." Unable to resist the aunt's enthusiasm, the two brothers went into the house to drink a cup of tea and eat a handful of melon seeds. However, Chen Li still did not come down from upstairs. The aunt went up and knocked on the door but there was no response. In the end, they could only leave in disappointment.

Through a gap in the curtains, a ray of light shone on Chen Li's face. Her originally clear and bright eyes were now full of bloodshot, and her dark circles made her look lifeless.

She silently watched the two brothers take a taxi and drive away. She held the scriptures of Baiyun Taoist Temple more tightly in her hands, but her face was extremely lonely.

"I've clearly tried my best, why... I still don't feel any energy..."

She raised her head, a gleam of light flashed across her tired eyes, and she said in a serious and determined tone: "I can definitely draw the energy, and I can definitely catch up with you."
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Shuchuan, Baiyun Mountain.

Zhu Ling, who has always been sticking to Baiyun Mountain and Li Yang, also applied for permission to go home for the New Year for the first time, saying that she wanted to go back to deal with the problems left behind by her sister.

On January 25th, Yang Yingying, the chairman of Huayi Group, personally drove to the foot of Baiyun Mountain to pick up Wang Xin and the Yang brothers and sisters. It seemed that only Li Yang and Chi Yanhong were left in the huge Baiyun Mountain.

After several days of continuous snowfall, the weather in Shuchuan finally returned to sunny.

Chi Yanhong loves snow. Since her disciples started to go down the mountain one after another, she has taken back the Zhaoluan Sword. Therefore, the back hills of Baiyun Mountain, covering dozens of hectares, are covered with snow.

Li Yang and Chi Yanhong watched Wang Xin and the Yang brothers and sisters leave. After the snow fell, the sky cleared up and all the clouds on Baiyun Mountain disappeared. The snow was white and the sky was blue, with the waves and clouds shining up and down. Looking down from the top of the mountain, Duan felt happy.

Chi Yanhong was relaxed and happy, but Li Yang frowned while holding the Tai Chi fish jade pendant in his hand: "Fellow Daoist Chi, this jade pendant is strange. Not to mention the material of the jade pendant, even the words on the jade pendant do not belong to the civilization currently known on Earth."

"A product of another world. Are you saying that this jade pendant came from another world?"

Li Yang nodded, and then said to Chi Yanhong righteously: "Not only that, the effect of this jade pendant is absolutely beyond our imagination. As the number one cultivator in the world, I feel that I have the responsibility to comprehend this jade pendant. I decided to retreat for half a month to comprehend this jade pendant!"

Chi Yanhong was a little worried when listening to Li Yang's previous words, but when he heard Li Yang say that he would be in seclusion for half a month, his face immediately turned cold.

"No, anyway, this jade pendant has existed in China for at least a thousand years. Our spiritual energy has not recovered for long. It won't be too late to comprehend it after the New Year. There is no need to rush."

Li Yang sighed in his heart, but his face remained calm: "Is that so... By the way, Lao Qi from Qingcheng Mountain invited me to attend their New Year's party. I'm afraid that what we agreed on is..."

Chi Yanhong rolled his eyes at him calmly: "That is a social gathering held by the Taoist Alliance to solve the single problem of some Taoist priests and to allow these Taoist priests with excellent qualifications to retain some bloodline... Are you sure you want to go?"

"Aba Aba" Li Yang opened his mouth and closed it again.

As he continued speaking, Chi Yanhong's Sun Essence Wheel and Zhaoluan Sword were already ready to move.

Seeing Li Yang's embarrassment, Chi Yanhong smiled playfully with a cold face: "Why, do you really not want to meet my parents?"

"Li Zhenjun, the world's number one cultivator who could face an ancient beast like the Yamata no Orochi without batting an eyelid, is actually afraid of two mortals."

"Afraid? How could I be afraid?"

Li Yang waved his sleeves righteously and said, "I'm just worried that once the two of us leave, Baiyun Mountain will be completely empty, and I'm worried that some lawless people will take advantage of the situation and sneak in."

"hehe."

"Besides, we both have special identities. If outsiders knew about it, I'm afraid it would affect the daily lives of my uncle and aunt."

"hehe."

"Uncle and aunt finally came back to China, they must have a lot of things to do, it would be inappropriate for me to disrupt their schedule."

"hehe."

"What if the identities of my uncle and aunt are known by someone with ulterior motives... OK, OK, I'm just afraid. Which son-in-law in the world wouldn't be nervous when meeting his parents for the first time? This is human nature."

Looking at Chi Yanhong's cool and slightly sarcastic eyes, Li Yang finally couldn't act anymore and decided to just give up.

"Son-in-law, whose son-in-law are you? I just said you are my friend.

"?" Li Yang's eyes widened: "We are all *&%, and we are still friends?!"

"What else do you want me to say? Say that a shameless guy has slept with your daughter several times, but he still doesn't want to take responsibility and doesn't even want to meet the parents?"

Li Yang pretended to be calm and nodded: "But, after all, uncle and aunt finally came back to China, they must care about their daughter's development, we should go and meet them."

But this made Li Yang feel much more relaxed, and at the same time, he felt warm in his heart.
He knew that Chi Yanhong was not so calm in his heart either. Although both of them were masters of cultivation, their actual age was less than 30 years old. Under the fairy-like and old-fashioned decoration, they were still two young people who had never experienced such a thing.

But no matter what, this status should be determined.

As they spoke, the two of them took off from the ground at the same time and flew to the back mountain.

"Their flight will arrive at Sichuan Tianfu Airport tomorrow. Should we go to meet them?"

"That's natural."

"What about Baiyun Mountain?"

"Then leave it empty. I don't believe there is anyone who dares to steal my house now."

"Do you want to bring something to see the two old men? I think the three-legged toad is nice and festive."

"Hmm... the toad is too ugly. I think the squirrel is pretty good. It's chubby and has decent strength. It can rub and protect itself..."
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As it turned out, Li Yang and Chi Yanhong were panicked, but the two old people were even more panicked.

The deeds and identities of these two people have been heard of by everyone in foreign countries, except for those in savage tribes without access to the Internet.

Looking at the young man who appeared repeatedly in newspapers and news and his daughter standing at the airport holding a three-legged toad and looking at them indifferently, the old couple's legs went weak and they almost fell to their knees.

(End of this chapter)