the last priest

Among the guardian gods of Taoism, there is a kind of god dedicated to guarding the gate of Taoist temples. There are four in total, and one of them is Suzaku.

Taiji gives birth to Liangyi, Liangyi gives birth to four images, and four images give birth to gossip. This sentence will be recited whenever Taoism is mentioned. "Liangyi" is "Yin" and "Yang".Taoism believes that Tai Chi moves Yin and Yang, and heaven and earth are nothing more than one Yin and one Yang. However, there is still an interaction between Yin and Yang within "Yin" and "Yang", and they will continue to evolve. In total, there will be: Sun, Taiyin, Shaoyang, and Shaoyin Four variations.The so-called yang has yin, and yin has yang, and yin and yang are mutually enveloping, so is Tai Chi.According to the direction of movement of these four, the south is Suzaku. This kind of four images is mostly used in Fengshui in architecture. Gathering and leaning back, there are very few specific images of the four-element beasts. Only in front of the Tianshi Cave in Qingcheng Mountain is such a temple, with the four images as gods, guarding the mountain gate.

"The Book of Immortals" describes the image of the Taishang Laojun: there are twelve green dragons on the left, 26 white tigers on the right, 24 red birds in the front, and 72 basalts in the back.Coupled with the picture of Xin Rao's lotus that appeared in the tower before, Cha Wenbin felt more and more that the relationship between them was likely to be what he inferred.

There has been a long-standing debate about which religion is orthodox. Whether it is Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism or Western theology, if you compare their legends and origins, people will find that although they originated from different races and regions, their cultural backgrounds are also different. , but there are too many similarities between them, just like the simple and complex "卍" symbol, which makes people have too much room for imagination.

The other three corners have been cleared out, and the three venerables Qinglong, Xuanwu and Baihu have been carved lifelike. If this pagoda appeared in the Central Plains, Cha Wenbin would not have the slightest doubt in his heart, but here is Buddhist pagoda. The prevalent Tibet, the birthplace of Bon religion!

What is even more unacceptable is that the top of the pagoda in the middle, where Zhuo Xiong is tied with ropes, is a stone sculpture with a snake body and a human face.In China, there are male and female figures in this shape, and the female is named Nuwa, but this sculpture is male, and his name is: Fuxi!

The confusion of time, space and region has allowed the two cultures to perfectly blend together here. There is Tao in the Buddha, and there is a Buddha below the Tao. The Buddha is the Tao, and the Tao gives birth to the Buddha.

The bell that Zhuoxiong tore off was exactly the same as the one from Dashan. In ancient times when there was no standardization of products, two things that were completely close could be regarded as made by the same person.It turns out that the bell holding Dashan's trace of soul came from here.

What is the background of the mountain?Zha Wenbin knew that the only bloodline passed down to the present in that ancient clan was the descendant of Yinglong.Priest Yun once said that they came from the remote Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the people who migrated were divided into two branches, one of which landed in Kunlun, while the other went to Bashu, but there was always only one king.

There have been two myths in the history of the Han nationality in China: Kunlun and Shushan.The former describes about 5000 years ago, and the latter about 3000 years ago. These two myths are the only ones with their own systems, the most widely spread, and the most unofficial history.The Immortal Class of the Taoist system is deeply influenced by these two myths. No one can explain in detail why Taoist talismans can exorcise evil spirits and cure diseases, Taoist mantras can calm the nerves and summon souls, and the tortoise shells and copper coins they throw can be used for divination and prediction. The ceremony can worship the ancestors and tell the heavens.

Thinking of this, Cha Wenbin understood a little bit. Maybe someone who is proficient in Taoist culture has come here. Is he here to pursue the holy lotus water in his hand or has other purposes?Or, this is the origin of everything. There are no records of civilization 5000 years ago, and the history that China can trace back with written descriptions can only be so long, and then go on?No one knew that the unearthed documents and folk legends fixed them at that time, and no matter how early it was, it was called the prehistoric era.

History, it's not his strong suit, nor his interest.All he has to do is to return the missing copper bell, which is a fixed number.

The five corpses, using their own lives as the introduction of Sixiang's restart, finally opened the door to the top.

"I understand a little bit, Zhuo Xiong, you put this copper bell to the west, it should be taken from there."

Zhuo Xiong took the bell and asked in surprise: "Didn't you say that there is his soul in it?"

"This is his home. Isn't the purpose of summoning the soul to let the soul go home? I think the reason why this copper bell can hold Dashan's soul is because he can't be scattered where he shouldn't go. Let it go, if The soul returns to its original place, I think, maybe he won't need this clean water."

Zhuo Xiong hung upside down on the cornice in the same way, and the lonely ring had been shaking for thousands of years. When the bell was hung up again, there was a "ding", so crisp.

The wind and snow also stopped at this time, and the original thick cloud layer was broken by the sun in an instant, projecting onto the top of the main peak of Lianhua Peak.After a burst of dazzling glare, a golden light flashed across the top of the Linglong Nine-Level Pagoda, and the refracted sunlight filled the entire pagoda. Zhuo Xiong, who was bathed in the golden light, had a faint feeling of euphoria, as if he had arrived Heaven in general.

The bells were no longer so chaotic, they rang out rhythmically, and following this rhythm, Cha Wenbin began to hum a phrase: "The world is numbered, chaos is first divided..." Unknowingly, following this Rhythm, what he hummed turned out to be the 72-character mantra in "Ruyi Book".

Standing on the suspension bridge, Cha Wenbin was completely immersed in another realm. Countless auras of heaven and earth began to pour into every cell of him. In his mind, a man in green clothes was hanging in the air on the edge of the suspension bridge, drawing circles with his left hand and writing symbols with his right... …

And Zhuo Xiong squatted on the top of the tower, finally opened his eyes from the strong light, but he saw five people on the suspension bridge smiling at him, their bodies were translucent.Xuan and Yuan Min clasped hands, the dwarf and Dabao stood in front of each other, and in the middle of them was Zhabi holding a prayer wheel, but there was a golden "卍" character on his hat.

Zhuo Xiong wanted to call their names, but found that his throat was blocked. He struggled hard to jump onto the suspension bridge and found himself unable to move.

The five people waved at themselves, then turned around and walked side by side to the other end of the suspension bridge. There seemed to be a golden road in the vast snow-capped mountains, and the Buddha's chant began to be played all over the sky, until the figures of the five people gradually disappeared.

"Brother Wenbin! They are behind you!" Zhuo Xiong's throat finally made a sound after being hoarse for a long time, and he tried his best to break through the blockage.

Cha Wenbin was called out by him, and turned around as if he had just woken up from a dream. There may still be water stains on the suspension bridge in between, which are human footprints, which do not belong to him or Zhuo Xiong.

Looking up at the golden light projected from the top of the tower, the Temple of Buluo finally appeared.

Afterwards, Cha Wenbin told Zhuo Xiong that the so-called Buluo Temple and Voldemort Palace refer to the nine-fold exquisite pagoda.Inside the pagoda is the palace of the underworld. Those who can break through the formation and walk out of the pagoda will see the Temple of Buluo. They don't know the true face of the pagoda, but they are only in this pagoda.

Not long after, a helicopter staggered and hovered over the pagoda...

At the same time, in a special ward of the Sanatorium of the Tibet Military Division, after a while of laziness, a rough voice shouted, "Where am I? Brother Wenbin! Chaozi! Zhuo Xiong!"

Half a month later, in the Zha Family Courtyard in the northwest of Zhejiang Province, a burly guy was picking up the dead branches and fallen leaves in the yard. No one came at this price for several days.

"Open the door, open the door!" There was a hasty knock on the door and a loud horn sounded from outside the door.

Da Shan shook his head and opened the door, and a black Poussin rushed into the courtyard with a huge roar, and a thug came out from the cab and said, "Brother Wen Bin, are you back?"

"No, he went to the back mountain."

"That's good!" Opening the trunk, there is a triangular bronze tripod inside. The dirt that has not been removed on it indicates that this thing has just come out of the ground.

Zhuo Xiong patted the tripod, and asked a little unconfidently, "Can it work?"

"Blind man, don't worry, that Hong Kong farmer will never be able to tell that the lower part of this tripod is genuine, and the upper part is made by an expert I found." He dragged the tripod out and cursed: "Let this kid specialize Just do those jobs of bullying teachers and destroying ancestors, I don’t know how many things my ancestors underground were dumped abroad by those grandsons, this time I don’t kill him, I’m sorry for the five-pointed star on my chest!”

In the back mountain, in the cemetery of the Cha family group, a new tomb looks particularly large. This is a joint burial tomb.In front of the tombstone, a man with disheveled hair was burning paper money. Recently, he came here once a day, not only here, but also the three surrounding ones.He had to stay in front of each grave for half an hour, talking with them and burning incense for them.

When he was not talking, he leaned against the tombstone and read a very old thread-bound book. After a week passed, he finally turned the book to the last page.

After thinking about it for a while, Zha Wenbin took out a fire book, first he went to the tomb of his master Ma Zhenren and burned a book, which was found in the Taoist robe, and then he went to the joint tomb and burned another book.

"Some things, let it be buried in the soil forever." These are the last words he said to the tombstone. The sun is about to set, and picking up the tribute basket, Cha Wenbin whistled: " Heizi, go home..."