I am an immortal in heaven and earth

Chapter 283 Taiyin Ceremony
August 15th...Mid-Autumn Festival, worshiping the moon god, is a tradition since ancient times.

The Taiyin altar was set up early in the mountain retreat.

The most important thing in this Taiyin ritual is to awaken Chang Yu's spirit and help the mountain god return. Of course, other things are also important, such as recruiting disciples, practicing the Taiyin method, and picking a laurel branch for his father.

At this time, many people began to gather at the foot of the mountain, about 20,000 to 30,000 people.

This is not a small number. The population of Dexing and Yushan counties combined is estimated to be over 100,000 or 200,000.

Most of them were anonymous disciples of Xu Jia's incense hall, who came up the mountain with their own seedlings in anticipation.

Some of them are young men who really want to learn Taoism and practice magic, such as Jiang Qi and Shen Bao, to whom Xu Jia gave the power of a tiger and a bull some time ago.

There are also investments made by landlords and gentry. The main line of the family must definitely take the imperial examinations, study, and do business. In their opinion, these are the right way. Worshiping gods and burning incense are considered unorthodox. However, these things are very important and must be understood, such as the etiquette of weddings and funerals, and feng shui or face reading. They do not seek to be proficient in them, but only to avoid being easily fooled by scammers.

In addition, people are superstitious and believe that learning these things will bring harm to the family and result in fewer offspring, so they will definitely go to find close relatives to learn these skills, and then after they have learned them, they will take good care of them and provide for them until they can use them one day.

In short, the effect of Xu Jia's previous manifestations in public was achieved.

Shanju Temple estimates that there may be several thousand people who want to become disciples, and even those from outside the area may want to become disciples.

There are too many people who want to become disciples. Even if the Sanqing Palace is fully built, the mountain cannot accommodate all of them. Even if the other small temples in Dexing and Yushan are included, there still cannot be enough room.

Xu Jia underestimated his influence. An ordinary liar with good eloquence, who talks about some kind of divine power, can attract thousands or even tens of thousands of people to join the cult. What's more, Xu Jia appeared before the gods, and every village took in the disabled, the lonely old, the widows... as sorcerers and witches. They do have influence.

Going to the next level, carpenters, blacksmiths, stonemasons, bricklayers... these craftsmen were also arranged by Hu Jinhua to become disciples.

There is no need for Xu Jia to personally attract believers. For the sake of the incense of his own temple, how could the immortals under his command not show their divine power?
In whose name are they showing their miraculous powers?

What is the name of the hall at the top?
The position of Dharma Master Xu!
This means that Xu Jia has a grassroots foundation, and the common people have actually benefited from it. They think it is a good skill, so they will naturally become active when they hear that Xu Jia has opened the gates to recruit disciples.

In addition, in this era, practitioners are all from different schools and sects, guarding their own small piece of land, and accepting disciples is elite. There is no atmosphere like Xu Jia's previous life, where only a small group of people study and then communicate with each other without reservation. It is very important to attract more people to join the circle and make it a prominent school.

Besides, the conditions Xu Jia provided were so good, including going up the mountain to practice Taoism, and providing food and drink. Although some people in Yushan Dexing have become rich, it is destined to be impossible to achieve complete common prosperity, not to mention giving some money every month...

Where in the world can you find such a good thing?

But Xu Jia's opening of the mountain gate to this extent, in the eyes of others, has made him the same as Huang Tian Sect and Chang Sheng Sect. Why do you have so many disciples? Are you going to rebel?
Especially the three monks from the Lishan Sect who turned into a sheep, a frog, and an old hen.

They hid in the woods and looked at the bright lights, which they found incomprehensible.

"What is he going to do?"

Even Taoist Feng Lei was thinking: "Did I hurt him? I said before that he only accepted monsters and evil gods, but now he has accepted tens of thousands of disciples. Let me see?"

Obviously, you are being a little too self-indulgent.

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On the first and fifteenth day of each lunar month, Jinshan Temple would open its gates to receive pilgrims.

But on this day, there were so many people, but only a few came into the temple to burn incense, which surprised the monks. Only Elder Xianhuan didn't care about it.

However, Chen Liuxian, who had been guarding outside the temple for quite some time, came back to the temple.

He sensed the call from the unknown and came to the training tower behind.

Liu Ruyan also sensed Chen Liuxian's arrival, and she advised, "Liuxian, you can't go on like this. I know you've been waiting outside for more than ten days. This won't work. Find a good family, get married, have children, and live an ordinary life. I'll be relieved if you can live peacefully for the rest of your life."

"I was too paranoid before. I was imprisoned in the pagoda and listened to the Buddhist teachings. These days I have calmed down and figured out a lot. This kind of entanglement is meaningless..."

Chen Liuxian burst into tears when he heard this: "We must be together forever! You are my wife, my first wife. Now you are suffering in the tower. How can I bear to abandon you and go away? Enjoy happiness alone? I am afraid that I will wake up in the middle of the night one day and dream about you... I will be sorry for you, sorry for her, and even more sorry for our relationship... What are the vows we made in the past worth?"

Liu Ruyan's heart twitched. She endured the pain and said cruelly, "Haha, idiot, I never told you before that I am a snake demon, a snake demon with hundreds of years of cultivation. I am also very selfish. I am with you just to replenish your foundation. In your previous two lives, you were both cultivators. I deliberately relied on you and designed you to like me. The purpose was to replenish your foundation in your previous life..." "But I didn't expect that you learned the method of fierce battle, which made me suddenly change back to my original form and violate the law... This is how you saved your life... So don't be a lovesick man. These are all your wishful thinking. From beginning to end, I have been using you!"

"Hate me, Liuxian!"

"I knew it!" Chen Liuxian said loudly, "I knew it before, but I don't care. I only care about you. Maybe there really is a past life. When I saw you for the first time, it seemed like we had known each other for a long time and we were very close..."

"If you like me so much, why did you attack my two senior brothers? Your love is cheap and thin, just like paper, superficial and will break with a single poke!"

When Chen Liuxian heard this, his eyes widened and his nostrils bulged: "It's not my fault!"

"Haha, taking advantage of someone's misfortune is not what a gentleman does. I am really blind... You are having fun while pretending to be affectionate. It really makes me sick..."

"I'm disgusting? Are you so good? You're selfish and arbitrary, and you have all kinds of problems. How can I not accommodate you?"

It didn't take much time for the two to go from expressing their deep affection to this magical exchange of insults across the tower wall.

The main reason was that they all had grudges. In addition, Liu Ruyan knew that she was trapped under the tower and it would be difficult for her to escape. Even Feng Lei Dao Ren had turned into a hen... so she was also in a bad mood.

"Amitabha!" Master Xianhuan appeared next to Chen Liuxian and said, "Donor, the holy land of Buddhism is not a place for couples to flirt with each other. I have something to say. As the saying goes, the person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it. If you want to rescue your beloved wife, you have to ask the person who suppressed her."

Although Chen Liuxian was scolded harshly, he felt that his kindness was being taken for granted. But he soon thought: "This is Ruyan's way of provoking me." So his love brain got the better of him again.

It's like a couple is arguing, and a third party comes to mediate, but everyone ends up targeting the third party.

What's more, they are in the midst of a love affair, so their thought processes are naturally different.

Elder Xianhuan saw the essence of the matter and tried to persuade them to reconcile rather than separate. He locked their blessings, but he could not drive them away directly with violence, so he could only use another way of saying it.

Seeing that Elder Xianhuan was over a hundred years old and looked wise, Chen Liuxian asked in confusion, "Master, what do you mean by that?"

"Who taught you the technique? This is the root. If you go find him and unlock this root, you won't have the fruit you have now."

Liu Ruyan also calmed down and said, "Chen Lang, although the one who ordered the suppression of me was Yushan City God, he actually worked for a Earthly Immortal, the one who wanted to take you in as his disciple last time and I stopped him... He did it on purpose to make it difficult for you and I to meet again!"

"I'll go find him! Even if he does this, I won't become his disciple!"

Elder Xian Huan smiled and said, "You have already missed it twice. It's okay once or twice, but not three times. If you don't believe me, ask Miss Ruyan."

Ruyan sighed across the tower, "If you were his disciple, he would still consider your feelings. But if this master-disciple relationship is broken, then there is no need to consider it at all. I offended him, and I was suppressed under the tower. My master was teased by him and turned into a beast. Even my two senior brothers were tricked into taking their yin essence... He is completely immoral and only does what he wants..."

"Then what should I do? Can I only take him as my master?" Chen Liuxian still looked reluctant.

At this time, his wisdom was dim and he could be regarded as a fool. Even if he went to become a disciple at this time, Xu Jia would not accept him.

As mentioned before, unless he can understand the small love and realize the great love, Xu Jia will not pay any attention to him at all.

This is also a type of "self-indulgent".

"The City God said that I can only be released after I have completely cultivated into a human fetus. To completely cultivate into a human fetus, one must have the merits of an earthly immortal and practice Taoism for five hundred years. And the five hundred years of practice are gone just to become a real person. If I want to cultivate again, I can only start over. If I become a human, I will experience birth, aging, sickness and death... but I can also experience the real seven emotions and six desires, instead of those inexplicable desires of stealing the fruit of love..."

"Chen Lang, I may not be able to become an earthly immortal. Even if I become one, I may not be able to give up my Taoism and just want to live a hundred years of leisure. You should just leave..."

"No, I believe I can do it. I will save you. As long as I become an immortal, just like in my previous two lives, can I save you?"

Elder Xianhuan laughed and said, "How can a mortal become an immortal just by saying it? I, the old monk, meditate when I am awake and when I am asleep. It has been more than 90 years, but I still haven't become a Buddha!"

"Donor, go ahead. Our temple is about to close. That person is going to hold a Taiyin Dharma Assembly, and we also have to offer sacrifices to the Moonlight Bodhisattva..."

Chen Liuxian seemed to have made up his mind immediately: "Then I must cultivate it!"

(End of this chapter)