Nine idlers

Chapter 14 The Three Forces of Heaven and Earth (This chapter is free)

Two days had passed since Zixuan Pavilion's execution of evil spirits, Xiao En had already set off for Guangzhou to pick up Chen Fan, and Chen Tao and Xie Ling were going to Shanghai after attending today's Hungry Ghost Festival Water and Land Ceremony to propose marriage to Xie's family.On this day, all the people in Chenjiachong will spontaneously cooperate with the water and land ceremony, do not kill animals, eat vegetarian food, and put a brazier on the door of everyone. When entering and leaving the door, they will burn some ingot candles to worship the wandering souls of the four directions.The Baizhang Golden Bodhisattva who appeared in the Chen family two days ago has become the most talked about thing in the past few days. Many merchants who were just going to pass by stopped because they saw such a vision and waited for the water and land ceremony. Continue your journey later.

The rumors of a golden bodhisattva appearing in the water and land ceremony held by the Chen family were not only spread in Chen Jiachong, but also spread quickly to the provincial capital of Shaoguan and some of the surrounding big cities along with some merchants traveling to and from Shaoguan. Believers travel day and night to gather here in order to participate in this grand event and pray for their families.It is precisely for this reason that the number of people pouring into Chenjiachong is two or three times higher than usual. Fortunately, Chen Deshang had already prepared to set up tents on some wasteland around Chenjiachong, so that no one would sleep in the open because the inn was full. street.

After leaving Chen's house yesterday, Chen Deshang had already sent people to guard Xu Changqing's Peach Blossom Mountain, in order to prevent Xu Changqing from being disturbed by young people who came with believers.After talking with Xu Changqing all night, Chen Deshang's trust in Xu Changqing increased a lot. He didn't suspect that his son was robbed because of Xu Changqing. Instead, he followed Xu Changqing's words, focused on the north, and started to prepare for the repair with that person. matters of relationship.

Xu Changqing recuperated in Yizhuang for a day and a night. He didn't use any formulas to speed up the repair of his injuries. Instead, he only used the merits he gained to slowly let the power of merits penetrate into the body along with the wounds healed.Over time, as long as the merit is enough, he can build a golden body of merit that is invulnerable to all dharma. At that time, even if the world is a catastrophe, it is impossible to hurt him at all. This is one of Xu Changqing's many methods to cope with the catastrophe. All thought it was a little out of reach.

Xu Changqing didn't just sit still this day, but took out the Shi family's magic formula and read it carefully.He once mentioned to the old Taoist priest that if the sect of the Shi family followed the manuscripts to practice the Shijia gods, they would inevitably suffer from the backlash of evil spirits. Zhang is a divine talisman handed down from the first generation of Shi family gods in the Ming Dynasty.According to the secret news book of Xu Changqing's family classics, although the Shi family gods claim to be able to invite the true spirits and divine powers of the gods and Buddhas of the heavens, in fact, there are only three gods that the Shi family can really invite, and the first one is Guan. Shengdijun, the second is Zhong Kui, the celestial master worshiped by many people, and the third is an evil god, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven in Journey to the West.

Guan Shengdijun and Tianshi Zhong Kui are both righteous gods of China, with the power to exorcise evil and destroy demons, but this great sage Equaling Heaven is completely different.His original form is an Indian monkey god Haruman mentioned in the Tantric classics passed down from the Tang Dynasty. Later, someone built a monkey temple for him and worshiped him as a native Chinese god.It was not until the Ming Dynasty Journey to the West book that this exotic monkey god had an official name and title of Central Plains Huaxia, and his divine power was also planned. At this time, the Monkey God Temple was changed to the Great Sage Temple.

As for whether there are gods between heaven and earth, Xu Changqing and the Jiuliu idlers of all generations have maintained a skeptical attitude. In his master's generation, they have completely denied the existence of gods.Although Shijia Shenda can borrow the power of the gods to make himself invincible and powerful, but according to Master Xu Changqing's point of view, it is definitely not the power of the gods.He traveled all over the country, and personally went to the so-called places where the gods became enlightened or were born. From the local county annals and township annals, he could not find the deeds of the gods before they became human. .

Although he did not discover the true appearance of the gods, he found that the gods invited by the Shi family gods were all gods with the most believers in the folk.Among them, Guan Shengdijun and Tianshi Zhong Kui spontaneous combustion needless to say, the Monkey King in the novel also has many followers among the people.In the folk Dasheng Temple, the status is almost equal to that of the Songzi Guanyin Temple. Many people hope to get a child who is as clever as Sun Monkey.In addition, there are also some Buddhist temples that enshrine the Dou Victory Buddha, and many cult forces even regard the Monkey King as a righteous god of faith, which makes the Monkey King a bit more evil.

According to Master Xu Changqing's classification, there are three kinds of power between heaven and earth that can help people improve their Taoism and cultivation.The first type is the common heaven and earth aura, but compared with the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the heaven and earth aura today is like the sea and lakes, and cannot be compared.Precisely because before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the aura of heaven and earth was extremely strong, and there were many people who could truly cultivate Taoism, and there were countless people with great cultivation achievements in the Immortals and Buddhas. Let alone Taoism, the major sects of Buddhism alone are almost all in the same place. established at that time.

I just don’t know why after the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the amount of spiritual energy in the world went from bad to worse. The Song Dynasty was not bad. In the following Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, and Qing Dynasty for nearly 700 years, those who really possessed great cultivation were as rare as a phoenix’s hair. I can count on almost five fingers.Nowadays, there is no one who wants to cultivate the Tao by absorbing the aura of heaven and earth. Most of them just 'touch' the edge of the avenue, and they are already called masters. The aura of heaven and earth has also become so mixed that it is no longer suitable for practice Those who use gas to refine their bodies.

The second is the method used by most righteous practitioners today, accumulating merit and virtue, relying on the merit and virtue of heaven and earth to achieve immortality, Buddha and Taoism.Although the aura of heaven and earth is about to disappear, the merits of heaven and earth still exist.The merits of heaven and earth cannot directly improve the realm of the practitioner's natal desire, but it can speed up the cultivation speed of the practitioner, and it can also make the Dao Heart and Buddha Heart more stable, and will not be easily harmed by the attracted demons. With a golden body of merit, there is no need to worry about any natural disasters.

It's a pity that although the merits are good, there are very few great merits that can really help the practitioners a lot, and the meritorious deeds are based on chance, not something you want, if you force it, you will give birth to demons, and your cultivation will be ruined.The owner of the first generation of Yizhuang asked the Chen family to spend huge sums of money to hold a grand water and land ceremony every year to save those wandering ghosts and ghosts, just to accumulate merit.However, he later discovered that the merits gained from holding the water and land puja were far less than the merits gained from killing an evil spirit that harmed the world, so he transferred the merits to the Chen family's Yin Mansion to continue the Chen family's Qianlong's lair. luck.The Qianlong 'cave', which could only last for one generation, was forced to last for seven or eight generations by the first generation of Yizhuang owners in this way. Maybe this potential dragon's lair can continue.

The third kind of heaven and earth power is the most mysterious heaven and earth wish power.The power of will comes from people's hope for the future. Its potential is very large, and it will never be exhausted, and there is no limit to the number.But just because the wish power comes from the most selfish side of people, this also makes the composition of the wish power extremely complicated, and it is uneven, and the evil spirit is 'forced'.In the world, there are only two schools that can really use the power of vows to practice without being harmed. The first one is the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in the secret treasure of Jiuhua Mountain, and the second one is the Shijia Shenda. Such as Avalokitesvara Dao, Yihe Quan Shen Da Shu, Bai Lian Inviting God Art and other superficial trails are not regarded as **.

At this moment, Xu Changqing can't immediately practice the Shi family's god fight. Besides his own vitality has not recovered, more importantly, he still lacks a god, that is, a statue.As for inviting gods, the longer the year of worship, the better. Xu Changqing has already thought about this. He asked Chen Tao to send a telegram to his third brother Chen Zhenshan yesterday, asking him to worship the one on the Shanghai Incense Altar of the Green Gang. The nearly 200-year-old Guandi statue was bought back with a lot of money.

Chen Zhenshan's original name was Chen Wenbin, and he was the one among Chen Deshang's five sons and two daughters who made him worry the least. Since he was a child, he liked to do things like fighting and bullying the market. Later, he thought his name was too weak, so he altered the family tree without authorization. Changed his name to Chen Zhenshan and was almost kicked out of the house by his father.Afterwards, he used his father's influence in various places to make friends with leading underworld figures such as Gelaohui, Hongmen, and Qinggang, and learned a lot of things in the world.In the end, he even ran away from home and went to Shanghai alone. He made a name for himself by virtue of his own ability, worshiped under a big brother of the Qing Gang, and became one of the few rogue tycoons on the beach in Shanghai.After Chen Deshang found out about Chen Zhenshan's whereabouts, he was so angry that he almost died, but it was Xu Changqing who cast a spell to rescue him.Afterwards, Chen Deshang simply pretended that he had never given birth to this son, and no one was allowed to mention this son, so few outsiders knew that Chen Zhenshan, the head of Xinglong, who dominated the thirteen piers in Shanghai, was the head of the Chen family, the most powerful force in the south of the Yangtze River. Chen Deshang's son.

Unlike Chen Fan, the relationship between Xu Changqing and Chen Zhenshan is the best among the younger generation of the Chen family. Chen Zhenshan is also one of the few people Xu Changqing allows to spend the night in Taohuashan Yizhuang. It is clearer than others and even Chen Deshang.Although there is not much difference in age between the two, Chen Zhenshan is a registered disciple accepted by Xu Changqing as an exception, and has taught him a lot of sectarian methods and some secular martial arts. One of the reasons for establishing a foothold and creating a foundation.Chen Zhenshan would never refuse Xu Changqing's request, so shortly after Xu Changqing sent the telegram, Chen Zhenshan wrote back that he had obtained the statue of Emperor Guan, and sent someone to transport it over the Yangtze River, and it would arrive in nine days.

In Yizhuang, Xu Changqing's mind withdrew from the Dao Heart realm, and he had already transformed the Shi Family God into the third-rank realm and the cultivation process more than 1000 times in the Dao Heart Realm.It can be said that he now has a better understanding of the Shi family gods than the Shi family, and he can start to practice after the statue of Emperor Guan is delivered.But before practicing, he still has two things to do, one is to refine all the corpse qi in the hundreds of gourds in the side room of the main house, and the other is to take advantage of the opening of the ghost gate tonight, there will be water and land The bright light of the Fa Conference led the way, and sent more than 2000 resentful souls who could not be saved over the past few years into the reincarnation of ghosts.

Although the Yizhuang's magical artifacts are complete, there are still a few things that need to be prepared temporarily, so Xu Changqing left the Yizhuang and walked towards the mountain city.On the way, Xu Changqing met a Chen Jiachong merchant who came back from other places to participate in the Water and Land Ceremony, so he got into his carriage and chatted with him in an approachable manner to understand some current events in the outside world.To the people of Chenjiachong, Xu Changqing, the owner of Yizhuang, is a big man who is on an equal footing with the owners of the Chen family. Although it is not clear why the previous owners of the Chen family respected the owner of Yizhuang so much, but the content vaguely spread from the mouth of the servants of the Chen family , we can know that the owners of Yizhuang in the past dynasties are hermits with great abilities.Seeing Xu Changqing greet him so cordially and start a conversation, the merchant from Chen Jiachong was naturally flattered, and he knew everything about Xu Changqing's problems.

Now the outside world can be said to be a mess, and many people who hold military power have also begun to disobey the Qing court, so that the Qing court had to transfer the Beiyang army to the south, and use the strength of the new Beiyang army to suppress their eagerness to move. Heart.Everyone knows very well that if it weren't for the new Beiyang army in the hands of the Qing court, I am afraid that today the world does not know how many people are called kings and how many people are called emperors.Although the Beiyang New Army was transferred to the south, there were still many revolutionaries, large and small, who revolted in the south. Although they were quickly suppressed and extinguished by the Beiyang New Army, their momentum was growing.Anyone with a discerning eye can see very clearly that the Manchu Qing Dynasty is about to run out, and the victory of the Revolutionary Party is only a matter of time. a back road.

On the way into the city, many Chen Jiachong people saluted Xu Changqing, which made the merchant who is the owner of the carriage feel very honored.

After entering the mountain city, Xu Changqing got out of the carriage and was about to go to the paper shop at the north end. At this time, the merchant also jumped out of the carriage and stopped in front of Xu Changqing. He respectfully saluted him: "Mr. Xu, you have great ability. My master! Recently, the small business has been a little difficult, so I have the audacity to ask you to give the villain a batch, so that the villain can turn danger into good fortune."

Xu Changqing was stunned. It was the first time that he was stopped in the street to ask for a divination. He took a closer look at this fat merchant and said, "You should have moved to Chenjiachong not long ago, right?"

The merchant quickly smiled and replied: "Mr. Huiyan, the young one has only moved here for two years, but most of the time he spends doing business outside!"

Xu Changqing smiled and said: "No wonder you stopped me from asking for orders like this. As long as people who have lived in Chenjiachong for a long time know that, except for the Lantern Festival, I will tell people's fortunes during the year. There will be divination."

After hearing this, the merchant was stunned. He didn't expect Xu Changqing to have such a distance, and he didn't know what to say for a while.At this time, the people of Chen Jiachong who surrounded him were booing loudly, mocking him for his ignorance, which made him even more embarrassed.

"That's enough! Let's leave, folks!" Xu Changqing frowned, and said something to the people around him. Naturally, those who watched the fun didn't dare to stay and soon dispersed, but there were still a few nearby. The naughty little rascal hid in the tea room where he had a rest, wanting to see how the merchant ended up for future talks.

"I really don't know that my husband still has this rule. I'm really rude! I don't want to delay my husband any more, so I'll leave now! I'll leave now!" The merchant wiped the sweat from his forehead with a look on his face. Embarrassed and flustered, he hurriedly moved away, kept bowing to apologize, and retreated back.

"You don't have to do this!" Xu Changqing stretched out his hand to help him up, and said in relief, "I didn't choose so many carriages, but I chose your carriage, there seems to be some reason for it! Well, I will make an exception today and give you a life sentence .”