Wandering

Chapter 6

(Inscription: Even if there were no gods in this world, but there are many believers, gods can appear out of thin air. So some people start to create gods, some people start to consecrate gods, consecrate themselves or others. As time goes by, the world is no longer sure. We voluntarily or are forced to worship on the altar, is it a human, a god, or a ghost? Finally, one day, someone stood up and said: "The Jade Emperor can seal it, why can't I?")
"Why can the power of mind help Yiyi?" This is the question I asked Feng Junzi after he confirmed that the flower opened according to my wish.

The time was after the second get out of class in the morning, and when I heard my question quietly, Junzi Feng put down an ancient thread-bound book in his hand, made an inscrutable look, and said leisurely: "Since I met you and that little ghost After the incident, I have been trying to find a way to help you two. Now you are fine, but she is still trapped in the Qingming mirror, whether she is not released or released. During this period of time, I went to the library to check "Tao Cang" , which made me dizzy, and finally made a major discovery."

"What major discovery?"

Feng Junzi said solemnly: "I found that there are so many cultivation methods throughout the ages, but the classics handed down from all sects and sects all have a common feature - that is, they are all written for people to read, not for ghosts. !"

What a discovery!I couldn't help being angry and funny: "I haven't heard that there are books written for ghosts, and burning paper money is about the same."

Feng Junzi shook his head: "Listen to me and finish. I found that there is no method of ghost cultivation in Taoism, so I thought of other ways. In the past few days, I have read a lot of unofficial history notes and ghost novels in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and finally He came up with a clever plan for me."

"What trick?"

"Ishino, take a look at this ancient book. It should be a notebook of people from the Ming Dynasty. This book records many ghost stories circulated among the people. Several of the stories mentioned that the offerings in folk ancestral halls are often not gods and Bodhisattvas. Many of them are demons and ghosts. There are many ghosts attached to Buddha statues and god statues that have not been consecrated, and accepting incense offerings can improve their practice over time. Do you know what it means to accept incense offerings?"

"Incense worship? It's common people burning incense and kowtow."

"That's the case, but it's not that simple. Gods are offered by people. Even if there were no gods before, and there are more people who believe in them, a god can be created out of thin air. Incense offerings must have something to ask for, and there must be something to ask for. I believe in something. Incense in the world is the power of everyone’s wish. Ghosts attached to clay puppets to be worshiped by people is to practice according to the power of wish. Yiyi only has Yin God and no body. Naturally, I can’t practice my alchemy without the furnace, but I can find someone who has the power of alchemy. The temple of incense is attached to the statue of the god, and accepts the merits of everyone's wishes. Maybe the Yin God can also be cultivated, and then we will think of other ways. The reason why you want to cultivate your mind is that it will be useful when you go to the place. "

"You mean - find a temple - let Yiyi - pretend to be a Bodhisattva!"

Feng Junzi smiled slightly: "You are not stupid, you will understand as soon as I say it. The question now is, where can I find such a temple? Is there such a place in your country? It is best to have incense."

Feng Junzi asked such a strange question, I blinked my eyes and thought for a long time: "I only know that there is a mountain temple in Zhaoting Mountain, and the mountain god inside seems to be a woman. But this small temple is not big, It has long been abandoned, but there is no incense.”

"Goddess of the mountain? That's great, it's tailor-made for Liu Yiyi. Where is that temple?"

"It's not far from the foot of Zhaoting Mountain. You can see it after walking more than a mile after passing the mountain gate. Next to it is the famous Xuexi Spring in Zhaoting Mountain. Many tourists go there every year."

Feng Junzi patted his thigh: "I still have a little impression when you mention it. That's it. It doesn't matter about incense, I have my own way! Shi Ye, you go back and prepare. After ten days, you bring the Qingming Mirror, we The two are going to visit the mountain temple at night."

"What are you going to do? Can't you go tonight? Why do you have to be ten days later?"

Feng Junzi gave me a blank look: "You don't even look at the calendar, what day will it be in ten days? It's the winter solstice of the year, when the cathode and the yang are born. You should continue to practice your unclean concept for these ten days. Now, although you have the supernatural powers of mind and mind, your mind power is still weak, and it is a little bit stronger...and you do the math, ten days later, how many days will it be since you first saw Yiyi?"

I counted on my fingers. Ten days later, it was exactly 49 days since I saw Yiyi for the first time. According to the legend, the number of seventy-seven for the ghost to return to the sun, is there really a divine will?It's a pity that I didn't know Feng Junzi's approach at the time. Not only had no one tried it before, but it was also a big taboo in the cultivation world.I have always regarded him as an expert, but I forgot that he is still young, and he just celebrated his fifteenth birthday last night.

After the self-study that night, I saw Feng Junzi standing outside the altar, shaking his head at the two flowers that had opened in advance, and said to himself: "If I were the Qing Emperor in his year, I would repay it to you!" The peach blossoms are blooming everywhere. The rebel leader can also write poems! What are you waiting for, I will go to the mountain to enshrine the gods in ten days!"

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How many kinds of dogs are there in the world, I have not figured it out.From the Tibetan mastiff to the small Chihuahua, there are thousands of different shapes and shapes. Some of them don't look like animals at all, but they are all dogs.But no matter what kind of dog, they can't climb trees. The ones who can climb trees are cats.But I happened to meet a dog that can climb trees.

It was noon one day, under the bridge opening of the Zhuangyuan Bridge, I just sat down on the futon when I heard the sound of something stirring the vines.Turning his head to look, there was actually a puppy crawling in.This puppy is not big, according to the size of our rural dogs, such a big dog is probably only three months old.The hair all over its body is brownish red, fluffy, and it runs like a small fireball rolling all over the ground.

There is a dog that can come to such a place, how did it get down to the bottom of the pool?Did it accidentally fall off?Because Zhuangyuan Bridge has no railings.When I was curious, this puppy ran directly in front of me, as if not afraid of me, a stranger, at all.It stared at me with a pair of black eyes, and its little pink nose was still sucking hard, as if it was smelling me.Probably because he was tired from running just now, and there was a panting sound from his mouth.

The puppy looked very cute, I stretched out my hand to touch its head, but it didn't dodge, but stretched out its little pink tongue to lick my palm, making me itchy.I suddenly remembered that I had something to eat in my pocket, beef jerky and chocolate.I would never buy these snacks, they are all meddlesome.When I went to Sister Han's noodle shop last night, I saw Junzi Feng eating wontons there, and he was joking with Sister Han while eating.When Sister Han saw me coming, she gave me a big bag of various snacks. She said that I hadn’t eaten lunch in the past ten days, so I didn’t go to the restaurant to eat. She bought these snacks for me.I don't know what Feng Junzi said to her, depressed!Sister Han coaxed me like a child.

Seeing the puppy's cute appearance, I thought of the chocolate in my pocket, took it out, peeled it off, and put a piece in the palm of my hand.The puppy immediately licked it into its mouth and ate it sloppyly. Then it looked at me helplessly, and I gave it another piece.Soon the chocolate was finished, but I still couldn't get enough of the puppy's appearance. I kept looking at the pocket I just took out. There was still a bag of beef jerky in my pocket.

I took out the beef jerky to tease it: "Little dog, what's your name? This beef jerky is too hard, can you chew it?" Unexpectedly, the puppy seemed to understand what I said, and made a whimper in his mouth. He barked twice, and looked at me and nodded the dog's head vigorously.

"Oh, your name is Xiuxiu?" I continued to tease the puppy, but unexpectedly the puppy nodded again, still keeping its eyes on the beef jerky in my hand.I took out a small piece of beef jerky and fed it. It tilted its head and chewed vigorously. After eating, it looked at me again.It wasn't long before the whole bag of beef jerky was finished, so I clapped my hands and turned the pocket out again, signaling that I didn't have it anymore.Seeing that the puppy had finished eating, he yawned and jumped onto my lap.I saw it on all fours, with its belly up, and after a full stomach, it fell asleep on my lap sitting cross-legged!
With this little dog messing with me, I can't meditate at noon today.I carefully picked up the dog and put it on the futon to let it sleep soundly, ready to leave.But on second thought, how did the dog get up under the bridge?It must have fallen down by accident, and it is lucky that it was not injured.So I hugged the puppy and climbed to the bank of the pool again, ready to let it go to the ground.Unexpectedly, the dog jumped out of my arms as soon as it opened its eyes, quickly climbed down the camphor tree on the bank of the pool, and got into the bridge hole again in a flash.In front of my eyes, I almost thought I was wrong. Whose dog is this?Can actually climb a tree!How does it do it?
I didn't meditate at noon that day, and at night I still meditated on the bed in the dormitory and practiced the concept of uncleanness.I didn't talk all night, and when I woke up the next morning, I felt something fluffy next to the pillow against my ear.I was so startled that I almost didn't bark. I turned my head and saw that it was the puppy I met at noon yesterday.This little thing is curled up and crawling next to my pillow, sleeping soundly!how did it get inI remember that the door of the dormitory was closed when I was sleeping yesterday. I looked at the window again, and found that the window was not plugged in, and it was pushed open a small crack.Puppies can only come in through the window, but our dormitory is on the second floor!Could it be that this dog can climb windows in addition to climbing trees?I really don't know if it's a cat or a monkey!
This little dog has been following me since this day. I don’t know whose dog it is, but it looks very clean and tidy all over, not like a stray wild dog.I named it Hush.Xuxiu is very clever, pets are not allowed in our student dormitory, but every time Xuxiu sneaks into the dormitory, he can always avoid the house warden to prevent him from discovering.I don't know when it will come to me and when it will slip away by itself. I often meet it under the bridge at noon, and occasionally it will sneak into the dormitory in the middle of the night and run to sleep next to my pillow.Other people in our dormitory also know Xuxiu, and often play with it, but Xuxiu is not willing to talk to others, and just circles around me.I don't have so much chocolate beef jerky to feed it, but later I found that Xixiu can eat almost anything, as long as it is fed by me, even the dried radish is eating with relish, and it is almost catching up with the mice.

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The day of the winter solstice will come soon, and it is the day I agreed with Feng Junzi to go up the mountain.This day was Friday, neither of us went to evening self-study, and we slipped out of school as soon as school was over in the afternoon.I only carried a schoolbag with Qingming mirror in it, but Junzi Feng carried a big bag.As soon as the two of us walked out of the school gate, a group of red shadows rolled over from the ground.When he saw me, he rushed to me.

Feng Junzi also saw Xixiu, and asked me curiously where it came from.I told him it was a dog I picked under the Zhuangyuan Bridge, and its name was Xuxiu.Feng Junzi wanted to touch Xuxiu, but Xuxu twisted and refused to let him touch it. This made Feng Junzi a little unhappy, and suddenly reached out and grabbed the fur on the back of Xuxiu's neck, and carried it like a chicken. into the air.Xuxiu hung in mid-air and struggled vigorously. I couldn't see it anymore and wanted to persuade Mr. Feng to let go. Unexpectedly, Mr. Feng lifted Xuxiu's ear to his mouth and whispered something to it, and Xuxiu immediately became honest.

Seeing that Xuxiu stopped struggling, Junzi Feng held it in his arms and stroked it a few times, closing his eyes as if resigned.Feng Junzi felt bored, so he gave me back the hug.I asked Feng Junzi: "Feng Junzi, what did you say to Xixiu just now? It seems to understand."

Feng Junzi looked at Xixiu and said: "Don't worry about what you say, this little thing can understand human speech. How did you pick up so many treasures under the Zhuangyuan Bridge? Also, you actually treat it like a dog! Feed it every day What is it?"

"It's a dog, what else can it be if it's not a dog? A bunny?" I replied, "I feed it whatever I eat, radishes, vegetables, and rice. It eats everything."

"My God! How could this be?" Feng Junzi seemed to see something strange in his eyes, and then he sighed and said: "If you want to be a dog, you can be a dog. This is not an ordinary dog. If you eat too much, you will get sick. Are you going to take it to Zhaoting Mountain? Let’s go, or we won’t be able to catch the bus.”

Zhaoting Mountain is more than 20 miles away from the urban area of ​​Wucheng. It is not far or close.We went to the bus station and took a city and country bus.Nowadays, pets are not allowed on buses or long-distance buses in big cities, but at that time, the shabby rural buses in Wucheng did not have this regulation, and some farmers in the suburbs even carried piglets on the bus.On the road, Xuxiu was very interested in the two little piggies in the car. He jumped out of my arms and stretched out his paws to scratch the piggies' ears, but the two little piggies lay there obediently and motionless.

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I got off the car next to the country road, and it was five or six miles away from the temple in Zhaoting Mountain.When Junzi Feng and I walked to the mountain temple, the sky was already getting dark.This mountain temple has been abandoned for a long time, but perhaps because of its remote and unnoticed location, it is still well preserved.There is a large stone trough in front of the mountain temple, and there are traces of incense smoke in the stone trough, which shows that there was incense here a long time ago.Outside the gate of the temple, there are two crabapple trees with thick mouths on the left and right, which are already dead, and there is a mountain peach forest around them.

The small temple is not big, there is no yard, and the door panels are gone.Walking into the temple, I saw a painted statue of a mountain god on the altar, clearly a woman in palace attire.Unlike most religious statues in temples or Taoist temples, this statue is closer to artistic sculpture.I saw that the mountain god had a slim figure and a beautiful face, just like an affectionate Xiaojiabiyu.There is also a line of words engraved on the base of the statue: the position of Luxue, the god of Zhaoting Mountain, it seems that this is the name of the god.The painted paintings on the statue's body have been peeled off due to the age, but the original colors are vaguely still there.

Feng Junzi walked around in a circle, seemed very satisfied, and said to me: "This place is really good, let's take a rest first, and wait for the time." He took out a few boxes of canned food from the big bag while talking. , a flashlight, a military coat, and even a watermelon knife.I asked him what he was doing with the watermelon knife, and he actually said it was for self-defense.I have lived at the foot of Zhaoting Mountain for more than ten years, and there are no ferocious beasts on this mountain at all.

I simply ate something, I fed Xuxiu half a piece of bread, and the little guy didn't know where to play.Junzi Feng was wearing a military overcoat, leaning on the altar with his eyes closed, and I was also sitting and resting on the threshold.Time passed bit by bit, and it gradually reached midnight amidst the boring waiting.Feng Junzi finally opened his eyes, looked at the time, and asked me: "Shi Ye, aren't you cold?"

It was only then that I noticed that I was still wearing my daytime clothes this time when I spent the night in the mountains, and I didn't feel the cold mountain wind at all.It seems that although I didn't feel much during this period of practice, my body still changed unknowingly.When I first saw Mr. Zhang wearing a silk shirt in late autumn, I thought it was unbelievable, but now I finally understand what's going on.Before I could answer, Junzi Feng had already stood up, facing the statue and said to me: "Shi Ye, come here and give me the Qingming Mirror."

I handed the Qingming mirror to Junzi Feng, who pointed the Qingming mirror at the statue, and held my hand with the other hand.I had already prepared in my heart for this, knowing what he was going to do again.Sure enough, I heard him chanting: "With the use of supernatural powers, the gods will return to their place!" I saw the Qingming mirror in his hand trembled, and a ray of light radiated in the darkness. This halo just covered the statue, and there was a The figure floated out of the mirror and followed the light towards the statue.This figure was Liu Yiyi, I saw Yiyi's figure floating towards the statue, as if she was attracted by some force the moment she got close to the statue, she got into it all at once.

In the light from the Qingming Mirror, this clay idol suddenly seemed to come alive!The eyes and facial features became vivid.The statue in front of me turned into two double images, one was still the original mountain god, and the other was Yiyi who was integrated with the mountain god.I finally saw Yiyi again!Yiyi stood on the altar, attached to the statue, with a pair of dark eyes open, as if she still didn't understand what happened.Those eyes were looking at me, looking at her expression, trying to say something to me.I was about to say a few words to Yiyi, when Feng Junzi had already put away the Qingming mirror, the light disappeared, and the surroundings returned to darkness.At this time, I heard Feng Junzi's voice: "Shi Ye, go out and avoid it for a while, I still have something to do, no one should disturb me."

Where can I escape from this barren mountain?I had no choice but to walk out of the temple gate in the dark and stop at the base of the wall.I heard Feng Junzi's voice vaguely: "Liu Yiyi, you died innocently 20 years ago. At that time, your spiritual consciousness was blurred, and you have no soul to rely on today... I taught you the method of self-understanding and ghost cultivation... Today I will call you Zhaoting Mountain gods, gather here the spiritual energy of the mountain gods to help you practice... Receive the incense from the world, gather the primordial spirit, and rebuild your body..."

Feng Junzi's few words are rarely serious, unlike his usual words and deeds, I listened in awe even outside the door.However, at this moment, Junzi Feng's tone changed, and he became unserious again: "Liu Yiyi, don't you really want to see the brother outside the door?... You can't worry about it, I have already sealed your soul In the statue, when you have a way to get out of the trap, you can go on a date with your brother Ishino... I wonder if he is, but there are other ways... In the dream, the ghost and the god meet, you can dream about it ...No, it doesn't matter, I will find a chance to teach Shi Ye, let your brother Shi teach you personally..."

Why did this kid run the train without saying a few serious words? While I was wondering, Mr. Feng had already come out with a flashlight.Seeing me standing outside the door, he patted me on the shoulder and said, "The things inside the temple are settled!"

"Gentleman Feng, what did you say in it just now, I seem to have heard you confer Yiyi the mountain god, are you kidding? You even made the god of the mountain!"

Feng Junzi put his index finger on his lips: "Hush your voice, don't let Yiyi hear it. The most important thing in the cultivation of wish power is the purity of your mind. What is she not a mountain god in the mountain temple? The promotion of mountain gods should be the Jade Emperor Responsible, but you and I don’t know his old man, and I don’t know where the Jade Emperor is hiding, so I have to work harder. I thought I would find the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee, but they don’t care about this kind of cadre..."

Junzi Feng was talking nonsense, so I quickly interrupted him: "Okay, okay, I've convinced you, is it over here now?"

"It's over? It's still early!" Feng Junzi's voice had a hint of a smile, which looked very strange in the darkness, "The rest will depend on the results of your practice for a period of time. I want to remind you that there will be no future." It’s so easy, you’re going to feel really, really, really bad.”

"Wait, do you want to borrow your supernatural powers again? Gentleman Feng, there is one thing I have always wanted to ask you. You are so powerful, why do you keep borrowing my supernatural powers? Isn't it easier for you to do it yourself?"

"You don't understand this. The way of heaven is not in the slightest. What a cultivator like me fears most is getting involved in karmic incidents. Things are all caused by you, so I can only borrow your mana. When the time comes, God will take care of you." Don't blame me...don't forget that I am helping you, and it has nothing to do with me!" It turned out that this kid thought so, and there was some truth in listening to him.I still want to ask a few more questions, but Feng Junzi has already grabbed my hand, raised his head and shouted loudly: "Use my supernatural powers to call spring!"

What?Call spring!Did I hear you wrong?Is there such a perverted spell in the world?The name is too....Just when I was feeling strange and laughing in my heart, bursts of soreness came from my whole body. I felt that the strength of my body was almost exhausted, my legs were weak, I could hardly stand, and I couldn't even breathe.Feng Junzi just reminded me that it would be very uncomfortable, it seems that he didn't just say it casually.This time he "borrowed supernatural powers" for much longer than any previous time. He kept holding my hand, and the feeling of weakness came over again and again, and my consciousness gradually became blurred.I don't know how long Feng Junzi cast this "calling spring" spell, because I lost consciousness involuntarily afterwards.

(End of this chapter)