Xie Lingya felt that Shi Changxuan was coming too, the two looked at each other, he turned Tang Qi's stiff head, no longer looked out the window, and then made a silent gesture.
Tang Qi's expression was very stiff, and there was some doubts.
Xie Lingya whispered: "The fox wears the skull to worship the moon, it is cultivation, don't disturb."
It seemed that those skulls were taken by them, Tang Qi thought they were bold children from the nearby village.
Legend has it that the fox can transform from a fox body into a human body after practicing, and can also cultivate into a positive fruit. The folks have always had the custom of worshiping the fox fairy. Especially after the early Tang Dynasty, this trend prevailed, and there were sacrifices to fox immortals in large and small villages.
There is a folklore that a fox wears a skull to worship the moon, and if the skull does not fall, it can transform into a human form. But of course the conditions for human transformation can't be so simple. Is it enough to wear a skull to worship the moon
In fact, that was already the final key to cultivation.
The reason why man is the spirit of all things is because of his mind and thoughts. Foxes also have a certain amount of intelligence, so they are easier to become sperm than other animals. However, this kind of intelligence is also compared to other animals, and it is still far worse than that of humans.
Therefore, the fox worships the moon with a human skull on its head. On the one hand, it absorbs the essence of the moon, and on the other hand, it hopes to obtain the human mind, so that it can obtain the Tao. And this part of the skull is exactly where the main soul was before life.
These foxes may have a certain spirituality, so they know how to steal skulls to practice. Xie Lingya asked Tang Qi to keep silent, because he was afraid of disturbing the fox's practice, and they held grudges in their hearts.
Tang Qi nodded as if pecking at the rice, and wanted to continue to look out, but he didn't dare, because Xie Lingya didn't explain it all, all he thought was that there were really fox spirits in the world, would they come to catch my Tianlinggai
"Then what should I do now..." Tang Qi whispered again, "Is there anything you can do tonight?"
Xie Lingya was also in trouble. The skull appeared, but in the hands of the fox, who knew that the fox would not return, he couldn't help asking Shi Changxuan: "Do they understand human speech? I only communicate with ghosts. "
Tang Qi: "..."
Shi Changxuan: "If it's an old fox, he might understand it."
Xie Lingya hurriedly started getting dressed. He wanted to go out to guard and find a way to get the skull back. Foxes can use their skulls to practice cultivation. This is their instinct, but they have inadvertently caused other people's corpses to be incomplete.
Tang Qi didn't dare to stay here alone, so he quickly dressed and went out.
Xie Lingya went around the house. There was no road to go up the low cliff, so he had to climb, but if he moved, he would disturb the fox, which made it very difficult.
At this time, two foxes took the skulls off, put them in their mouths, and touched the smaller fox next to them.
Looking at the sky, it is no wonder that the moon has been hidden in the dark clouds.
Seeing that the three foxes were about to burrow back into the woods with their skulls, Xie Lingya became anxious and shouted, "Wait, return the bones to me!"
As soon as the three foxes heard the sound, they jumped into the grass without hesitation and disappeared without a trace.
Xie Lingya: "...It seems that I really don't understand human speech."
Even if he understood, he probably wouldn't pay attention to him.
Xie Lingya was very depressed, "How can I find this, Daochang Shi, is there any talisman that I can use?"
In ancient times, it was common to enter the mountains, so there are many Taoist talismans that can be used in the mountains. They don't hunt, they can catch foxes from that distance.
Tang Qi was also very depressed, "It's not like there was nothing at all, the fox stole the skull, and those 'good brothers' made trouble because of the incomplete bones?"
Shi Changxuan thought for a moment and said, "Those foxes seem to have some spirituality, let's try the "Chang Qing Jing Jing" to call them over."
"So?" Xie Lingya pondered for a while, "You can really try."
Tang Qi didn't understand, "What do you mean?"
…
Tang Qi followed Xie Lingya and the two of them, out of breath, and climbed to the low cliff, then saw Xie Lingya sitting on the ground, took out his mobile phone, and read into the words on the mobile phone: "Lao Jun said: The Great Way is invisible, and it gives birth to the world; the Great Way is ruthless, Running the sun and the moon; the Dao has no name, and it nourishes all things. I don’t know its name, but the strong name is Dao…”
This is "Tai Shang Lao Jun Chang Qing Jing Jing". Xie Lingya wrote it down when Liu Bohe was teaching the scriptures, but to prevent mistakes and omissions, he cautiously used his mobile phone to search it out and read it.
Tang Qi also knew that it was a Taoist classic, but he didn't know why Shi Changxuan and Xie Lingya said that reading this could call the fox over, but all kinds of things have happened tonight that scared him and he was not in a hurry. Now he has to explain, so he simply sat on the stone beside him, and watched Xie Lingya's "performance" with his hands on his knees.
But listening to it, Tang Qi really heard a bit of taste, although he didn't understand the meaning.
Xie Lingya's voice was clear and clear, and chanting scriptures in the forest had a feeling of emptiness. The speed was slow and slow, with a strange rhythm and rhythm, which made people feel calmer unconsciously.
"Changqing Jingjing" is only a few hundred words and can be read in a few minutes. Xie Lingya recited it over and over again. When he read it for the seventh time, he was fascinated by Tang Qi. He suddenly heard the sound of rustling in the grass behind him. It took two seconds for him to react. There are a few green spots.
Tang Qi was shocked, these are fox eyes that reflect light, what is the situation, the fox is really here!
He thought that I would go, did he come to listen to the chanting, is this fox really mature
Xie Lingya also saw those pairs of eyes, but he didn't stop, and after reading the seventh time, he opened his mouth to explain the scripture he just read: "Tao, before heaven and earth does not see its beginning, and after heaven and earth does not see its end. There is no form and no form, nothing is not the Tao, and nothing is the Tao. Therefore, the Dao has no form…”
The three foxes who were originally squatting in the grass about eight or nine meters away, alertly listening, actually got out of the grass and approached Xie Lingya's direction step by step, but the three skulls were nowhere to be seen.
The moon emerged from the clouds again, and with the lights not far away, you could see their khaki fur and brown eyes, turning from time to time to guard against those on the side.
Xie Lingya remained calm, and after explaining it once, the three foxes were only two meters away from him, their big eyes staring at them.
Xie Lingya slowly stretched out his hand: "Give it back to me."
The little fox twisted in the big fox's arms, rubbed his head, squinted at Xie Lingya, and acted coquettishly, while the big fox licked the little fox's coat.
Xie Lingya was very angry, "If you listen to the scriptures, you will listen, but if you return things, you will not understand?"
- When Liu Bohe taught the lay Buddhists of Baoyang Temple to study the scriptures, it was mentioned that the scriptures must not be read wrongly. Only those who are skilled in private can recite them publicly, otherwise they will hurt others and hurt themselves. In contrast, if the reading is correct, it means saving others and saving oneself.
Taoists say that chanting the sutras brings countless blessings. A person chanting the sutras not only saves others, but also saves himself, but also saves ten types of spirits, and all the living beings passing by will be enlightened. If there is spirituality in it, it will be able to listen to the scriptures and understand it even more.
Shi Changxuan and Xie Lingya just thought, this fox will worship the moon, and it must have some spirituality, so they try to recite the scriptures here, they hear it, if they have the heart to touch this light, it will naturally appear.
Moreover, listening to the sutras and comprehension is not inferior to Dai Skull's worship of the moon, and Xie Lingya recited the sutras before and explained them again after seeing them hiding in the grass.
Xuanmen regards the Tao, the scriptures, and the teachers as the three treasures. Not everyone has the comprehension power of Xie Lingya, the classics are passed down by word of mouth, and the secrets are passed from the teacher's mouth to the ears of the disciples. So it's even harder.
Xie Lingya thought that he could take the opportunity to let the fox return the skull as a deal. In this way, there is no need to use violence, the fox is good, the corpse is good, everyone.
And these foxes did come out, but they realized that Xie Lingya didn't know what they didn't know, but Xie Lingya could see it by pretending to be stupid.
Shi Changxuan looked at it, but said: "It should be something to exchange, and the skull will be returned without an agreement in advance to listen to the scriptures."
Xie Lingya: "…"
… Xie Lingya felt that he thought them too sweet, or he was too sweet. According to the legends Xie Lingya has read, this animal will voluntarily give something to whatever Taoist priests and eminent monks teach, but the foxes will settle accounts, one yard for another.
No way, Xie Lingya had to ask Tang Qi to get some food.
Tang Qi originally looked at the fox's head and worshipped the moon from a distance, and was very afraid, but he didn't know whether it was because of Xie Lingya's chanting scripture just now, or because of these foxes' cheating. Now he has no fear.
It's not good for him to drag other people in, so as not to scare the wild fox away, he brought mineral water, two sea bowls and some meat by himself.
Xie Lingya unscrewed the mineral water and poured it into a bowl, placing the two bowls in front of him.
The foxes squatted and watched him pour the water, then Shi Shiran came over and licked a few mouthfuls of water first. The little fox even pierced half of his face in, shook his head, and bit a piece of chicken in the bowl next to him.
The two big foxes waited for the little fox to chew for a while, then each could not wait to pick up a piece of meat and gobble it up.
Tang Qi couldn't help but ask: "Can they become human?"
Just like the fox spirit in the story, she became a big beauty.
"It shouldn't, isn't it still cultivating?" Xie Lingya said, for now, they should still be opening up the stage of wisdom.
After all, it is not easy to practice wild animals these days!
The area of mountains and forests has decreased, there are fewer places to live, and people are everywhere. These little guys, looking at this food, are usually afraid that they may not be able to eat enough.
"You have to give it back to me when you're full," Xie Lingya recited beside him. He was afraid that the fox would be too good, and he wouldn't admit it, "Don't think that you are a second-class national protected animal and you can be fooled..."
Tang Qi & Shi Changxuan: "..."
The three foxes ate all the meat, and their stomachs swelled. They drank mineral water and licked the fur on their bodies until they were shiny. When they were so full, the big fox pushed the little fox with its head.
The little fox barked a few times and walked into the grass, turning back one step at a time.
The big fox called out urgently, and the little fox jumped out.
Xie Lingya was also a cheap hand. He licked the tail of the big fox from the back. The fox looked a bit like a dog, but the tail was big and fluffy. He licked it from top to bottom.
When the fox turned around, Xie Lingya had already withdrawn his hand and looked at it innocently.
The big fox slowly put his tail in front of him and licked it, with a little "suspiciousness" in his eyes.
When Shi Changxuan saw this scene, he couldn't help but smile, but no one noticed in the night.
After about three or four minutes, the little fox came back. It slowly emerged from the grass, with three stacked skulls on its head, pressing its ears to the sides, probably for fear of falling.
After walking in front of Xie Lingya, the little fox bowed his head, and the three skulls slid off its head, and then called out to Xie Lingya a few times.
Xie Lingya saw the little fox's brown eyes staring at him with wide open eyes. He wanted to touch its head. He also thought that the head just covered the bone. However, facing the innocent eyes of the little fox, he had no choice but to settle for the next best thing. Reach out and hug the little fox around the neck a few times.
As soon as Xie Lingya's hand touched the little fox's neck, it rolled and lay on the ground with all four of its feet in the sky.
"... Scared me to death, I thought I was going to touch porcelain." Xie Lingya couldn't help but say something, and then hugged the little fox's stomach a few times.
The two big foxes weren't worried, and brushed each other's fur by themselves.
Tang Qizhen is not someone who loves small animals, but seeing this scene at this time, he was actually a little itchy.
These are the three wild foxes, their fur is not pretty, and they even play with skulls, but Tang Qi watched them go from being vigilant, to approaching tentatively, to lying down close, and this process made him feel inexplicably good.
Tang Qi also squatted next to him carefully, and the two big foxes stared at him immediately, but seeing that Tang Qi just reached out and touched the little fox's back, he ignored him.
"It's quite slippery." Tang Qi said, "I don't know if I should call them to come more often in the future."
Xie Lingya: "Come here and scare people again."
"That's what I think." Tang Qi also expressed such a wish, whether it was for people or foxes, they had better go astray.
When the time approached, the two big foxes combed their hair and called the little fox, and it turned over from Tang Qi and Xie Lingya's hands, followed behind their parents, dragging their fluffy tails, and disappeared together into the vast night. middle.
…
Xie Lingya wrapped the three skulls with talisman paper, took them back, and assembled the bones.
Lao Wang said, "I was just about to say, people in the village have asked around, and they all said they didn't take it. Where did you find this?"
Xie Lingya looked at Tang Qi and said nothing to himself.
Tang Qi didn't plan to say that he had seen a fox spirit (although his level was average), lest people get panicked and said nonsense: "I'm afraid it was carried away by a wild dog. Those skulls."
Lao Wang didn't think too much about it, "Well, it's good to get it back."
The time has come, Shi Changxuan made the altar, and Xie Lingya also took out the altar-cleaning talisman, the filth-breaking talisman, etc. He also drew a whole set of super secret magic town house spirit talismans before.
There are a total of seventy-two talismans in this set, which can recruit gold and silver into the house, ward off evil spirits, ward off disease, ward off mountain spirits and tree spirits, and so on. It is said that this set of talismans can keep the house for ten years and make the host family rich for twenty years.
In ancient times, this set of talismans was widely circulated and proved to be effective many times. The most prominent one is that it is said that the family of a certain dynasty emperor also used this set of talismans.
Practice, pass talismans, and bury bones.
After two o'clock in the middle of the night, a ritual is not finished.
Halfway through the hot spring bath, he was disturbed by the fox. Now that the ritual was done, Tang Qi greeted them again and let them go to the bubble bath again to relieve their fatigue.
"I'm not soaking anymore, I want to go to bed early." Xie Lingya yawned, "Mr. Tang, go by yourself."
Tang Qi looked at Shi Changxuan again, but Shi Changxuan shook his head too, so he had no choice but to go out on his own. Although it was late at night, Shi Changxuan had just finished the ritual. Tang Qi was so confident that he was no longer afraid of being alone.
Practical work is also physical work. You are too tired to stand for a class at school, let alone several hours of religious work. Shi Changxuan and Xie Lingya were both tired and went back to their rooms.
After Shi Changxuan washed up sleepily, he lay on the bed, his eyelids sticking together as soon as he touched the pillow.
But as soon as he touched the pillow, a burst of shouting caused him to open his eyes slightly.
Shang Lu Shen, who was placed beside the pillow, finally waited for him to come back, his tone was bleak: "Shang Lu Shen, Shang Lu Shen, Zhiji forecasts the most diligent. I was dumped in soup, and Mu Ling was full of tears."
Shi Changxuan: "..."
Shi Changxuan looked up and buried the God of Shang Lu under the pillow.
The next day, everyone got up for breakfast.
Xie Lingya saw that Shi Changxuan didn't mention Lu Shen, so he asked a question.
Since Shi Changxuan had this God of Shang Lu, he always took it and picked it, picked it again, and took it out of his backpack at this time.
Shang Lu Shen burst into tears as soon as he was taken out, Shi Changxuan frowned slightly, and threw it into Xie Lingya's hands, "Please help me with it for a while."
Xie Lingya caught Shang Lushen, put it to his face and listened.
Shang Lushen: "..."
Shang Lu Shen: "... uh!"
Sobbing, not holding back.
Xie Lingya didn't understand, and thought it was hiccups, and hung it on him.
Tang Qi looked at it in awe and said, "Could this be... raising a kid?"
Although he felt that the evil sect would not dare to do it, he also knew that some businessmen or celebrities liked to raise little ghosts to help, and of course Taoist priests also raised them.
"...Well, how do you explain it? It's a bit like, do you know the God of the Ear?" Xie Lingya said.
Tang Qi had a vague concept, but still felt that he was similar to the kid, "Then Daochang Shi raised this... fierce?"
Although this puppet was dressed up so cutely, Tang Qi had a preconceived notion that the cuter it was, the weirder it felt, and maybe it was super fierce.
Xie Lingya: "Not fierce, cute."
If Shi Changxuan thought about it, he was not fierce, but he had always suspected that he had been struck by lightning.
"Really, then what will he do?" Tang Qi asked.
Shi Changxuan wanted to sneer a little.
Xie Lingya said, "I can sing..."
Tang Qi: "??"
Xie Lingya: "I can also tell fortunes..."
Tang Qi: "Oh!"
It's almost there! Tang Qi said again, "But Mr. Xie is also a fortune-teller, right? Can't Master Shi do it?"
"Daoist Master Shi will do the same," Xie Lingya explained, "but there is no conflict in this one. The God of Repaying the Ear is also a kind of divination method, which belongs to a kind of Liuren's forecasting technique. Moreover, the greatest benefit of Daochang Shi's raising this is actually that Measure it and cultivate merit."
"It makes sense." Tang Qi was awe-inspiring, and taking this opportunity, he gave them a card with 500,000 in it. Originally promised to be 300,000 yuan in advance, but Tang Qi went back and thought about it last night and added another 200,000 yuan.
Mainly because he saw Xie Lingya recite the "Changqing Jingjing" with his own eyes, and attracted the wild foxes. Of course, Daoist Shi also worked very hard and helped to design a Feng Shui Bureau dedicated to Buddhist temples. It's just that last night's show was more shocking, which opened Tang Qi's eyes.
Tang Qi pondered that it is rare to have an expert, so he thought of making friends, and he added money.
Originally, 300,000 Xie Lingya was very pleasantly surprised. The main reason is that the cost of asking Shi Changxuan to design is relatively high.
Now Tang Qi has also taken the initiative to add money, Xie Lingya is very happy, he and Shi Changxuan can get a lot of money.
Tang Qi drove them to Baoyangguan in another car before leaving. Before getting off the car, he shook hands with the two of them and said meaningfully, "Mr. Xie, Daochang Shi, we will keep in touch in the future."
Tang Qi thought about it later, thinking that he had heard a sentence before, and it was also spread from Taoism. It is called "The great creation of heaven and earth is always in one orifice. People can know this orifice, and all dharmas can always be understood."
—There are actually many sects like this. For example, Uncle Xie Lingya mentioned that there are people who have practiced for a lifetime and cannot enter through the door, and there are also people who become immortals with sixteen steps of kung fu. Or: "A little inspiration is enough, and the world will waste Mo and Zhu in vain."
In short, Tang Qi doesn't think that Teacher Xiao Xie is young at all now. He already simply and rudely believes that Teacher Xiao Xie is not bad compared to Chen Sansheng.
Xie Lingya said generously: "It's easy to say, I welcome Mr. Tang to come to our Taoist temple for a tea in the future."
For a business like Tang Qi's and Mr. Gao's, Xie Lingya can receive one or two pieces a month, so he doesn't have to worry about expanding Baoyangguan's funds. Only after accepting a few more apprentices for his uncle, did he feel that he would live up to his uncle's dying regret.
…
Xie Lingya came back with his bag on his back. It was during the lunch break, when he was away, everyone ate the lunch.
Xie Lingya greeted everyone, "I'm back."
Hai Guanchao picked it up for him and said jokingly, "It's hard work, Mr. Xie has come back to earn money to support his family."
Everyone knows that Xie Lingya is out "without a license to exorcise ghosts", not to make money and come back to subsidize Baoyangguan.
Xie Lingya blushed and said: "It's easy to say, after all, there are old people and young people. This is what a man should do."
Everyone: "… "
Hai Guanchao looked around for a week, "Is there an old man and a young man? Don't you deny that I am a master?"
Xie Lingya used his thumb to compare the Bilingguan Hall, "There are old people on the top," and pointed to the God of Shang Lu on his shoulders, "There are small ones on the bottom."
Everyone: "..."
Shi Changxuan: "..."
The author has something to say: Shang Lushen: Yes, yes!