The previous drama had just finished filming and Rong Jing had not yet decided on plans for the next drama, so he naturally had some free time during this period.
Rong Jing thought for a moment and asked calmly, "Have you decided on the time?"
Ji Yucheng is such a shrewd businessman. When he heard Rong Jing's answer, he knew there might be a chance.
After pondering for a while, Ji Yucheng said, "It turns out that it is scheduled for the eighth day of this month, which is twelve o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow... I wonder what Master Rong Tian thinks?"
If Rong Jing thinks this time is not good, Ji Yucheng will naturally be willing to change it.
Rong Jing calculated casually that the date chosen by Ji Yucheng was a good one. Everything would be auspicious, and it would be suitable to preside over the stone sacrifice ceremony.
"Okay." Rong Jing nodded.
A smile suddenly appeared on Ji Yucheng's face.
In fact, he didn't hold out much hope at the beginning. After all, judging from their previous interactions, this Master Rong Tian didn't seem to like socializing very much.
But he really felt that other masters might not be able to achieve the same effect as Rong Jing himself, so after thinking it over, he still brought the things to the door.
Now that he had received Rong Jing's approval, Ji Yucheng felt relieved.
Ji Yucheng: "Then we will go there tomorrow. Is it convenient for Master Rong?"
After all, the ceremony was scheduled for 12 noon the day after tomorrow. If we didn’t go there tomorrow, we would be a bit rushed in terms of time.
Of course, if Rong Jing really doesn't have time to leave tomorrow, Ji Yucheng thought about it and felt that he seemed to have connections with the Xie family. Given the relationship between the Ji and Xie families, it shouldn't be difficult to borrow a helicopter.
Fortunately, Rong Jing had no objection and just said "hmm" lightly as a response.
The smile on Ji Yucheng's face deepened. After sitting for a while, he stood up, said goodbye, and went back to arrange the next matters.
Rong Jing stood at the window and watched their car leave, then looked away.
For Rong Jing, presiding over this kind of ceremony couldn't be easier.
In other words, this ritual is not difficult for other heavenly masters.
It was just that Rong Jing had intervened in this matter before, and by going to support the ceremony this time, he was personally adding the final period, which would also be more perfect for Ji Yuben himself.
Ji Yucheng had a good destiny, and he was thinking about inviting Rong Jing over, perhaps because he felt that this would be good for him.
After tidying up the used disposable cups on the table, Rong Jing took out a small bag and went to the study to find some things and put them in.
The next morning, Ji Yucheng and others came to pick him up and go to the airport.
After watering the broad-leaved orchid at the door, Rong Jing nodded to Xiaohui who was leaning out of the opposite door and looking at them, then went out with the small bag he had packed earlier.
The flight from Beijing to Hong Kong takes just over an hour, so Ji Yucheng naturally booked a business class ticket.
Rong Jing took a nap on the plane, and when he got off the plane, someone came to pick him up.
Ji Yucheng still arranged for Rong Jing to live together with himself, and he also took into account Rong Jing's taste for dinner.
The next morning, the Ji family got everything ready.
The so-called settlement of sacrificial stones does not simply involve moving the sacrificial stones from their original locations to the Folk Ecological Street.
Ji Yucheng has great expectations for this ethnic ecological tourism park and naturally hopes that it can be perfect.
So when Rong Jing and the others took the bus to the National Ecological Tourism Park, almost everything there was ready.
On the tall altar were placed offerings of livestock, flowers and fruits, and incense sticks as thick as a baby's arm were burning high, with green smoke rising straight into the sky.
Rong Jing raised his eyes and looked at him calmly.
After the completion of the construction, the ethnic ecological tourism park seems to be more substantial. At first glance, the wooden stilt houses seem to be moved directly from the Miao village, with a touch of strange beauty in their ruggedness.
Of course, the interior decoration is still modern, but many of the decorations use national style.
Rong Jing took a casual look and saw many decorations adapted from Miao village totems.
Very attentive indeed.
"Master Rong, what else do you think we need to prepare?"
There was still half an hour before twelve o'clock. Ji Yucheng went to confirm the quality of the sacrificial stone, then came back and respectfully asked Rong Jing.
"There's nothing to prepare." Rong Jing retracted his gaze and shook his head.
Ji Yucheng's preparations were indeed very complete. All the necessary and unnecessary things were ready. Rong Jing took a look and nodded.
The young men who moved the sacrificial stone also changed their clothes. Rong Jing looked at the time and then glanced at the clear sky outside.
Xiang City is at a lower latitude than the imperial capital, so the temperature is a bit higher at this time. There is only a slightly cool breeze blowing, and the breath is filled with the light smell of trees and grass.
"Get ready." Rong Jing waited for a while and said.
Ji Yucheng immediately became extremely alert, and the people around him held their breath involuntarily, wanting to see what kind of capabilities this handsome young man, whom their boss had traveled thousands of miles to pick up, had.
——Although they knew that it was just a ceremony and there would probably not be any unscientific phenomena.
The red silk spread on the altar was blown up by the breeze. Rong Jing walked over, picked up three incense sticks, and with a flick of his fingertips, he drew the spiritual fire and lit the incense.
Ji Yucheng was standing relatively close, and when he saw Rong Jing's movements, his pupils shrank.
Although he had seen Rong Jing's ability to easily attract thunder before, the fact that his fingertips spontaneously ignited into fire was beyond Ji Yucheng's imagination.
Others who didn't know Rong Jing's previous methods were even more shocked when they saw this scene. Hearing the sudden heavy breathing from the audience, Rong Jing's expression did not change. He took the incense in his hand and gently inserted it into the incense burner.
The fragrance ignited by the spiritual fire also carries a hint of indescribable spiritual power.
Wisps of green smoke rose up, and the spiritual energy contained in it dissipated and scattered into the air, and then followed the feng shui flow of the local feng shui bureau, completely dissolving any remaining evil spirits in the air.
Everyone felt that the already fresh air seemed to have become even cleaner. After a moment's pause, they subconsciously turned their gaze towards Rong Jing on the altar.
Rong Jing didn't have time to pay attention to their actions at this time. After inserting the lit incense into the incense burner, Rong Jing looked away and looked at the sacrificial stone not far away.
The huge stone shaped like a longevity peach is simple and heavy, carrying an indescribable strange meaning.
Walking over, Rong Jing lightly brushed his fingertips over it, and then suddenly said, "Bring my bag here."
Ji Yucheng had been paying attention to the movements on the stage. When he heard the words, he was the first to react and quickly took the small bag that Rong Jing had placed in the car.
The black bag doesn't look big, but it feels a bit heavy in the hand.
Ji Yucheng was a little curious, but he didn't dare to be careless and handed the bag to Rong Jing.
Rong Jing weighed the small bag, then took out... an engraving knife from it.
The copper blade shone with a faint golden luster, and slender white fingers gently pinched the handle. Ji Yucheng was a little curious about what Rong Jing was going to do, and then he saw him holding the engraving knife in his hand, turning around and cutting the sacrificial stone.
Sand and gravel rolled down.
It was clearly an extremely hard stone, but in Rong Jing's hand, it became as soft as tofu.
Hearing the sound of "cha, cha, cha" of the blade rubbing against the stone, Ji Yucheng subconsciously looked down at the time.
11:53.
There were still seven minutes left before the originally scheduled time for the sacrificial stone to be moved in. Ji Yucheng watched Rong Jing's actions but did not dare to make a sound to disturb him.
Fortunately, Rong Jing didn't seem to plan to carve much on the sacrificial stone. After a few minutes, he put down the engraving knife that had been specially blessed with the talisman array and stepped aside.
Ji Yucheng looked up and saw that on the originally rough surface of the sacrificial stone, there were suddenly some patterns of plants, trees, fish and animals.
It's not very delicate, but the person who wielded the knife was very steady, so the patterns appear to have clear lines and neat strokes, and seem to fit in particularly well with the entire rough sacrificial stone.
Ji Yucheng had even more doubts in his mind at this time, but seeing that the time was almost up, he could only keep his mouth shut and called the young men who were preparing to carry the sacrificial stone to come over and get ready.
However, before he could take any action, the sacrificial stone, which was almost half the height of an adult, suddenly moved without being touched by anyone.
The dull sound of friction between stones was heard. Ji Yucheng looked at the scene in front of him in shock. At the same time, Rong Jing's clear and pleasant voice came to his ears: "Get up!"
I saw a few flashes of golden light, and just at the moment of twelve o'clock, the sacrificial stone flew into the air and instantly fell to the place where Ji Yucheng originally wanted to place the sacrificial stone.
Rong Jing looked at the sacrificial stone falling to the ground with a calm expression.
From then on, Ji Yucheng's matter came to a successful conclusion.
It seemed as if there was a wind responding, and the sacrificial stone that had fallen into the right position and was carved into mountains, rivers, and plants by Rong Jing with his spiritual power made a soft "buzzing" sound, connecting the entire ethnic ecological tourism park with the surrounding mountains, forests, and water veins.
From now on, as long as Ji Yucheng did not do anything against the will of heaven, or if a Taoist priest with higher cultivation than Rong Jing came and destroyed the carvings on the sacrificial stone, the nearby mountain spirits and water spirits would also include this place in their protection range.
"This, this is simply..." This is simply unbelievable!
Ji Yucheng was an ordinary person, and he could not see the responses from the mountain spirits and water spirits. However, when he saw the huge rock that required four or five young men to lift fly up and down, he could not help but exclaim with the people behind him.
If this scene was filmed and hung on the publicity board of their ethnic ecological tourism park, it would cause a lot of attention!
However, he did arrange for someone to record today's stone-sacrificing ceremony. I just don't know whether Master Rong Tian was also recorded. If so, he would have to ask Master Rong Tian's opinion before handling it.
With his mind racing, Ji Yucheng quickly came up with several publicity plans.
Then he saw Rong Jing put the engraving knife back into his small backpack, and quickly regained his composure and went to greet him: "Master Rong, thank you for your hard work."
Although Rong Jing seemed to have done nothing except carving some flowers, plants, fish and animals on the sacrificial stone, anyone who had seen the huge stone flying up just now would not really think so.
Ji Yucheng didn't think that just replacing that Heavenly Master would have such an effect.
As a result, his attitude towards Rong Jing became more respectful, and when he heard Rong Jing speak, he concentrated all his attention.
"From now on, on the first and fifteenth day of every lunar month, remember to burn three sticks of incense at the foot of the mountains in all directions, and be sincere and pious."
To be honest, mountain spirits and water spirits are nothing more than a vague aura, but their existence is somewhat similar to that of dragon veins. When someone worships them devoutly, they can absorb the power of wishes and strengthen themselves.
And the stronger they are, the more power they will naturally have when they protect their believers.
Ji Yucheng seemed to understand what he said, but he knew that it must not be a trivial matter for Rong Jing to remind him specifically.
Keeping these words firmly in mind, Ji Yucheng made a prompt decision and asked someone to bring incense and go to the foot of the surrounding mountains to offer the first incense offering.
Rong Jing glanced at him but didn't stop him.
So Ji Yucheng took a handful of incense and asked someone to bring more offerings that had been prepared earlier, and went to burn incense in a grand manner.
After lighting the incense in his hand, Ji Yucheng looked at the green mountains in front of him, not knowing what to say for a moment.
After a pause, he said nothing. He just reverently inserted the burning incense in his hand into the specially prepared pile of sand.
A bit of willpower was drawn out from him and merged into the mountains.
After coming back from burning incense, Ji Yucheng stuffed the big red envelope he had prepared into Rong Jing's hands.
"Master Rong, thank you so much this time." Ji Yucheng said gratefully.
The sacrificial stone was finally completed, and the ethnic ecological tourism park could begin operations as planned. After experiencing the ups and downs before, Ji Yucheng's mood was complicated at this moment.
Thousands of words can be expressed in this one sentence of heavy gratitude.
"Nothing." Rong Jing did not refuse the red envelope he handed over. This was the rule in the metaphysical world, and it was also a testimony to the understanding of cause and effect between the Heavenly Master and the victim.
"It's just a small effort."
Rong Jing's words...are not exaggerating.
For ordinary heavenly masters, it is actually quite difficult to make the nearby mountain and water spirits fully accept the existence of the ethnic ecological tourism park.
But Master Rong Guo was born psychic, and his spiritual power seemed to be no less than that of the mountain spirits and water spirits, so he could naturally communicate with them smoothly.
Besides, Ji Yucheng was not a black-hearted person. After the previous donation, he organized several charity events. At this time, he had a faint golden light of merit on his body, so naturally he could win the favor of the mountain spirits everywhere.
Rong Jing didn't mention much about these things to Ji Yucheng, but with his previous reminder, Ji Yucheng had some idea of what to do in the future.
Ji Yucheng smiled and followed Rong Jing into the car respectfully. Then he seemed to remember something and said, "By the way, Master Rong Tian, are you free these days?"
Rong Jing raised his eyes to look at him, and Ji Yucheng continued, "It's in the neighboring Zhao City. There seems to be a metaphysics exchange event in a few days. I heard that some heavenly masters from nearby provinces will also rush over to participate."
Ji Yucheng recalled the news he had received and said slowly, "This kind of event happens about once every five years, and this year it happens to be held in Zhao City. I heard that during the exchange activities, some Heavenly Masters often take out things for exchange..."
He had never seen Rong Jing use any magical weapon before, so now that he remembered it, he reminded him.
If Rong Jing needs to collect magical instruments that can be used by Heavenly Master, participating in such an exchange activity would be a good choice.
As for the place for the exchange activity, Ji Yucheng can help get one.
Rong Jing had never known that the Heavenly Masters in this world actually had such an exchange activity. But when he thought about it carefully, it was not surprising.
Fate is first, luck is second, and Feng Shui is third. Most of the current Heavenly Masters are only proficient in one of them. It is extremely rare to find a Heavenly Master like Rong Jing who is proficient in both fortune-telling and Feng Shui.
This also leads to the situation that when the Taoist priests who are only proficient in one or two of the above aspects encounter metaphysical events that they are not good at, it is often difficult for them to resolve them quickly.
And this dilemma is not unchangeable. Sometimes, in order to deepen their own foundation, they would exchange with the Heavenly Master who is good at that aspect. Over time, it naturally became a tacit rule.
This is the case with the metaphysical exchange event held every five years.
Rong Jing was listening to Ji Yucheng's speech when his cell phone rang. He opened it and saw that it was a message from Zhou Songyun.
Zhou Songyun: Master Rong Tian, I heard that you are in Xiang City now?
Zhou Songyun: A metaphysical exchange event will be held in Zhao City near Xiang City in the next few days, and several heavenly masters from special departments will also go there.
Zhou Songyun: I still have a few vacancies. I wonder if Master Rong Tian, are you interested?
It turns out that he was approached for this metaphysics exchange activity.
Rong Jing was not surprised how Zhou Songyun knew he was in Xiang City. As a Heavenly Master who had a number in front of the special department, naturally someone would pay attention to his actions.
Of course, this kind of attention must not be excessive, otherwise Rong Jing will not tolerate it.
Rong Jing lowered his eyes, thought for a moment, and replied.
Master Rong Tian: Yes, it’s in Xiang City.
Master Rong Tian: If possible, please give me a spot.
Master Rong Tian: Thank you.
Zhou Songyun: Master Rong, that's very polite. I'll apply for a spot now, and when I get to Zhao City, I'll contact you and meet up.
The fact that metaphysical exchange activities can become such a semi-public routine is naturally due to the promotion of the state.
As a department that specializes in dealing with metaphysical matters, the special department naturally has a certain number of admission quotas.
In the past, these places were allocated according to the contributions of the cooperating Heavenly Masters or the number of magical instruments given by the noble families.
This year, due to the reform of special departments, individual assessments have been added in addition to the previous allocation conditions.
The Heavenly Master selected in this way may not be completely connected with the country, but at least he has a certain degree of compassion.
Now ten out of the dozen places have been allocated. Rong Jing is not a member of the special department, but considering the dedication he has made over time, it should not be difficult for him to get a place.
Sure enough, within half an hour, Zhou Songyun sent a WeChat message to Rong Jing, saying that the quota had been applied for and that the invitation letter would be handed directly to Rong Jing before admission.
Rong Jing heard the message alert, lowered his eyes to take a look, then moved his fingers and replied.
Master Rong Tian: Yes.
Since he would be going to Zhao City in a few days, Rong Jing was naturally not in a hurry to return to Jing City.
Ji Yucheng wished he could stay longer. After knowing that he had some interest in metaphysical exchange activities, he collected a lot of information from everywhere.
Rong Jing read through all the information and roughly knew what the celestial masters would take out for exchange in such metaphysical exchange activities, and also knew what would be more popular in such activities.
After thinking about it, Rong Jing asked Ji Yucheng to borrow their study room and casually drew a dozen Yin-suppressing talismans and some other types of talismans.
Rong Jing also opened and looked at the red envelope that Ji Yucheng had given her earlier.
The other party was very generous and there was a check for five million inside.
Rong Jing donated three million of it, and after drawing the talisman, he still took out a few and handed them to Ji Yucheng.
"This is……"
Naturally, there was nothing bad in the things that Rong Jing took out. It was just that Ji Yucheng was worried that maybe something had gotten on his body, which caused this Master Rong Tian to suddenly give him some talismans.
Rong Jing: "… just a few amulets I drew casually."
No one knew what Ji Yucheng was thinking about. His face, which had just become round, turned pale with fright.
After hearing Rong Jing's explanation, Ji Yucheng breathed a sigh of relief, and then couldn't help laughing: "I was a little paranoid."
If something really happened, Rong Jing's reaction...
Well, he didn’t seem to have seen any other big reaction from Master Rong Tian.
After a moment of distraction, Ji Yucheng took the amulets.
No more, no less, just the right number of his family members.
His heart trembled slightly. Besides being respectful to Rong Jing, Ji Yucheng also felt indescribably moved.
After putting these amulets away, Ji Yucheng planned to give some to each of his family members after returning home.
Then he remembered something. The metaphysical exchange activity seemed to be about to begin tomorrow. Zhao City was not far from Xiang City, but he had to go there early to prepare.
After having breakfast together, Ji Yucheng personally sent Rong Jing to Zhao City.
Zhou Songyun and his friends had arrived earlier and told Rong Jing their temporary address on WeChat, which was not far from the place Ji Yucheng had booked for Rong Jing.
Knowing that Rong Jing was coming, Zhou Songyun went to pick him up.
"Master Rong." During this period, Zhou Songyun was still busy with various matters left over from the previous missing case. When he saw Rong Jing, a smile appeared on his strong face, "Long time no see."
Rong Jing got out of the car and nodded at him: "Captain Zhou."
Ji Yucheng naturally knew about the existence of the special department. When he saw Zhou Songyun, he went up to say hello.
After a while of greeting, Zhou Songyun hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but invite Rong Jing.
Apart from Master Long, Master Yuankong, Master Pei Yuan and his senior brother Master Liu Tingxuan, Rong Jing had never seen the other masters who came with Zhou Songyun this time.
But these heavenly masters were very curious about Rong Jing.
They had heard a lot about Rong Jing from Zhou Songyun, Long Tianshi and others. They knew that he was very young and had great abilities, but they still had to see him in person to know the truth.
Zhou Songyun also knew what these heavenly masters were thinking, so he wanted Rong Jing to meet them in advance.
Otherwise, when the metaphysics exchange activity starts tomorrow, if the two parties meet for some reason, it will not look good.
After Zhou Songyun finished speaking, he looked at Rong Jing expectantly.
After thinking about it, Rong Jing finally nodded: "Okay."
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