Chapter 147 Face
An old poem says: There is no calendar in the mountains, and when the cold ends, you don’t know the year.
In the past few days, Fang Yi has been in charge of the Taoist temple, teaching his disciples to practice every day. Occasionally, he wanders around the mountains at leisure. His mind has been greatly relaxed, and his cultivation has improved a lot.
During this period, Zheng Xian recruited about fifteen Taoists for the temple.
Because Zheng Xian was born into a Quanzhen Taoist family, after consulting with Fang Yi, most of the rules in the palace were formulated in accordance with Quanzhen.
For example, chanting scriptures in the temple twice a day, morning and evening, is called "Xuanmen Daily Lessons."
There are also sacrificial ceremonies, fasting and offering sacrifices, etc.
Its sacrificial ceremonies include birthday, celebrating the New Year, welcoming the emperor, worshiping the stars and opening tombs, which are considered to be very grand ceremonies.
Early in the morning, Fang Yi and the elephant shrew returned to the palace from Lotus Peak after watching the sunrise.
"Palace Master."
"Palace Master, good morning."
Several Taoists greeted him.
Fang Yi greeted them one by one.
He had just stepped into the hall outside the Huangshan Taoist Temple.
Zheng Xian walked up to him and said, "Palace Master, tomorrow is the birthday of Hunyuan Taichu Daojun. Will you wear Taoist robes for the sacrifice, or something else? I'll have someone prepare it in advance."
Fang Yi was stunned for a moment, "Tomorrow is the birthday of Hunyuan Taichu Da Daojun?"
Zheng Xian blinked and said, "Don't you know best?"
Fang Yi really doesn't understand.
At the beginning, I didn't even consider the birthdays of Hunyuan Taichu Daojun and Huangshan Daojun.
After he finished writing most of the divine calendar, he asked Lu Shisheng to give it to Lu Tingsong.
There was too much content to be written in the divine calendar, so he could only design a rough outline and leave the rest to others.
For things like birthdays, one needs to study auspicious days and see if there are any conflicts with the birthdays of other gods.
How could he possibly do it himself?
Fang Yi frowned and said, "I'm going to Taiwan tomorrow."
Zheng Xian said helplessly: "Palace Master, I can do other things for you, but no one can replace you in offering sacrifices to the gods' birthdays. Besides, this is the first time our temple has offered sacrifices to the birthday of the Great Dao Lord. If you don't spread the word..."
Fang Yi understood what he meant.
It’s not so difficult to deal with such things in other Taoist temples or Buddhist temples.
After all, some gods are worshipped in many Taoist temples.
But the Huangshan Taoist Temple is not suitable.
Because no matter whether it is Hunyuan Taichu Daojun or Huangshan Daojun, they are only worshipped in their own palaces and temples.
If Fang Yi, the real person who is in charge of the event, is not on site to preside over the event, who will still believe in these two gods in the future?
Promised Zhang Tianshi to go to Taiwan.
And he must stay in the palace to preside over it?
Fang Yi felt a headache for a moment, he was too busy to handle everything...
Hey!
Too busy to handle everything?
Fang Yi blinked and an idea came to his mind.
I happened to see Xu Xiaoli and Lu Shisheng walking out.
Fang Yi waved and said, "Xiao Li, Shi Sheng, come here."
"Master."
"Master."
The two men walked forward quickly.
Fang Yi did not talk to the two of them immediately, but turned his head to look at Zheng Xian, "Abbot, according to the rules, which of them should stay?"
Zheng Xian thought for a moment and said, "According to common sense, Senior Brother Xu and Senior Brother Lu should both stay. However, if the Palace Master needs to send someone out for something, it would be best to let Senior Brother Lu go. After all, Senior Brother Xu is the founding disciple of our temple."
Fang Yi knew what to do. "Shisheng, come with me. I have something for you to do."
Lu Shisheng hurriedly said: "Yes, Master."
The two walked towards the private residence.
Along the way, Fang Yi told Lu Shisheng what to do next.
Lu Shisheng remembered them all in his mind.
Finally, we came to the inner hall.
Fang Yi stretched out his hand and conjured up a big sword. Well, actually he took it out from the treasure ship. "This nano-carbonized hafnium... ahem, the Mysterious Water Sword was made by me two years ago when I was in high spirits. You can take it with you to Taiwan."
Lu Shisheng already knew that this flying sword was extremely heavy. He held it with both hands and veins on his arms bulged.
Fang Yi said: "Put it down first, I have something to give you."
Lu Shisheng finally breathed a sigh of relief and quickly put down the flying sword.
Fang Yi then took out a lightning seal made of peach wood that was struck by lightning. "This lightning seal was originally a gift from Zhang Tianshi before the Chinese New Year last year. I have refined it into a magical tool in the past few days. You can take it with you."
It’s not the piece of jujube wood that was struck by lightning for a thousand years.
He wanted to keep that priceless treasure to make the palace master's seal for his own palace.
Lu Shisheng took it with both hands and asked in confusion: "Master, why is there nothing on it?"
"You will understand later." Fang Yi did not explain too much, and took out a newly evolved black robe, "Wear this black robe inside. If you encounter any danger, it can save your life and help you escape back to the palace."
Lu Shisheng had seen how magical the black robe was, so he took it very solemnly and carefully, "Thank you, Master, for lending me the magic weapon."
Fang Yi thought about it and conjured up a goose feather knife that he had recently developed when he was free. "You should also keep this magic weapon with you. If anyone wants to be your enemy, don't worry about the consequences. Just use this magic weapon to kill as many people as you want. I will take care of the aftermath if anything happens to you."
Lu Shisheng almost held his breath and stammered, "Master...Master, you lent me all your magic weapons. If anything happens, what will you do?"
Fang Yi laughed loudly and said, "With my master's cultivation level, who else in the world can hurt me?"
Lu Shisheng thought about it and said with a smile: "My disciple is worrying too much."
Fang Yi has not yet been able to let go of the divine light of Dan Qi like a bright moon.
Theoretically, some powerful modern thermal weapons could still break through his physical defense.
It is naturally impossible not to keep a protective magic weapon.
However, since his cultivation level has greatly improved, evolving the black robe and the goose feather sword no longer consumes too much Dan Qi.
Therefore, when Fang Yi received a call from Zhang Tianshi a few days ago and was about to go to Taiwan, he evolved two black robes and two goose-feather knives.
Originally, he was planning to give the magic weapons to his two disciples, Xu Xiaoli and Lu Shisheng, for self-defense after he left.
In fact, he now has three white robes and three goose-feather knives.
Naturally, he gave Lu Shisheng a set, and Fang Yi didn't feel sorry at all.
Of course, since these are magic weapons, it is too risky to leave them in the hands of ordinary people.
So after Lu Shisheng returns from Taiwan, Fang Yi will take it back.
…
The next day, the birthday of Hunyuan Taichu Da Dao Jun arrived.
Fang Yi, who had just changed into a set of monastic robes, was taking his first group photo with the Taoist priests in the temple.
Suddenly, there was a noise outside the door.
Then several men in suits filed in.
They also held a large pile of offerings in their hands.
Such as apples, oranges, longans, and longan.
The leading young man respectfully handed over the gift list and a large red envelope, "Master, Mr. Lu knows that today is the birthday of Hunyuan Taichu Da Daojun, so he specially asked me to deliver the offerings and gifts for Da Daojun's birthday."
Fang Yi thanked him: "Thank Mr. Lu for me."
He then asked the Taoist priests in the palace to put the things away, and also asked someone to bring a few people into the main hall to burn three incense sticks.
He originally thought it was just a minor incident.
But who would have thought that within the next half hour, people would continue to bring offerings and gifts.
"Hello, Mr. Huang asked me to deliver it..."
"Master, it's an honor to meet you, Master Wang..."
"Mr. Jian..."
"Tianshi Mansion..."
The originally deserted palace and temple suddenly became lively because of these people coming to bring offerings and gifts. It finally felt like a celebration of the god's birthday.
Although the gifts everyone gave were not very valuable, Fang Yi knew that everyone gave them to him out of respect for him, so he was still very happy.
This group of people were quite sensible. They delivered all of them before the actual ceremony, so they didn't delay the ceremony at all.
Finally, all the offerings and gifts were accepted.
Zheng Xian laughed dumbly and said, "Palace Master, the people who sent offerings and gifts were all lay Buddhists, but there were few fellow Taoists. Except for the Tianshi Mansion, Taoist Li, Longmen Sect, and Tianning Zen Temple, there was no one else. Don't you think it's strange?"
What he meant was that the leaders of both the Zhengyi and Quanzhen sects sent gifts and congratulations, but the other sects did not, so he felt a little strange.
The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously.
Fang Yi once again thought about why those Taoist and Buddhist sects did not send people to congratulate the Great Dao Lord on his birthday, and couldn't help but frowned slightly, "Okay, start the ceremony, I may have something to do later."
…
Bay.
Many Taoists came to the Wanbei Sihan Tianshi Temple today.
These people are all respected seniors of the Wanwan Tianshi Mansion.
Of course, the Taoist priests in the Tianshi Mansion are indispensable.
At first glance there were about a hundred people.
"I heard that the Taoist master will come to the palace in person today?"
"Yes, it is said that they are here to seek justice for us and Longhu Mountain."
"Blessings and Infinite Heavenly Venerable, a real person with the Tao? I haven't heard of him for hundreds of years. Today I am lucky enough to see him. I am really... really excited!"
"I'm afraid that the real person is protecting his own shortcomings. If he insists on supporting Longhu Mountain, what will we do?"
"Even if he supports Longhu Mountain, we can only accept it. Who made him a Taoist master? Don't you know how terrifying a Taoist master is?"
"The power of the real person recorded in the ancient books is indeed terrifying, but it seems that no one knows whether it is really true or not?"
In the square in front of the Sanqing Temple, several old Taoist priests were whispering.
There is also a group of young Taoists who are also worried about the future of Tianshi Mansion.
After all, everyone knows that the person who came to uphold justice this time is a real person from the mainland. If the other party favors Longhu Mountain, what can Taiwan do?
Sitting at the head of the group was Zhang Zhendao, the Taiwanese Tianshi who looked righteous, but his expression was not looking good either.
Although he agreed to Longhu Mountain's invitation to Master Fang to come out and uphold justice, he was also intimidated by the majesty of the master.
He was afraid that he might accidentally offend the Taoist master and bring disaster to the entire Wanwan Tianshi Mansion.
Everyone was chatting when a loud voice suddenly came out from outside, "Welcome to the abbot of Longhu Mountain, Taoist Master Zhang Daojin, and welcome to the Taoist Master Fang of Huangshan..."
What?
Is Master Fang really here?
Zhang Zhendao and a group of high-level magicians all stood up and hurried to the door.
As a result, they took one or two steps forward when the follow-up content of the loud shout came over, "…the second disciple, Taoist Master Lu Shisheng."
Zhang Zhendao and a group of high-level magicians nearly fell down.
Perhaps because they didn't hear the real person coming, everyone who was originally nervously preparing to go forward to greet him stopped and stood still.
The Wanwan Successor of Han Tianshi Mansion and the Longhushan Successor of Han Tianshi Mansion were in a heated dispute over the issue of succession to the Heavenly Master.
How could Zhang Zhendao and a group of high-level magicians give face to Zhang Daojin?
Before, I wanted to go forward to greet him because I thought he was here in person.
Now that Master Fang hasn't come yet, why are they going to welcome him?
Of course, Zhang Zhendao and a group of high-level magicians are not fools. Knowing that the real disciple is coming, they should give him enough face to welcome him.
But that is subject to a prerequisite, it must be confirmed that Master Fang is indeed an enlightened master.
Now this is not confirmed yet.
Therefore, Zhang Zhendao and a group of high-level masters were not prepared to give Lu Shisheng "face".
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