Chapter 233: Mid-Autumn Festival, God, My God
The techniques of controlling fire and flying needles are for frontal attacks, while the techniques of exorcism and summoning ghosts are for long-range deployment, which are enough to deal with general situations.
In order to facilitate their practice, Gong Mengbi's small golden furnace would often be placed on the altar for them to practice fire magic.
Yu He was also invited to teach the method of summoning ghosts. The core of the method is that foxes can communicate with the spirit world, so they can use the power of Mount Tai to drive ghosts. Gong Mengbi himself has the Taishan talisman, which can grant certain blessings. However, after the blessing is applied to the fox, the fox will be responsible. If the fox uses the power of Mount Tai to drive ghosts and gods to do evil, Gong Mengbi will be held accountable.
Gong Mengbi still dared to take this responsibility. As the students he taught, he naturally knew what they could achieve.
The art of Yan Sheng uses curses to subdue the soul, employing Yin methods that can reach the depths of the spirit world. Gong Mengbi himself possesses many Yan Sheng techniques, integrating them into his own practice, combining them with Tai Yin methods to create the Tai Yin God-Slaying Method. By absorbing a person's Qi, he can use the Tai Yin method to cast spells, suppressing the soul and seizing life.
Gong Mengbi now has too many methods, and the Taiyin Killing God Technique is used less and less, and he teaches it to the foxes without reservation.
The flying needle technique was taught to her by the Great Immortal Beilai, and it was one of the metal techniques she was most proficient in. It required no other support, as long as she could refine the gold energy into her hair, it would transform into flying needles.
Because they are so small, they can hurt people without being seen.
Gong Mengbi remembered that Granny Shi had three thousand white-hair needles, which she distributed to each of the five younger generations, six hundred of which were made from the white hairs on her body. Gong Mengbi even borrowed a white-hair needle specifically to comprehend the Taoist principles within, thus gaining a deeper understanding of the flying needle technique.
He learned and applied it immediately, and since the flying needle technique was not difficult, he mastered it quickly and was able to guide the fox in his practice.
After putting in so much effort, I can finally see the foxes' progress.
On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, Gong Mengbi presided over a grand ceremony and invited the City God, Taoist Master Yao and Zen Master Faming to watch the ceremony.
This grand sacrifice is mainly to worship the Goddess of Mount Tai, the Moon Goddess, the Lord of Mount Tai, and the gods of the ten directions. Songs, dances, flowers, fine wine, delicious food, lights, and incense are used to worship the gods, hoping that the gods can protect the foxes and make everything go smoothly for them.
Gong Mengbi personally took part in this grand sacrifice, singing and dancing to entertain the gods and playing the piano to please the heart. The entire Fox Courtyard was transformed into a Taoist temple, shining with the light of the full moon.
The foxes sang and danced around the statue with reverence in their hearts.
As bystanders, Qu Chenghuang, Taoist Master Yao and Zen Master Fa Ming should have been detached from the world and watched this sacrifice from an appreciative perspective.
But after the sacrifice began, Gong Mengbi's every move had become a Taoist method in its own right, which was the fox sacrifice method he had cultivated.
The fox sacrifice ritual enveloped the entire Fox Courtyard. In cooperation with the foxes, it seemed as if an invisible celestial fox was wagging its tail in the smoke, and as if countless little foxes were laughing on the rooftops, treetops, and under the tables in front of the corridor.
The onlookers were unable to remain spectators, but were instead caught up in the fox sacrifice and became part of it.
They laughed and watched the foxes singing and dancing, as if they had transformed into gods, rejoicing in the sacrifice before them.
The foxes feel the same way. On the one hand, they are foxes that are offered sacrifices to the gods, and on the other hand, they are the gods who enjoy the sacrifices.
The one who sacrifices is a fox, and the one who receives the sacrifice is a fox.
The fox sacrifice method is to worship the gods in heaven and also to worship the gods in one’s heart.
The Goddess of Mount Tai sat in the main seat, and Gong Mengbi used her spiritual response to invite the spiritual responses of the gods from all directions to bless the foxes.
After the grand ceremony, the foxes collapsed onto the ground, sleeping in huddled buns. Even the Great Immortal Beilai seemed drunk, his expression relaxed and cheerful.
The three dazed guests who had been watching the ceremony had already been sent away by Gong Mengbi. Seeing Gong Mengbi return, the Great Immortal Beilai said, "It's really hard for you to take such trouble. Inviting all the gods from all directions, even with the Queen Mother of Mount Tai in charge, must have taken a lot of effort."
Gong Mengbi smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. I gained far more than I gave. Offering sacrifices to the gods of heaven is also offering sacrifices to my gods, and I am happy in my heart."
The Immortal Beilai smiled slowly. She looked at the moonlight and said, "Such a beautiful moonlight will be left to you alone."
Gong Mengbi said, "Slow down."
The Immortal Beilai waved his hand and turned into a beam of fire and flew up.
Gong Mengbi watched her go away, bowed to the Queen Mother of Mount Tai, and looked at the sleeping fox with a relieved smile.
When they woke up the next day, the foxes felt refreshed and energetic. They practiced the method of nourishing their spirits and found that their spirits had grown stronger.
With the blessing of the gods, there is a sense of clarity that everything is at your fingertips and under control.
After the three guests woke up, they recalled the sacrifice of last night and could not help but sigh at the wonder of the sacrifice and the magical powers of Gong Mengbi.
The foxes they saw all had pure auras and upright spirits, completely different from the evil ones, which made them put their worries at ease.
After the grand ceremony, Gong Mengbi and Beilai Daxian answered their questions, led them to review the nine methods and learn new things.
In September, these foxes were divided into three groups and sent to various places in Wuning County for training.
Among them, those who were most proficient in literature, quick-witted, studious, and kind-hearted were assigned to Taoist Master Yao and Zen Master Fa Ming.
As for the rest of the foxes, some entered the City God Temple to work with Li Tayun, while others received letters of recommendation from Qu Chenghuang and joined the community gods in various parts of Wuning County.
There were only a very small number of foxes, three each, who went to Taoist Master Yao and Zen Master Fa Ming. There were five foxes who went to the City God Temple. The rest of the foxes went to the vast countryside.
From September to November, they have to gain experience in various places, helping the community gods to manage a place, helping the city gods to sort out yin and yang, and helping monks and Taoists to do good deeds and accumulate virtue.
By the twelfth lunar month, they would return to Fox Child Academy to prepare for the annual exam held by Sky Fox Academy. If they could pass the exam, they would become classmates with Gong Mengbi instead of teacher and student.
After sending off the foxes one by one, the Fox Yard became much less lively. Gong Mengbi had poured the most effort into this first batch of foxes, and now that he was sending them off, he felt quite emotional.
But it wasn't all easy, after all, one group had left, and there were still two to go. Next year, the next batch of foxes would graduate, and by then there would be a lot more to worry about.
Now that I have some free time, I can finally live my own life.
Gong Mengbi did not go to Fox Hill for three consecutive days, and the five ghost gods were sent by the Great Immortal from the North to ask him what he had been doing.
How come Gong Mengbi, the dean of the Fox Academy, doesn't even show up, and still needs the trouble of the Immortal Beilai to keep an eye on him?
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