"The leader is here!"
Qingyue's voice spread throughout the square, as if it was in the sky and in his ears.
As soon as he finished speaking, in the square, both Master Jindan and the new disciples involuntarily became quiet and looked at the head of the Sanqing Taoist Sect who was approaching from the horizon.
Wearing a gold-rimmed Taoist robe, wearing seven-star boots, and a white jade crown on his head, he stood with his hands on the back of a slender and elegant white crane. From far to near, everyone could see his appearance clearly. His face was white without beard, and there was a fresh air between his eyebrows. His eyes were calm and peaceful, and he looked carefully at his facial features and then his temperament.
The middle-aged handsome man is in charge.
Lingchu saw clearly the appearance of the leader, and felt a little more happy about Sanqing Dao Sect. From this look, he was a good sect.
"I am in Dingyou, the sun is shining brightly, and the wind is harmonious. Disciples of the Sanqing Dynasty, Chonghe, the 162nd generation leader, together with all his disciples, would like to drink pure delicacies to pay tribute to the ancestors of all generations. Today we welcome the eighth The hundred and eighty-sixth generation of disciples have entered the family, and I sincerely invite the Patriarch Hall to be opened and their names to be included in the register, so as to strengthen my Three Pure Ones."
The leader turned his back to the disciples and spoke loudly. After finishing his words, he bowed and saluted at the door of the Patriarch Hall.
At the same time, some disciples serving the Patriarch Hall shouted, "Disciples, worship!"
Before arriving at the Ancestral Master Hall, the leader of each team, Jin Dan Zhenren, had already given instructions, and all the new disciples followed their leader and bowed down to salute.
"clang!"
A clear and peaceful bell rang loudly, and the ancient door of the Patriarch Hall, which was more than several feet high, slowly opened. At the moment it was opened, on both sides of the carved jade avenue in the center of the hall, bronze lotus lanterns quietly lit up their flames, illuminating the entire place. A solemn hall.
"Get up! Come in!"
The leader entered first, without using any magic spells. He only walked in with his feet and walked up to the high platform in front of the hall step by step.
Immediately afterwards, from right to left, each Jindan master led the new disciples who consciously divided into two lines, and walked up the hundred steps in front of the Patriarch's Hall one by one. They stepped over the knee-high threshold and entered the hall respectfully.
Lingchu's batch was the third batch to enter. When he crossed the threshold, Lingchu had to hold on to the threshold with both hands and use his strength to cross over. On the way, he also helped the children who were only eight or nine years old to carry them over.
Wasn't the length of the legs considered when designing this threshold?
The disciples did not dare to be presumptuous, so they all kept silent, pulling each other across the threshold, and then quickly returned to the group, still looking respectful and serious.
Naturally, Lingchu didn't dare to be presumptuous. He thought to himself, with the same calm expression on his face.
The Sanqing Dao Sect did not have many disciples. When they were in the square, Lingchu counted them and found that they were only around four hundred.
Looking at the large number alone, if divided equally among the five states, one state only receives less than a hundred people on average, which is a bit small.
No wonder it is said that apart from Qianji Pavilion, Sanqing Dao Sect is the sect with the fewest disciples.
More than four hundred new disciples, a group of ten people, lined up neatly, standing with their hands tied, extremely quiet.
"To pay tribute to the ancestors of all generations, we are now welcoming the 886th generation of disciples. Disciples must lead by example, preach and practice, live up to the aspirations of their ancestors, and not fall into the name of the Three Pure Ones."
On the high platform, there are densely packed spiritual tablets, going up layer by layer until there is only one spiritual tablet at the top.
In front of the altar, there is a tall incense burner, with three sticks of sandalwood as thick as an adult's arm stuck on it. On top of the incense head, there are little lights, but there is no smoke, but the whole hall is filled with a light and quiet feeling. The aroma.
Hearing it calms the mind.
The new disciples, who were originally very nervous, felt clear-headed and peaceful under the smell of sandalwood.
"Kneel down!" A gentle and calm voice resounded through the main hall of the Patriarch's Hall. The master held incense and knelt on the high platform. Facing the overlapping tablets, he knelt down respectfully.
All the disciples quickly knelt down, stretched out their hands, and clasped them in front of their chests.
"bye!"
Push your hands flat from your chest, raise them high to your forehead, palms facing outward, lean down, palms to the ground, and rest your forehead on the back of your hands.
This is a great ritual for the Taoist sect, and all new disciples must learn it before arriving at Sanqing.
"Goodbye!"
"Three obeisances!"
After three bows, Lingchu secretly raised his eyes and looked at the countless tablets above the main hall. His palms touched the jade-paved floor. The warm touch and the undulating lines on the ground due to the carved patterns echoed in his ears. Mellow voice.
"Yunzhou Pingyun Mermaid Xiaoxiao."
"Disciple Yu Xiaoxiao, here."
"Li Meng, a native of Yanghe, Yunzhou."
"Disciple Li Meng, here."
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"Yu Lingchu, a native of Antang, Jiu Ming Prefecture."
"Disciple Yu Lingchu is here."
After each disciple's name is recited, the master will burn the corresponding silk recording the disciple's detailed information in the incense burner, and a jade slip opened on the altar will light up with spiritual light. The disciple's information appears.
All new disciples must leave their names in this disciple book enshrined in the Patriarch Hall before they can be considered as officially joining the Sanqing Dao Sect and becoming a Sanqing disciple with legal status.
After answering loudly, watching the silk being burned, and seeing her name recorded in the disciple book, Lingchu suddenly had a real feeling. From then on, she was a disciple of the Sanqing Dao Sect.
The initiation ceremony includes not only worshiping ancestors but also offering sacrifices to heaven.
Everyone exited the Patriarch Hall in an orderly manner, and then they discovered that the square was surrounded by old disciples of Sanqing at some point. However, the old disciples of Sanqing only stood on the outside and did not enter the middle of the square.
The new disciples stood in the middle of the square under the guidance of Master Jin Dan. The leader flicked his sleeves, climbed up the steps in the air, and stood in the clouds.
"Chaos first opened, and the universe began to be established. Yin and Yang mutually generated each other, and the five elements rotated. The pure Qi ascended to become the sky, and the turbid Qi sank to become the earth. Tao gave birth to one, life gave birth to two, two gave birth to three, three gave birth to all things, and all things began Ye. The ancient saints were lucky enough to be blessed by heaven and earth, and gained the wisdom of all things. They first heard the sound of the Great Way, and clearly proved that the Great Way was manifest, and the Three Purities were established..."
The mellow and calm voice rolled from the clouds and resounded throughout the Sanqing Taoist Sect. Following the sound of the sermon, within the Sanqing Taoist Sect, spiritual flowers competed to bloom, swimming fish jumped out of the water, white cranes chirped in the sky, and the glow shone brightly. world.
The new disciples who followed the meditation of the Sanqing disciples seemed to have seen the chaos when the heaven and earth first opened, the mystery of the growth of all things, the founding and prosperity of the Sanqing Dao Sect, and the spiritual power surged in their hearts.
"I broke through! I broke through to the middle stage of Qi training!"
"My cultivation has also improved a lot!"
"The realm I just broke through has stabilized!"
"Oh my god, you actually broke through two levels at once!"
Gradually, the mellow sound of the sermon quietly faded away, and what was left were waves of exclamations from the new disciples.
It turned out that during the period when the master was preaching, countless disciples unknowingly broke through their realm, stabilized their realm, or improved their cultivation.
Lingchu also had a look of surprise on her face. She also broke through and reached the tenth level of Qi training.
And after the breakthrough, I also improved my cultivation a little bit. This is simply that listening to Jun's instructions is better than practicing for a year.
No wonder that in addition to new disciples, many old disciples came.
