Many people know about the Five Great Immortals in the Northeast, fox yellow, white and willow ash. However, I think these so-called Five Great Immortals are very evil. I kowtow to them for blessings. I don’t know what the Sixth Master thinks.
If it were me, I would be praying for Guanyin, Buddha, or the Patriarch of the Sanqing Dynasty, or the Five Great Immortals, which is really nothing I have seen or heard of.
Including Liu Qiaomei, everyone watched silently. I couldn't say anything, so I just regarded it as a performance before entering the mountain.
After a while of bowing and muttering, the master took out five sticks of fine incense from his small cloth bag, lit it and inserted it directly into the ground in front of him.
Five sticks of fine incense floated up curls of green smoke, which filled the air, giving people a subtle feeling of refreshment.
After staring at the burning fragrance for a long time, Mr. Liu slowly stood up, dusted off the dirt on his body, turned his head and squinted his eyes and said, "It's done, take your things and go into the ridge." son!"
Liu Ye spoke again, and Brother Bao asked us to bring all the equipment and followed Liu Ye into the ridge.
Mr. Liu was still smoking his pipe and walking slowly and leisurely at the front. Liu Qiaomei and Gouzi were walking behind him, while Liu Tingting, me and Brother Bao were walking at the back.
"Little girl, it's too heavy. Come on, Brother Bao, I have plenty of strength. Give me the heavy one."
Seeing Liu Tingting's frail appearance, Brother Bao took the initiative to share some equipment with her.
This made Liu Tingting very grateful. Without the heavy objects, Liu Tingting's speed was obviously much faster, and she quickly followed Liu Qiaomei in front.
At this time, Brother Bao and I were the only ones walking at the end of the team.
When I had nothing to do, I asked about the worship ceremony for Master Liu just now.
Brother Bao told me that before entering the mountain, one should worship the Five Immortals. This is a rule that has been passed down for generations in the villages around Daxingan Mountain.
Because shamanism originated here, local people believe that there are more five immortals, thinking that they can keep people safe and turn disaster into good luck.
Therefore, whenever something important is done, one must first pay homage to the Five Immortals and inform them.
Brother Bao said that this Sixth Master has been hanging out in the Daxingan Mountains since he was a teenager. Every time he goes to the mountains, he will worship the five immortals and ask them to bless him to turn misfortune into good luck and return home with a full load.
I can understand what Brother Bao said. Every region has its own unique customs and habits. Just like people who live by the sea worship Mazu, the Dragon King, and those who live by the Yellow River worship the Queen of the Yellow River. Like the river god, its ultimate meaning is nothing more than seeking a good omen.
I understood the idea of worshiping the Five Immortals, but I had another question that immediately came out of my mouth, and that was why Lord Liu used five sticks of incense to burn incense to worship?
I know a little bit about worshiping and burning incense, because our group of tomb robbers worshiped Cao Cao, the ancestor of tomb robbers and diggers.
But that's just three sticks.
The number and meaning of burning incense are also different. As far as I know, there are one, three, six, nine, twelve and thirty-six.
Of course, there are also four-branched ones, but these are generally used to worship lonely ghosts and are rarely used by people.
As for using five sticks for burning incense, I am ignorant, so I can only ask Brother Bao, a native of Heihe, to explain it to me.
Brother Bao told me that he really knows something about this. He said that the reason why five sticks of incense are used to worship the five immortals is also determined by the number of the five immortals, fox yellow, white and willow ash. Each stick represents a A fairy family is indispensable.
There is another point about using five sticks of incense to worship the Five Immortals, and it is also the most critical. It is to judge the good or bad luck based on the length of the incense burned.
The method of judgment is very simple. If five sticks of incense burn normally, it is auspicious. If one of them burns out, it is unlucky. The degree of misfortune is also determined by the number of burnt incense sticks.
After listening to Brother Bao's explanation, I couldn't help but sigh for a while. I didn't expect that there was such a saying in it. It really gave me a lot of experience.
If I had done it before, I would have thought that such worship was nothing more than a foolish expression of feudal superstition by ignorant people.
But since I have experienced all kinds of weirdness and magic that cannot be explained by science, I have to force myself to believe it.
"Okay, let's go quickly, we have to reach the ranger station before dark!"
As he said that, Brother Bao quickly took two steps to follow.
As soon as I heard about the ranger station, I became interested again, and also quickened my pace, intending to follow and ask again.
But just when I was about to speed up my pace, a strange scream suddenly came from my ears.
The strange scream sounded like it was made by some kind of wild beast, and it seemed to resound in my ears, and I could hear it very clearly.
"Hey, Brother Leopard, did you hear any sounds?"
I suddenly stopped, looked around, and then asked Brother Bao who was not far from me.
"Is there any sound? Why didn't I hear it? Don't scare yourself. Hurry up and follow. This is the Greater Khingan Mountains. There are many birds and beasts. Don't be dragged away because you are walking too slowly and are left alone!"
After saying that, Brother Bao ignored me and continued walking forward.
I felt very strange at the time, because when I asked Brother Bao, his answer was very straightforward, and his facial expression did not show any strangeness.
There seem to be two possibilities. One is that this cry may be a bit weird to me, but for a native like Brother Bao, it is a common thing. He has long been used to hearing it, so it doesn't matter at all. Take it seriously.
There is another possibility, that is, Brother Bao did not hear that weird cry at all, but I don’t want to consider the second possibility, because the cry is too clear, Brother Bao is only three to five meters away from me. It was only a few meters away, and it was very quiet in this ridge, so it was impossible for him not to hear.
So after thinking about it, I still feel that I have short hair and short knowledge, and I am too fussy about new things.
Thinking of this, I stopped taking this matter to heart and stepped forward again to catch up with the team that was getting further and further away from me.
Everyone has gone deep into the depths of Lingzi, leaving me alone on the edge of Lingzi.
While chasing, I inadvertently looked back at the five sticks of incense stuck on the ground in the distance, and found that green smoke was still rising.
But I don’t know if I was dazzled. Suddenly I saw a flash of red light flying past. When I looked at the five incense sticks, all of them were extinguished without exception...
I saw a sudden and strange scene that made my scalp tingle for a while, and I almost threw away the equipment on my shoulders when I swayed.
"I'll go. I've just entered this mountain. Isn't it so evil?"
This is how people are, no matter how courageous you are, the fear of the unknown and strange is innate, and everyone is like this without exception.
"Boy, what are you doing? If you can't catch up with us in a while, don't get lost in this mountain. It's not a trivial matter if you get lost!"
Brother Bao, who was almost out of sight, shouted at me at the top of his lungs.
Hearing this, I hurriedly agreed, quickened my pace as if to avoid the plague, and ran towards the depths of the mountain without looking back.
"What are you doing, kid? You are so slow. If you can't reach the ranger station before dark, it will be dangerous, you know!"
Brother Bao seemed a little impatient and unhappy. Seeing this, I quickly explained that I had just made it easier and would not slow down the team's progress any more.
Originally, I wanted to tell Brother Bao about the weirdness of those five fine incense sticks, but in the end I didn't.
Because I had some selfish motives at that time, that is, we need to find Liu Baye and the others as soon as possible.
If I say this, Brother Bao doesn't know what his reaction will be, but at least the old guy named Liu Ye will definitely not continue to lead the way.
Without him to lead the way, not to mention whether they could find Liu Baye and the others, it would be extremely difficult to figure it out. Otherwise, Liu Baye and the others would not be lost in this boundless virgin forest. It’s been more than half a month.
So I didn’t even mention a word about the five extinguished incense sticks.
At the same time, I was comforting myself, maybe it was just a small animal that happened to be passing by, and it just happened to scratch me while jumping.
