Three days later.
Zhongyi Temple.
Except for the mountain patrol monks and the monks who are in retreat or not in Weishan, all the other monks are gathered here.
Zhao Yongqi stood at the forefront and once again put on the clothes worn for major ceremonies.
He wears a wide robe with a white background and gold patterns, and a luxurious purple gold crown on his head. The robe is decorated with vivid and rare animals, and the sun, moon and stars are dotted around the robe.
What is different from usual is that Zhao Yong's robe on his right arm is tied with conspicuous white silk, and the appearance of the purple and gold crown facing the sky has also changed to white.
Half a step behind him was the great elder who had successfully built the foundation.
Directly opposite the two men were more than fifty monks from the Zhao family. Each monk was wearing a black robe, with white silk tied around his right arm and bun.
Everyone stood attentively, waiting silently.
The Zhongyi Temple was built by the four elders. It is a circular venue with a diameter of more than 200 feet. It is surrounded by three-foot-high red stone tablets. These outer stone tablets are mainly used to record the names of mortals and their general achievements and demerits in their lives. , each stone tablet can record thousands of names.
There are also a large number of red stone monuments in the middle, but now they are basically wordless inscriptions.
Below these stone tablets is the place where monks are buried. Each stone tablet represents a fallen monk. The stone tablet details the monk's life experience and the evaluation of future generations.
soon.
The Zhao family monk made way for him.
Zhao Yongwen was seen wearing plain white clothes, slowly entering the Zhongyi Temple. Behind Zhao Yongwen, there were four monks from the Zhao family carrying a black gold coffin, following Zhao Yongwen into the hall.
"Sister Wen, don't be too sad." Zhao Yongqi stepped forward and held Zhao Yongwen's hands.
Her eyes were red, but her expression was unusually calm. She no longer cried in grief three days ago. Zhao Yongqi knew that she had been crying for two days and two nights, and her tears were probably exhausted by now.
Zhao Yongwen said nothing, but held his hand tightly.
At this time.
Zhao Yongqi nodded to the fourth elder who was not far away. The fourth elder immediately understood and sang loudly: "Begin the burial~"
The last word has a long ending sound that lasts for a long time.
The four monks carrying the coffin immediately placed the coffin into the grave that had been dug long ago.
This is a tomb near the center, which represents the great elder's contribution to the Zhao family. In front of the tomb stands a stone tablet that is more than three feet long, with fonts densely carved on it.
The general idea is: Zhao Deqing, the owner of this tomb, was born in the 430th year of the Taiyi calendar. He practiced hard and was later elected as the third elder of the De generation and the first elder of the Zhao family. He successively assisted the three generations of patriarchs Zhao Shoutai, Zhao Shouyan and Zhao Yongqi, and established What an achievement...
Final evaluation: Having both ability and political integrity, being selfless, imparting the Dharma properly, he is a great contributor to the Zhao family.
"Fill in the soil~"
After the coffin was placed, the fourth elder immediately shouted again.
Zhao Yongwen stepped forward first and filled in the first shovelful of soil, followed by Zhao Yongqi, the Great Elder, and finally all the monks of the Zhao family stepped forward in sequence.
There are still few monks in the Zhao family, so they can still use such a ritual. When there are more monks, this ritual will no longer be applicable.
in addition.
Although the third elder's coffin is huge, it can carry three or five people without any problem. In fact, it contains ashes and things that were commonly used during his lifetime. In places like southern Xinjiang, corpses cannot be buried directly, otherwise it may not be possible many years later. A zombie will pop out.
Moreover.
There are also many evil cultivators who like to steal corpses and refine them, so no matter what the considerations are, the corpses will not be preserved.
Filling the soil at this time is just a ritual. After the burial process is completed, the spell of touching the fossilized soil will be used to completely turn the tomb into stone to ensure that it can be preserved for a longer period of time.
Finally, there is the ceremony of worship.
First, everyone worships together, and then individually offers incense and worship in order.
If an ordinary monk dies, the funeral will naturally not be so grand, but to the Zhao family, the third elder is obviously not an ordinary monk.
...
All done.
Zhao Yongqi first handed Zhao Yongwen to Zhao Chongxue, and then returned to his residence, while the great elder returned to continue to consolidate his cultivation.
He had just broken through the Foundation Establishment. If it hadn't been for the incident involving the three elders, he would have had to remain in seclusion for a month before he could come out.
Normally, a breakthrough in foundation building would be a great joy. Even if it was not widely announced, a celebration ceremony would have to be held within the Zhao family. However, when Zhao Yongqi mentioned the matter, he was turned down by the elder.
The reason he gave was that the third elder had just passed away and it was not appropriate to hold a festive ceremony.
In fact, there is another reason, which the great elder understands even if he doesn't tell Zhao Yongqi.
If the Great Elder often appears in front of the Zhao family monks, as the only foundation-building monk of the Zhao family, even if he does not want to, the Zhao family's core of power will slowly move closer to him. It is human nature to obey the strong.
Even though Zhao Yongqi has been the patriarch of the Zhao family for three years.
However, his prestige is far less than that of a foundation-building monk, not to mention that this foundation-building monk is also the elder of the Zhao family. In a sense, as long as he is willing, it is legitimate to control the power of the Zhao family.
The great elder was obviously aware of this.
That's why I subconsciously try to avoid showing up or expressing opinions in front of the Zhao family monks.
...
Calm and calm.
Another ten days passed in the blink of an eye.
this day.
Zhao Yongqi's residence welcomed an unusual guest.
"Lao Bai, is what you said true?" Zhao Yongqi sat at the top, frowning slightly.
The person who came was none other than Bai Zhengyi. He nodded and said, "Everything is true. Feng Banxi personally came to my residence three days ago to win over me. He promised that as long as I join them, when the matter is completed, I will earn at least tens of thousands of spiritual stones."
"Don't they know that a monk in the Zhao family has been promoted to build a foundation?" Zhao Yongqi expressed doubts.
Feng Banxi is the beautiful woman from the Feng family in the late stage of Qi training in Dongweishan.
turn out to be.
Today, Bai Zhengyi came to his door, saying that Feng Banxi from the East Weishan had colluded with a group of loose cultivators to prepare to loot Weishan on another day. He had already gone to win over Bai Zhengyi three days ago. Bai Zhengyi was afraid of being watched, so he delayed informing him for three days.
certainly.
This is just Bai Zhengyi's words.
When Zhao Yongqi thought about it, in addition to being afraid of being followed, he probably also thought about the benefits and losses countless times before he chose to come to report the news.
"Feng Banxi didn't reveal the specific plan to me."
Bai Zhengyi slowly thought about the organization's language: "But according to the meaning of her words, it seems that she is not afraid of the Foundation Establishment monks. It seems that the Foundation Establishment seniors are behind this matter, and it is also revealed that there are informants in the Zhao family. It is said that the Zhao family not only possesses a Foundation Establishment Pill, but it may be possible to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill."
"Informant?"
"Foundation Pill?"
The Zhao family's expression remained unchanged, but he was secretly angry. He didn't know whether the informant was true or false, but the Foundation Establishment Pill was definitely something made out of nothing. It must have been used to stir up the desires of the casual cultivators and plot against the Zhao family.
"Apart from you, who else in Dongweishan was attracted by Feng Banxi?" Zhao Yongqi's eyes flashed coldly.
