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Chapter 61 Taoist Fasting and Prayer
These days, the Yin-Yang Taoists have been compiling the Yunzhen Yin-Yang Dao fasting and prayer scriptures.

He imitated the ancient witches' tradition of welcoming gods that he had seen that day, and integrated it with the tradition of Xuanmen, and finally compiled a set of methods for communicating with gods that he believed to be feasible.

This is also the first classic of this era that is so complete and detailed in fasting and offering sacrifices to gods. However, whether it is useful or not, except for the Yin-Yang Taoist who is very sure, no one else is too sure.

As soon as the old Taoist jumped down from the stone platform, he shouted.

"I have received a response from heaven. Today is an auspicious day."

"Set up the altar immediately. For the next seven days, I will not eat a single grain of rice. I will fast and worship the gods. I will definitely welcome the gods down."

It is true that he cannot eat a single grain of rice, but he can drink water. However, the Taoist boy prepared rice soup.

Taoist He stepped forward and said, "Master, is this feasible?"

The old Taoist was very sure: "Sincerity can move metal and stone. As long as we are sincere, we will be able to move heaven and the gods."

The two Taoists Ao and He looked at each other, and finally they both said yes, and then immediately went to do what the old Taoist arranged.

According to the steps written in "The Yunzhen Yin-Yang Great Dao Fasting and Offering Divine Scripture", the first step is to set up the altar.

The Taoists set up a high altar in the main hall of Ziyun Peak and enshrined the tablet of Yunzhongjun. They burned incense day and night, and sprinkled clean water inside and outside the hall.

The second step is to open the altar.

After the Yin-Yang Taoist priest led all the Taoists in fasting and bathing for a day, they began to burn incense, chant mantras and recite scriptures.

The third step is to welcome the gods.

The incense burner in front of the hall was emitting wisps of incense, and underneath it were offerings to the gods. The old Taoist knelt below and recited the words while burning the incense.

"A vast sea of ​​clouds, a boundless road to heaven, you ride the breeze, traveling alone in the sky."

"Eat the sunset in the morning, drink the dew in the evening, wear the clouds, and be free and unrestrained."

"..."

The Yin-Yang Taoist shook his head and muttered to himself.

The buzzing sounds sounded like some profound scriptures at first, but they turned out to be lyrics praising Yun Zhongjun.

The fourth step is to offer offerings.

Taoists brought out various offerings to show their respect to the gods, including flowers, incense, fruit, wine and tea.

Each item is carried by different objects, arranged in different shapes, and has special symbolic meaning.

Step five, prayer.

At this point, the Yin-Yang Taoist priest began to express his prayers to Yun Zhongjun, hoping that the gods from ancient times would accept his offerings and teach him the art of immortality, the elixir of life, and so on.

The last step is to send off the gods.

We still use the method of chanting scriptures and mantras to send the spirits away.

At this point, the grand and complicated fasting and offering ceremony finally came to an end. It can be seen that the Taoist imitated the witch a lot in the whole process. From the fasting and bathing at the beginning to the sending off of the gods at the end, there were shadows of the witches welcoming the gods that night.

However, after going through this set of procedures, it seemed that nothing happened, so the Taoists deeply doubted whether the set of secret fasting and prayer techniques compiled by the old Taoist could work.

When everyone looked at the old Taoist, he turned his back to everyone and remained silent.

Just when no one knew how to break the silence, a strong wind blew up out of nowhere.

The wind was unusually strong, blowing up the flags outside and making the ashes of burnt incense and paper all mixed up, making everyone panic.

At this time, the Yin-Yang Taoist shouted.

"The gods responded."

“Yes.”

The Yin-Yang Taoist believed it without a doubt, but the others looked at each other, not knowing whether this could be considered a response.

At this moment, a mountain man suddenly came to the foot of the mountain, and the boy immediately came to report.

Yin Yang Taoist: "Who is it?"

Taoist boy: "They are from the county office."

The old Taoist asked, "What's the matter?"

Taoist boy: "Someone said that there are plague ghosts causing trouble at the foot of the mountain. Please ask the Taoist master to come down the mountain."

The old Taoist was good at pharmacology. Although all these pharmacology were for alchemy, he was indeed the most skilled doctor in this small Xihe County. In the past, the plague in the area below the mountain was also dealt with by the old Taoist, so he was not surprised that he was asked to come for this matter this time.

It was just that he had just finished the fasting and offering ceremony, and the gods had even responded, and someone immediately came to ask him to go down the mountain.

At this moment, the old Taoist had all kinds of associations.

The Yin-Yang Taoist thought about it, made a decision immediately, and said to the Taoist boy.

"Please come quickly."

After meeting the visitor and asking some questions, the Yin-Yang Taoist agreed.

But as soon as the visitor left, the old Taoist turned around and spoke to others.

Yin Yang Taoist: "This must be a test from the gods to us."

Others: "Test?"

The old Taoist said, "Of course. Otherwise, why would someone come to our door right after we just finished the fasting ceremony and a strong wind blew?"

"And I came here for no other reason than to help those in need."

"Those who wish to become immortals must undergo various tests and tribulations. This is our tribulation, but also our opportunity."

The old Taoist turned around and continued speaking to the others.

"Get ready immediately, we are going down the mountain."

"Go through the tribulations of the mortal world and save all living beings from their misery."

Taoist priests Ao and He looked at the extremely excited old Taoist priest, wondering if he was hallucinating from taking too many drugs again, but they did not dare to deny it.

Maybe it's true?
If it's true, maybe I can really get the method of immortality, or the recipe for refining the elixir of life!

Finally, the two of them bowed together, and then said in a half-seriously half-echoing manner, showing an extremely excited attitude.

"Yes!"
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however.

When the Yin-Yang Taoist priest brought He and Ao to Xihe County, they learned some very bad news: the plague had already spread in the city.

As soon as the notice was posted in the city and people were sent out to patrol and inform everyone, it was discovered that some people in the city had symptoms exactly like those of being possessed by a plague ghost.

Ask again.

This person had recently returned from Jingu County to collect debts, and it was instantly confirmed that he was possessed by the real plague ghost.

The old Taoist entered the city without any contact. He just glanced at the man and said.

"Yes, it is a sign of being possessed by a plague ghost."

"Besides this person, how many other people have this symptom?"

"Also, how many people have come into contact with this person recently and live here with this person?"

The officer replied, "There are three more. As for how many people have touched this person, we have never asked."

The old Taoist immediately became anxious: "Go and ask quickly, all those who have these symptoms, and all those who have come into contact with them recently must be locked up, and they are not allowed to contact outsiders."

This means that all these people are imprisoned. As to whether they can survive, it all depends on whether they can hold on.

But there was no other way. Although the old Taoist had seen the symptoms of plague ghost possession many times, he finally discovered that the plague ghost seemed to rely on the touch between the possessed person and other people to possess others again, so he figured out a way to isolate the plague ghost from possession.

Just this one move is enough to make others regard the old Taoist as a god and a Taoist doctor with superb medical skills.

But he was also at a loss as to how to completely eliminate the plague.

But at this time, the officer began to hesitate and did not leave for a long time.

After all, the old Taoist had been the chief clerk of a county, so he would not take this officer seriously. He originally wanted to scold him, but immediately thought of something.

"What's going on? This is a matter of life and death. We can't delay any longer."

"If you have any difficulties, speak up immediately."

Seeing this, the officer immediately spoke.

"Just now I received news that one of the people with these symptoms is the wife of the county lord."

(End of this chapter)