One Qi Chaoyang

Chapter 7: Lights of the World

A dojo is a place where practitioners practice Buddhism.

For example, if someone had attacked him while he was in a dream last night, it would have been dangerous.

If you build a Taoist temple, you won't have to worry about sneak attacks from evil spirits.

Building a temple is neither difficult nor easy.

If Zhuang Xiange could invite the spirit of 'Chijun' to stay in the Chijun Temple that he rebuilt outside the city and consecrate the statue, then that place would become his Taoist temple.

Building a temple requires a comprehensive ability. You need to know how to use magic arrays and have array tools. Array tools are divided into main array tools and auxiliary array tools.

When he went down the mountain to catch ghosts, he got a piece of jujube wood that was struck by lightning, which he carved into a statue of "Chijun". He engraved the Red Flame Mantra on the statue, and then consecrated and secretly blessed it, so that it could be used as a main formation weapon.

The statue of Chijun was placed in the dark room, shining brightly. A pure yang energy spread out, and a terrifying divine power was emanating from it.

This wisp of his divine consciousness merged with Chi Jun's divine power. This was the benefit of refining the statue. He could feel the divine power in it at all times and reach a state of harmony, thereby strengthening his own divine will and allowing his own divine will to be tainted with Chi Jun's charm.

He wanted to set up a magic circle with the "Red Lord Statue" as the main weapon.

Then it would be best if the other formation tools were also of fire nature, so that they could be compatible with Chi Jun's divine power and magic nature.

However, apart from the thirty-six fire needles, Zhao Fuyun did not have any other formation tools. However, when he was in the mountains, he had already thought about this and looked through the relevant formation diagrams.

Now is the time to experiment.

He took out some neatly cut small silver coins, carried a needle bag with him, closed the door to the backyard, and went out.

He is going to buy some lights.

You need a lamp that has been used for many years. Such a lamp gathers the worldly energy and combines it with the fire of "Chijun" to form the Ermi True Fire, which can burn all yin things.

The divine fire is invisible and intangible, mysterious and powerful, and can burn away evil. Practitioners who wish to obtain the divine fire do so by drawing talismans, writing scrolls, chanting mantras, and reciting incantations.

Therefore, the 'fire of talismans' is also called divine fire.

The divine fire is overbearing, but when combined with the worldly affairs of the human world, it becomes more lingering and can remain in the world for a long time, rather than flashing and disappearing every time.

Walking through the alley.

Because Wuze County has a lot of rain, the walls in the alleys are covered with moss, and there are also wild flowers and weeds growing on the walls, just like the people of this place.

He left this street because it was inhabited by rich people. No matter how poor a place is, there will always be differences between rich and poor.

As he walked out of the block, he smelled a faint stench.

The residents of the city included those who raised pigs, cattle, and donkeys to pull mills, and there were also chickens and dogs mixed in with the rest. Waves of foul smell floated in the wind.

Some people were carrying manure in a dung bucket and were heading out of the city. Fresh branches were folded on top of the bucket to cover it to prevent the manure from spilling out, but yellow, white and black things could still be seen under the branches. Even Zhao Fuyun had to hold his breath when walking by.

I passed by the dung collector, holding up the hem of my trousers and stepping carefully on the stones in the mud on the ground.

In a small courtyard filled with rocks, a little girl and a little boy were squatting on the ground playing with fire.

They built a small stove with a few bricks, made a fire with dead branches, and roasted something on it.

When Zhao Fuyun stopped at the gate of the courtyard, they looked up, their faces covered with black dust. The clothes they wore looked too big, as if they were not their own, and there were patches on the cuffs and collars.

The two children looked at Zhao Fuyun, who was wearing a brand new light blue robe, with some fear in their eyes. In their understanding, people who could wear such nice clothes were all big shots, not people they could approach.

Zhao Fuyun walked in, came to the two people, smiled at them and said, "Two little friends, what are you grilling?"

The older boy among the two children blinked, looked at Zhao Fuyun, said nothing, and lowered his head.

The little girl was not afraid of strangers and said, "Squeak!"

Zhao Fuyun saw the four roasted cicadas on top and understood what she meant by squeak.

"Is it delicious?" Zhao Fuyun asked with a smile.

"It's delicious!" It was still the little girl who answered.

"Can you give me one to eat?" Zhao Fuyun joked.

The little girl just smiled, scribbled on the ground with a stick, and secretly glanced at her brother.

"It's not cooked yet!" the little boy suddenly said.

"Forget it, do you have any lights in your house?" Zhao Fuyun squatted down and asked with a smile.

"Light? What light?" asked the little boy.

"Is that the light you turn on at night?" Zhao Fuyun said.

"We need some at night. It's dark everywhere. If we give it to you, we will have nothing left." The little girl replied quickly.

"I'll use the money to buy your lamps." Zhao Fuyun said as he took out a dime from his pocket.

Children of poor families have to grow up early, and they obviously already know the role of money.

Seeing the silver in Zhao Fuyun's palm, his eyes changed. The little boy immediately stood up and said, "I'll go call Am back."

The little boy stood up and ran a few steps, then came back and took his sister with him.

Zhao Fuyun didn't want to follow them, but when he saw them walking towards the back of the house, he heard faint voices, which seemed to be unclear. He heard that the person talking to the two children was a woman, and she seemed to not believe that anyone would come to buy lanterns.

So Zhao Fuyun walked over and found a well behind their house. There were some women drawing water from the well to wash clothes.

When they saw Zhao Fuyun coming, the women who were washing clothes by the well looked towards him. Seeing Zhao Fuyun's fair and delicate skin and the clothes he was wearing, they showed a hint of fear in their eyes. The little girl pointed at Zhao Fuyun and said, "That's him. He wants to buy our lamp."

A small woman nearby immediately reached out and pulled the little girl's arm, saying in panic, "Don't point your finger at people when you talk."

Then he gave Zhao Fuyun an apologetic smile.

Zhao Fuyun smiled and said, "It's okay, he's just a child."

After saying this, he made a Taoist greeting to the women present and said, "My name is Zhao Fuyun. I would like to ask all the sisters-in-law, do you have any old lamps at home? I want to buy a few to drive away darkness."

He has learned during these days here that people here generally call married women "sister-in-law". Of course, this requires that you are younger than others.

The implication, of course, is that everything is discussed from the other party's husband's side, which is a kind of taboo. The customs of different places can be seen from the way they address each other.

"Sir, do you want to buy a lamp?" The little boy's mother stood up and said, "I have two lamps at home. When my husband comes back from fishing, I will ask him to make a new one for you."

She never thought that the old lamp that had been used for so long could still be sold for money.

"I don't want new ones. I just want lamps that have been lit for at least three years. Of course, if they are broken, then we don't need them."

"Do you really want it, sir?" the woman asked again.

Before Zhao Fuyun could answer, a woman next to him said, "Sir, I have two lamps in my house that have been used for more than three years."

The woman just held her daughter's hand and didn't say anything.

"I don't just want one. If you have one at home, you can bring it to me and I'll pick some." After Zhao Fuyun finished speaking, the others immediately got up and went home. The mothers of the boy and girl wiped their hands on their clothes and then went home to get some.

Zhao Fuyun followed her, pushed open the unlocked wooden door, entered the house, and soon took out three lamps.

As soon as they were taken out and still in her hand, Zhao Fuyun saw that one of the three lamps was made of a pottery jar, and two were made of a piece of bamboo.

Among the three lamps, one seemed to have not been used for a long time.

The other two lamps contained a kind of "fire" that ordinary people could not feel.

Zhao Fuyun could feel the lingering and sticky nature of the "fire", which was a characteristic of the fire in the mortal world. This was the only way to make the "divine fire" stay longer in this world and become lingering.

"Both of these are fine." Zhao Fuyun said, pointing at the pottery jar and the lantern made of bamboo joints.

“Well, well, these two…” The woman handed over the two lanterns and then drew back a few inches. She wanted to ask how much they could be sold for, but was too embarrassed to ask.

"Two dimes!" Zhao Fuyun said. A dimes is only the size of a bean, which is a lot for a poor family. But for Zhao Fuyun, it is nothing.

The young woman nodded quickly. After Zhao Fuyun took the two lanterns, the others came with lanterns.

Some people even brought those that had not been used for a long time in the house. Some people grabbed one in each hand, while others wrapped a dozen or so in cloth.

Many of them were lanterns that had already lost their usable smell. Zhao Fuyun did not want any of them and only bought those that were still in use. As the news spread that he was collecting lanterns here, people kept bringing lanterns from their homes to him.

Zhao Fuyun did not refuse and actually collected more than fifty lamps. Then he stopped and bought some lamp oil. The mother of the little boy and girl even put the lamps in a large bamboo basket and sent them to his residence.

After returning to his residence and sitting down, he looked at the lamps neatly arranged on the table by the woman, and felt quite happy. The thoughts he had in the mountains could be verified here.

He wants to set up a seven-star formation.

There are many evolutions of the Seven Star Formation. He collected these lamps, and the main object of the formation is the 'Chijun Statue', so the Seven Star Formation he wants to set up is the 'Chijun-Seven Star Lamp Formation'.

These lamps are divided into three types: pottery, bamboo and copper. Among them, copper lamps are the least, while pottery and bamboo lamps are the most.

The 'fire' generated by the lamps made from the three kinds of utensils will have slight differences, and will contain the characteristics of gold, wood, and earth, but it is not important because they all have the characteristics of human flames.

Some of the lamps were clean, while others were covered in grease.

Clean lamps should always be used in the bedroom, while those that are covered in greasy dirt should always be used in the kitchen.

He sat there and first wiped some of the oily stains clean with a cloth.

Then he took out a carving knife and began to carve "Red Flame Divine Mantra" on these lamps. The Red Flame Divine Mantra was not long, only about twenty words.

He carved carefully and attentively, one lamp at a time, all by himself, and it took him a whole day to finish.

This made him mentally exhausted, so he first meditated for a while, and then went to the yard to eat the Yin dew facing the night sky. Only then did his spirits recover to a large extent.

He took out his own statue of the Red Lord and placed it on the ground. He and the statue of the Red Lord sat opposite each other, like two sitting "people".

The lamps were all lit, forming a circle around the statue and the people.

There were a total of 49 lamps, and the rest were put aside.

In the darkness, a circle of lights illuminated the room. As he closed his eyes and chanted the Red Flame Mantra, his body and the statue began to glow red, with a faint golden hue.

These golden and red colors began to spread again.

It started with the words carved on the lamps, which flickered in the firelight.

This light seeped into the flame of the lamp, making the originally dull yellow light become even brighter.

The originally yellow and white outer flame seemed to be stained with a hint of gold.

At this moment, the ordinary fire in the world turned into spiritual flame.
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A black snake climbed onto the windowsill and peeked into the house through a gap. Fire was surging in the house. A ray of light like a sword shone through the gap in the window and into the black snake's eyes. The black snake seemed to be hit hard and suddenly fell over, then slid off the windowsill, as if it had no strength left. After a while, it began to crawl and fled out of the yard.

　Everyone please collect it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)