Interstellar Miner

Chapter 12 ancestor worship
In the ancestral hall of the Mo family, the head of the family, Mo Shi, led Mo Tian, ​​Mo Xuan and other core members of the family, and solemnly prayed: "The ancestors are above the ancestors, and the descendants of Mo Shi lead the family to worship. May the ancestors bless my Mo family to be prosperous and prosperous... ..."

There are five levels in the ancestral hall, which are established according to the rule of "everyone, three immortals, five places, seven heavens and nine heavens". The family can worship for nine generations.

On the highest platform, there are two memorial tablets, both made of high-quality pine and cypress, with red paint on them, but the name is in gold, and there are cloud patterns on the tablets. This is a Mohist shrine.

The rows below are Mohist ancestral tablets, arranged in four layers according to seniority. They are also made of pine and cypress, but there is no red paint, no cloud patterns, and the names are all written in ink.

The small ancestral hall of the Mo family can't hold many people, so many Mo family members stand in the yard outside the ancestral hall, with the men in front and the women and children behind, crowding the yard to the brim.

The children were also infected by the solemn atmosphere, they didn't dare to be naughty, and stood upright.

After praying, Mo Shi took three sticks of incense to the censer, lit them on the candles, worshiped three times sincerely, and offered the incense to the censer.Afterwards, members of the Mohist family offered incense and salute to the ancestors in batches according to their seniority.

Mo Xuan bowed sincerely three times, burnt incense, retreated to Mo Shi, and took a look with his spiritual eyes. He saw that the top two tablets were shrouded in light red aura, while the many tablets on the lower four floors had the slightest hint of aura. The white aura joined together and turned into a cloud of light red, covering the ancestral hall.

Mortals, of course, cannot see this.

Mo Xuan knew that this was the aura of family sacrifices, but it could benevolent to the ancestors, and the condensed luck protected the descendants.

This is not superstition!

The three Taoist monarchs of the Qingyuan Little Immortal Realm set up the Netherland, and the souls of the world can enter the Netherland after death. Generally, the souls of children can store the spiritual wisdom in life, and can be incensed by family sacrifices to keep their spiritual wisdom immortal.

The two most important shrines are the two children of the ancestors of the Mohist family, receiving incense, the red aura of the two shrines is even more intense, and there is even a little light gold in it, these are the incense offered by the immortals, how can it be taken lightly.

Amidst the incense smoke, there were two phantoms looking down at the Mo family members, and even nodding and smiling at Mo Xuan.

Mo Xuan also smiled and nodded in return.

Not long after, Mo Que'er was ranked first among the great-grandchildren of the Mo family, and it could be seen that he was not in a good spirit.These days, Mo Que'er is always on tenterhooks, worrying about this and that, thinking a lot, but Mo Xuan has always remained calm, and never asked her to ask or talk, and at night, her parents are always noisy, Mo Que My son wants to be able to sleep peacefully!

Seeing Mo Que'er, Mo Xuan remained calm.This little girl still needs a good beating, don't worry.

Mo Shi looked at the clansmen with great relief. Since taking Xuan'er's elixir, he has been out of the wheelchair in less than three days. Now he doesn't even need crutches, and his white hair has also turned black.This is still the Rejuvenation Pill that has not been taken yet, Mo Shi couldn't help sighing, now that God wants to accept me, he has to ask my family Xuan'er first!

Not only Mo Shi, but the rest of the elderly members of the Mo family are also much younger.The biggest change is Mo Xuan's elder brother Mo Zhu, his white hair has turned black, his face is glowing red, there is no trace of wrinkle on his face, and he looks like 40 years old!Mo Zhu has a strong body, and with the help of Mo Xuan, he was the first to take the Rejuvenation Pill. Now the effect of the medicine has not been fully absorbed, and he can still be much younger.

Rejuvenation is not enough to rejuvenate, but it is true to become younger.For ordinary mortals, the Rejuvenation Pill is the number one elixir, the dream of countless mortals!
Mo Xuan exchanged a total of ten Rejuvenation Pills this time, eight of which were exchanged with meteorite cores from Uncle Luo Yu, and two were exchanged with points from the Taiyuan Academy.In other words, the elixir from Taiyuan College is really too expensive, and Mo Xuan plans to exchange some more elixirs from Master Luo Yu next time.The ten rejuvenation pills this time are still not enough. They can only be given to the closest and most urgently needed relatives first, and the rest will wait for the next exchange, so don't worry.

"The incense burner is finished, and the people of the clan bow down!" After the incense burner was finished, Mo Shi gave the order, and the order was conveyed immediately. The clansmen in the ancestral hall and the courtyard all looked solemn, knelt down and kowtowed four heads to the ancestral hall together.

Mo Xuan looked up and saw that the entire ancestral hall was filled with white and red air, full of sacredness, and the two phantoms in the incense smoke were more condensed.

After kneeling and worshiping, Mo Shi enshrined Mo Xuan's longevity tablet prepared in advance on the highest platform of the ancestral hall. Mo Xuan stretched out his hand, and a little spiritual light poured into the longevity tablet.

Moshi led the tribe to offer incense again in turn.

The bit of aura on the tablet of Mo Xuan's longevity is much more lush.Mo Xuan nodded slightly, this longevity tablet is equivalent to his soul lamp.As long as Mo Xuan is still alive, the longevity tablet will be as stable as a mountain. Once Mo Xuan accidentally falls, the longevity tablet will crack and fall down, and report a letter to his family.

After the sacrifice, the tribe will share the sacrifice cakes and leave the ancestral hall one by one.

The daughters of the Mo family stayed at home for a few more days, and then they brought their children back to their husband's house contentedly. They all looked radiant, and they were all much younger and more beautiful. When they returned, they would definitely surprise their husbands and couldn't put them down.

The next day, Mr. Liu, who was the first teacher of Mo Xuan when he was studying at the Junior School, came to visit and invited Mo Xuan to teach the children in the Junior School for a day.Teacher Liu took care of Mo Xuan a lot back then, and Mo Xuan naturally agreed.Seeing that Teacher Liu, who was in the prime of his life back then, is now gray-haired and hunched over, Mo Xuan felt a little sad. It's a pity that the elixir exchanged this time has been distributed, so he can only forcefully stuff a big red envelope to Teacher Liu .

Mo Xuan stood at the entrance of the village and watched Teacher Liu go away in the bullock cart, sighing, "Ji Xue Tang, I haven't seen him for a long time!"
Thinking back to the time when he was in the junior school, Mo Xuan couldn't help but smack his lips, it was really hard work!

At daybreak, Mo Xuan was dragged out of the warm blanket by his mother, confused, put on clothes, washed his face, hung his schoolbag and water bottle around his neck, stuffed a big white steamed bun in his arms, and stuffed another big white steamed bun in his hand , just push it outside the house.

When the cold wind blew, Mo Xuan shivered, and then he woke up completely.While gnawing on the big white steamed buns in his hand, he walked to the elementary school in the county.Not far, less than ten kilometers.

Go and go, go and go, it usually takes an hour to arrive.

If you are lucky, you can meet your classmates, walk together, chat, and the walk will not feel so long.

In the morning, I followed Teacher Liu to read the scriptures aloud, and then listened to Teacher Liu's explanation of the meaning. At noon, I ate the stiff white steamed buns in my arms with the cold boiled water in the kettle, and slept on the table for a while.

In the afternoon, I practice calligraphy and write articles in the sand basin.The paper in Qingyuan Xiaoxianjie is very precious. It is made of a kind of tough reed grass. It is mainly for energy saving. Generally, paper is only used in ledgers, couplets, books, and exams.

Then when I came home from school, the classmates happily walked together, and when they encountered a fork in the road, there were gradually fewer people, and finally only Mo Xuan was left.

Getting up early and being greedy for night, with the head hanging from the beam and the awl piercing the buttocks, coming and going in the wind and rain, every day for ten consecutive years.There is no such thing as Sunday in this Little Fairyland. There are only a few festivals every year when the junior school has a holiday. Wow!

At that time, Mo Xuan was really envious of his elder brother Mo Zhu who could sleep late every day, and had nothing to do during the day to play casually. He was even more envious of Xiaopang, who had half a roast chicken in the front row every now and then, but he also knew that only cultivators in this world is the real way out!

After ten years of hard work, he finally passed the entrance examination for children. After that, there is no need to go to school every day. He can study at home by himself, and encounter things he doesn’t understand Then go to the elementary school in the county to ask Teacher Liu for advice.Mr. Liu is very talented and learned, and once won No.6 in the big exam.

Mo Xuan failed the first exam without any suspense, and the county ranking only announced the top [-].Mo Xuan is very self-aware, so he has to take a slant, tinkering with convenient equipment such as a large water wheel at home, and reciting poems and composing lyrics outside. His reputation is getting bigger and bigger, and he finally wins the favor of Immortal Kong and embarks on a journey of cultivating immortals.

Mo Que'er is already a child, with her strength, she naturally doesn't need to go to the beginner school to study, and works as Mo Shi's assistant at home.

Mo Xuan told Mo Que'er that they will go to the beginner's school together tomorrow.

Mo Que'er responded, a little suspicious, not sure what Mo Xuan's plan was.

Early in the morning, when the sky was getting bright, Mo Xuan and Mo Que'er set off in the ox cart.

Mo Que'er felt like sitting on pins and needles, deliberately kept away from Mo Xuan, with her arms wrapped around her knees, very restrained.

"Little Que'er, how many years have you studied for the Tongsheng?" Mo Xuan asked casually while driving the ox cart.

"Two years." Mo Que'er replied truthfully.

Mo Xuan nodded, and asked again: "Is it No.4 in the first big exam?"

Mo Que'er gave a low hum.

Amazing!Mo Xuan clicked his tongue secretly, and after a while, he asked again: "Have you cultivated immortality before?"

"It's been cultivated." Mo Que'er smiled wryly, but what he cultivated was his own supernatural power, which was quite different from cultivating immortals.Mo Que'er didn't intend to hide it anymore, she stretched her head out and retracted her head, she was almost hurt internally if she kept holding it in.

Mo Xuan snorted, concentrated on driving the ox cart, and said nothing more.

Mo Que'er's expression changed slightly, she bit her lips lightly, and wanted to take the initiative to explain, but she didn't know how to say it, for fear that if she accidentally said a wrong sentence, she would die immediately!
Without talking all the way, the ox cart arrived at the county seat slowly.

Teacher Liu and a large group of students have been waiting outside the county seat for a long time.

Mo Xuan got off the bullock cart and met Teacher Liu.

The students all looked at Mo Xuan eagerly. This is the first student from our Mingyu County Junior School to be admitted to the Tai Academy, and also the first immortal in our Mingyu County, a role model for all students!

A group of people came to the elementary school.

Seeing the elementary school that looked old even though it had been refurbished many times, Mo Xuan hissed, how time flies!

Without ink marks, Mo Xuan sat on the teacher's chair on the podium.

All the tables and chairs under the stage were put away, and there were small stools. The students and students were sitting closely together, looking at Mo Xuan eagerly.Teacher Liu sat aside and nodded to Mo Xuan with a smile.

Looking at the hopeful eyes of the children in the audience, Mo Xuan felt a little uncomfortable.Because of the lack of resources in the Little Immortal Realm, so many good seedlings are unable to cultivate immortality, so they can only sadly farm and have children, then farm, and then raise children, and live a busy life.

Mo Xuan cleared up his mood and started his lecture formally. He explained the major exam questions in recent years from the perspective of a fairy, and then began to talk about some principles of life.

There are thirteen prefectures in the Qingyuan Small Immortal Realm, down to counties, counties, and villages.The area of ​​a state is several times the total area of ​​the earth. A county is almost as large as China, and there are so many counties and villages that are about the same size as counties and villages on the earth.

The governors of each region are elected by everyone, and Tong Sheng has the votes.Governors involve too much, and almost every governor has a fairy standing behind him, who can be said to cover the sky with one hand, and has great authority, comparable to ancient Chinese emperors.Even so, the governor had to bow to even the most ordinary immortals. The system determined that mortals could not be equal to immortals.

Every year in the big exam, the county only takes the top three, so why does the big list announce the top [-], just to show fairness?of course not!The top [-] is also a symbol of talent. The students who are admitted to the top [-] can find a good job in the county town, county town, or even the state town, and those who are promising can even become county magistrates or county magistrates.

Even if you don't make it to the top [-], you can still manage the finances in the family, don't have to work hard in the spiritual field, and you can be a village head if you do well.

Therefore, don’t just spend too much time studying for children, it’s very important to learn the skills of cooking, administrative management, financial accounting, measuring fields and sowing, writing couplets, teaching teachers… these are all good skills.

The students in the audience gradually became impatient, what?We came here to listen to the lecture because we want to hear how to get into the Tai Academy, not how to get out if you can't get into the Tai Academy!
(End of this chapter)