Under one person: I, Zhang Zhiwei, the arrogant Zhang

While waiting for additional awards, Zhang Zhiwei watched the first-time awardees "sharpen their minds."

This group of monks was divided into four groups, with three or four people forming a team. They were led by pre-arranged deacons. They left the courtyard and walked quickly around the Taoist temple. This symbolized a long journey...

While they were walking quickly, the drums and sutra chanting in the temple kept on going. This would last for seven days and seven nights.

As for the monks, they also need to walk for seven days and seven nights without any pause or rest, but a Taoist priest will bring them some food and water.

It is said that in the later stages of the "mind-grinding" level, when both the spirit and body reach the limit, various hallucinations will occur, such as gods torturing the heart, judges in the underworld to judge the sins of life, etc. Many Taoist priests with weak minds will , will go crazy and fall at this level.

However, Zhang Zhiwei did not encounter such a situation when he participated in the Qing Ceremony Ceremony. At that time, he had already received Qi. Although he had not officially started and was taught the Golden Light Mantra, he was born with abundant Qi and full of energy, so he ran for seven days in a row. It felt a little tiring and boring, but I didn't encounter any difficulty.

Afterwards, he asked his master the reason, and Zhang Jingqing told him that it was because his horoscopes were too hard and all evils could not invade. Even many Taoist rituals did not work on him.

I didn't see Shi Lu. This time I need to participate in the divine assessment to receive the legal position. I guess I can see him... Zhang Zhiwei thought to himself that he was not afraid of this kind of thing, but was very curious.

Soon, the ritual of upgrading the urn began. Because the Taoist priests participating in the ceremony wanted to ascend different urns, they were conducted individually.

What Zhang Zhiwei wants to be promoted to is the Three-Rank Dharma Ribbon Shangqing Five Thunder Sutra Ribbon. This Dharma Ribbon is a high-grade Dharma Ribbon in Taoism. Those who teach this Dharma Ribbon should be regarded as highly meritorious.

A good show has to come to an end, so Zhang Zhiwei ranks low.

The first person to appear was the Taoist priest who was promoted from the Taishang Sanwudu Gong Sutra Lu to the Taishang Zhengyi League Prestige Sutra Lu.

There are many Taoist priests who have been promoted to this urn, and their age range is also very large. The old ones are in their sixties or seventies, and the young ones are only in their teens.

This is also a realm that marks a watershed. Those who are talented will be promoted to the Dharma early, and will forge ahead to achieve higher levels in the future. Those without talent can only work hard to refine the Dharma, practice the outer Dharma method, or go out to gain merit so that they can receive a Dharma position. …

Compared with the enshrinement ceremony, the ascension ceremony is much slower. After all, not everyone has the same Dharma engraving ceremony.

"Senior Brother Zhang, Senior Brother Zhang..."

While waiting, Zhang Zhiwei suddenly heard someone calling him. Looking back, he saw a young Taoist priest with a childish face waving hello happily.

Zhang Zhiwei was stunned for a moment, then remembered that the little Taoist priest was Zheng Zibu, Lu Jin's Faxiao, who was the one who later understood the Tongtian Ruo during the Jiashen Rebellion and Wugensheng Sworn Rebellion.

When they were in the Lu Family Courtyard, they had dinner at the same table. This guy couldn't drink enough. Before he even started to toast, he fell down while everyone was drinking in circles.

"So it's Junior Brother Zheng, and you're here to give me the burial ceremony too?" Zhang Zhiwei said with a smile.

"Yes, I'm here to teach you the Third-Rank Dharma Master's Five Thunder Scriptures. Senior Brother Zhang, you should have just come back from Liaodong, right!" Zheng Zibu said.

Zhang Zhiwei nodded: "I just came back two days ago. By the way, the Taoist brothers from Maoshan have also gone back, right?"

On this trip to Liaodong, Taoist priests from the three Fulu sects all followed Zhang Shoucheng.

Zheng Zibu nodded: "When I set out, my senior brothers and uncles had just returned to the mountain. They also told me what Lu Jin and Senior Brother Zhang did in Liaodong. It was really exciting."

"It's a pity that during this period, I have reached the critical period from the fourth to the third level. I have been in seclusion and concentrating on the magic. I missed it. Otherwise, I could have fought side by side with Senior Brother Zhang, Lu Jin and the others!"

Seeing the regret on Zheng Zibu's face, Zhang Zhiwei waved his hand and said, "Don't regret it, there will be many opportunities in the future!"

"It's a long journey, and that's true. By the way, Senior Brother Zhang, since you came back with Lu Jin, do you know whether he went back to Trinity Gate or the Lu Family?" Zheng Zibu asked again.

"Well..." Zhang Zhiwei said with a smile: "He didn't go back to Trinity Gate or the Lu family, but he was in Fengming Tower in the Magic City!"

Fengming Tower is the brothel where Lu Jin, Lu Ci and others were hiding. This was revealed by Wang Ai when he sent a letter before.

"Fengming Tower?" Zheng Zibu squinted his eyes and asked suspiciously, "Is this a restaurant?"

Maoshan is in Zhenjiang, and Zhenjiang is adjacent to Yangzhou. They are dozens of kilometers apart. As the saying goes, the old dream of Yangzhou has been extinguished for a long time. The Qinhuai River is prosperous, and the prostitution industry in Yangzhou is developed and even famous throughout the ages. Zheng Zibu felt something was wrong when he heard the name, but thinking about Lu Jin's character, he felt that Lu Jin would never do such an indecent thing.

"Part-time restaurant, you can go have a drink if you have nothing to do!" Zhang Zhiwei said with a smile.

"Part-time restaurant, what is that place? A teahouse?" Zheng Zibu asked with a puzzled look on his face.

Zhang Zhiwei originally wanted to say a brothel, but when he remembered that Lu Jin had said that the people who went in and out of there were all high-end people who were either rich or noble, he changed his words and said, "That's a high-end place for romance!"

"..." Zheng Zibu was shocked, it was really true!

"This... this... could it be that... after the battle, you want to... relax?" He stuttered.

This is not what I said, it's what you made up in your own head... Zhang Zhiwei suppressed a smile and said: "It's a bit wrong to say that you are relaxing. You should be there to recuperate and recharge your batteries!"

Zheng Zibu looked weird. How could he recharge his batteries in a place like that?

However, given Lu Jinhuo's character of saving face and suffering, if he wanted to go to that kind of place, he would definitely go there quietly in disguise. How could he tell Senior Brother Zhang?

Before Zhang Zhiwei could ask more questions, the deacon suddenly confessed and shouted, asking Zhang Zhiwei to go and be promoted.

"It's my turn, excuse me!" Zhang Zhiwei nodded and immediately went to the venue to participate in the ceremony.

Behind him, Zheng Zibu stared blankly at his back with a look of disbelief on his face, muttering to himself: "This...this...Senior Brother Zhang is actually going to be promoted to the Five Thunder Scriptures of the Shangqing Dynasty?"

He didn't think about it at all before, thinking that Zhang Zhiwei was the ritual officer responsible for maintaining the order of the conference, because at the last birthday party of Mr. Lu, he asked Zhang Zhiwei for knowledge on talismans, and Zhang Zhiwei said that he majored in it. He was a master of inner alchemy and not very proficient in talismans, so he did not respond to his request for advice.

"At such an age, he has to be promoted to the Five Thunder Scriptures of the Shangqing Dynasty. He is considered to be the best in the Fu Lu discipline. Then why did he avoid answering when I asked him a question before and said that he was not good at the Fu Lu discipline? "

At this thought, Zheng Zibu felt a little frustrated. That time, Zhang Zhiwei gave advice to almost everyone, but he was the only one who did not give advice. Although he did not give advice himself, it was because he knew that Zhang Zhiwei was not good at Fu Lu, so he did not give advice. , looking at it now, it’s not the case at all.

Could it be that he had offended Senior Brother Zhang in some way... Zheng Zibu thought about it carefully.

Zhang Zhiwei stepped into the field, walked towards the altar of salvation, and stood in front of Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi wears a purple Taoist crown and a purple robe. He puts on the Yuanshi staff in his hand. This staff is made from the bamboo that faces the sun in Lingshan Mountain. It is seven feet long and has seven sections. The upper section reaches the sky and the lower section reaches the sky. The knots stand on the ground, and there are five talismans on the five middle knots. This is a magical instrument specially used for fasting and ritual ceremonies.

"The 瓓 is to discipline one's temperament, stop wrongdoing, control evil roots, and generate karma... From the ordinary to the saint, from beginning to end, first give the 瓓 of precepts, and then become a true person!"

Zhang Yi looked at Zhang Zhiwei and said with a serious expression.

After conferring the urn, it is also called receiving the ordination urn, which means that after the urn is conferred, one must observe the precepts and cultivate virtue. The precepts are given together with the dharma urn. The more advanced the ritual, the more precepts it has to abide by. These precepts themselves stipulate the moral standards that Taoists should have, so observing the precepts and cultivating virtue are consistent.

"It's Uncle Master, and my disciples know it!"

Zhang Zhiwei also answered with a serious face. There was no room for fun in such an occasion.

Immediately afterwards, there is a series of ritual processes. The process of the engraving ceremony is much simpler than the process of the first engraving ceremony. It is completed step by step and quickly.

In fact, in Zhang Zhiwei's view, these processes are not necessary. Just like the last time Zhang Zhiwei was promoted from Taishang Sanwu Du Gonglu to Taishang Zhengyi Alliance Wei Jinglu, he himself did not appear, and Zhang Yi gave him The promotion was successful, but this is the rule and this is the ritual.

After the ceremony was completed, Zhang Yi took out a piece of golden paper. This is the job disc. The students who are first awarded the urn need to complete the mental test before they are awarded this. Half of it belongs to themselves, forming the dharma urn. , half of it is reported to the Dharma lineage and retained for identity.

However, Zhang Zhiwei was being promoted to the Dharma Ribbon. He already had the Dharma Ribbon himself, so he did not need to split it into two. He only needed to burn the disc and report it to the Dharma Lineage, and then he could be promoted successfully.

Zhang Yi picked up the brush and wrote quickly on the golden paper, using cinnabar to outline several powerful and dignified words.

After he finished writing, he took a look, took a square, jade, and gold seal from the altar, stamped it on the golden paper, then threw it into the brazier, then held the staff and kowtowed. Bye, he said loudly:

"This disciple is performing a recital from a different generation of heavenly masters!"

The words trailed off.

The golden job disc, which had no signs of burning in the brazier, turned into ashes with a "bang". The surrounding light smoke suddenly gathered and turned into a command arrow, which shot straight into the sky.

Immediately afterwards, thirty-six tall incense sticks around the Dharma altar burned rapidly, and the rising light smoke lingered, and various strange phenomena appeared in the smoke.

At the same time, Zhang Zhiwei suddenly felt as if he had been stared directly at by something, as if he had been attacked. There was a stabbing pain in his head. Just as he was about to fight back, he found that the pain was gone, and was replaced by a wave of pain that penetrated his heart and spleen. The cold feeling.

This feeling starts from the upper Dantian and travels all the way to Zhang Zhiwei's wrist, turning into countless small seals with golden light shining on them, penetrating into Zhang Zhiwei's skin, bones and flesh, and integrating into the Taishang Zhengyi Alliance's prestige sutra on his wrist. , disappeared without a trace.

After about four or five minutes, Zhang Zhiwei raised his hand, the magic urn on his wrist was flashing, the Taiyi pattern flashed on the head of the talisman, and the small seal script of the Nine Palaces was rolling. The seal script that originally belonged to the Taishang Zhengyi Alliance's prestige urn was in the It slowly transformed into some crooked official script characters.

The Five Thunder Scriptures of the Shangqing Dynasty are completed!

At this stage of the ritual, the enshrinement of the urn has been completed. Normally, one can leave. However, since Zhang Zhiwei also wanted to confer legal duties, he accompanied the deacon as his agent and came aside to wait.

There were five people waiting here, two of whom Zhang Zhiwei knew, one was his uncle Zhang Yushan, and the other was Gwen of the Lingbao Sect whom he had met yesterday. He had never seen the other three.

However, the three of them were a little surprised when they saw him coming in with the deacon, because the Taoist priests who came here were all competing for the third-level legal position of the North Pole Exorcist Academy, and the post of Jiutian Jinguan Qing Jiutian Lian Fangzhizhi Exorcist Academy They are all high-level masters in their fifties and sixties. It is no exaggeration to say that they are highly respected, but now a young boy has sneaked in.

"Yesterday, the old man Zhang Yi told the old Taoist that he had selected a person from the third-level legal position to lead the exorcism academy, and one person was temporarily added. Is it you, the little Taoist priest?"

The speaker was a middle-aged Taoist priest, wearing a crown in the true shape of the Five Mountains on his head, wearing a purple robe, colorful brocade boots, and Taoist boots embroidered with cloud patterns. He had black hair. He couldn't tell his exact age, and his face was serious. Perhaps due to a long-term frown, there was a very obvious vertical line between his eyebrows, which made his expression more serious.

At a glance, one can't help but think of those Taoist priests in the story books who don't understand the customs and only focus on conquering demons.

Old man Zhang Yi? ...Where did the native chicken and tile-dog come from, talking nonsense here...Zhang Zhiwei didn't even glance at the Taoist priest. The ceremony for conferring urn was a serious occasion, so he didn't make any extravagance. He nodded to Ge Wen of the Lingbao Sect and looked towards Zhang Yushan clasped his hands and called him uncle.

Zhang Yushan was over forty years old, with a lotus crown on his head, a red Turin robe, and cloud shoes. Seeing Zhang Zhiwei salute him, he was stunned. Even though his nephew was competing with him on the same stage, he couldn't lose face. But he still hugged his hands and responded with a smile.

On this occasion, no matter what, Zhang Zhiwei is a member of his family and has a temper with his own family. He can make trouble at home, vent his dissatisfaction to Zhang Jingqing, or act like an elder and reprimand Zhang Zhiwei, but how can he be embarrassed when outsiders are present? Zhang Zhiwei.

"Young boy, when you come back from Liaodong, you will come to receive the legal appointment without saying a word. It is still a third-grade legal appointment. Hahaha, I really have a successor in the Tianshi Mansion. However, when the time comes, your uncle, I will not be polite to you! "Zhang Yushan laughed.

"Uncle, you are so polite!" Zhang Zhiwei said with a smile.

"By the way, let me introduce you!"

Zhang Yushan patted Zhang Zhiwei on the shoulder, pointed at the serious-faced Taoist priest just now and said:

"This is the Taoist priest of Baiyu Palace of Shenxiao Sect. He is a good friend of Senior Brother Zhang Yi, so he is called an old man. I know that you are close to Senior Brother Zhang Yi, so you don't have to mind!"

Immediately, Zhang Yushan pointed to several other Taoist priests and introduced them one by one: "This is Taoist Zhao Ruhu of the Qingwei Sect, this is Taoist Ge Wen of our Sanshan Zhongge Zaoshan Lingbao Sect, and this It’s Taoist priest Wei Wenwen of the Qing Sect on Maoshan Mountain!”

As a member of the Zhang family of Tianshi Mansion, Zhang Yushan is considered the host. Zhang Zhiwei does not want to give Baiyu Palace face, but he has to give it.