Chapter 75 Black Water Red Immortal
Heishuize, Red Immortal Sect.
After the leader has been vacant for several years, the Chixian Church finally has a new leader.
The red flags fluttered, and the disciples of the Red Immortal Sect in five-colored clothes stood at the foot of the mountain. They gathered according to the color of their clothes, like a cloud of celebration, distributed on various platforms at the foot of the mountain and on the mountainside, and their eyes converged on the long steps leading directly to the top of the mountain.
Under the erosion of rain and time, the steps paved with bluestone have already rounded the edges and corners, and a little accumulated water in it gradually disappeared under the breeze, and became smooth and clean.
People gathered at the foot of the mountain, and under the eyes of many people who came to watch the ceremony, the woman in bright red and red clothes wore a crown of silver moon on her head, a delicate bracelet with a silver snake biting its tail on her wrist, and light and pleasant silver silk anklets on her bare feet.
After bathing and burning incense, this man climbed up the stairs amidst shouts, followed by two rows of disciples, who held the hem of the long red dress with solemn expressions.
Out of respect for the local customs, the people watching the ceremony at the foot of the mountain did not make any noise, but kept a relatively quiet state and watched the woman climb up the steps step by step. Every time she reached a platform on the mountainside, the uniformly dressed disciples in front of the main hall would step aside and let the new leader walk into the main hall. The lyrics of the ballads and sacrifices revolve around it.
The pronunciation of these sacrificing words and ballads similar to folk songs is very different from the oriental language that is commonly used today. Their origin is a certain tribe or settlement in the mountains in the past.
When the Red Immortal Sect spread in these mountains and swamps, it continuously absorbed various tribes, and also absorbed the gods worshiped by each tribe. This is also the origin of the various halls, large and small, in the camp of this sect, which enshrine various ghosts and gods in the mountains.
Although these ghosts and gods are no longer as prosperous as they used to be, the past customs in the Red Immortal Sect have been preserved, and every time a new leader succeeds, they have to burn incense and hold rituals in each of the main halls.
Another hall.
Xie Zhuyan walked through the path separated by everyone, and then stepped into the tall and empty hall, where there was a five-color clay sculpture of a god, which was shaped like a human, with a knife in one hand and a thick python wrapped around it in the other. His eyes were wide open and his hair was as red as flames. Standing on the high stone platform, he overlooked the group of people who walked in slowly below.
"The golden knife is wrong with the silver knife, the red face is the fire god, which Guo Erlang twists the big snake? It is Wuyang Zhang Erlang." The dialect in the mountains has a peculiar accent, and it rhymes extraordinarily.
This statue is the more popular "Zhang Erlang" in Heishuizhou. It is said that in ancient times, he could bless the tribal man to catch good prey when hunting outside.
After Jie Zhuyan saluted and offered incense, blue smoke rose from the censer, and the witches standing in the main hall also bent over to return the salute, and then offered a small silver machete specially made by the hall. Although it was no bigger than a palm, it also represented the support and obedience to the leader.
Then Xie Zhuyan left the hall and continued to climb the mountain, repeating the similar process every time he went to a hall.
The gods enshrined in each hall are different, and the tokens offered also have their own characteristics. Among them, the hall dedicated to the "Meishan Empress" is a five-color silk-wrapped sachet, the hall dedicated to the "Black-fronted Stone White Tiger" is a stone-carved tiger head square seal, the hall dedicated to "Sa Grandmother God" is made of silk flowers, the hall dedicated to "Wu Zeng God" is made of white velvet ornaments, the hall dedicated to "Dongmu Golden Rooster" is made of wooden pipes, and the hall dedicated to "Green Thunder" is Qing. Iron stubborn stone, and so on.
Every time he received a token from a hall, an accompanying disciple would put it on a red cloth tray and continue to follow behind Jie Zhuyan.
In this way, after the tokens were received in the main halls, the time slowly came to noon, and at this time, Xie Zhuyan also walked to the top of the last mountain. There was the largest hall on the mountain, and the one enshrining was naturally the founder of the Red Immortal Sect, the "Red Clothes Fairy".
Walking into the main hall, there were already several sect elders standing there. They were all dressed in robes and black scarves on their heads, but there were red silk knots around their wrists.
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"Flowers fall from the sky, lotuses grow from the ground, hundreds of insects fall from the poisonous black water, and the red clothes dance with peach swords in the fire."
"The mountain of thousands of mountains, the immortal of all immortals, slaying dragons to ward off evil spirits and destroy evil spirits, Chi Lian is the only one who comes to immortals alone."
"I teach thousands of disciples, which one are you coming here?" All the elders and the witches in the hall sang in unison, the voice slowed at first, then quickened, and finally asked.
"My family leader's name is Zhuyan, who used to fight swords in the Chilou..." After finishing speaking, a disciple walked out from behind Xie Zhuyan, who sang back loudly, and then held out with his hand the purple tassel that Jie Zhuyan had obtained in the Chilou sword fight.
Then, one disciple after another came out from behind Jie Zhuyan, and each of them had to sing something about what Xie Zhuyan had done, or the approval of a branch hall that he had obtained, and then presented the token.
In this way, every time a section is finished, there will be a burst of shouting in the square outside the main hall. During such repeated singing, the identity and status of the leader of Xie Zhuyan will continue to be firmly established in everyone's hearts. Until the last line is finished, many elders and witches in the main hall also respond to it.
"I wonder which great supernatural power this is. It turned out that I taught Immortal Linfan. Please, master, sit up!" So everyone stepped aside, revealing the passage in the middle.
At this time, Xie Zhuyan walked slowly towards the statue of the red-clothed fairy
, bowed in front of him and saluted, doing this three times, lit three special sticks of incense, inserted them into the cauldron, and then turned around.
"Meet the leader!"
So all the people in the hall bent down and saluted together, kowtowed to the new leader, and then the same voice came from outside the hall. Up and down the mountain, thousands of disciples of the Red Immortal Sect bowed and saluted together, and the sound resounded throughout the mountain, echoing endlessly.
In this way, etiquette is accomplished.
Not long after that, officials from the state of Xin came to Heishuizhou to invite the leader of the Red Immortal Sect to come out of the mountain, so the Red Immortal Sect and the state of Youxin formed an alliance, and the momentum of both parties expanded.
Half a month later, in the capital city of Xin Kingdom, an altar was erected in Lei Xiaze. Representatives from all parties in the country gathered, and then the leader of the Red Immortal Sect went to the altar to pray to heaven. It rained heavily for three days, and then cleared.
As a result, the word that the leader of the Red Immortal Sect was the reincarnation of Mianji gradually spread among Qiilei Seven Continents, and was officially enshrined as "Rain Blessing" by You Xin Guo, which was also the position that Mianji once held.