Chapter 2 Anomalies in the Ancestral Hall
After going back to cook at noon, Mo Tiange came to the ancestral hall again.
In the morning, all the children in the Old Master's teachings were literate, but in the afternoon, only the children who had high expectations came.
Mo Tiange is a daughter, and she cannot take the exam or take the exam, and it is not convenient to go to the town to do things. She originally didn't have to learn more, but the old master admired her father's knowledge very much, so she looked at her differently. In addition, her mother also felt that her father was knowledgeable and she should also study more, instead of spending her time on her parents' affairs like an ordinary village girl.
The afternoon class is much more casual than the morning. Five or six children either study and practice calligraphy by themselves, or are taught by the old master alone.
Mo Tiange came in, gave a student ceremony to the Master, and entered the library.
The Mo family is not a big family. The ancestral hall has only one lobby, a courtyard and an east-west wing room. The lobby enshrines the spirits of ancestors of all generations. The backyard is a place where children eat wine during the New Year. The front half of the east wing room was converted into a school, and the second half is a library. There are several elderly widowed people living in the west wing room, and they usually guard the ancestral hall.
The library is not big, with six bookshelves placed against the wall, and there are thousands of books in total, which are passed down by the Mo family throughout the ages.
Mo Tiange pulled a stool to the east. The books on this bookshelf were all travel notes and miscellaneous, with popular words and many pictures, which were suitable for children who had just started school.
She likes to read these miscellaneous books, but the old master said nothing. She is a woman who can’t take the exam, so it doesn’t matter what books she reads.
Mo Tiange picked a book, then found a book called "Da Jin Dictionary" and placed it next to it, and sat down by the window to look.
The book is called "Tianji Latest News". It is said that the world is so big that there are countless lands and oceans, and where they are located is called Tianji. The sky is so big that it includes Jin State and dozens of other large and small countries. There are vast forests in the northeast, a desert and an uninhabited land to the west, a glacier scene in the north, and a mountain range in the south.
This book records the strange stories of the world.
Legend has it that there is a mountain range in the southern tip of the sky, known as Kunwu. Kunwu stretches for thousands of miles, with continuous peaks and mountains, from east to west, and no one has ever been able to pass through it since ancient times. Ordinary people not far from the mountains can occasionally see the purple clouds in the mountains and the colorful colors. When they go into the mountains, they will be lost in the clouds and mist. Only by looking back can they find a way out.
Gradually, people said that this mountain is an immortal mountain, and only immortals can enter.
The immortals living on Kunwu Mountain suck clouds and dew in the morning, eat moon essence in the evening, and go to heaven and earth, and do everything. If they find spiritual roots in the mortal world, they will take them back to the immortal mountain to practice. If they practice great success, they will become immortals. Once they become immortals, they can turn their hands to turn clouds and rain, step on clouds and go thousands of miles, move mountains and seas to heaven and earth, and they can also live forever and immortality.
People in the world all want to enter the fairy mountain and cultivate the fairy bones, but unfortunately they are hard to find the spiritual roots. Most people have only heard of immortals in legends.
This book records a story. In ancient times, a king of Chu State loved Taoism and wanted to practice and became an immortal. He summoned Taoists all over the world to Kyoto to seek a master of Taoism. Just as Taoists across the country were competing with Taoism, a dirty beggar walked into the temple and said, "You are worthy of carrying shoes with me." The Taoists were furious, but the beggar laughed. He raised his fingers, and suddenly a deep pool appeared in the middle of the Taoist platform. He raised his hand again. The deep pool disappeared but a fire ignited. Everyone present was shocked. The King of Chu wanted to make him the national teacher, but the beggar left in dust and disappeared suddenly.
It is also recorded that a scholar from Liang State had a poor family and studied hard. He finally won the top scorer, but offended the powerful and nobles of the dynasty at the Qionglin Banquet and was sent to manage the library of the Hanlin Academy. The top scorer stayed in the library for ten years and had a bright future. But ten years later, the top scorer realized the truth overnight because he found the magic in the library. The powerful and noble who offended that year was panicked when he learned about this, but the top scorer laughed and left with the wind.
Mo Tiange was watching with relish when suddenly someone stood in front of her. Mo Tiange looked up and quickly closed the book and stood up: "Teacher."
The old master nodded, took the book in her hand and turned a few pages, and asked, "Can you recognize them all?"
Mo Tiange replied: "I can't recognize some words, so I check the dictionary. If I can't find them, I will write them down. I will ask the Master next time."
The old master handed her the book: "Okay, reading more is the best way to recognize words, you can continue."
“Yes, Master.”
The sun sets in the west, Mo Tiange puts the books back on the bookshelf and goes out to clean the school.
The other children had already gone back, and the old master also went to the back hall for dinner, and she was the only one in the front hall.
After wiping the table, clearing the floor, and going to take out the trash and passing through the back door of the lobby, she paused for a moment.
There seems to be light inside.
After watching for a while, she put down the dustpan and approached.
Women cannot enter the ancestral hall. Even if they have a son-in-law, they have to enter the ancestral hall. Therefore, Mo Tiange has never entered this lobby where the spirit position is placed.
At this time, the door of the lobby was closed, and the hazy one looked like light and smoke. She couldn't see clearly. She looked around and found that there was no one around. She hesitated for a while, and couldn't help but put the dustpan aside and secretly stepped in.
The lobby is very high and the door is closed. The whole room is pitch black, with only the shimmer light coming from the pane and the light from the back door.
She approached carefully and found that the light seemed to come from the uppermost spiritual position.
Rows of spiritual seats were placed in the lobby, with forty or fifty, and even the walls on both sides were filled, which looked particularly terrifying.
Mo Tiange retreated a little, but as soon as she came in, the light became brighter.
She couldn't control her curiosity, so she looked up and found that there was only one spiritual position on the highest level.
The spiritual position is all white, very much like jade. There is a statue of Taoist lord carved from white jade at grandfather's house. However, this spiritual position is even whiter in color, and there seems to be white air like fog floating on it.
Mo Tiange looked around, brought a chair from the corner and placed it next to the spiritual position, and stepped on it. It was just high enough. She carefully poked her hand out to grab the spiritual position.
She was short and almost half of her body was leaning against the table before she got the spiritual position.
It was a little cold, and the white air filled her hands and could be clearly seen.
Mo Tiange turned over the spiritual position and saw five words on it: Mo Yaoqing's position. There is only one name, which is different from the others.
The white air became stronger and stronger, and even began to flood her body. She stared at the spiritual position and found that the white light was getting brighter and brighter. The light was originally just a piece of white, but gradually became bright. She couldn't help but open her eyes wide when she witnessed such a magical thing.
The light suddenly flashed and suddenly penetrated into her eyebrows. She was startled, her eyes suddenly lost their focus, and then slowly closed her eyes and fell off the chair.
Chapter completed!