Chapter 44: Sending Soul Village
I heard my master say in my ear: "This bamboo forest is the guardian forest of our soul village. Some of the arrangements inside are arranged according to Qimen Dunjia, and the exit is at Shengmen. When you follow me in later, you must keep the path I have walked in your heart and remember the location of Shengmen."
When Master said this, I didn't care much. I thought that anyway, I would be led by Master in the future, and it doesn't matter if I can't remember it.
After a while, Master Xia turned around and waved to us, and then entered the bamboo forest.
It's strange. I clearly saw Master Xia enter the bamboo forest, but in the blink of an eye, I couldn't see him anymore.
Not only Master Xia, but also Master Zhao and two other uncles.
Senior Brother Zhuang and Senior Brother Feng were guarding the entrance, and did not seem to plan to enter.
It was not until my master took me into the bamboo forest that I couldn't help but ask my master: "Senior Brother Zhuang and the others are coming?"
"They also have to contact others." My master said, turning his head and pointing behind me and saying, "After entering the bamboo forest, if you want to find the right path, you must first find seven hills... Don't be distracted! Look back!"
I was thinking in my heart why Master Xia and the others suddenly disappeared. After my master yelled, I came to my senses and quickly looked in the direction of his finger.
Through the gaps between the bamboo forest, I saw a lonely small mountain far away from us. Because I was far away, I couldn't see the details clearly. I just felt that the top of the mountain was very narrow, like a sharp blade, standing there from a distance.
I heard my master say to me, "When you enter the bamboo forest, you have to look back every ten steps you take. If such a mountain is right behind you, you will be right."
After saying that, the master took me and continued to walk forward. The route he took was very complicated. Sometimes he walked straight, sometimes he walked on the curve, and sometimes he even felt that my master was taking me back. I definitely couldn't remember such a complicated route.
While walking, my master also explained to me from time to time which direction is Xiumen, which direction is the wound gate, which direction is Dumen, and also told me about the formation techniques of the maze formation in the bamboo forest, which I didn't understand a single word.
Every time I walk a while, my master will ask me to look back. Every time, I can see a sharp mountain through the gap.
But I couldn't help but wonder, the bamboo forest is so dense, how did my master know where there are gaps and where can I see those peaks?
When I was about to reach the position of Shengmen, my master said to me: "You will also learn the subject of Qimen Dunjia in the future, but this inheritance is only for rough understanding in our lineage. Your Master Zhao and Senior Brother Feng are the masters of Qimen formation."
Just as the master was talking, he had already taken me out of the bamboo forest. This time, it appeared in front of me. It was an ancient building of a long time.
In the past, I only saw those ancient houses on TV. But the houses and palaces on TV are different from the ones in front of me.
The buildings here are basically black tiles and egg-yellow walls. On the walls, you can clearly see the architectural skeleton made of thick square wood.
Compared with the ancient buildings on TV, these buildings are less refined, but they give people a magnificent and grand feeling.
I heard the master say to me, "This is Jihunzhuang. It has been two thousand years since the Han Dynasty. Over the years, after our Jihunzhuangmen have maintained and repaired it from generation to generation, Jihunzhuang has become what he is today. It is a truth. You will be included in the master's genealogy in a while. From now on, this piece of land will be your roots!"
When my master said this, there seemed to be a lot of emotion in his words. Although I don’t know what Master is thinking at the moment, I can feel that Soul-Sealing Village seems to have extraordinary significance to Master.
This meaning is far more than just a sect, but inheritance is as simple as it is.
After my master took me into the gate of Jihun Village, the sun at noon dimmed without warning and a faint mist appeared around me. But when I turned around and looked outside Jihun Village, I found that the outside was different from inside, and it was a very clear sky.
I asked my master: "Why is it so dark in the village?"
The master smiled and responded to my words: "In the underground of Jihun Village, there is a spiritual spring, and the spiritual charm inside is strong, which arouses this layer of mist blocks some of the sunlight. But at night, these spiritual charms absorb the essence of the moonlight and make Jihun Village brighter than outside. So, here, no matter whether it is day or night, it looks no difference."
I looked around at the scenery in Jihun Village. Although it was noon outside, it was like morning and dusk here. The vast buildings were shrouded in mist, giving people a very ethereal feeling.
The master took me and arrived at a big house in the middle of the village. Master Xia and his friends had arrived long ago and were waiting for us in the house.
After we entered the house, Master Xia asked me to sit down and wait first, while he and Master Zhao went to ask for the master's genealogy.
In the Soul-Jiezhuang, everyone respects what their ancestors left behind. When my master and his friends came out of the small room next door, Uncle Liu and Uncle Ke also looked respectful.
I have to talk about my uncle Ke here. He is indeed blind, but I always feel that he can see everything and doesn’t even need to help him walk. And every time he talks to others, he faces the direction of the person he talks to.
When my master came out of the small room, he was holding a very wide scroll in his arms. He placed the scroll on the table in the middle of the room, waved at me, and asked me to go over.
Master Xia and Master Zhao grabbed both ends of the scroll and spread the scroll gently.
Only then did I realize that this scroll was woven from cloth, and I couldn't say what kind of cloth it was. It looked like a very sturdy canvas, but it was much more detailed than canvas, and there was a faint layer of soft oil on it.
This is the genealogy of the master of Jihunzhuang. The first generation ancestor's name is written in small seal script at the top of the scroll, and the latter is divided into three columns according to the generations of generations.
There are many names on the two columns belonging to Tunmeng and Yuxian, and as the teacher's genealogy looks downward, the number of names has become more and more.
Only when we adhere to the lineage, when the first generation first generation first generation built this lineage, there were still many people, more than Tunmeng and Yuxian combined, but as the generation passed down, fewer and fewer people were. Moreover, the disciples of Tunmeng and Yuxian had family and wife notes next to their names, but in our lineage, everyone was bare. It seemed that starting from the Jian lineage, all the disciples of this lineage were widowers.
As the two masters opened the scroll completely, I finally saw my master's name and also knew the name of my master for the first time. Because there are rules in the sect, fifteen years after the death of our ancestors, future generations can no longer mention the name, so as to what my master's name is, I really can't say much.
My master's name is very close to my fellow master Zhao Zongdian. I found that there was a vertical line drawn below Zhao Zongdian's name, and the following line read "Pu: Zhang Youjun".
It turns out that my uncle also has an apprentice named Zhang Youjun, why have you never heard from my master?
I pointed at Zhang Youjun's name and looked up at my master, but before I could speak, the master sighed: "He has passed away."
After saying this, the expression on the master's face suddenly became very disappointed, and I didn't dare to ask more questions.
Afterwards, the master picked up the brush, drew a vertical line under his own name, and wrote: "Pu: Zuo Youdao". After a moment of pause, he drew a bracket behind my name, and wrote another strange name: Luo Fei.
I looked at the scroll again and confirmed that the names of my fellow disciples were indeed bare. Why did I only come to me and add such a name that I had never seen before?
I was puzzled and asked my master: "Who is Luo Fei?"
My master smiled at me and said, "You boy are blessed. This is your marriage, haha. However, marriage is born and your fate depends on your luck."
At that time, I didn't quite understand the meaning of the word marriage, but I just thought that Luo Fei's relationship with me in the future was probably the kind of junior sister. Judging from the word "Fei", I also knew that this person should be a woman.
I asked my master again, what does it mean to achieve the right result in cultivation, but my master ignored me.
Afterwards, the two masters put away the master's genealogy, and I took it with me and put a stick of incense on the master's genealogy.
When the incense was halfway through, my master said that the master's genealogy had been completed and he wanted to take me back to the hotel.
Before, when my master mentioned the story of joining the master's genealogy, he had a solemn expression on his face, so I always thought that joining the master's genealogy was probably the same as the time I became a disciple, and it should be a very complicated and grand thing.
But I didn't expect it to end so soon.
And this time, only Master took me away. When Master Xia and his friends sent us to the border of the bamboo forest, they specifically told my Master to come back early and not to delay the main business.
My master didn't respond, so he led me into the bamboo forest.
When walking in the bamboo forest, my master said to me: "The disciples of our Jihun Village are usually spread all over the country. Everyone has their own acre of three-point land and need to be properly managed. But they will come back every ten years. Whenever you, Master Xia and others, you must calculate the fortune of Jihun Village in the next ten years. If there is nothing major in the next ten years, you will still be relatively leisurely. But if you calculate that there will be a major change, you will still be the one who stands out for Jihun Village."
When the master spoke, he kept looking at me with a serious look on his face.
I pretended to nodded to the master, but I didn't know why the master told me this.
Chapter completed!