Chapter 42 Xie Shanyiwu [Fifth update in V]
"Regards—Xie Shanyi!"
The high-pitched tone instantly spread to every corner of the venue. Before the village chief could finish the call, some people suddenly walked out of the crowd standing on both sides of the venue. These people have white hair and beards, and are dressed in formal clothes with a blue-gray handkerchief pinned to their lapels. Although their faces are old, their eyes are bright.
These are the old people in charge of Xie Shanyi in Luoshan Village.
I don’t know whether it was because they had been cooperating for a long time or because of the tacit understanding brought by being together for a long time. They found their rightful place without any hesitation and stood neatly in the white square frame with the crowd at an equal distance. In the middle, he walked towards the altar with the same rhythm of steps with a solemn face.
They did not board the altar, but used the pile of firewood as the dividing line, one row on each side, one on the left and the other on the right. There was less than half an arm's distance between them, and they stood with their backs to Su Ziyi and others.
Looking from behind them, Su Ziyi noticed that their broad sleeves were moving, as if they were taking something out from inside. He squinted, but because his vision was too dim, he couldn't see clearly what it was. And just when the old people in the front row stopped moving, the villagers standing in the middle of the field like Su Ziyi started to move.
"Get up!" the village chief standing on the high platform shouted loudly.
Following the village chief's words, the villagers standing in front of the table opened the fire breakers in their hands, then used their free hand to cover the wick of the candle that had been placed on the table, and put the fire breakers close to them. Su Ziyi, who was always paying attention to the movements of the people next door, reacted quickly and lit the candles together, even faster than some of the villagers in the back row.
In an instant, dots of orange light ignited under the originally dark banyan tree. Seen from a distance, they look like fireflies on a summer night.
"Point!"
the village chief shouted again. This time not only the villagers moved, but also the old people standing in front like logs. The villagers held three incense sticks and three incense candles in their hands, and lit them with the flame of the candles. They inserted the incense sticks into the incense burner, and then respectfully held the incense sticks in front of their heads with both hands, while the old people in front also used the fire to Oriko lit the incense sticks he had brought and raised them above his head.
"Respect!"
After saying this, the village chief quickly retreated to the side of the altar, but the old people standing under the altar moved. They turned left or right, one left and one right, forming a pair. As a pair, they walked around the open space, climbed the steps and walked towards the altar. But during this process, Su Ziyi and other villagers remained motionless underneath, lowering their heads slightly and piously raising the incense candles in their hands higher.
At this time, the first pair of old people were already standing face to face on both sides of the altar. They kept walking and kept moving forward. They did not stop until they stood in front of the long table incense burner, and the pair of old people following them He also stopped at the edge of the stairs and the altar. The hand holding the incense remained motionless and very upright.
"Qiyu of Luoshan Village——"
"Wang Yue of Luoshan Village——"
With their backs to the audience, the two old men standing on the stage suddenly spoke loudly. Their voices had the hoarseness that an old man should have, but their attitudes were not at all Unambiguously, they used the greatest strength and the greatest humility they could use to say word for word: "Respect - thank the mountain - Yi!"
After saying this, they did not delay in any movements, and bowed to the empty tablet in a smooth and flowing manner. They stood up, and Su Ziyi and others standing under the altar also followed their rhythm and bowed to worship. It was not until three times that the two old people on the stage inserted the incense in their hands into the incense burner, and then turned sideways without looking back. , in the direction they came from, the two of them passed each other and walked towards the altar.
As soon as they left the altar, the two old men who had been waiting at the entrance came up and repeated the worship work with the same actions of the two old men before.
One after another, during the worship process of these old people, everyone else in the venue was extremely quiet, and everyone standing in front of the table honestly repeated the bowing action over and over again. Su Ziyi paid attention in his mind and found that he bowed thirty times in total, which meant that there were twenty old people who worshiped ten times.
When the last pair of old men put the incense in their hands into the incense burner, Su Ziyi and others could finally put the incense in their hands into the incense burner on the table. At this time, a quarter of the originally complete incense stick had already been burned, only half of the incense candle in the incense burner was left, and a lump of wax melted at the bottom of the candle placed on the table.
At this point, the entire festival is not over yet.
After the twenty old people left the altar, they did not return to the crowd. Instead, they took masks from unknown sources and stood under the altar again with wooden masks of different styles. Only this time they did not stand with the wood pile as the center, but with the altar as the center, facing the crowd, and stood in a circle.
At this time, the villagers around Su Ziyi moved. Su Ziyi was a little suspicious, but he didn't show it. He just looked in the direction of Bian Qing, and then when he saw the other person nodding towards him, he relaxed his tense shoulders and quickly Bu walked towards Bian Qing and the others, and joined the crowd standing on the sidelines with other villagers.
"Well done." As soon as Su Ziyi came over, Bian Qing came to his ear and whispered in a very low voice. Su Yulang also raised his head and looked at his father with an moved expression. The ironing papers from the two of them Su Ziyi smiled unconsciously.
When all the villagers had dispersed, the village chief no longer stood on the altar. Like those old people, he wore a wooden mask on his face and walked to the firewood pile with a torch in his hand. Then he straightened his back and sang a mysterious song composed of mysterious words in front of everyone: "se-yo-yo-yo-yi-na..."
Different from the high-pitched voice when presiding over the ceremony on the altar before, the village chief's voice now returned to his original voice, which was neither high nor low, slightly. It was hoarse, and the syllables sounded a bit vague due to the continuous pronounciation of the words, but the unique rhythm infected everyone. All the people present were silent, holding the things in their hands, looking at the village chief intently, and listening to the story he sang in his voice.
When the last syllable was sung, the village chief suddenly threw the torch in his hand under the firewood pile. In an instant, the firewood pile ignited with blazing flames. Only then did Su Ziyi realize that the firewood pile had probably been sprinkled with firewood by the villagers before. with combustion-supporting oil or other things. But in the blink of an eye, the flames reached as high as a person, and the bright red light illuminated the entire altar.
At this time, the village chief leaned over and picked up another torch at his feet, lit it with the fire in the firewood pile, then walked sideways around the circle surrounded by the old people, and started singing again He had already sung the song once before, but this time, he was not singing alone. The twenty old people surrounding the altar also sang together. Their voices had their own characteristics, but they all suppressed their voices. , and the harmony becomes a harmony.
The moment the village chief's feet began to move, the crowds who had been standing quietly on both sides of the field also began to surge.
Some adults held torches in their hands, and children held paper money and paper gadgets in their hands. One after another, they walked in the direction of the village chief in order. The villagers on both sides followed neatly behind the village chief. Then, some villagers who were familiar with the tunes of the songs began to sing along after entering the range of the altar, and then led the people around them to sing together.
Under their influence, Bian Qing opened his mouth. The unique crispness of youth made this mysterious song no longer sound so far away. Under the leadership of Bian Qing, Su Yulang also began to sing along, and he sang stutteringly. Yes, but very seriously. Their serious attitude made Su Ziyi calm down. He opened his mouth and moved his lips imitating the syllables he heard.
The village chief had already led the team to the other side of the altar, and it was only then that Su Ziyi discovered that the same pile of firewood in front of the altar was placed on the other side of the altar. The village chief also lit the pile of firewood, but this time he did not pick up any torches and continued to circle around in a relaxed manner. When the villagers passed by the pile of flames, they asked their children to throw the sacrifices in their hands into the fire. in.
In this way, the village chief led from the front, singing songs as he walked, while the villagers behind also followed the rhythm and circled around the altar, repeating the short song over and over again. As a cultivator, Su Ziyi's memory is better than that of the people around him, so when the song was repeated for the third time, he had completely memorized it and could sing it as completely as Bian Qing.
There are not many villagers in Luoshan Village, but there are also more than 200 people. The more than 200 people are divided into two teams and follow the village chief in the front to circle around the altar. This will inevitably make the people walking behind have to walk in circles. Surrounded by people outside, the circle walked by people inside is getting smaller and smaller. They walked and sang until the two piles of flames were outside their circle and the villagers walking in the front were standing close to the altar.
It is a relatively big blessing to hold an altar, so the distance between people still makes people feel more comfortable.
Standing on Su Ziyi's left hand side was Su Yulang. The child was sandwiched between him and Bian Qing. The position where the three of them were standing was pretty good. It was on the fourth circle from the altar. This allowed them not to stand directly in front of the twenty old people. They could also see clearly where the village chief was when they raised their heads. Do something.
At this time, the village chief stepped onto the altar again. The songs in his mouth did not stop. Under his leadership, the people below also kept singing songs.
He stood in the center of the altar, and the mask on his face was clearly illuminated by the flames in the iron pot. It was a half-face, only covering the upper half of the village chief's face. The mask was painted on a red background, with eyebrows and eyes drawn in black and cyan. But the strange thing is that the person who made this scene actually used white paint to draw three falling drops under the eyes of the mask. Teardrops.
The village chief's voice became louder and louder. He spread his arms, no longer suppressed his voice, and opened his voice to sing. The villagers also followed his actions, and their voices became louder and louder. The strange song instantly resounded throughout Luoshan Village. night sky.
Su Ziyi no longer knows how many times he has sung this song along with others. He only knew that as the song was repeated more and more times, the expressions on the faces of the surrounding villagers became more excited. Some of the weak people even had blushes on their faces, but no one else noticed. At this point, they couldn't wait - as if they wanted to burn out all the blood in their bodies to sing this tune from ancient times.
"Ah - Yilerele -"
Just when the entire venue was in a climax, the village chief suddenly raised the tune to an extremely high level, which was difficult for ordinary people to reach. Su Ziyi looked up and found that the village chief had stood on tiptoe in order to sing the high-pitched tune. The veins on his neck were exposed due to the excessive exertion. His withered mouth opened like a bottomless black hole. A roaring tune.
As the village chief's tune rose, the villagers' voices began to weaken, gradually lowering until they stopped completely. Then came the singing of the old people, and their chanting also gradually lowered. In the end, only the village chief's voice was left in the entire space. He no longer sang songs, but made a long "ah" sound from high to low.
——Until the sound can no longer be heard by others.
The village chief, who kept his mouth shut, was silent for a long time, and then turned around and walked to the incense burner with all the villagers' eyes on him. At this time, all the incense sticks in the incense burner had burned to ashes. The village chief did not light new incense sticks. Instead, he picked up a porcelain bowl placed next to the incense burner and poured the contents of the bowl straight into the incense burner. .
-That's blood.
Su Ziyi squinted his eyes and saw the bright red liquid clearly. At this moment, Su Yulang, who was standing next to him, suddenly tugged on his robe. He looked down and saw that Su Yulang smiled at him, then turned his head, leaned slightly, closed his eyes, clasped his hands and faced Worship in the direction of the altar.
Su Ziyi glanced around and found that other villagers were also making the same actions as Su Yulang. Su Ziyi no longer hesitated, followed Su Yulang's example, clasped his palms together, lowered his head slightly towards the altar, and closed his eyes.
Without any sound interference, Su Ziyi could only hear the "crackling" sound of fire burning wood, which made him a little confused. What was this for? But there was silence all around, no one spoke or moved, and Su Yulang didn't pull his clothes like before, so he could only calm down and continue this action.
I don't know how long it took, but Su Ziyi suddenly heard a very soft "xixi" sound in his ears. It was like the sound of a stream that had been suppressed countless times, or like the sound of dust rolling in the air. Although the sound is dense, it is not annoying, and even makes people feel a sense of awe for life for no reason.
Then, before Su Ziyi had any other thoughts, a warm breath from all directions instantly enveloped his whole body. This breath was both gentle and domineering, and it instantly invaded Su Ziyi's tendons, but it did not harm the tendons. Any damage to the pulse will only make the body feel relaxed immediately.
——This is spiritual power!
——Incomparably pure spiritual power!
Su Ziyi, who was wrapped in this aura, recognized the other party's origin almost immediately. He seized the opportunity and immediately started to practice his mental skills, so that the spiritual energy that had not had time to escape from the veins would be absorbed in him according to his ideas. Circulation in the body. Although this spiritual power is pure, it is not in large quantity, but it is enough for Su Ziyi to use this spiritual force to break through the shackles of the fifth level of Qi refining in one fell swoop -
and enter the sixth level of Qi refining!
Chapter 43 Things in the Village
When Su Ziyi entered the sixth level of Qi Refining, he was silent.
Because his strength was too low, his advancement did not produce any changes. The only one who noticed something strange was Bian Qing. He secretly raised his eyelids and looked over, but he didn't notice anything. He just intuitively felt that something must have happened to Su Ziyi.
But since he was still in the festival, he couldn't distract himself from testing, so he closed his eyes tightly again.
In fact, for people like Bian Qing who cannot practice, the existence of such a spiritual energy is also helpful. But what is different from Su Ziyi is that because they have no mental skills, their bodies are like a sieve. When the spiritual energy passes through, a little bit does stay in their bodies, but most of it still escapes, resulting in the final At most, these auras only make their bodies stronger.
Thinking about it this way, when we come to Xie Shanyi once a year, there is such a spiritual energy flushing at every ceremony. It is no wonder that the villagers in Luoshan Village generally have a certain amount of spiritual energy cultivation to be able to rely on them, even if their qualifications are not good.
Thinking further, Su Ziyi who refused to communicate with the villagers in the past missed a huge opportunity!
But at this time, Su Ziyi had no intention of thinking about this. Due to the situation, he could not meditate on the spot to consolidate his cultivation. He could only stand in this standing position and conscientiously operate the mental methods in his body over and over again to calm down the restless spiritual energy in his body. It was only when the village chief inserted the incense sticks on the altar again that the spiritual energy calmed down.
At this time, the pure spiritual energy that originally filled the surroundings had completely disappeared, and the surrounding spiritual energy fluctuations were the same as before, as if everything just now was just Su Ziyi's illusion, but the power emerging from his body told him, It's true.
For the villagers of Luoshan Village, this time Xie Shanyi is basically over at this time. It's just that because of the inherent tradition of Luoshan Village, the village chief and some specially selected men must stay here to ensure that the two bonfires on the field will not go out until dawn the next day, when each family comes with firecrackers, incense and paper money. Only after the last burning ceremony is performed here can the fire be allowed to extinguish naturally.
When they left the venue at the entrance of the village, it was already midnight. The young Su Yulang was already looking dazed. After Su Ziyi took him into his arms, he immediately found the most comfortable position and put his head He closed his eyes and fell asleep completely, even snoring slightly in Su Ziyi's ear.
His charming and naive appearance made people's hearts itch, but the two people next to him didn't pay attention to him.
At this time, the night dew had already fallen, and the coldness could be clearly felt on the lightly clothed upper body, but in front of this slight coldness, sleepiness occupied an absolute position. Walking beside Bian Qing, Su Ziyi watched Bian Qing yawning one after another, and couldn't help but kindly said: "I can do it by myself for tomorrow morning. You can just have a good rest at home." "Yeah.
." Bian Qing yawned again, tears almost flowing out of his eyes: "I have packed the things I will use tomorrow morning and put them on the main table in the main room." Speaking of which, since Su Ziyi came to this world
, he has not been so tired for a long time. After Xie Shanyi's three days of tossing this time, he felt that his body was about to fall apart. So facing his somewhat weak body, Bian Qing did not show any pretense and said frankly. He accepted Su Ziyi's kindness openly.
On the way back, they did not hold up torches, but walked home under the starlight. But even so, Su Ziyi also noticed that Bian Qing's steps were getting smaller and smaller, and the sleepiness on his face was almost condensing into substance. This made him a little helpless. Without any hesitation, he directly stretched out his free hand, He took Bian Qing's arm and used his own strength to pull him forward.
The moment he put his hand on it, Bian Qing was stunned, and even the yawn in the middle of his yawn froze on his face. He retracted all the expressions on his face, looked at Su Ziyi, and then the stone he just aroused in his heart fell. He landed on the ground without any struggle, and even quietly leaned over.
I’m really tired today, so I’ll allow myself to relax for once.
This night, Su Ziyi did not rest because he was still thinking about his cultivation that he had just reached the sixth level of Qi Refining. In the past, due to the constraints of the occasion, he could only do such rough consolidation, but now that he has returned home, he can naturally sort out the areas that he could not take into account before. Especially tonight, the stars are just right, which is perfect for cultivation. good time.
In this way, he continued to consolidate his cultivation until the next morning. After making a simple breakfast, he practiced again under the purple air of the morning until the sun completely jumped out of the horizon and could no longer be found on the horizon. At any trace of purple-red clouds, he resumed his breathing rhythm and stopped his practice.
Although it was quite early, when Su Ziyi came to the entrance of the village with the things Bian Qing had prepared, there was already a group of villagers crowded there, and some farmers had more than one person there. Su Ziyi glanced around and saw Yang Xu and Li Yu there. The two squeezed in between the others and desperately threw the paper money and other sacrifices they brought into the bonfire.
After they finally finished all this and squeezed out of the crowd, they met Su Ziyi's eyes again. Li Yu laughed naively and walked over to say hello to Su Ziyi: "You're here, Su Ziyi." "
Well -" Su Ziyi couldn't help but frown when he saw the group of villagers acting like the old ladies grabbing special offers in the supermarket. Raising his eyebrows, he tilted his head and asked Li Yu, "What are they doing?" "Huh? Didn't Bian Qing tell you?" Li Su was very talkative: "The saying passed down in the village is that the first chapter that Xie Shanyi ended Whoever delivers their family's sacrifices to the bonfire first the next morning will have the best crops this year." "
Then, I'm afraid the first place has passed a long time ago." Looking at that A group of crazy villagers, Su Ziyi's face was a little complicated, but fortunately their family did not rely on farming to make a living.
"Well." At this point, Li Yu grinded his teeth and seemed to be gnashing his teeth: "You don't know, every year the first place is basically taken by the village chief's family. Basically, the men of the village chief's family can We are vigiling here, and because the village chief is old, everyone usually lets him go to rest during the night watch. But by the next morning, everyone is exhausted, but the village chief acts like a normal person. How could he miss the first opportunity? What?"
"Then you can go out earlier."
"No, that breaks the rules." Li Yu shook his head stubbornly. It could be seen that although this man was just like other people in Luoshan Village, he was more interested in making money. Although it is urgent, it is still quite polite in tradition.
"Okay, anyway, our family didn't want to compete for first place." Su Ziyi didn't want to squeeze in with others, so he generously put the things in his hands under the roots of the banyan tree, and leaned against the trunk. He looked at the group of people with an indifferent expression, preparing to wait for them to finish before going up to perform his own sacrifice.
"That's right, your family doesn't rely on this either." Li Yu said with some envy. Their family's affairs are almost done. Yang Xu will take care of the rest. He will only be responsible for carrying the table back later, so He also squatted down beside Su Ziyi leisurely, while looking for a topic to chat with Su Ziyi: "You went into the mountain last time and killed two monsters. Will you go into the mountain again in the future?" "Yes, yes." "
Hey
. , It's really amazing." Li Yu sighed: "We don't go into the mountains very often, because there are not many good things in the mountains. And Dr. Li used to say that there were monsters in the mountains, but we didn't believe it at the time. As a result, good guy, last time you Dragging two monsters out really shocked us, and everyone really believed that there were monsters in the mountains." "
Doctor Li?"
Although it was quite a while ago, Su Ziyi still remembered this Human, after all, the other person was the first person he saw besides Bian Qing after he woke up. He still remembered that the old man's medical skills were pretty good, but the elixir he produced was too scummy.
"Oh, you may not have seen him." Li Yu said with some hindsight. He didn't know that Su Ziyi and Bian Qing had just gone through all the twists and turns, and directly replaced Su Ziyi with the former original owner. "Doctor Li is a good man with good medical skills. He has solutions for many diseases that doctors in town cannot cure. He lives in the back of the village. If someone doesn't come to see him for treatment, he usually won't go out. "."
Su Ziyi did not correct his view, but just asked the question he wanted to know: "Then how does Dr. Li know that there are monsters in the mountains? "Because he often goes to the mountains to collect medicine
. "Everyone in Luoshan Village knows about this, and sometimes they will help when they see him.
"Then I have been to the mountains so many times, but I have never seen him.
"Maybe it's because you are taking different rroute" Li Yu didn't understand either, so he joked casually: "Don't think that the mountain in front of you is only so big, but it is actually very wide! On our daily way to the mine, we have to go around several mountains. These mountains are connected to each other, with many trees and few roads. No one knows how other people get into the mountains.. "
"I heard that in my great-grandfather's generation, there was still hunting in the village. At that time, there were fixed roads to the mountains. But later, there were fewer game animals, fewer people went up the mountains, and the roads were covered with grass. " , naturally people who came later could not find the way into the mountain. He spat on the ground: "And the trees in this mountain are so good. It's dark and cold when you go in. People who are not brave may not be able to bear it."
"Maybe these things are too common, and generally no one will talk to Li Yu about them, so Li Yu usually looks dull in front of others. During this time, the relationship between his family and the Su family has become better, Su Ziyi was also willing to listen to what he said. This completely activated his long-dormant ability, allowing him to open his mouth and keep talking non-stop, but he also knew how to speak appropriately. He still lowered his voice, for fear that the villagers would hear and laugh at him.
Su Ziyi also did as he wished, being a silent listener and only raising his own questions at the right time. To be honest, in terms of extracting information from the village , Li Yu is more useful than Bian Qing, firstly because Li Yu is a native of Luoshan Village, and he knows more and more deeply than Bian Qing; secondly, because Li Yu is a hidden talker, unlike Bian Qing who asks a question Just answer one sentence, and he will keep talking for a long time.
And this is why Su Ziyi is happy to deal with Li Yu.
"There will probably be fewer people entering the mountain in the future. "Li Yu said worriedly: "I just heard about it before, but no one has really seen the monster. This time, after you confirmed that what Dr. Li said is indeed true, everyone was extremely afraid. If it weren't for the fact that the family was too poor, Now, I think I want to move away, but no one in the village can deal with the monster. "When he said this, he glanced at Su Ziyi sensitively.
Su Ziyi had no idea about this. The only thing that interested him was Doctor Li, who had seen monsters in the mountains. He asked with interest: "Then Did Dr. Li always collect herbs in the mountains? "
Almost. " "Li Yu didn't know about such personal matters: "Anyway, people in the village often see him coming out of the mountains.
"Then he's not afraid? " Doctor Li - He's not young at all.
" Who knows. " Li Yugu muttered: "The older generation has tried to persuade him about this matter, but no one can stop it. Moreover, over the years, it is true that nothing has happened to Dr. Li. The older generation has turned a blind eye." One eye pretended to have never seen it before. And I think, I am afraid that people become better with old age. This Doctor Li has been in the mountains for a long time, and he naturally understands the sects in the mountains. How can he be easily harmed by things on the mountains?
"Besides, there is no one who doesn't want to help him. " Li Yu counted on his fingers: "Among the people who have played with me since childhood, Wang Min and Qi Zi wanted to go with Dr. Li into the mountains when they saw him, but they were rejected." Even if someone followed Dr. Li secretly, they would be thrown away in a short while without anyone noticing. He smacked his lips and said, "I think this is a bit evil."
"Of course, the evil in his mouth does not mean that Dr. Li is abnormal, but that Mrs. Li is too sophisticated. After all, for people like them who have spiritual power but cannot use it, they just It's the same as ordinary people. They haven't thought much about cultivators in their daily life, and I'm afraid they haven't even thought about more magical things. However, from Su Ziyi's ears, there is another layer of meaning in it
.
But he didn't dig deep. After all, everyone has their own secrets. Doctor Li has no grudge against him, so he doesn't have to stare at a little old man. Even if this little old man has bad intentions, can he still Can't beat him? Even if he can't beat him, he can still run away. So, that's all he heard about Dr. Li. At
this time, Li Yu was impatient to talk about Dr. Li anymore, and he changed the topic enthusiastically. When it came to Xie Shanyi this time, his tone was full of luck: "At first, I thought I would fail in the performance this time, but fortunately, I still had the time to practice last year. As soon as I got the pose, I remembered it all. .
He clicked his tongue and said, "However, when it comes to this, the boy from the Wu family is the best actor. " He is probably the only one in the whole village who can act like a fairy. If anyone else wants to act like an immortal, he will be completely different. "When he said this, Su Ziyi knew without even guessing that Li Yu was talking about the young man who danced the sword on Xie Shanyi. "He is indeed a scholar studying in the town. "
At this time, there are far fewer villagers around the bonfire. Farmers always have the most positive emotions about this kind of thing, so basically there are few people who come later than Su Ziyi. By the time Li Yu says After finishing this, the people in front of the bonfire had almost dispersed, and Su Ziyi walked over with his things.