Chapter 9 Human Face Bamboo
The three religions divide the spiritual objects in the world into three categories: innate spiritual treasures, acquired magic spirits, and magic tools.
The innate spiritual treasures are divided into heaven and earth, with two levels of heaven and earth, and are born from the innate Qi. Each one is a unique creation of heaven and earth.
The acquired Dharma Lingding Xuanhuang is divided into Xuan and Huang, and is mostly rare treasures that have obtained various opportunities, either practice or refined. It also has two types of acquired magic weapons and acquired spiritual objects.
The refiners use various spiritual objects as the basis, supplemented by Taoism, Buddhism, and square mantras. It takes years to cultivate and temper it before they can refine acquired magic weapons, which are simply called magic weapons in the secular world.
The magic weapon is the instrument held by formal monks. It is made by the three sects of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and is used to cast spells and chant mantras. The magic weapon is divided into three grades: upper, middle and lower, with the largest number. Wu Qi's Jingzhen sword, containing the elephant mirror, and the Emperor Bell is the standard three Taoist magic weapon.
This is the standard assessment of spiritual objects given by the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and the three schools of Confucianism and Buddhism have adopted ancient methods. They have made some corrections and adjustments, and are basically aware of the standard assessment of spiritual objects by regular sects.
Human-faced bamboo is acquired spiritual bamboo, which is a high-quality material for refining acquired magic weapons.
As one of the six treasures for demon subduing, bamboo also has high and low grades.
There are only two innate spiritual bamboos, Qiunan bamboo and dragon bamboo.
"Qiu Nandijun, the bamboo forest is there, so you can make a boat."
The place where the ancient Emperor Di Jun was born was Qiu Nanzhu, which was extremely huge and a divine object in heaven and earth.
"The eldest house bowed and returned home. The old man gave a bamboo stick and said, "If you ride this place, you will arrive from now on. Once you arrive, you can throw yourself into the scepter..."
The land immortals in the Han Dynasty were able to whip hundreds of demons and drive away ghosts and gods. He got a stick given by an immortal, and the stick could turn into a dragon and carry it, which would turn into a dragon bamboo.
The two innate spiritual treasures, Qiu Nan Bamboo and Hualong Bamboo, are only preserved in literature and historical materials, and are almost legendary and have not appeared in the world for many years.
There are four acquired spiritual bamboos: dragon bamboo, Yelang bamboo, human-faced bamboo, and drunk bamboo.
These four types of acquired spiritual bamboos are priceless, but at least they still appear from time to time.
The rest, such as mosaic bamboo, light bamboo, citrus bamboo, purple bamboo, green-skin bamboo, etc., are all ordinary bamboos. Apart from the difference in beauty and strength that people need, there is no difference between superiority and inferiority.
The name of Man-faced Bamboo sounds terrifying, but it actually looks strange.
The bamboo joints are sparse and dense. The two bamboo joints are less than an inch apart in dense areas, flat in front and bulging in the back. The raised areas are like hunchbacks, and the flat areas are pointed at the bottom, which looks like a human face.
"After raising it forty years, there is nothing wonderful except for the darker color of the skin."
Zhang Cu Lao picked up a bamboo from the wall, grabbed the bamboo knife, and gently peeled off the burrs on the surface.
He cut off the excess joints, polished the grinding stones, rinsed them in cold water, and wiped them dry with a rag to make a new stick.
"You hold it, it's more useful than me."
The old man stood up slowly: "Today I will take you to recognize bamboo."
"There are 300 kinds of bamboos in the world and 190 kinds of bamboo in Yizhou. You don't need to remember them, but if you look at them, you may not be sure to be useful in the future."
Wu Qi followed Zhang Cu'er, learned to recognize bamboo, and then observed the bamboo paper making.
There are 15 steps and 72 processes to select tender bamboo from Yizhou bamboo paper.
The craftsmen made up a brief formula: chop the hemp, remove the green, soak the ash, boil it with fire, wash it with water, brush it with curtains, and brush it with green...
Papermaking is time-consuming and labor-intensive. It requires not only large-scale venue production and stacking, but also regular transportation of fleets, with high expenses and venue requirements. Most of the bamboo paper in the Tang Dynasty were made by craftsmen from various provinces and states, and then operated and sold in a unified manner.
This year, the bamboo forests in the south of the bamboo supervisor in the south of the bamboo supervisor encountered many insect disasters, resulting in a failure to harvest. Most of the bamboos outside do not meet the standards of the salt and iron department, and the price of bamboo paper is expensive, so the price of bamboo paper rises.
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Wu Qi brought a coarse paper book with him. When he heard the important part, he wrote down it with a brush.
The Six Treasures of Demon Subduing Demons are strategically rated materials to deal with ghosts. Many monks know how to use the Six Treasures, but they don’t know why, and they don’t care about non-spiritual objects.
In Wu Qi's opinion, this was a kind of arrogance.
Lingzhu is an extension of bamboo, but its foundation is still bamboo. If you don’t understand the habits and characteristics of bamboo, you can only copy them when facing Lingzhu. Don’t understand why. If you have a slight difference, you will be a huge mistake.
Chen Gao is a ready-made example. He doesn't understand bamboo but wants to make profits with bamboo. He was ridiculed by Zhang Lai, and eventually he had to give up in shame.
After finishing his first day of cultivation in the Bamboo Courtyard, Wu Qi first went to the East Temple and prepared to obtain the Three Pure Land statues before returning to the Fuyun Temple.
Suddenly, Chongyang said mysteriously: "Venice, the human-faced bamboo has transformed into a spirit, and it is only one last step away. I can enlighten it and let it be driven by the Venerable."
In the Wuchang Tu Dao Soldier, the dogwood essence has become one with Wu Qi, and both are damaged and all are prosperous.
Wu Qi was relieved of it, but he was still cautious: "Is there any other risks when the human-faced bamboo monster was born?"
"There is almost no risk." Chongyang urged: "Honor, the vegetation, flowers and demons born are all very weak. Whether they practice and achieve enlightenment or show off their fierceness is related to the demon body itself, but also to the acquired influence."
The three types of bamboo monsters, tree monsters, and flower monsters are mostly harmless, and they are usually timid and afraid of life. When they encounter monks and other monsters, they are more likely to escape.
With Wu Qi's permission, Chongyang turned into a ball of red light and rushed into the bamboo stick on the face of the human face. The bamboo stick suddenly trembled gently and buzzed.
Soon, a green light appeared in the red light, which flew around the bamboo, and then drilled into the handle of the bamboo stick after several rounds.
At Wu Qi's hand, a star lit up on the mirror of the elephant. This bamboo demon was the early stage of the demon soldier.
"Thank you, thank you, the demon chief, to help me transform into a spirit."
The bamboo stick transformed into a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy in green. He gave birth to a pair of hanging eyes, his lips tight, and his face was a bit stubborn.
The boy held a stick in his hand and was carrying one hand behind his back. His childishness was not gone, but his standing posture was old-fashioned.
The more Wu Qi looked at it, the more he felt something was wrong.
Why did the bamboo demon have the face of a young old man Zhang?
"Venice." Chongyang said carefully: "The spirits transform into spirits and are good at imitating them. He stayed with Zhang Zhujiang for forty years. Before he transformed into spirits, he became a shaped figure and turned into Zhang Zhujiang. But this doesn't matter, it can help him slowly change his appearance..."
Wu Qi pinched his eyebrows.
Zhang Cu's heart has been nurtured for many years, and he picked peaches by himself. Even if he looks like a memorial.
OK, Xiao Zhang is Xiao Zhang.
"From now on, your name will be Xiao Zhang."
Wu Qi ordered his name.
“Yes, Venerable.”
The bamboo demon Xiao Zhang replied blankly, unable to tell whether he was happy or unhappy, and his facial features were slightly paralyzed.
Wu Qi asked again: "Would you like to be my Taoist soldier?"
"I don't want to."
Chongyang was slapped in the face on the spot and said furiously: "The little monster! Without the Venerable, you can't transform into a spirit at all! You are not grateful and even speak wildly! Do you know how many monsters in the world stop at the last step and cannot transform into a spirit at all times?"
It angrily scolded the bamboo demon, and its soul fire was as red as if it was about to drip bleeding: "Silly, short-sighted, frog in the well! The venerable behind it is a powerful person who is completely in the sky and changes the sky and the earth! The bamboo demon is really stupid, no wonder there are few people and low survival rate!"
"Honor, this little demon has a problem with his thoughts, so I will wake him up."
Chongyang first spoke kindly and stabilized Wu Qi, turned his head and said to Zhu Yao sternly: "I wish you had become a new spirit and had a bright mind... As long as you do your job well for the Venerable, your future prospects will be bright, and it is not difficult to become an immortal. Do you understand? This may be your only chance in this life!"
"I will ask you again for the Venerable, do you want to be a Taoist soldier under the Venerable?"
"I don't want to."
Xiao Zhang's answer was just decisive and was the same as Lao Zhang.
Chongyang was so angry that his light shook red, and he wished he could send the bamboo demon away with his soul and spirit on the spot. After living for more than a thousand years, he had never seen such a ungrateful monster... After all, he had not been beaten by the sinister world.
Wu Qi waved his hand: "Don't force it. Just leave, practice hard, and don't do evil."
"I will repay you for your great kindness to me."
Xiao Zhang lowered his head and thought: "But there is one important thing I have to do first."
Wu Qi immediately thought: "Old Zhang Lak?"
"yes."
Xiao Zhang went straight: "Although I am a little demon, I have clear grudges and grudges, and I can repay my kindness. Mr. Zhang has raised me for more than 40 years, and I am for Yelang's daughter. I want to find Yelang's daughter to repay Mr. Zhang's kindness for raising me."
Forty years ago, the 27-year-old bamboo craftsman Zhang Shuisheng went alone to Qinglong Lake, Changningzhou. There was a rumor that the area of Lingzhu was invaded. Unexpectedly, he did not find Lingzhu, but encountered a robber. Zhang Shuisheng rose up and ran away but broke his leg and collapsed by the water.
Just when he was in despair, a young woman passed by. The woman claimed to be a Yelang native and cured her wounds. The two fell in love at first sight and got married. However, because Yelang man was in his mission, the woman said goodbye and left within two days.
The ancient Yelang Kingdom rose on the southwest waters and died during the Han Dynasty. After the country was destroyed, the Yelang remains were scattered just to find the ancient Yelang bamboo. It is said that once the ancient bamboo is brought back, Yelang will be reborn among the thousands of bamboos.
Before leaving, Yelangnu gave Zhang Shuisheng a bamboo shoot and asked him to plant it in the yard. When the bamboo was paved with pavement, she would come to meet him and spend the rest of her life together.
Zhang Shuisheng took good care of the bamboo shoots left by Ye Lang's daughter, but the bamboo shoots grew very slowly. They had not grown to a height of one person in forty years, and Zhang Shuisheng had become Zhang Lark Old Man.
He also knew that Ye Langnu would not be with him again.
This man's face bamboo is as tall as a cover, which took at least hundreds of years. He had long been a dead bone in the tomb. Zhang Lai Lao was completely worried and cut off the bamboo to make a cane.
The shadow of the bamboo demon Xiao Zhang was reflected on the Sanqing statue, with shadows and sounds impermanent, just like Zhu Qi.
He also prays to the pilgrim.
Wu Qi immediately decided: "I'll give it a try."
Chapter completed!