Chapter 17 Moon Worship Ceremony
Sitting obediently on the cloud cliff all morning, Xuan Yuanbi was so bored that she was about to fall asleep, and Sima Shang's call came from afar.
"Sister Bier, get up quickly. The elder sister calls you to go and clean up quickly. It's time to prepare for the moon worship tonight!" With joy, Sima Shang rushed to the edge of the waterfall, and the corners of his mouth almost grinned to his ears.
There were some faint scars on his face, and it was obviously the errand that was only snatched after a fight with Xia Yongshang.
Xuanyuanbi's eyes suddenly lit up. Since she was sensible, she has only participated in a moon worship sixty years ago, and she has been looking forward to such a grand event. However, there are too few such opportunities.
"The second sister, the third brother and the fourth brother will all come! I haven't seen them for a long time. With a light jump, he jumped from the cloud cliff to the shore. Xuanyuanbi was so happy that he circled around Sima Shang, which made Sima Shang dazzling.
However, he immediately heard something unpleasant from Xuanyuanbi's words. Sima Shang scolded himself with hatred.
Why did he forget that the person Bier's sister liked to stick to when she was a child was the third brother Changqing. If it hadn't been for the fact that Changqing's brother had found a cave and practiced earnestly, he would have not had a chance to get close to his younger sister.
Before he had time to say anything, Xuanyuan's heart had already flown out, and his footsteps had slipped past Sima Shang like a butterfly and rushed straight down the mountain.
"Three brothers!" Rushing to the front of Jiushengmu, Xuanyuanbi's eyes shuttled around the crowd, but she didn't see the third brother who loved her the most.
"Bier!" Tao Qingqing's face darkened and he said harshly, "Why did you run straight over before you went to clean yourself?"
Xuanyuanbi was drunk and her neck shrank. Only then did she see that everyone in the field had been clean. They were all wearing plain white long clothes, and their long hair was loosely tied behind her with only a piece of white satin. The plain swords were also untied, and she stood barefoot on the green grass, making it their own scenery.
Xuanyuanbi spit out her little tongue and turned grayly and walked towards the bath.
Sima Shang and Xia Yongshang looked at each other and followed. They had to wait until the little sister came before they had to clean themselves up, and they had been lingered until now.
The hot spring bath is located in the mountains and rocks, and the water is steamy.
Xuanyuanbi untied the belt and jumped into the water happily.
At this time, a warm windy voice came from the next door: "Little Bier, it's been many years. Why are you still so naughty?"
Xuanyuan Bi's face suddenly turned red, and she almost buried her whole body in the water and said anly, "I hate it! Third brother, why are you so annoying?
Immediately after that, the laughter of Xia Yongshang and Sima Shang also sounded, which made Xuanyuanbi want to simply drown in this water.
"I'll go first. Little Bier, see you later." With the sound of water, the third brother Changqing smiled and put on his prepared plain clothes and left.
Xuanyuanbi was at ease now, and even the movements were careful, for fear of making another sound. On the contrary, the two brothers Xia Yongshang and Sima Shang next door are talking and laughing and happy.
Finally, Xuanyuanbi climbed out of the water and ran out when she was dressed.
The mountain breeze was so cool that her clothes fluttered, and her long hair was swung with her running movements. Her face, which had just been bathed, was still pink and red, and her snow-white bare feet stepped on the tip of the tender grass, itchy.
In front of Jiushengmu, the third brother stood with his back to her, and his slender and handsome back was the same as many years ago.
Hearing her call from afar, Changqing turned around, raised her lips and smiled. In an instant, she was brighter than Xia Hua, and everything around her was gloomy. This plain white long coat highlights his dusty temperament.
"Why do you run so fast? Be careful of falling." He opened his arms and hugged the small body that Xuan Yuanbi rushed into his arms. The gentleness of Evergreen was well known to everyone in the Yunyuan.
"Brother three, you are finally willing to come back to see me." Xuanyuanbi couldn't wait to stick to the third brother's arms like this.
But now is the time to hold an important ceremony for Yunyuan, so naturally no one will let her childish behavior.
Tao Qingqing grabbed her collar, pulled her out, and threw her into the hands of Xia Yongshang's two brothers who walked to the scene. He said, "Take your little sister to your position. Don't be ashamed like a crazy woman here."
As soon as he said this, everyone laughed.
After standing in his position according to the entry time, Tao Qingqing walked out of the queue and replaced the master who went out to host this grand moon worship ceremony.
He cleaned his hands in the water tray next to the incense table. Tao Qingqing lit a piece of incense and put it into a beast-shaped incense burner. Suddenly, a few wisps of light smoke rushed out of the hollow of the incense burner and twisted her body and floated high.
She cleaned her hands again, and then picked up a bunch of long incense from the incense box, finely ignited on the candlelight, then worshipped the full moon that had just risen, and then firmly inserted it into the three-legged incense tripod.
After Tao Qingqing's action, everyone in Yunyuan also knelt down one after another and worshipped the full moon three times.
Changqing stood up from the crowd, stood next to the incense case, unfolded a pair of scrolls, and began to recite the moon worship.
His voice was as refreshing as a warm wind. At this time, he added seven points of solemnity and depression, which made people stand up and listen, and dare not miss a word.
After the long moon worship, Tao Qingqing once again led the crowd to worship the full moon three times, and then drank the water of the jar previously offered on the incense case to everyone, which was half of the ceremony.
After removing the incense case, everyone walked in line to a flat ground at the highest point of Yunyuan. There has long been a circle with more than ten plain cushions, and there are eight bright lights on the grass in the middle, which are also arranged into a circle.
Everyone looked solemn and sat cross-legged on the mat in order, looking forward to the sky, waiting for the most important moment to come.
The moon is close to the middle of the sky, and everyone in Yunyuan has already entered a fixed state, with low eyebrows and eyes, and their hearts are as quiet as water. Only the naughty Xuanyuanbi secretly raised his eyes and stared at everyone all the time.
As soon as the time arrived, the light of the full moon suddenly rippled like the surface of the water. With the moon as the center, it kept spreading out. In the moonlight, a small, a small round light scattered down to the world.
That is the Tianbao that is claimed to be worth the essence of a thousand years of day and night - Di Liu pulp. This is also the most important part of the moon worship ceremony of Yunyuan.