...The immortal master said he would not catch ghosts

Li Chengqian snuggled in Empress Changsun's arms, tears in his eyes. When he heard Empress Changsun say that he would invite Huang Junming to catch ghosts, he shook his head gently and said to Empress Changsun: "Mother, the immortal master said that he would not catch ghosts, and no one in this world can catch ghosts."

In the eyes of ordinary people, it is absolutely normal for Taoist priests to catch ghosts and subdue demons, but Li Chengqian actually said such a sentence, which surprised Empress Changsun and felt that some of her former values ​​had been subverted. "Chengqian, there is no Taoist priest who can't catch ghosts. Besides, even if Taoist priests can't catch ghosts, then the immortal master will definitely come down to earth if he is a celestial immortal."

"Mother, you are wrong." Li Chengqian seemed to have temporarily forgotten the horror of the ghosts before and said to Queen Changsun as if he was showing off: "You don't know this, right?! The Immortal Master told us specifically!"

"Oh? The immortal master also talked about catching ghosts?" Suddenly a thick male voice rang in the room, but Empress Changsun and his son did not feel scared because they could hear that it was Li Shimin's voice.

"Of course! A pilgrim once went to the Heavenly Immortal Palace to invite the Taoist priests of the Heavenly Immortal Palace to catch ghosts. Later, the immortal master found out, so he told us it!" Li Chengqian saw that it was Li Shimin coming, and just wanted to get up and was pressed down by Empress Changsun, but he showed off his complacently.

"Let me tell me?" Li Shimin was very excited when he saw Li Chengqian talking about this. His sick body seemed to have recovered a little, and he couldn't help but become interested. Anyway, political affairs have not been too tight recently, so it would be okay to listen to this.

"That day the pilgrim said that there were ghosts at home and asked the Taoist priests to go down the mountain to catch ghosts. It happened that the immortal master was listening to it..." Li Chengqian said, recalling what happened not long ago.

Huang Junming had just finished his morning class for one day and was about to go back to the Centennium Palace to compile the Daozang, but he found that Ge Yanlin was communicating with a father-in-law. He was curious and walked over.

"Master, don't fool me. Who doesn't know that the Heavenly Immortal Palace is a blessed place for immortals and a place where true immortals practice, why is no one able to catch ghosts?" The father-in-law eagerly grabbed Ge Yanlin's sleeve and said with his body bent down.

"This father-in-law, it's not that Xiaodao doesn't help you, let alone the more than 2,000 Taoist priests in the Tianxian Palace. Even the entire Tang Dynasty, I dare to say that there is no Taoist priest who knows how to catch ghosts!" Ge Yanlin seemed to have been pestered by this father-in-law for a long time and said dryly.

"How is that possible! My father-in-law, I have also traveled around the world. I have also seen those masters of advanced priests sealing the ghosts into their bones with just one catch, and then frying them into the oil pan. The ghosts were still squeaked!" My father-in-law obviously did not believe what Ge Yanlin said, and tried to prove what he said with his own experience, and expressed dissatisfaction with Ge Yanlin's refusal.

Ge Yanlin didn't understand what was going on when he heard this! I'm afraid that the Taoist priest with the name of the Tianxian Palace knew what was going on. Ge Yanlin secretly said: In addition to the fried little gui, everyone can also catch ghosts and show their appearance! But these things are all deceptions, not Taoism, and there is a trace of pride in the bones of truly studying Taoism. No Taoist priest in the Heavenly Palace can do such a deceptive and inferior thing.

Huang Junming had already gathered these common tricks of falsehoods made by the profound magic power and put them in the Sutra Pavilion. Any Taoist priest in the Heavenly Immortal Palace can borrow them. In Huang Junming's words, although these things are frauds, they are just using very shallow magical methods to deceive people. Everyone is just for fun, so don't be fooled by those fake Taoist priests when they walk outside, and it will be bad if they make jokes.

It was precisely because the Taoist priests in the Heavenly Immortal Palace understood this, so they could not accept the invitation from their father-in-law to catch any monsters. Seeing that Ge Yanlin didn't say anything, the father-in-law thought that it had exposed Ge Yanlin's unwillingness, so he knelt down on the ground, kept kowtowing to Ge Yanlin, and said, "Brother-in-law, I know that Taoist priest, you are all powerful people. Please let the Taoist priest, my handful of bones besides the ghost for our family."

Huang Junming, who was watching the music next to him, saw this situation, and didn't know whether it was sad or something else. Whether it was Laozi, the nominal ancestor of Taoism or Zhang Daoling, the actual founder of Taoism, he had never said a word of catching ghosts. It was the first time he had encountered the phenomenon of asking Taoist priests to catch ghosts after traveling to the Tang Dynasty for so long. You must know that the real catching ghosts was actually happened after the middle of the Tang Dynasty. It can even be said that among the many schools of Taoism, there are only ones in Taoism.

The Thunder Law School claimed to destroy ghosts, but it was just a matter of using the reason for practicing thunder, but the Thunder Law School emerged in the Song Dynasty. Although the school that truly emphasizes raising ghosts and catching ghosts was organized by some so-called "youfang Taoist priests" during the Five Barbarians' invasion of China, it was not recognized by Taoists during the Song Dynasty and was destroyed by those in power. Although it was once rekindled in the early Yuan Dynasty, it did not resist the destruction of Taoism itself and those in power, and disappeared into history.

Taoism respects gods, but does not worship ghosts. People in the world say that Maoshan Taoist priests catch ghosts, but in fact, Maoshan Taoist priests practice talismans. It is just spreading rumors. The altar in Taoism is actually just to calm the living. Even the Taoist mantra of rebirth is just a memory and prayer for the dead. The reason why everyone thinks that Taoist priests should catch ghosts is completely caused by the "pseudo-taoist" who are greedy for money. After a while, it has become what Taoist priests should do.

Huang Junming also explained something to the boss, but silently returned to the Hundred Years' Hall. Taoism wanted to rise again. These fake Taoist priests who pretended to be ghosts and gods were absolutely undesirable. Although Huang Junming traveled to the Tang Dynasty and also held himself the identity of a god, Taoism had no big trouble. But who Taoist priests in the world really knew how to catch ghosts? The truth can be told to them, but after it was made public, Taoism could inevitably have a new level of reputation. This is the same as Huang Junming's slow to start a sword in the alchemy. In other words, it is necessary to ensure that Taoism is popular, and this disadvantage is eliminated. This is a considerable problem... The first update is given, and there are still three thousand words in a while. I am exhausted.

.About Taoist ghost catching, you can actually find it in the literature. There is no saying that catching ghosts is catching in the orthodox Taoist classics. All catching ghosts are folk rumors. Even the well-known black and white impermanence, although Taoism is worshipped, it is also a product of the integration of Buddhism, Taoism and folk. "The Romance of the Gods" is a work written in the Ming Dynasty, and there is no saying that Taoists catch ghosts. "The Biography of the Immortals" written in the Western Han Dynasty is the earliest systematic book recording Taoist immortals. It is included in the "Daozang" and the text does not mention the deeds of "immortals" catching ghosts. The incident of Zhong Kui catching ghosts was seen by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, and it is not a fact. So the southwest wrote this... Don't criticize if you don't like it (to be continued) rq!~!
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