When he returned to his room, Zhao Ran habitually raised his ears and eavesdropped on the movements of the opposite door. Unfortunately, he didn't hear anything except Zhu Meng's breathing and the occasional walking sounds. Zhao Ran also read too many online novels before traveling through time. Many characters in the book often talk to themselves, which made Zhao Ran want to hear what Zhu Meng said to himself.

In fact, as a normal person, who would inexplicably talk to himself? At least Zhao Ran has never done such a thing in his life. Among the people who are used to talking to himself, at least 99 of them are mentally ill, and the remaining one is likely to have not woken up.

Zhao Ran really wanted to rush to the opposite room and ask that guy, how did you learn it? I added gold fingers day and night, and only learned the ritual of fasting and worship two years in advance. Could it be that people like you who are good at qualifications and good at bones will always be destined to ride on me? Isn’t convinced!

Zhao Ran was depressed in the house. In fact, he chose the wrong comparison target. If he chose a normal chanting Taoist chanting to compare, his learning achievements would definitely be in a crushing state. At least, Ma Zhili, who had been in the scripture hall for nine years, was almost forced to breathe by Zhao Ran.

Ma Zhili has been ranked first in the first place since four years ago, but seeing the monthly exam results that both Zhu Meng and Zhao Ran have exploded over the past year, he felt deeply uneasy. Especially since this month, when Ma Zhili learned that the two began to answer A-level exams, he was almost crazy.

According to the rules and practices of Wujiyuan, Ma Zhili was the first candidate for the transfer of rituals among the group of chanting Taoists in the scripture hall. Four years ago, Ma Zhili was unwilling to go, and the unlucky guy Zhou Zhixiu went; two years ago, another trait for the doorstep of the living room was relatively clear, and he wanted to go, but unfortunately he was snatched away by Yu Zhiyuan, who was solid in the backstage and had only a little worse than his monthly exam results.

Well, it was a pity that Ma Zhili was unable to transfer to the entrance of the guest hall, but he could accept this result. After Yu Zhiyuan left, if nothing unexpected happened, as long as there was a job opening like "Five Lords and Eighteen Heads", he would be able to get ahead with the top score. But who would have thought that this year, Zhu Zhimeng and Zhao Zhiran appeared, one of them was more fierce than the other, and they were in the first place every monthly exam! Zhu Zhimeng was fine, and he was destined to go to the Pavilion to practice Taoism. He would not threaten him, but Zhao Zhiran was different. This kid's upward posture was too fierce. He had just ten months ago and actually took the A-level exam. And I heard that Jiang Gaogong was very satisfied with his performance after his face-to-face interview!

Ma Zhili felt a huge panic - Could it be that God was destined to not have the fate of climbing up? Could it be that he would have to give up the opportunity to move next time? I am really unwilling to accept it!

Unwilling to give up, Ma Zhili didn't sleep well all night. Early the next morning, he rushed to the scripture hall to see the October monthly exam posting outside the scripture hall. He ranked first, and there was no suspense for this at the moment. Then... he saw the two names Zhao Zhiran and Zhu Zhimeng behind his name... Ma Zhili's face turned pale in an instant. He felt that the sky was about to collapse, and he was unconscious in the morning and evening classes for the whole morning.

Zhao Ran didn't know Ma Zhili's little thoughts, and even if he knew, he didn't care. He was in a slightly better mood than yesterday because his name was ahead of Zhu Meng!

After the morning class and evening class, Zhao Ran and Zhu Meng both stayed. After a few words of each other, they were called by Liu Jingzhu.

"No need to mention Junior Brother Zhu Zhimeng, a few years ago, I took a junior brother. Like you, they are all people who practice Taoism. However, when he left a year later, he had not learned the ritual of fasting and worship. You had three months in advance and got the first-class ranking. I heard that the junior brother has achieved success in practicing Taoism and is one of the most young disciples in Huayun Pavilion." Liu Jingzhu sighed and continued: "Next year, you must go to Huayun Pavilion. As long as you work hard, your achievements will definitely be higher!"

After receiving praise from Liu Jingzhu, Zhu Meng glanced at Zhao Ran, with a pride in his eyes.

After praising Zhu Meng, Liu Jingzhu turned to Zhao Ran again, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it. He just sighed regretfully, but made Zhao Ran feel very uncomfortable.

"You two have read "The Supreme Yellow Talisman's Great Fist" and have a sense of the rituals of fasting and worship. Following Senior Brother Jiang's instructions, I will tell you here the practical methods of the two of you when you are fasting and worshipping. Senior Brother Jiang is very much looking forward to you... Well, it's fine if you are junior brothers, but you must be more attentive to your heart."

The more Zhao Ran heard it, the more awkward he felt. He didn't know where the little joy that the name was listed before Zhu Meng had flew. He gradually felt sad as Liu Jingzhu said, and he cursed in his heart, "Damn the root bone!"

Master Liu Jingzhu began to teach the method of fasting and offering sacrifices.

"The Supreme Yellow Talisman's Great Fist" records all the procedures of fasting and worship, what items need to be prepared, how to set up an altar at the beginning, how to worship in the middle, and how to hold a ritual later. Therefore, Master Liu Jingzhu did not say much about this, but just asked the two of them, especially Zhao Ran, to do as described in the book. The key to his teaching was the key points of the movements in the fasting and worship, which were divided into several parts, including hand techniques, step techniques, the use of magic tools, the key points of chanting mantras, etc. He started with hand techniques today.

Hand techniques are one of the basic principles of Taoism. They are very complicated and cannot be just a gesture. The human body is in line with the way of heaven, so each part of the body corresponds to the celestial phenomena, and the same is true for the palm. Each part on the palm corresponds to the Tiangang Beidou, the twelve hours, the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams, etc.

Liu Jingzhu first asked the two to spread their palms and stretch them out, and then pointed out the corresponding meanings of each part one by one.

For example, the fifteen joint patterns of the five fingers represent multiple meanings. If you calculate the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams, the middle joint patterns of the middle finger correspond to the middle palace, the upper and lower joint patterns and index fingers, and the three joint patterns of the ring finger represent the eight directions of the eight trigrams. Among them, starting from the lower joint patterns of the ring finger (rotating around the middle palace clockwise), they are Qian, Xun, Kan, Gen, Kun, Zhen, Li, and Dui in turn.

If you calculate the twelve hours, the lines from the upper part of the index finger will go downward and backward in sequence, then they will be Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai.

The Big Dipper and the Twenty-Eight Constellations also have detailed correspondences, which must be remembered firmly.

By including the celestial phenomena, directions and hours into the palm, you can "express the universe in the palm", which is the so-called "the universe cares about the hands, and all transformations are born in the body." According to Liu Jingzhu's explanation, the hand formula is an important part of the fasting and worship. Only by combining the hand formula with the step and chanting mantras can the gods and immortals and spiritual submissions be enabled.

Of course, Zhao Ran has been in Wuji Courtyard for a long time now, and he is skeptical about this. It is not this thing that doubts - this world no longer needs to doubt it. What he doubts is whether these methods are correct for the secular Taoist priests in the ten directions of the jungle temples? Can they play a role? Or do other methods need to be coordinated with them? Unfortunately, he has no chance to enter the secret place of the Taoist sect, and he does not have the roots and qualifications to practice Taoism, so he cannot solve the doubts for the time being.

The so-called pinching technique means pinching the thumb on other palm parts that represent different meanings. For example, pinching the "Ganwen" means pinching the thumb on the lower part of the ring finger. This is the simplest single technique among the hand techniques. Zhu Meng and Zhao Ran, one is talented and the other is open with golden fingers, so Liu Jingzhu taught it very quickly. The two soon memorized it, and even did not delay the afternoon rest.

The single technique is relatively simple. You just need to remember the meanings represented by the various parts of the palm. The really complex and complex ones are the composite texts composed of single texts, and the combined texts that evolved continuously from the composite texts. For example, in the refining meter of the undead, you need to ask Taiyi to save Ku Tianzun to come to earth, and you must pinch the composite text: the palms of both hands cross and put together, the big fingers of the left hand bend into the palm, and the remaining nine fingers are exposed outside, which means nine lion heads, so it is also called the "Lion Art" - Taiyi save Ku Tianzun's mount is the nine-headed lion.

Among the essays, the more capable the master, the simpler the handwriting is, the more sub-level the general, the more complicated the handwriting is. When it comes to heavenly soldiers and generals and Tianding Powers, you need to combine the text and combine the text. Zhao Ran asked, then I just learn to pinch simple handwriting. The handwriting is simple, and the ones who are invited are powerful, so why not do it?

According to Liu Jingzhu's explanation, this is the case in theory, but it actually doesn't work. The more capable the master is, the higher the vision is - there are too few sacrifices and more things - there is no time to pay attention to you, so it is difficult to invite them. On the contrary, although the tricks of those little gods are complicated, they can basically still be invited to go to the mortal world.

Next, after the end of the evening class every day, Liu Jingzhu spent about half an hour to teach the compound text and the combination text to the two in sequence according to the special "Juemu". After teaching "Juemu", he explained the relevant contents such as "Juemu".

On the day after Zhu Meng and Zhao Ran obtained the first-class ranking again in the eleventh month of the month, Jiang Gaogong informed them that they were ready to take them down the mountain to help hold the fasting and worship.

Thank you brother yangzhigang for your reward!
Chapter completed!