Chapter 39: The Cock Crows, the Pleiades Degraded

Looking at the sleeping white dog, Yunqi was about to shake his head. He was going out to gain experience and wouldn't stay in this village for long. It would be inconvenient to have another little thing around.

"Master Yun, are you still planning to travel in this mountain?"

Yunqi nodded when he heard this. He had just arrived.

"Then you should accept it, Taoist priest. Bai Long'er has very useful ears and can hear everything going on in the mountains."

Yunqi thought about it. That day, he was discovered by Bai Long'er when he was standing far outside the yard. This dog's ears were indeed powerful. He still had to gain experience in the mountains. He was not afraid of other things, but he was afraid of being spied on and approached while meditating. Although he had the Bagua Mother and Child Bell, it was ultimately a dead object.

He nodded and took the white dog.

The village chief added, "Master Yun, you don't need to worry about the dog on weekdays. Let the big dog in the village teach it skills. Just let the dog sleep outside the door at night. Don't worry about its food. The big dog will feed it in the next few days. After ten days or so, it will be able to find food on its own. If there is anything left over, just throw it to the dog. It will eat everything."

According to the old village chief, raising this white dragon is simple.

Yunqi nodded, so Dong Huonai took the white dog back and said he would send it over in the evening. This time he came just to ask Yunqi to take a look.

Yunqi was relieved and saw off the Donghuo family who were thanking him profusely, and also kept the village chief.

"Munaigong, you only told me half of what I asked you last time, Master Red Crown."

Yunqi said with a smile.

The old village chief scratched his head and said, "Oh, yes!"

The two men sat down on the beauty's back again and talked and listened.

"After our ancestors had Bai Long'er and the rooster, their lives became better and better. How should I put it? Death is finally not as fast as birth."

The old village chief said with emotion.

The clouds were speechless.

"One day, a Taoist priest suddenly came to the village. It was said that the priest was very young, and our ancestors thought he was a lost child at first! But when the priest showed his magical powers, our ancestors realized that they had met a master."

The old village chief looked at the clouds. Last night, he also saw the magic. The whole village saw it. He did not sleep all night. He thought that this must be the ancestors blessing himself and the village.

"When the master saw the people in the village raising chickens, he was very happy, so he taught the ancestors a special way to raise chickens. After they were raised, they were called "Red Crown Chongming Chicken", also known as "Mr. Red Crown", which was considered a true yang bird.

"But this method is difficult," the old village chief did not specify what method he used. "It takes three or two generations for a village to raise a Mr. Red Crown. Red Crowns live longer than humans. The one in the village now was raised by the previous generation, so we call him Mr. Red Crown."

"Master Red Crown has double crowns and double pupils. He can distinguish between humans and ghosts. No evil thing can escape Master Red Crown's eyes."

Yunqi praised him, and finally asked, "Why didn't you see Master Hongguan after entering the village?"

Upon hearing this, the old village chief proudly said, "Red Crown Master is wise, smarter than humans, and he also needs to practice. He is naturally invisible on weekdays, but when we need him, Red Crown Master will come out by himself. But every morning before sunrise, Red Crown Master will crow on the big tree in front of the village, and then disappear. Only after Red Crown Master crows, other roosters dare to crow."

Yunqi asked again: "What about the sticker on the door?"

The old village chief took a look at the worn and faded rooster sticker on the Yunqi Gate, sighed, and explained: "This is also left by the expert, called the 'Rooster King Guarding the House Picture'. The ancestors said that in the first few decades when the 'Rooster King Guarding the House Picture' painted by the expert was posted, no poisonous insects or ghosts had ever entered the village. The ancestors who grew up in those decades had strong souls and strong yang energy, and rarely had any accidents when they walked outside.

"But after hundreds of years, the stickers have become old and torn, and the power of blessing us on the stickers has also dissipated. But we have become accustomed to stickers, so we drew our own and put them up, which can also be considered as a way to bring good luck."

Yunqi nodded, indicating that he understood.

The two chatted for a while, and then the old village chief left. Yunqi calmed down and began to think about cultivation.

Yunqi had read the contents about the heart palace in "Zhou Tian Bai Qiao Nei Jing" countless times. While visualizing the Pleiades and the Palace of Light in his mind to solidify his mental power, he had also become very familiar with the method of visualization.

It is time to use visualization to form the inner scene of the heart.

Before, the Pleiades Star Official and the Palace of Light that he visualized were statues of gods and the Palace of Taoism, or to put it bluntly, dead objects. However, the Inner Scene God is the master of the organs and orifices, responsible for the circulation of Qi and blood, and is responsible for longevity and health. How could he be a dead object?
The Lord of the Heart is the Commander of Blood, and together with the Lord of the Kidneys, they lead the essence and blood throughout the body. They are the most active among the 100 orifices of the Circles. If you visualize a dead object with form but no soul, not only will it not be able to transport essence and blood, consume air on its own, circulate the Circles, accumulate magic power, or even cast spells, but it will affect the original function of the Heart, causing weak Qi and blood, and insufficient heart Qi.

And now, he has found a way to bring Pleiades back to life.

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It’s the fifth day since arriving at the village.

September 12th.

Yunqi woke up very early and stood in front of the house, looking at the huge thorn tree beside the village gate. The leaves and trunk were all covered with sharp thorns. People in the village called it cat thorn.

At daybreak, Yunqi saw a bird flying out from the mountain behind the village.

This bird is huge, with a beak like a spear, claws like steel hooks, golden spurs and a red crown, a tail like a colorful phoenix, green feathers and colorful feathers, and it looks majestic.

The big bird landed directly on the tree, its steel claws not afraid of the tree's sharp thorns at all. When it stood still, it was clear that it was not a big bird, but the big red-crowned Chongming rooster, Mr. Red Crown. It was still dawn, and Mr. Red Crown faced the east with his head held high, and the red crown on his head trembled.
"Oh-oh-oh-"

Mr. Red Crown let out a long cry.

"Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-"

The roosters in the village began to crow.

Then there was a bright light in the east and the red sun rose slowly.

After seeing the sun come out, Mr. Red Crown flapped his wings and flew away into the mountains and forests, disappearing without a trace.

Just like the previous two days, Yunqi carefully recalled Mr. Red Crown's actions, his high-pitched cry, and the meaning of the sunrise light cleansing the darkness.

Then he took a stack of papers and found the old village chief.

"Munaigong, take a look at this painting."

Yunqi handed the stack of papers to the old village chief.

The old village chief took the paper and looked down, first at the top one - what a majestic full-length portrait:
The portrait shows a burly Taoist priest wearing a tall red crown, hard-soled golden boots, and a scarlet robe. The Taoist priest has golden eyes with double pupils, small ears and a hooked nose, and red cheeks and a beard. On the chest of the scarlet Taoist robe is painted a large rooster crowing with its head held high on a branch. In his right hand he holds a lamp, the light dispels the darkness, and illuminates the entire drawing paper in yellow.

There is a short sentence inscribed on the upper left corner of the drawing paper:
"When the rooster crows, the world becomes bright."

There is a stamp in the lower left corner of the drawing paper:

Qianshenzhai.

Yunqi was also looking at the drawing. The person in the drawing was very different from the Pleiades Star God in "The Seven Stars of the White Tiger". Their facial features were still similar, but one was elegant and the other was rough. Their bodies were also much stronger and more sturdy. The star pattern on their robe had turned into a rooster, and their weapon had been changed from a needle to a lamp.

From a noble star god with dignified appearance and magnificent demeanor, he turned into a rough, unruly, and wandering Taoist priest who hated evil.

This is exactly the effect that Yunqi wants.

After the old village chief saw the first picture, he went to see the next one:
In this portrait, the burly Taoist priest holds a peach wood sword in his right hand, which is inserted into the chest of an evil ghost. In his left hand, he holds the head of an evil ghost. In the upper left corner, it is written:

"The image of accumulated yang, the essence of fire yang, stick it on the door of a chicken house, and insert peach charms beside it, all ghosts will be afraid of it."

In the next picture, the Taoist priest is stepping on a centipede and chewing a scorpion. In the upper left corner is written:

"In the middle of March during the Grain Rain season, scorpions are showing off their might. With a bite from the divine chicken, poisonous insects turn into water."

In the next picture, the Taoist priest’s eyes are wide open and he is roaring. In the upper left corner it is written:

"When a rooster crows, ghosts shrink one foot, insects retreat ten miles, and lights become three points brighter."

……

One after another.

The old village chief looked at the clouds, not knowing what they meant.

"I would like to ask Munigong to tell the villagers whether they can stick these paintings on doors and windows. They may not be as powerful as the 'Chicken King Guarding the House' painting by the senior master, but they also have the meaning of Yang Fire God, so they should be more useful than the ones drawn by hand."

The old village chief was stunned when he heard this, then he was overjoyed and said there was no need to ask, everyone was willing.

Yunqi smiled and nodded, and said, "As long as the village chief doesn't mind, I will leave a few more copies for each family. Then everyone will be asked to replace the new map on the first day of the new year. After a few years, I will either come here or ask someone to come here to replace the new map for everyone. As long as I am still here, I will never break my promise."

Upon hearing this, the old village chief could hardly believe it. He was stunned for a moment and was about to kowtow to Yunqi again.

The clouds supported the old man.

"What are these pictures called?"

The old village chief asked with a smile.

Yunqi had obviously thought about this question, and he said:
"It's called 'The Pleiades Incarnates as a Taoist Priest Yuandan and Appears in the World'."

Yunqi saw the old village chief looked confused, thought for a moment, and then said with a smile:
“It’s called ‘The Apparition of the Chicken God’.”

The old village chief understood now and responded happily,
"Good name!"

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