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and entering through the door. This constitutes a capital crime!" The Pilgrim laughed and said, "You filthy? thing! If I had only broken the gate, there might be room for negotiation. But look at you, forcibly occupying someone's daughter without three matchmakers and six witnesses, and without any wedding gifts, you should be tried for a capital offense!" The monster said, "Stop your chatter. Try the weight of Old Pig's rake." The Pilgrim held it back with his staff and said, "Is this rake of yours for doing garden work at Old Gao's house, piling earth and planting vegetables? What is so good about it?" The monster said, "You have misidentified it. How could this rake be a worldly object? Listen to what I have to say:
This was forged from divine ice-iron, polished and crafted to a pristine shine. Lord Lao original: "Laojun," the Daoist deity Taishang Laojun moved the bellows himself, and the Planet Mars original: "Yinghuo," the fire star personally added the charcoal dust. The five directions and the five emperors applied their ingenuity; the Six Ding and Six Jia original: celestial spirits who guard the dharma spent great effort. They forged the nine-toothed jade-hanging fangs and cast the double-ring gold-dropping leaves. The shaft supports the six luminaries and aligns with the five planets, while the body follows the four seasons and the eight nodes. The length and breadth define heaven and earth, while left and right, yin and yang, divide the sun and moon.