The way to ask for rain is more scientific.

There are 77 records of seeking wind, clouds, thunder, rain and yang in volume 77 of Daofa Hui Yuan, such as Northwest Wind Begins, Cloud Begins, Thunder Begins, Rain Begins and Yang Begins. Its "rain" cloud:

"Save the fairy first, and the ancestors will return to the liver palace. In nine weeks, the wood will be full and I will rush to the crimson palace. In three weeks, the fire will be very big. Teach the anode first, and you will be born in the dark. Then use this fire to produce soil, soil produces gold, and gold produces water. In seven weeks, we must make the water flourish. Fang used this water to put out the fire, and after five weeks, the fire was extinguished without anger. The five elements of qi turn into water, return to Huang Ting, rise to the wind pool, and expose two ears, which is the wind; Climb the distant mountain, revealing that the holy house is a cloud; It has the function of thunder bureau, and it is thunder when it rises to the top door; Climb the mud pill, enter the huachi, lift water to spray, it is rain; Rising to the crimson palace, what flashed out was electricity. These five things have just evolved from the role of Huang Ting. "

"Curse the Rain": Five Emperors and Five Dragons, the light falls and the wind prevails. Guangrun, assisting Lei Gong.

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