Chapter 8: Apprenticeship
Not long after, Ji Yang also walked in. When Lin Yuan saw him for the first time, he saw this person with a serious face, thinking that he should be a person who was not smiling, and his heart tightened at the moment, and he was a little overwhelmed.
"Senior brother, this is senior brother. Ge Qing introduced.
Lin Yuan saluted and shouted, "I've seen Senior Brother!"
Ji Yang said with a smile: "If you want to enter this hospital, we will be a family in the future, and we don't have to be so formalistic when we meet." β
Lin Yuan nodded, listening to him speak kindly, but it was not as he thought, so he responded, "Well, I know." β
At this time, a person walked out of the kitchen stove with dishes, no need to ask, this is the third senior brother Xue Lihua.
Afterwards, plates of dishes are placed on the table, with bright colors and fragrances, which make people appetite greatly. Before he could get on the table, he saw Sun Luanyue come to the table, with a snort, with a light in his eyes, Ji Yang couldn't help laughing, and shouted, "Let's eat." β
Hearing the words of the senior brother, Sun Luanyue was like a foodie, and without hesitation, she picked up the dishes and chopsticks and ate them, but Lin Yuan, on the other hand, looked at everyone present, but only Zhuang Xuanhuo was missing, so she asked: "Senior brother, why don't you see the master coming?"
As soon as he finished asking, Lin Yuan felt that the room suddenly quieted down, and Sun Luanyue on the side couldn't help whimpering as she ate the food in the bowl.
Ji Yang put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand, sighed, and said, "Master was seriously injured in order to save you, and your life is in danger, and you are in retreat at the moment." β
Lin Yuan froze suddenly, and then, in the entire kitchen, the atmosphere began to sink and be quiet.
Xue Lihua broke the silence, picked up a piece of green vegetables and handed it to Lin Yuan's bowl, and shouted expectantly: "Little junior brother, how about you come to the ramp for the first time, and taste the craftsmanship of the senior brother." β
"Thank you, brother. Lin Yuan said, remembering a sentence said by the five-year-old fortune teller who told him, and suddenly, he no longer dared to look into the eyes of these people, nor did he dare to speak again, so he had to bury his head in the steaming rice in the bowl, but his heart was cold, and he lost his appetite all of a sudden, and some of them were just sadness and self-blame that gradually came up.
Half an hour later, after dinner was over, everyone dispersed, Lin Yuan returned to his room, lay quietly, motionless, and after some thought, silently opened the door.
ββCangmu Courtyard, in Puyang Cave. Ji Yang routinely healed Zhuang Xuanhuo's exercises, and it was late at night when he came out.
The moonlight shone on the lonely boy on the rock at the entrance of the cave.
Ji Yang walked up to him and asked, "Little junior brother, what are you doing here?"
Lin Yuan looked a little frustrated, and said, "I wanted to come and see Master, so I asked the second senior brother about this place and searched all the way." β
Ji Yang smiled slightly: "If you have this heart, Master will be happy to come, but his old man is in retreat, so he can't be disturbed, let's go, I'll send you back." With that, he turned to leave.
"Senior brother, do you believe in fate?" Lin Yuan asked suddenly.
Ji Yang suddenly stopped, turned to look at him, and said, "Why did you suddenly ask about this?"
Lin Yuan buried his head and said: "When I was five years old, my grandfather asked a fortune teller to calculate a hexagram for me...... The gentleman said, I am a lone star of the heavens, and it will bring disasters to the people around me, so from the moment I was born, I killed my parents, and then Fengyuan City, and now even cultivators like Master are suffering because of me, everyone is very good to me, I don't want you to be affected too, so I have to leave. β
Ji Yang suddenly laughed, walked over to Lin Yuan and sat down, and asked, "Do you know how we entered this master's sect." β
Lin Yuan shook his head.
Ji Yang looked up at the cold moon in the sky, as if he remembered something from the past that he didn't want to mention. After a while, he slowly spoke: "When I was ten years old, there was a plague in the city, the epidemic spread, and many people died, I was dying at that time, thinking that I was dying, it was the master who rescued me from the pile of the dead, and your second senior brother Ge Qing, the family was robbed, and both parents were killed, and it was also the master who rescued him, and your third senior brother Xue Lihua was born and his parents were sold as slaves of others, and he was bullied and suppressed since he was a child, and he survived until he met the master, and he had hope of life......
Lin Yuan listened quietly, with a lot of emotion in his heart, and he was touched, it turned out that he was not the only one who was suffering in this division.
After Ji Yang finished speaking, he glanced at him and asked, "I'll tell you about this, do you know why?"
Lin Yuan thought about it, but finally shook his head.
Ji Yang continued: "This kind of thing is an ethereal thing, if you believe it, it will have it, and you will be entangled by it for the rest of your life, if you don't believe it, you can fight with the sky and win life." β
Lin Yuan was so silent, and Ji Yang's words knocked on his heart like a slap in the head. When he looked up at Ji Yang's face, he suddenly found that under that resolute face, the fate he insisted on turned out to be just his own mediocrity.
"Big brother, thank you!"
This thank you has exhausted all the knots in his heart.
Ji Yang saw that his eyes were as clear as ever, and he was no longer depressed, and said with a smile: "Let's go, the hour is not early, if you still feel uneasy about this in the future, you will be an obedient disciple in the future, be filial to the master, and don't think like you are today." β
Lin Yuan nodded and returned to his room, this night, like waking up from a dream, he slept soundly.
And in the days to come, every night, Lin Yuan would also come here to accompany Ji Yang and stay in front of the cave, although he couldn't do anything, but Zhuang Xuanhuo was injured because of him, so he could do his best.
It wasn't until a month later that Zhuang Xuanhuo recovered from his injuries and came out of the customs, and everyone gathered in Baicao Hall to celebrate. In front of the main hall, Lin Yuan looked at the gray-haired old man in front of him with a kind face, and couldn't help but think of his grandfather, and was stunned for a while.
Sun Luanyue stepped forward, patted him mischievously in front of his head, and said, "You stupid melon, you don't apprentice yet." β
"Ah......!" Lin Yuan came back to his senses, hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down, kowtowed three times, and said, "Disciple Lin Yuan, please meet Master." As he spoke, he stepped forward with both hands and handed over a cup of hot tea.
Zhuang Xuanhuo took the teacup with both hands and said "Okay!" three times in a row, the old face was full of smiles, and said, "Okay! Okay! As he spoke, he pulled Lin Yuan up from the ground.
For a time, the whole Baicao Hall was full of joy and joy.
In the evening, Zhuang Xuanhuo let everyone disperse, leaving Lin Yuan alone to accompany him, and the master and apprentice wandered around the courtyard, only smelling the strong fragrance of Chinese medicine in the courtyard, which made people smell and refresh.
"Apprentice, are you still used to these days in the courtyard?" Zhuang Xuanhuo suddenly asked.
Lin Yuan nodded and replied truthfully: "Well, everyone treats me very well, I like it very much." β
Zhuang Xuanhuo smiled: "It's good if you like it." After a pause, he said, "But if the teacher tells you that you are forbidden to practice the Fa in the future, and you can only practice medicine, are you willing?" β
Lin Yuan didn't know why Master said this, he had been yearning for the cultivation method for a long time, if he only started and did not practice the method, how could it be for his wish, so he asked, "Master, why is this?"
Zhuang Xuanhuo felt very helpless, Lin Yuan had excellent qualifications, and a clear-eyed person could see it at a glance, but when he thought of the scene at sea that day, he couldn't help but feel a sense of fear in his heart. Moreover, such an earth-shattering monster was attached to Lin Yuan's body, if he was allowed to embark on the path of cultivation, most of them would fall into the devil's path because of the demon's influence on his state of mind. As for the monsters in Lin Yuan's body, if they are accidentally spread, I don't know how many evil demons will go crazy about it, and how many famous people will kill Lin Yuan.
Therefore, when he came back with Lin Yuan, Zhuang Xuanhuo had already made a decision, he must not let him enter the path of cultivation, for him, maybe Lin Yuan would enjoy a hundred years of life here, which was the best choice.
Zhuang Xuanhuo said: "On the sea that day, you were hit by demonic qi into your body, and it was difficult to get rid of it, even if you were allowed to practice, you would go mad in the future and hurt your life, so the teacher didn't plan to teach you the method, and you weren't allowed to steal from your senior brothers." β
When Lin Yuan heard this, his heart was depressed, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, so he could only bury his head.
Zhuang Xuanhuo saw him bow his head and remain silent, his heart was already slightly lost, and asked, "What, you don't want to?"
Lin Yuan only felt that his teeth were heavy and it was difficult to open his mouth, but he was silent for a long time, and finally agreed: "No, the disciple is willing." β
Although he was reluctant from the bottom of his heart, he still did not disappoint this old man who had the grace to save his life and had a kind face.
"Really!?" Zhuang Xuanhuo asked again, only to see Lin Yuan nodded, did not veto, and immediately smiled: "So very good, from tomorrow onwards, the teacher will teach you to learn medicine, understand pharmacology, recognize the herbs, and study all your life as a teacher, and you will have to study hard in the future." β
"Yes, Master!"
Lin Yuan responded obediently, but there was pain in his heart, and he felt that fate seemed to have played a big joke on him again.