Xiuzhen has its four major sects, namely the Lihuo Sect, the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, the Zhenglei Sect, and the Ethereal Sect.

Every ten years, all large and small sects will send disciples of the realm of the Transformation God Stage and below to participate in the ten-year martial arts competition, and allocate the number of participating disciples according to the size of the sect.

"So that's it, I said Senior Brother, although there are hundreds of disciples of our Ethereal Sect, you also understand that there are only four people who have cultivated during the Three Crossing Period, compared with the three sects of them, there are really very few places, and the number of places is less, just the so-called take a step back and open the sky", Second Elder Zhao Mojian said with a smile.

"The three of you are elders, the realm must go up quickly, although you can't reach it quickly, you look at the three factions, aren't there more than a dozen of them in the three transition periods, we are only four, forget it, and don't worry about them, next year will be another martial arts competition, this time the venue of the competition is set in Wanjianmen, the two of you go back and pick a few disciples, and give me the list", Zhang Chenfeng looked at the Great Elder Chen Li and the Second Elder Zhao Mojian and said.

"Okay, then let's say goodbye first", Chen Li and Zhao Mojian got up and saluted Zhang Chenfeng.

"How many times have I said that the three of you are my junior brothers, you don't need to salute, how can you say that you don't listen", Zhang Chenfeng waved his hand, frowned and said dissatisfiedly.

"Senior brother, I have a matter, I just accepted an apprentice, tell you, then I will also leave"

Lin Shi got up and said, and when he was about to leave the main hall, three voices came in unison.

"Have you taken in an apprentice?"

Zhang Chenfeng, Chen Li, and Zhao Mojian looked at Lin Shi in surprise, there were more than 500 disciples in the Ethereal Sect, the Great Elder Chen Li and the Second Elder Zhao Mojian each had more than 200 disciples, and Zhang Chenfeng selected more than ten people with the best qualifications to accept as apprentices, only Lin Shi did not accept apprentices.

Zhang Chenfeng, Chen Li and Zhao Mojian have persuaded Lin Shi to accept apprentices many times, but Lin Shi has always been a hard temper that can't be inserted, and he has refused to accept apprentices for many years, which seems to be related to the Ethereal Gate incident back then.

Zhang Chenfeng, Chen Li, Zhao Mojian and Lin Shi are all brothers in the same sect, and there were tens of thousands of disciples in the Ethereal Sect back then, and they were strong and the first major sect of Xiuzhen, but while enjoying the honor, they also had to bear the heavy responsibility of defending the Purple Star.

The purple star is the name of this planet, perhaps because of the faint purple light in the sunlight.

At that time, the cultivators of another galaxy attacked the Purple Star, and the Ethereal Sect expelled the foreign enemies with the strength of the whole faction, but it also suffered an unprecedented catastrophe, and the cultivators of tens of thousands of people collapsed overnight, leaving only four disciples who stayed behind in the mountain gate, which were Zhang Chenfeng, Chen Li, Zhao Mojian and Lin Shi.

The four of them vowed to recast the former glory of the Ethereal Gate, after years of hard work, its realm finally reached the three crossing period, in addition to Lin Shi, the three began to accept disciples, and gradually restored a little bit of the past style of the Ethereal Gate, Lin Shi has a knot, so he has been unwilling to accept apprentices, and now he has actually accepted an apprentice, how can the three not be shocked.

"Okay, okay, you're finally enlightened, let's go, let's see what kind of apprentice you accepted has three heads and six arms, and you can change your mind as a stubborn donkey who can't be splashed with water."

Zhang Chenfeng was in a good mood at the moment, and pulled Chen Li and Zhao Mojian straight to Lin Shi's residence.

"Where is it, where is your apprentice, hurry up, take it out, uh, slip of the tongue, take it out and take a look"

The four of them turned into four Changhong, and appeared outside the door of Lin Shi's hall in the blink of an eye, Zhao Mojian urged Lin Shi to quickly bring his apprentice out to take a look.

"It's me or you who take in apprentices, why are you more excited than me?"

As soon as Lin Shi stepped into the hall, Zhang Chenfeng, Chen Li, and Zhao Mojian rushed in in a hurry, and Lin Shi was speechless for a while when he saw the three of them like this.

"Where, where, is this little ghost?"

Chen Li looked around in the hall for a while, only to find the little boy lying asleep on the green hall.

"That's right, he was found in the mortal city not far from the bottom of the mountain, and there is no memory of any relatives in Zhihai, so it is estimated that he was abandoned by a family", Lin Shi nodded and said to the three of them.

"Qualification... Well... This one... Isn't it good, are you sure you want to take him as an apprentice?"

Zhang Chenfeng held back the words of extremely poor bones and ordinary qualifications, finally this junior brother finally accepted the apprentice, but he couldn't be sarcastic at this critical time, after finishing speaking, Zhang Chenfeng glanced at Chen Li and Zhao Mojian.

Seeing Zhang Chenfeng's eyes, Zhao Mojian had a knowing expression, smiled at Zhang Chenfeng, and said to Lin Shi: "It's okay to have poor qualifications, you will always become a talent if you teach well."

Chen Li continued: "Well, Senior Brother Zhao is right, by the way, you have to name this child, wake him up first, and bring him to the council hall tomorrow for the apprenticeship ceremony."

"It's so troublesome, he called me a master."

Lin Shi picked up the little boy, put him on his bed, gently covered the quilt, and said to the three of them: "Name, if you find it in the mortal city, take a mortal character, if you have a surname, just follow my surname, call Lin Fan."

"That's okay, we've seen your apprentice too, so don't pass it first, you will bring him to the council hall early tomorrow morning"

After the three of them finished speaking, they left Lin Shi's main hall.

"What's the matter with the two of you, I asked you to persuade him not to accept this child as an apprentice, do you see that child's qualifications are a piece of cultivation material?"

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the main hall, Zhang Chenfeng complained to Chen Li and Zhao Mojian.

"Then why don't you say it yourself, oh, every time you are a good person and let me both be a bad person, I thought you asked me to persuade him not to give up this child."

Zhao Mojian squinted his eyes and tilted his head to look at the sky, not daring to look directly at Zhang Chenfeng.

"Forget it, senior brother, junior brother, he finally got up with the heart of accepting apprentices, just let him go, he has to untie this heart knot, otherwise, his realm will never be able to break through to the Sixth Heaven", Chen Li thought for a while and said to Zhang Chenfeng.

"Well, just as you say"

After Zhang Chenfeng finished speaking, he stepped on the ground with his right foot directly on the spot and flew to his residence, Chen Li and Zhao Mojian looked at each other and smiled, and also flew back to their residence, each rummaging through the boxes and cabinets in the house looking for something.

"Lin Fan, it's time to wake up"

Lin Shi pondered for a while with his hands behind his back in the hall, then walked to the bed and gently pushed the little boy a few times.

"Ah~ do you call me again? I don't have a name."

The little boy rubbed his eyes and yawned, got out of bed and asked with a wink.

"From now on, your name will be Lin Fan, this is the name I gave you, you come with me"

Looking at the little boy who seemed to understand or not, Lin Shi kindly stroked his long silver-white beard.

From now on, the little beggar has a name: Lin Fan.

Lin Fan left the main hall with Lin Shi and walked to a cave in the back mountain, this cave is about two zhang high, with an area of about 20 square meters, there is a stone table, four stone chairs, and a stone bed in the cave, but they are all covered with dust, and the top of the cave is full of cobwebs.

"This cave is where I lived back then, and in the future, you will practice here, eat, bathe, etc., and go to the house, and there is a wooden sign hanging at the door of each house, and there are signs such as kitchen and warehouse, by the way, do you know the words?"

Lin Fan shook his head, Lin Shi frowned, and said: "How can you do it if you don't know how to read, so let's do it, I'll take you to the study, let one of your uncle's disciples teach you to read first, and by the way, let him take him around the master's door and get acquainted with it, you can tidy up this cave by yourself, you will sleep here from today, and I will pass on the basic skills of your cultivation after you know how to read."

After Lin Fan nodded ignorantly, Lin Shi jumped up in place and went straight into the air and returned to his main hall.

Looking at the environment in the cave, Lin Fan broke off a branch next to him and began to clean up the cobwebs and dust in the cave.

This young man is one of the apprentices of the second elder Zhao Mojian, who is usually in charge of the tidying up of the study, and at the moment he is carrying a quilt on his back and holding a large wooden box in both hands, obviously called over by Lin Shi as a coolie.

"No, it's him, from today onwards, you will teach him to read and write, and by the way, go around the door", Lin Shi pointed to Lin Fan and said to the young man.

"Okay Uncle"

This young man's name is Meng Jianshan, with a powerful body, but with a creamy face, which makes people feel out of place at first glance, at this time Meng Jianshan has put down the quilt and the wooden box more than half a person high, and replied respectfully.

"You're, hey, wait, I want to think about it, Uncle Shi has told me your name, what's your name?"

As soon as Lin Shi left, Meng Jianshan just wanted to say hello to Lin Fan, but he couldn't remember the name of the junior brother in front of him.

"My master said my name is Lin Fan"

Lin Fan looked curiously at the wooden cabinet at the foot of Meng Jianshan.

"Lin Fan, yes, yes, that's the name, Senior Brother Lin Fan, I'm your senior brother Meng Jianshan, you take a rest today, and tomorrow after the apprenticeship ceremony, you come to the study to find me, and I'll teach you to read and write", Meng Jianshan looked familiar.

At this time, the climate was about to enter autumn, so Meng Jianshan helped Lin Fan tidy up the cave, put a straw mat on the stone bed, spread a quilt, and took out a kettle and porcelain cup from the wooden box and placed it on the stone table.

"It's finally almost tidy up, oh yes, if you want to make it convenient, hehe, look at the forest here, it can be said to be a great place to make a difference", Meng Jianshan pointed to the forest and smiled.

"Now there are more than two hours before dinner, so let's not take you to the sky, let's walk back to the Ethereal Gate, and I will tell you some things about our Ethereal Gate by the way", Meng Jianshan said with a sincere smile.

"Good"

Lin Fan didn't seem to be good at words, and he didn't smile.

Through Meng Jianshan's narration, Lin Fan knew that in addition to the master and the three elders of the Ethereal Gate, they lived in the Ethereal Gate, otherwise all the disciples were on the peaks of the east, west and north sides of the Ethereal Gate, and they were looking for a corner to dig a cave to live and practice, and there were 100 disciples on duty every day, some disciples guarded the mountain gate, and some disciples were responsible for two meals a day, one meal at ten o'clock in the morning and one meal at seven o'clock in the evening, some disciples sat in the bell tower, some disciples were in charge of the study warehouse, and some disciples were in charge of the medicine garden and patrols.