(iii) Apprenticeship

The cold air on the high mountains is pressing, and it is not inferior to the cold wind of Bailing Province at all. There was silence around the Grandmaster's Pavilion, neither the chirping of the nightbirds in the forest nor the whispering of people, only the lights in the Grandmaster's Pavilion gave a touch of life to this lifeless and gloomy area.

The last 2,000 steps were nothing more than a walk in the woods for Sun Weifeng, but the thin air from the mountains still made him feel dizzy. Before and after coming to the door of the Grandmaster Pavilion, although the interior was brightly lit, no sound came from inside the house. Sun Weifeng gently pushed the wooden door, the door shaft emitted a painful **, and a warm yin wind climbed out of the house, as if countless unjust souls had finally escaped from the flame hell.

Sun Weifeng entered the Grandmaster Pavilion, and after entering the room, he turned around again and respectfully closed the old wooden door, and then walked cautiously, landing on the ground with his heels and then rolling forward, he had to be slow enough not to make any sound, even if it was the equipment on his body.

The interior of the Grandmaster's Pavilion was very spacious, the room was surrounded by candlesticks, some of which had been extinguished, and eight thick pillars of support against the high roof, four in a row on the left and right sides of the room, and the spacing between the pillars was very large, and a cushion was placed between the spacing, and there was no table but two candlesticks on either side of the cushion. In the middle of the room was a long carpet that stretched from the entrance to the innermost part, where a stone table and a cushion were placed, on which the Grandmaster sat sit. The Grandmaster's face was full of wrinkles, he was wearing a white robe, his pale white hair was draped over his two shoulders, and a pair of eyes were staring directly at Sun Weifeng, like a dying man.

Sun Weifeng didn't let out a breath, although he liked to breathe in a big gulp, but here he had to remain silent, just answer the Grandmaster's questions. Sun Weifeng was still some distance away from the Grandmaster before he stopped, bent over ninety degrees with his hands in fists and performed a slow etiquette. The Grandmaster didn't speak, he stretched out his hand and retracted it, meaning to let Sun Weifeng find a place to sit down. Sun Weifeng found the cushion closest to the grandmaster on the right side and sat down, and a waiter walked out of the side room, dragging a square plate with a seal on it, moving his feet slowly and gently, and the speed almost wanted people to push him. It took some time for the waiter to finally come to Sun Weifeng, he knelt down on his knees and gently placed the square plate on the ground, took the hammerhead bat head and a mission letter that Sun Weifeng held in his arms, and stamped a mark on the letter, and then returned the letter to Sun Weifeng, and he took the head of the hammerhead bat and returned to the side room with the same steps.

After the waiter entered the side room, Sun Weifeng finally breathed a sigh of relief, but he was just imagining it in his mind, he didn't dare to make other moves in front of the grandmaster, otherwise even the demon envoy who had already left the sect would be punished.

After the waiter left the hall, the Grandmaster finally spoke, and his voice was strong but still had the characteristic mute voice of an old man: "Sun Weifeng, do you know why you came to me first this time?"

Sun Weifeng replied: "Yes, I understand. ”

The Grandmaster said, "Hmm... Very good, then, Sha Xiaotong, come out. ”

As soon as the Grandmaster's words were finished, the door of the back wing room was opened, and a thin and small apprentice walked out of the back wing, stood on the side of the Grandmaster, and bowed first to the Grandmaster, and then to Sun Weifeng. The apprentice was dressed in a black training uniform with the word "Qian" printed on his chest and the character "Kun" behind him, and a white belt tied around his waist, which meant that the apprentice was acting amazingly, and the apprentice had a black strip of cloth wrapped around his head, which was somewhat similar to the bride who was going to marry, and had to wrap the black strip of cloth until she officially met with the teacher.

The Grandmaster continued: "Sha Xiaotong is the best performer among the students accepted two years ago," after the Grandmaster finished saying this, he turned his head and said to Sha Xiaotong: "And Sun Weifeng is the most outstanding among the Demon Sealing Envoys who will be 'Sealed Master' next year," the Grandmaster said to Sun Weifeng again: " The two of you can complement each other and learn from each other, Sun Weifeng, you don't want to ignore Sha Xiaotong's merits just because he is your apprentice, and Sha Xiaotong, you have to respect your master, learn his wisdom and skills on the journey to Safari Gang next year, and finally, I wish you both a smooth journey, may the spirit god be with you, and hope that the evil god will never infringe on your soul!"

After saying this, the Grandmaster left the hall and returned to the back room. Now, only Sun Weifeng and Sha Xiaotong were left in the hall, Sun Weifeng began to feel embarrassed, but he also understood that he had to establish prestige over the apprentice, so he only hesitated for a moment before getting up and waving his hand at the apprentice, beckoning the apprentice to walk with him.

After walking out of the Grandmaster Pavilion with the apprentice, Sun Weifeng finally breathed a sigh of relief, he had been holding it in for too long, he needed fresh air, but the apprentice was still calm, neither breathing hard nor making extra moves. Well, Sun Weifeng thought to himself, what a piece of "wood"!

The sky was already a little bright, Sun Weifeng took Sha Xiaotong down the 8,000 steps and finally arrived at the bedroom where Sun Weifeng now lives. On weekdays, the work of the acolytes is to deal with the trivial matters within the headquarters, from keeping equipment and weapons or copywriting tools, to taking care of the elderly grandmaster or the seriously injured apprentice of the demon sealer, but minor injuries and formal demon sealing make them not care.

The attendant saw that Sun Weifeng was taking an apprentice, so he went into the house and talked to another demon envoy, and then the demon envoy walked out of the house with a bunch of things on his back, and said to Sun Weifeng when he passed by Sun Weifeng, "I won't be back soon, right?" After saying this, he smiled at Sun Weifeng. The Demon Envoy slept with Sun Weifeng, but they didn't know each other's names at all, because the two of them alternated positions, one on the hunt and the other on the door.

Sun Weifeng understood what that guy meant, but he was disgusted by this kind of conversation, he just beckoned Sha Xiaotong into the house, and didn't pay attention to the demon envoy at all.

The dormitory was simple in structure, with only one room, two beds on each side, a wooden box at the end of the bed to store personal belongings, and only a small square table and two chairs.

Sun Weifeng sat on the bed on the left by himself, and then let Sha Xiaotong sit on the other bed, and the two looked at each other and were silent. Although the Demon Sealing Envoy can be trained to go a few days and nights without sleeping, and only rely on zazen, Sun Weifeng still wants to rest early, after all, tonight is the Spring Festival, and he also wants to take advantage of this festival to relax, so after being silent for a while, Sun Weifeng said: "You can take off the head cloth now." ”

Sha Xiaotong slowly untied the strip of cloth on his head, revealing his appearance. This apprentice has a majestic appearance, thick eyebrows, big eyes, a high nose bridge, a medium-sized mouth, and a slightly thin face with pimples that only a few young people have, but those eyes are a pair of crooked fox eyes, which always seem to give people a cunning look inside. Sun Weifeng looked at those eyes, he didn't feel uncomfortable, on the contrary, he felt relieved, if this apprentice looked honest, then Sun Weifeng would be worried, and the Demon Sealing Envoy would have a better chance of surviving if he was more cunning.

Next, Sun Weifeng took Sha Xiaotong to familiarize himself with the surrounding venues, and followed the waiter to receive some simple daily necessities, and finally handed over his clothes to the waiter for cleaning, and put on a new set of training clothes.

Along the way, Sha Xiaotong didn't say a word, just nodded in reply, Sun Yufeng felt that maybe he was still a little strange, so he didn't ask him to speak.

In the end, Sun Weifeng decided to take a rest, at this time the sky was already bright, Sun Weifeng was also tired, he asked Sha Xiaotong to follow a sleeping envoy to get the equipment first, and he went into the bedroom first to sleep.