"Apprentice, Zhou Zhaohong, you're not kidding, I'm not going to accept apprentices easily. ”

didn't care about Zhou Tao kneeling in front of him, Li Aotian glared at Zhou Zhaohong coldly.

"Senior Li, Tao'er is very sincere, you can make an exception. ”

Seeing that Li Aotian was not very happy to accept Zhou Tao, Zhou Zhaohong asked again.

"It's not a question of making an exception or not making an exception, I have my own standards for accepting disciples, and not everyone is qualified to worship under my door. ”

Li Aotian's words were very direct, without the slightest emotion in his tone.

"Seniors think Tao'er's cultivation talent is not good enough?"

Zhou Zhaohong asked with a little disappointment.

"Frankly speaking, in fact, Zhou Tao's cultivation talent is not bad, after all, at his age, there are not many people who have the Divine Wheel Nine Folds Cultivation, and in terms of talent alone, he can at least be regarded as an upper-middle class. ”

"However, I don't just look at the talent of the apprentice, his temperament and personality are more important, I have only known Zhou Tao for three days, and I don't know much about him, and I don't know anyone I don't know, I have no intention of accepting apprentices. ”

Li Aotian said the reason for his refusal.

"Senior, if it's just because I don't understand, I can serve you, and when you know more about me, the juniors will apprentice, what do you think?"

Zhou Tao suddenly interjected.

"It's okay in normal times, but at the moment I have too many enemies and I don't have a fixed place, so it's not convenient to take you with me, so in my opinion, this apprenticeship should be stopped. ”

Li Aotian bluntly refused.

"Senior... Senior, I really want to worship you as a teacher, please give me a chance, even if it's just a registered disciple!"

Seeing that Li Aotian directly refused, Zhou Tao kowtowed and begged, and his forehead was broken and he never stopped.

Zhou Tao's sincerity surprised Li Aotian, not only him, but Luo Yiling and Li Junhao were also greatly moved, but it was Zhou Zhaohong, because Li Aotian had repeatedly refused, so he was embarrassed to help Zhou Tao speak again.

"Brother Li, I think Zhou Tao is really sincere this time, or... Or give him a chance. ”

Luo Yiling opened his mouth to intercede for Zhou Tao.

"Yes, Aotian, it's rare for this kid to be honest, just give him a chance, he is also a young master of the Zhou family with a lot of status, if he doesn't respect you from the bottom of his heart, why bother. ”

Li Junhao also opened his mouth to help Zhou Tao intercede.

Li Aotian was silent when he heard this, looking at Zhou Tao, who was constantly kowtowing in front of him, he didn't speak for a long time, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Alas, okay Zhou Tao, you stop. ”

After a moment of silence, Li Aotian sighed.

"Did the seniors agree to take me as an apprentice?"

Seeing that Li Aotian spoke, Zhou Tao immediately stopped kowtowing and looked at Li Aotian with a wistful face.

"I can accept you as a registered disciple, but... But there are some things I have to make clear to you, first of all, you worship me as a teacher, and this matter cannot be publicized. ”

"You also know that I have made a lot of enemies in the cultivation world, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, the relationship between you and me, and even the relationship between me and your Zhou family, the less one person knows, the more protection. ”

"In addition, it is inconvenient for me to take you by my side now, and I don't have time to guide you to cultivate, of course, since you are my disciple, I will teach you some exercises and martial arts and the like, but what I teach you, without my permission, you must not pass it on to a third person, including your parents or even your future wife and children!"

"If you can do what I said, from now on, you will be my registered disciple, if you can't do it, don't mention the matter of apprenticeship. ”

"After thinking clearly, I won't answer again, don't blame me for not reminding you, once you agree, if you breach the contract in the future, I won't show mercy, and even take your Zhou family to suffer!"

Li Aotian deliberately raised his voice a little and asked.

"Master's words, the disciples have remembered them, and they will never dare to disobey them!"

Zhou Tao agreed to Li Aotian's conditions without hesitation, and kowtowed to Li Aotian three times.

"Well, you get up first. ”

Without hesitation about Zhou Tao, Li Aotian was more satisfied, and directly helped Zhou Tao up.

"Brother Li, congratulations, you have accepted another good disciple. ”

Royling teased with a smile.

"Could it be that in addition to me, Master Venerable has accepted disciples?"

Zhou Tao said with some surprise.

"You are my second disciple, and there is a senior brother above you, his name is Bai Jianfei, and now he is a great elder in the Demon Sword Sect, the affairs of the Demon Sword Sect should already be known with your Zhou family's intelligence ability, right?"

Li Aotian asked in a flat tone.

"After the master destroyed the Black Water Gate, he established the Demon Sword Sect in the Black Wind Mountain Range, and also brought all the sects on the Black Wind Mountain Range under his command, this matter has already spread in the cultivation world, I naturally know. ”

"It's just that I didn't expect that the Great Elder of the Demon Sword Sect would actually be my senior brother, and it seems that my Zhou family will be able to get closer to the Demon Sword Sect in the future. ”

Zhou Tao said with a smile.

"This matter must not be, the situation of the Demon Sword Sect is special, those who have an enmity with me must be secretly staring at the Demon Sword Sect, if your Zhou family comes up at this time, isn't it looking for death." ”

"Remember, don't have anything to do with the Demon Sword Sect, even if it's really necessary, then you have to be careful to do it in secret, otherwise I won't care if I pull your Zhou family into the water!"

Li Aotian deliberately admonished.

"Senior Li, the matter is not so serious, many people in the cultivation world know the relationship between the Demon Sword Sect and you, but the Demon Sword Sect has not happened anything serious since its establishment, those enemies of yours, even if they want to deal with you, they should go to the Demon Sword Sect. ”

Zhou Zhaohong said with some incomprehension.

"Hmph, do you think they didn't go, not long ago, the Blood Killing Sect sent two powerhouses of the Black and White Xuan Kings to the Demon Sword Sect, but in the end, they all died under the Demon Sword Sect's mountain protection array. ”

"In addition, these days, I have been constantly exterminating the rudder of the Blood Killing Sect in the major cultivation cities, thus diverting the attention of the Blood Killing Sect, so they have not attacked the Demon Sword Sect again. ”

Li Aotian said with a sneer.

"Black and white, that's a king-level killer who has been famous for a long time in the Blood Killing Sect, the Demon Sword Sect's mountain protection array is so powerful, it can actually kill the two of them!"

Zhou Zhaohong grew his mouth in shock, others may not know much about the blood killing, but his Zhou family mainly collects and sells intelligence, and naturally knows more about king-level killers who have been famous for a long time like black and white.

It's just that Zhou Zhaohong never thought that a character like Black and White Shuangsha would actually die under the Demon Sword Sect's mountain protection array, and the key is that he has not revealed the slightest rumor.

"It seems that the head of the Zhou family knows a lot about the matter of the blood killing door?"

Li Aotian asked with a slight frown.

"My Zhou family makes a living by collecting and selling intelligence, and although the Blood Killing Gate is an assassination organization that can't be on the table, I still know some about it. ”

Zhou Zhaohong replied with a smile.

"Then I don't know the head of the Zhou family, can you know where the helm of the Blood Killing Gate is?" Li Aotian continued to ask.

"The chief helmsman of the Blood Killing Sect, what did the seniors inquire about this?" Zhou Zhaohong was a little surprised.

"Naturally, I have my intentions, do you know?"

Li Aotian stared at Zhou Zhaohong and asked again.

"I only know that the helm of the northern part of the Blood Killing Gate Continent is in Taiyin City, as for its real chief helm, it is really not very clear, and the predecessors also know that the assassination organization of the Blood Killing Gate is not visible, and its general helm is very hidden, but I estimate that it should be in the middle of the continent. ”

Zhou Zhaohong guessed.

"If I ask you to help you find it, are you sure you can find the location of the helm of the Blood Killing Gate?"

After thinking about it, Li Aotian asked seriously.

Zhou Zhaohong shook his head: "I can't guarantee this, but even if I can find it, it will take a lot of time, are my seniors willing to wait?"

"You help me find it first, and then I'll talk about it when I find it, but remember to act in secret, the killers of the Blood Killing Gate are all murderous existences, your Zhou family may still have some influence in this Feiyan City, but looking at the entire Guhua Continent, the strength of your Zhou family is still too weak after all." ”

Li Aotian reminded with emotion.

Zhou Zhaohong nodded respectfully when he heard this, he was not unconvinced by what Li Aotian said, because what Li Li Aotian said was the truth, and a family like his Zhou family was really not worth mentioning in the entire Guhua Continent.

"By the way, your Zhou family knows the specific location and location of the rudder of the Blood Killing Gate in the major cultivation cities, and if you know, prepare a copy and give it to me. ”

Li Aotian suddenly mentioned another thing.

Zhou Zhaohong nodded: "This is not a problem, I'll let people prepare later, what else do the seniors have to say?"

"I can't talk about the order, you take the Wang family's property as soon as possible, and sit firmly in the position of the number one family in Feiyan City, if there is anything that can't be solved, the Demon Sword Sect is not convenient to find, you can go to the True Thunder Sect, and then report my name." ”

"In addition, if it is convenient, you can secretly provide some valuable secret information to the Demon Sword Sect, the Demon Sword Sect is the sect under my name, and it is also the basis for your Zhou family's future development and growth, what to do, I think you should know very well. ”

Li Aotian pretended to be casual.

"The younger generation understands that where they can help, my Zhou family will spare no effort to help!"

Zhou Zhaohong can be the head of the Zhou family, naturally he has a bit of brains, and he knows very well the meaning of Li Aotian's words.

"Father Yiling, let's stay in Zhou's Mansion tonight and leave early tomorrow morning. ”

"Zhou Tao, you come with me!"

Greeted Li Junhao and Luo Yiling, and then glanced at Zhou Tao, Li Aotian walked quickly towards the outside of the main hall, Zhou Tao hurriedly followed when he saw this, he knew that his master must be instructed to cultivate before leaving......

There was nothing to say all night, and in a blink of an eye, it was the next morning.

In a garden somewhere in the inner courtyard of the Zhou Mansion, Li Aotian, Luo Yiling, and Li Junhao stood opposite each other to the father and son of the Zhou family.

"Master, when will we meet again?"

Looking at Li Aotian, who was not smiling in front of him, Zhou Tao was a little reluctant.

Zhou Tao was with Li Aotian all night yesterday, and Li Aotian not only pointed out many doubts in his cultivation, but also taught him a ground-level skill, method and a few practical martial arts.

I thought that Li Aotian would only agree to accept himself as a registered disciple, and he would definitely not teach him too much.

But Zhou Tao didn't expect that Li Aotian was so generous to himself, and he could give him ground-level exercises and methods at will, which made Zhou Tao a little reluctant to leave his cheap master.

"It may take a long time, the reason why I left the Demon Sword Sect is that I want to travel around the continent, and by the way, divert the attention of the Blood Killing Sect to the Demon Sword Sect, and when I don't need to be afraid of those enemies, I may come back. ”

Li Aotian did not hide his next plans, and said very casually.

"Alas, it's a pity that my cultivation is too low to travel with my master to see the world, but don't worry, I will definitely work hard to improve my cultivation, and I won't be holding back my master when the time comes!"

Zhou Tao assured with confidence.

"I hope so, I have a few extermination elixirs here, which can be used to save your life at a critical time, and you can take it for self-defense. ”

Although he didn't have much master-apprentice affection for Zhou Tao, thinking that the other party was also his own registered disciple no matter what he said, Li Aotian still took out a storage bag and threw it to Zhou Tao, which made Zhou Tao very surprised, and hurriedly saluted Li Aotian several times in a row.

"Senior Li, I also have a gift for you, this is the token of the head of my Zhou family, and in addition, in this jade slip, it records the location of my Zhou family's strongholds in the major cultivation cities, if you have information that needs to be investigated, you can go to any stronghold with this token, and you can get full help. ”

"In addition, the location of the blood killing stronghold required by the predecessors is also recorded in this jade slip. ”

Zhou Zhaohong said, handing over a silver token and a blue jade slip to Li Aotian.

"Is your Zhou family's stronghold very wide?"

Glancing at the silver token, Li Aotian asked.

"In the northwest of my Guhua Continent, every third-rate or above cultivation city has a stronghold of my Zhou family, and other places are relatively few, after all, my Zhou family's influence is limited, and the eyeliner cannot spread all over the entire continent. ”

"However, seniors can rest assured, there are many first- and second-rate cultivation cities in other regions of the mainland, and there are also strongholds of my Zhou family, but the number of people planted is relatively small, and the strength to obtain information may not be so great. ”

Zhou Zhaohong explained.

"That's not bad, okay, I accepted your gift, and I like it very much, so I'm leaving!"

Putting away the jade slip and token, Li Aotian glanced at Luo Yiling and Li Junhao, and after the three of them changed their new appearance with the Thousand Faces Technique, they drove the retreat together and left the Zhou Mansion.

"Alas, it was not easy to worship a strong man of King Xuan as a teacher, and it was less than a few hours before and after, but I didn't expect to be separated. ”

Looking at the direction in which Li Aotian and the three of them left, Zhou Tao sighed.

"Did Senior Li instruct you to cultivate last night?"

Zhou Zhaohong asked curiously.

"Of course, not only did he instruct me to cultivate, but he also taught me exercises and martial arts, I am afraid that my father will not believe it, my master will teach me that my exercises are low-level!"

Zhou Tao quietly transmitted his senses.

"What! You're not kidding!"

Zhou Zhaohong was shocked.

"I lied to my father about what I did, but my father doesn't want to pay attention to my exercises, the master has an explanation, and I can't pass on his teachings!"

Zhou Tao smiled helplessly.

"I naturally know this, I just didn't expect that Senior Li would be so generous to you, alas, it seems that my Zhou family is expected to rise!"

Zhou Zhaohong muttered with emotion on his face, and he had a little more respect for Li Aotian who had already passed away......