At the foot of the south city, the City God Temple

The early spring has just arrived, and the morning light has begun to dew. The people of Nancheng, who have survived the winter, are looking forward to the long-awaited spring. Although the cold wind still invades the muscles, it is already stronger than the wind and snow in the twilight season.

Wisps of morning light scattered in the city, bringing some warmth to the people of Nancheng who got up early in the morning to work. As one of the few buildings in the southern city, the City God Temple is naturally surrounded by street vendors.

"The world is bustling, all for profit, and the world is bustling, all for profit." The young man clutched the scroll in one hand and in his bosom with the other, cowering under the old and ruined walls. The young man's clothes were not thin, but his exposed cheeks were still cold and itchy, and he was red. Looking at the young man, he wore a yellow leather coat with sleeves on his upper body, lined with a waist-length silk linen jacket, a cyan tunic waist with brown ankle pants on his lower body, and a pair of hard-soled cloth boots on his feet.

At this time, the young man was concentrating on reciting the notes in the book, and he didn't see a cart woman coming not far away.

The wheels are round, from far to near.

"Axi, I came early today. The old woman with the cart stopped and looked at the young man squatting in the corner with a smile.

The boy looked up and looked at the somewhat vague figure in front of him.

"It's Grandma Sun, don't you get up early to find a place to work. The boy straightened up and tucked the scroll into his arms. "Ah Xi has grown up, sensible, sensible!" said the old woman as she unloaded the utensils from the cart. "Ah Xi is no longer the little hairy child playing around with her mother-in-law. ”

"Grandma Sun, you are laughing at me again, I am so old, why do you still call me by my nickname", the young man stepped forward to help the woman take the wooden chair.

"With fifteen women's crowns and twenty men's crowns, according to this, Ah Xi, you are still young, and it doesn't hurt to call you a nickname. "The old woman is justified.

The young man was a little helpless, but he didn't argue with the old woman anymore.

"Mother-in-law, since you're here, I'm not freezing here. I went back to the hall to eat first. Before the words fell, he ran to the end of the street.

The hall in the mouth of the young man is the health hall in Nancheng, also known as the Salesian Hall. As the name suggests, this is a place to accommodate children who have been homeless due to war or other reasons, and although the country is now safe, it is inevitable that there will be frontier soldiers who will die for the country, and many of their children will be placed in these places.

The boy's name is Yi Tianyun, it is said that the boy in the hall picked up the child from the bottom of the mountain, the guy recalled that when he picked up the child, the swaddling clothes that wrapped the child were full of bloodstains, so the little man was not light, and he waited in the same place for a long time and did not see his parents, so he took it back to the hall on his own initiative. Every time the teenager asked the guy where he came from, the guy would answer truthfully.

At that time, there was a piece of jade pendant in the child's swaddling clothes, and the word Tianyun was engraved on it, so the word Tianyun was taken. And the surname follows the surname of the owner in the hall", this is the origin of Yi Tianyun's name. also said that Yi Tianyun was not healthy when he was a child, but he was sick and doomed, so he took a nickname and called Ah Xi for peace.

Yi Tianyun was probably like this when she was a child.

Later, in the year of Yi Tianyun's hair, he met a strange person. This person claims to be from Donghuai Dao, a native of Beicheng, good at divination, and acquaintances. At that time, the Taoist saw Yi Tianyun was amazed, and praised Yi Tianyun's face was different from ordinary people, but his luck was too much, and his life was short, and only by worshipping himself as a teacher could he find a way to crack it. Then the teenage Yi Tianyun was confused, so he worshipped the old Taoist as a teacher and became a small alchemist.

Time flies, like water.

Yi Tianyun stayed by the old Taoist for two years, during which he not only traveled around the world with the old Taoist, but also learned some miscellaneous techniques from the old Tao. Until one day two years later, Lao Dao suddenly found his little apprentice with a solemn expression:

"Apprentice, now that you have achieved some success, you will not be forced to stay by your side as a teacher. Ahem, I used to teach you how to do it, but I didn't teach you how to behave. From now on, you must diligently practice the techniques taught to you by your teacher on weekdays, and remember not to use the techniques taught to you by your teacher to do anything wrong and harm the common people!"

"Remember, in the future, you should do more good deeds and practice the Fa diligently. The ancients said: If you are poor, you will be good alone, and if you are good, you will help the world. If you have the ability, you will take care of others, as the so-called charcoal in the snow. The icing on the cake is not as good as helping others, so that you can establish a reputation in the rivers and lakes, and the danger is to get the help of nobles!"

... ... The old way chattered endlessly, and the talk was quite eloquent.

The old way gently brushes the dust with one hand and caresses the beard with the other. The face is not as pleasant as before, and the wrinkles seem to be tighter. is not smiling, and he looks sanctimonious.

After listening, Yi Tianyun frowned and was silent for a while. After a long time, he slowly expressed his position.

"Master, don't let me return to that hall because I haven't earned you a copper plate for two years with you, and you have a grudge against you. ”

The atmosphere that should have been a little sad was destroyed by Yi Tianyun's words.

In fact, it is not surprising that Yi Tianyun spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and doubts the master's purpose of sending him off. In the past two years, the techniques taught to him by this unreliable master are extremely trivial, and there is no discipline at all.

And some outrageous ones are not a few.

What chest crushing boulders, mouth swallowing fire spear....

Later, I had to suspect that this old and disrespectful master had bad intentions, and Mingli let himself practice, but in fact, he made money on his own.

"What nonsense! The teacher is very knowledgeable and has boundless mana. Cultivation and cultivation are all superior, how can you understand the supernatural powers of a teacher!" The old Taoist was a little annoyed.

"What does it mean to break the big stone on the chest of cultivation?" Turning a blind eye to the master's anger, he didn't care, and asked questions to himself.

"That's—" Lao Dao didn't know how to reply for a while, and only after holding back for a while did he reply, "What do you know!"

Unusually, today's old Taoist didn't quarrel with his little apprentice, but calmed down, and then said:

"Okay, it's come to this point, and you don't blame you for being a teacher. The time has come, and it should be the day when you and I will be separated, remember to teach you as a teacher!"

In the end, Lao Dao didn't nag any more, and ended this last lesson with a sentence that would end for himself in the future.

Later, Lao Dao left and left a magic weapon for Yi Tianyun as a gift: an orange peel gourd. The gourd holds the pendant hand, the size of a palm, and the hand is round and bright, and the color is good.

After two years of traveling, Yi Tianyun finally returned to that small hall. It was also from that day that there was a little alchemist near the Chenghuang Temple in Nancheng who showed fortune telling to others.