In the Central Plains, where the border is barren and does not know how many miles away, the world's most famous and largest giant city Shenling is located here.

The central area of Shenling City, this is the holy place of all the Taoist academies in the world, and the place where the Taoist Academy Alliance is located.

In the Daoist Alliance, in the pavilion next to an inconspicuous small lake, there was an old man fishing, the old man was dressed in ordinary clothes, and there was no spiritual power fluctuation on his body, just like a mortal.

The rod did not tremble in the old man's hand, and the old man stared at the fish drift on the surface of the lake without saying a word, as if it were the most precious treasure in the world.

Next to the old man stood a middle-aged man, wearing a golden crown and a gorgeous robe, with a jade face and a bright head, and his face was expressionless. Even if you stand aside and don't speak, there will be a majestic aura above tens of thousands of people, which will make people feel inferior and fearful. The middle-aged man had been standing beside the old man, as if waiting for something.

After a long time, the fish drifted and trembled, and the old man's fishing rod moved with it, catching a fat koi. The old man smiled and put the koi fish into the bamboo cage next to him, and said to himself, "There will be snacks again tonight." ”

Only then did the middle-aged man speak: "Elder Li, I sensed it not long ago, and it has a lot to do with me, and now it has been born." ”

Li Lao glanced at the middle-aged man: "Ziyang Thunder Monarch, even if it is born, what if it is born! You have to be invincible in order to go further on the Dao Road, if it causes trouble in the world, it will definitely throw you out to deal with it, is it your Ziyang Divine Thunder is powerful, or its ancient Divine Thunder is powerful, I am very curious." If you are like today's Thunder Dao, who can compete with you?"

Listening to the old man's jokes, Ziyang Lei Jun was still expressionless, and just said lightly: "The reincarnation of the ancient fierce beast, this is the beginning of chaos." ”

Li Lao shook his head and said: "It's not just the ancients, now they all call the past ancient, how can an ancient person contain such a long river of time." ”

Ziyang Lei Jun said again: "We don't care about anything like this, some people are restless. ”

Li Lao spread his hands and said: "Ten thousand years ago, I began to arrange the Taoist Academy, but those old guys always pointed fingers, and later sensed that the catastrophe was coming, so they hurriedly promoted the Taoist Academy. Until now, the Taoist temple can be regarded as covering the whole world. I've done everything I need to do, and I can't care about anything else, and as for the outcome, I can't even see the will of God now. ”

Ziyang Lei Jun said: "Is this really useful? Even if this move makes the number of immortal cultivators in the world dozens of times more, and those who have the qualifications to cultivate immortals all embark on the path of cultivation, the rest of the time, can it really create useful immortal cultivators?"

Speaking of this, Elder Li also seemed to be a little melancholy, and said: "The more cultivators, the more cruel this path will be, and the more cruel it is, the more determined the mind can be created, and maybe extraordinary geniuses will emerge." For example, the young ten saints who are in the limelight now, many of them have the capital of a great monarch, and only one appeared in the past several eras, but now there are so many at once. ”

Ziyang Lei Jun nodded and said: "The young Ten Saints are indeed extraordinary, in this era, if you ascend to the Ten Saints, you will be favored by heaven and earth, and the future path may be even farther." Among them, there may be them. ”

Li Lao sighed and said: "Ancestors, even if they shed blood, their hearts are always in this world, some may appear, and some have passed away. ”

Ziyang Lei Jun said: "Let's just wait?"

Li Lao said: "Pay attention to the juniors, look at the physical assets in the early stage of cultivation, and look at the Taoist heart and comprehension in the later stage." If you have talent, you can take care of the juniors, but we still don't interfere in the battles between juniors. ”

Li Lao picked up the bamboo cage in his hand and said with a smile: "Today's harvest is really not small, there are snacks and wine, this day is happier than the gods." ”

Li Lao picked up the bamboo cage and walked out of the pavilion, and said loudly to a young man who was concentrating on sweeping the fallen leaves on the side of the road: "Little brother, I don't have any wine money now, I catch a lot of fish today, why don't I sell you some, I can exchange it for wine money?" ”

The young man looked up at the bamboo cage and then at Li Lao, and said helplessly: "Old man, this koi fish is for ornamentation, not for eating, it is too wasteful to eat, this fish is expensive, I see that you are a lot old, I can't talk about you." By the way, why didn't I see you before, where were you fishing?"

Li Lao was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

The young man sighed and said to himself: "That's it, I haven't seen you before, you should be the janitor in the courtyard, see you pitiful! Don't fish here in the future, if you are caught by the steward, you will be humiliated, and you will be fined. The young man muttered as he took out a few pieces of broken silver from his bosom: "Some guys are getting more and more rampant, just bully me, even the old man's money will be deducted, and it will make you fishing to the point of satisfying your hunger." ”

The young man stuffed the broken silver in his hand into Li Lao's hand and said, "Those of us who have low cultivation qualifications and come to join the Daoist Alliance with enthusiasm are not much better than you mortals. Don't look at the Daoist Alliance as a holy place in the world, but people like us are even more miserable, and the treatment is far worse than that of ordinary disciples. I advise you to find another job, so that you will not be too poor to drink. ”

After the young man stuffed the silver to Li Lao, he no longer paid attention to Li Lao, and began to sweep the ground intently.

Li Laori thought about it, held the broken silver and said with a smile: "I originally wanted to trade fairly with you, but now that I have accepted your benefits for nothing, why don't I accept you as a disciple, how about it." ”

The young man scratched his head and said, "Old man, I don't want to learn to be a gatekeeper!" Although my qualifications are dull and my cultivation is low, and I can only do a miscellaneous job, I still want to work hard, maybe I will have the opportunity to become a formal disciple in the future." ”

Li Lao smiled: "It's not a gatekeeper, it's a Dao law." If you insist on watching the door, you are also looking at the gate of heaven and earth. ”

The old man dragged the boy into the distance, muttering, "Finally, someone can accompany him for a drink." But the boy couldn't shake off the old man's dry hand.

Ziyang Lei Jun has been standing in the pavilion, quietly watching Li Lao's comedic apprenticeship, without saying a word.

The young man didn't seem to see Ziyang Lei Jun from beginning to end, just standing not far away.