Chapter 17: The Gift of Apprenticeship
"There are also disciples' dormitories are all set up on the back mountain of the Qilin Gate, where the terrain is empty and flat, the surrounding quiet air is fresh, it is best to use it as a resting place, the disciple's dormitory is separated from men and women, the female disciple is in the south, the male disciple is in the north, I will take you through the north gate later, it is the widest and the closest road to Hanxu Mountain, when you have not learned the art of the sword, you still enter and exit from that door is safer. ”
"Also, the bathhouse is on the east side of the dormitory, I will take you one by one today, and when you are familiar with it, you can come and go freely by yourself, although there are many rules in the Qilin Gate, but it is still relatively free in the dormitory, as long as there is nothing major, the elders will not care. ”
"On the right side of the Jinghua Hall is the place where the disciples study on weekdays, called Boyuan Pavilion, there are ten classrooms in it, each classroom can accommodate 100 people, behind the Boyuan Pavilion, is the Pusheng Hall, where we eat, two meals a day, respectively Si Shi and Shen Shi, if you are hungry at other times, you can only go to their back kitchen to make something to eat. ”
Li Shiran preached endlessly, Lin Shuihan listened quietly on the side, and did not interrupt, and when Li Shiran finished speaking, he turned back to ask him slowly, "Senior brother, I have a few questions. ”
"Say it. ”
"When do we go to class, what is the main study?, and when can we go back to the dormitory?" Li Shiran smiled lightly when he heard this, and then spoke, "As for the content of the class, this can only be known after the elders decide which classroom you are in, and the time is also uncertain, and you can usually move freely when it gets dark." ”
"Oh!" Lin Shuihan suddenly realized.
"Let's go, I'll take you to the bathhouse, you take care of yourself, and you're going to go to the Jinghua Hall to meet the head and the elders later!" Li Shiran said as he walked Lin Shuihan into the male disciple's dormitory, going back and forth through countless corridors, walking around, and finally arriving at the bathhouse.
Because the bathhouse was humid and he was afraid of wetting his clothes, Li Shiran simply explained a few words and let Lin Shuihan go in by himself, and he stood outside and waited.
The bathhouse is divided into two parts, one of which is the place where the clothes are stored, and the other is the place where the bath is placed, Lin Shuihan looked around inside, and found that there was no one inside, so he began to untie his clothes and fold the clothes neatly on the cabinet where the clothes were stored, and then came to the bathhouse naked, where there was a huge hot water pool and separate baths, Lin Shuihan wanted to go to a separate bath, but when he saw the rising hot air of the hot pool, his heart moved, and he immersed himself in a large piece of hot water with a raised foot。
The water temperature is just right, not hot or cold, Lin Shuihan has never taken a bath in such a comfortable place, so he began to have fun in the pool alone, outside the door Li Shiran heard Lin Shuihan's cheering voice, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise, if it is really a child's heart, it is also, after all, he is only eleven years old!
Li Shiran looked up to the sky and sighed, eleven years old...... What a good age! When he was ignorant and ignorant, he should have enjoyed the joy and carefree of freedom, but he ...... Suffered so much unspeakable pain!
When he was alone outside, Lin Shuihan had already taken care of himself and walked in front of him, and said softly, "Senior brother, I'm fine." ”
Li Shiran looked down at him and found that the child was really indescribably thin, his two hands were hidden in his sleeves as if they were nothing, and his body was ...... It's hard to say, but it's worth mentioning his delicate face, his eyebrows and eyes are gentle like water, his lips are as thin as petals, and his whole person is as light and weak as water, but it is almost the same as his name Lin Shuihan.
"I'm afraid that the elders should set off a hot discussion when they see you like this......" After a while, he shook his head helplessly, and took Lin Shuihan out of the bathhouse and went straight to the Jinghua Hall.
The doors and windows of the Jinghua Hall are carved with a variety of whirlwind patterns, looking at a hollow wooden window from afar, it seems that you can see the scene inside, but you can walk in to know that there are thousands of fine lines, the foresight is not the other side, the hollow pattern on the wooden window and the door is actually carved out in accordance with the appearance of the lake ripples faintly rippling in the way that a hundred flowers bloom and ten thousand leaves are green.
Every bit of it embodies the beautiful posture of the flowers and plants in the world.
Li Shiran cast a spell at the door, as if he was asking the people in the inner hall, Lin Shuihan patronized and admired the beauty outside, and he didn't even know when the door of the main hall was opened, or Li Shiran touched his shoulder, and the sentence "gone" made him come back to his senses, and hurriedly followed his footsteps into the main hall.
The main hall is wide, the cloud top millennium Xuanmu is made of beams, the six large dragon pillars are supported, a righteous and majestic, the wall in the center is carved and painted among the ten thousand mountains, the picture of clouds and mist on the towering and void, the front is a seat in the shape of a crescent moon, which is made of white marble fine carving and polishing, because the white marble is originally as white as porcelain, at this time Lin Shui stands below and looks at it more like a round of crescent moon, bright, bright and dazzling.
Below that, there is a rectangular Xuantai, on which sit the six elders of the Qilin Gate, namely Green Elder Wormwood, Yellow Elder Yuxiang, Green Elder Green Pothos, Black Elder Mo Ju, Red Elder Arbor and Flower Elder Yueji.
Each of them was wearing clothes that matched their names, and they looked colorful, although Lin Shuihan was a little dazzled, but after all, they were all elders who had been guarding the Qilin Gate for many years, no matter what, the temperament on their bodies that saw through the red dust was also unattainable.
"The six elders of Qiqi, disciple Li Shiran has brought Lin Shuihan to the front of the hall on the order of the master, and all the relevant matters of the apprenticeship ceremony have been prepared!" Li Shiran stood under the Xuantai and respectfully watched the elders open their mouths to resume their lives.
"Let's go down!" Mo Ju glanced at him lightly, and then turned his gaze to Lin Shuihan, Li Shiran bowed slightly when he heard this, and then turned around and left the main hall, suddenly, Lin Shuihan was the only one left in the entire hall Standing in the middle, facing the majesty of the six elders on the Xuantai, he felt a little scared in his heart, and looked at the eyes of the elders who didn't know when to cast on him, and his heart was even more nervous.
They were so silent with each other, and they didn't speak, Lin Shuihan couldn't help but be curious in his heart, and wanted to ask, but as soon as he raised his head, he looked at the sharp eyes of the elders, and obediently closed his mouth and swallowed the words back into his stomach, standing quietly aside, obediently waiting.
After a long time, Xiao Yuan walked in with two disciples, one of the two disciples was holding a wooden box in his hand, Lin Shuihan saw their figures reflected on the ground, so he turned around and looked, Xiao Yuan walked to Lin Shuihan's side with his disciples, glanced at him and then said to the elders, "Enlighten the elders, bring the things." ”
Lin Shuihan was shocked when he heard this, his eyes immediately fell on the wooden box in the hands of the two disciples, one long and one short, and he didn't know what it contained, what was this for?
He became more and more curious.
"Present it!" Yue Ji said in a lazy tone, and when the two disciples heard this, they immediately walked up to the Xuantai with a wooden box, came to her, and opened the box.
At this moment, the head of Liuye suddenly walked out from behind the white moon chair, and everyone immediately saluted when they saw him appear, "I've seen the master!" He let out a low 'um', his eyes immediately looked at Lin Shuihan, and said to the others: "You all go down first! ”
"Master, how can this be?" Mo Ju immediately raised his head and turned his head to look at her in the night, "This kid doesn't have any cultivation talent, but he became the head of the sect because of an accident, so naturally he wants to hold a grand apprenticeship ceremony to let him know the majesty of the head and the rules of the Qilin Gate, otherwise, he would have thought that this Qilin Gate would be able to come in casually!"
Mo Ju's words resonated with all the elders, and they all spoke to the master, saying that this apprenticeship ceremony could not be canceled, Liuye shook his head helplessly, took a deep breath and glanced at a group of them lightly, and said with a smile: "It's okay, you all go down, this kid is timid, you can't let go here, go down!" Liuye glanced at his head, and kept signaling them to leave, and the elders saw that his attitude was so resolute, and they were no longer easy to refute.
Hearing this, the two disciples put the wooden box in their hands on the wooden table on the side, and then left the hall with the elders, and when they left, Lin Shuihan still vaguely heard that the elders were hanging their heads and whispering, saying how he was doing, Lin Shuihan glanced at them and ignored them, and suddenly, he and the head of Liuye were left in the entire hall.
The head of Liuye was wrapped in a light blue robe, with fairy wind bones, a pair of eyes shining like stars and as deep as the sea, and the corners of his eyes when he laughed were somewhat similar to the crescent chair on the platform.
"Come on, kid!" he beckoned to Lin Shuihan with a smile, Lin Shuihan paused, then took a step and walked up to the Xuantai and came to him, "Master, why did you ask them to leave?"
As soon as he walked in front of him, Lin Shuihan asked the confusion in his heart, Liuye turned around and found a place to sit down casually, and explained casually, "Those people are too regular, when they finish the apprenticeship ceremony, it is estimated that it will be dark, it is better to let them leave earlier, I will briefly negotiate with you, so that you can still go around the rest of the time, what do you say?"
After that, he winked at Lin Shuihan very playfully, Lin Shuihan couldn't help laughing, he didn't expect that the head of Liuye was such a good person, and he was so easy to get along with like a friend, it was better than the group of elders who were silent and embarrassed to the extreme.
So he walked over and sat down beside him very comfortably, "Thank you, sir." ”
"You're welcome. ”
"So what are we going to do now?"