The night is getting thicker, the sparsely populated Thunder Cliff has returned to calm early, Gu Chengfeng sat alone on the couch of the Asking Heart Pavilion, groaning, and a chessboard was placed in front of him, on which a few chess pieces were sparsely placed.

"Knock ......" There were a few soft knocks outside the door.

"Is it Puwen, come in. ”

"Master's ear power is still the same as it was back then. Between the words, a middle-aged man pushed the door in, raised his hands and lifted his feet lightly, and at a glance he knew that he was a person with advanced immortal law. "Master, I saw that Master had a lot of coughs in the Immortal Yuan Pavilion today, but he was sick?"

"It's okay. Gu Chengfeng didn't look up, still looking at the chessboard.

"Well, also, the disciples have a lot of complaints about Zhou Yi's gossip today, and the disciples know that the master never reads this kind of book, why ...... today?"

Gu Chengfeng sighed suddenly, his expression seemed to be a little older, he looked back at Puwen, and his voice revealed the vicissitudes of life, "It's been a hundred and twenty years." ”

Puwen's body shook.

Shenhuo Peak, Xunxian Hall, looking up and down at the young man kneeling on the ground, Xuanyuan was thinking hard, who is the disciple with such poor qualifications assigned to, he has been in charge of the scheduling of the disciples of Shenhuo Peak over the years, and when he meets a disciple with good qualifications, several elder brothers can grab a red face and a thick neck, but look at the current situation......

Several elders crossed Erlang's legs, drank tea, and chatted a few words that they didn't get, but no one asked about Sui Musheng.

So Mu Sheng lowered his head, but he himself was nervous, he didn't know which one of them here would be his master, this was naturally a major matter related to fate, after worshipping the master, he must practice hard! Then Mu Sheng secretly clenched his fists, but he didn't know that no one wanted to be his master at all.

"This old duan of the dog day!" Xuan Yuan scolded secretly, "I don't know where to get such a broken disciple to make Lao Tzu embarrassed." ”

"Ahem, this, this is our new disciple of Shenhuo Peak, Sui Musheng, with a different talent, I don't know which senior brother is willing to accept him as an apprentice?"

There was silence for a while, and some of the elders pretended to think, and some were really distracted, and they looked like they didn't care about themselves.

Xuan Yuan cursed a few words in his heart, he didn't know how to solve this embarrassing situation, but these years of experience still made him anxious, and the thief's eyes rolled.

"Senior Brother Mu Zhi hasn't arrived today, most of them are too busy with things at hand to get out of his hands, he hasn't been a disciple for many years, and Senior Brother Mu Zhi is old, it's good to have one more person around him to help, what do you think?"

"Uh-huh, Senior Brother Xuan's proposal is good. "Well, it's still Senior Brother Xuan's thoughtfulness. As soon as this embarrassing atmosphere was resolved, all the elders immediately began to gossip, as if acting.

Xuanyuan secretly scolded the eighteenth generation of the ancestors of these senior brothers.

Fang Hui led Sui Musheng towards Mu Zhi's residence, and on the way, Sui Musheng asked, "Senior Brother Fang, what kind of person is Master Mu Zhi?"

"Well, this, Uncle Mu is naturally an immortal...... Well, in short, a very powerful person, almost half of the immortal magic weapons in Shenhuo Peak were created by Uncle Mu, and Uncle Mu's residence is in front, let's go in. ”

A few steps forward, I saw a simple small bamboo house, and the sound of metal knocking could be heard from time to time. Fang Hui knocked on the door a few times, "Uncle Mu, disciple Fang Hui asks to see you." "Oh, come in. ”

When I opened the door and entered, I saw an old man in the house striking iron, burly, old but extremely strong.

"Uncle Mu, be polite, this is Sui Musheng, a new disciple of our Divine Fire Peak, and Uncle Xuanyuan instructed him to follow you to practice the immortal law. ”

"Well, okay, I got it. For some reason, the old man suddenly became a little cramped.

"Okay, then it's okay, I'll go first, Uncle Mu. Fang returned the salute and withdrew.

"The master is above, and he is bowed by the disciples. Then Mu Sheng Mu Mu was stunned, and suddenly remembered something, and as soon as Fang Hui left, he immediately knelt down and was about to kowtow to the old man.

"Well, you don't have to. Mu Zhi hurriedly helped Sui Musheng up, "To be honest, I'm not your master, I'm reckless in qualifications, I've practiced the Four Elephant Immortal Method for more than ten years, but I haven't passed the stone test of the first elephant, and it's not as good as the new disciple who has only been in the beginner's field for a month, you follow me to practice the Immortal Method, and call me Master, it's really ashamed." The old man said crampedly.

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm willing to practice with Master Mu, just to help you get started. Then Musheng said stupidly.

"That's fine, I'm not good at practicing immortal methods, but if you want to talk about striking iron, I still have some experience, nearly half of the magic weapons on this Divine Fire Peak are made by me, hehe......" Mu Zhi changed his crampedness just now and became proud.

"Then I'll learn to strike iron from Master first. Sui Musheng said with a slight admiration.

"Okay, after so many years of making iron by one person, it's good to have someone to talk to, iron striking is not only about technology, but also about physical strength, and a small physique like you can't do well. Mu Zhi smiled heartily, stood up, and beckoned to Sui Musheng, "Come with me, go and arrange a place for you to live first." ”

Coming out of the wooden house, Mu Zhi led the way in front with the lamp in his hand, and then Mu Sheng followed closely behind, "Master, what is the matter with the stone test you just said?"

"Stone test, it is said that this is a method that Feng Shaozhen, the founder of the Xianyuan Pavilion, came up with to test his disciples' immortal cultivation. Mu Zhi paused, "The specific method is to ask the disciple to hold a wooden sword, only rely on his own cultivation, and engrave his name on the stone slab outside the three zhang, and the carver will teach the four elephant immortal method of the next elephant." ”

"The first elephant needs to be engraved on the fluorite slab for the second elephant, the second elephant for the third elephant needs to be engraved on the chalcedony stone slab, and the third elephant for the fourth elephant needs to be engraved on the diamond slate. ”

"The stone test of the Xianyuan Pavilion is held once a year, focusing on the promotion of new elite disciples, and after each stone test, the stone slab engraved with the name of the best will be invited back to the Xianyuan Pavilion for permanent preservation, so as to encourage the disciples of all factions to practice hard, after all, their names can remain in the Xianyuan Pavilion forever, but it can be regarded as a glorious thing. ”

"Since the stone test, in the past 100 years, only three leaders and Puwen have engraved their names on the diamond stone slab. Nothing else than these four. ”

"Then these four elders should be full of merit. Sui Musheng's eyes were full of worship.

"Well, how to say it, although these four people passed the stone test and obtained the fourth elephant's mental method, but people are human beings after all, not immortals, it is said that if you want to practice the final fourth elephant immortal method, the practitioner must go through the heavenly tribulation experience, transcend the physical mortal fetus and become an immortal, before he can practice. ”

"It is said that the Heavenly Tribulation is extremely dangerous, one is not careful, and after the battle of Tianyu Peak, Feng Shaozhen disappeared for no reason, and none of these four people are fully sure, so no one has practiced the Fourth Elephant Heart Method for the time being. ”

"Ah, look, it's here as you talk. Mu Zhi stretched out his hand and pointed, "The room in front of me has been unoccupied for a long time, you can clean up a little and live there for the time being." ”

Open the door and enter, the furnishings in the house are simple, mostly made of solid bamboo, there is a little ingenuity in the simplicity, there are many floating ashes on the indoor utensils, it seems that no one has taken care of it for some time, Mu Zhi helped Sui Musheng clean it a little, and he can live for the time being.

"Rest early, see you tomorrow morning. ”

That night, Sui Musheng was so excited that he didn't fall asleep for half the night, although he was tired, but he got up with his clothes when it was bright the next morning.

"Hey!ha!" Not far away, an old man was holding a wooden sword, as if he was practicing the immortal method.

When I walked in, it turned out to be Muzhi, and the stone slab three zhang away from him was crookedly engraved with the word "Muzhi", and the strokes were extremely stiff.

Seeing Sui Musheng coming, Mu Zhi put down the wooden sword in his hand, smiled and said, "Get up." Then Mu Shengqi said, "Master, haven't you slept all night?"

"Ah, no, it's just that I get up early every day to practice, and people with bad talent can only rely on the hard work of the day after tomorrow. Mu Zhi said with a smile, "On weekdays, the task of striking iron tools is heavy, so I have to go to bed every night, get up early every morning, and squeeze out time to practice." ”

"Master, aren't you tired? ”

"Naturally, I'm tired, but when others are sleeping, you're practicing, isn't that a great sense of accomplishment?" Mu Zhi raised his chin and said with a smile, "Although it's still not as good as others, but when you wake up every day, you're facing a stronger self, although it's only a little bit, but as long as you work hard, there is hope." Mu Zhi smiled sincerely, just like the brilliance of an ugly caterpillar breaking out of its cocoon in the starlight.

"Yes, Master, I will work hard, even if it is only a little bit, and I will never give up hope. Then Mu Sheng clenched his fists, his heart trembled, and he would never give up, just for the swill arrow wound that day!

"It's not too early, let's go, let's go and fill the water tank first. Mu Zhi said, and walked in the direction of the wooden house.

The two of them carried the wooden barrel against the rising sun and walked down the mountain. "This spring is at the bottom of the mountain, and you have to walk a few miles to get there, and you need water to strike iron and cook, so the first thing you do every morning is to fetch water. ”

"Master, I see that you have carved your name on the stone slab, why don't you go to the stone test?"

"Well, those names, I carved them for a long time before carving them, I need to swing the sword hundreds of times every time, others are swinging the sword at one time during the stone test, and the lettering is done in one go, but I need to swing the sword thousands, it takes a few days, how embarrassed is this kind of cultivation to participate in the stone test." ”

“......”

"Master, what kind of utensils have we been making all day?"

"Most of the immortal sword magic weapons in Shenhuo Peak or Ethereal Valley, after I send my disciples to pass the first elephant stone test, they can go down the mountain to find magic objects that collect the aura of heaven and earth to build immortal swords, and when practicing the second elephant immortal method, they need to cooperate with immortal sword magic weapons to practice. ”

"I have been striking iron for decades, and I feel that I still have a little craftsmanship, and after the people of Shenhuo Peak and Ethereal Valley have collected immortal treasures, many of them have entrusted me to make immortal swords, speaking of which......" Mu Zhi lowered his voice, "There are some things I have to tell you, the three factions of Xianyuan are harmonious on the surface, but they are actually fighting openly and secretly, all along, it is the Thunder Cliff that has a slight upper hand, although there are only sixty-four disciples under the Gu Boss, but all of them are personally selected and carefully taught by the Gu Lord, and the top ones are outstanding to one as ten." ”

"After the battle between good and evil, Feng Shaozhen is nowhere to be found, and the fight between the same sect for the selection of the master of this Immortal Yuan Pavilion can be described as blood......y."

"If you talk about people's hearts and minds, Duan's head is bold by nature, and he has the most followers in the faction, but if you talk about Taoism, it is the ancient head who has the absolute upper hand......"

"Everyone quarreled, and finally broke up, each looking for a fairyland, founded the two factions of Thunder Cliff and Shenhuo Peak, and secretly competed ......"

"After many years of confrontation, our Shenhuo Peak really can't resist the enemy, and then it coincides with the great drought in the world, and the people's livelihood is withering, under the strong invitation of our Duan Zhangmen, Rong Zhangmen, who has been living in seclusion before, resolutely came out of the mountain, opened a sect, founded the Ethereal Valley, and balanced the Thunder Cliff with my Shenhuo Peak. ”

"So, if there is a commission on weekdays, we will also help make the immortal weapons of the Ethereal Valley. Ah, there's a spring in front of you. ”

Then Mu Sheng nodded frequently, looking around, there is a pool not far ahead, surrounded by green plants, the spring water is sweet, the spring water spreads over the stone to become a stream, the sound of slapping the stone is endless, it can be described as a fairyland.

A bucket of water is dozens of catties heavy, two buckets of water on his shoulders, Sui Musheng shook a little unconsciously, Mu Zhi casually put some straw in Sui Musheng's bucket, saying that it is not easy to spill the water.

Staggered back to his residence, he was tired and sweaty, and even if there was a straw stalk in the bucket, he spilled a lot of water. Mu Zhi laughed, without the slightest hint of blame.

"It's not too early, let's go to Fanzhai for breakfast, I have made the magic weapon entrusted by the Ethereal Valley yesterday, and you can help me send it over after breakfast." ”

"Okay. ”