Chapter 8 Bamboo Joints

Masters have rankings, and disciples are no exception. The cloud disciple list is a ranking list based on the strength of the cloud disciples; In the past, there were only fifty places on the cloud disciple list, but this time due to special circumstances, the number of places has increased by fifty. One hundred places, only strength can be on the list!

Ladder? The ranking of the Cloud Disciple List is refreshed in three months, and the basis for the first ranking is based on the ranking of the Cloud Disciple who has climbed the cloud ladder. The cloud ladder is located in the north pavilion of the outer layer of the cloud palace, there are a total of one hundred steps, each step has the power set by the ancestors of the cloud palace to test the cloud disciples, the higher the ranks, the greater the test, and the more the cloud disciples have to bear.

"Let's get to know the four senior brothers first."

Following behind Du Fu, he turned his head and was about to glance at Guapi, but Guapi had already run away and disappeared.

Entering the space, the four senior brothers were staring at Ke'er, and the wolf's eyes swept over her when he looked at the little lamb, leaving saliva in his mouth and not dripping. Du Fu knew from the first time he saw Ke'er that these apprentices couldn't resist Ke'er's face.

"A person worthy of the master of the Gongling Palace, I am afraid that he is the Yan King of this Yun disciple in appearance." If Du Fu is a cold and arrogant beauty master, then Lin Keer is a hibiscus out of the water, a white lotus that blooms alone in pure water. A roll of black soft hair falls off her shoulders, and the eyes of the water spirit are the most attractive part of this Ke'er, she has inherited the main power of the dragon, and her smart eyes give people the feeling of infinite vitality and accommodating all things; Pretty eyebrows, a smile and a smile all reveal the unique atmosphere of a girl; The corners of the mouth are raised, the small dimples on the face, and the small tiger teeth that are exposed...... Just one face is unforgettable, of course, Ke'er's physical development will not be missing, not a stunner, but there is a lotus flower.

"Ahem"

Du Fu coughed twice deliberately, and then blocked in front of Ke'er, "Your four senior brothers are all from my Du family, Du Yi, Du Er, Du San, Du Si. Don't swallow your saliva and come out to meet your sister? ”

The four of them took advantage of the time when the master blocked Ke'er's sight for them to quickly tidy up, and then walked out from behind Du Fu very politely. "Hello junior sister, my name is Du Yi, Du Mu of the Du family is my father, and the few next to me are brothers, as you can see, the four of us are four brothers!"

Ke'er smiled in response, the four senior brothers in front of her looked exactly the same, and they could only be distinguished by the color of their clothes. One, two, three, four, the color of the clothes corresponds to the four colors of red, yellow, blue and green.

"Hello junior sister, I'm Du Er." "I'm Du San." "I, Du Si ......"

"Hello senior brothers, from now on, please take care of me."

"Oh ho ho, where is the junior sister, taking care of the junior sister is what we senior brothers should be, hehe......"

Although these senior brothers look ordinary, their qualifications are not below them, Ke'er silently thought of what Zero mentioned: There are several big families in the world, and the Du family is one of them, and the Du family is by no means mediocre! Thinking of this, Ke'er couldn't help but feel happy that she had these extraordinary senior brothers, and at the same time, there was a kind of pressure that she was afraid of not being able to keep up with their footsteps.

"We've all finished the introduction, it's time for you, junior sister."

The four senior brothers had the same expectant face, and Du Fu also wanted to know about her relationship with the hall master of Gongling Hall on the side.

"My name is Lin Ke'er, and I am from all ages, Longyongdi."

Oh? Du Fu felt a pimple in his heart, as if he had guessed something, the predecessor of this Gongling Hall Master was the descendant of the ancient spirit beast Garuda of Long Yongdi, and after being transformed by the Dragon Lord, he transformed into a human form and came to the Cloud Palace to be the hall master...... Longyong Land is a unique place in all worlds, the place where all things yearn for, it is a holy place for beast spirits and plants, and it is impossible for ordinary humans to live in Longyong Land, let alone be born and grow up!

Du Fu asked tentatively: "The master of Gongling Hall came out of Long Yong at the beginning, and he also came to the Cloud Palace in human form, should you?" ”

Ke'er didn't feel the slightest nervousness when she heard this, "I am a child raised by an orc, and I met with the Lord of the Zero Hall when I was a child, and it was also his arrangement for me to come to the Cloud Palace." ”

Du Fu was skeptical, but didn't ask any more.

"Now get ready, Du Yi, you come and take Ke'er."

Du Yi was pleasantly surprised by the master's sudden request!

Have I had a chance to meet my sister? So fast! Du Yi sighed in his heart, and agreed without hesitation. "Leave it to me to rest assured that I will take my junior sister, I will definitely help my junior sister well." Du Yile blossomed, and his other three brothers looked helpless. The order given by this master is as hard as an iron board! No one dared to talk about it, so they could only sigh in their hearts that Du Yi's luck was too good.

"Thank you for taking care of your brother!"

Ke'er consciously ran to Du Yi and sat down, Du kept his shoulders up, listening to Du Fu's next teaching seriously, and gave Ke'er a perfect senior brother image; Seeing this situation, the remaining three were not willing to give up, and learned more seriously than one another.

"The sword starts from Canglan, and the sword skills of Canglan are guided by the wind, and the wind makes the sword ......"

Du Fu spent a morning just explaining to them the source of the sword and the situation of the sect, looking at the five apprentices under him nodding frequently, he was satisfied, especially Lin Ke'er, who could keep up with the rhythm of the senior brothers, which showed that there were still some thieves, which made Du Fu himself feel much more at ease.

Unconsciously, this listening is a day, Ke'er slowly adapted to the master's teaching, can't help but think that before, he has been staying by his mother's side, listening to his mother tell about all kinds of eternity, and today is listening to the master's explanation of swordsmanship, the more he listens, the more curious he becomes, this studious heart is opened.

"The talk about the sword ends today, if you don't understand, ask again tomorrow." Du Fu slowly breathed a sigh of relief, very satisfied, "For the first time to teach, this opening is a whole day, but fortunately, it is not difficult for you to teach." ”

"Teaching for the first time?" Ke'er looked at Du Fu in disbelief. Seeing this, Du Yi explained to Ke'er: "Master Du Fu is a newcomer this year, and he is still the sixth master!" is strong and young, and the Cloud Palace specially invited her to be a master. ”

"Du Yi?" Du Fu cast a sharp look.

"I'm sorry, Sister Du, I'm talking too much!"

"Sister?" Ke'er was even more confused.

Du Fu took Ke'er's hand with one hand and pointed at Du Yi and them, "Your senior brothers are all from the Du family, I am the eldest lady of the Du family, and they should call me sister." It's all arranged by the family, just you, the senior brothers, don't learn from them! ”

So that's the case, Ke'er thought that her master's identity was so unusual, and she had to work harder.

"Sister Du..."

"Get out, you can only call me master on the Cloud Palace."

The four little farts were kicked out by Du Fu, and Ke'er also left after that, after all, it was only the second day, and everything had just begun, so I decided to take my time.

The melon skin is idle, Du Fu robbed the disciples of most of the time to save his own energy, and he still sat alone at the head of the bed and drank by himself, which was not in vain.

Time jumps, three days have passed, and the first ranking of the Cloud Disciple List will be refreshed today. The master of the four courtyards of the academy took his apprentices to the branch outside the gate of the North Pavilion to wait. This hasn't officially started yet, the people outside the door have added more than 800 people and apprentices together, but the venue is not chaotic at all, and no one is noisy at all, and when they enter the land of the Cloud Palace, they have to follow the rules!

The four courtyards gathered, led by the north courtyard! The fifty master-level figures on the master ranking list are all in the North Courtyard, and the more or less young apprentices standing behind them are the favorites in this cloud disciple ranking. The masters and apprentices of the other three academies have received little attention, and of course there are some dark horses, and some ordinary masters can also teach powerful apprentices.

"When the hour comes, the ladder opens!"

The door of the North Pavilion slowly opened, and the cloud ladder behind the door was revealed in an instant. After the pavilion gate, the floating clouds are the base, and each step has its own special rune, with the rune as the entrance, the power left by the predecessors when they built the cloud ladder is stored in the ladder. The higher the rank, the stronger the power left and the greater the pressure! This is the most direct way to know the strength of the cloud disciples.

The old pavilion master of the North Pavilion was guarding the door, with gray hair and crutches in his hand, and the chair leaned against the threshold to look at the teachers and students who were more than in previous years, smiling with a face. "They all came to the Cloud Palace from thousands of miles away... It's a cloud disciple who is looking forward to this session. ”

The old pavilion master shouted in his hoarse voice: "Cloud Disciple List, open the refresh!" The North Courtyard enters. ”

It's not who is the first to enter the door, but Master Ouyang Xiu, who ranks first in the master ranking! Ouyang Xiu walked extremely slowly, his aged body and strength were in the same proportion, in front of many teachers and students, there was not the slightest stage fright, and there were eight apprentices behind him! Among the masters of the North Courtyard, there is no one who accepts the most apprentices.

"Brother Yang Xiu, this session has the most people under you, and there are 100 places on this cloud disciple list, I'm afraid you account for one-tenth." The old pavilion master greeted Ouyang Xiu and said.

"Hey, this year's apprenticeship has changed the palace master...... I'm already old, and I can cultivate more talents for the Cloud Palace, and it's good that I will be taken care of by the Cloud Palace in my twilight years. Ouyang Xiu turned his head to look at Du Fu not far behind him, and said to the old pavilion master with deep meaning: "I have been accepting apprentices for the Cloud Palace for many years, and I am afraid that this is also the last time I will accept apprentices; Fortunately, in the year of accepting apprentices, I was happy to see the rise of the junior teachers, and I was happy for the Cloud Palace! ”

"Oh?" The old pavilion master looked at Du Fu with empty eyes and smiled affirmatively.

Of course, everyone saw this scene in their eyes, and being able to get the approval of the old pavilion master and Master Ouyang Xiu showed that this person was powerful, Du Fu took his gaze and gave the old pavilion master a respectful nod.

"Little Tooth, you go in first, and the others will go in when Little Tooth comes out."

Ouyang Xiu's first apprentice after his death, and also his most satisfied disciple this time, Zhang Yan. Zhang Yan was a bald head, and his bare head was easy to recognize, and he deliberately bowed to the old pavilion master before entering the door, and then stepped on the ladder.

"Brother Yang Xiu's eldest disciple is very eye-catching."

"Haha, the old pavilion master laughed, although this son is not as good as people in appearance, in terms of qualifications...... Hehe. ”

Ouyang Xiu has absolute confidence in Zhang Ya, and in his heart, Zhang Ya is the first person in this year! His view is not exaggerated, it is true.

Zhang Yan tentatively stepped on the first step on the ladder, "This ladder is easier than expected, it turns out that the floating clouds can really step on." "When he stepped on the first order, he went up to the tenth order in one breath, and after he reached the eleventh order, the speed of the whole person began to slow down, and an invisible pressure slowly increased on him. Twenty... Twenty-eight... Thirty steps, after the thirty steps, Zhang Yan began to sweat, and he shook off the sweat on his head, and rushed straight to the thirty-ninth step with all his might. And when Zhang Yan was about to step up the forty steps, the pressure on his body multiplied sharply, and half a foot was bounced away by an invisible force before he stepped on the forty steps, and flew upside down to the door, snap! Fell heavily to the ground.

Zhang Yan quickly struggled to get up on the ground, and then ran behind Ouyang Xiu.

The old pavilion master praised again and again: "Very good, quasi-forty steps!" ”

Ouyang Xiu was very satisfied, "I think that your senior brother has the highest qualifications, and he is considered to be a quasi-forty rank. It's great that you can reach the top of the 30th order, don't let me down! ”

With a word from the master, the apprentice had to do it, and without Ouyang Xiu's expectations, the remaining seven people all passed the thirtieth step, but they all stopped at the thirty-fifth step.

"My apprentices have all been tested, so I'll step back and wait for the rest of the masters."

Ouyang Xiu happily took his apprentice to bid farewell to the old pavilion master and returned to his position.

"Now Brother Ouyang has retired, and the qualifications of the apprentices this time are too good."

Su Jiuzhong, who was second on the list of famous teachers, followed closely behind Ouyang Xiu and came to the pavilion with only one apprentice.

"Meet the old pavilion master."

"Brother Jiuzhong doesn't have to be polite, will you accept an apprentice this time?" The old pavilion master looked at the girl next to Su Jiuzhong.

"The only person who can pass my conditions is this girl, and the apprentice is not much more expensive, but expensive." "Xiaoyu, say hello to the old pavilion master."

"Su Yu has seen the old pavilion master."

Well...... The old pavilion master nodded, and then Xia Yu began to step on the cloud ladder. One order, two orders, twenty and thirty steps! Su Yu also felt more and more pressure on his body, and he carried the pressure until the thirty-ninth step before stopping! I wanted to step on the forty steps again, but I couldn't even lift my feet, so I had no choice but to stop at the thirty-ninth steps.

"Master, I..."

"It's okay, the first ranking of the Cloud Disciple List is only about talent, and your talent is no less than anyone's."

Su Jiuzhong also returned to his place after bidding farewell to the old pavilion master with his apprentice Su Yu. Then the two disciples of Master Bai Juyi went up the ladder, day and day.

Among the first two masters who appeared, there were top apprentices, and their qualifications were among the others, while Bai Juyi's apprentices had only stepped on the thirtieth order, which was average among many people with good talents.

Bai Bai and Hei Tian are two brothers and sisters, they were all adopted by Bai Juyi in his early years, just at the age to catch up with this class of Yun disciples, and Bai Juyi also made up his mind to withdraw from his teacher position after teaching his two adopted children and returned to his hometown.

"Brother Bai is the last in this session, I hope that Brother Bai will not forget the old decay after returning to his hometown." The old pavilion master held Bai Juyi's hand affectionately, there are very few people who can be the same age as him, and there are only Ouyang Xiu, Su Jiuzhong, and Bai Juyi who know him. After this session, I left the two, how can I be reluctant?

"The old pavilion master is serious, I hope you come to see me, in the small former residence, Gu Jun is here......"

"Definitely!"

"Okay."

The friendship between Bai Juyi and the old pavilion master is enviable, but it is a pity. The old pavilion master is in the cloud palace, but he gives the cloud palace all his life; Although Bai Juyi has already become famous for eternity, he has no children under his knees, and now he has adopted two children with good qualifications, which is a happy ending.