Chapter 52: Finally Entering the Sect
"What, I've been selected!" Tong Xiaojie was originally pale and listless, like an eggplant beaten by frost, but when he suddenly heard Zhang Qingshan announce the news, he jumped up excitedly.
Lin Jing and Li Zhi were also excited, holding hands to encourage each other.
Only Qin Yan still stood in place expressionlessly, not moving, as if entering the Maoshan Sect was just an ordinary thing for him like eating and sleeping.
Wang Hu clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and said slowly, "Why...... Why did I lose the election? I got the Peachwood Sword!"
Wang Hu's voice sounded, and Li Zhi and Lin Jing both looked up at him.
"Why do you say that?" Zhang Qingshan turned around, looked at Wang Hu, and asked rhetorically.
"I don't know!" Wang Hu's emotions could no longer be controlled, and he said angrily: "I only know that this is not fair! It's not fair! Isn't the rule very clear, only those who get the Peach Wood Sword and the Moon White Stone can enter the Maoshan Sect? In this case, only me and him are qualified to enter the Maoshan Sect, and everyone else is a loser!"
Wang Hu pointed at Qin Yan with his finger, his eyes were full of anger, and he stared at Zhang Qingshan deadly.
"Yes, that's the rule. Zhang Qingshan said slowly: "But there is one most important rule for the Maoshan Sect to accept disciples, and I didn't tell you. That is, those who are not right-minded will not be accepted, and those who are not outstanding in ability but kind-hearted will be accepted. Wang Hu, in this last test, in order to get the peachwood sword, what did you do to Li Zhi, you don't need me to say more, right? What did Lin Jing do to Li Zhi, don't you need me to talk nonsense?"
"It's not that I'm not ......scheming," Wang Hu's angry expression gradually eased, and he was about to explain but was interrupted by Zhang Qingshan: "Qin Yan, Tong Xiaojie, and Liang Dongyue are all good at strength, and they all have the opportunity to get the Yuebai Stone, but when Qin Yan was about to get the Yuebai Stone, neither of them went to sneak attack like you, but chose to help." On that basis, which of them will not prevail against you in this test?"
Tong Xiaojie's face turned red, and he quietly moved to Lin Jing's side, and whispered in his ear: "Actually, I didn't help Qin Yan at all, I threw a few fireballs at the monster, just to vent my anger......"
"Then I don't have a chance at all?" Wang Hu said.
"No!" Zhang Qingshan said categorically.
"I'll come back next year!" Wang Hu was also refreshed, seeing that Zhang Qingshan didn't give him the slightest chance, he gritted his teeth and said.
"No!" Unexpectedly, Zhang Qingshan actually rejected Wang Hu!
"Why!" Wang Hu's anger was ignited again: "Why can't I come again?"
"Your behavior has violated the bottom line of the Maoshan Sect, and we will not accept a person who harms others and benefits ourselves. Zhang Qingshan said: "Let's go!"
Wang Hu stayed where he was, his lips were clenched, his face was pale, and he didn't move, and he said after a while: "My father's and mother's greatest wish for me is to be able to enter the Maoshan Sect, for this day, I have been preparing since I was 4 years old, and I have never stopped for six years...... I won't have a chance to re-enter the Maoshan Sect in the future, I'll ......"
Suddenly, Wang Hu's eyes went black and he fell to the ground.
"Someone!" Zhang Qingshan waved his right hand and shouted: "Heal him, when he wakes up, send him away, and at the same time close the formation, this year's apprenticeship is officially over!"
A person came down from the second floor of the Maoshan Inn, picked up Wang Hu and walked to the second floor, and quickly disappeared in front of everyone.
"Come with me, a few of you. Zhang Qingshan turned and walked towards the back hall, where there was a door covered by a curtain. He pushed back the curtain and said, "Go in!"
Qin Yan took the lead and walked in first, followed by Liang Dongyue and Li Zhi.
"Let's go, Lin Jing!" Tong Xiaojie said excitedly: "From today on, we will be brothers in the same sect!"
Although Lin Jing's emotions were still immersed in Wang Hu's fainting, he couldn't hide his joy at this moment, and said, "Great, Xiaojie." ”
The two walked hand in hand into the curtain, and the next moment they were stunned by what they saw.
In front of a wide, turquoise river, the river is quiet, clear like a mirror, there is a stone arch bridge with a width of ten zhang on the river, and at the end of the arch bridge, there are continuous mountains, each mountain has a courtyard, a stone staircase connects all the mountains and courtyards together, it looks magnificent. The sky is full of birds flying, and there are monkeys, cheetahs, lions and other animals roaming on the ground.
And what shocked Lin Jing the most was that at the top of the stone staircase, there was a tall tower. The tower is unfathomably high, I don't know how many layers there are, and its top meets the clouds, as if it can reach the sky.
"This is the Maoshan Sect. Zhang Qingshan looked at the fanatical expressions on the faces of the five children, and said with a smile: "Everything here is made by the founding patriarch and his disciples with their hands and sweat, so the first door rule of the Maoshan Sect!"
He suddenly raised his voice, became solemn and solemn, and said, "Swear to defend Maoshan Sect to the death!"
"Swear to defend Maoshan Sect to the death!" Tong Xiaojie shouted excitedly! After shouting, he saw that Lin Jing and the others did not speak, and his face immediately turned red.
"That's right, that's it!" Zhang Qingshan looked at Tong Xiaojie with a smile, then pointed to the river with his finger and said: "This river is our guardian river, and it is inhabited by the guardian holy beast of the Maoshan Sect. With his left hand behind his back and his right hand in his palm, he placed it on his chest and took the lead in bowing three times to the river.
Lin Jing and the others finished saluting as they did, and walked along the arch bridge with Zhang Qingshan.
The moment they stepped onto the bridge, a flock of blood-red birds swooped down and flew past their heads.
"Obediently, what kind of bird is this?" Li Zhi grew up in the mountains and forests since he was a child, but he had never seen this kind of bird.
"It's the Fire Spirit Bird, and they're welcoming you. Zhang Qingshan said: "Let's go, we have to go faster, otherwise we won't be able to catch up before dark." ”
Zhang Qingshan was right, although everyone quickened their pace and walked for four hours, they only climbed the first mountain and reached the first courtyard.
The courtyard looks no different from an ordinary Taoist temple, but when you walk in and take a look, you find that it is not the same.
There is no statue of Taishang Laojun, no god seat, and no Taoist priest, some are only four rooms, one is open, and the inside is very spacious, enough to accommodate nearly 100 people to rest at the same time, and the other three rooms are closed doors.
"How many days do you have to walk to get to the Golden Dome Hall?" As soon as Tong Xiaojie entered the room, he found a chair, sat on it, and said. The golden-domed hall he refers to is the highest courtyard in addition to the tower, because the eaves shine in the sunlight with dazzling golden light, so Tong Xiaojie called him the golden-domed hall.
"We don't have to go to the ancestral hall, although you have already entered my Maoshan Sect, but if you want to formally apprentice, you still have to take a small test. After a day of walking, you should all be hungry, the content of the test will be discussed tomorrow, hurry up and eat, and then rest!" Zhang Qingshan clapped his hands, and eighteen large bowls and five pairs of chopsticks suddenly appeared out of thin air on the stone table in the middle of the room, and the aroma filled the entire room for a while.
"Hurry up and eat, our Maoshan Sect can't help but eat meat. Eat well and rest, test tomorrow!" Zhang Qingshan finished speaking and walked out of the house.