Chapter 7: Apprenticeship

The Taoist priest led Zhang Yi to the courtyard, pointed to a room and said, "This is the room where I live, you can live in the room next to me."

The Taoist priest opened the door, the room was furnished very ordinary, a bed, a table and a few chairs, because there was no wire on the mountain, so there was an unlit candle and a box of matches on the table, and there was a teapot and a few teacups next to it, and the quilt on the bed had been prepared, which should have been prepared by the Taoist priest before going out to pick up Zhang Yi.

The Taoist priest took Zhang Yi into the room and lit the candle, and the room lit up slightly. Zhang Yi moved his nose and sniffed, and found that there was a faint scent of sandalwood in the room, which would make people feel calm.

"It's not too early, you can rest first, and tomorrow you have to get up early to hold the apprenticeship ceremony!"

"Okay, uncle!" Zhang Yi nodded and said.

The Taoist priest smiled and walked out of the room, and helped Zhang Yi close the door. Zhang Yi blew out the candle and took off his clothes, lay down directly on the bed, and fell asleep after a while.

A long day of trekking has exhausted Zhang Yi physically and mentally.

Bedtime is always too fast.

Before dawn the next day, Zhang Yi was still holding the pillow and dreaming when he was taken out of the bed by the uncle.

Zhang Yi pouted and said reluctantly: "Uncle, what are you doing so early?" I slept so late last night, and I hadn't slept enough. ”╮(╯﹏╰）╭

The Taoist priest looked at Zhang Yi with complicated eyes and said leisurely: "Go quickly, take a bath and change clothes, there will be an apprenticeship ceremony today, and I will put the clothes and bath supplies on the table for you." ”

Zhang Yi seemed to have completely forgotten what the Taoist priest said last night, and now he remembered it when he heard the Taoist priest speak. Messily put on his clothes, picked up the things on the table and ran out of the room, Zhang Yi just came out of the room and remembered that the bathing place didn't know where it was? I had to turn around and ask weakly, "Uncle, where is the place to take a bath?" ”

“…………”

Is my immortal master trying to help me? Am I going to be by this little? How do I feel like this kid is here to trick me! Alas!!! The apprentice he found himself had to finish teaching with tears in his eyes. (¬_¬)

The Taoist priest looked at Zhang Yi, who was a thief and a thief, and said angrily: "Go to the backyard, forget it, I'll take you over." ”

The Taoist priest took Zhang Yi to the backyard, and when he arrived at the backyard, the Taoist priest pointed to a pond half the size of a basketball court and said, "It's here, it's time to wash!" ”

Zhang Yi stared at the pond at the Taoist priest, then at the pond, and after determining that the place where the Taoist priest took a bath was this pond, he asked with a serious face: "Uncle, are you sure this is the place to take a bath?" ”

"Why, I'm afraid of getting dirty, rest assured that this is groundwater gushing out, it's very clean."

"It's not a question, I'm trying to say, will it freeze to death?"

It's already October, and the weather has turned cooler, plus it's early in the morning. Although Zhang Yi's physical fitness is better than that of his peers, he can't be so tormented.

"Freeze to death!? No, don't worry, go down and wash, by the way, you can exercise the basic ability of your body. ”

Shake your head, shake your head, shake your head, shake your head, shake your head, shake your head......

"If you want to be a hero, you have to endure the cold!" The Taoist priest lightly threw out these words.

“…………”(ㅍ_ㅍ)

Zhang Yi gritted his teeth and ran ashore after hastily washing the pond, at this time the Taoist priest said lightly with his hands behind his back: "If you haven't washed it, wash it again, wash it with the bath supplies you brought!" ”

Zhang Yi gritted his teeth again, washed it again, and finally washed it and just wanted to step his feet, but another sentence came.

"I still haven't washed it, keep washing."

Finally, after washing three times, the Taoist priest agreed to let Zhang Yi come up, Zhang Yi was in the small pavilion by the pond, quickly put on his clothes, and halfway through it found that this was a Taoist robe, and Zhang Yi didn't know how to wear it.

The Taoist priest smiled on the side and walked over, helping Zhang Yi put it on, and after putting it on, Zhang Yi found that this dark blue Taoist robe fit very well, the placket hung down to Zhang Yi's legs and wrists, and a pair of black round-mouthed cloth shoes were not stuck!

The Taoist priest looked at Zhang Yi, who was dressed and nodded, and said, "Yes, it fits well!" ”

"Uncle, where did you get such a Taoist robe that fits me like this?"

"I did it last night, how can I estimate it accurately! Let's go, let's go to the apprenticeship ceremony! With that, he took Zhang Yi's hand and walked back.

On the way, Zhang Yi asked the uncle, what is the five perfumes? Why are you so refreshed after washing?

The Taoist priest explained that the five perfumes are made of five kinds of traditional Chinese medicine, such as Angelica Angelica, Peach Skin, Cypress Leaf, Lingling, and Aoki Incense. Bathing with five perfumes can play a wonderful role in removing evil spirits, removing the three corpses, removing filth, and summoning true spirits. Taoist bathing requires washing away the dirt on the body, that is to say, washing the body, and even more so washing the dirt of the soul, that is, washing the heart. Therefore, five perfumes should be used for bathing.

After the Taoist priest finished explaining, he also walked to the compound, and the Taoist priest continued to lead Zhang Yi to a small room in the middle.

After entering, Zhang Yi found a portrait, an incense table, three futons and a few chairs in this hut. The portrait depicts an old man with white beard, white eyebrows and white hair, very kind eyebrows and kind eyes, his eyes reveal a kind of wise man's light, one hand caress the white beard, the other hand holds the jade Ruyi, riding a green ox.

At this time, the Taoist priest asked Zhang Yi to kneel on the futon in front of the portrait, and the Taoist priest also knelt with him. The Taoist priest lit three incense sticks and said: "The ancestor is above, and the disciple grandson "Qingshan" is here to accept Zhang Yi as an apprentice, please ask the ancestor to learn clearly. After that, after the Taoist priest inserted the incense, he bowed three times and bowed to the portrait, and turned his head to see Zhang Yi in a daze.

"Come and worship, why are you stunned!"

"Oooh" (⊙_⊙)

Zhang Yi came back to his senses, followed the example of the Taoist priest of Qingshan, and bowed down. After worshipping, Daoist Qingshan looked at the three-pillar incense that continued to burn and said, "Well, Master Zu agrees with you." After speaking, he bowed to Master Zu again.

After that, the Taoist priest of Qingshan pulled a chair and sat on it and said to Zhang Yi: "My Taoist name is Qingshan, I accept you as a disciple today, and teach you what I have learned, you must use this ability in the future, eliminate evil for the way, relieve the world, and do not forget the original intention. ”

Zhang Yi said loudly: "Know! The disciples will remember the Master's teachings. ”

"Okay, let's make tea!"

Zhang Yi stood up, picked up the tea that Qingshan Taoist had prepared on the table early in the morning, knelt on the futon and respectfully handed it over. Qingshan Taoist priest took Zhang Yi's tea and took a sip.

At this point, Zhang Yi has really become the apprentice of the Taoist priest of Qingshan.