Zhang Zhao didn't feel that there was anything wrong with him after returning from the competition, and he still went to Elder Gu to practice for a while after finishing his work every day. The elders of Yangxian Hall have been in Lingxiao for many years, but they feel that this matter is a bit unreasonable, Zhang Zhao's contribution to the door is not small, which means that he alone saved several business income for Lingxiao. It's been almost a month since he came back, but I haven't heard him mention any reward.

On this day, Zhang Zhao left after delivering the meal, and Deng Chun, who was the elder of the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, said: "How do I think this is a little wrong, Zhang Zhao saved so much silver for our Lingxiao, how can there be a movement." ”

Sheng Jin didn't think about it: "Then it goes without saying, it must be that the gang of people in the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall bullied Zhang Zhaochu when he first arrived, and they didn't understand the rules of our Lingxiao, so they withheld the reward." ”

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. That night, Elder Meng finished settling accounts in the miscellaneous hall and was about to leave, when a figure flashed in front of him, and he looked up to see that it was Pang Feiyang standing in front of him.

"Senior Brother Pang, what a rare guest, how can you have time to come to me?" Elder Meng really didn't think of what he was doing here.

Pang Feiyang's voice was cold: "Feiyang has something unclear, I want to ask Senior Brother Meng, does Senior Brother Meng know that Zhang Zhao saved our Lingxiao five years of meat money for the competition?"

Senior Brother Meng was surprised when he heard this: "Yo, why is Senior Brother Pang also here for this?" He finished what he said to the fat master again, and then added: "I have also said it to Senior Brother Fang, but it really can't be done, I let Zhang Zhao be promoted from a miscellaneous disciple to a disciple of the Fourth Hall of Outer Martial Arts......" When the voice did not fall and looked up, Pang Feiyang had disappeared.

Pang Feiyang returned to Yangxian Hall, and the elders who guessed where he was going asked one after another, Pang Feiyang told the truth, hearing that Lingxiao was facing such a predicament, the elders also sighed, and when Pang Feiyang said that Elder Meng intended to promote Zhang Zhao as a personal disciple, the elders were silent.

In the past few months, Zhang Zhao has not only brought a variety of delicacies to Yangxian Hall, but also made the elders like dead trees in spring, although they know that becoming a personal disciple must be better than a miscellaneous disciple who kills pigs and delivers food, all the elders think about it but feel that they are connected, and they are reluctant to leave Zhang Zhao.

After being silent for a long time, Leng Pingyuan opened his mouth first: "Although we are not reluctant, we can't delay Zhang Zhao's future because of our old guys." ”

Sheng Jin retorted loudly: "What is the meaning of delaying the future, what's the good of becoming a disciple of the family? It's not the same every day to run outside, maybe there is danger, you don't all come over like that." ”

Seeing that no one echoed him, Sheng Jin also felt a little unreasonable, and muttered to himself: "It's a big deal, let's teach him something and make up for it." ”

After he whispered this, all the elders turned their eyes to him, Sheng Jin was stared at with hair, and shook his hand again and again: "Alas, I'm afraid of you, if you want him to go, let him go, don't stare at me." ”

"Sheng Datou, what did you just say?" Leng Pingyuan asked.

Sheng Jin said loudly word by word: "I-say-I-I'm afraid-you-you, you-you-want to ......" Deng Chun next to him interrupted: "It's not this sentence, the previous sentence." ”

After thinking about it, Sheng Jin said: "I said it's a big deal, let's teach him something to make up for it." After speaking, he suddenly woke up and slapped the table: "Yes, let's take him." ”

The more he spoke, the louder he became: "We are reluctant to let Zhang Zhao be, and we don't want to let him be a miscellaneous disciple for us." Aren't we raising the leisure hall? There are still jade plaques hanging in the side hall, we are also one of the halls of Lingxiao, if this Zhang Zhao enters our door, won't he become a personal disciple?"

The elders glanced at each other, and their expressions relaxed. Leng Pingyuan nodded: "I think the idea of Sheng Datou sounds good." We accepted Zhang Zhao, he didn't leave Yangxian Hall, and he could learn something, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone. ”

Shu Jiuling raised his voice a little and said, "Then which of us will take him as an apprentice?"

Hearing this, everyone unanimously turned their eyes to the hall, and if there was anyone in this room who was most qualified to accept disciples, it was none other than Pang Feiyang.

Pang Feiyang looked at everyone's gaze but shook his head: "I can't, I have rejected many children and nephews of the same family over the years, and my popularity in Lingxiao is not good, I can't let Zhang Zhao be ignored outside because of me." ”

His idea was really thoughtful, and everyone discussed a few words, and decided to nominate the eldest Liu Feng to come forward to accept Zhang Zhao as an apprentice. Although Liu Feng has no disciples under his knees, he is kind in the deacon hall on weekdays, and he has always had a good reputation in the door. Although he didn't have any close friends, he never heard of anyone who had a grudge against him.

The matter was decided, Pang Feiyang went to Elder Meng again the next day, and after listening to the decision of the elders of Yangxian Hall, Elder Meng also felt good, and of course nodded in agreement. Liu Feng's acceptance of Zhang Zhao was decided.

After a few days, Zhang Zhao brought food over in the morning, and saw that all the elders were sitting upright, even Sheng Jin was not as casual as usual, he felt that the atmosphere was a little solemn, and he didn't know what was going on, when he looked at Sheng Jin, Sheng Jin secretly winked at him, and Zhang Zhao guessed that there was nothing bad about him.

He was about to open the food box when he heard Deng Chun say loudly: "Zhang Zhao, don't be busy eating, you can come over first." ”

Zhang Zhao approached according to his words, Deng Chunyuan was an elder of the Miscellaneous Hall, and he knew this set of etiquette very well, he raised his voice and said: "Zhang Zhangzhao, since you entered the Lingxiao, you have a gentle temperament, handle things decently, and have made a great contribution to the Lingxiao, and the elders of the Yangxian Hall have praised you, so if you want to promote you to the Yangxian Hall as a personal disciple, are you willing?"

Zhang Zhao didn't understand what was going on, Sheng Jin couldn't help but say beside him: "Old Deng, what are you doing so much trouble, Zhang Zhao, that's the case, we think you're good, this time you saved us a lot of money Lingxiao, we have discussed it with Elder Meng, and we plan to let you officially get started and become a personal disciple of our Yangxian Hall." ”

This time Zhang Zhao roughly understood, but he still asked: "What is the difference between a personal disciple and a miscellaneous disciple?"

"That's a big difference. After the miscellaneous disciples get started, they just do some chores in the door, and they don't teach magic and martial arts, because they don't have a formal apprenticeship, and when they see their seniors, they are also called elders, and you are like this now. After apprenticeship, even if everyone is officially in the same class, they must be called uncle and uncle when they meet. Sheng Jin ignored Deng Chun's angry gaze and took the initiative to explain.

Deng Chun saw that he was endless, and hurriedly grabbed the conversation: "That's it, are you willing?"

Zhang Zhao was still a little confused, but when he looked around and saw that all the elders were smiling and nodding at him, he nodded happily: "That's okay, of course I'm willing." ”

Deng Chun pointed at Liu Feng: "Senior Brother Liu is the oldest among us, and he is also of good character. We agreed that Senior Brother Liu would take you as an apprentice. ”

Zhang Zhao looked at Liu Feng, and saw Liu Feng's old god sitting upright with squinting eyes, and his left hand flicked the long hair under his chin, which was quite immortal. Sheng Jin looked at Liu Feng's appearance and couldn't help but speak: "Old Liu, don't you pretend, okay?" Didn't you say last night that you would be a nominal master, and everyone would teach him some skills to defend himself, hurry up and let him perform the apprenticeship ceremony, let's have a good meal." ”

Liu Feng's momentum suddenly stagnated, and he opened his mouth to refute Sheng Jin, but after thinking about it, he lost his identity, and snorted lightly in his nose to show his disdain.

Deng Chun said with a smile: "Zhang Zhao, let's keep everything simple, you go and kowtow to Senior Brother Liu three times, toast a cup of tea, and this teacher will be finished." ”

Zhang Zhao listened for a while: "It's morning, I didn't bring those milk teas." ”

Sheng Jin was really impatient: "You don't have to wait until the evening, you don't have porridge in your food box, you can give a bowl to Lao Liu, and this matter is over." ”

It was originally a formality, and all the elders nodded in agreement, Zhang Zhao filled a bowl of rice soup and presented it to Liu Feng with both hands, knelt on his knees, and kowtowed to Liu Feng respectfully, and Deng Chun shouted on the side.

"With a bow, the Lingxiao Immortal Dao has entered from here. ”

"Two kowtows, the teacher's grace is deep and lifelong follow. ”

"Three kowtows, cultivate the magic to shine the sect. ”

Licheng got up. ”

Liu Feng drank the rice soup dry, and even if Zhang Zhao officially worshipped Liu Feng as his teacher, he changed the names of the elders. Sheng Jin shouted: "It's not enough, hurry up and serve the rice." ”

After breakfast, Liu Fengchu had to teach a few words as a teacher: "Zhang Zhao, we are all disciples of the twenty-eighth generation of Lingxiao, and from today on, you are the twenty-ninth generation disciple of my Lingxiao Yangxian Hall." After speaking, he thought about it and said: "You are also the chief disciple of this generation of Yangxian Hall, you should discipline yourself in the future, and don't fall into the reputation of our Yangxian Hall." ”

Zhang Zhao didn't understand the meaning of this chief disciple, so he casually agreed. Regardless of the five mysteries and nine secludeds, as long as the sect is established and the branch hall is established, the chief disciples of each hall and each pavilion are the leaders of the future gate. On weekdays, it is also the focus of cultivation in the sect. There are now seven elders in Yangxian Hall, Zhang Zhao is the only disciple, and the title of chief disciple is well-deserved.

As Zhang Zhao packed up the dishes and chopsticks and left at Liu Feng's signal, the initiation ceremony of the chief disciple included in the Yangxian Hall was hastily completed without the portrait of the patriarch, without other halls watching the ceremony, and without both the master and apprentice fasting. From beginning to end, Zhang Zhao didn't think that this ceremony was anything important, and he didn't know that now he had become one of the few first disciples of the Lingxiao Pavilion.

Although the fat master knew the news and was happy for Zhang Zhao, he shouted loudly: "It's still my head slowing down, those old guys in Yangxian Hall are really thinking about it, boy, you can't be the chief disciple and won't come to help me." ”

Zhang Zhao smiled and said: "I don't think there's any difference, besides, no matter what I do, I will come here to help, fat master, didn't you say, I was born to do this." ”

These words made the fat master feel comfortable, and he regretted that he was taken the lead by Yangxiantang. "I'll have to ask Lao Meng in a while, if I can let you also join my back kitchen as a personal disciple. ”

Elder Gu was equally happy when he found out: "Zhang Zhao, I didn't expect that you had become a personal disciple in less than a year since you came to Lingxiao, and you were also the chief disciple of Yangxian Hall, and no one had ever had this treatment in all these years. ”

Zhang Zhao still didn't understand what this chief disciple was doing, and he asked, "Uncle Gu, what is the use of this chief disciple?

Elder Gu was surprised: "What's the use, even if it is the nephew of the elder of the previous generation of Lingxiao, he has to be a miscellaneous disciple in the sect for three years before he can be considered an official entry. In each hall and each court, there is only one chief disciple in each generation. ”

He calculated: "In Lingxiao's generation now, there are only nine chief disciples counting you. Isn't that a good idea?"

Zhang Zhao suddenly remembered something: "Uncle Gu, if I am the chief disciple of Yangxian Hall, will I not be able to receive the immortal crystal in the back kitchen anymore?"

Elder Gu shook his head and said, "I don't know about this either. However, I haven't heard of any chief disciple who still receives two annual salaries. When Zhang Zhaozheng regretted in his heart, he listened to him continue: "The chief disciple is a piece of medium-grade immortal crystal a year, ten times your original size, you have not practiced magic at a young age, it should be enough, what are you doing with the piece of low-grade immortal crystal in the back kitchen?"

Zhang Zhao shouted: "One medium-grade immortal crystal a year?" He stepped forward and pulled Elder Gu and asked, "As the chief disciple, one medium-grade immortal crystal a year?"

Elder Gu nodded: "Of course, for the sake of fairness, our chief disciple is only ten times more than the miscellaneous servant in a year. As soon as his words fell, Zhang Zhao jumped up and cheered: "I have a medium-grade immortal crystal a year, which can be exchanged for 100,000 taels of silver." ”

Becoming the chief disciple is not comparable to the significance of a medium-grade immortal crystal in the sect, not to mention that the rest of the disciples usually either meditate and practice, or practice martial arts hard. Immortal crystals are only used to nourish qi and improve, and it is not Zhang Zhao's idea of exchanging them for silver taels at all.

Elder Gu frowned slightly: "How can there be a reason to exchange immortal crystals for silver?" Now that you have officially entered the door, I can also teach you some more things, each hall and its own pavilion, and you can basically meet any needs you have, this is what you should be happy about." ”

An immortal crystal had already made Zhang Zhao excited, and when he heard that there were other benefits, he hurriedly asked. Elder Gu was very patient: "If the disciple feels that the exercises of the elder in the sect are suitable for him, he will generally not be rejected if he asks for guidance, which will add a lot of ways to learn, and he can also go to the Tianshu Pavilion of the Divine Weapon Pavilion with the jade card to make talismans and practice weapons, and go to the Scripture Pavilion to get the classics." ”

Speaking of the Jing Pavilion Elder Gu sighed and said, "Although Ling Xiao has changed a little in the past few decades, there are still too many things to do, and there are too few books in the Jing Pavilion, and there are no useful scriptures. ”

Zhang Zhaoxi raised his eyebrows slightly: "It turns out that there are so many benefits, I should just change the name." Uncle Gu, where is that jade plaque?"

Elder Gu smiled: "That thing is naturally in your Cultivation Hall, you can go back and ask." Come, today I will teach you one more Qiankun knife technique. ”

After Zhang Zhaoxin learned a style of "Hengduan Qiankun", he quickly ran back to Yangxian Hall, and asked loudly when he entered the door: "Master, where is my jade plate?"

Before Liu Feng could answer, Sheng Jin stretched out his hand and pointed behind him: "Right there, there is a piece that is different from other brands, it is yours." ”

On the north wall of the side hall of Yangxian Hall, there is a huge wooden frame, which is made of black pine, and the lattice of the wooden frame is dense from bottom to top, and there are pieces of crystal jade cards inside, these jade cards look bigger than Zhang Zhao's jade cards for beginner disciples, exuding a faint luster.

Zhang Zhao hadn't paid attention to it before, he quickly stepped forward and took out a piece from the lattice below, which was engraved with three words "Yangxian Tang", and in the lower corner of the jade plate, there were two small words "Personal" , Zhang Zhao gently put it back, and reached out to the lattice on the upper layer, the jade plate taken out was exactly the same as the one just now, he picked up his toes and groped, there was only one jade plate in the long grid of the second layer, and it was very different from the first two pieces, the jade card was warm and moist, and the whole brand was covered with a turquoise halo like mist, which was not ordinary at first glance, and it was also engraved with the words of Yangxiantang, but the two words in the lower corner were "chief".

Zhang Zhao gently took the jade plaque in his hand and turned it back to the main hall, Liu Feng asked with a smile: "Zhang Zhao, what are you in a hurry to find this jade plaque?"

Looking at this crystal green jade plaque, Zhang Zhao raised his head and asked something that several elders did not expect. "Then from this year onwards, will my annual income be a medium-grade immortal crystal?"

Liu Feng said: "It should be." ”

Deng Chun shook his head: "Why do you kid think about that bit of immortal crystal, that thing can't be eaten as food." ”

Zhang Zhao hesitated for a moment and said, "I always feel that if I save more immortal crystals, my heart will be more steady." ”

Liu Feng taught: "Zhang Zhao, you can enter the Lingxiao, with these opportunities, if you practice hard, you will gain the Great Dao of Enlightenment in the future, how can it be compared to a few pieces of immortal crystals." ”

Zhang Zhao asked, "Master, what am I going to learn now?"

Liu Feng pondered for a moment: "You and Senior Brother Gu have learned the sword technique, and you will know some methods of practicing the body, these things are all martial arts, since Senior Brother Pang also said that you have entered the lower three realms, as a teacher, I will pass on your Ten Thousand Spirits Technique, gather qi and attract spirits." ”

The martial arts techniques above the five mysteries are complicated, and the Ten Thousand Spirits Technique that Liu Feng said is the one with the largest number of practitioners and the most widely known Qi Gathering Technique. It is not difficult to practice, and after Dacheng, you can practice the five elements at the same time, although the entry is very slow, it is a decent choice.

In the following days, Liu Feng explained the Wanling Jue to Zhang Zhao sentence by sentence, pointed out the direction of the meridians in his body for him, and taught him the experience of gathering qi, and Zhang Zhao also remembered it one by one. To the surprise of the elders of Yangxian Hall, ordinary disciples can feel some weak air currents in their bodies after practicing for a month, but Zhang Zhao has been practicing the Ten Thousand Spirits Technique for more than two months but still has no progress.

On this day, everyone saw Zhang Zhao out, and Sheng Jin couldn't help but ask: "This kid doesn't look like a stupid person no matter how he looks at it, why is he so slow to enter the realm by cultivating the Ten Thousand Souls." Lao Liu, it can't be that there is something wrong with you when you teach. ”

Liu Feng was furious when he heard this: "Fart, grand head, I don't dare to say other exercises, I have been enlightened in half my life, and I have gathered qi to form in one year, and it took less than thirty years to cultivate to the top of the Three Flowers, although it can't be compared with those amazing and envious characters, it can't be considered slow, right?"

Sheng Jin was speechless, thought about it and retorted in a low voice: "It's not faster, it's better than cultivation." ”

Liu Feng was even more angry when he heard this: "What about the refinement, there are thousands of wood-based spiritual things in the world, but I can distinguish the names one by one, identify the grass and trees Gengling, I, Liu Feng, report the second, which one dares to call the first?"

When Sheng Jin heard this, he had something to say: "Lao Liu, what do you say we are practicing the exercises for?"

Liu Feng said: "Of course, it is to improve the cultivation and have a place in the door." ”

"Then let me ask you, in the commentaries on the sect, can there be an item to distinguish the age of the species?"

When Liu Feng heard this, he understood, and said dejectedly: "It's really not." ”

Sheng Jin didn't continue, the two of them fell silent, except for Deng Chun, the elders of Yangxian Hall can be said to be good at cultivating the exercises, Shu Jiuling and Cheng Yanzi focus on the art of looking at qi and contemplating the heart, and Sheng Jin is good at the art of forging. Liu Feng likes to identify ancient trees and vines, and Leng Pingyuan is overjoyed when he sees strange mountains and stones, except for Pang Feiyang's technical attack skills are the best in the faction, ranking first in the Eagle Hall, and several other people are regarded as not doing their jobs.

Pang Feiyang was not practicing the Ten Thousand Souls Formula, and pondered for a moment and said: "When I chose the Formula that day, the Master once said that although the Ten Thousand Souls Formula is broad and profound, it is not difficult to practice, but although it is easy to feel the qi, it is extremely slow to feel the spirit into the body, and once the practitioner falls asleep and stops the operation of the formula, the spiritual energy will slowly dissipate from the body. ”

He looked at Liu Feng and said, "Everyone has different ways of cultivating spells, I think maybe Zhang Zhao is still young and lacks experience, and he can't feel what the aura around his body is, so he can't draw qi into his body for a long time." ”

These words made everyone nod their heads again and again, and among the various sects and sects of the Five Xuans, there are often some disciples who practice spells much slower than others, and once they become enlightened, they will advance by leaps and bounds. Although Zhang Zhao didn't look like he could soar into the sky, what Pang Feiyang said still gave the elders some expectations.

Zhang Zhao saw some clues in the eyes of the elders, and he felt that it might be that his cultivation speed was too slow and did not meet the expectations of the elders. So Zhang Zhao returned to the hut every night to concentrate, and his mind followed Liu Feng's instructions to run his whole body.

He transformed the golden light into the eight veins of the Qi Sutra of his body, and even the smallest places were deliberately swam countless times, and after confirming the various statements obtained from the elders of Yangxian Hall and the fat master of the ancient elders, Zhang Zhao still did not notice the slightest sign of breath flow in his body.

Although the progress is not satisfactory, Zhang Zhao has been practicing the Ten Thousand Souls Technique meditation, but the number of golden words in his mind has increased rapidly, and there are only ten golden words when he comes back from the Baimu Competition, and it has increased by eight in just a few months, and the first two sentences of the requiem mantra have been completed.

Zhang Zhao felt that it was useless to have these extra words, and the ability to perceive other people's emotions made him even more disliked. Because every time Liu Feng asked him about the progress of cultivating the Ten Thousand Souls Technique, although the smiles on everyone's faces remained unchanged. When Zhang Zhao was concentrating on the investigation, he understood the disappointed emotions of the elders of Yangxian Hall one by one and felt the same way.