At three o'clock in the afternoon, Guo Jia and Zheng Zilong came to the living room of Qingyang Daoren, and the two of them were taken aback when they saw the white rat spirit on the ground, and Zhou Kui hurriedly explained the reason to the two senior brothers.

"Senior Brother Zhou is really not an idle person, he subdued a spirit beast when he first arrived, and the future is terrifying!" Guo Jia pretended to admire and said.

Zheng Zilong watched the white rat spirit burrow into Zhou Kui's clothes without any scruples, and his eyebrows couldn't help but wrinkle.

"Okay, now that everyone has arrived, then the teacher will announce Senior Brother Zhou's cultivation tasks and time schedule next."

Guo Jia, Zheng Zilong, and Zhou Kui stood in a row, all saluting the master, and waiting for the master to speak respectfully.

"Master is going to teach me the ability to draw talismans and slay demons!" Zhou Kui recalled the scene of the Taoist priest slaying demons and destroying demons that he had seen in film and television works before, and couldn't help but think about it.

Qingyang Daoist seemed to see through Zhou Kui's thoughts, he cleared his throat and said in a calm tone: "Senior Brother Zhou's body is weak, and strengthening your body is your first priority after you get started. ”

Guo Jia added with understanding: "Master's meaning is that your body is too thin, it is impossible to teach you the ability of real swords and guns right now, you have to start with the basic skills, only when the basic skills are solid, the master will teach you some basic spells." ”

Zhou Kui asked with a little disappointment: "May I ask Master, what does basic skill mean?" ”

Qingyang Daoist took a sip of tea and patiently explained: "The so-called basic skills are the skills that every newcomer who has just entered the sect must firmly master, which is the premise for you to learn spells. ”

"When I first entered the master's gate, I had to run 20 kilometers of mountain roads every morning, listen to the teachings of the old master in the afternoon, and practice drawing talismans in my living room at night, often from dusk to dawn the next day, and this life lasted for three years, until I passed the master's entrance examination, and the master officially taught me the spell."

After listening to the words of the second senior brother Zheng Zilong, Zhou Kui couldn't help but feel cold in his heart: "I still have to take exams, I hate exams the most in my life!" According to the second senior brother, only after passing the entrance examination will the master teach me spells and other skills, which is really tricky! ”

Qingyang Daoist put down the teacup and said to Zhou Kui in a serious tone: "In addition to the training content that your second senior brother just said, the teacher will also assign you some additional tasks. ”

"Huh?" Zhou Kui couldn't help but exclaim.

"If Senior Brother Zhou can't accept it, you can quit as soon as possible, and Senior Brother will send you down the mountain!" Guo Jia deliberately stimulated Zhou Kui.

"Master, please say, the apprentice will never refuse!" Zhou Kui said this, but he was 10,000 unwilling in his heart.

Qingyang Dao looked at Guo Jia and Zheng Zilong and smiled, and he waved his hand to signal the two senior brothers to withdraw first.

"I see that you are impatient and lack enough patience, so I ordered you to get up and meditate for two hours every morning when the rooster crows and dawn, and after the meditation is over, you have to go to the back mountain to fetch water for the head and the masters to wash, and the teacher will arrange it for the teacher."

"You have a faucet in your room, why do you want me to fetch water?" Zhou Kui complained in his heart with some dissatisfaction.

Qingyang Daoist continued: "Your second senior brother has been running the mountain road for three years, twenty kilometers a day, but the teacher feels that twenty kilometers is too little to achieve the purpose of cultivation. ”

"Twenty kilometers is not enough?" The corners of Zhou Kui's mouth twitched slightly.

Qingyang Daoist approached the bookcase against the wall, took out a map from the cabinet, and spread it flat on the coffee table.

"Zilong's route is from the northeast gate of the Heavenly Master's Mansion, all the way up, to the Sky Peak, and then along a winding cliff into the Meridian Valley, through the Meridian Valley to the Black Bamboo Forest, and finally from the Black Bamboo Forest back and forth, just twenty kilometers back and forth. The route I added to you is the distance from the Black Bamboo Forest to the Savage Valley of Broken Dragon Mountain, which adds up to a total of more than seventy kilometers. ”

Zhou Kui couldn't help but shudder: "I didn't expect the intensity of cultivation to be so strong, can I afford it?" ”

Even the white rat spirit couldn't listen to it anymore, he got out of Zhou Kui's shirt and complained to Qingyang Daoren: "I said long, such a long distance, the car has to walk for more than an hour, not to mention the difficult mountain road that is inaccessible, don't you let people run with their lives?" ”

Qingyang Daoist didn't care about the words of the white rat spirit, he looked at Zhou Kui, and asked with a torch in his eyes: "If you can stick to it on the first day, there must be no problem in the following days, can you be enlightened?" ”

Zhou Kui gritted his teeth and thought: "Regardless of his three-seven-twenty-one, now he has to bite the bullet!" ”

"Master, don't worry, I, Zhou Kui, will definitely be able to finish the race!"

The white rat spirit widened his eyes, he climbed onto Zhou Kui's shoulder, and said with a look of disbelief: "My lord, this trip is seventy kilometers down, one hundred and forty kilometers back and forth, let alone in the morning, even if you run until the evening, you won't be able to come back!" ”

Zhou Kui glanced at the white rat spirit, and said in a firm tone: "I have made up my mind, Lao Bai doesn't need to persuade again!" ”

The white rat spirit shook his head and sighed, he reluctantly got into Zhou Kui's shirt, and finally dropped a sentence: "If you are tired and die in the middle of the road, don't blame me for not persuading you!" ”

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At dawn the next day, Zhou Kui finished meditating, and under the guidance of his senior brother, he went to the back mountain to pick up a few large buckets of water, and stumbled to the door of the residence of the old master and several other masters.

"Master, I'm ready!"

Seeing that Zhou Kui was ready to go, Qingyang Daoist nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, I'll take you to the Northeast Gate now!" ”

When he was about to reach his destination, Guo Jia, who was accompanying him, asked in a concerned tone: "Have you brought all the water and dry food?" ”

"Thank you, brother, I'm ready."

When he returned to the room last night, Guo Jia specially came to Zhou Kui's room with a bag of water and snacks, and advised: "According to your own needs, bring some water and food, so as not to go hungry on the road." By the way, there are many weeds and thorns on the mountain road, so I will give you a woodcutter, which can be used to defend yourself even if you encounter wild beasts on the road. ”

Zhou Kui patted the yellow cloth bag on his shoulder, Guo Jia nodded, and didn't say anything more.

Qingyang Daoist approached the northeast gate and asked the two little Taoist boys guarding the door to pull out the latch.

"Senior Brother Zhou, this is the teacher's mobile phone, you take it with you, if you encounter danger, please contact your senior brother and second senior brother in time."

Zhou Kui took the phone and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that the battery was at full capacity.

"By the way, Master, if there is no signal in the deep mountains and old forests, how can I contact you?" Zhou Kui said with some sorrow.

Qingyang Daoist raised the corners of his mouth, looked at the towering and undulating mountains in the distance, and said solemnly: "Then it depends on your creation!" ”

Bidding farewell to his master and elder brother, Zhou Kui embarked on a long journey of cultivation.

According to the route prescribed by the master, after Zhou Kui left the northeast gate of the Heavenly Master's Mansion, he had to continue to climb more than 500 meters to climb to the highest peak of Lingyun Mountain.

But as soon as he got out of the gate, Zhou Kui was dumbfounded, because the way up the mountain was only a cliff with an almost vertical slope, and the cliff was overgrown with vines and thorns.

"I'll go, how can you climb such a steep slope? Brother Zhou Kui, you better give up as soon as possible! ”

Zhou Kui looked up, the towering cliff wall reached the sky, and the white clouds and mist were wrapped around the cliff, adding to the mysterious atmosphere of the Sky Peak.

"Lao Bai, you quickly get into my shirt, since I promised Master, I must do it!"

The white rat spirit glanced at Zhou Kui speechlessly, and had no choice but to burrow into the inner pocket of Zhou Kui's jacket.

Before starting the climb, Zhou Kui first tested the hardness of the vines with his hands.

"It's pretty sturdy!"

Zhou Kui often climbed trees when he was a child, and he recalled his skills to climb trees and moved up step by step.

The higher he climbed, the thinner the air became, and Zhou Kui felt a little difficult to breathe after climbing for a few minutes.

"It's so cold!"

Legend has it that the peak of the Sky Peak is covered with snow all year round, and the temperature above it is several degrees lower than the surface.

The frightened Zhou Kui cheered up and rested for a while, he continued to cling to the vines and protruding rocks, and launched an attack on the Sky Peak.

As the sky brightened, the sun tore through the clouds and sprinkled on the mountains, and the clouds that shrouded the cliffs began to gradually dissipate.

Zhou Kui gritted his teeth and struggled to climb in one go, he endured the pain of being scratched by thorns, and had only one thought in his heart: to climb to the top of the Sky Peak!