. At the beginning of the day after the snow, a thin cloud lingers in the secluded forest between the mountains.

At this time, the trees on the mountain shimmer like crystals in the snow.

Maoshan Zhaoxue, wrapped in silver, fog and pine, the sky is high and the clouds are light, and the faint clouds and smoke are dyed in the clear and clear sky............

Or maybe the sun is shining, and the mountains and forests are full of ideals that are ready to go. Listening to the Taoist fairy music in silence, there is a feeling of "flowers flying to the Buddha land for 3,000 miles, and people are on the twelfth floor of Yao Chi"!

This small mountain village at the foot of Maoshan Mountain did not exist originally, but later the people of the sect gathered more, and a small village was formed. Most of them have lived here for generations, but each one of them will leave the village after the art is completed to help some people in need in the world.

There is a couplet hanging high at the front gate of the village: Yin and Yang do not stay at the end of life, and life is sad in Xuanhuangkong.

Peaceful, the people in the village have become accustomed to this monotonous life. But today, the otherwise peaceful village is noisy.

............

"Xiao Rin, today is the day for you to apprentice, you have to be ready, one day as a teacher and a father for life. Although it is not as particular as in ancient times, the rules of the Qing Sect on Maoshan must also be followed!"

The old man is the head of this village and the head of the entire Shangqing faction.

It can be said that in the mysterious realm of the whole world, he is also a Taishan Beidou-type figure. Originally, if he wanted to accept disciples, he had to post a post to recruit Taoist friends from all over the world, and only after everyone arrived would he open the ancestral hall and present the nameplate.

But for Xiao Rin, it won't last long, according to the old man's estimates, she will fall into a complete sleep in another week at most.

So the old man just issued a notice to the world, but he was not invited. Just ask the elders of the same clan and village to be a witness, and simply complete the original cumbersome etiquette.

A dozen old men with white hair and goosebumps sat on the side. The cloudy eyes narrowed slightly, watching quietly, they were the elders of Maoshan to witness this apprenticeship ceremony.

"I, Lin Nianying, would like to accept you as an apprentice today, would you like to?"

"Disciple Xiao Rin, meet the master. ”

Under the gaze of all the seniors, Xiao Rin bowed three times and bowed to the old man, which was considered a ceremony.

"Good, good...... In the future, you will be the third disciple of the Qing Sect on Maoshan Mountain. The notice has been issued, if you turn your back on the teacher in the future, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed. Five thunders were sent down to extinguish three souls, and a yin fire was raised to burn seven spirits. Lin Lao helped the weak girl in front of him, and the words that turned forward were not intimidation, but a curse that had been passed down for a long time and indeed had an example.

According to legend, a few decades ago, Dongying people sneaked into Maoshan and used various means to worship the mountain gate. But as soon as he entered the door, after taking the oath, five thunderbolts fell from the sky, and yin fire rose from the ground, completely destroying him. After Maoshan went through layers of investigation, he found out that this was a Dongying person, and he was going to subvert Maoshan when he entered the master's door!

"Nianying, the disciples accepted this time are good, let's train them well. Among some of the elders who were invited, an old man who was obviously over 100 years old said. His body was very leaning on the building, but the occasional ray of light in his cloudy eyes could pierce through the Nine Shadows and look directly at the underworld!

"What Elder Li said is that Nian Ying remembers. "In the face of these old men in the door, even if he is the head of the door, he is very polite.

It's so simple, even if the apprenticeship is completed, it can be regarded as setting a record for the Qing Sect on Maoshan Mountain.

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"Grandpa Lin~~~"

"Rin-chan, just call me master. ”

"Isn't this confused with Master Yi, and...... Don't you have a relationship with Grandpa Yi's peers? Isn't your master a generation lower than him?"

"Nothing to do, these are some external things, and there is no need to worry about them. ”

"Yes, master~~~~" Hearing this, Xiao Rin raised his little face and showed a big smile.

"Your situation is a bit special, now I will pass on a secret technique to open up the soul in the secret record of the Shangqing Sect of Maoshan Shangqing Sect "Shangqing Cave Xuanzhen Sutra". After the old man finished speaking, he pointed at Xiao Rin's forehead Baihui acupoint.

Knowledge, mystery...... Endless knowledge, weird mysteries...... It's about a kind of cultivation method!

Different from the cultivation of the national arts, which focuses on the body, the secret method of this cultivation is very obscure and mysterious. What is revealed is something mysterious and incredible............ Offering a 'god' of self in your heart.

・・・・・・

"This is the 'Cultivation of the Spirit'. You have to seriously visualize a deity in your mind and let it erase the boundary between spirit and body for you. ”

"You have already attained spiritual power, and the most difficult level for ordinary people has been passed, and the next step is to expand the path that leads to the depths of your soul and the sea of your soul. In this way, he can quickly obtain the spiritual power that others have worked hard to seize from heaven and earth. "This is an absolutely strong advantage, which is why the old man who is about to die will say that he has accepted a good apprentice.

"Master, what about all the knowledge that suddenly comes out of your head?"

"It's still early, you just need to find out. ”

The old man smiled a little bitterly, the future of this apprentice is promising, but ...... No one can say what the final result will be...... If you don't become a Buddha, you become a demon, and it's too difficult to keep a dull thing for a long time!

All I can do is to guide her as much as possible and guide her to the road that is sad, but there is still a little warmth on the way.

That's all I can do for her!

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Very calm little village, very magical little village.

Located at the foot of Maoshan Mountain, it is very small, with only about 100 residents, and most of them are related to each other. I don't know why, ordinary people don't find this place, and even this area seems to disappear out of thin air on the map of China......

Everyone lived peacefully, and was not disturbed by the Qing Sect on Maoshan at all.

No, it should be said that it is habitual. Among the hundreds of people, about 100 people are members of the Shangqing Sect, and the rest are also relatives of the sect. If you find any person in the village, he will have one or two magical skills.

Or fortune telling or divination......... Although I don't know if it is spiritual, it is very convincing!

Walking slowly on a small road, Xiao Rin silently looked not far away...... On the flat gravel path in the village, a group of small children are playing. These children held white snowflakes in their hands, laughed happily, chased each other, and played happily even if they were hit............

"Sister Rin~~~~ You can also play in a group. Several **-year-old children jumped over and hugged Xiao Rin, using their hands and feet together, all trying to stick to Xiao Rin's body.

"Yes, yes, Xiaohong likes Sister Rin the most, I don't want Xiaomin's guys to always tease me~~~~" A little girl wearing a small red flower dress, a slender melon seed face is dotted with a pair of big watery eyes, and the little girl with red cheeks on both sides hugged Xiao Rin's slender waist, and her little face was still rubbing against her waist.........

"Did you little guys sneak out without doing your homework~~~ Be careful, I asked Mr. Chen to arrest you all and copy the books!!" Picking up the little girl who was already hanging on him, Xiao Rin glared, pretending to be fierce, and threatened viciously.

"I'm not afraid, Sister Rin is the best~~~~"

"I hug it too, I want to hug it too~~~~"

"No, Sister Rin is mine!"

"No! Sister Rin must be mine, and you are not allowed to rob it. It was like someone else was going to snatch their favorite toy, the little girl named Xiaohong hugged Xiao Rin's neck tightly and stuck out her tongue to her little friend and made a face.

"No, no, Sister Rin is everyone's!"

"It's ......"

"If you don't give, you don't give!"

Looking at a group of imps who had already begun to quarrel, Xiao Rin pressed his temples with a headache.

"Woo woo woo~~~~~ sister, sister, I want to hug me too~~~Ahh

This is a little girl who is about ** years old. His face was pale, his complexion was snow-white, and even his hair pupils were pale silvery-white............ If you want to talk about anything else, only the clothes on your body are black.

Because her body was too weak, she couldn't even squeeze these friends, so she had to pull the corner of her clothes and cry......

"Oh, Xiaoyu doesn't cry or cry~~~~ Sister hugs sister. ”

Holding the little guy in red in one hand and the all-white little girl in the other, Xiao Rin comforted in a panic. Although she comforted her very clumsily, the little girl really ate this set, and the tears that were about to fall in her red eyes disappeared suddenly.........

I saw her little hands covering her tears and wiping her tears, and after throwing herself into Xiao Rin's arms, she immediately glanced at the little friend who was still below with disdain, and then glanced at the little girl who was red all over her body defiantly.

Of course, she did all this very obscurely, and the friends below didn't notice it, and Xiao Rin didn't pay attention to it.

Only Xiaohong was so angry that she gritted her teeth!!

"Sister Rin, she pretended to cry~~~~ Don't hug her, don't hug her, just hug Xiaohong~~~~~"

"Little girl, this is not right, how can you say it, you see how sad Xiaoyu is crying, and you are a sister, Xiaoyu is a younger sister, and her health is not good, you have to let her!" Xiao Rin put the two little girls on the seats on the side of the road, and educated them very patiently.

"But it's ~~~ It's true, she's really pretending to cry!" was a little angry, Xiaohong blushed and hurriedly defended.

"Ah~~~~~~h

"Don't cry, don't cry, see how my sister teaches this unobedient Xiaohong. ”

"Reach out!"

"No!"

"If you don't stick it out, I'll call Mr., if he knows that you are bullying Xiaoyu......... Hmph, you know the consequences, it's not impossible to copy a hundred pages of scriptures~~~~"

"Ahh

"Papapa......" three times in a row, Xiao Rin didn't use any force.

But Xiaohong's big eyes were full of tears, and her little red face had already bulged into two small buns.

"Hmph, I hate Xiaoyu the most......" After speaking, Xiaohong made a grimace at Xiaoyu and ran to the little friend next to her.

"Xiaoyu is angry~~~~ Don't dislike your sister because of this time, Sister Xiaohong also likes Xiaoyu. The little face looked at Xiaohong who ran away, and persuaded the little girl next to her.

"Uh-huh~~~ Although my sister is very ignorant, Xiaoyu will forgive her. Sister Rin, don't worry!" said to Xiao Rin with a somewhat pale little face raised high.

Then, as if sad that her sister didn't like her, Xiaoyu's little head hung down...... A triumphant smile from an angle that Xiao Rin couldn't see!

・・・・・ some of these little ones are the children of the villagers, and some of them have been sent here from outside the world for various reasons.

It can be used as a resource for disciples, and it is also to prevent social stability from being destroyed by these uncertain factors.

Oh~~~ forgot to say it.

There is something peculiar about these little guys, especially the little ones sent from outside.

They can't survive among ordinary people, otherwise something bad will happen.

For example, Xiaohong, who is red all over her body, her name is Xuan Hongyi, and she is nine years old this year. was originally the child of a small businessman somewhere along the coast of Zhejiang, but since she was born, many strange things have happened in her originally peaceful home......

Things suddenly disappear, glass suddenly shatters............

When she grows up, the unpowered toy will move on its own, and the table and chair will suddenly become shorter...... And so on and so forth, and then it was even worse, and when she grew up, whenever she was angry, something bad would happen around her, and things would shatter and destroy.

At the age of four, the entire family collapsed, and his parents were crushed underneath.

When firefighters found her in the rubble, she was unharmed. After that, every relative's house that received her would make a loud noise...... Exhausted, her relatives sent her to an orphanage, and then came here after several rounds.

As for the little girl who is completely white...... Her name is Rui Bingyu, her life is also full of sorrow, listening to the elders here: Xiaoice Yu is not exactly a person, when he spoke, he was like an evil thing, although he saved himself for some unknown reasons, but he was not in good health, all colors were white, and he was led as a demon by the people of the same village.

Her parents originally loved her very much, but as time went by, the more gossip became, and the couple's second child was a big fat boy. Intentionally or unintentionally, Xiaoice Rain's back gradually became alienated.

In the end, Xiaoice Yu even lost the favor of his parents............

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Xiaoice Yu abandoned them for various reasons, and after being sent to the orphanage, they finally came here.

Now the two of them are being taken care of by Xiao Rin's senior sister, and the status of master and apprentice has also been established. Mmmm~~~~~ if you count the seniority, Xiao Rin can still be regarded as their little uncle, although she hasn't learned anything yet!