On the way back to the room, Wang Sheng couldn't help but ask Shen Chengping: "Why did you say that Master arranged for us to chop wood?" We are here to learn immortal arts, not to learn how to chop wood. ”

"As the so-called heaven will descend on the people, they must first suffer their minds and work their muscles and bones. Didn't Master also say that I am afraid that we will not be able to endure hardships, this is the test. ”

"Yes, yes, Master must be afraid that our minds are not firm enough. But I'm sure I'll make it, how about you? ”

Shen Chengping glanced at Wang Sheng, and said in his heart, wait for you to chop firewood for a few days before you talk about it.

When he woke up the next morning, when everyone was washing, Wang Sheng was still sleeping, and when Shen Chengping called him up after washing, he got up with a yawn and said, "What are you doing so early, the dew on the mountain hasn't dried yet." ”

After breakfast, carrying an axe, and going to the back mountain with other anonymous disciples, Wang Sheng kept talking along the way, and his words were full of lofty ambitions, saying that after he learned immortal arts, he would definitely surprise his family and friends. The implication is that after learning immortal arts, he will go home to show off, in Shen Chengping's opinion, this is in line with his natural remarks.

"Alright, let's chop wood here, and carry the chopped firewood back in the afternoon." A senior brother who had been chopping wood for a long time pointed out the key points of the two people to chop wood, and then went to chop wood with an axe.

Shen Chengping listened to it on the side, but a realization rose in his heart, although this person's guidance is simple, but if you use this method to chop wood, it can have the effect of refining the body, it can be said to be a test of cultivation, it seems to be a simple chopping wood, but in fact, there are some doorways. However, this is all for ordinary people, but for the current Shen Chengping, there is no effect.

However, Shen Chengping was not lazy, but chopped wood unhurriedly, of course, even if he did not deliberately speed up, he still quickly put down the three trees, and it took less than five minutes.

Turning his head to look at Wang Sheng, he was resting beside him, he cut down the tree for a minute, but he had already rested for four minutes, and looking at his appearance, he couldn't afford to sit down.

"Senior Brother Ma, how many trees do I have to cut down before Master will teach me immortal arts?" After resting for a long time, and not even cutting down a single tree, Wang Sheng couldn't help but ask the leading senior brother.

"I don't know."

"Senior Brother Ma, how long have you been cutting down trees?" Wang Sheng asked again.

"Three months."

Trimester? Wang Sheng was taken aback, did he not pass the test of the master after cutting down the tree for three months, it must be that this senior brother Ma has no understanding, and the master is unwilling to accept him. At first glance, he was from a poor peasant family, and he probably didn't read any books. He is different, an official eunuch family, a scholarly family, but if he has read books, maybe in two or three days, the master will accept him as a personal disciple and pass on his immortal arts!

Shen Chengping has also been listening to the conversation here, and when he learned that Senior Brother Ma had been cutting down trees for three months, he also frowned a little, if this cutting down trees was really good for him, he would naturally not feel bitter, but if he was doing useless work here, he was unwilling.

"Senior Brother Ma, do you know how long the senior brother who was accepted as a personal disciple by the master as soon as possible has been cutting down the tree?" At this time, Wang Sheng thought about it and asked again.

"The fastest? I heard that it was the elder brother Sun Daochang, who was included in the door wall by the master in only three days, and now he has been cultivating with the master for more than 20 years, and he can soar through the clouds. ”

Soaring through the clouds? Shen Chengping's heart moved, there was a way to fly in Zhu Xian, but it was not as fast as the imperial sword, but he didn't know what the effect of this spell of flying clouds and mist was.

When Wang Sheng heard Senior Brother Ma's words, his heart became more relaxed, he thought that he was the "talented" person here, and he would definitely be valued by the master, Senior Brother took three days, and he would have to use five days at most, and he would definitely hold on to it in five days!

That Senior Brother Ma saw that Shen Chengping had been cutting down trees silently, and seeing that he was only eleven or twelve years old, he couldn't help but say: "This new junior brother, cutting trees still requires a combination of work and rest, you can't blindly work hard, just rest for a while when you're tired, it's okay." ”

Shen Chengping shook his head and didn't speak, from the beginning of cutting down the tree, he had a feeling of being watched, he naturally wouldn't doubt this intuition, and who were the people who were monitoring him, did he still have to guess?

"Thank you for your concern, I'm not tired." Shen Chengping said with a smile.

In fact, cutting down trees is not only to cut down the tree, but also to divide the tree into sections, remove the branches and turn them into firewood, and then back to the Taoist temple, after Shen Chengping cut down more than ten trees, he began to deal with these trees, turn them into firewood, and then tie them with thick hemp rope and carry them back to the Taoist temple again and again.

Wang Sheng just carried a small bundle of firewood, and he felt that he couldn't straighten his waist, and turned his head to look at the firewood that Ma Daochang was carrying was three or four times as much as him, and he was walking like flying, without any embarrassment, so he asked the person next to him, and listened to the man explain: "Although Senior Brother Ma has not learned the Taoist immortal arts, but he has been taught some mantras for breathing and breathing, and now he has been practicing for a month, and I am much stronger than him when I went up the mountain, but now I am far inferior to him." ”

"Only Senior Brother Ma has learned?" Wang Sheng asked.

"I heard that there are still a few senior brothers who have learned before, although they have not been able to become the master's personal disciples, but they have learned these things, which is already very extraordinary. There is a senior brother who also learned swordsmanship, and it is said that he is still practicing chivalry. When he said this, the man's eyes were full of longing.

"It seems that most of these anonymous disciples will be taught something." Shen Chengping listened and thought about it next to him, and at the same time carried a large bundle of firewood on his back, seeing that the volume was several times larger than his person, and it was also the most among the people, but Shen Chengping seemed to be more relaxed than Senior Brother Ma on his back, and the other people who looked at it were surprised.

Shen Chengping and the others transported the wood back to the Taoist temple again and again, and found that every time the firewood room was about to be filled, it would soon become empty, and it was obviously transferred by someone with a spell. For this scene, the other disciples were accustomed to it, but Wang Sheng was surprised for a while.

After being busy, everyone cleaned up together, Shen Chengping was busy, although he didn't sweat, but he didn't have spiritual power to protect his body, and his body was also stained with a lot of dust and mud, he went back to the room to fetch water and rinse it, changed his clothes, and heard the dinner bell.

Zhao Daochang is in charge of the food and clothing of the Guanguan, generally speaking, he does not need to cook by himself, but at this time he is boiling porridge himself. The porridge is boiled, and there are only two bowls of porridge poured out. Xiao Daotong was running to the kitchen to play, and when he saw the two bowls of porridge, a wicked smile leaked from his face, which was an expression that he had suffered and was expecting others to try it too: "Is Senior Brother Zhao preparing porridge for the two new disciples?" I don't know how much they can drink! ”