"It was a long time ago, this mage was performing swordsmanship in the largest castle ancient city in Xizhou, although he was tired and sweaty, but the audience had little money, when this mage packed up the signboard and was about to leave, he suddenly heard someone shouting behind him: 'Master!'

I turned around and saw a short and stocky man glaring at the mage, who looked like he had just been beaten and had a bruised nose and swollen eyes, and his head was wrapped in a bloodstained strip of cloth, and he looked like a defeated soldier who couldn't tell his actual age, but the voice was a young man in his twenties.

I asked him, 'You called me Master?' ’

He said, 'Yes, I want to learn swordsmanship from Master!' ’

I waved my hand at him and said, 'Don't learn the sword!' This work is tiring and hard and doesn't make money, you see that my demented mage is so good at swordsmanship, but his clothes are tattered and penniless. ’

Unexpectedly, he said: "Although Master's clothes are shabby, they are a treasure robe, warm in winter and cool in summer, sheltered from the wind and rain, and not washed and cleaned. Although Master's iron sword was rusty, it was a sword, as fast as lightning and afraid of ghosts. Although Master has no money, he will be able to become an immortal in the future, and Master will be a legend in the world! ’

As soon as I heard this, I was surprised and delighted, how could this kid speak so comfortably. I couldn't help but look at him twice and ask, 'Who are you listening to?' ’

He replied solemnly: 'As I said myself, the poor will look at the face!' ’

I couldn't help but laugh out loud and then laugh at myself and say, 'Hey! You are all wrong, this mage's ragged clothes are not treasure clothes, they neither block the wind nor the rain, and they don't wash the smell for three days. But this sword is half right, although it is not a sword, but how fast and fast it is in the hands of this mage, no bandit dares to get close. Alas, this mage has been looking for the Transfiguration Immortal Technique for more than ten years and has not even found a shadow until now, how can he become an immortal? ’

But the kid didn't give up, and said, "The reason why Master didn't find the immortal art is because Master didn't become a legend, and if you want to become an immortal, you must first become famous." As long as the master accepts the poor as an apprentice, the poor can make the master quickly become a legend, and the master can become an immortal in the future. ’

I was a little moved by what he said, and I thought, yes, how can an unknown mortal be taken in by the fairy world? So he said to him, 'I can hear that you are very eloquent, but how can you make this mage a legend by your eloquence alone?' Look at yourself, you don't mix well. ’

He sighed and said, "Hey, Master doesn't know anything, Xia Poor originally lived a very beautiful life with his intelligence and eloquence, and he didn't worry about food and clothing, but two days ago, he encountered a gang of robbers who broke into the house and robbed him, and not only did he lose his money and property, but he was also severely beaten by them. If you want to become a big man, you must have the ability to protect yourself if you can't be eloquent, so you are determined to find a famous teacher to learn swordsmanship.

Today, Xia Poor was so happy to see the appearance of the master that he almost fainted, and Xia Poor saw the faces of thousands of people, and today he finally came across a piece of material that could be made into a legendary character. Wearing a treasure robe and holding a sword in his hand, the master traveled all over the world in search of immortality, and these are already legends. It's just that no one has spread it widely in the world for this, so Master hasn't become famous yet.

Although Xia Poor looks bad now, but in a few days, the injury will be healed, and the master will look at Xia Poor again, and the old appearance will be renewed. What's more, the poor have a well-developed brain and extraordinary eloquence, as long as the master accepts the poor as an apprentice, the poor will ensure that the master will soon become a legend in the world. ’

The words of poverty made this mage completely moved, and when he thought about it carefully, he had lived in a fixed place for more than ten years, and wandered around looking for transfiguration, didn't he just want to prove to the world that this mage was not demented but intelligent? What's wrong with a demented mage if he really becomes a legend in the world? What's more, there is still the possibility of becoming an immortal in the future.

I was about to say yes, but then I thought about it, could this person just want to learn some swordsmanship from this mage to defend himself? So I asked him again, 'Of course, you can make this Master famous in the world, but what benefit can you get from it?' ”

Xia Poor replied without hesitation: "There are many benefits, Xia Poor follows the master to practice swords, from now on, he will not be robbed of money by robbers and beaten again, and the master has become a legend in the world, Xia Poor is the disciple of a legendary figure, with this name, Xia Poor can do something great in Xizhou in the future." If Master still has doubts about making his dreams come true in the future, Master only needs to follow the poor and ensure that Master will have food, drink, and a house every day from now on!"

I was very satisfied with the answer of the poor, and I thought that it would be very cost-effective to accept him as an apprentice and be able to eat and drink every day, and as for those good things in the future, even if they were empty, they would not suffer.

However, this mage has always been loyal and honest, and seeing that his appearance is not the material for martial arts, I said, 'If you want to learn my phantom swordsmanship, you will have to endure hardships and hard work for many years, and even if I take you as an apprentice, I am afraid that you will give up halfway.' ’

The poor replied simply, 'No!' After this ordeal, the fate of Xia Poor will be completely changed, and Xia Poor knows very well that as long as he follows the master to learn swordsmanship, he will be able to do great things in the future, so Xia Poor will never give up halfway to learn swordsmanship. ’

In this way, after some talking, this master accepted an apprentice for the first time in his life.

After a few days of getting along, the Venerable Master found that this unremarkable apprentice was not only eloquent but also knowledgeable about astronomy and geography, and those who were discouraged became happy after his rhetoric, and then told the legend of his master, the demented master, and the guests admired the Venerable again.

Since having this apprentice, Master Ben no longer has to worry about eating and drinking, and he has gradually become famous in Xizhou, and within three months, our master and apprentice have to move once, because there are too many people who come to visit Master Dementia. And he didn't break his promise, he got up at dawn every day and practiced his sword hard, plus he was smart enough to teach others, so his swordsmanship improved rapidly.

Later, this mage worshipped the poor as a teacher and learned a little bit of the skill of reading faces, we have also been a teacher and apprentice for more than three years, and the swordsmanship of the poor has been very high. Later, he wanted to go back to his hometown in the south of Xizhou to visit his seriously ill mother, and this master went to a famous mountain to visit spells, and our master and apprentice were dispersed from then on. But in Xizhou, the demented mage had long since become a household name and legend, and then spread to Qizhou. ”

When the demented mage said this, he picked up the wine jug and took a sip and bowed his head silently, and Kapok Zi still said unfinished: "The story of the mage is finished?" ”

The demented mage raised his head and smiled: "Today's story is over, speaking of which, this mage has often been thinking about poverty for more than ten years, he is not only the open disciple of this mage but also the best friend of this mage in Xizhou, I don't know how he is doing now?" Alas, Xizhou is too big, I'm afraid that our master and apprentice will never see each other again in this life. ”

The young men were very touched by the fact that the always bold mage actually had such a human touch, and Ama comforted: "Mage, this disciple of yours who can speak the Tao and has the swordsmanship you taught, he will definitely become a big man in Xizhou!" At that time, he will come to Qizhou to pick you up and revisit Xizhou. ”

Kapok Zi said: "Master, Xizhou is the largest land in our world, we will go there sooner or later, and we will definitely help you find your disciple when the time comes." ”

Shanglin thought further and said, "Mage, sooner or later, we landers will have to fight to the death with the people at the bottom of the sea for the right to survive on land, and Xizhou will be our battleground." The Master is in such good health that he will definitely live for a hundred years, and then we will have to ask the Master to come out of the mountain to help. ”

Although Kapok Zi and Shanglin's words at this time were sincere, neither of them could have foreseen that the open disciples of the demented mage would play an extremely important role in the defense of Xizhou led by them.

As soon as the room was quiet, two people walked in from outside the door, and in front of them was the shopkeeper Miaozi, who was holding a large crockpot in his arms, and the large crockpot was wrapped in a layer of insulating cotton cloth. Miao Zi was followed by a strange green-faced man, who carried a bamboo basket in his hand, and when he entered the house, he looked the customers in the store up and down.