The head of the Ziyun Dao asked about the recent situation of Amaterasu and the others, and when he heard the tragic death of Dong Xiaoshan, he was sad and regretful, and he also knew that he had not found his mother when he went to Kyoto, so he comforted Amaterasu; Your mother may still be alive, don't worry, look for it slowly in the future"

Amaterasu's eyes moistened and said: "All this is caused by the hateful Ouyang Hengtong, master teach me kung fu, I want to kill this Ouyang Hengtong to relieve my hatred!" Ziyun said bitterly: "Good apprentice, you are here, settle down here, study here, and this will be your home in the future." ”

One sentence made Amaterasu's heart pass through a warm current, and finally there was a "home" again, ending the days of wandering around.

While the three of them were talking, they heard a bell ringing, and the melodious rhythm of the bell echoed in the mountains.

Ziyun Dao Chang got up and said, "It's time to eat, you've gone a long way, you must be hungry too, let's go, go eat." "It turns out that the bell is a signal for the start of the meal. Amaterasu took out a pot of wine that he had made in Huiyuan and gave it to the master, and Daoist Ziyun happily accepted it, hung the wine gourd on his waist and took the lead in the front.

The two of them were indeed hungry, got up and walked with Ziyun, and continued to walk to the left for a while, and arrived at a large hall, there were two long tables in the house, and the older Taoist had four sitting on the left hand, during which Amaterasu saw the female Taoist who was teaching classes for children when Amaterasu entered the mountain gate, this female Taoist priest had no makeup, no fat powder, and was still bright and moving. A group of children sat at the table on their right, silent. There were three young men, about twenty years old, who were busy serving food, Kiyopei Amaterasu had already met, and the other two did not know each other.

The Taoist who sat on the top of the house, in his fifties, had a handsome face, but his head was not white, his hair was black, his face was ruddy, and he said with a smile: "Senior brother, I heard Qingping say that there are guests." ”

Ziyun smiled: "Master, yes, it was my friend who sent my apprentice, this is the friend known as the Flying Monkey." Introducing the flying monkey to everyone, the flying monkey smiled and hugged his fists and said, "I've seen the master, I've seen all the Taoist leaders." ”

The head of the house and a few others said in unison: "Please take a seat." "The Flying Monkey sits.

The Purple Cloud Daoist pushed Amaterasu to the front and said, "This is my apprentice, come and see the master, a few senior uncles." Then he introduced Amaterasu one by one: "This is the head." ”

Amaterasu bent down and saluted: "Hello master." The head smiled and said: "You are now the youngest disciple, the disciple of the senior brother, the character and talent are not bad, you will cultivate here when you come, and this is your home." Hearing the warmth in Amaterasu's heart, he secretly said that this head has no shelf, and he is indeed a good person to get along with.

"Your second uncle. "Ziyun Dao has long fingers, high cheekbones, long face, and thin face.

Amaterasu bent down and saluted, "Second Uncle is good." There was no smile on the face of the second uncle, and his expression was arrogant: "Hmm." Amaterasu felt that this person was by no means a good person to get along with.

"Your fourth uncle," Ziyun Daoist introduced.

Amaterasu bent down and saluted: "Fourth Uncle is good." The fourth uncle was a chubby man, and said with a smile on his face: "There is one more nephew, it's very good, look at your kid and look like a smart person." ”

"Your fifth uncle. The last person was the woman who had gone to class when she entered the mountain gate, and she was still in her forties, still looking good, showing a sweet smile, and Amaterasu also gave a salute.

The skinny second uncle spoke: "Okay, everyone is here, let's start eating, I'm hungry." ”

Daoist Ziyun took out the wine and said, "This is the wine that my apprentice brought, bring a cup, and everyone has a glass." The chubby fourth junior brother was very happy, arousing the gluttony in his stomach, and a few greedy lights flashed in his eyes: "I haven't drunk enough for a long time, and there is still too little, a pot is too little." ”

Ziyun Daoist said regretfully: "It's just this pot, Qingping will take a cup and pour it for everyone." ”

The wine was poured, everyone sat down, and Amaterasu sat with the children in a playful manner.

While eating, I saw nine people at the table, two young Taoists in their twenties - the young Taoist named Qingping was standing and adding food to several masters, six children, three of them were dressed in bright clothes, and they were obviously children of rich families, the older one was twelve or thirteen years old, and the other two were ten years old. The other four clothes were worn, some with patches, and in the middle there was a little girl with eyes as clear as water, although she wore a coarse cloth dress, but she could not hide her brilliance, and she would definitely be a beauty when she grew up.

The three boys devoured the meal, the little girl seemed to be more gentle, Amaterasu was also hungry, and felt that the food was sweet, and a young man with a dark face introduced Amaterasu to the people present one by one while eating, but fortunately, there were few people, and Amaterasu remembered them all.

Second Senior Uncle Zimu said slowly while picking up vegetables: "While everyone is here, senior brother, I have to say about the current situation, I have had an idea for a long time." ”

The head of the family is named Zitai, and he is ranked third, Ziyun is the senior brother, Zitai took a bite of food and said, "You say." ”

Zimu looked sad: "Everyone knows the current situation, I can't make ends meet, it's really tricky to ask me to manage the logistics, there are fewer and fewer people who enter the incense to pray to God, almost no one has come in the past two years, there is no donation, and only a few people participate in the annual god worship ceremony, and there are few people who come to donate, only the disciples who go out here donate more, but it is not enough for a year's expenses, it is really difficult." ”

Daoist Ziyun frowned and said, "Zimu, we monks should be economical, stay away from red dust, and be clear and quiet. ”

When Zimu heard this, he immediately became a little angry, raised his voice and said: "Senior brother, aren't we frugal enough, everyone hasn't sewed new clothes for a few years, and even the people who clean and chop wood and cook haven't been invited, they are all three disciples doing it, despite this, the money is still not enough, you are generally away for a long time, you don't know what kind of life we live!"

The three brightly dressed children barely ate a bowl of rice, got up and walked out of the dining room, and went on their own.

Fourth Senior Uncle Zihuo shook his chubby head, and said with a long sigh: "What the second senior brother said makes sense, I haven't tasted delicious food for a long time, alas, I've lost weight." Fifth Senior Sister Ziyan said with a smile: "Senior Brother Zihuo, you know how to eat, you have grown so fat, and if you still eat, it should be regarded as weight loss." ”

Zihuo smiled bitterly: "Senior Sister Ziyan, you think your senior brother is fat all the time, you haven't seen a real fat man"

The head of the house interrupted the conversation of several people and looked at Zimu and said, "Second Senior Brother, if you have any ideas, just talk about it directly." ”

Zimu owed and said: "I thought of a way to increase income, that is, to recruit disciples, as long as each disciple pays all the money, so that not only the development of Nantianyue, but also increase the income, don't set any rules, what kind of character, understanding, what kind of investigation, don't want all." ”

As soon as Ziyun heard this, his expression was serious, and he immediately said: "Second junior brother, I don't agree with you as long as you want money, and you accept people indiscriminately, and the good and bad people who collect will ruin our reputation of Nan Tianyue." Zihuo changed his playful expression and said: "Senior brother, if we continue like this, the gap between our Nantianyue and other sects is getting bigger and bigger, the sects that were far worse than us in the past are now recruiting disciples, the Ximei faction has recruited hundreds of people, and the Shengxia Temple is also widely accepting disciples, two years ago I took people to participate in the last Daowu Conference, the Taoist temple is splendid, and there are countless things to eat, and most of the fresh fruit varieties are unknown to me."

Ziyan couldn't help but smile and said, "In addition to eating or eating, the team you led didn't get a single award, so I'm embarrassed to say it." Zihuo defended: "We Nantianyue haven't won awards for four or five years, and we're used to it anyway, but there is another reason that there are too few disciples. ”

The head sighed and said: "Alas, we have been in the Dao Martial Arts Conference for so many years, and we can't even enter the top three, mainly because the Zhenshan cultivation method of Nan Tianyue has lost the second half, and several books of that martial arts cultivation have been stolen by Na Cangji decades ago, and they have not been recovered." One sentence made everyone frustrated.

Speaking of this, Ziyun Dao's expression was solemn: " I searched all over the northern frontier, looking for the Wanqi Gate many times, after the location of the sect of the Wanqi Gate was broken by the head of Cangdu, the house was burned to the ground, so far there is no one, the thief who infiltrated Nantianyue Cangji does not know what to do, those few martial arts books seem to be unable to be found for a while, the reason for all this should be attributed to the carelessness of the apprentices, the martial arts books were stolen, although the head of Cangdu's sect led people to break through the Wanqi Gate, but my Nantianyue also lost a lot of elites, even the masters of Cangdu's head and Nantianyue suddenly disappeared on the way back, and since then the strength of the sect has not recovered, and the indiscriminate collection of disciples has led to the decline of Nantianyue's strength today, anyway, I don't advocate indiscriminately accepting disciples for money。 ”

The head asked Ziyan: "What do you think?" Ziyan said with a serious face: "I still agree with Senior Brother, Second Senior Brother, I don't think the few rich disciples you accept are not good, although the understanding is high, but he can't endure hardship, and he loves to doze off in class." ”

Zimu couldn't hold back his face when he heard this, and defended: "Senior sister, you love to find faults, who doesn't have lazy problems, you weren't the same when you were young" The head said: "Okay, okay, don't quarrel, you are two in favor and two against the matter of accepting apprentices, let me think about it." Behold, it is an auspicious day, and the newly arrived apprentices will be held a ceremony of initiation. ”

The flying monkey had already eaten enough, got up and said, "Eat slowly, everyone, I'll go out for a walk." It just so happened that Amaterasu didn't want to stay long, so he went out together, and the rest of the children also dispersed.

Amaterasu and the flying monkey went out, and walked around Nantianyue in the twilight, which was still quite wide, with countless pavilions and pavilions, the stone path was crooked, and the guardrail was carved with birds and beasts, but it looked a little shabby and was wandering around, and the black-faced disciple in his twenties who had seen it during the banquet came to him-Amaterasu heard the introduction and knew that his name was Qingshu, and Qingshu walked quickly and said: "Senior brother, your master asked me to arrange a place to live for you, let's go, I will personally send you there." ”

The flying monkey lives in another place, Amaterasu is arranged to live with those rich children, that residence is a little better than other places, the room is spacious, two people in a room, there are tables in the house, there are chairs, Amaterasu lives with the child called the former shadow, the former shadow is two years older than Amaterasu, seeing that Amaterasu is dressed ordinary, he has no enthusiasm for him, and runs to the next room to meet his friend, Amaterasu doesn't care about going straight to bed and sleeping, after all, it's been a day's journey.

The three of them talked and laughed, and the eldest child, Amaterasu, heard the introduction of Lu Zhigui, and said loudly at this time: "Damn, this ghost place, the food is simply fed to the dogs, and my dogs eat better than here." The other chimed in: "Yes, the food here is too unpalatable, everyone is not full, come on, I have pastries here, everyone eat some." ”

This was Wei Taibiao's voice, and the three of them ate quickly, and Wei Taibiao asked in a low voice: "There is a new person, send him some." Qianyin lowered his voice with a disdainful expression: "A poor boy, leave him alone." ”

Although the voice is small, Amaterasu has practiced immortal skills for a while, and his hearing is superhuman, and he can hear it clearly.

Wei Taibiao said: "You guys don't open up, you are not allowed to bring your family here, we asked him to make face wash water, foot wash water or something for the three of us, and give some small things to wrap around." Lu Zhigui said disdainfully: "In my opinion, a fist will definitely make him subdued, why bother so much." Qian Xiyin disagreed: "This kid is that Ziyun's apprentice, I'm afraid I can't move." Wei Taibiao also said: "Don't be reckless, let's see the situation." ”

A few people laughed for a while, ate some pastries, and went back to the room to sleep, and Amaterasu also pretended to be asleep, unwilling to deal with him. It didn't take long for him to remember the even snoring sound of the former shadow going to bed, and Amaterasu also rushed to the road for a day and slowly fell asleep.