Chapter 11 Proud Peak
"Ah!" exclaimed, Zhou Xiaotian suddenly woke up from the nightmare, stunned for a long time, sad in his heart, is all this just a nightmare?
"You're finally awake!" However, this voice shattered the expectation in his heart.
Zhou Xiaotian turned his head to look, a Taoist priest in Tsing Yi, his appearance was extremely delicate, there was more enchanting between his eyebrows, holding a blue and white porcelain bowl in his hand, and he walked slowly from the door, this person was Jia Nan, the second disciple of Ao Cangfeng.
Zhou Xiaotian wanted to stand up, but Jia Nan hurriedly stopped him: "Don't move, don't move." ”
While speaking, he put the porcelain bowl on a square table in the room, walked quickly to the bed, and gently helped Zhou Xiaotian to sit up.
"Master said, your body is bones, you need to rest for a few days. The herb will be taken for a few more days. Jia Nan made an orchid finger in his hand, pinched the corner of the quilt and pulled it towards Zhou Xiaotian's body.
brought the blue and white porcelain bowl from the square table, pinched the soup spoon with the thumb and index finger of his right hand, and the other three fingers were slightly cocked, scooped up a spoonful and blew it on the side of his mouth, and then sent it to Zhou Xiaotian's mouth, which was like a little daughter.
Since learning of Zhou Xiaotian's background, Jia Nan has been overflowing with motherhood, volunteered, and took the initiative to take care of him.
"Little junior brother, since you have entered Aocang Peak, we will be a family in the future, you can call me Senior Brother Jia Nan, just tell me anything in the future!"
Zhou Xiaotian opened his mouth to eat the herbs that Jia Nan fed, while listening to him recount what happened after he fell asleep.
Zhou Xiaotian listened, and was at a loss for a while, but now he is alone, showing loneliness and loneliness in this strange Aocang Peak. Fortunately, Jia Nan in front of him made a trace of warmth emerge in his heart.
"Okay, you can rest for a while!
Jia Nan cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and was about to go out, but was suddenly stopped by Zhou Xiaotian, "Senior Brother Jia Nan!"
Jia Nan smiled back and said, "What's wrong?"
Zhou Xiaotian was a little embarrassed and said, "Thank you!"
"My own brother, don't be so polite!" said that, Huixin smiled and walked out the door.
After Jia Nan closed the door, Zhou Xiaotian carefully looked around, in the small room, the furnishings were extremely simple, only the ordinary tables and chairs under the window and a wooden bed where he was lying at this time.
Suddenly felt a cold chest, he lowered his head, and felt out the clear and clear Linglong bead from the placket, and after a closer look, he found that there was a faint green air flowing in the Linglong bead, as if there was spirituality. In the previous battle of Shane, many strange things had already strengthened his nerves, and it was not strange to see the green qi in the Linglong Pearl. So he hid it back in his shirt.
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The sun was setting in the west, the door "creaked", Jia Nan pushed the door in, and saw Zhou Xiaotian wearing a sectarian blue single coat, with the same fur hat on his head, sitting in front of the window with his chin in his hand and in a daze, the dim sunlight was imprinted on Zhou Xiaotian's confused little face through the thin window paper, making him look even more pitiful.
Jia Nan shook his head pitifully and coughed lightly.
When Zhou Xiaotian heard the sound, he woke up in shock, and hurriedly got up and said, "Senior Brother Jia Nan!"
Jia Nan nodded, walked slowly to Zhou Xiaotian's side, and said with concern: "Are you thinking about the past again? If you want to cry, cry out! From now on, this will be your home, and I, Master, and everyone else will be your relatives!"
Zhou Xiaotian's eyes gradually reddened, and with a pout, tears slipped down the corners of his eyes, and he fell into Jia Nan's arms and sobbed.
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A portrait of an old man with fairy wind bones hangs above the hall of the "Wind Bamboo Hall", and a simple square table is placed below, on which are placed several plates of tribute, and the mahogany chairs on both sides of the square table are empty. More than a dozen male disciples in the hall stood solemnly.
The person at the head has a bloated physique, a face full of meat, and the eyes are even more fat and compact, with only two thin slits exposed. The others seemed to be afraid of him.
Jia Nan brought Zhou Xiaotian to the middle of the hall, except for the fat man who glanced at him with a little disdain, the rest of them all looked at Jia Nan and said in unison: "Second senior brother!"
Jia Nan nodded, cleared his throat, and said, "Our Ao Cangfeng has always been thin, and it is a great joy to add another person today. The master retreated and cultivated, comprehended the way of heaven, and instructed me to conduct the initiation ceremony. ”
He beckoned Zhou Xiaotian to kneel on the futon in front of the offering table, and said, "Little junior brother, when you join our Qingsang faction, you must first bow three times and bow nine times to the ancestor of Qingsangzi. As he spoke, Jia Nan looked respectful and looked at the portrait of the old man in the hall.
Zhou Xiaotian finished bowing according to Jia Nan's instructions, stood up, took the three sticks of incense handed by Jia Nan with both hands, raised it high on his brows, bowed three times reverently, and stepped forward to insert the incense into the incense altar on the offering table.
After everything was finished, Jia Nan said again: "After the master is out of the customs, I will give a tea ceremony to the master!"
After speaking, he pulled Zhou Xiaotian up and walked towards everyone, "Come, junior brother, let me introduce you to all the junior brothers." ”
Everyone was enthusiastic, crowded one after another, and began to introduce themselves, and the "Wind Bamboo Hall" suddenly became lively.
"Ahem...... cough ......" With a dry cough, the hall suddenly fell silent, and the disciples present looked at the obese Taoist priest on the side one by one in fear.
Jia Nan frowned, and said to Zhou Xiaotian: "This is our senior brother, Hao Xiangshou!"
Hearing the name, he looked at the person in front of him again, "Hao Xiangshou", "I really want to lose weight"? Zhou Xiaotian held back a smile and said respectfully: "Senior brother." ”
Hao Xiangshou tried his best to open his small eyes, carefully looked at Zhou Xiaotian in front of him, and said lightly, "um", and said: "Since you have entered the master's sect, you are a person from Aocang Peak, you must cultivate hard in the future, remember the rules of the door, respect the teacher, don't think that some people are masters of the ceremony, so you will forget who is the senior brother of Ao Cangfeng!"
In the end, Hao Xiang raised his head slightly, and moved his gaze from Zhou Xiaotian to everyone, and this last sentence was naturally said to everyone.
Everyone naturally understood in their hearts that the second senior brother Jia Nan had always been at odds with the senior brother Hao Xiangshou, and Hao Xiangshou relied on the name of the senior brother in Ao Cangfeng to bully his fellow disciples all day long, and he was extremely domineering. Although Jia Nan has a feminine personality, he is very gentle towards others, and everyone dares to be angry under Hao Xiangshou's obscenity, but Jia Nan is not used to seeing him bullying his fellow disciples, and often confronts him, fighting openly and secretly in private, and has already accumulated a lot of grievances.
This time Zhou Xiaotian's entrance ceremony, Jing Fan handed over the matter to Jia Nan to handle, and flashed Hao Xiangshou, and he was naturally unhappy in his heart.
Jia Nan sneered and said, "The master personally explained the matter of presiding over the ceremony, if the senior brother is not convinced, you can go to the master to theorize." ”
"Well... You... You..."Hao Xiangshou was extremely angry, his fat face was slightly hideous, and he clenched his teeth but couldn't say a word of rebuttal. He stammered for a long time, and finally snorted coldly and threw his sleeves away.
Jia Nan's tone was slightly sarcastic, and he hurriedly shouted: "Senior brother, dinner is coming soon!"
"You can eat it yourself! I've been in Bigu these days!" Hao Xiangshou disappeared outside the door without looking back.
Seeing Hao Xiangshou deflated, Jia Nan felt relieved for a while, and laughed: "Haha... When did this gluttonous Humpty Dumpty start to dig up the grain? He doesn't eat it, we eat it. ”
When I stepped out of the "Wind Bamboo Hall", it was already dark. Under the dim red lantern, everyone walked along the corridor, talking and laughing to the dining room, Zhou Xiaotian found that the dining room next door is the room where he lives, the dining room is still simple furnishings, among the four thick log pillars, there is a very long dining table, there are several benches on both sides of the long table, only a single chair at the head of the table facing the door.
As soon as he entered the door, a disciple shouted, "Lao Huang, hurry up and start eating, I'm going to starve to death!"
"By the way, the senior brother won't eat today, but there will be one less, no, less than three people's meals!"
Everyone sat down next to each other on both sides of the long table, only the single chair was empty, thinking it was the seat of Master Jingfan. When everyone was ready, they saw an old man with white hair, wearing an apron full of oil stains around his waist, carrying several plates of food in his hands, and walking out of the small kitchen door with sturdy steps.
"I heard that there are new disciples starting today, so I specially added two meat dishes. Lao Huang smiled all over his face, revealing his yellowed and loose teeth.
In addition to Zhou Xiaotian on Aocang Peak, there are only twelve disciples, Lao Huang is already familiar with it, he glanced around, saw Zhou Xiaotian in his eyes, smiled and brought the food in his hand to the table in front of him, and wiped his hands on the oil-stained apron.
Jia Nan on the side introduced: "Xiaotian, this is the chef in charge of our three meals - Lao Huang, who cooks good dishes. ”
Zhou Xiaotian stood up, smiled at Lao Huang, and said, "Hello grandpa!"
Lao Huang hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't, don't, you still call me Lao Huang! I'm just a cook." ”
Zhou Xiaotian has a simple personality, and when he saw that Lao Huang was full of white hair, he insisted: "You are so much older than me, I will still call you Grandpa Huang in the future!"
Seeing that Zhou Xiaotian insisted on calling himself grandfather, Lao Huang had no choice but to agree, and he couldn't help but have more love for this sensible little disciple in his heart.
After all the meals were served, Zhou Xiaotian saw that the single chair was still empty, so he asked Jia Nan: "Senior Brother Jia Nan, the master has been in retreat for a day, why hasn't he come out to eat?"
The people at the dinner table laughed, and Jia Nan explained to Zhou Xiaotian: "Master, his old man is so cultivated, even if he doesn't eat, it doesn't matter, this retreat is estimated to be five years later!"
Zhou Xiaotian listened to Jia Nan's explanation, and couldn't help but blush because of his ignorance, although he was full of questions, but he was afraid of being ridiculed by the senior brothers again, so he let out an "oh" and buried his head in eating.
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In an unfamiliar environment, Zhou Xiaotian lay on the bed tossing and turning, waking up and dreaming, and Dongfang Weiliang gradually fell asleep. At some point, the sun shone on his face through the window paper, and the dazzling sunlight woke him up from his sleep.
Put on his coat and hat, and pushed the door out, the huge sun had already sunset, and the dazzling sunlight made him a little unable to open his eyes. He didn't take a few steps, he hit his head against a wall of meat, he looked up, and saw that his face was full of meat, solemn and majestic, he couldn't help but feel a little timid in his heart, and said timidly: "Big... Big brother!"
Hao Xiangshou's face was cold, and he said sternly: "Why didn't you go to the morning class in the morning, you must do the morning class every morning, the thousand-year-old inheritance of the Qingsang faction, since you have entered the door, you must abide by the door rules, but today you are the only one missing, how do you explain?"
"I... I" Zhou Xiaotian was hesitant for a long time, not knowing what to say.
Hearing the sound, Jia Nan hurried over, and saw that Zhou Xiaotian was reprimanded by Hao Xiangshou, and hurriedly persuaded: "The little junior brother is still young, and he has suffered a big change, I am worried that he will be sad in his heart, so he has not explained many matters to him, and the introductory Taoism has not been taught to him, blame me for today's events, I will forget it!"
Hao Xiangshou put his hands behind his back, turned his head to look at Jia Nan, his face was cloudy, and said, "Why, do you really think you are the chief disciple?
Jia Nan was also furious when he saw him pointing the finger at himself again, and immediately became furious, pinched his waist with one hand, and pointed at Hao Xiangshou with an orchid finger with the other, and said: "Humpty Dumpty, don't be embarrassed, who doesn't know that you rely on yourself to be a senior brother on weekdays, gang up, and oppress your fellow disciples, the little junior brother is so pitiful, you don't even let it go, what a hard-hearted person!"
With the quarrel between the two, several disciples also heard the noise, but no one stepped forward to persuade them, for them this kind of scene has become commonplace, and some people even sat on the stone bench while drinking tea and watched with great interest.
Zhou Xiaotian was frightened by the quarrel between the two of them, first he was stunned for a moment because of the rapid change in Jia Nan's attitude, and then he thought that the two of them were arguing because of himself, and he blamed himself more and more, no matter how he persuaded him, the two couldn't listen to it at all.
In desperation, he knelt down to the two of them, lowered his head and said with self-reproach: "Don't quarrel with the two senior brothers, it's all my fault, and I am willing to be punished." ”
Everyone present was stunned, but they didn't expect Zhou Xiaotian to do such an extreme act.
Jia Nan hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and said, "Xiaotian, get up, remember that the man has gold under his knees, and he only kneels to the prince of heaven and earth." After speaking, he turned around and glared at Hao Xiangshou.
Hao Xiangshou didn't think of Zhou Xiaotian's extreme approach, he seemed to be a little weak-hearted, his eyes flickered, and said: "Both... Since you admit your mistake, then I will punish you for helping Lao Huang do some chores every day! ”
"What?" Jia Nan was angry and wanted to reason with him again, but was stopped by Zhou Xiaotian.
"Senior Brother Jia Nan! Don't!" Zhou Xiaotian's weak but firm voice sounded in his ears, "Senior Brother is willing to be punished!"
Hao Xiangshou looked at Jia Nan who was full of anger, and said proudly, "Hmph-our little junior brother is much more sensible than you, the second senior brother, hahahaha......" walked away with a laugh as he shook the ground.