Xiaoxiang is the place where Empress E and Nuying cried and committed suicide by throwing themselves into the water, and it is a place of lovesickness and sadness. Nanyue Hengshan surrounded by Xiangshui is majestic and beautiful, such as the ancient weighing instrument, which can be called heaven and earth. The mountain is not high, and there is a fairy name. Hengshan is spiritual and brilliant, especially in recent years, the development of the Xiaoxiang Sword School is booming, overwhelming traditional sects such as Buddhism and Taoism, dominating Hengshan and ruling the Quartet. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, all large and small sects and merchants and ordinary people compete to congratulate each other, and the limelight is unmatched for a while.

The master of the Xiaoxiang faction, Yi Feifei, listened to the rain sword with one hand, and there were few opponents, but he was not the person with the highest martial arts skills in the Xiaoxiang faction. Above him, there are four apologists of Qinglong, White Tiger, Xuanwu, and Vermilion Bird, and the four grandmasters are dedicated to martial arts, and they don't care about mundane things, and their disciples are rare to see. There is a supreme ancestor above, and the dragon sees the head but does not see the tail, and the trail is fleeting. As a leader of the middle-aged generation, Yi Fei has considerable leadership skills. He made a good analysis and deliberate management, and managed the Xiaoxiang faction in an orderly and prosperous manner.

Yi Feifei has four assistants, and they are also his four junior disciples. They are Li Shi, the elder of the Exegesis Hall, who specializes in education and propaganda; The elder of the Discipline Hall is not in charge of punishment and discipline; Huang Feilong, an elder of the Zhili Hall, is responsible for external exchanges; Yi Feiyong, the elder of Tongjitang, is in charge of money, logistics, and all the business of his subordinates. The four elders are headed by Li Shi, and their status is transcendent, under one person, above ten thousand.

Li is very old and has been in a high position for a long time, and he holds the power of life and death, so he doesn't need to put up any more shelves, and he has his own majesty in his gestures.

Dressed in plain clothes, he slowly walked down the mountain gate and came to Xiao Xiao, who had been kneeling for a long time.

Li looked at the giant package beside Xiao Xiao very lightly, and said, "Although you are contrary to the conditions of my apprenticeship, let me remember that you have made a meritorious contribution to the treasure, and this seat will accept you as a registered disciple of the sect." ”

The disciple who was in charge of the gate suddenly became a registered disciple, and the difference was thousands of miles.

It is very simple to become the name of the Xiaoxiang Sword Sect, or to have the origin of the previous generation, or to donate a considerable amount of property. Like many surrounding merchants, they will buy a few places for their children to be registered disciples, even if they don't send them up the mountain to learn art, they can also keep their homes safe.

The difference between a registered disciple and a regular disciple is first reflected in the name, the official disciple will give the name plate according to the order of the four characters of stability and prosperity, while the registered disciple does not.

There are two kinds of registered disciples, one is to carry silver taels up the mountain, you can rent a better place to live, and eat sumptuous and delicious meals. One is work-study, where the sect eats and lodging, and the disciples have to work and contribute.

Of course, registered disciples and regular disciples also have something in common, that is, when there is a sect fight, you have to give it to me.

What are rivers and lakes? Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

This dilapidated thatched cottage is also a river and lake.

The grass house has four seats, and originally only Li Tietou lived, and he was very satisfied with the life of living alone. Although he knew that there would be other people living in the grass house, he still didn't like Xiao Xiao, who had just arrived and invaded his private territory. There are other people here, and he farts and grinds his teeth and snores, so he can't do whatever he wants.

"You sleep in the bed in the corner." Li Tietou said to Xiao Xiao in the tone of a big brother.

Xiao Xiao glanced at the layout of the room, and the other beds were all messy things, obviously knowing that he was coming, they were piled up temporarily. He looked at the roommate in front of him with a simple face and a stout body, thinking that he had thin arms and legs, it would be better to provoke him less, so he silently walked to the bed in the corner and carefully tidied it up.

Xiao Xiao was lying on the moldy bed, knowing that his arrival was unpleasant, but when he first arrived, he couldn't start anything, and he might need this roommate's guidance to solve his doubts when he was eating, working, and practicing martial arts. Thinking about it, he was relieved, if he was so careful to argue with Li Tietou about this place, wouldn't his vision and pattern be limited to this small grass hut? Since it's unpleasant, take the initiative to find a way to alleviate it.

Xiao Xiao began to take the initiative to clean, very carefully and seriously, he not only cleaned up the public area, but also helped Li Tietou make the bed, and even wiped the two empty mattresses clean, and the sundries were placed neatly. At this time, he pretended to pick up the clothes to wash, and naturally picked up Li Tietou's dirty clothes, and said to Li Tietou: "Brother Li, I just have clothes to wash, do you have anything else here?" I'll figure it out together. ”

Li Tietou was embarrassed and said, "No, thank you." ”

A small crisis of getting along is invisible. Xiao Xiaoluo has been expanding the rivers and lakes for many years, and has a lot of experience, when he is idle, he picks Li Tietou to talk to him, and in less than half an hour, the two are like-minded and hate to see each other. Li Tietou was originally a simple country man, and his parents finally helped him win a place in Hengshan to learn art, so he was naturally sensitive and stingy, but young people are easy to make friends and curious about new things. In the evening, the two called each other brothers and went to dinner together.

Things are gathered by like, and people are grouped. It is vividly reflected in the canteen of the registered disciples. In the canteen with thousands of seats, the dining window is divided into a self-selected window and an ordinary window, and the disciples who enter and exit the self-selected window are gorgeously dressed and arrogant, and they are either rich or expensive. Li Tietou took Xiao Xiao straight to the ordinary window, the meal was allocated to each person, it was not vulgar, there were still a lot of meat, poor and rich, the strength of the Xiaoxiang faction can be seen.

During the meal, Li Tietou also introduced his friends at the same table to Xiao Xiao. The slightly handsome but short Zhu Youbao, the dark-skinned Chai Shengtian, Lai Daxiong, who can no longer be picked up in the crowd, Hou Xiaobao, who has clever eyes and sharp-beaked monkey cheeks, and so on.

Xiao Xiao is particularly prominent among everyone, his eyebrows are like knives, his skin is picturesque, his long body is jade, although he is coarse and grassy, he has an indescribably handsome demeanor. He only had to cook with his head stuffy to avoid arousing suspicion.

Li Tietou was discussing the matter of the sect month. Hou Xiaobao said to Li Tietou: "Brother Li should participate this month, with your strength, many formal disciples are not opponents. ”

Li Tietou was slightly proud, but shook his head and said: "It's better to say to those who are at the bottom of the ranking, after all, the official disciples are responsible for practicing martial arts all day long, and they don't have as much work as us." ”

The other companions thought so, and while eating, they complained that the formal disciples had abundant resources and plenty of time, and that the promotion of the registered disciples by the registered disciples was no different from sending a sparring sandbag.

Li is very an art investor, the oldest of the four elders, but he is good at reforming the old and improving the system. In order to select talents, he created monthly ratios, quarterly small ratios, annual large ratios and other methods, from low-level disciples to high-priced disciples, and if the challenge is successful, low-level disciples can take their place. The personal disciples among the official disciples are detached in status and have an emotional bond with the teacher, so in principle, they voluntarily participate in various competitions.

Li Anyi is Li Shi's side nephew, fat and sweaty, fat head and big ears, can sit and never stand, can lie down and never sit. Together with several other Li disciples, he was responsible for the teaching of martial arts for the registered disciples.

Li Anyi looked at the more than 100 registered disciples standing in front of him with satisfaction, and began to speak: "You need to work diligently and strive to become an official disciple of our sect one day...... Shine on the lintel and make contributions. "I almost said it, eat and drink spicy, and my sister doesn't have to worry about paper.

He continued: "The ruler is long, and the inch is short. Everyone has their own special features, and the purpose of our school is to make the best use of things and make the best use of talents. Today we have added a lot of new faces, and let's all introduce ourselves. ”

Newcomers begin to introduce their names, origins, and specialties in turn, and then express their determination and make up their minds, such as those who are good at punching and kicking, running fast, fast hands, sharp-eyed, resistant to beating, and not afraid of death. When it was Xiao Xiao's turn, he said calmly: "I'm better at eating." ”

Everyone burst into laughter, and Li Anyi was suddenly annoyed, this newcomer dares to make fun of me? Who knew that Xiao Xiao continued: "People who are good at eating don't care about the preciousness of ingredients. Even if it is simple pork, I can boil or stir-fry or marinate or broil, and make white-cut pork, Dongpo meat, back pot meat, braised meat, barbecued meat, slurp meat, smoked meat, stewed meat, dumplings, steamed buns, wontons, and so on. ”

Li Anyi was dumbfounded, this is really a complete foodie, listening to the Wu Zizi over there: "The recipes of chicken are even more numerous, steamed chicken, roasted chicken, white cut chicken, called flower chicken, spicy chicken, salt-baked chicken......" Li Anyi swallowed his saliva vigorously, and hurriedly stopped him: "This junior brother is very good and talented." Looking at Xiao Xiao, I felt a deep sense of closeness.

After introducing himself and starting the formal teaching, Li Anyi's way was simple and rude, and he said word by word: "Back!" He sent everyone a book of martial arts mantras, told everyone to memorize them, and then pondered and tried to run the internal skills by themselves, and if there was anything they didn't understand, they would ask Senior Brother Li Anran next door, and about the moves, they would go to Senior Brother Li Anran to listen to it when they had time.

While everyone was overwhelmed by this teaching method, Li Anran, who was sweating profusely from the orthodox church next door, felt that he wanted to sneeze very much, and he habitually had to look this way.

In the grass room, Xiao Xiao looked at the introductory version of the Emperor Girl Sutra in his hand and lost his mind a little. Li Tietou thought that he had no way to start, and explained: "There are all kinds of martial arts and sword moves in our school, but there is only one internal strength and mental method, which is divided into nine volumes. After each volume of the first layer of exercises, practice to the ninth layer can impact the Great Perfection, then pick the sun, moon and stars, live with heaven and earth, go back and forth between the past and the future, omnipotent. ”

Xiao Xiao was stunned and asked, "It's so powerful, who has practiced it?" ”

Li Tietou scratched his head and said, "It is said that the Supreme Patriarch has touched the threshold of the seventh layer, and the years have not increased, and a hundred miles have come and gone. ”

Xiao Xiao asked him if he had seen it, and the latter shook his head flatly. Xiao Xiao was puzzled and didn't believe it, how could the martial arts cheats of the Jianghu sect have such magical powers? The Emperor's Sutra? Is that too weird a name? Who is the Imperial Maiden? Could it be that Empress E's daughter is not successful?

Li Tietou saw that he began to try to run the skill, and hurriedly reminded: "This skill is very domineering, rushing to the meridians, making people reborn, and the pain is unbearable, I took a hundred days to run Zhoutian, and it is already very fast without the assistance of genius Dibao, you must not be in a hurry to hurt yourself." ”

As soon as Xiao Xiao closed his eyes and settled down, he immediately opened his eyes in surprise and looked at Li Tietou suspiciously.

"How? It's hard to do, you have to have perseverance. Li Tietou encouraged.

Xiao Xiao's face was strange, and he couldn't help but say, "It's really difficult. ”

The Buddha said that a flick of the finger refers to sixty moments, and in an instant, nine hundred births and deaths.

Xiao Xiao has an extraordinary memory, and he has long memorized the mantras of the exercises. As soon as I tried to run Xuangong, I felt that I had completed several weeks of operation in an instant, where did the domineering and difficult come from? He felt that his qualifications were good, but he didn't come to this point, and he couldn't help but be puzzled. I thought about it for a long time, and I can only attribute it to the high degree of fit of the exercises.

In an instant, it exceeds the work of ordinary people in 100 days, and in time, how far can it go? A little wishful thinking, Xiao Xiao also began to hope that the supernatural powers after the Great Perfection were real.