The cold north wind was as cold as a knife, and the empty wasteland was white, and the rising sun hung in the eastern sky of the snow, shining a faint and weak light. But it was obscured by flying snowflakes, making it difficult for people to see what was going on.

A skeleton woke up slowly, like a dream, and followed the light to the east in a daze. The falling snow gradually submerged its knees, and from a distance, it looked like a white snowball rolling on its own in the snow.

Zhang Jiao doesn't know how long it's been since he woke up, or if he's been dreaming like this for a long time. He looked at this world blankly, but he felt very warm. for the faint light of the sun shone on his forehead. He liked the warmth, so he still chased himself east. I don't know how long I walked, but I gradually could see the outline of a mountain in the distance. Suddenly, a windswept wind blew, and a cloud of white snow in front of him poured out black blood, gradually turning into a black and white mountain monarch. Shanjun turned and let Zhang Jiao grab his tail, but he stopped traveling east, and turned to a manor in the distance to the south.

I don't know how long I walked, but a black path appeared in front of me, which zigzagged to a beautiful manor. It didn't seem to melt into the world, the snowflakes flew above the garden and gradually turned into a light rain, and seven or eight peach trees bloomed on the edge of a pavilion at the gate of the manor. In the pavilion, a young man fell asleep on the table with a wine jug.

As soon as Shanjun walked on the black path, it gradually melted. Turn back into snow and black earth and cover the road, leaving no trace. Zhang Jiao walked into the pavilion and looked at the drunken teenager. A sense of familiarity for no reason comes from the heart. So he went up and tried to wake him up.

"Wake up... uh..."

Just as he was about to speak, the young man opened his eyes as if he were aware of it. Squinted at him. As soon as you open your mouth, you will be full of wine.

"You scoundrel, why did you come back again!?" The boy is old-fashioned.

"You... Who is it? I'm your apprentice...? Zhang Jiao was still at a loss.

"Alas~ You scoundrel, you mantis arm block the car, you don't envy the infinity of heaven and earth, and shake the mountain with the power of a leaf, let me say what is good about you." The young man got up and leaned on the edge of the pavilion, poured another sip of wine, as if hating iron and not steel, and said: "This time, just follow me to practice, there will be a spirit in this heaven and earth, and you can return to the original trajectory without you careging." ”

"Who the hell are you?" Zhang Jiao was a little confused.

The young man seemed to be a little angry, tore off a peach blossom outside the pavilion, put it in his mouth and chewed it, and drank a sip of wine. He shook the gourd again, put it on the edge of the pavilion, walked towards Zhang Jiao again, and put his hand on Zhang Jiao's forehead. While saying: "I am Zimu, your teacher, your name is Zhang Jiao, a poor apprentice, the swaying fire will lead you to Mount Tai to rest in peace." I will order the king of the mountains to bring you here. As he spoke, the young man pulled out a trace of goose-yellow light from Zhang Jiao's forehead, and put it in the gourd. Throw it to the east. The gourd flew straight towards Mount Tai after taking it off.

The scenery outside the pavilion changed dramatically in an instant, and the violent storm and snow outside the pavilion suddenly turned into the fragrance of birds and flowers. The original manor has also been transformed into a lush bamboo forest. A gray skeleton grew bloody flesh. The young man sighed and threw a set of cloth clothes at Zhang Jiao. said, "It's just a dream, wake up." Don't have a second time. ”

Zhang Jiao suddenly felt sleepy and fell asleep.

……

When Zhang Jiao woke up again, he looked around blankly and had a splitting headache. He found himself in a dilapidated pavilion, and a handsome young man was looking at him with a smile. Came and kicked him. With a chuckle, he asked, "Awake?" Who are you, why did you faint in this mountain suburb pavilion, if it weren't for the old man to save you, you would probably become a lonely ghost. ”

Looking at the young man's smiling gaze, Zhang Jiao's heart was shocked. As if thinking of something, he looked at the young man gratefully and said: "My name is Zhang Jiao, a native of Yuanping Village, Julu, a family with some shallow medical skills, and I have been in the countryside, and my hometown is in a great drought, and I can barely survive by relying on the skills that can cure some diseases, I heard that there are many precious herbs growing in the northeast of Pushui, so I went out to pick, passed through here, and was bitten by a poisonous snake. ”

I listened well, but the young man was listening, and when he heard the words "little brother", his face turned blue, and he interrupted with some annoyance: "Okay, okay, I don't want you to return any life-saving grace, but you are so bad... No, you scattered people in the countryside have no respect for their elders, who do you call brothers and sisters! The old man is much older than you. Hum! The boy said, untying the rope that bound his hair at the back of his head.

Zhang Jiao was stunned, the young man in front of him had silver-white hair hanging down, and he was particularly dusty, and the bamboo forest swayed through the breeze, blowing the hem of the young man's clothes, as if he was going to return by the wind. Zhang Jiao was shocked, he remembered that there were often legends of saints or immortals fishing on the north shore of Pushui, and he was immediately terrified.

"The old man... The old fairy atoned for his sins, and he had no intention of offending him, because..."Zhang Jiao panicked, and hurriedly bowed to the ground, without choosing his words.

The young man seemed to be laughed at angrily, as if he couldn't bear to see him so embarrassed, and interrupted again: "Okay, okay, you get up, I often travel the world and practice qi." You can think I'm a god. If it weren't for your sincerity, the old man wouldn't have saved you. The boy looked at him, but his eyes showed a mischievous urgency.

Zhang Jiao was stunned, looking at the person in front of him in a daze, his mouth was open, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

"Don't you believe it? Look at your body. The young man unknowingly took out a wine gourd from his bosom and took a sip of it.

Zhang Jiao heard something strange, but he still did it, looking down at his body. Then it seemed that I had seen something incredible. Stunned again.

"It's... This..."Zhang Jiao saw that his usually weak body had become stronger, his black skin had become fairer, and even the scars on his legs had disappeared. There is also a set of clothes by his side. After reacting for a long time, Zhang Jiao looked up at the "old man" fiercely.

"I have noticed you before, in order to treat the peasants and craftsmen and slaves who are traveling with you, you have given away the medicine you have worked so hard to collect, which shows that you are a pure-hearted young man. That artisan slave is just a character in my game world. Today's things are also counted as good rewards for your kindness, and you don't have to care about any kindness. I see that your heart is pure and kind, white and unstained, and your bone age is only fifteen years old, and I like it very much. Would you like to take you as a disciple? The young man walked up to Zhang Jiao, helped him up, picked up the garment, and handed it to him.

Zhang Jiao didn't know what to say for a while, and looked at the person in front of him excitedly and said, "I'm willing... Willing! ”

"My name is Zimu, you can call me by my name in the future, or you can call me Master Zhuang." The young man turned around and snuggled up to the edge of the broken pavilion to drink, and said very casually.

"Master." Zhang Jiao is as good as a stream. But something suddenly occurred and said, "I have been away from home for more than two months, because I am worried about my parents and younger siblings at home. Master, can you let me go home and learn from you? ”

Zhuang Fuzi turned his back to him, as if thinking about something, sat down on the steps of the pavilion with a wine gourd, and then pointed his finger at random to a bamboo hut in the bamboo forest, and said, "Go, I have prepared your luggage in the thatched hut next door, and a few books, you need to study them carefully on the way, and I will wait for you here after March." As if he was sleepy, he stretched his waist, put the wine gourd directly behind his head, and slept on the ground in the pavilion.

Zhang Jiao silently walked up to the master, bowed down, and then turned and walked towards the bamboo house.

Master Zhuang seemed to be dreaming: "This time, may you stop clinging." Little dolls. ”

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Zhang Jiao pushed open the bamboo door, but found that there was a middle-aged man sleeping with a bag of luggage, hearing the movement, the man got up, with the same eccentric and casual temperament as Master Zhuang, he hooked Zhang Jiao's shoulder, looked at Zhang Jiao, and said with a smile: "Little junior brother, you are here, hehe, I am your senior brother, my name is Yu Ji, just call me Senior Brother Yu in the future." The man who claimed to be Senior Brother Yu patted Zhang Jiao's shoulder, and a smell of wine came to his face. Without waiting for Zhang Jiao to respond, he continued as if he was familiar with it: "This time I will go home with you, and by the way, the master will let me teach you some basic qi cultivation methods first." ”

Zhang Jiao woke up like in a dream, and along the way to collect medicine, he first encountered a group of fleeing refugees, and then encountered a dying artisan slave and a half-dead peasant. He could never have imagined that a single herb could revive these two people. And the next day it was alive and kicking. He was once revered as a miracle doctor by his peers. After separating from those people, I wanted to collect some more medicine alone and go home, but I was bitten by a poisonous snake and passed out.

The most outrageous thing is to meet the legendary immortals, oh my! Is that a fairy? I was still accepted as an apprentice by the gods? That's unreal, isn't it? The master said that he was the slave before? Who is that farmer? Is this Senior Brother Yu?

A series of things made Zhang Jiao's head insufficient, and he looked at Yu Ji blankly.

"Little junior brother?" As if seeing the question in Zhang Jiao's heart, Yu Ji said again: "Yes, I am the farmer, hehe." ”

Zhang Jiao was stirred by the smell of wine in Yu Ji's mouth, and he sobered up a lot.

"Division... Hello brother..."

"Hehe, let's go, junior brother." Yu Ji pointed to the burden as he spoke, and the burden suddenly disappeared into Yu Ji's wide sleeve robe, and this set of operations made Xiao Zhangjiao amazed.

Yu Ji's eyebrows danced, and he seemed to get a great sense of satisfaction. On weekdays, Master Li often admonished him not to show off, to emphasize the outer way and ignore the inner way, it is rare to be really free. But this time in front of the little junior brother, it greatly satisfied the vanity in Yu Ji's heart.

"Don't worry, junior brother, senior brother will teach you slowly, let's go, go to your house." Then Yu Ji hooked Zhang Jiao's neck, and in an instant, the scenery around him changed whirringly, and he walked out of the bamboo forest in the blink of an eye.

"Senior brother, I want to learn! That way, you can get home quickly! Zhang Jiao, who had come out of the bamboo forest, finally reacted and recovered the heart of a fifteen-year-old boy.

"No, Master, don't let it be easy to show off, besides, we have to practice on the way. On this way, you only think that you are the old farmer who was rescued by you, and you are not allowed to call me senior brother in front of people. Yu Ji pretended to be profound, and at the same time, his body turned into an old farmer.

"It's really you!" Zhang Jiao was dumbfounded.

"You little bunny thinks we can't lie to you." Yu Ji glared at him, stroked his beard, and walked north.

"Go Wow Divine Doctor, you were instructed by the immortals and accepted as a disciple, old man, I am a witness, go back to your hometown to report the good news." Yu Ji said as he walked, and at the same time, his back was also stiffened, looking full of simplicity and honesty.

Zhang Jiao looked back at the bamboo forest, and was surprised to find that there was only an empty wasteland behind him, and something seemed to flash in his mind, and after thinking about it, he didn't get anything, so he shook his head and chased after Yu Ji.