Chapter Forty-Nine: The Mantle Disciple, the Apprenticeship Ceremony
And above Chixia Peak, it has become a pot of porridge.
Sun Li stood beside him, watching teams of gray-robed disciples arrive, constantly busy, and finally erected a huge wooden platform.
Then there was the lord of Jinhua Mountain, Yue Buchen, who slowly walked up to the wooden platform. Behind him, six purple-robed Jinhua Mountain elders followed.
When these seven people walked on the stage, the audience was already crowded with many disciples, and Sun Li was directly squeezed into the corner, and could only look at Yue Buchen from afar and said majestically: "In today's mountain trial, some disciples successfully broke the eighth level of the trial. Therefore, according to the ancestral teachings, accept this disciple as my mantle disciple of the seventeenth generation of Jinhua Mountain. ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar, whether they knew it for a long time or not, they all showed surprise, because the identity of the mantle disciple was too special. You must know that the mantle disciple is completely different from the disciples of other identities, saying that it is a disciple, to be more precise, it is actually the heir of the next generation of mountain masters.
Disciples of other identities, even if they are excellent, will only become an elder in the end. Only the mantle disciples are eligible to be selected as the next generation of mountain masters, and this is the difference.
In the entire Jinhua Mountain, all the disciples add up to at least two or three thousand, and there are dozens of elite disciples, but the so-called mantle disciples have only two so far, which shows the rarity of mantle disciples.
And now, Li Qing'er is about to become the third, how can everyone not be shocked.
And Yue Buchen on the stage saw the slightly chaotic scene, and frowned slightly, "Quiet." ”
The sound instantly spread throughout the entire Chixia Peak, and the noise of everyone's discussion miraculously disappeared. At this time, Yue Buchen looked at a purple-robed Taoist priest on the side and said, "Second Elder, you can preside over the apprenticeship ceremony." ”
"Yes. Second Elder Xue nodded bitterly and did not refuse, as the elder in charge of the great gift in the entire Jinhua Mountain, this was originally a matter of duty.
Xue Ku, who took over the task, glanced at all the disciples, took a step forward, and recited in a deep voice: "The heavens and the earth are firm, the sun and the moon are clear, bless me Jinhua and protect my inheritance." Today, according to the ancestral teachings, Li Qing'er, the daughter of the royal family, is my seventeenth generation disciple of Jinhua Mountain, and this ceremony is specially opened to advertise the children. ”
"First salute, salute the heavens!" Xue Ku's face was straight.
"Worship God!" the straight, sixteen blue-robed disciples standing beside Xue Ku said immediately.
"Worship God!" Then, forty-nine disciples lined up on the edge of the wooden platform said in unison.
"Worship the sky!", in the end, many disciples of the entire Chixia Peak shouted together, mighty and earth-shattering. Then a majestic and solemn atmosphere rippled out, and all the plants and trees were bowed down, and all the insects and ants were held for it, and there was silence.
Then, in this atmosphere, in this silence, Yue Buchen and other elders on the high platform bowed to the east together.
"Second salute, worship the ancestor!" Xue Ku said in a deep voice again.
"Worship the Patriarch. Sixteen blue-robed disciples said in unison.
"Worship the Patriarch. The blue-robed disciple shouted.
"Worship the Patriarch. Everyone shouted together.
Yue Buchen, who was on the high platform, bowed his face with a solemn face, and immediately a disciple in a green robe held a green jade box and handed it to Yue Buchen's hand.
Yue Buchen gently opened the box, carefully took out a picture scroll from it, and then slowly unfolded it.
Then everyone was surprised to find that this picture scroll was extremely broken, but they didn't dare to make a noise at all, because they knew very well who the characters painted on this picture scroll were, that is, the founder of Jinhua Mountain!
"Patriarch, please. Yue Buchen's eyes were slightly solemn, he snorted lightly, and directly threw the scroll into the air.
In the midst of everyone's incredulous gaze, the scroll suddenly froze in the air, and a faint figure walked out of it, floating in the air, calmly looking at everyone.
"Is this the phantom of the patriarch?" The eyes of many disciples in the audience were already as big as copper bells.
However, Yue Buchen on the stage was very calm, looked directly at this illusion, and said respectfully: "Yue Buchen, the sixteenth generation mountain lord of Jinhua Mountain, wants to accept the seventeenth generation of mantle disciples, so he specially asks the ancestor and asks the ancestor for permission. ”
After finishing speaking, Yue Buchen shook his clothes, and then bowed deeply to the illusion in mid-air.
"Exactly. And the illusion in mid-air glanced at Yue Buchen and only said such a word, and disappeared directly with a "bang", and the picture scroll also fell with a "brush", which happened to be picked up by Yue Buchen who looked up, and then carefully rolled it up, and put it back in the jade box to put it away.
"Whew. Yue Buchen breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Xue Kuan on the side and said, "Second Elder, go on." ”
"The third salute, disciple apprenticeship. Xue Ku said loudly, and it was Li Qing'er's turn at this time.
"Disciple apprenticeship. ”
"Disciple apprenticeship. ”
"Disciple apprenticeship. In the voice of everyone, Li Qing'er walked from the corner of the wooden platform to the center of the wooden platform and stood upright.
"Li Qing'er, let me ask you, are you willing to join my Jinhua Mountain sect and become a mantle disciple. In the future, it will be my responsibility to maintain the inheritance of my Jinhua Mountain?" Xue Ku opened his mouth to ask, extremely serious.
"The children are willing. Li Qing'er didn't have any hesitation in her eyes, and replied directly. In fact, according to her status as a princess, this mantle disciple cannot become her restraint, but will only become her help.
"You have to be clear that I have ten precepts and eighty minor precepts in Jinhua Mountain. As a disciple of the mantle, you have to lead by example and not disobey, are you willing?
"Yes. ”
"Although Jinhua Mountain is safe and sound now, but maybe the sky will fall into the sky, and then you, as a disciple of the mantle, will take on the responsibility of the entire Jinhua Mountain, are you willing?"
"Yes. ”
"Well, Li Qing'er, from now on, you will be my seventeenth generation disciple of Jinhua Mountain. Now, you pay a great salute to your mentor, the sixteenth generation of mountain lord Yue Buchen. ”
"Yes. Li Qing'er responded, then turned to look at Yue Shanqun, and bowed deeply to Yue Buchen.
The so-called great gift is three bows and nine bows. As a princess, Li Qing'er naturally couldn't kneel down and kowtow, so she used the nine-bow ceremony, Yue Buchen understood this in his heart, so he nodded without any displeasure.
"Licheng, please give something from Master. Xue Ku said in a deep voice.
A green-robed disciple held a luxurious wooden box, quickly ran up to the stage, and handed it to Yue Buchen. Yue Buchen took the box and handed it to Li Qing'er, "As the seventeenth generation mantle disciple of Jinhua Mountain, as a master, you will naturally not treat you badly, this is a small gift, you accept it first." ”
Li Qing'er nodded lightly, then opened the box, only to see a set of clothes lying quietly inside, a set of clothes that only a mantle disciple can wear.
"Give it a try. ”
"Hmm. Li Qing'er nodded, walked off the stage, and returned to the stage after a while, already with a new look.
I saw that it was a azure robe, with a vermilion plum blossom buckle sewn on the front, gilded bird patterns embroidered on both sides, a high vertical collar with silver threads, purple tight sleeves, plus stone blue boots, and a sky blue hosta.
"In the future, this will be your senior sister, and if you offend, you will be severely punished. Yue Buchen finally said solemnly to all the disciples above Chixia Peak.
Everyone's bodies shook, and then they said in unison: "Don't dare." ”
"It's good if you don't dare. Yue Buchen said, then turned his head to look at Li Qing'er and said, "You just came out of the trial, and you have to participate in this ceremony, because you have not considered it well for the teacher, but the ancestral training is like this." If you are tired, just rest first, there is your residence on Ziyun Peak, and the equipment is complete, if you don't want to, just talk to the teacher, and the teacher will change it for you. ”
"No need, thank you Master for your kindness. ”
"That's fine. Yue Buchen nodded and said, "I am busy with the affairs of the teacher, so I will not accompany you for now, and let Elder Huo lead you to Ziyun Peak in a while." ”
"Good. Li Qing'er nodded, and there was no dissatisfaction on her face.
"That's the teacher gone. Yue Buchen didn't say anything more and turned around and left Chixia Peak, and the purple-robed elders in the group also left, only the seventh elder Huo Xiu stayed.
"Princess, let's go, and see your lodging first. Huo Xiu said with a smile and slowly walked to the side.
"Good. Li Qing'er followed, and the crowd automatically separated, making way for her, watching with a look of reverence and awe.
Li Qing'er just kept walking, kept walking, and then suddenly stopped, turned her head to look in one direction to the side, and frowned slightly.