"Good, great good." Master Jia was overjoyed in his heart, the problem that plagued him was finally solved, while secretly scolding the Buddhism sect for being despicable, while secretly sighing that the Taoist sect was too kind, as for accepting Chen Fan as a disciple, there was no doubt about it, but what type of disciple could Chen Fan become, it turned out that he had been hesitating, and at this time he finally made a decision in his heart.

In general, the Taoist temple set up a Taoist academy, and the Taoist academy accepted apprentices, after entering the academy, they were called introductory disciples, such disciples were equivalent to junior high school students in modern society, and the college was an ordinary teacher-student relationship. The second type is a registered disciple, who has a certain potential, performs well in the Taoist Academy, and is recognized by the Taoist Temple, and can enter the Taoist Temple for further study after graduating from the Taoist Academy and become a Taoist disciple; The third type, a disciple who is favored by a certain Taoist chief in the Taoist temple, directly as a disciple of the Taoist leader, is recommended by the Taoist chief to enter the Taoist temple, which is equivalent to finding a backer in the Taoist temple, but it is not just any Taoist who takes a fancy to it, and this Taoist must have a certain identity in the Taoist temple; The fourth type, the true disciples, are selected from all the disciples and exist as the inheritors of the Taoist temple, which is equivalent to the civil servants in the Taoist temple, and they enter the system and enjoy the highest privileges among the disciples of the Taoist temple.

At present, Master Jia's highest authority to accept apprentices is to accept Chen Fan as his own personal disciple, who can directly bring Chen Fan into the Taoist temple to learn Taoism, or let him enter the academy to study, and then let him enter the Taoist temple for further study after graduation. The difference between the two is that Taoism is a place to learn advanced Taoism, there are many basic Taoism, and it will be regarded as if the disciple has already learned, like Chen Fan, who is always Baiding, will be more tired to learn, and Master Jia will also be more tired, because there are some things that as a master, you have to answer in person, and the advantage is that Chen Fan can quickly integrate into Taoism and learn advanced Taoism; Let Chen Fan enter the academy to study, like the disciples of other academies, start from the basic Taoist method, but the advanced Taoist method of Taoism, Chen Fan will not be able to learn it for a while and a half, especially the Taoist method about strengthening the Yuan Shen, which will not be accessible for a while and a half, which is not conducive to Chen Fan's rapid growth.

"Since you worship me as a teacher, I will accept you as a disciple today, I hope you don't forget today's words, and magnify my Taoism in the future." After speaking, Master Jia took out an object from his arms, which was a small sword, only two or three inches long, and there was a sword spike on it, and handed it to Chen Fan.

"This thing is the wisdom sword, which was passed on to me by your ancestors, and I pass it on to you today, hoping that you can always maintain your wisdom and comprehend my Taoism as soon as possible, and I hope you cherish and value it."

The latter sentence is to tell me not to forget Master's kindness, Chen Fan understood in his heart, and said respectfully: "Master, from today onwards, I will only look forward to Master's horse, and obey only his orders, even if I go to the soup and fire, I will not give up. Chen Fan immediately expressed his loyalty, this is not all a lie, for Chen Fan, he will be peached, reciprocated with a li, and he must have a grateful heart.

And what made Chen Fan happy was that the Huixin Sword given by Master Jia, the real value of this sword, Chen Fan didn't know, but there was a bead on the sword spike hanging on the sword, earthy yellow, if Chen Fan was not mistaken, it was the "Lingyuan Pearl." ”

After speaking, Chen Fan respectfully took the Huixin Sword with both hands, and immediately a burst of enlightenment poured into his heart, and the information and image of the "Lingyuan Bead" appeared in his mind, and the bead on the sword spike was the Lingyuan Bead.

"My son is really fortunate to be able to worship the Master as a teacher, and I also asked the Master to choose a zodiac festival so that he could solemnly worship the Master." Father Chen interjected.

"No, my Taoism doesn't talk about false etiquette, let the Fa student prepare, and in a few days I will take him to the Taoist temple to meet the patriarch and the master."

"Then there's Master Law." Father Chen was not reluctant, but the apprenticeship ceremony was to be prepared, which is a later story, so I won't show it for the time being. As for whether Chen Fan will study in the Taoist Temple or in the academy in the future, Master Jia has not decided the main thing in his heart for a while, and this is not something that Master Jia can decide alone, if he wants to study in the Taoist Temple, he must get the consent of the master and other relevant Taoist leaders, everything depends on chance.

"You're welcome, Fa Sheng is fine, it's time to say goodbye to the poor Dao, ten days soon, one month slower, I'll come to the house again, and then Fa Sheng will go to the Taoist temple with me, I don't know what to do with the king's will?"

Seeing that Fasheng Chen was fine, Master Jia accepted him as an apprentice again, giving Father Chen a big surprise, no matter what, Father Chen pulled Master Jia to finish lunch together before leading everyone to bid farewell to Master Jia. During the banquet, it was agreed that after the Master finished his work, he would take Chen Fasheng to the Taoist Temple, and before leaving, Master Jia said to Chen Fan: "Fa Sheng, you use this time to read the Tao Te Ching." I heard that you are playing Go well, don't waste it, sometimes, you still have to rely on the game to solve the problem. ”

"Yes, Master, the disciples must remember Master's teachings." Chen Fan replied respectfully. Although I don't understand what Master Jia said about solving problems by playing games, I still feel that I still have some confidence in playing Go, so I will talk about it first. Master Jia is still quite satisfied with this apprentice, he does not have the arrogance and extravagance of a rich man, he treats people respectfully and politely everywhere, and the most rare thing is that he has a faint self-confidence, which is not offensive at all, but gives people a sense of steadfastness and trustworthiness, which is a rare quality, which is especially needed for Taoist priests.

After saying goodbye to Master Jia, Chen's father called Chen Fan to the study, and the two had an in-depth conversation about the future of Fa Sheng.

"Fa Sheng, this time you can be favored by Master Jia, I am very happy for my father, and this time I come back, you have changed your childishness in the past, and you have spoken and acted a lot more calmly, which is very good, don't have any more conflicts with Aqing in the future, and make the relationship good, which is good for you in the future."

"Yes, father." It seems that Xiao Qing's background is not simple, Chen Fan remained silent at the moment and replied respectfully.

The father nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Master said, take a look at the Tao Te Ching, this is really a golden and jade good word, the key is to understand the meaning inside, everyone reads the Tao Te Ching, but the meaning of understanding is not the same, you memorize the content first, for the meaning is not clear, you can consult the master in the future, don't blindly define yourself." ”

"Yes, the child will read it first, and if there is something you don't understand, I'll ask the master later." There is no punctuation in an article, Chen Fan remembers that the first sentence of the article is just "Dao Ke Dao is very famous", this sentence has three interpretations for later generations, each of which is reasonable, and it is not uncommon for the whole article to understand the meaning in some places, but I don't know what explanation "Chengying" gives, I think it should be the most correct understanding, Chen Fan thought in his heart.

"Originally, your academic performance was average, you were not interested in Taoism and martial arts, and your father did not force you to learn Taoism, but God dictated, now you have entered Taoism, Taoism, martial arts must be learned, you know, these two most profound kung fu are in Taoism. There is a sentence, Master Jia is not wrong, his "Northern Zhenwu Xuanjing" is a direct reference to the Yuan Shen Dao Sutra, can be cultivated to live forever, you must find a way to learn this scripture. In addition, the swordsmanship of the Daomen, you can learn some of it, and it can also be used for self-defense in the future. ”

"Yes, Father, the child wrote it down." Martial arts are used for self-defense, not for fighting, and it is best to be able to do without hands. Chen Fan, as an otaku, has almost no experience in dealing with people in modern society, but his sports performance is not bad, but fighting is another thing, mainly he has not met any good people, and he has made some literate friends, and everyone understands that it is difficult to find the police. It's just that in this era without mobile phones, it is estimated that it is inconvenient to call the police, and sometimes you have to rely on yourself, if you want not to be bullied, it is not possible to learn martial arts.

"You were originally going to study at Tianshui Academy, but now you have been accepted as an apprentice by Master Jia, what are your plans in the future?"

"Being accepted as an apprentice by Master Jia, do I need to go to Zhenqing Daoist Academy to study?" Chen Fan did not immediately answer his father's question, but asked the question in his heart first.

"This is not necessarily, Master Jia will accept you as a personal disciple, you can directly take you into the Taoist temple, or you can recommend you to the Taoist Academy, for the father to visit Master Jia's mouth, he has not yet decided, it is estimated that the next time I will take you to the Taoist temple, it depends on your performance in the Taoist temple. As a father, I am worried that you will go directly to the Taoist temple and not be able to keep up with your studies. ”

Chen Fan doesn't have this worry, with "Chengying", Chen Fan himself is full of confidence in the Taoist scriptures, if he goes to the Taoist Academy and the Taoist Temple, Chen Fan is more inclined to go to the Taoist Temple, which is equivalent to directly entering the university, so he asked: "Father, please rest assured, if I go to the Taoist Temple to study, I will work hard and will not fall behind in my studies." I just don't know what are the advantages of studying in Taoism compared to studying in Tianshui College? ”

"It can't be said that either side necessarily has an advantage," Chen's father said contemplatively, "It should be said that each side has its own merits." Tianshui College is a comprehensive college, the first year after entering, learn a variety of basic knowledge, there are some basic knowledge of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting and some basic knowledge of the Five Classics, a year later, according to their respective abilities for sub-disciplines, mainly according to the official positions established by the government now, divided into economics, chess, etiquette, law, arithmetic, the most difficult of the economics, mainly to learn the scriptures, theories, policies, poems, which is regarded as the official orthodox discipline, can be in charge of the political side; Chess is mainly to learn chess and the art of war, chess is divided into nine grades, when out of office, according to the highest grade of the chess player to the corresponding grade of the official position, mainly in charge of military affairs, at that time for the father's chess power reached the seventh grade, but unfortunately only served as an eight-grade official, after the accumulation of merit, to achieve six grades, but because of busy business, chess strength has not grown; Etiquette mainly learns sacrifices, divination, national events in the rituals, in Rong, the importance of sacrifice is still above the military, when you meet a priest, you have to be courteous; The law department mainly studied criminal law, and later worked mainly in the criminal department; The arithmetic department mainly learns arithmetic, auxiliary astrology, and formations, and goes in more directions, but mainly works in the household department and is in charge of the country's money. ”

"Father, when Master was leaving, he said that sometimes you have to rely on games to solve problems, what's going on?" Chen Fan asked the doubts in his heart before.

"Alas, now is the world of great controversy, since the Wuhu Rebellion, my Liang Dynasty favored the south, and the struggle with the Northern Dynasty has never stopped, and Taoism is not the case." Chen's father then said something that made Chen Fan feel that he was in a troubled world and often had to fight.