The summer sky is bright and the sky is blue and deep. At noon, the sun hung high in the southern sky, baking the earth, and there was no cool place in the whole heaven and earth, and a scorching sound, knowing that the shouting on the willow branches made people drowsy.

Huayin City is a city at the foot of Huashan Mountain, because it is located in the north of Huashan, so it is called Huayin.

After more than a month of travel, Xu Zifan finally arrived at the foot of Mount Hua.

After he came to Huayin City, he started his own actions, and he had to create a condition to join the Huashan faction.

At this time, Huashan's vitality was greatly damaged because of the sword qi battle experienced fifteen years ago. And a few years after Yue Buqun took over the head of Huashan, the entire sect was in a state of being in ruins, with three or two big cats and kittens.

What do you need to build a sect? What do you need to walk the rivers and lakes? The most basic thing is, of course, food, clothing, shelter and transportation, and of course it is silver that determines all this.

Thinking of this, Xu Zifan repeated his old trick and took the real-world items to this world to sell, and after more than half a month, he finally scraped together enough 10,000 taels of silver.

Huashan disciples are also divided into inner disciples and outer disciples, the inner door is directly taught by Yue Buqun martial arts, but the outer door is similar to miscellaneous labor, ordinary people have no bad records, they can be outer disciples, and he prepares these silver, the target is of course the inner disciples.

On this day, the weather was clear, and Xu Zifan was ready to go to Huashan to apprentice.

The mountain of the west, Shaoyang is used to do things, all things are born, so it is called Huashan, Huashan is also called Xiyue, also known as Taihua Mountain, since ancient times, it is known for its strange dangers, and it is the place where Huashan sword is stationed.

At the foot of Wancheng Hua Mountain, thousands of rocks and clouds in Hanzhong. Xu Zifan looked up at the majestic Huashan, is he finally about to start the first step in this world? I'm looking forward to it.

When you climb the mountain to the halfway point, there is a square stone tablet in front, which says Huashan School, the font is ancient and powerful, and the pen walks the dragon and snake.

At this time, a young man with a sword, wearing a green shirt, appeared on the mountain road in front of him, his face was vigilant, and he arched his hand to Xu Zifan: "The hero stays, and the front is the Huashan station."

Xu Zifan was overjoyed and said: "Hello brother, I am here to apprentice, please help inform me, thank you in advance!"

The young man in the green shirt with the sword who blocked the road between the mountain roads in front of him was obviously relieved when he heard that he had come to learn from the teacher. looked Xu Zifan up and down, and gestured to the back of the mountain road tree next to him, only to see the leaves on the tree rattling, and a young man in a green shirt with a sword came out from behind the tree, and said: "It's here to apprentice, you look at the mountain gate first, and I'll take him to meet the master."

After speaking, he waved his hand to Xu Zifan and asked him to follow.

Walked more than 200 meters to the front again, the peak turned around, suddenly opened, only to see a piece of flat land about two acres in front of it, pavilions and pavilions on the ground, there are two rows of buildings, there are several peach trees in front of the building, and there is a bluestone slab paved martial arts platform.

Then the sword-wielding young man took Xu Zifan to a lobby, Xu Zifan looked up, and saw a plaque in the lobby, on which were written five golden characters "Qi Sword Chongxiao Hall", the font iron painting silver hook, unruly, such as a sharp sword in the sky, full of edge. This is the place where the Huashan faction receives and meets guests.

After the sword-wielding young man arranged for Xu Zifan to sit down, he said, "I'll go to the master, you wait!"

Xu Zifan arched his hand and smiled: "Thank you, hero."

After about a stick of incense time passed, a person came out of the back hall, and the person who came just entered the lobby laughed heartily, Xu Zifan looked up, only to see a green-shirted scholar stepping out, light robe slowly belted, right hand shaking a folding fan, looking chic, the person who came smiled and said: "In Xia Yue Buqun, Xi is the head of the Huashan faction, I don't know that Mr. has arrived, I have never greeted him from afar, and I forgive my sins!"

Xu Zifan stood up, respectfully clasped his fists and saluted: "Under Xu Zifan, meet Mr. Yue, this time I came to Huashan to apprentice!"

Yue Buqun looked at Xu Zifan and said with a smile: "Where is Mr. Xu?"

Xu Zifan looked pious and replied: "In the ancestral hometown of Fuzhou Furen, since he was a child, he followed his father to do business overseas, and when he went to sea a few years ago, he encountered a strong storm, and his father was unfortunately killed, and he wandered alone, and finally returned to his homeland."

Yue Buqun kept looking at Xu Zifan with a smile, and asked again, "Have you ever learned martial arts?" Look at Mr. Xu's age, he has passed the age of martial arts! ”

"I have never learned martial arts, but boy, I have liked martial arts since I was a child, and my physique is different from ordinary people, please be merciful and accept me as an apprentice! This is my apprenticeship. After that, Xu Zifan took out a silver ticket with a face value of 10,000 taels.

Yue Buqun looked at the silver ticket for a while, didn't take it, and asked with a smile: "The physique is different from ordinary people?"

"Yes, when I was a child, I was greedy for fun, and once I was washed up by the waves on a small island, and found a plant with a red fruit, and I happened to be thirsty at the time, and I was not sensible, so I ate it indiscriminately, and afterwards I found that my strength was getting stronger and stronger, surpassing ordinary people." Xu Zifan said without a red face and without a beating heart.

After listening to Xu Zifan's story, Yue Buqun suddenly stretched out his right hand, as fast as lightning, and when Xu Zifan reacted, he found that Yue Buqun had already held the small wrist of his left hand in his hand, and then felt a warm current flow from the small wrist of his left hand to the whole body, circulating in a circle, and then dissipating faintly.

"The physique is really good, a martial arts wizard, but it's a pity that you're a little older, if you want, you can be a disciple of my Huashan Outer Sect, but you can be exempted from miscellaneous labor, just practice and learn martial arts on the mountain!" Wait for the cultivation to come up, and then enter the inner door. Yue Buqun withdrew his right hand and looked at Xu Zifan and said lightly.

Outer disciples? This result is not what Xu Zifan wants, but it can be exempted from miscellaneous labor, and it is indeed convenient for practice.

It seems that Lao Yue still doesn't believe him after all, and suspects that he is a spy of another faction, but why can that spy of Lao Denuo be an inner disciple, but he is an outer door? After thinking about it, Xu Zifan understood.

Regarding Lao Denuo, Yue Buqun knew very well that he was sent by Zuo Lengchan, and accepting Lao Denuo as an inner disciple was to facilitate the monitoring of Lao Denuo at all times.

And what about yourself? Yue Buqun should have suspected that he was a spy, but he was not sure, and he didn't know which side he belonged to even if he was a spy? What exactly are you looking for in Huashan? refusing to drive himself down the mountain like this is not in line with his reputation as a gentleman's sword, and it is not in line with the character of this old yin, and isn't there still that 10,000 taels of silver? Is it true that walking the rivers and lakes can rob the rich and help the poor at will?

Therefore, when he is not sure which party he belongs to and what he needs to explore, he accepts himself as a disciple of the outer gate, first sets himself up, and then makes specific arrangements when he understands, and finally says that he does not need to do miscellaneous labor, but practices the mountain, and then enters the inner gate when his cultivation is improved, which is convenient for observing himself or if he is not a spy, it is also a way out, and he will not lose a disciple.

Thinking about it like this, Xu Zifan also figured it out, hey, Lao Yue is worthy of the name of the old yin and the hypocrite, and he has so many curves and bends to accept an apprentice.

"The master is above, please accept the apprentice's worship." After saying this, Xu Zifan clenched his fist with his right hand, covered his right fist with his left hand, bent his waist at forty-five degrees, and bowed three times very sincerely.

Lao Yue is a hypocrite or something, Xu Zifan doesn't care, Lao Yue also has his own hardships, and he is just forced by the world. I have a clear conscience, and I really came to learn art, so I should be sincere and sincere.

Yue Buqun said with a smile: "After visiting the spiritual seat of the ancestor of this sect tomorrow morning, you will officially be my Huashan disciple." Then Xu Zifan felt a soft force to lift himself up, and Xu Zifan stood up straight with this force.