A large river crosses the north and south, and along the river downward, the water gradually slows down, and a tributary forms a lake. The lake fed a fisherman's family, and over time, it gradually became a small village. Ten miles north of the small village, there is a Taoist temple on the back mountain. The Taoist temple is not big, the fishermen who come and go only know that there is an old Taoist priest who lives in seclusion in the mountains and forests, and usually there is a big or small thing in the village to go to the Taoist temple to let the old Taoist priest talk about it, after all, the older generation is said that this is an immortal.

The old Taoist priest outside the Taoist temple was watering the vegetable patch, and when he heard a young man in the village running panting, he smiled and handed the young man saliva. The young man poured the tea bowl into his mouth, and when he was halfway through the drink, he coughed, and the old Taoist priest smiled and helped the young man's back. The old Taoist priest looked at the young man who was still a little anxious with a smile on his face, and said slowly: "Say it slowly, don't worry. ”

"Old fairy, today the mother-in-law of the old Zheng family was washing clothes by the lake, and a thing floated from upstream, and when she got closer, she found that it was a child, and there were dozens of carp holding it up below. The carp swam away when they sent the child to the Zheng family's mother-in-law, and she quickly scooped up the child. The village chief said that this child is not an ordinary person, let me come to the old fairy to see, this is not to invite the old fairy. The young man calmed his breath and made things clear.

The old Taoist's eyes changed, and then he said with a smile: "Such a thing, then I'll take a trip with you to take a look." Along the way, the old Taoist priest asked the young man about the characteristics of the child, listened to the description of the young man and nodded, the doubt in his heart turned into a little expectation, it seems that it is not the official family who came to ask the immortal to ask what kind of bureau, but I don't know what kind of child it will be?

When the old Taoist priest saw this pink and tender child, a trace of shock flashed on his face, and he looked around at these kind and simple villagers, stretched out his hand and lightly tapped the child's head twice, and a small magic circle slowly unfolded in the old Taoist's hand. The villagers looked at the old fairy who was nodding frequently with his eyes closed, and wanted to step forward to ask a little anxiously, but was stopped by the old village chief on the side who stretched out his hand.

That magic circle was actually a covering magic circle, and he still wanted this to keep the village away from those immortal trivialities. The old Taoist priest originally just wanted to check the child's qualifications, but he confirmed that he was indeed not wrong before. This child's physique is simply born for cultivation, but looking at the calm and curiosity in the child's eyes, the old Taoist priest wanted to take a closer look at the child, but saw the anger and disdain in the child's eyes. The old Taoist priest covered the voice beside him, and said with some curiosity: "I won't harm you, I just want to confirm your qualifications more carefully." Take it easy. ”

Looking at the child whose eyes became calm, the old Taoist priest smiled again and stretched out his finger and pointed it on the child's forehead, and after a careful examination, he confirmed that this child was not a special bloodline, and he breathed a sigh of relief. The old Taoist priest had dealt with the bloodline inheritor before, and he only felt that the other party's family was a group of crazy people, so he finally avoided that family, and now he didn't have anything to do with any family. The old Taoist priest confirmed again, and saw that the child was moved to accept the apprentice, so he asked: "If I accept you as an apprentice, are you willing?" Looking at the disdain in the child's eyes, the old Taoist priest smiled and didn't care. However, looking at the child in front of him and the villagers outside the magic circle, the old Taoist priest's heart changed and he decided to take the child away.

The old Taoist priest withdrew the magic circle, looked at the anxious villagers beside him and said happily: "This is a good seedling, I want to send him to the Taoist temple to inherit my immortal arts." It's just a pity that he doesn't seem to like me very much. ”

"The old fairy is so powerful, doesn't this kid like you?" A teenager asked in disbelief as he looked at the child in the vegetable basket.

The old Taoist priest touched the young man's head and said with a smile: "This kid is even more powerful than me, you must know that there are mountains outside the mountains, and there are people outside the people." And the old way, I pay attention to my cultivation to be smooth, if you don't want to, then you don't want to! ”

"Village chief, I'm going to take this kid to live in the Taoist temple, he's a good seedling, I can't let these stinky boys spoil it." The old Taoist priest looked back at the familiar old man on the side, took out the child in the vegetable basket, and then looked at the group of half-grown children who wanted to come up and take a look, and jokingly explained his request to the old man.

"Old fairy, we just want to see what the child looks like?"

"Yes, old fairy, my mother said that this child is good-looking, I haven't seen it fishing in the river before?"

"Old fairy, show us?"

“……”

"A bunch of stinky boys, don't make a fuss in front of the old fairy, and don't know how to follow the old fairy to learn Braille?" The village chief dragged away the mischievous ghosts, looked at the old Taoist priest and said slowly: "The old fairy can take it away if you want to, this baby is not a fisherman at first glance, what is it like to stay in the village?" ”

The old Taoist priest said with a smile, took the fruits and vegetables sent by those villagers along the way, and accompanied a few little hairy children to tell a few stories, and then slowly returned to the Taoist temple.

After returning to the Taoist temple, the old Taoist priest sighed, and said that he would no longer care about the affairs of the immortal family, so he couldn't hold back. Just looking at this piece of jade, the old Taoist priest was a little worried about whether he would affect this child. Seeing the child curiously looking at the Taoist temple in swaddling clothes, the old Taoist priest smiled and reached out to touch the child's fingers, and said softly: "Whether you are the reincarnation of an immortal or a descendant of a god, in my Taoist temple, you are a child." That's the promise I can give you. ”

The child's eyes were a little calm, and then he babbled and stretched out his little thumb, the old Taoist priest looked at this scene, sat on the steps and laughed, and then also stretched out his little finger and touched the child's little thumb.

The daily life of the old Taoist priest has changed a little, usually no one in the Taoist temple every other day to send some vegetables, fish and meat, or a few half-old children talk to see the children in the Taoist temple noisy. The old Taoist priest responded with a smile, he knew that the villagers were just a little curious, and they didn't bother to explain more.

It's just that those stinky boys always want to pinch the children's faces, and the old Taoist priest looked at the anger in the children's eyes, smiled and pulled away the half-grown children who stretched out their hands, and sat in place and told them some ghost stories. The old Taoist priest hid in the air and watched these stinky boys run all the way home, and then was beaten by his own mother on the buttocks, and flew back to the Taoist temple with a smile.

The old Taoist priest looked at the child who was still a little angry in the swaddling clothes, smiled and said, "Those babies have no malice, why are you angry?" Seeing the child looking at him angrily, the old Taoist priest smiled again and said, "Also, the old Taoist uses his own cultivation standards to restrain you, this baby, but the old way is wrong." ”

At night, the old Taoist priest laid a strange formation beside the child, and watched the child's somewhat pleasant smell dissipate, so he wiped the sweat on his head and went back to sleep. On the night when the child was brought back, the old Taoist priest didn't know how many obscure things he had killed because of the children's gathering, and he was forced to sit beside the child and keep watch all night, but fortunately there were no accidents.

As the child grows up, he can gradually speak, but the child does not like to talk very much, occasionally says thank you, and always stares at his hands when he sits on the table. The little hairy children also came to see from time to time, but the old Taoist priest always broke them apart in advance, so there was little opportunity to play tricks on the children on the table.

After hearing from the old Taoist priest that the little guy likes the fish in the village very much, the young people in the village were a little excited, and sent the fish to the Taoist temple for several days, so frightened that the old Taoist priest quickly explained that the little guy's appetite is not so big, and everyone doesn't need to do this, so these villagers who don't have any eyes will no longer send food so often.

As the days passed, the old Taoist priest counted the time to leave the village chief and went out of the far house, and fostered the child at the village chief's house. The little hairy children were happy, and ran to the village chief's house every day, teasing the babies with teeth and claws, and then stood in front of the house by the village chief who came over with a cane. The village chief looked at the clear-eyed child in front of him, shook his head, and then walked out of the house with a sigh.

The old Taoist priest walked for seven or eight days this time, and when he came back, he was a little embarrassed, and the Taoist robe on his body seemed to have been gnawed by some wild beast. The villagers also asked a few words, listening to the old Taoist priest saying that it was just a trivial matter, and seeing that his face was still smiling, the villagers were relieved.

The old Taoist priest took the child back to the Taoist temple, and the child looked curiously at the old Taoist priest who was carving a strange formation on the ground, and heard the old Taoist explain with a smile: "I originally wanted to calculate your birthday, but it turned out that the old Taoist realm was not enough to deduce it after all." Fortunately, Lao Dao has also learned to identify bone age, and finally calculated the age of your little guy. Fortunately, the things I learned are very miscellaneous, and I can't let such a seedling lack a little foundation. ”

The old Taoist priest carved the magic circle for a long time, and the scope of this magic circle gradually increased, and finally covered the entire Taoist temple. The child looked at the hard-working old Taoist priest, and it took a long time before he opened his mouth and whispered, "Thank you, but you really don't have to." ”

The old Taoist priest laughed, looked at the child who had spoken a few more words, and said, "My cultivation is according to my heart, so this is what I want to do, if you don't want to, then I can stop." But you actually like it in your heart, don't you? ”

The child just nodded and whispered, "Thank you." ”

The old Taoist priest wanted to stretch out his hand, and then he thought of something and withdrew his right hand, looked at the clear-eyed child in front of him and said, "Little baby, do you have your own name?" ”

The child looked at the distant sky, then at his small hands, and sighed. The old Taoist priest was still smiling and watching, ready to help the little baby complete this baptism, but he heard a voice behind him: "Ling Qi, Ling Bo's Ling, the revelation of Qi." ”

The old Taoist priest laughed, looked back at the little baby and said, "What a name! ”