Chapter 32: Successful Apprenticeship
Renjiazhuang, Yizhuang.
Early the next morning.
After Wencai finished making breakfast, he went to tell Xiao Yichen to get up.
"Brother Xiao, are you awake, it's dawn."
Xiao Yichen didn't fall asleep in a daze until the second half of the night, and he was sleeping soundly at this time.
was pushed by Wencai, and he quickly woke up.
"It's Brother Wencai, what's the matter?"
Xiao Yichen's eyes were bloodshot, and his spirit was obviously not very good.
"I.... My master and uncle are calling you for breakfast. ”
Wencai was startled by his face and stammered.
"Oh, thank you, Brother Wencai."
When Xiao Yichen heard this, he hurriedly turned over and got up.
After tidying up and washing up a little, I followed Wencai to the front hall.
I saw that the eighth master and the four-eyed Taoist were already sitting at the dining table, just waiting for him.
"Eighth master, four-eyed Taoist."
"I'm sorry, I was so excited last night that I didn't fall asleep until the second half of the night."
So, Xiao Yichen quickened his pace and said apologetically.
"It doesn't matter."
The four-eyed Taoist looked at his ruddy face, and the cyan evil qi was gone, and then he was relieved.
"Little brother, what are you excited about?"
The eighth master got two and a half oceans from the four eyes, and he had a good impression of Xiao Yichen.
Hearing him say this, I couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Don't hide it, boy, I just came back from studying abroad, and I saw a zombie for the first time last night."
"I have been reading poetry books since I was a child, thinking that the gods and demons mentioned in the books are all false, and I never thought that they actually existed."
"Therefore, there is a sense of excitement to lift the fog and witness the truth, and I can't sleep for a while, which makes the Taoist chief smile."
Xiao Yichen sat on the stool and inadvertently revealed his identity.
Studying abroad?
Hearing this, the Eighth Master and the Four-Eyed Daoist were in awe, and even Wen Cai's eyes widened.
This is not something that ordinary people can do.
You have to be a well-educated person to be sent by the former Qing court to study, and all expenses are borne by the court.
Of course, they don't know that in addition to studying abroad on public assignment, there are also self-funded study abroad and fugitive study abroad.
"It turns out that the little brother is actually the master of Jinshi, which is really disrespectful and disrespectful."
The eighth master stood up with admiration on his face and made a Taoist salute to Xiao Yichen.
In his cognition, studying abroad is at least equivalent to the Jinshi of the former Qing Dynasty.
"The eighth master is too polite, torment boy, I'm just a nerd who reads to death."
Xiao Yichen hurriedly got up and returned the salute, and said humbly: "The two Taoist masters are masters, subduing demons and eliminating demons, and protecting the safety of one party." ”
The eighth master and the four eyes glanced at each other, and a trace of surprise flashed in their eyes.
Something is wrong with such politeness!
The people they saw and the old men who were jinshi were not so good.
Who is not arrogant to the heavens and has always been disdainful of them Taoist priests?
The so-called courtesy to others must be sought.
Did he have any plans?
"Brother Xiao, it is said that when you return from studying abroad, the court will not arrange it for you?"
The Four-Eyed Daoist asked tentatively.
"The imperial court is gone, where is the arrangement?"
Xiao Yichen shook his head and said: "After returning to China, the kid is also very confused and can't find his goal in life. ”
So, the boy said goodbye to his family and embarked on the road of traveling the world.
"I want to see the real world and find my future purpose."
"Now, the kid has found it."
After speaking, he looked at the eighth master and the four eyes.
"What do you mean..."
Four Eyes moved in his heart, but he didn't dare to confirm it.
"The kid wants to worship the eighth master as a teacher, learn the Maoshan Taoism, kill demons, and protect the common people!"
With a plop, Xiao Yichen knelt in front of the eighth master and said solemnly.
"Do you want to worship the poor Tao as a teacher?"
The eighth master was taken aback, and he was a little excited in his heart, but his face didn't show it at all.
This is a foreign student in the former Qing Dynasty, equivalent to Master Jinshi.
Right now, a Jinshi master actually wants to worship himself as a teacher?
Could he not have woken up yet? It's like a dream!
If you want to say this, that's too face-saving!
The eighth master admitted that he was moved.
Even the four eyes were a little excited, it turned out that Xiao Xiaoge wanted to apprentice!
At the same time, he felt a little lost in his heart, why didn't he worship me as a teacher?
"Yes, kid is sure, worship the eighth master as a teacher."
Xiao Yichen nodded heavily.
"This...."
The surprise came too suddenly, and the eighth master hesitated a little.
"What's the difficulty of the eighth master?"
Xiao Yichen saw that he was slow to express his position, and hurriedly asked.
"By the way, the disciple has prepared an apprenticeship ceremony."
As soon as he finished speaking, he ran back to the room where he was staying and brought out a large pile of gifts.
"This is a gift for you, Eighth Master, I brought it back from a foreign country."
"This is for Uncle Four-Eyed, and this is for Brother Wencai."
A bunch of gifts were given, and the eighth master and the four eyes each gave an additional five hundred oceans.
Hiss!
Both of them have straight eyes!
They usually earn at most twenty or thirty yuan a month, and only two or three hundred yuan a year.
He was so generous, five hundred yuan per person!
And those gifts brought back from abroad are worth a lot of money!
This is a door-to-door apprenticeship, it is clearly the reincarnation of the God of Wealth!
"Okay, Poor Dao has taken it."
The eighth master was holding a bunch of gifts and smiling from ear to ear.
Wencai on the side was even more stupid, and at the same time he couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart.
Obviously, there was nothing in the room before, where did he get these gifts?
"Stinky boy, what are you still doing stupidly, kneeling down and calling Master."
Seeing that Xiao Yichen hadn't reacted yet, the four-eyed Taoist leader kicked him.
"Disciple Xiao Yichen, meet Master!"
Xiao Yichen knelt down again and shouted respectfully.
"Haha, hurry up, hurry up."
The eighth master smiled so much that his eyebrows were squeezed together, grabbed his arm and pulled him up.
"Four-eyed junior brother, you testify for your brother, I will open the altar and pay tribute to the ancestor."
Then, the eighth master looked at the four eyes and said.
After receiving money from my apprentice, you can't help it? Dream!
Thinking of the five hundred oceans that Xiao Yichen gave to Four Eyes, he was even more heartbroken and couldn't breathe!
"Okay."
Seeing the eyes of the eighth master, the four eyes hurriedly put away the gift.
Just kidding, decades of brothers, who doesn't know whom.
Immediately, everyone didn't have the heart to eat breakfast.
When you come to the main hall, please bring out the portrait of the patriarch and start the apprenticeship ceremony.
"The ancestors and the ancestors are above, and Lin Fengjiao, the thirty-second generation disciple of Maoshan, worships ....."
"Ah Chen, since you have entered my door wall, you are the thirty-third generation of Maoshan disciples, and you are also the second disciple of the master...."
"You need to remember that good and evil are opposed, and you will fight for life."
Under the witness of the four eyes, after a simple apprenticeship ceremony, Xiao Yichen officially worshiped under the Maoshan Gate and became the second disciple of the eighth master.
Well, there is no autumn birth.
"Ah Chen, for the teacher to pass on your Maoshan true method, you need to keep it in mind."
Immediately afterwards, the eighth master handed a copy of Maoshan Taoism: "Dongxuan Lingbao True Scripture".
In addition, the technical terms in Taoism are explained.
"Yes, Master."
Xiao Yichen's heart moved, and turned on the chat group recording function, so as not to forget.
An hour later, the eighth master's explanation ended.
After Xiao Yichen said goodbye to his master and returned to the room, he sent the "Cave Xuanling Treasure True Scripture" to Su Qing as soon as possible.
"Brother Su, my apprenticeship was successful."