Chapter 2 Seeking Teachers, Lotus Root Hall
Passing through the tall city gate with the two big characters of "Chu County" in the book, you can see a lush scene in a few steps.
On the bluestone street, which can accommodate four horse-drawn carriages walking side by side, the bustling pedestrians are flowing one after another, and it is really a cloud of sweat and rain. The houses on both sides are lined up, with tea shops, wine shops, foot shops, butcher shops, and red aunts who shake handkerchiefs and sing swallows on the green building. Rows of silk silk, jewelry, spices, and incense paper horses were even placed outside the store, attracting customers with their own glamour. The bell doctor who sees a doctor, the blind fortune teller, and the poor scholar who writes and sells paintings also occupy the street corners, or run their own business in a low-key or flamboyant manner.
Here, it is Chu County, one of the eight counties of the Great Han Kingdom.
In a teahouse with "Qingxin Tea", a group of idlers are chatting with tea.
"It is said that there has been another strange treasure on the Beishan side recently, has Brother Zhang heard of it?"
"But if there is a strange treasure, it is not a major event of dozens of lives? I haven't heard anyone crying in this city! I think that the spiritual treasure called the 'Qiankun Wheel' appeared in the world, and more than 200 people were killed and injured in order to fight for that treasure in my Chu County Xiuzhen, and the next day the entire Chu County really wailed all over the place, and the whole city was crying!"
"Haha, isn't your incense, candle, paper and horse business just booming?"
The person known as Brother Li was immediately furious: "Why did Brother Liu say this! How could I, Li, like the person who made money from the dead?"
"Brother Li is angry, the younger brother said the wrong thing, replace the wine with tea, and please forgive Brother Li!
"Hey, it is said that the birth of that strange treasure did not have many signs, only those who are above the level can know about it, so it has not attracted the attention of many people!"
"Brother Li is really well-informed, but I don't know how Brother Li knows?"
"This, I heard from my nephew in the Yunmeng Sect, saying that a few days ago, a Tang State monk with a ground-level cultivation appeared outside the city, intending to seek that strange treasure, but he was frightened away by an immortal master of the Yunmeng Sect. ”
"I see!Brother Li, your nephew has climbed the big tree and actually entered the Yunmeng Sect, and his future is bright, and you will also enjoy happiness!"
"Oh, how dare you, if Li is developed, he will never forget your brothers. ”
"Hey, if you want to talk about strength, it is naturally the Yunmeng faction, but Master Li Youshan of the Lotus Root Hall is really worthy of the word 'goodness', although the strength is weaker, but in terms of the style of a gentleman, Master Li Youyou is in my Chu County cultivation realm, and he should be a leader!"
Everyone even claimed that it was, but only one of them shook his head and said, "It's just that in this cultivation realm, a good person like Master Li is afraid that it is rare to be good...... Ahh ”
"Actually, Brother Zhang's words may not be wrong, a few days ago, that Li Youshan Master Li actually accepted a child of unknown origin who is said to have a blood feud. That little boy just knelt in front of the door for a few days, and then was taken in by Master Li, this Master Li is too good. ”
"Hey, it's a good person like Master Li who is willing to accept it, if you change it...... Hehe, I'm afraid that even if I kneel to death, I won't be under it. ”
"But that kid is also tenacious, he doesn't seem to be more than sixteen or seventeen years old, but he can kneel in front of the door of the Lotus Root Hall for three days and three nights, if he doesn't die, in the future, I'm afraid he will also be a character!"
"Hmm...... I also have a nephew in Liangen Hall who is a trainee disciple, and according to him, what is that kid's name, called, joking? Oh, by the way, it's called...... Laugh, King!"
"Wang Xiao, what are you eating? It's so slow to empty the toilet! If it's so slow, you'll eat the contents for me! Now in this group of apprentice disciples, your little white face is the most useless!" In a large courtyard, a big man in a martial arts suit roared arrogantly.
In the rough roar, Wang Xiao, who was dressed as a handyman in a small hat in Tsing Yi, put on a harmless smile, nodded and trotted in front of the man who was wantonly insulting him with the toilet, lowered his head and bent down, so as not to see his face and eyes seriously, and said in a flattering voice: "Senior brother, don't be angry, it's nothing for you to scold me, but you can't draw your body if you're angry." ”
Speaking in a low voice, Wang Xiao looked at the ground with a face that was gritting his teeth, and said in his heart: It's really handsome to be bullied, and the horse is handsome to be ridden. This rough guy must have seen that the master was more handsome than him, so he deliberately made trouble for the master! curse you for giving birth to a son without chrysanthemums. Hmph, master, I'm not an ordinary person, but my lord, hum, my lord...... Hum. According to the usual practice, anyone who dares to oppose me in this capacity will die a miserable death in the end! Master, it is not too late for my gentleman to take revenge for ten years, you wait and see!
The viciousness of the scolding in his heart, but on the surface he is still very obedient. In the face of the strong, it is normal to show weakness on the surface, which is called the wisdom of survival.
"Get out! Slow down, come back for Lao Tzu! Fold the quilt for Lao Tzu, and tidy up the house. If the master thinks that the house is not neat for a while, Lao Tzu will tear you up. And also...... Hmph, forget it, you don't dare to touch my stuff if you measure it. ”
"Of course, of course, senior brother, rest assured. ”
"Hahaha, count yourself smart. Hahahaha......" In the laughter, the senior brother strode out of the courtyard gate and walked into the sun, leaving a seemingly humble shadow with his head bowed and shrunk in the gloom.
When the senior brother walked away, Wang Xiao gently closed the door, straightened his waist, and then touched his chin and looked at the furnishings in the room: Hmph, bullied the master and left like this? It's not so easy, you have to think of a way to retaliate. Well, find a poisonous insect to put in this bastard's toilet, and let the poisonous insect bite his little JJ when he uses it? No, at least not yet, or the guy will guess that I am the troublemaker. I can't afford to mess with him now. I have to find a way to make him not suspect me before I can use this trick! It's really depressing, I don't even dare to play small tricks now, I can't help it, I don't have the strength.
Without power, everything is empty...... But it's okay, it's almost time, and I'm about to get in touch with power. Even though this "Lotus Root Hall" is only a third-rate Taoist hall, and even though the master here is said to be only a third-rate Taoist master, there are seeds of power here.
Only with strength can you live, and you can wait until that bastard youkai takes you back ten years later.
Yes, go back!
Wang Xiao is not from this world!
He came from another world.
A world where there are no immortals, no monsters, and no immortals.
That is......
The so-called crossing.
It's just that Wang Xiao's crossing is different from most traversers, he is not soul wearing, but physical traveling.
This also leads to Wang Xiao having no sense of identity with this peculiar world, and what to dominate the world or the three thousand in the harem is meaningless to Wang Xiao at all.
His only thought was to go home.
After three months of quiet exploration, Wang Xiao already had some understanding of the world at this time.
Although the crossing is terrible, but fortunately, this world, both in language and writing, is similar to China thousands of years ago, the only difference between here and ancient China is that there are a large number of cultivators here, yes, cultivators, this is a world of cultivators.
Therefore, although the law exists in various countries, it is of little practical significance, because in the Shura realm, the number of cultivators exceeds one thousandth of the total population, which causes this huge non-worldly power to exceed the limits of ordinary national law. In other words, if you don't have the power, then you are putting your life in the hands of others.
Wang Xiao is now in the central city of the Great Han Kingdom, which believes in Confucianism, "Chu County". Chu County is one of the eight counties of the Han Dynasty, covering a wide area, and the climate is similar to that of Huguang in the previous world, and it is one of the two major granaries of the Northern Han Dynasty. There are more than 20 large and small cultivation sects in the county, and the Lotus Root Hall he chose is a small sect with a strength ranking of about the twelfth or thirteenth, which can be said to be only a third-rate sect.
However, although it is only a third-rate sect, it is not so easy to enter. There are only six official disciples in the Lotus Root Hall now, and the other disciples are just "registered disciples" and "trainee disciples". And all the official disciples, either rich or noble, should at least be the children of the scholar clan. As a poor ghost of unknown origin, I am afraid that it will be difficult for him to become an official disciple...... But there's at least a glimmer of hope, isn't it?
After meticulously finishing the room of the arrogant elder brother, and even putting a piece of vanilla that can deodorize in the shoe cabinet of the senior brother, Wang Xiao walked out cautiously.
Thinking that he was also an arrogant child who never did housework when he was on earth, at the beginning, his parents only sighed, feeling that they would never learn to do these trivial housework in their lives. I didn't expect that I could do it so meticulously, and I was even more professional than a maid. It turns out that people are really forced out. Hmph, it seems that I am really a genius, and I can learn housework so quickly!
Walking into the courtyard and putting his body in the early morning sun, Wang Xiaocai felt a little warmer.
The yard is not small, about 20 meters long, but there are not many flowers and trees except for the two big trees in the corner of the courtyard. The ground made of stone slabs has not been able to grow grass due to long-term strong trampling, and only a few sunflowers are half-dead in the corners of the wall due to insufficient sunlight reception. A row of stone locks and several wooden human shelves lined up on one side. It looks more like an earthly martial arts dojo than a dojo for cultivating spells.
In fact, this is also how it should be, although the practice of spells is mainly based on spells, but when the real fight starts, the enemy will not stand there and let you throw fire runes and ice arrows one by one, and if the body is too weak, it will not be able to withstand that spell.
Of course, it is still mainly by magic rather than martial arts.
After a night of wind and dust, there is quite a lot of dust and fallen leaves on the site at this time, which is what Wang Xiao has to do - sweep the floor.
Wang Xiao's identity at this time was a "trainee disciple".
Half of the disciples of each sect are divided into three types, probationary disciples, formal disciples, and personal disciples. What this apprentice disciple means is that although you are allowed to live here, it is uncertain whether you will be accepted in the future. And your food, drink, and lodging here are not free, and if you can't afford it, then you have to do the corresponding chores. Therefore, there are two kinds of apprentice disciples, those who are rich in the family, although they are apprentice disciples, can at least have a certain degree of dignity, and the probationary disciples of the poor are jokingly called miscellaneous disciples, because to a certain extent, the apprentice disciples of poor families are miscellaneous servants.
When can a trainee disciple be selected as a formal disciple, this is not possible, March and May are basic, three or five years is not too long, even if you do it for decades, you still can't enter the door, it's not a surprise.
If you don't become an official disciple, then even if you steal the magic, as long as you are discovered, you will still die!
As for the personal disciples, it is even rarer. Generally speaking, a Dao Master can have an infinite number of formal disciples, but there will be no more than three True Transmission disciples at most. Those are all existences that are a little closer than father and son.
Wang Xiao is the lowest apprentice disciple, a probationary disciple who has been doing miscellaneous labor for three months.
However, Wang Xiao is still happy every day, according to his words: it is better to be a trainee disciple than to starve to death outside. If it weren't for my master, I would be smart and witty, bold and resourceful, and I would have starved to death if I had changed to an ordinary traverser!
It's the truth. Although the monster gave Wang Xiao a piece of clothing but did not give Wang Xiao a silver tael, if he hadn't been put into this lotus root hall as a miscellaneous disciple, Wang Xiao, who didn't have any survival skills, was afraid that he might have starved to death.
Wang Xiao walked to the martial arts training ground, cleaned it carefully, and after piling up the dust and fallen leaves in the corner, he imitated the appearance of those formal disciples, tied up his horse, and carried out physical cultivation without any secrets.
There are no secrets to the cultivation of the body in this world, because no matter how strong the body is, if it is not maintained by the Dao Fa, it is fragile and vulnerable. The only ones who can use their bodies to fight against the Dao are monsters. Therefore, the physical cultivation within the Xiuzhen sect is all some basic skills, and there is no so-called secret book. In fact, as long as you officially start cultivating the truth, even if you are a beginner, then in terms of speed and attack power, you are far beyond the martial arts masters among ordinary people, even if you don't use any tricks, it is not something that ordinary martial artists can fight.
Just as he was making the movement of the horse's steps, Wang Xiao suddenly heard a voice talking in the inner courtyard of a wall. Wang Xiao's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly collected his work, then shrunk his hands and feet to the wall, and then gently climbed to the top of the wall and looked towards the wall.
On the other side of the wall is the inner courtyard of the Lotus Root Hall.
The so-called inner courtyard is a place that only formal disciples are qualified to enter. And the most important thing is that the martial arts arena in the inner courtyard is where the official disciples are qualified to practice.
Compared with the humble outer gate martial arts arena, the pattern of the inner courtyard is completely different.
The ten-zhang square field in the middle of the inner courtyard is completely different from the outside, the foundation of the martial arts is not an ordinary bluestone, but is cast by a piece of glazed stone, each glazed stone is one foot square, crystal clear, like a treasure jade. Looking at it from afar, it looks like a large piece of jade.
This kind of glazed gem-like masonry is not ordinary masonry, but is refined by alchemists. This kind of masonry is not only made of special clay as raw material, but also mixed with soil from West Kunlun during the refining process, and the masonry after refining is not only hard enough to resist swords, but can even automatically return to its original state after being damaged.
This special brick and stone is also known as "Kun Ling Stone", commemorating the Kun who used the soil to control the water, that is, Dayu's father.
Generally speaking, only if you have a martial arts arena of the Lingshi can you be regarded as a qualified Taoist sect, if you don't even have a martial arts arena of the Lingshi, then there is no need to open a sect. Just imagine, the destructive power of cultivators is far greater than that of ordinary people, if ordinary bluestone slabs are used as foundations, then they may be shattered countless times in a casual exercise, is it possible to change the foundation once they practice kung fu? Although the silver spent is not in the eyes of cultivators, it also seems too troublesome, isn't it?
Around the Kunling Stone Martial Arts Arena, there is a one-person-tall flower tree, these flower trees are planted in a special position, which seems to be uneven, but there is a unique sense of harmony. And these flower trees are a special formation, if there is an invasion of foreign enemies, launching these flower trees can be worthy of several masters.
On the east side of the inner courtyard was a large tree with dense foliage, not very tall, about fifteen or sixteen meters, but the canopy was extremely wide, covering a large area of the sky. Under the shade of the trees is a stone table and six stone benches, on which are placed several teas and a teapot.