Chapter 41 Apprenticeship

The stories my dad told me every day were my subconscious thoughts, but reason told me that the grotesque things he told me couldn't have happened in reality.

I kept reminding myself that I must not believe the story, at least not all of it.

This morning, when I listened to the conversation between the fairy grandmother and the rootless real person, I began to believe the story told by my father from the bottom of my heart.

It was a subversion of the world and the things I knew.

"Daddy, do you know about the high race?" I asked as soon as I saw Daddy in the evening.

"The high descendants are the people who live underground, and they are our neighbors. "For the first time, Daddy answered my question positively.

"Did you know that the High Race crossed the line last night?"

"Yes. "Daddy was mixing kerosene lamps and spat out two words lightly.

"I can't figure out why they would risk their death to come to the ground. ”

"That means the demons are on the move. ”

"Demons, you say the High Descendants are demons?"

"They were only deceived and became slaves to the devil. ”

"What the hell is the demon?Why do you want to bewitch them??," I felt that Daddy's answer to my question today was not as roundabout as before, and I took the opportunity to throw out the question in my mind.

"Demons are evil obstacles in people's hearts. The demon has no mind, it doesn't take the initiative to deceive people, and it doesn't have any purpose. However, under the control of humans, the demons will unleash great destructive power. The world we live in is under the threat of this enormous destructive force. ”

I didn't understand him again, so I didn't ask any further questions.

"You're going to Beishan today?" Daddy took the initiative to ask about Beishan, which had never been done before.

"I went with Sister Xiaoya, Grandma Immortal fought with the Gao clan last night, exhausted her true qi, and is now bedridden. ”

After saying that, I suddenly remembered the real person without roots, so I said excitedly: "I met a person today, guess who." ”

Daddy shook his head.

"You have previously said that you and the sixth master met a vicious dog in the town and killed people, and when you chased up the mountain, you met a man in black and asked you to go to the nearby mountain to find her the next day. The next day you went up the mountain and met a Dao Gu. That Dao Gu told you before you went down the mountain that her name was Rootless Zhenren. I saw her last night. ”

"They have always been at odds, how can they be together. Daddy said to himself.

"I also noticed that they didn't agree and were arguing all the time. ”

"Come early tomorrow after school and accompany me to the back mountain. ”

"Haven't you always hated Grandma Fairy?" I asked curiously.

"Who said I hated her?"

I was speechless for a moment. After thinking about it carefully, I realized that this was just a conjecture in my own heart, and my father never said that he hated the fairy grandmother.

"All right," said Daddy, "let's pick up where we left yesterday."

"Ever since I found those two lines on the pistol, I've had a pimple in my heart. I always feel like something ominous is going to happen.

"As the days passed, everything was normal. The anxiety in my heart gradually faded.

"I take care of Cunli every day, feed him with water and food, fill him with medicine, change his dressing, turn him over, and even dispose of his filth.

In addition, I also practiced my fists and feet with my senior brother.

"Master Ancestor doesn't go down the mountain often, and I haven't seen him since I came back from Shuoyue Cave.

"After a month, Cunli's trauma has basically healed, and he can get up and move. The internal injury has not fully recovered, and although he follows me and my senior brother to practice martial arts every day, he has to rest halfway through the practice.

"One morning, Cunli and I had just gotten up and were about to go out to practice martial arts, when Senior Brother came in.

"He said with a smile on his face, "Cunli is almost healed now, I have already befriended my ancestors, and your apprenticeship ceremony will be held in three days." ’

"Three days later, in the morning, Cunli and I were ushered into the main hall on a high platform outside the vase-shaped door, which was called Haotian Temple, and the statue of Fuxi was enshrined on the main shrine.

"The master is already sitting on a chair on the right side in front of the statue. There was a row of Xuanshi standing on each side, and the head of the row of Xuanshi on the left was the senior brother Yi Qichong.

"After Cunli and I entered the door, we knelt on the kneeling mat in front of the statue.

The patriarch got up and walked to the middle of the main hall, and saluted the statue of Fuxi with incense. He stepped back to the chair he had just sat in, but did not sit down.

"Two Xuantong each walked up to me and Cunli with a tray on each tray, each with three sticks of incense and a clear oil lamp.

Cunli and I picked up the incense and lit it on the lamp, and Xuantong immediately withdrew.

"The elder brother sang: 'Worship Xuanzu. ’

"Cunli and I held the incense in front of the seal hall, bowed three times, made a bow, bowed three times, and bowed again.

"I have bowed three times in a row, and I have knelt down and bowed nine times.

"The two Xuantong from before stepped forward again and took the incense in the hands of me and Cunli and inserted it into the incense burner in front of the altar.

"The elder brother sang again: 'Bow to the master.' ’

At this time, Shi Zufang sat down. Cunli and I got up and walked in front of the master and were about to kneel.

"The master held us up and said, 'Within my door, only the gods and spirits kneel, not the people. ’

We listened, took two steps back, and bowed three times. Xuantong brought tea, and Cunli and I served tea.

"The senior brother sang: 'The master gives the number. ’

"A Xuantong sent a post to the ancestor, and the ancestor took it, stood up, and began to read: 'Today, there are two people who have the hatred of the Buddha and Gao Cunli, and they have entered my sect. The hatred of the Buddha gave the name of Yi Qi Zheng, and Gao Cunli gave the name of Yi Qi Yong. ’

"After reading it, the master handed the post to Xuantong, looked at us and said: 'The scarf, the inheritance, the door rules, the precepts and other rituals are not important to our door, and today's rituals are here. ’

And they dispersed in order.

"In the main hall, only Shizu, Yi Qichong, and me and Cunli are left.

Cunli was very excited, with a smile on his face.

"Seeing Cunli's joy, the ancestor smiled and said, 'Cunli, from now on, I will call you Yong'er. I hope you can be brave and have a chivalrous heart all your life. When the road is uneven, draw a sword to help. In the years in the mountains, we must study and practice hard, and we must not slack off. In the future, when you go down the mountain, you must continue to explore martial arts and adhere to the inheritance. ’

"After hearing this, Cunli replied: 'The disciple respectfully follows the teachings of the master. ’

"Shizu looked at Yi Qichong and said, "Chong'er, you take Yong'er down to rest first, his injuries have not fully recovered, and this morning's etiquette is tired, and it is difficult for him." ’

Cunli and Yiqi rushed out of the temple gate.

"The master led me into the middle of the main hall.

"After sitting down, the ancestor said, 'Sheng'er, this time you officially entered my door, but the time in this mountain is only two years. From tomorrow onwards, you will go to the Shuoyue Cave every morning at three o'clock to practice the mystical method with me, and the time will be over. After noon, I will come down the mountain and teach the three of you martial arts. I hope that you will be able to learn and succeed in Xuanfa and martial arts in the next two years. ’

I stood up and saluted.

The master got up and left.

"Since then, I have followed the words of my ancestor and went up to the mountain every morning to practice the mystical method, and in the afternoon I practiced martial arts with my ancestor with Yi Qichong and Cunli.

"One day, I was talking to the patriarch about the mystical method in the Shuoyue Cave, when suddenly a black cloud floated outside the cave, and the cave was suddenly dark.

"Shizu stood up and exclaimed, 'No, hurry up and follow me down the mountain.' ’”