The house where Dandao master Zhong Lishan lives, called 'Qingfeng Yuan', Qingfeng Yuan has a total of three courtyards, and the front yard is to store some herbs, sundries, and a place for miscellaneous disciples to pick up medicines, dry medicines, and dispose of medicinal materials, which is more messy and uninhabitable.

The second entrance is the middle courtyard, which is where the alchemy apprentices accepted by Master Zhongli and several middle and low-level alchemists live.

Finally, the third entrance is the backyard, and the backyard is Master Zhongli's own residence, in order to prevent anyone from disturbing, there has always been an enchantment, and ordinary people are not qualified to break into the backyard casually.

The girl in Tsing Yi took Xiao Mo and stepped directly into the middle courtyard, turned left and right, and came to the most remote room in the courtyard, and said expressionlessly: "Okay, then you will live here to facilitate study, but occasionally when you are free, you can also go back to your residence in the inner courtyard, but the next morning, you must come back, otherwise Zhong Shi will not find anyone, but he will be angry." ”

"Good. ”

Xiao Mo nodded, pushed the door in, and saw that this was a very ordinary room, the whole space was only about two zhang square in size, except for a bed, some tables, chairs and benches, and nothing else.

The girl in Tsing Yi then followed up, and when she saw Xiao Mo looking at the room, she immediately said: "By the way, because this room has not been inhabited for a long time, the bedding and daily necessities have been emptied, if you need it, you can wait to go to the front yard to find Steward Zhai to get a set for free." In addition......"

After a pause, she continued: "Every Zhongli master's alchemy apprentice can also go to the Dantang for free to receive a low-level alchemy furnace, but this will not be able to apply until you officially complete your apprenticeship tomorrow, and it will generally come down in two or three days. ”

When Xiao Mo heard this, he nodded, and the girl in Tsing Yi stopped staying, turned around and left directly, without even saying "goodbye" to Xiao Mo.

Seeing this, Xiao Mo looked at her departing back, his eyes flickered, and he felt that this girl was strange and abnormal.

If she hated herself, as an alchemy apprentice who had just joined, there seemed to be no place for her to hate, and there was no hatred and exclusion in her eyes.

But if she is friendly, it is even more unlike, from beginning to end, her expression has been faint, although she has completed the task given to her by Master Zhongli meticulously, but Xiao Mo always feels that she is convenient for others, as if she is a puppet without feelings, no joy and no worries, no sorrow and no anger.

Although she has only seen such a short period of less than half an hour, on her face, Xiao Mo has never seen a smile, nor has she seen any anger, depression, unwillingness, and other emotions that human beings should have.

"What's wrong with her, weird?"

Shaking her head, Xiao Mo didn't think about it anymore, anyway, she didn't have much to do with Xiao Mo, although it seemed that she should not have a low status under Master Zhongli, otherwise she wouldn't be able to handle these affairs on behalf of Master Zhongli.

But as long as Xiao Mo doesn't deliberately offend her, presumably she won't make any trouble for herself.

sat down directly on the bed with his knees crossed, Xiao Mo didn't go to get any daily necessities, bedding and other things as the girl in Tsing Yi said...... To be honest, first, he doesn't need it, and second, he has always thought that such a difficult and simple environment is better, and he is here to learn alchemy, not to enjoy it.

Meditate at night, go to learn alchemy during the day, with the Wind Stop Retreat, this house is a temporary place for yourself to rest, you don't have to take care of how clean and comfortable it is, if you really want to rest, you can also go back to your own residence in the inner courtyard 'Wind Stop Retreat'.

Although the Tingfeng Cliff where the Wind Stop Retreat is located is some distance from here, with Xiao Mo's current speed, the distance of more than ten miles is only half an hour, and there is nothing to delay.

There was nothing to say all night, and soon, during the day of the next day, the girl in Tsing Yi arrived as scheduled and called Xiao Mo to go to the official apprenticeship.

However, when Xiao Mo opened the door and saw that Xiao Mo's room was still clean and there was nothing, she frowned vaguely, but she didn't say anything, and directly led Xiao Mo to the main hall of the middle courtyard and waited for him.

Next to him, there were already four or five disciples, who had also arrived, each with a waiter on one side, all slightly older than Xiao Mo, both male and female, and as time went on, others continued to join.

Smelling the faint aura of elixir on their bodies, Xiao Mo knew without asking that these should be the registered disciples accepted by Master Zhongli before him, that is, the same alchemy apprentices as him.

Before coming, Xiao Mo had already inquired that Master Zhongli had received a total of sixteen registered disciples in his life, and among these sixteen people, four of them had been promoted to alchemists, that is, they had officially become Master Zhongli's personal disciples.

And the other twelve people still bear the name of registered disciples, and they do not become alchemists, so they can only hang the identity of a registered disciple for the rest of their lives, and they cannot become personal heirs.

Of course, it's the same for Xiao Mo, today's acceptance of him by Master Zhongli is just a new identity of a registered disciple, in the alchemy master line, that is, the lowest alchemy apprentice.

Only when he becomes a real alchemist can he officially worship under Master Zhongli and perform a formal apprenticeship ceremony.

As time passed, more and more people gathered in the hall, and in the blink of an eye, eleven registered disciples had arrived, waiting in two columns on both sides of the hall.

Seeing this, the girl in Tsing Yi also walked into the middle of the crowd and stood in the first row on the left, Xiao Mo only then knew that it turned out that this girl in Tsing Yi was also like him, a registered disciple accepted by Master Zhongli, and looking at the position she was standing on, she obviously had a lot of status among these people.

At the top of the middle hall, there is a mahogany Taishi chair, located in the middle, carved with wisps of flowers, very noble, it should be the seat where Master Zhongli sits.

And under the mahogany Taishi chair, on the left and right sides, there were two small wooden chairs, but they were always empty, and no one came. Xiao Mo guessed that it should be the seats of Master Zhongli's four official disciples.

As alchemists, their status is already completely different from that of alchemy apprentices, even if it is Master Zhongli, they have to consider their face and set up seats for them in the hall, while the other twelve people can only stand, this is the difference in status.

Because Master Zhongli had not yet arrived, a few of the twelve young men and women standing in the hall were boldly staring at Xiao Mo and constantly looking, several of them had smiling eyes, obviously contemptuous, and a few of them had a faint hostility in their eyes, Xiao Mo didn't know where their hostility came from.

From beginning to end, from yesterday to now, except for Master Zhongli and the girl in Tsing Yi, Xiao Mo has not seen anyone else, these people are just the first time he has seen them, why does he seem to be very unwelcoming of his arrival?

Of course, not everyone is like this, and there are a few people who are relatively normal, not squinting, standing there uprightly, even if Master Zhongli didn't arrive, he also stood meticulously, which made Xiao Mo nod secretly.

It seems that strife is inevitable everywhere, but among the twelve people, there are only three or five who are hostile to themselves, and most of them are normal.

Especially the people who stood the most upright, the aura of the pill on their bodies was very strong, and they had obviously gradually entered the realm of alchemy, even if they had not been able to successfully promote to alchemists, but it should not be far away.

Xiao Mo didn't care about them, no matter what their attitude was towards them, joining Qingfeng Academy and cultivating alchemy was something that Xiao Mo had already decided, and he would not be shaken by anyone or anything, so he also stood there straight and waited quietly.

After a while, finally, there was a "cough" outside the hall, and then, Master Zhongli walked in slowly, glanced at the thirteen people who had gathered, and nodded with satisfaction.

He walked to the top mahogany Taishi chair and sat down, looked at Xiao Mo, and said softly, "Let's start!"

When Xiao Mo heard this, he first stepped forward, came to him, bowed respectfully three times, and then offered a cup of tea to the teacher, Master Zhongli took it, lifted the lid of the bowl, and took a sip gently, this ceremony was completed, it was very simple.

Of course, Xiao Mo also knew that this was very normal, the registered disciples were not really disciples, only when they became the personal disciples, they would feast on the guests and officially inform the Xue Palace, if they couldn't become the personal disciples, these named disciples were just slightly more advanced alchemy miscellaneous servants.

After the apprenticeship was completed, Master Zhongli got up and walked in front of Xiao Mo, first introduced Xiao Mo to everyone, and then introduced the twelve registered disciples to Xiao Mo, and finally said to Xiao Mo: "Okay, the apprenticeship has been completed, from today on, you will be one of my thirteen named disciples of Zhong Lishan, and you will need to be kind to your brothers and sisters in the future, and live in harmony with your senior brothers and sisters." ”

Xiao Mo naturally nodded yes, and the other twelve disciples, no matter what they thought in their hearts, at least on the surface, faced Master Zhongli, they still agreed in unison.

Zhong Lishan smiled with satisfaction, turned his head again, and said to Xiao Mo: "Becoming my Zhong Lishan's registered disciple is just a beginning, not the end, if you want to learn real alchemy, you must first do one thing, that is, give me this book to memorize completely." ”

After speaking, he waved his hand, and a thick silver book appeared in his palm, Xiao Mo took it, opened it, and saw that there were a large number of names of herbs recorded in it, in addition, under the names of medicinal herbs, there were also simple pictures, as well as medicinal properties, origins, and the names of several flavors of pills that were mainly refined.

On the front, there are four dark green characters of "Psychic Medicine".

"Psychic Medicine, is this the name of this book? Such a thick book, I'm afraid that there are at least five or six thousand flavors of medicine on it, right?"

Seeing this, Xiao Mo was secretly speechless, but he naturally knew that this was the basis for learning all alchemy, if he couldn't even distinguish between herbs, what else could he talk about alchemy, so he took it and agreed.

Zhong Lishan glanced at Xiao Mo: "I'll give you half a month, and after half a month, I'll assess here." If you pass, it is considered a formal entry, if you can't even do this, then where to go back and forth, although there is a letter of recommendation from the daughter of the Zhan family, but the old man will not accept a person who is completely ignorant of pharmacology, do you understand?"

"Yes. ”

When Xiao Mo heard this, his heart sank, and he realized that the completion of the apprenticeship was not all right, and it turned out that there was an introductory assessment. In half a month, I memorized all the psychic medicines...... No problem.

He gritted his teeth secretly, he made himself a human being in two lives, and his memory was never inferior to ordinary people, since the other sixteen people could do it, there was no reason why he couldn't do it.

The rest of the disciples showed the light of schadenfreude one by one, Xiao Mo turned a blind eye, put Zhongli Shancier's 'psychic medicine jian' into the storage bag, and immediately said goodbye to the teacher, ready to go back to memorize.

Zhong Lishan glanced at him: "Go ahead, but you don't have to have too much pressure, as long as you have a little talent for medicine, this matter is not difficult." In addition, after all, today is not a personal apprenticeship, your four senior brothers have a heavy task of refining medicine, so you can't come, don't mind. If you can become a disciple in the future, when the time comes to hold a formal apprenticeship ceremony, they will naturally come over to cheer you on, anyway, when you meet them in the future, I will introduce you to them when the time comes. ”

"Yes, the disciple took his leave. ”

Zhong Lishan waved his hand, and Xiao Mo immediately left the middle hall, returned to his cabin, and then opened the psychic medicine book, and began to memorize it word by word from beginning to end.

ps: There is only one change today.