Volume 1: Forsaken Land Chapter 26: Shen Qian
In addition to Kong Laosan, who is alias Zhao Hengdao, there are more than 20 teenagers and girls who are twelve or thirteen years old and dressed in brocade clothes in the same boat.
After getting off the flying boat, in the eye, a patchwork of bamboo houses is all around, stretching for miles, almost no end, countless Qingyi disciples are busy around, some disciples who have not yet entered the mountain gate with Kong Laosan are interspersed, these disciples are not very old, but only eight or nine years old like Kong Laosan, there are not many, most of them are about twelve or thirteen years old, and they are all dressed extraordinarily.
Limited to the rules of Qinglingmen, it is not allowed to bring family servants here, so although these young ladies seem to be platinum-faced, there are few hypocritical people, dressed and fed, and each of them is used to doing it himself.
The arrival of Kong Laosan and the others did not cause much of a sensation, and the families of the disciples who were able to come here all had a certain amount of power in the world, and there were many disciples who worshiped the mountains and were picked up by the Flying Spirit Soldiers.
Li Xiuchen put away the flying boat, looked around, and then sighed lightly, as if he was a little nostalgic, but then he spoke again, "In addition to talent, Qinglingmen must also have a certain identity when recruiting disciples, but you are different, there will be no problem in becoming an outer disciple of Qinglingmen with your background." Now that you're here, you should find a place to stay, and you can choose any of the spare bamboo huts. ”
As he spoke, Li Xiuchen's gaze glanced at Kong Laosan. Seeing this, Kong Laosan, who was just about to disperse with everyone, moved slightly, and the steps he took suddenly retracted and waited quietly in place.
When there were only two people left, Li Xiuchen took a second look at Kong Laosan and nodded with satisfaction, "Hehe, you are clever." There are mainly two things that keep you staying. First, in the future, you will act as Zhao Hengdao in the Qingling Sect, remember, you must not publicize it, otherwise no one will be able to save you if something happens; second, it is best for you to stay in the mountains honestly in the past few years, and wait until the inner disciple trial in six years, I will arrange an "accident" for you, so that the identity of "Zhao Hengdao" will disappear forever...... Do you see what I mean?"
"Everything depends on what Senior Brother Li said. ”
Hearing this, Kong Laosan's eyes moved, and he nodded without thinking too much.
Seeing Kong Laosan cooperate like this, Li Xiuchen, who was originally frowning slightly, seemed to be extremely satisfied, looked at Kong Laosan carefully again, thought about it, and sighed lightly, "That's it, you go with me to see someone first, with his care, your life in this outer gate will be much better." ”
The voice fell, and he was already walking in the direction of Tongtian Peak, seeing this, Kong Laosan followed closely, his eyes kept looking around, even with Kong Laosan's calm temperament, he couldn't help but be a little excited at this moment.
Miscellaneous Hall, Qinglingmen arranges chores for the outer disciples, located at the bottom of the peak of Tongtian Peak, the area is not large, the whole body is made of half-human size cyan stones, and a steward surnamed Shen is responsible for taking care of it on weekdays, when Kong Laosan and the two came here, the door of the hall was closed, and it was obviously empty.
Seeing this, Li Xiuchen seemed to have expected it, turned his palm over, and a piece of fiery red rune paper fell into his hand, and he muttered a few words softly, and with a wave of his hand, the rune paper was windless and natural, turning into a firelight, and galloping towards the halfway point of Tongtian Peak.
About a cup of tea, a middle-aged man with a beard, a wide forehead and narrow cheeks, who looked to be in his forties, came from the mountain at a trot, far away, and was already a little surprised, and shouted, "Brother Li, I just received the transmission note and I couldn't believe it, I didn't expect it to be you, we haven't seen each other for seven or eight years......, right?"
The middle-aged man seemed to be a little excited, and said, he had come to the front, but when he saw the appearance of the middle-aged man, Li Xiuchen secretly frowned, but then hid the look on his face, and said with a smile, "Senior Brother Shen, Senior Brother is here this time, and he also has something to ask for." ”
A slightly alienated "junior brother", the middle-aged man who was originally surprised and inexplicable looked slightly stunned, finally calmed down, and waved his hand hurriedly, "Senior Brother Li is serious, even if you have something to say, it is my Shen Qian's honor to be able to do things for Senior Brother Li." ”
As he spoke, his eyes were already looking in the direction of Kong Laosan, obviously realizing something.
"It's not a big deal, this is a distant relative of mine, called Zhao Hengdao, who worshiped our Qinglingmen to practice, and I hope that Senior Brother Shen can take care of one or two, and Li will be grateful in the future." ”
Li Xiuchen said slowly, the words fell, Shen Qian did not have the slightest surprise on his face, and said respectfully, "Senior Brother Li, don't worry, in the future, Zhao Xiaoyou will be Shen's nephew, in this outer gate, just come to me if you have anything." ”
Shen Qianxiao smiled kindly, and said in an eager tone.
Hearing this, Li Xiuchen nodded, slapped his waist, and with a flash of inspiration in his hand, a palm-sized wooden box fell into his hand and was gently thrown to the other party.
"These spirit stones should be my thank you gifts, if there is anything in the future, you can send me a message. ”
After Li Xiuchen finished speaking, he refused to say more, his body spread, turned into a streamer, and galloped towards the peak of Tongtian Peak.
After not seeing Li Xiuchen's figure at all, Kong Laosan took two steps forward, and was just about to pay a visit to the outer door steward, but saw that the latter seemed to have completely forgotten his existence, and with a flick of his fingers, in the wooden box, more than ten milky white spirit stones the size of green dates were filled with extremely rich aura, Shen Qian directly shook his eyes, and his face unabashedly revealed eager greed, which was almost like two people with the bold appearance of the righteous Bo Yuntian just now.
Seeing this scene, the corners of Kong Laosan's mouth twitched fiercely, but he still stepped forward hard, "Disciple Zhao Hengdao, I've seen Steward Shen!"
"Oh, hehe, no need to be polite. ”
Hearing Kong Laosan's voice, Shen Qian seemed to have finally woken up, and in a blink of an eye, he returned to the appearance of his predecessors, put the wooden box in his arms, raised his eyes and looked Kong Laosan up and down a few times, his eyes flashed slightly, as if he saw Kong Laosan's clothes were extraordinary, his manners were moderate, and his original self-contained identity collapsed, hehe smiled, and continued, " For the sake of Brother Li's face, if there is anything that cannot be solved in the future, just come to me, of course, as long as you receive some benefits symbolically, rest assured, you are all your own people, and Shen will give you a discount. ”
Hearing these words, Kong Laosan was dumbfounded, even if he was a human being in two lives, he had never seen such a person who died to ask for money, but today it was an eye-opener, but with Kong Laosan's city government naturally would not say some embarrassing words, he simply followed the other party, "Thank you Uncle Shen for your care, Uncle Li once told the kid about the rules here on the road, it seems that every outer disciple has to receive some chores, if it is convenient for Uncle Shen, can you introduce it carefully first?"
It seems that this "Uncle Li" reminded Shen Qian, and the Taoist who originally had no bottom line looked slightly sluggish, and his tone was a little more restrained, and he smiled and said, "This is natural, since I am Shen Qian's nephew, I naturally have to choose some light chores, rest assured, there will be no charge for this first help." ”
As he spoke, he turned around and entered the room, and after a quarter of an hour, he walked out of the miscellaneous hall, and his robe, which was still clean, was stained with a layer of dust, and he held two wooden boxes in his hands, and the thick dark blue booklet was piled up inside, as if it had not been turned over for a long time, and the booklet was also covered with dust.
"All the chores of the outer disciples of the Qingling Sect are here. You take it back and look at it slowly, and I'll return it in a few days. ”
As he spoke, regardless of it, he had turned into a blue light and walked towards the halfway point of the mountain.
Looking at the two three-foot-square wooden boxes in front of him, and then at the departing figure, Kong Laosan seemed to have finally determined something, and without further words, he stacked the two wooden boxes together, lifted them up vigorously, and walked towards the empty bamboo houses.
As the days passed, at the bottom of Qingxia Mountain, the light was flying, many disciples who came to worship the mountain were pressed by the black, and the bamboo houses that were originally out of sight had been occupied by these disciples, fortunately, Kong Laosan came early, otherwise he might not be able to find a place to live, even so, many bamboo houses still lived in two people, or even three people.
Perhaps the location of the chosen bamboo house is too remote, and Kong Laosan has always lived alone.
In the blink of an eye, half a month passed quietly, on this day, with the ringing of three simple and heavy bells, the six peaks of the Qinglingmen were shimmering, and more than sixty inner disciples dressed in blue robes fell at the foot of the mountain under the leadership of the elders of the sect, and the spiritual root test of the outer disciples officially began.
Some Tsing Yi stewards were constantly patrolling the surroundings to maintain basic order.