Chapter 15: Apprenticeship

For a while, everyone present was stunned.

At the age of seven or eight, his height is about the length of a monkey's legs, and he looks thin and small, but he carries a bamboo basket that is taller than him. The basket was covered with a piece of green cloth, and I don't know what it contained, it looked quite heavy.

The round head was like a hard-boiled egg.

At this moment, he was blinking at the monkey with a pair of clear eyes.

The demons looked at each other.

The monkey's brow slowly frowned: "Uh...... You just said you were going to take me as an apprentice?"

"Hmm. The little monk nodded heavily, smiled, and looked at the monkey.

This sudden stroke, the monkey was a little confused. hurriedly turned around, but saw that the two brothers Yin Xing and Yin De didn't react at all to what the little monk said.

"He's ......"

"Amitabha, the poor monk is Master Xuanye, the abbot of Xuanyin Temple, and he hasn't asked the donor for his name?" Immediately afterward, he looked at the monkey with a pair of open eyes, as if expecting something.

This speech and demeanor are decent, but at his age, it is not like that.

The monkey didn't even want to talk to him.

Turning his head, the monkey looked at Yin Xing and asked, "Senior brother, didn't you say that the disciples of Wuzhuang Guan can't accept apprentices before they leave the school?"

"He is not a disciple of Wuzhuang Guan. ”

"Why are you here if it's not a disciple of Wuzhuang Guan? Didn't you say that only disciples of Wuzhuang Guan can stay in the realm of Wanshou Mountain?"

"Did I say that?"

"Didn't you?"

"Do I have one?"

Between a question and an answer, the two looked at each other and froze. It's a little embarrassing.

The monkey took his gaze back, a little puzzled.

Xuan Ye stretched out his hand and tugged at the corner of the monkey's clothes, and said softly: "Zhenyuan Daxian will not accept apprentices for the time being, this matter has already been announced to the Three Realms." Since the donor wants to worship the teacher, why don't you worship the poor monk as a teacher?"

Looking at Xuanye's serious appearance, the monkey couldn't help but laugh awkwardly, and his brows were frowned.

The little demons around looked at the little monk in front of them, and they were also listless.

Just now, when the apprenticeship failed, someone opened his mouth to accept the apprentice, which should have been a life-saving straw, but the grass in front of him was ...... Isn't it a little too tender?

Raising his hands, the monkey casually asked, "If I really worship you as a teacher, what are you going to teach me? Can you teach me to fly?"

"No, you can't. Xuan Ye shook his head.

"Where's the retreat?"

"Neither can it. Xuan Ye still shook his head.

"What about the art of change?"

"I can't ...... it," Xuanye still shook his head.

With his hands spread out, the monkey said mockingly, "Then what can you teach me?"

Genba looked at the monkey, took a deep breath, and hooked his fingers.

The monkey hurriedly leaned his ears over.

"As a teacher, I can teach you ......" only listened to Xuanye say word by word: "Pudu sentient beings." ”

The monkey slowly retracted his head and looked at the little monk with some dismay.

"What did he teach?" asked the bull head.

"He said teach me...... Purdue sentient beings. The monkey replied with a blank face.

The demons looked at each other, and they were all confused.

"That's right, Pudu sentient beings!" Xuan Ye repeated again earnestly, looking at the monkey, waiting for an answer.

It took a while for the monkey to recover from the "purifying sentient beings". He looked back at Yin Xing behind him, and when he saw that Yin Xing didn't react, he looked at Yin De again, but he didn't react.

Obviously, they were really not ready to stop this little monk, and judging by their attitude, they seemed to have become accustomed to it.

In this strange atmosphere mixed with astonishment and embarrassment, Xuanye folded his hands and continued: "The poor monk is the eighth generation abbot of Xuanyin Temple, and there is no apprentice yet, if you apprentice now, you will be the first disciple of the poor monk." Later, the poor monk will pass on the mantle to you and make you the next abbot. ”

"Abbot?" the monkey couldn't help but laugh and said, "That...... To be honest, although I didn't mix well, I wasn't down enough to become a monk. And don't you see I'm a youkai?"

Xuan Ye said indignantly: "What's wrong with the monsters? All beings in the Three Realms are equal, who can't be a bhikkhu?"

"You seem to be right, but ...... I just want to learn an art from a teacher, occupy a mountain, and catch a few more wives in the village...... The fact that you suddenly told me that 'Purdue sentient beings' is so big is a bit ......"

Xuanye Zhengse said: "Don't take evil as small, don't do it with good!"

The blazing eyes just looked at the monkey, as if he was righteous and awe-inspiring.

The corners of the monkey's mouth twitched, and the companions beside him were expressionless and glazed.

After a while, the monkey reacted from the little monk's words, nodded and said, "Yes, what you said is quite right." But I don't have time to discuss this with you just yet. ”

After that, he turned to face Yin De and said, "Senior brother, ......"

"Don't, you can't shout the word senior brother. ”

"That'...... Dao Chief, since we are all here, let's meet the Immortal of Longevity. You should be a helper, grateful, grateful. ”

Xuanye, who was left aside, interjected: "You want to apprentice, and the poor monk wants to accept apprentices, so it's fate." Since you and I are destined, why don't you obey this destiny?"

Clearly, though, no one was prepared to hear what he had to say.

Slowly shaking his head, Yin De said: "Without the summons of the master, it is impossible for anyone to see the master." In this matter, the poor road can't help you. ”

"Can't you be accommodating?"

Standing between the legs of everyone, the little monk raised his head, his gaze swept from one person's face to another's face, he kept interjecting, but no one paid attention to him at all.

"No, you can't. Yin De still shook his head: "However, if it's just to recuperate, it can allow you to stay in the watch for a while." ”

As he spoke, Yin De looked at Yin Xing.

Seeing this, Yin Xing stretched out a hand and said, "Please." ”

After a slight pause, Yin Xing then added: "Let's stay down first, heal the injury, and talk about the rest later." ”

This is the final decision.

Helpless, the monkey had to sigh.

Just as the monkey and his party were about to walk with Yin, Xuan Ye, who had been selectively ignored, suddenly shouted: "If you must learn spells, it's not impossible!"

Suddenly, the group stopped, and the monkey frowned and turned around.

"Can you teach?"

"You're not stupid, are you?" Hearing this, Da Hong couldn't stand it anymore: "You learn spells from him, why don't you learn to play with me." ”

"Yes, I also think it's more practical to chirp. Blacktail chimed in.

The monkey waved his hand to signal Da Hong not to speak, squatted in front of Xuan Ye, looked at each other, and said seriously: "If you can really teach me spells, it is not impossible for me to call you a master." ”

"Poor monks can't teach, but poor monks know that there are people who can teach. ”

"Who?"

Xuan Ye swallowed dryly, and said mysteriously: "In addition to Wanshou Daxian in Wanshou Mountain, there is also a Su Bodhi Patriarch, who lives opposite the poor monk mountain. If you are willing to worship the poor monk as a teacher, the poor monk can take you over to ask for advice. ”

The monkey snorted and laughed, laughing with disdain, reached out and pinched Xuanye's slightly chubby face, and said: "Good idea, it is the position of the abbot and the teaching of spells, you have such favorable conditions, you will definitely be able to receive the apprentice." Come on. ”

With that, the monkey rubbed Xuanye's head, got up and turned his head to leave.

After they left, the little monk helplessly glanced at Yin De, who was still standing beside him, sighed, lowered his head, turned around, and left.

Under the twilight, the small body, carrying a heavy bamboo basket, swayed leisurely.

......

"What was the name of that little monk just now, isn't he sick? Just him, take us as apprentices? Hey, his neck is not as thick as my wrist. ”

"Maybe it's a child's words, after all, such a young child. ”

"I haven't heard anything about Patriarch Subodhi. Hahahaha. ”

"The kid is just talking nonsense, don't pay attention to him. How can there be such a small abbot? But then again, isn't Wuzhuang Temple a Taoist temple, how can there be a monk?"

Just as a group of monsters were talking about it, Yin Xing suddenly said: "Actually, it's also a good choice to worship him as a teacher." ”

When this was said, several people were stunned on the spot.

Turning around, Yin Xing said softly: "Isn't that crocodile spirit waiting for you outside? Wanshou Mountain is not only the view of Wuzhuang. ”

Hearing this, the monsters couldn't help but open their mouths one by one.

After blinking and looking at Yin Xing for a while, the monkey asked tentatively, "So, what he said is true?"

Yin Xing nodded silently.

"Quick, find that little monk!" the monkey held the bull's head, turned and left.

The others also hurriedly followed.

"Do we really want to worship that little monk as a teacher?"

"Stupid, of course I worship Patriarch Subodhi as a teacher! Whoever uses him to ask for advice and finds the little monk will find Patriarch Subodhi on the mountain opposite him!"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

In a flash of smoke, the six monsters all ran away, leaving Yin Xing to stand silently alone. There is some helplessness.

......

At dusk, on one of the hills under the main peak of Wanshou Mountain, a furry hand brushed away the grass, revealing a red face.

Soon, several other faces squeezed out next to the red face. White frost, bull's head, fat intestines, and black tails all popped up one by one.

In the distance, they saw a strange Taoist temple halfway up the mountain.

This temple is built on the mountain, saying that he is at the top of the mountain, he is still some distance from the top of the mountain, saying that he is on the mountainside, but he has already passed the part of the mountainside. What's even more strange is that this Taoist temple was built in a different way than any Taoist temple he had seen before.

The average Taoist temple is nothing more than a combination of a bunch of houses on flat ground, plus a circle of high or low walls. Most of the temple in front of me is embedded in a cave. If it weren't for the incense tripod on the high steps at the entrance of the cave, plus the platform and a big gossip, probably no one would have recognized this as a Taoist temple. The gate was not guarded.

Looking at the huge red letters on the stone tablet at the gate of the Taoist temple from a distance, the monkey frowned and read: "What month and three stars, what ......?"

"The three-star cave of the slanting moon. White Frost whispered.

The monkey let out an "oh" and continued to frown, and after a while, he turned his head and asked in a low voice, "There is no word 'view'." Do you think that the little monk is talking about this?"

The little demons around looked at each other one by one.

Da Hong wiped his sweat and muttered in a low voice: "Taoist temple, shouldn't it be called what kind of temple? How can this be called what kind of hole? Could it be a mistake?"

"But...... I've searched all the neighborhoods, but only here. And it happened to be across the hill from the temple of the little monk. As he spoke, Blacktail looked at the mountain in the distance.

There was a small house built alone on that hill.

There, that's what Xuanye said about the Xuanyin Temple. If the three-star cave of the oblique moon in front of you is the most unlike Taoist temple that the monkey has ever seen, Xuanyin Temple is probably the most unlike temple that the monkey has ever seen.

"Perhaps, Wanshou Mountain is so weird?" said that, the monkey glanced at the people around him twice, and said, "The Wuzhuang Temple on the top is not like an ordinary Taoist temple?"

The demons looked at each other.

After being silent for a while, Bai Shuang whispered, "It seems to be ...... There is some truth to that. ”

At this point, all the demons nodded their heads.

"I'll try, you wait here, don't wander around. As he spoke, the monkey stood up from the grass on his knees.

"Good. ”

Before the monkey could take the first step, an eagle crowed, and saw an eagle descend from the sky in front of the Taoist temple, and suddenly transformed into a teenager.

The monkey was startled and quickly retreated into the grass.

The door slowly opened a crack.

The boy turned his head to look in the direction of the monkey and crossed the threshold with his leg raised.

The demons were stunned.

"What just happened, an eagle turned into a man?"

"Could it be an eagle demon?"

The monkey raised his hand and knocked on the head of the fat intestine with a melon seed: "You are still a pig demon, turn into a pig and come and see! Looks like we've come to the right place! Wait for me here!"

With that, the monkey couldn't wait to jump out of the grass and go straight to the gate.