Chapter 17: Worship the Master
"Dongfu is mainly a library pavilion, the lord loves to collect all kinds of soul cultivation exercises all the year round, so there are many exercises in the library pavilion, but you can't enter the library pavilion at will without permission, only with the consent of the lord, you can enter with a token. Xiaohui explained.
Xiao Xuan's eyes widened when he heard the three big words of the Library Pavilion, and his eyes leaked with longing, after all, there might be exactly the exercises he needed to condense and cultivate the soul in the Library Pavilion, Xiao Chen thought to himself that he must enter the Library Pavilion to explore it carefully.
"Xiao Gongzi!Xiao Gongzi?" Xiao Hui gently tugged at Xiao Chen's sleeve and gently waved it and shouted at him.
In a trance, Xiao Chen was awakened by the sudden swing, and found that he was so fascinated that he actually forgot that Xiaohui next to him was still talking, since he had a soul cultivation, he was particularly easy to enter a state of meditation, and when he meditated, he kept other things out of the way, and he would think about problems very thoroughly, and he didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.
"I'm sorry Sister Xiaohui, I just lost my mind, let's continue. Xiao Chen scratched the back of his head and said with an embarrassed expression.
"Okay. Xiao Hui was still smiling, not the slightest bit angry that Xiao Chen had just lost his mind and didn't hear him speak.
"There is also a courtyard in the East Mansion that is full of a large number of spiritual root herbs, which were also picked by the master when he went out to various places before. Said that Xiaoqing's eyes revealed his admiration for Huo Lao, he has been by Huo Lao's side since he was a child, and he has also watched Huo Lao become stronger step by step to today.
"The last is the lotus pond in Nanfu, that is, the pavilion where the prince first entered the Huo Mansion, the lord's wife died early, and the lady loved lotus very much during her lifetime, so the lord ordered the Nanfu to be changed to a lotus pond, and the lord would stay there on weekdays if he had nothing to do, and that's pretty much it. After Xiao Hui finished speaking, she saluted Xiao Chen, indicating that she was finished.
"Sister Xiaohui, do you know where Huo Lao is now?" At this moment, Xiao Chen also had a general understanding of Huo Mansion, and now the place he wanted to go to first was the Library Pavilion, but the Library Pavilion needed Huo Lao's consent to enter, so he thought about it again and decided to go to Huo Lao first.
"I don't know, but the lord will probably sit and eat by the lotus pond at this hour. Xiaohui pointed her index finger to her chin and thought for a while and replied.
"Okay, then Sister Xiaohui, let's go to Nanfu Pond. Xiao Chen couldn't wait to see Huo Lao soon, hoping that he would get the condensation and soul cultivation technique soon.
After deciding, the two moved to Nanfu Pond again, and as Xiaohui expected, Huo Lao was eating by the pond, but there were two more pairs of empty dishes and chopsticks on the table.
"Meet the master. Xiao Chen came to the pavilion and knelt down again to worship Huo Lao as a teacher, and also expressed respect.
"Hurry up, didn't I say it, these forms don't matter. Huo Lao hurriedly said.
"This is not appropriate, the master originally gave me food, clothing, housing and transportation, and he is willing to accept me as an apprentice at the moment, no matter which point this is what I should do, please accept my worship!"
"Okay, then, Xiao Chen listens to the order!"
"Xiao Chen is here!"
"From today onwards, I am Huo Ti's disciple, no matter what the circumstances, you can't do anything that hurts the heavens and reason, otherwise you will be dealt with according to the family rules!"
"Disciple Xiao Chen obeys the words of the master!"
Seeing that Xiao Chen was reluctant to get up, Huo Lao had no choice but to go through the process on the right track, so that Xiao Chen could get up from the ground quickly.
After Xiao Chen got up, he was pulled to the table by Huo Lao to eat, and when he saw the dishes on the table, Xiao Chen, who hadn't eaten well for many days, couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
"Originally, I planned to ask Xiaoqing to call you over, but now you came over first, but it also saves you the trouble Xiaoqing to go, eat quickly, these are all prepared for you, you must be hungry these days." Huo Lao said.
Xiao Chen's nose was sour when he heard that a large table of dishes was slowly prepared for himself, and he wiped his moist eyes, he couldn't remember the last time such a warm scene was there.
"Manly man, what is there to cry about. Huo Lao rubbed Xiao Chen's head and comforted, he knew that Xiao Chen had suffered too much, and besides, he was only an eight-year-old child.
Xiao Chen snorted, and began to eat in large gulps, and after a while, half of the dishes on the table had been eaten, but Xiao Chen's appearance seemed to be not full, which surprised everyone on the side.
"Master, there's an empty bowl here, who are you waiting for?" Xiao Chen suddenly stopped, he was afraid that he would be embarrassed if any guest came to finish the dishes by himself?
"If you like to eat it all, it's a bowl for your wife. ”
"I'm sorry master, I brought up your sadness......"
"It doesn't matter, after many years, I have already seen it. ”
But Xiao Chen is still young and doesn't know so many people's feelings, Huo Lao just said this to want Xiao Chen not to care so much and want him to be full, but Xiaoqing and Xiaohui next to him both knew that if Huo Lao could let it go, he would not stay by this lotus pond day and night.
"By the way, master, can I go to the Library Pavilion?" Xiao Chen's mouth was stuffed with food, and he still had this chicken leg in his mouth, which looked very funny.
"Of course, you are now my apprentice, and sooner or later you will inherit my mantle, and you can go to the Scripture Pavilion whenever you want. Huo Lao took out a jade pendant token from his arms and threw it to Xiao Chen, the jade pendant was clear and jade, and the names of Xiao Chen and Huo Fu were engraved on it.
"You can tie this jade pendant around your waist with you, and then I will send someone to order it down, and if you go out with this jade pendant, you will prove that you are from Huo Mansion, and you can also enter and exit the library pavilion freely." ”
Xiao Chen was overjoyed to see this jade pendant, so that he could enter the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion to find the exercises of condensing and cultivating the soul, and it was much easier to go out to do errands after having the jade pendant.
"Although you have a jade pendant outside, no one will do anything to you easily, and you can enter the library at will, but I still have to explain two points to you. Huo Lao's tone suddenly became serious.
"The first point is that there are three books in the library that you are not allowed to read, namely "Demon Walking Blade", "True Cultivation Huiyue", and "Heavenly Silkworm Secret Scroll". ”
"Among these three books, "Demon Walking Blade" is a forbidden book for cultivation, and I have sealed it with a formation with spiritual energy, and "True Cultivation Huiyue" and "Heavenly Silkworm Secret Scroll" are that you have not yet reached the soul refining period, if you read and study, you will go crazy, and it will be difficult to save you even as a teacher at that time. ”
"The second point is that when you go out, if you meet people from the Murong family and the Ye family, you can't afford to have a conflict and try not to have a conflict. ”
"Remember these two points, is it clear?" Huo Lao emphasized again.
"The apprentice obeys the master's orders. Xiao Chen finished eating the rest of the dishes when Huo Lao finished the last sentence, bit off the last bit of chicken thigh meat and swallowed it, wiped his mouth with his little hand and replied, it seemed that he was still unsatisfied after eating.
"Xiao Gongzi's appetite is really good. Xiaoqing looked at Xiao Chen and said.
When the others heard Xiao Qing say this, the original serious atmosphere was broken and they all laughed, Huo Lao laughed even more, Xiao Chen's face was flushed with laughter, and he scratched the back of his head with his hand, realizing that he seemed to be really able to eat.