Chapter 13 The road is narrow
Along the way, Elder Wuwei described the general situation of Shushan.
The disciples of the Shushan sect are divided into four levels: heaven, earth, Xuan, and Huang according to the level of cultivation, which belong to the four elders of Ziyang, Yuwei, Cangyun, and Xuanqing, and only Elder Jingyu is sitting down and all are female disciples. Among them, there are a large number of Huang-level disciples under the seat of Elder Xuanqing, except for a small number of Gongzi brothers with some backgrounds, there are nearly half of them who are used to deal with the miscellaneous affairs and daily life of the entire Shu Mountain, and the remaining disciples can definitely enter the Xuan level through cultivation, and the same is true from the Xuan level to the ground level. From the Yellow Rank to the Earth Rank, the number of people is decreasing gradually, but if someone is not convinced, they can unilaterally challenge the high-level disciples, and if they win, they can also advance. From the Yellow Rank to the Earth Rank is only a matter of cultivation, and it is by no means easy to enter the Heaven Rank from the Earth Level, there are only three people who can enter the Heaven Rank over the years, as for which three people, it is unknown, these people have always lived in seclusion, and most of the time they have been cultivating.
Perhaps considering that it was impossible for the two of them to reach the height of the Heavenly Steps, Elder Wuwei did not say what difficulties would be in getting from the Earth Rank to the Heavenly Steps.
Moreover, even all the disciples were divided into categories even for their clothes and swords. All the Yellow Rank disciples were dressed in white with ordinary iron swords, while the Xuan Rank and Ground Rank were dressed in pale yellow and sky blue clothes, with bronze ancient swords and silver swords. According to people who have seen the Heavenly Rank disciples, those Heavenly Rank masters are all dressed in mysterious purple clothes, and the golden sword behind them is even more imposing. Of course, it is unknown whether it is true or not, this Wuwei Elder only regarded a waste material as a genius, who knows if what he said is credible. The only thing that can be determined is that the registered disciples have nothing, and they are not allowed to cultivate privately without permission, and if they are discovered, they will be expelled from Shushan immediately.
However, the two of them listened very carefully, and everything seemed so new to them when they first arrived. Although he went to the back mountain to do chores, Lu Chengfeng felt more down-to-earth in his heart, maybe he thought in his bones that he shouldn't be a genius, he who had always been taciturn was suddenly shown in front of everyone, and he was praised so high, it was really uncomfortable. As soon as he thought of this, his heart gradually calmed down, but his life changed suddenly for ten years, and it was true that he was a little uncomfortable.
"That Elder Wuwei, you are also called an elder, you should have been in the Shushan Sect for many years, right? Are you also in charge of many disciples? I said so much just now, but I didn't talk about yourself, so what level of disciples are you in charge of. Lu Ping'an asked curiously.
The useless elder coughed lightly a few times, sighed and said, "Don't ask too much, child, you'll know later!"
Lu Ping'an wanted to ask something but was slapped on the back of the head, and Lu Chengfeng whispered to remind him to talk less nonsense.
Just from the main hall, this elder's speech and demeanor seemed to indicate that he should not be too important in the Shushan faction, and this guy is still stupid and can't open which pot, no wonder he is going to be beaten.
As they spoke, they came to a spacious courtyard surrounded by many houses. By the light, you can see that some houses have large water tanks, some are full of firewood and grass, and some have stoves built inside, and there are some pots and pans around them......
After Elder Wuwei gave an order, he walked into a room.
One of the disciples who accompanied him, the young disciple who had taken Lu Chengfeng before, led the two of them to a house.
The room was poorly decorated, with only a wooden table lit in the middle, and a bed facing the door, and the bedding was neat, which should have been slept in, and two beds on either side.
The disciple smiled and said, "My name is Song Qingshan, and I happen to live with the two junior disciples, and we will be the same door in the future!"
With that, Song Qingshan walked straight to the bed and sat down. However, that sitting posture is very stable, which is really different from the casualness of the two of them, especially the appearance, which can really give people a very down-to-earth feeling.
After Lu Ping'an took off his shoes, he went to bed, and then asked curiously, "Senior Brother Song, how long have you been in the Shushan faction?"
Song Qingshan untied his robe and folded it neatly at the head of the bed, and after lying down, he sighed and said, "My parents died when I was a child, but fortunately I was taken in by Elder Wuwei, and it has been more than ten years now!"
"More than ten years?" Lu Ping'an exclaimed with a look of surprise, "You have been cultivating for more than ten years and are still a Yellow Rank disciple?
Lu Chengfeng frowned, and threw the shoes he had just taken off, "You talk a lot of nonsense!"
Lu Ping'an knew that he was speechless, so he stopped making a sound.
Fortunately, people didn't seem to mind, he turned his head and laughed at himself, "Cultivating truth depends on talent." Some talented and intelligent people have already reached the Xuan Rank and the Earth Rank after cultivating for more than ten years, and it is not uncommon for a person with mediocre qualifications like me to be able to cultivate for a lifetime or the Yellow Rank, and there are many people in Shu Mountain. However, the head of the house also said before that qualification is important, as long as you have the perseverance the day after tomorrow, you can become a talent one day!"
The last sentence is more like self-consolation, some people say that genius is one point of talent plus nine points of persistence. And they don't know that without that little talent, even if they have ten ten-point perseverance, it is useless. However, there may also be people with mediocre qualifications who succeed through acquired efforts, but that is only accidental, and it would be a big mistake to take accident as the norm.
The cultivation realm has always been a place for the fittest, and the Shushan faction, as a corner of the cultivation realm, of course, strictly follows this rule.
Lu Chengfeng seemed to understand these truths prematurely, he pursed his lips and smiled self-deprecatingly, "I believe in you, Senior Brother Song!"
Song Qingshan seemed to be very useful, his tightly knit brows stretched out, and after he got the consent of the two junior disciples, he got up and blew out the light and fell asleep.
The silver moonlight, through the broken window, quietly sprinkled on the head of Lu Chengfeng's bed.
Thinking about the ups and downs of the day, he couldn't help but feel a little frightened, so he had to close his eyes and relax slowly, and only gradually calmed down after a while. But when he calmed down, he suddenly felt that something was missing, the blood-like flower, the old laurel tree, and especially a lot of words. What I have to say to the woman in red every night, I am used to talking about my daily experiences, I am used to talking about my childish thoughts, and I am used to the red shadow every day. He didn't know what worry was since he was a child, but on the first night he came to Shushan, he remembered the unpredictable Shangguan Xing'er, and I don't know if she was thinking about herself at the moment, no one talked to her, and whether she could sleep peacefully.
Thinking about it, his eyelids closed inadvertently.
That night, he had a dream in which he saw himself flying down the mountain to find her, but she was long gone, and after a long search, he finally found her. But she smiled back and said to herself, "You dare to be sorry for me, you are going to die!"
After opening his eyes, he saw Song Qingshan and Lu Ping'an looking at him curiously.
"Little junior brother, are you dreaming?" are you okay?" Song Qingshan asked solemnly, his words full of concern.
"I must have dreamed of someone, otherwise how could I let people not leave!" Lu Ping'an seemed to know, and he had already covered his mouth and snickered on the side.
Facing the first rays of sunshine in the morning, many Shushan disciples had already gathered in the courtyard, except for a few formal disciples dressed in white, most of them were registered disciples dressed in plain clothes, and a few of them were yawning listlessly.
"Today, there are two more junior brothers ......"
Song Qingshan was interrupted before he finished speaking.
"I know, this person with a spotted face must be an absolute waste material who was mistaken for a genius yesterday, Lu Chengfeng!" said a young man with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks in the crowd.
"The other chubby one must be Lu Ping'an, who failed to recruit apprentices before, and then fished in troubled waters!"
"Our two new junior brothers really have their own merits!"
As soon as these words came out, all the disciples in the courtyard laughed.
Seeing Lu Ping'an's face flushed when he saw Lu Ping'an on the side, Lu Chengfeng didn't have any expression, this kind of experience was too much to experience when he was a child. When he once said that he was going to cultivate the truth, he also exchanged more cold words and ridicule, and then he learned to be silent. He knew that in such a situation, no amount of explanation and argument would only lead to more ridicule, and it was better to spend more time thinking about how to get rid of the current fate instead of bothering about it.
Song Qingshan coughed and motioned for everyone to be quiet.
He was about to open his mouth to say something, but two men walked in from outside the courtyard, both dressed like him.
After taking a closer look, Lu Chengfeng was shocked, these two were Li Yunfei and Liu Tianci, who had had something to do with him before, and secretly said in his heart, what a narrow road for enemies! He quietly squatted down, grabbed a handful of dust from the ground and wiped it off Lu Ping'an's face before standing back in place. Fortunately, everyone's eyes are not here, otherwise they would not know how to explain it if they were discovered!