Chapter 4: Apprenticeship
The white light flickered, Yuan Qi opened his eyes, and found that there was a large hall in front of him, and when he looked up, the huge plaque was lined with the three big characters of "Shangqing Palace". Wan Qian motioned to follow and walked into the main hall.
Yuan Qi walked in the rear, not daring to look around, this Shangqing Hall is the place of discussion in Qingcheng, and when he enters here, a feeling of depression also follows. I couldn't help but feel a little nervous in my heart, and in front of me, the two elders sat on the throne, which doubled the pressure on these new disciples. Behind the throne, there are layers of steps, and at the top, there is still a more brilliant throne, which is the position of the head of Qingcheng.
"Two elders, there are a total of 6 people who have passed the test this time, namely Yuan Qi, Mo Li, Yan Feng, An Xiao, Mu Ling and Chu An!" Wan Qian named one by one, and finally looked at Cang Song, and said, "The head is not here now, and I ask the elder to teach sandalwood on your behalf!"
Cang Song nodded, glanced at Yuan Qi behind him, and with a wave of one hand, six pieces of sandalwood appeared on the waists of the six people. Yuan Qi looked down and saw that it was a token, with two big characters on it, but the master column below was blank! Looking up at the two elders, remembering what Wan Ting had said before, he couldn't help but glance at the sword-wielding elder Tuke a few more times.
"Light the soul lamp!" Wan Qian's voice came again.
Still a pine, he gently waved his palm, and six ancient lamps appeared in front of everyone, explaining: "Each person drops a drop of blood into the lamp and lights this lamp." This lamp can warn the teacher, and the lamp will be extinguished, so I don't need to say more!"
Yuan Qi looked at Mo Li beside him and found that she was skimming towards Cang Song and was in a daze. coughed lightly, made her ease up, and stuck out her tongue at Yuan Qi. Stretching out his right hand, he poured a drop of blood into the ancient lamp in front of him and lit the soul lamp.
"Now that you have officially become a disciple of Qingcheng, you must abide by the Qingcheng precepts, and if you make a mistake, you will be severely punished. As he spoke, he turned around and sat back down.
"Now, please ask the elders to accept the apprentices!" Wan Qian said.
Tuke and Cang Song glanced at each other, and couldn't help muttering in their hearts, "These six people are all geniuses in the world, and if they are tutored by the sect, they will definitely be able to shine in this fairy sword competition." ”
"Brother Tu, you haven't been here in person for the previous new disciples, so this time let you choose first. Cangsong said.
Tuke's face was indifferent, he sat there for a long time without moving, and finally spoke: "Elder Cangsong, you should choose first!"
Hearing this, Cang Song showed joy, strode out of his seat, turned around, came to Yuan Qi, and asked, "Are you willing to be my disciple!"
Yuan Qi was shocked in his heart, he didn't seem to expect that he was the first to be selected, he looked a little nervous, glanced at the sword-wielding elder with a flat face, and said: "Thank you Elder! It's just a disciple, I want to worship under the sword-wielding sect!"
There was silence all around, and Cang Song smiled faintly, not feeling embarrassed at all, just looking back at Tuke.
"Although you have excellent qualifications, but in my opinion, you came to Qingcheng with a little obsession!" Tuke refused, "In this case, it is not suitable to be my disciple!"
Yuan Qi didn't speak, still staring at Tuke, and his immature face showed a stubbornness.
Tuke thought about it again and again, but left his seat and came to Yuan Qi's side, carefully groping every part of his body, and finally stopped at Yuan Qi's wrist.
"Do you have any hobbies?" Tuke looked at Yuan Qi's wrist with a look on his face.
"I like carving!" Yuan Qi did not hide it, took out a carving knife from his body, and shook it gently.
"No wonder!" "Tuke thought about it, picked up the sandalwood on Yuan Qi's waist, his fingertips flashed, the sandalwood glowed, Yuan Qi looked, in the master's column, there were two more words, "Tuke!"
"Tuke!" Yuan Qi pondered silently, then hurriedly knelt down and bowed, "Disciple Yuan Qi, meet Master!"
Tuke nodded, and returned to his seat.
Wan Qian on the side smiled at Yuan Qi.
Cang Song looked at Yuan Qi regretfully and sighed.
The next collection of disciples went smoothly, and the rest of the people, without exception, all bowed to the door of the law enforcement hall Cangsong.
After the apprenticeship ceremony, Mo Li hurriedly ran over: "Brother Yuan, ah no, Senior Brother Yuan, we will be the same door in the future." Please bear with me!"
Mo Li clenched his hands into fists, looking quite cute.
Yuan Qi smiled and nodded, he walked out of the main hall, Wan Ting and Wan Ling stood there congratulating.
"Two senior sisters, please take care of me. Yuan Qi said with a smile.
"Little junior brother, I have won the award, in fact, the sword elder has a very strange temperament, and I don't know if you can stand it when you enter the Sword Pavilion. Wan Ting said.
"Ahem!!" Two light coughs came from behind, startling several people.
"Master!" Yuan Qi hurriedly picked up his salute.
"Well, the master is going back to the Sword Pavilion, so you can go with you! Tuke said.
"Yes!" Yuan nodded, looked at Wan Ting and the others again, and waved goodbye!
With a wave of his hands, a purple giant sword appeared, stepped on it with Yuan Qi, and flew into the sky in a purple light.
The first time he was in the air, Yuan Qi felt very curious, and from time to time he touched his palms deeply, and he felt that he longed for this kind of life very much.
The Sword Pavilion is the Qingcheng Gate, the place where the Sword Elders live, it is located under the Hall of Despair, from the point of view of the location, it is considered an important place, but the contemporary Sword Elders are not very willing to take care of the things in the door, resulting in the decline of this place, and it is a furnace.
Tuke took Yuan Qi into the pavilion, Yuan Qi looked around, the gorgeous palace, the golden bricks and tiles were carved out of the painting, and three big characters were reflected in the middle, the Sword Pavilion. Several doors come into view. There is a stone platform and a chessboard in the courtyard, and I want to come to the master to play chess in his spare time.
"There are many rooms here, you can choose any one, and you will live here in the future!" Tuke said lightly, "You are currently the only disciple of the Sword Pavilion, so there are no rules and constraints here, you can do whatever you want, I will call you if there is something." ”
"Master, in the future, you can call me Xiaoqi, or apprentice!" Yuan Qi liked this place very much, and said happily.
Tuke nodded, walked into the study, and after a while, took out a booklet in his hand, and said: "This is the basic heart method of Qingchengmen, Tai Chi Qingxin Mantra, this method is excellent for new disciples to practice! You can see for yourself, if there is anything you don't understand, you can ask me, in addition, behind the Sword Pavilion is the Jade Bamboo Forest, from tomorrow onwards, you will go to cut ten bamboos every morning, today you should familiarize yourself with this place first!"
"Yes, Master. Yuan Qi took the booklet and nodded again and again, "Then I'll just go around first!"
Yuan Qi walked to the backyard, several disciples' rooms were located here, Yuan Qi muttered as he walked: "I don't know what happened to Mo Li, there are so many disciples in the Law Enforcement Hall, I'm afraid that even the place where I live will be crowded, it's better to hold the Sword Pavilion!"
For Yuan Qi, who is born to not love people and like to be quiet, this is the best. After choosing a room and putting down the luggage, he opened the back window, and a path led straight to a dense bamboo forest, which was the previous Bodhi Forest, and he didn't feel the dense bamboo forest here, Yuan Qi couldn't help but exclaim, I'm afraid that only Qingcheng Mountain can grow such dense and thick bamboo!
With both hands, he jumped over the window, trotted all the way, and after a while, he appeared in the bamboo forest, walked to a bamboo, picked up the axe, and slashed it violently, and saw a crack on the bamboo appear, but Yuan Qi's hands were trembling. After tossing and turning for an hour, I barely cut one off, and as a result, I was tired and wheezing, how could I stand such a bamboo cut ten a day.
Returned to the Sword Pavilion, it was already evening, in the courtyard, on the stone table, the master had already prepared dinner, a few steamed buns, a few side dishes, a pot of wine, put it on the stone table, everything was very casual, Tuke picked up a bowl of hot soup, put it on the table, and said, "Come, eat." ”
Yuan Qi was in a trance, this scene reminded him of Uncle Gu, rubbed his eyes, picked up the wine jug and poured a glass for the master. Then I picked up a wine glass and filled it up.
"Master, the disciple respects you with a cup, thank you for accepting me as a disciple, the disciple will definitely not let you down in the future!" After speaking, he touched the master's cup and took a sip. Tuke narrowed his eyes and looked at Yuan Qi with some amusement. Yuan Qi was uncomfortable, and said in his heart, "Did you say the wrong thing?" ”
"Xiao Qi, Master's wine is not something anyone can drink, you are young and clear, and the strength of this wine is not something you can bear. Tuke said.
As soon as the words passed, Yuan Qi felt a drunkenness emerge, and he was about to fall to the ground and not wake up, a pair of big hands held him down, and a strong spiritual power entered the body, forcing the drunkenness back a lot, looking back, the master was sitting opposite, hehe smiled. And the flask in front of him was half missing.
Yuan Qi smiled awkwardly, and said in his heart that although this wine is strong, it feels good that it is missing.
"I'm full!" Yuan Qi stood up and said.
"Well, hurry up and rest, tomorrow I will personally supervise you to cut bamboo. Tuke said.
Yuan Qi looked at the master with a weak heart, and the drunkenness just now resurfaced, and he staggered back to the house, and fell asleep.
Tuke, sitting in the courtyard, cup after cup, poured himself a drink, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this apprentice was a little interesting, and suddenly remembered a name he had mentioned when he was drunk just now, he was puzzled in his heart, and snorted lightly: "Uncle Gu!"
In the early morning, a bird's song resounded in the bamboo forest, and Yuan Qi opened his hazy eyes and remembered the task given to him by his master. Suddenly he sobered up a lot, looked at the sky outside, hurriedly put on his clothes! Picked up the axe, rushed to the bamboo forest outside, and saw the master standing in the bamboo forest waiting for him from a distance, and hurriedly ran over.
"Meet Master. ”
"Well, Xiaoqi, if you are late, I will punish you for cutting 10 more bamboos, a total of 20. Tuke's words seemed to sentence Yuan Qi to death.
"Master!" Yuan Qi was shocked, it took him an hour to get a bamboo last night, and these twenty roots, I'm afraid it may not be able to be completed in a day!
"Cut it down and show it to the teacher!" beckoned Tuke.
Yuan Qi didn't dare to say much, so he had to pick up an axe and slash at a bamboo.
"Cultivating the spirit and cultivating the Dao, remember to concentrate on it, have no distractions, some small things without skills, few people can do it perfectly, the foundation is very important!" Yuan Qi looked back, but saw the master pick up an axe, concentrate on a bamboo tree next to him, and clench the knife with both hands, and the bamboo fell in response.
Yuan Qi was shocked in his heart, what a big arm strength.
"See, arm strength is one thing, mental focus and cohesion are also key, you're trying. Master patiently taught.
Yuan Qi concentrated, and sure enough, he cut down one after a while. Tuke smiled and nodded, snorted, and said, "I'll go sleep for a while, after you finish cutting, pile all the bamboos here, and I'll come to check!"
Yuan Qi pursed his lips and said in his heart: "If you teach your apprentice like this, you will really be lazy." In this way, Yuan Qi expelled each other, cut bamboo for a day, tired and had a sore back, returned to the courtyard, saw a table of wine and food, and hurriedly ate it.
"Xiaoqi, have you read the pamphlet I gave you? Tuke asked.
"Go back to Master, I see. Yuan Qi said vaguely.
"Well, cultivating the true cultivation of the Dao, the realm is the most important, you have to keep the Tai Chi Pure Heart Mantra in mind as soon as possible, it should not be very difficult for you to attract the spirit into the body at the first level. You go to the room at night and try it. ”
"Got it, Master. Yuan Qi stood up and said to Master, "Master, I'm full!"
Tuke nodded.
Back in the room, sitting cross-legged, silently reciting the Tai Chi Pure Heart Mantra, gradually, found that the fatigue of the day subsided a lot, Yuan Qi opened his eyes, marveled at the magic of this mental method, he closed his eyes again, and worked hard to cultivate.
In the next few days, Yuan Qi cut bamboo every day, and when he was tired, he practiced Tai Chi to clear his heart to eliminate fatigue, and he was also happy. At first, Tuke would come every day to instruct, but then he came less and less often, and sometimes only occasionally came here to watch. Yuan Qi has no one to supervise, so there is less psychological pressure. One night, when Yuan Qi was cultivating his mental method, a white mist rose all over his body. He was glad that this was the harbinger of the success of the first stage of the induction. He happily ran in front of the master to perform. Tuke checked it and let out a compliment.
Qingcheng Mountain, the smoke is boundless! This morning, a heavy fog shrouded the mountain. Yuan Qi got up early as usual, ate something casually, picked up an axe, and was about to go out, when he suddenly saw the wooden sword left by Uncle Gu in his package, and his heart moved, and he carried the wooden sword on his back. Running all the way to the bamboo forest, he had been practicing the Tai Chi Pure Heart Mantra for a while, and he found that cutting bamboo was no longer difficult for him, although the master increased the number for himself from time to time, but it would not waste much effort for himself. In just one hour, the last bamboo knot was placed in the clearing. Yuan Qi closed his eyes and crossed his knees, the second layer is to use the spirit, use the aura to bless himself, and even pour the sword body, a short period of cultivation, not only let himself be exhausted and swept away, but the spirit doubled, he picked up the wooden sword, danced in the bamboo forest, the slightest sword qi, accompanied by the white fog, but for this place added a little mystery.
Suddenly, Yuan Qi's ears moved slightly, and he heard a strange sound, and in front of him, in the thick white mist, a black figure flashed by.