Chapter 4 Apprenticeship

Huo Xiaofan and the three of them left the Fuxiang Valley of Xianxia Mountain and walked back to the official road, and then ran all the way towards Tianqi Mountain according to the road map left by Qi Yuanshan. Although Huo Xiaofan left the donkey and the money bag in Fuxiang Valley, he was very happy to have two more friends. Ye Kai, who claimed to be from a famous family in Shuzhong, was a talker, and he was not idle along the way, and said a lot of anecdotes and legends on the rivers and lakes, which made Huo Xiaofan and Yakaba grow a lot, and Yakaba who came out of the prairie did not talk much, but after he said a lot of interesting things on the grassland, Huo Xiaofan and Ye Kai had a lot of yearning for where. The three of them hurried during the day and rested at night, and after resting, they each took out their own martial arts secrets to study. What Huo Xiaofan got was the Snow Mountain School's "Drifting Snow Swordsmanship", this set of swordsmanship is chic and elegant, paying attention to lightness and changeability, he already has a foundation of internal strength, just a few sets of decent exercises to improve himself, this set of swordsmanship came at the right time. Yakaba got a set of "Luohan Stick" This set of kung fu should be from the Shaolin school, open and close just and mighty, which is very in line with his character, although he has not practiced internal skills, but I don't know who I have learned to write fists and feet with before, and I am almost laughing at night when I get this stick method. What Ye Kai got was a set of "Demon Suppression Shovel", which was a rare weapon, and Mrs. Zhong didn't know how many books there were at home, so it was really not easy to find this set of kung fu for him, he liked this weapon very much, so it was also interesting to practice. The three of them learned while walking, and they learned from each other when they had nothing to do, and they all felt that their skills had improved. Later, Ye Kai proposed that the three of them simply kowtow to the north to become brothers of the opposite sex, and in the future, they would share life and death, share hardships, and support each other in the future when they came to Tianqi Mountain. Huo Xiaofan and Yakaba felt very good when they heard it, so they pinched the soil and worshiped the brothers of the opposite sex. Among them, Yakaba became the eldest brother, Xiao Fan had two, and Ye Kai was the youngest, and slowly Huo Xiaofan learned about the background of the other two.

According to Yakaba, he comes from a group of the wolf clan, he has admired the martial arts culture of Middle-earth since he was a child, and his ideal is to learn martial arts and return to the prairie to end the situation of the wolf clan killing each other and attacking each other as soon as possible, hoping that one day in the future he can unify the wolf clan and dominate the grassland. Ye Kai claimed to be a famous family in Shuzhong, but due to his poor natural qualifications, he was not valued in this sect, and he couldn't learn superior martial arts, so he came to Tianqi Mountain to take a look and gamble on luck. Huo Xiaofan himself, because of his special background, he didn't dare to tell himself that he was really born, and he only said that he had received the favor of the Qi heroes of Tianqi Mountain, learned kung fu for a few days, and now came to Tianqi Mountain to officially apprentice.

There were no more words along the way, and the three of them finally arrived at Xianshan Town at the foot of Tianqi Mountain. Xianshan Town is not a small place, but it is overcrowded during this time, and they are basically teenagers and their families who come to learn art. As one of the hottest sects on the rivers and lakes now, this is open to all the children of the rivers and lakes, it is not another sect, most of the sects, especially the senior, the reputation is very important, is the maintenance of the portal, and want to maintain the portal The most important link is to choose apprentices, most of the sects are very strict when choosing apprentices, not only must the qualifications be good, especially the background must be innocent, and the people who are generally favored must be checked for eight generations of ancestors and grandchildren, to prevent enemies or people with bad intentions from joining.

And the Heavenly Sword Sect does the opposite, they pay attention to the wide entry and strict exit, and there is no strict sect restriction on accepting disciples, as long as you are willing to come to learn the arts, you can sign up if you are qualified, as for the extent to which you can learn the Tao in the future, it depends on your own situation. According to the previous Heavenly Sword Gate Founding Patriarch Nie Feng, unkind and unrighteous people, delusional people, and ill-intentioned people will never reach the peak of martial arts, even if they give these people a chance, it is useless.

After Huo Xiaofan and the three of them arrived in the town, they had no place to live, so they bought some food and went to the mountains to sign up. The reception desk at the bottom of the mountain was already overcrowded, with all kinds of people. There are the children of the family who are in front and back, and there are also the sons of rich families who are pampered. In short, fools know that as long as they enter the Tianjian Gate, it is possible to learn superior martial arts, if they are more fortunate five years later, they will be selected as a disciple by the next head, and they will be even more famous, and the current head of Tianqi Old Man's disciples are either famous overlords or heroes who cross the rivers and lakes, which is a good example.

The three of them successfully applied for the name and just waited for the screening exam. The selection criteria of Tianjian Sect are divided into three links, the first is an interview, the second is external kung fu, and the third is internal cultivation, this time a total of sixty disciples are selected, and the six disciples of Tianqi Dao Chief, Ni Haixin, and the other four senior brothers are respectively served. Most of the four are disciples of the Tianqi Dao Elder Senior Brothers, and they are all much older than Ni Haixin in terms of grade.

While most of the people were waiting for the interview, they heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and everyone looked into the distance to see a dusty group of horses rushing over, led by two horses, a red horse and a black horse, and a young boy sitting on each horse. The two of them rode their horses and whipped each other, and they could see that the two horses were good horses in case of one pick, and they could not tell the winner for a while. Seeing that the two horses were about to run to the mountain gate at the same time, I saw that the young man in white on the red horse suddenly left his feet and jumped on the horse's back a little on his toes, and the man crossed the horse's head like an arrow from the string, and turned two heels in the air and landed under the dismounting stone in front of the door in advance. The boy on the black horse was too late to react, and couldn't help but scold: "Stinky boy, you are cheating... Even so, he also concocted the way, basically jumped off the horse with the same movement, showing excellent light skills, although the two horses were not tied but still obediently stopped, it can be seen that the training is well-trained, these two people and two horses are clean and beautiful, can not help but attract a good cheer from everyone. After a while, the people behind also followed and dismounted together, and went to find their masters and leaders in two groups, some called Gongzi and some shouted Young Master. The two groups of them obviously knew each other very well, and they also exchanged pleasantries.

Huo Xiaofan looked at the young man in white and saw that his eyebrows were colorful, his eyes were like stars, his lips were red and his teeth were white, he was quite handsome, and the young man riding a black horse was also quite good-looking, but he was dressed very luxuriously, and his face was a little arrogant. The dark horse boy said unconvinced: "Li Xiaoyun hasn't seen you for a year, you are still so deceitful, young master, I don't accept it, let's compare it again." ”

Li Xiaoyun, a young man in white, haha: "Brother Jiangbei, let's just compete to see who gets to the bottom of the mountain first, but I didn't say that the horse arrived first, and the person who arrived first would win,。。 Haha, it turned out that these two people were Li Xiaoyun, the youngest son of Li Muyuan, the third apprentice of Tianqi Daochang, and Luo Jiangbei, the eldest son of Luo Donghao, the fourth disciple. Li Xiaoyun has an older sister above, but Luo Jiangbei is the eldest grandson of the long house, and there are several half-brothers and sisters below, so Luo Jiangbei is one year older than Li Xiaoyun, and Li Xiaoyun calls him a brother.

Luo Jiangbei was not satisfied and wanted to find Li Xiaoyun to fight, but their movements had already alarmed the examiners who were preparing for the exam.

I saw a middle-aged man led by a middle-aged man with a few old ways to come out, this middle-aged man is very angry, with two small beards, it should be the famous six heroes Ni Haixin, he saw the two teenagers with a happy face, and immediately became serious and said: "Who was I in such a big formation at the time, it turned out to be you two little rabbit cubs." Don't hurry up and see a few uncles. ”

The two teenagers were overjoyed when they saw the middle-aged man, and hurriedly came over and bowed to the ground and said, "Nephew Li Xiaoyun, nephew Luo Donghao has seen all the uncles and uncles. ”

Ni Haixin crossed his waist to help them up and greeted them. Several other veterans looked at the two teenagers and praised them, and they all said that they were dignified and dragons and phoenixes. Among them, Li Xiaoyun pointed to the people behind him and said to Ni Haixin: "Uncle Shi, these people are our best friends, and their qualifications are very good. After speaking, he shouted to the people behind him: "Hurry up and salute Uncle Shi." As he said this, along with the people brought by Luo Jiangbei, they all saluted to the people of the Heavenly Sword Gate, and Huahua knelt down, leaving only a few bodyguards and martial artists standing there.

Ni Haixin has a gentle personality and is very friendly, he didn't refuse, he just said that everyone is welcome to come from afar, but there are too many people, please sign up according to the regulations.

Li Xiaoyun hurriedly said: "Yes, Uncle Shi, as members of the Heavenly Sword Sect, we should respect the rules of this sect and not do anything special.

Ni Haixin praised: "Good boy is really sensible, you can take everyone with you." ”

Luo Jiangbei couldn't help but feel that he had been snatched by Li Xiaoyun again, and he was very unhappy.

When they came, everyone else didn't feel good in their hearts, they originally opened the door to recruit apprentices to the entire martial arts, but when they looked at the people of the Tianjian Sect, these people were basically full, not to mention that the two sons were the best in the same age, and their martial arts were already very powerful, just looking at the light skills were not something that ordinary martial artists could do, and it was even more hopeless to look at the relationships between others, so many people were a little discouraged and wanted to retreat.

Ye Kai said sourly on the side: "Otherwise, you have to throw away the goods than the goods, and the people have to die than the people." You see that other people's martial arts are good, they are handsome, and they are born with a good father, why didn't I have a long life... ”

Yakaba said on the side: "Your father is not bad, didn't you say that you are a famous family in Shu, and your background is not worse than theirs." ”

Ye Kaimian did not change his color and said: "My father didn't give me a good face, you said that they will choose five disciples in five years, and there are only two of them who have just entered, I heard that Jin Buchang, the son of Jin Jian, the eldest disciple of the old man of Tianqi in the future, will also participate, so that there are only two places left when the test is full, and this exam looks very formal, but it seems to be fooling." Do you say Xiaofan, you see the light skills of these two people just now, I don't think I will be able to learn it in my life, how can I compare with others?"

Huo Xiaofan didn't answer Ye Kai, he just saw Ni Haixin and the others greeting each other together, and he didn't feel good in his heart, why didn't he want to go up and recognize them, but he was just an outcast's child, one has no reputation, and the other is not from a wealthy family, so how can he have any face to say.

He calmed down and said to Ye Kai and Yakaba: "I'm here just to learn martial arts as much as possible, practice my skills, and hoe the strong and help the weak in the future, as for whether I can be the head of the house in the future, I don't care too much, that's also five years later, as long as I can study here for five years." As for kung fu, Xiao Kai, don't be discouraged, as long as we study hard, we may not be worse than them in the future. We are short of opportunity and time, and I believe that as long as we give a little more than others, we will catch up with them one day. ”

Yakaba patted Huo Xiaofan's shoulder and said, "Xiaofan is right. ”

Ye Kai didn't think nonsense when he heard this, and said gratefully: "Thank you Xiaofan, your braggart is quite capable of bluffing, I will remember it well." “