The sword-wielding man walked until he saw a large cave, and said to Zhang Xiao and Zhang Yao: "Mending the sword is an extremely meticulous job, you can watch from the side while I mend the sword, but don't disturb me." [Ran^Text^Library] []”

Zhang Yao asked curiously, "So what is the material used to mend the sword?"

The sword collector thought for a while, and said: "This sword of yours is made of snake bones, ordinary metal materials are definitely not good, if you want to repair the most use, it is best to use liquid materials, completely dissolve and shape the bones, so that they can be re-integrated into a whole, and can be soft or hard, like a sword and water." ”

After hearing the repair plan of the sword collector, Zhang Jiao felt very novel, the sword created in this way must be more flexible and easy to use than the original, and the sword collector continued: "Among the existing materials in my hands, the most suitable one is the blind ambergris, with this material, the snake bone can be completely dissolved into liquid, and after solidification, it can form a new shape. ”

Zhang Yao asked curiously, "Isn't this just a recast? I just need to repair it, and I don't need to turn it into a new shape." ”

The sword-wielding man said: "This is indeed a repair, the blind ambergris is only used as a catalyst, the spirit itself is still a snake bone, and if it is reforged, it will be added to other physical materials." ”

Zhang Xiao and Zhang Yao followed the sword-wielding man to the cave, and the sword-wielding man directly put the bamboo sword on the ground, and then a spirit sword flew into the cave, and a lot of slimy transparent liquid flowed out of the spirit sword, covering the bamboo sword, and suddenly the bamboo sword made a clanging sound, and gradually began to become soft, and at the same time emitted an unpleasant saliva smell.

The sword-wielding man said to Zhang Xiao and Zhang Yao: "If you don't take a rest first, it will take a long time, if you still want to continue to track that organ person, I advise you to be mentally prepared for a fierce battle, with their strength, it will be difficult for you to deal with it." ”

Zhang Xiao and Zhang Xiao didn't know if the sword collector was considered an eviction order, but they couldn't learn it for a while they saw this sword, and they didn't know where to get the materials used, so it didn't help much to watch, so it was better to go out and take a rest.

Seeing Zhang Xiao and Zhang Xiao walking out of the cave with somewhat complicated expressions, Xia Houen immediately asked, "Is there something wrong?" Seeing that you look nervous, it can't be that you can't make up for it with a bamboo sword, right?"

Zhang Xiao looked at this Xia Houen carefully, paced back and forth and thought for a long time, and said, "Don't you want to worship me as a teacher? If your mind hasn't changed now, I have time to test you now." ”

Xia Houen looked at Zhang Xiao in surprise, quickly came back to his senses, and hurriedly said: "Of course I am willing, no matter how difficult it is, I am willing, test me now, I am ready at any time." ”

Zhang Xiao waved his hand and said: "Actually, the test of wanting to become an immortal cultivator is nothing, and the persistence after becoming an immortal cultivator is the biggest test. ”

Xia Houen suddenly became even more excited, as long as he worshiped the teacher, he would be regarded as an immortal cultivator, and his dream for many years would come true, but Xia Houen approached Zhang Xiao and asked curiously: "Actually, I have always had a question I want to ask you, I don't know if it's okay?"

Zhang Xiao said: "If you don't understand anything, just ask." ”

Xia Houen asked Zhang Xiao in a reassuring whisper, "I don't know how old you are now, master?"

Zhang Xiao squinted at Xia Houen, this is his question, and said: "I am about fifty years old now, why are you asking this, do you want to think that if I am young, I will not consider apprenticeship?"

Xia Houen was afraid that his curiosity would make Zhang Xiao change his mind, so he immediately knelt on the ground and said to Zhang Xiao: "The master is above, and I will be worshiped by my disciple Xia Houen." ”

Zhang Xiao also came over at this time and whispered to Zhang Xiao: "Cousin, you don't really want to take them as apprentices, do you?

Zhang Xiao explained: "The only people in the world who still know how to bewitch immortals are you and me, so naturally there must be apprentices to avoid that there will be no successors to bewitching immortals in the future, and their conduct is good, they should be able to be trusted." ”

Zhang Jiao said: "Crow's mouth, it's not too good to say that there is no successor, don't be so pessimistic, okay, if you want to accept apprentices, you can accept apprentices, but have you thought of how to teach?"

Zhang Xiao replied: "I haven't thought about this, it's better to teach them to practice Taoism first, exercise their essence and spirit, and then teach them to cultivate aura, is that okay?"

After thinking about it, Zhang Jiao said: "I don't think it's necessary, since you want to become an immortal cultivator, then it's better to directly teach them the method of cultivating aura, Taoism and immortal art are not directly related, but we should see how talented he is?"

Zhang Xiaojue's Zhang Jiao made sense, it was very easy to accept Xia Houen as an apprentice, but the key depends on whether his talent is high or not, if his talent is too poor, even if he takes extra care of him, it will not have much effect.

After Xia Houen saw that he worshiped Zhang Xiao, Zhang Xiao argued with Zhang Xiao, so he whispered to Gao Zhan: "Xie Long, you also worship him as a teacher, the two of us can cultivate immortals together, so that we can also have a companion, and we can help each other if we encounter any trouble in the future." ”

Gao Zhan was not very willing, and said: "I don't need it, I don't have any interest in cultivating immortals, as long as I do what a soldier should do, Captain Xiahou, you still need to cultivate immortals by yourself." ”

Xia Houen saw that Gao Zhan did not agree, he was a little unhappy, and said: "You are stupid, if you cultivate immortals, you can live forever, how good is this, what is the benefit of being a soldier who will die on the battlefield sooner or later, if you want to fight, the enemy you encounter after becoming an immortal cultivator will not be stronger than people, and you will not be addicted to it at that time." ”

Gao Zhan thought about it for a while, but still didn't agree, which made Xia Houen very unhappy, and said sternly: "I'm still not your commander, do you have to listen to me, I will order you to worship them as teachers now, you can't refuse." ”

Xia Houen has always been Gao Zhan is his closest comrade-in-arms, since the war against Lu Bu, Xia Houen found that Gao Zhan is actually very simple, that is, he wants to find a lord who can be loyal, and then conquer the world, that's all, this kind of persistence makes Xia Houen regard him as a bosom friend, and after he surrenders, he accepts him as his own bodyguard.

Xia Houen saw that Gao Zhan was still stubborn, so he said to Zhang Xiao on behalf of Gao Zhan: "I don't know if I can agree to my previous request, and also take Long as an apprentice." ”

Zhang Xiao looked at Gao Zhan, although he didn't have a lot of contact with him, and felt that he was a person who said very little, but judging from his work, he was a very responsible and loyal person, and he could be regarded as a good seedling of cultivating immortals.

So Zhang Xiao said: "Yes, but I still have to see how talented you are, if your talent is too bad, it is better to be your ordinary people." ”

Xia Houen immediately said: "No problem, you can test it, I am ready, no matter how painful the test is, we will stick to it." ”

Zhang Xiao looked at Xia Houen as if he was at home, and explained: "Don't be so nervous, relax, the test doesn't require you to do anything, just see what your potential is, you just need to do what I say." ”

Just when Zhang Xiao was about to start, Zhang Xiao stopped Zhang Xiao and motioned for himself to come, Zhang Xiao didn't argue, since Zhang Xiao wanted to preside, he would leave it to her.

Zhang Xiao and Zhang Yao have been asleep for thirty years, and they have no contact with the Taoists, so the Dao talisman on their bodies has long been used up and cannot be replenished, so Zhang Yao had to directly use the aura to turn into a fire talisman, looked at the two flame geese in his hand, and said to Xia Houen and Gao Zhan: "You just need to take the fire talisman and wait quietly." ”

After Zhang Jiao blessed the special method on the fire talisman, he handed it over to Xia Houen and Gao Zhan, and when Xia Houen and Gao Zhan took over the fire talisman, he suddenly felt that he was starting to get hot, and all his strength was taken away by the fire talisman, and he felt more and more sleepy, and he fell asleep after only a while.

I don't know how long it took for Xia Houen and Gao Zhan to wake up one after another, and saw Zhang Xiao and Zhang Jiao chatting with the sword-wielding man, so he said: "I didn't pass the test, what is that thing, how to hold him, I feel so tired." ”

Zhang Xiao saw that Xia Houen had woken up, and said: "My cousin has attached a method of absorbing essence to the fire separation talisman, which can make the fire separation talisman maintain its form by absorbing essence qi. ”