Erdan put the cloth bag that his mother carefully sewed for him on the grass beside him, lay down, looked at the white clouds floating in the sky, and looked in a daze.

"Everyone else has paid the money, and now I'm the one left, but alas, how can I open my mouth to my father. ”

Erdan muttered to himself, thinking about the old master in the village today urging him to pay the tuition, his heart was full of helplessness, he knew better than anyone else about the situation of his family, and he couldn't get the tuition at all, you must know that the last time he paid the tuition, he asked his stingy second grandfather to borrow it, and he hasn't paid it back yet.

Erdan is not his real name, his real name is Yang Chen, he is 13 years old this year, because there is an elder brother on it, so when he is outside, the villagers and friends also call him Erdan, and over time, until now, whether at home or outside, people also call Yang Chen Erdan.

Although Yang Chen has always disliked this title, everyone shouted, and he could only acquiesce.

The situation in Yang Chen's family is very poor, even the usual three meals can only be turned into two meals, and sometimes there is even only one meal, if you want to eat something with a little oily smell, I am afraid that it will only be time for the New Year.

This also made 13-year-old Yang Chen look weak, but this made him reveal a scholarly temperament.

"Nerd, shall we go to catch fish in the creek?" A delicate-looking, ponytailed, about 10-year-old girl, wearing a patched dress, ran over out of breath and smiled at Yang Chen, who was in a daze.

Erdan glanced at the girl, then got up, tidied up his clothes, picked up the cloth bag that was placed aside, and said, "Girl, I'm not going, you can go! ”

The girl listened to Erdan's words, her expression was slightly displeased, and she said dissatisfiedly: "Idiot, can't you play with me?"

Erdan shook his head, then ignored the girl and turned to walk in the direction of the village's house.

The girl watched Yang Chen leave directly, stomped her little feet dissatisfiedly, and said to herself: "What a nerd, I don't want people to play with me!

Erdan's father stood in the courtyard, put down the axe in his hand, and said to Erdan, who walked in through the door: "Erdan, did you understand what the old master said today?"

Erdan nodded, then dealt with a few words, and walked directly to his house, he didn't know how to open his mouth to his father, saying that he wanted to pay the tuition.

Erdan's father looked at Erdan's appearance, sighed, and then said to Erdan's mother who came out of the kitchen with food: "Is the money ready?" Although Erdan didn't tell us, we also know that it's time to pay tuition!"

Erdan's mother listened to Erdan's father's words, sighed sadly, put the food on the table, and said: "The boss just went out to look for a job, and took away 5 copper plates, and now there are a total of 7 copper plates at home, and there are still 3 copper plates missing, which is not enough at all!"

The tuition fee for their private school is 10 copper plates for half a year.

Erdan's father sighed and said, "I'm going to the second uncle's house to see if I can borrow three more copper plates." ”

"Go back, we already owe 30 copper plates to the second uncle, and now we don't know how to pay it back!" Erdan's mother sat on the side, and the corners of her eyes were already moist as she spoke.

"Okay, don't cry, no matter what, I'm going to give it a try!" Erdan's father said with a bitter face: "Besides, Erdan is only 13 years old, so we can't let him work in the field! Besides, other children's children are studying, we can't let others look down on our Erdan!"

With that, he put down the axe in his hand and walked out with a sad face, not bothering to care about the food on the table anymore.

Erdan's house is a wall made of mud and thatch, because it has been in disrepair for a long time, the walls have cracked one after another, and the conversation of Erdan's parents in the courtyard has also been passed into Erdan's ears without saying a word because of these two cracks.

Erdan clenched his hands into fists tightly, and said with a firm face: "Don't read!

Erdan's mind kept appearing with the stingy face of his second grandfather, as well as the mocking eyes of the second grandmother, second uncle and others, which made Erdan's simple heart burn with a nameless anger.

"Mother!" Erdan shouted, pushed open the door of his room directly, rushed directly to his mother, and said with a sad and angry face: "Mother! I'll call my father back, let's not ask them to borrow money!

As soon as the words fell, Erdan turned around and seemed to run outside.

Erdan's mother turned grim, stood up suddenly, and roared directly at Erdan: "You stop me!"

Listening to his mother's words, Erdan hurriedly turned around and said eagerly: "Mother, if I don't go, my father will go to the second grandfather's house!"

"Smack!"

A loud slap sound sounded from Erdan's face, and then the marks of five fingers clearly appeared on Erdan's face.

Erdan's mother showed a look of anger, and yelled at Erdan like crazy: "What are you talking about? If you dare to tell me that you don't study, I will break your legs!"

Erdan covered his face with his hands, his face was flushed, his eyes were full of tears, he lowered his head and didn't say a word, the reason why he was crying was not because of the pain on his face, but because of the pain in his heart when he saw his mother's appearance.

Erdan's mother looked at Erdan's appearance, and cried out with a wow, and squatted directly on the ground, constantly shedding sad tears.

Erdan looked at his mother's appearance, and cried out loud, knelt directly on the ground, crawled to his mother's side, hugged his mother's legs, and said with a crying face: "Mother, don't cry, I will definitely study hard! I will definitely study hard!"

Erdan's mother looked up at her son, who was only 13 years old but very sensible, sobbed, and said: "Erdan, what will our family do if you don't study? Do you know why your brother didn't go to the private school to study in the first place? That's because the family is poor, and he can only support one person, and your brother is reluctant to go in order to let you study, but now you are good, you actually said such a big rebellious thing, what should you do with your brother and us? If you don't study, how can you be productive in the future? How can you raise your eyebrows?"

Deep-rooted ideas affect everyone in this Yangjia village, and everyone knows that if they don't study, they can only farm in the village, and their future prospects will be very slim! Therefore, any family in the village hopes that their children can succeed in their studies, and when they come back to get a reputation, even if they are a showman, they can be regarded as honoring their ancestors!

You must know that in Yangjia Village now, the old gentleman in the private school is from Xiucai, and now his prestige in the village is extremely high, and even the village chief has to think highly of three points.

Erdan listened to his mother's words, was silent for a while, and said firmly: "Mother, don't worry, I will definitely study hard, and in the future, I will definitely let people who look down on us know how good I am, and I will make them regret it!"

As he spoke, Erdan's little hand clenched tightly into a fist, causing the sharp nails to pierce directly into the palm and blood flowed out, however, how could such pain compare to the pain in Erdan's heart.

Erdan's mother's face improved slightly, and then when he saw the blood flowing from Erdan's hands, his face instantly changed, and he exclaimed: "Erdan, what's wrong with you! You wait for me, I'll go find something for you to bandage!" As she spoke, Erdan's mother hurriedly ran towards the house.

"Erdan, does it still hurt?" Erdan's mother cleaned the wound on Erdan's palm with water, and then bandaged Erdan with a strip of cloth, and looked at Erdan with a worried face.

Although Erdan's hand hurt a lot, he was afraid that his mother would worry, so he shook his head indifferently and said to his mother that it didn't hurt at all.

Erdan's mother looked at Erdan's appearance, smiled bitterly, and said softly: "Silly child, can it not hurt, there is so much blood." ”

"I'm back, what's wrong with you, Erdan?" Erdan's father pushed open the door and walked in, looking at his son's hands wrapped in cloth, and the blood marks on the cloth could still be faintly seen, and his brows furrowed slightly.

Erdan was afraid that his father would be worried, so he hurriedly put his hand behind his back, and said a little nervously: "It's not much." ”

Erdan's mother looked at Erdan's father's face without joy, knowing that this time the borrowing of money was probably in vain, so she hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Okay, eat first! ”

During the meal, Erdan picked up a few mouthfuls of food indiscriminately, turned around and hurriedly ran towards his room, he was afraid that his father would ask him about the cause of the scar on his hand, he didn't want to let his father worry about himself at such a time.

Erdan's father watched Erdan walk into the house, put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand, sighed, and said, "Second uncle, you don't want to lend us money anymore." ”

Erdan's mother sighed and said with a sad face: "Then what should I do, there are still 3 copper plates missing!"

Erdan's father shook his head with a sad face, and said, "Otherwise, let's sell the family's land! Didn't the old Li family say that 50 copper plates would be collected last time? In this case, after we sell it, we will be able to repay the money of the second uncle's family." ”

"That's it, but what are we going to do in the future? Our whole family will rely on that acre of land for food!"

"I can only do this first, I went to ask just now, tomorrow Lao Li will be able to gather the money and send it to us, and then go to the village chief to sign and draw a pledge." Erdan's father showed a look of helplessness on his face, after all, this was the only way he could think of.

Erdan's mother nodded, frowned, sighed, and said, "It's only like this first, and I'll talk about it later!"

Erdan's face turned red in the house, his eyes were full of blood, and he said to himself: "I must have the ability in the future, I must not let my father and mother suffer!"

Early the next morning, Erdan's father followed Lao Li to the village chief to prepare for the handover procedures, and Erdan also got up early and went to the private school.

The time of the day passed like this, and in a blink of an eye, it was the afternoon, and it was time for the private school to get out of school.

"Yang Chen, you stay for a while. The old gentleman of the private school, frowned and called out to the second egg who was about to go out.

Erdan frowned, stopped, and then slowly turned around, looking at the stingy old man in front of him, who was already in his prime, and a feeling of disgust arose in his heart.

"Old master. Although Erdan was very disgusted with him in his heart, he still shouted respectfully.

The old master nodded, and said with a flat face: "Yang Chen, I told you about paying tuition yesterday, did you bring the money today?"

Erdan's face turned red instantly, and he said embarrassedly: "I, I'll hand it over soon." ”

"Well, that's the best, then you should hurry home!" The old master waved his hand, then turned around and walked directly towards the back room, obviously this old master didn't want to talk nonsense with Yang Chen, a poor and white boy.

Erdan clenched his hands into fists, took a deep breath, forced his mood to calm down, and then turned around and walked outside.

Erdan didn't go straight home, but walked towards the top of the hill behind the village, where he often came. Whenever he felt distraught, he would run here, lie down on the grass, and look at the white clouds floating in the sky, and he would feel much more relaxed.

After Erdan came here, as usual, he put his cloth bag neatly on his side, walked down, and looked up at the white clouds floating in the sky.

Suddenly, Erdan was stunned, and saw that in the sky, there was a person flying directly in front of his eyes.

"Immortals?" said to himself, sat up sharply, and looked in the direction where the man had flown away.

The person flying in the sky didn't fly far before he landed directly in a small forest not far from Erdan.

After watching the man fall, Erdan hurriedly got up, glanced around vigilantly, frowned, gritted his teeth, and ran directly into the woods.

Curious!

A person of Erdan's age is full of curiosity about the outside world, especially when he listens to the blind man in the east of the village all day long about the immortals, which makes him have a huge curiosity about the immortals, and curiosity drives him to see if that person is an immortal.

Erdan cautiously ran towards the woods, which he had been to many times, and he could find his way even with his eyes closed.

It didn't take long for Erdan to come to the place where the man had fallen, and then cautiously leaned against a big tree and looked inside.

I saw that in the open space not far away, a man in a black robe who couldn't see his face clearly, sat there cross-legged, and spit out a mouthful of blood from his mouth from time to time, dyeing his pitch-black robe red.

"Who!" the black-robed man turned his head sharply, looked at the big tree where the second egg was hiding, and roared with murderous aura: "Come out for me!"

Listening to the words of the black-robed man, Erdan's whole body trembled, shrank back, and did not go out.

Burst!

Because of the roar just now, the black robe was angry and bloody, and spit out another mouthful of blood, and then lay directly on the ground, panting in his mouth.

"You're all right!" Erdan stretched out his head and glanced at the black-robed man with fear, his voice full of trembling.

The black-robed man looked Yang Chen up and down, and his eyes suddenly revealed a look of greed, and said secretly: "Heaven will not kill me, heaven will not kill me! This son actually has a spiritual root, although it is only a pseudo spiritual root, but after all, it is still a spiritual root, once I absorb his blood, it will definitely allow me to recover some true qi, but this son is extremely cautious, I must deceive him to my side.

Immediately, the black-robed man took a deep breath, covered up the greed in his eyes, waved his hand at Yang Chen, and said, "I won't harm you if you come here."

After all, Erdan was still a child, listening to the words of the black-robed man, he shook his head, and took a step back again full of fear, but after a while, the curiosity in his heart still drove him to walk over timidly.

"You, you, I'll go and call someone for you, you wait for me!" Erdan walked to a distance of about five steps from the black-robed man, stopped, and looked at the black-robed man's pale face, still spitting blood in his mouth.

The black-robed man laughed, spit out a mouthful of blood again, looked the second egg up and down with a weak face, and said, "No, don't need it!

Erdan was simple and honest, listening to the words of the black-robed man, he nodded, and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it! I promise you!"

The black-robed man spat out a mouthful of blood again, smiled, and said, "You come here with your ears, I'll tell you!"

Erdan nodded and took a step towards the black-robed man.

However, at this moment, the black-robed man's face exploded with murderous intent, his eyes revealed greed, and his right hand grabbed Yang Chen's head directly

Yang Chen was just a simple peasant child, and he would think that the black-robed man in front of him would directly poison him, and he was immediately frightened.

It's too late, it's too soon!

Just when the black-robed man's hand was about to grab Yang Chen's Heavenly Spirit Gai, a cyan sword light instantly rushed down from the sky and stabbed directly from the top of the black-robed man's head.

The black-robed man didn't have time to make a scream, his eyes lost his vitality, and then he slowly fell backwards.

Erdan was startled by the change in front of him, and hurriedly stepped back with his legs, looking at the corpse of the black-robed man with a blank expression.

Erdan was just a peasant child, and he had never seen the scene of a dead person in front of him, so he was stunned and didn't know what to do.

Just when Erdan was stunned, three figures fell directly from the sky and stood in front of Yang Chen.

The three of them first glanced at the corpse of the black-robed man, and then turned to look at Yang Chen, who was still in a daze.

"Senior brother, fortunately we arrived in time, otherwise this doll's surname may be buried in the hands of this devil!"

The person known as the senior brother nodded and said, "This demon has killed countless people, we have been chasing and killing him for half a year, and today we finally got rid of this demon!" Then he said to Yang Chen with a kind face: "Doll, it's okay!"

Erdan only reacted at this time, and then hurriedly looked at the three people in front of him.

After a closer look, I found that the three of them were all handsome young men, definitely no more than twenty-five years old, wearing the same cyan clothes, with a black and white Tai Chi pattern on the back, and holding a three-inch Qingfeng sword in their hands, revealing a charm of fairy wind bones.

Erdan hurriedly got up, cautiously took a step back, and asked tentatively, "Are you immortals?"

Although the three of them looked like handsome young men, the appearance of falling from the sky just now, coupled with the dress of the three of them, still deeply shocked the two eggs.

Senior Brother smiled slightly, and said, "We are not immortals, we are still just immortal cultivators!" and then added: "But in your eyes, we are also immortals!"

Erdan's expression moved, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he secretly said: There are really gods in this world, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I must not give up! I must worship them as teachers, and after learning a skill in the future, I can let my parents live a good life.

Immediately, he didn't hesitate, he knelt directly on the ground, kowtowed to the three people three times in a row, and said, "Three immortals, please accept me as an apprentice!"

The three of them were stunned when they heard Erdan's words, the senior brother laughed dryly, a cyan light appeared in his eyes, looked Erdan up and down, nodded, and said: "I didn't expect you to really have a spiritual root, but it's only a pseudo spiritual root, but it can be regarded as reaching the standard of cultivation, but whether you can accept it or not, we don't count!"

The spiritual root is basically divided into three types: heaven, earth, and human, and the spiritual root of human character is the lowest, and each type is divided into upper, middle and lower grades, and the higher the level of the spiritual root, the faster the speed of cultivation, and similarly, if there is no spiritual root, it is impossible to step into the path of cultivation.

And the pseudo spiritual root in the mouth of the senior brother is also a kind of spiritual root, but this kind of spiritual root is the worst spiritual root, but this is also a spiritual root, which is enough for people to step into the path of cultivation, but the speed of cultivation is probably not as fast as the turtle climbs.

In general, people who have spiritual roots can be regarded as one in ten thousand, and even that kind of pseudo-spiritual root is not something that ordinary people can use.

"Senior brother, since he has a spiritual root, let him try it, now it is almost time for our Heavenly Dao Gate to accept disciples once a year, since he has a spiritual root, it means that he has the qualifications to participate, whether he succeeds or not, it depends on himself!" The young man standing behind smiled kindly at Erdan.

The senior brother nodded, then took out a small token from his arms, handed it to Erdan, and said: "Doll, you take this thing, a month later, on August 15, it is the disciple of my Heavenly Dao Sect, when you take this wooden card, someone will naturally arrange for you to participate in the test!"

Erdan took the wooden card as soon as he got the treasure, and as soon as the wooden card was in his hands, he immediately felt refreshed, and he didn't have to think about it, he knew that it was the benefit that the wooden card brought to him.

Immediately, look at it carefully, only to see that the wooden card has the size of a palm, the weight is extremely light, like a feather, the wooden card is engraved with the three words of Tiandaomen, there are some birds and beasts around the word, behind the wooden card, carved with a gossip pattern.

"Thank you"

Erdan showed a happy face, carefully put it into his arms, looked up and was about to thank the three people, before he finished speaking, Erdan found that the three people who were standing in front of him had already flown into the sky at this time, with three red rays of light, and swept directly into the distance.

Then Erdan stood up and ran outside with a happy face.

Today for him, this is simply a good day, a big good day, although his life just now hangs by a thread, but he got a golden opportunity, so it seems that all this is worth it!

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