Chapter 4: Apprenticeship
In the early morning of the next day, the golden top of Emei was calm and windless, and the soft white cloud sea was in the extreme distance and the blue sky dome was in the first line, and there seemed to be a few faint golden rays of light shooting out. On the edge of the cliff, two pitch-black stone pillars, standing abruptly, there are enough 3 people to embrace the thickness, about two zhang high, one zhang apart. Between the stone pillars, an inverted vertebral stone platform, the top surface is flat, the lower end is sharp, and it is suspended out of thin air.
There were three people on the stage, two children were Wen Youer and Tong Lele, and the other was Bai Fan. Last night was almost kidnapped by the mysterious gangsters, although it was a false alarm, but it was also tossed until midnight to get to Emei Jinding to sleep, today before dawn but was called up, the two children are listless, yawning again and again.
"Senior brother and sister, please stand firm. Bai Fan reminded Wen You'er and Tong Lele with a smile, the words fell, and the stone platform under his feet suddenly shook slightly, Bai Fan quickly untied his waist jacket belt, held one end in his hand, and the other end was long in the wind, like a spiritual snake swimming, in Wen You'er and Tong Lele's waist each circled, and finally swam back to Bai Fan's hands. The two children only felt a tightness on their waists, and they were strung together like grasshoppers and held in Bai Fan's hands.
"It's about half an hour to go to the floating island, and if there are bumps in the ladder on the way, don't panic. Bai Fan reminded the two children again, and then the stone platform began to slowly leave the ground, slowly rising along a huge arc-shaped trajectory, and gradually moved away from the gold-topped ground. After all, Wen Youer and Tong Lele are also one of the best among children of the same age, and their natural ability to understand and absorb magical things is also very outstanding, coupled with the various magical and thrilling encounters they experienced last night, they are not surprised by these "fairy tricks", and they are not much less excited at first sight, and just replied softly: "Yes, senior brother." ”
Along the way, wherever he went, Bai Fan enthusiastically explained to his younger brothers and sisters. Wen Youer and Tong Lele listened and watched, and they also knew that the stone platform under their feet was called "Cloud Ladder", which was cast by the Emei patriarch Yun Yazi in the past year, and the carved texture pattern on the platform was "Flying Boat Rune", which was driven by the milk jade spirit, and it could carry people slowly, and the boat could travel in the sky, and this texture could also play an anti-slip role. The two jet-black stone pillars on the cliff before are called Piercing Star Xuanmen, which are made of obsidian spars, and the two formations of "breaking the sky" and "piercing time" are set on the two pillars, but they need to be cultivated to reach a certain realm before they can start, pass through the stone pillars, and instantly go to another Xuanmen.
The cloud ladder gradually goes high, the gold-domed temple below is already the size of a sesame seed, looking down, the eyes are full of white clouds, occasionally encountering the empty place of the sea of clouds, through the cloud cave and then looking down, it is a lush, boundless dense forest. The ladder walked unhurriedly for a while, the sky suddenly brightened a lot, as far as the eye could see, the fiery red morning sun did not know when, it had poked its head out of the end of the sea of clouds, the temperature also rose a lot, the fog rose in the sky, and after a while, it was white all around, ethereal, like a fairyland. Wen Youer and Tong Lele are also childlike, the dense fog around them, playing with each other, having a lot of fun, Bai Fan watched the two children laughing, and still did not forget to remind softly: "Senior brother and sister, the floating island is coming, please keep your eyes open, don't miss the most beautiful scenery." ”
Sure enough, after a while, the cloud ladder came out of the dense mist, and not far away, a huge jade white island, floating in the air, its shape was like a cloud ladder under its feet, and its body was like a castle. But I saw several red rays of red light coming out from the cloud sea sword below, shooting straight on the giant island, splashing golden rays of light, brilliant and brilliant, at the margin, the waterfall hung upside down, and the rainbow was like practice. The light and shadow on the island are misty, and the mountains, flowing water, palaces, and pavilions are looming, like a fairyland. Wen You'er and Tong Lele opened their mouths wide, their eyes looked at it without blinking, as if they were dreaming, and their minds were blank...... And Bai Fan also temporarily stopped all the way to explain, standing quietly and looking up, such a beautiful scenery, I really never get tired of seeing it.
According to Bai Fan, this floating island is called Yunfeng, and according to legend, it was also built by the ancestor Yun Yazi, and since the establishment of the Emei faction, it has been the place where the heads of the past dynasties have cultivated and lived.
As he spoke, the ladder had reached Yunfeng Island, and landed smoothly at the Xingxuanmen, Bai Fan took the long belt, wrapped it around his waist again, jumped off the ladder, and hugged Wen Youer and Tong Lele one by one. At this time, between the two stone pillars of Xuanmen, a black light flashed, and suddenly a person appeared out of thin air, it was Xuanlong, "Senior Brother Lao Baifan, the head of the sect and the elders have been waiting in the Yunfeng Hall for a long time, let's hurry up." Without waiting for Bai Fan to answer, Xuanlong quickened his pace and walked forward, Bai Fan agreed, leading Wen Youer and Tong Lele to quickly keep up with Xuanlong's pace, but his mouth was still babbling and constantly explaining to the two children what they saw around them.
In the Yunfeng Palace, on the north seat, the head of the house, Li Tianxing, is dressed in black, sitting in the north and facing south, looking about forty years old, medium stature, inch length and short hair standing upright, knife-like eye and nose outline, simple and clear, holding a folding fan, painting seven stars on it, not angry and self-imposing, and the momentum is fierce. Under the seat of the suzerain, two chairs are placed on the east and west sides, and the four elders sit on it, of which two are slightly closer to the suzerain, Xun Yu and Shui Yi sit facing each other, Master Shui Yi always squints at the top of the hall, and the old man Xun Yu simply closes his eyes and recuperates.
Xuanlong and Bai Fan led Wen Youer and Tong Lele into the hall and stood under the hall. Xuanlong hugged his fists and said: "I would like to tell the master in charge and the four uncles, this time the children are selected, and there is a junior brother and a junior sister, respectively, Jiazhou Wen You'er and Tong Lele, respectively. After Xuanlong finished the introduction, he turned to Wen You'er and Tong Lele behind him and said, "Senior brother and sister, don't you want to see the master?"
In the middle of the night, the two children saw with their own eyes, all kinds of magical and mysterious things, and only then did they experience the dreamy scene of the floating island, and the five elders sitting in front of them were all extraordinary, beyond the world, so they naturally thought that this was already a fairyland, and the elders were also immortals. So, Tong Lele knelt down with a bang, kowtowed again and again, and shouted loudly: "Meet the immortals! Meet the Bodhisattva!" made the five people laugh out loud, but Wen Youer just stood still, bending down and bowing.
Xuanlong smiled and hurriedly helped Tong Lele up, and said with a patient smile: "Senior brother and sister, we don't have immortals here, haha, although the five teachers are able to communicate with the gods, they are all ordinary mortals like you and me. Tong Lele didn't seem to understand, and nodded again and again.
Li Tianxing laughed and looked at Xuanlong: "Long'er, go to the apse and call Xiao Yun'er from Jiazhou, and arrange the entrance today." ”
"Yes, master. Xuanlong hugged his fists and promised, and after a while, he led a girl back to the hall, with a slender face, sword eyebrows and phoenix eyes, a tall nose bridge, a ponytail and a single braid, wearing a tight-fitting sea blue uniform, heroic, about twelve or thirteen years old, standing side by side with Wen Youer and Tong Lele in the hall, and the height was also a head taller than the two.
"Senior brother in charge, in my opinion, the three apprentices, you, I and the senior brother of the burning sea, each accept one apprentice, it is just right, after all, Xun Yu and Shui Yi have been reluctant to accept apprentices for many years, and this time everything is as usual, do not embarrass the two of them, so very good. The person who spoke was short and round, wearing a dark green robe, his age seemed to be similar to Xun Yu, his beard and hair were all white, his eyes were small, but his face was full of fat, there were many wrinkles, and he was also missing half of the fairy wind. The road number is light and windy, which seems quite incompatible with its posture.
"I think Senior Brother Qingfeng is right! Just do it! Senior Brother in charge?!" Sitting face to face with Chafeng, it was a tall old man, eight feet long, red hair and red beard, his voice was like thunder, although his words were vulgar, but he still felt majestic and majestic, as if the sky had descended from the earth, wearing loose fiery red trousers, his upper body was naked, and his body was tattooed with fire clouds. The road number burns the sea, which is very appropriate.
The head Li Tianxing rubbed his ears: "Senior Brother Burning Sea, don't be loud, don't be loud...... It's just that everyone in the door knows that after Xuanlong, I have also publicly declared that I will no longer accept apprentices, and concentrate on cultivation, in recent years, the ordinary affairs in the door have been taken care of by Xuanlong's apprentices, but I have been trapped in the bottleneck for many years, and there has been no breakthrough in the Taoism so far, and it is still inconvenient to accept apprentices for the time being. Please ask which junior brother to charge one more person. ”
Since the head of the house spoke, it was inconvenient for everyone to say more, and the four torch-like eyes swept over the three children one by one, and they invariably stopped on Wen You'er for a few more moments.
After a while, it was Qingfeng who took the lead in speaking: "I see that these two girls are quite close to me, and they are also the same age as the little girl Yi'er, so it is not as good as Wen You'er and Xiao Yun's two apprentices who are included in my door, and Yi'er girl also happens to have two more playmates." ”
"Fatty, are you blind?!Your little ghost is eighteen this year, aren't you?Do you say that this nine-year-old Wen You'er or that thirteen-year-old Xiao Yun is the same age as your girl?!" Master Shuiyi, who was originally silent, suddenly became embarrassed, pointed at the light wind and scolded.
Qingfeng knew that he was at a loss, and he was speechless for a while, and said "Senior Sister Shuiyi, you, you, hi ......" and blushed and stopped talking.
"Then come under my Burning Sea Gate! Everyone in the door knows it! I have always been strict with my apprentices, I think this Wen You'er and Xiao Yun, one has a heavy market atmosphere, and the other is extremely arrogant, so I should be strict with me, and I can shape it so that I can become a talent!"
Xun Yu, who had originally closed his eyes and recuperated, seemed to be awakened by the loud voice of the burning sea, and suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the burning sky: "What nonsense! I have always been free and casual, how can I forcibly restrain people's temperament! Look at your disciples, all of them have no personality under your control, and they are all poured out of a mold! What is outstanding? ! Don't mislead people's children again!"
"That's enough! The four of you! Together, you're more than two thousand years old! Tear your old face for this little thing, what kind of system will it become!" Fang Cai Burning Hai was about to jump up, and with the theory of Xun Yu, he was drunk by the head of the powerful Tianxing, "Hmph!" and sat back in his chair angrily.
When Li Tianxing's anger decreased slightly, he simply assigned it directly: "Xun Yu, Shui Yi, you two have not accepted apprentices for many years, and I have never made it difficult for others. ”
"They're a good example! Fools can see that this time is different, they want to tighten up!" Burning Hai couldn't help but interrupt Li Tianxing's words, and he hung his hands and feet, very impatient. "It's, it's, aren't they, huh. The breeze also hurriedly added oil and vinegar.
Li Tianxing ignored it, his face sank, and he waved his hand to signal a few people not to say more, and then continued, "There are all female apprentices under the water gate, then this Xiao Yun girl will be collected by the water, and Tong Lele will worship under the door of Xunyu's junior brother, as for this Wen You'er, he is the youngest, and he needs to be restrained by rules, so he will ......be burned first."
As soon as the word "burning" came out, Shui Yi immediately interrupted Li Tianxing's words again: "This Wen You'er, I have to collect water!"
"Fart!" Xun Yu was the first to jump up and object: "Old woman Shuiyi, it doesn't matter if you are domineering and lawless in the door on weekdays, today's matter of accepting apprentices is very important, and the senior brother in charge is still arranging it, how can you meddle in the fight indiscriminately?!
Xun Yu turned to Li Tianxing, hugged his fists and bent over and said: "Senior brother in charge, I Xun Yu has always been alone, I have been cultivating for nearly a hundred years, and I have never contributed to the affairs of the door.
As soon as the wind of this feather hunting wind changed, it turned out that he was also going to compete to be this Wen You'er master, and the two of them, who were originally nodding like chickens pecking rice, quickly stopped their heads and shook their heads frantically like rattles, and the scene was embarrassing and funny.
"Smack!" With a bang, Shui Yi suddenly squeezed the chair arm in his hand to pieces, and the expression on his face instantly became eerie and terrifying, slowly, and said word by word: "You, wait, three, people, have, who, no, serve, hall, outside, compare, stroke." ”
The two of them, Light Breeze and Burning Sea, immediately quieted down, did not say a word, and obediently sat back in their seats, Xun Yu Lao Dao also had a frozen expression on his face, and after a moment, he said softly, "Hmph!" and looked at the head of the door with a fist, and said no more.
The atmosphere was tense, and Bai Fan, who was guarding the door of Yunfeng Palace, quietly slipped out of the door at some point, and disappeared in a puff of smoke. Xuanlong, who had been standing behind Li Tianxing, hurriedly took a few steps forward to ease the atmosphere: "Uncle Shuiyi, three uncles, it's just a small thing, it's just a small thing, don't hurt and be angry, don't hurt and be ......angry, don't hurt and be angry" Then he turned to face the head Li Tianxing, hugged his fists and bowed his head and said: "Master, in the humble opinion of the apprentice, or take this Wen You'er junior sister under your master, and treat me as a preacher." ”
"Presumptuous! How can you speak! The master of my sect, whether or not to accept disciples, is it up to you to dictate!" Li Tianxing glared angrily, and with a wave of the iron fan in his hand, Xuanlong suddenly flew out, hitting the copper tripod in the hall, and spewed out a large mouthful of black blood with "wow".
Everyone was shocked, the head of the family has always been gentle, but how could he suddenly make such a heavy hand to his beloved disciple Xuanlong? It can be seen that they have really been really angry, and they don't dare to say more, and they turn to intercede for Xuanlong one by one.
Li Tianxing waved his sleeves: "Hmph, the four of you, today really opened my eyes!" After a moment, his anger subsided a little and then he said: "That's it, this Wen You'er, let's take it under the door with Senior Sister Shui, all of you retreat, let me be quiet and pure......"
Xun Yu and Shui Yi glared at each other, and said "hum!" to each other, and each led the new apprentice, went out of the palace gate, and went away from the sky, and the two of them also looked at each other, and at the same time "Hey......" sounded, and they also went out of the palace gate.
In the Yunfeng Palace, Li Tianxing stood with his hands in his hands, all his thoughts, and after a while, he said to Xuanlong: "Xuanlong apprentice, thank you for relieving the siege for the teacher, that one has opened up the blocked meridians caused by the impact of last night's attack for you, and you will immediately set off to go down the mountain to investigate the attack." ”
"Yes, master. After Xuanlong answered, he also went away in the sky.