Chapter 29: The Apprenticeship Ceremony

Seeing that Master Shui Rao was not going to say anything more, Sun Fu nodded yes, respectfully watched Princess Shui Rao's back leave, and was about to go back to his room, but Xiao Hong leaned over with a flattering smile on her face, and said as she walked: "Would you like to give me a spirit stone?"

"I only have four. ”

"Yes, I only need one, not all of them. Xiaohong stared at Sun Fu with big round eyes, "Have you forgotten who in the Huayun Kingdom Palace kept vigil for you while you were sleeping?"

Sun Fu couldn't help but be angry when he mentioned this, "You reminded me, I haven't forgotten who hit me, do you remember the wind and thunder whip? Also, are you keeping vigil? ”

Hearing Sun Fu say this, Xiao Hong's eyes rolled widely, "When I beat you, I was just ordered, and I didn't want to beat you." As for the things in your dormitory, I just want to leave you a memory, lest you feel homesick in the future and don't even have a hometown artifact, I really don't understand the good heart. ”

Seeing that Sun Fu was unmoved, Xiao Hong's eyes turned and snapped his fingers with pink and tender fingers, "By the way, don't you want to know what the apprenticeship ceremony is all about? I can tell you, in return, you gave me that round spirit stone in return, how about it?"

This Sun Fu really didn't know too well, but when he saw Xiaohong's purring eyes, he immediately warned himself that he must not be fooled, so Sun Fu smiled and said: "When it comes to apprenticeship, isn't it naturally clear what the apprenticeship ceremony is about? Also, it is not a round spirit stone, but a top-grade spirit stone, you have a very high vision, why don't you say that you want that low-grade spirit stone?"

Xiao Hong said bitterly: "You just don't know the hearts of good people, you are about to start cultivating, that low-grade spirit stone is for you to touch the threshold of cultivation more quickly and directly, how can I ask for it, but that round is not slippery-" Speaking of this, seeing Sun Fu squinting at this, Xiaohong immediately changed his words: "That top-grade spirit stone, you can't use it for the time being, how about giving it to me?"

At this time, he had already walked to the door of Sun Fu's room, stepped into the room, Sun Fu turned to look at Xiao Hong, who was positive, and said, "Hehe, don't send it!"

Perhaps because she was afraid that Shui Rao would find out her plan, Xiaohong did not continue to entangle outside the door, but the resentful eyes when she sent lunch and dinner revealed the loss of not being able to get the spirit stone, and Sun Fu couldn't manage it so much, so she had to pretend that she didn't see anything.

However, in the end, Xiaohong still explained to him in detail the various precautions for the apprenticeship ceremony, which seemed to be the task assigned to Xiaohong by Shui Rao. Because the apprenticeship ceremony of a large sect is extremely cumbersome and complicated, it is by no means as simple as kneeling and kowtowing, and the master's approval, if you have no bottom in your heart and are not prepared in advance, what kind of joke will you really make, not only will it be embarrassing to the master you worship, but even the veins in the sect will be made fun of not knowing the etiquette, obviously, Shui Rao does not want such a thing to happen to her.

Early the next morning, Sun Fu put on the Taoist robe brought by Xiaohong, hung the identity jade pendant around his waist, and under Xiaohong's guidance, he came to a huge square from Tingyun Pavilion.

At this time, the two sides of the square were already full of well-organized groups of monks, who were divided into four phalanxes according to their uniforms, and at a glance, there were more than 100 people in the least phalanx.

When I walked along the middle avenue into the square, I passed by the phalanxes on both sides, and I heard them chanting a slogan in unison: "The rain is determined to be in the sky, the wind does not leave a trace, the thunder beheads the enemy, and the clouds protect our sect" Fortunately, at this time he already knew that this was the so-called Dao Drink, which was a dismount for the new disciples, so as to show the tall image of the sect, so that people had a reverence for the sect and a posture of looking up, not a long road, nine times Dao Drink, one was stronger than one, when Sun Fu came to the front of the Dao platform in the center of the square, he was already sweating profusely, stepping up the steps, he quickly took out a handkerchief and wiped it and then stepped onto the Dao platform。

Much like the layout below, there are still four chairs on the left and right divided into four sections, with one person sitting on each chair and an unequal number of monks standing behind each of them, but the color of the pattern on their placket shows that even the people standing there have a certain status at this time. Xiao Hong had already described in detail the level represented by the pattern color yesterday, and he also noticed that there seemed to be something more in the eyes of the four of them when they looked at him, and even began to look left and right, and there was a sound of discussion, but now Sun Fu didn't care about thinking about it at all, because directly opposite, Shui Rao in red Dao robe was standing there waiting for him to pass, and on an extremely quaint huge rattan chair behind Shui Rao, a person wearing a four-color Taoist robe, The middle-aged man with a majestic face was sitting there with his eyes closed, and Sun Fu knew that this was the current head of the Xiaoyao Sect - Xiaoyaozi.

Sun Fu took a few steps forward to show his clothes and bow down, and said loudly: "Disciple Sun Fu, wholeheartedly seek the Tao, although he dies nine times without regrets, he is eager to worship into the Xiaoyao Sect, hoping that the master will be perfected, and ask for the approval of the master, if he is fortunate enough to get in, the disciple vows to share the glory and disgrace with the sect, promote the prestige of my sect, and never betray the sect." ”

After listening to Sun Fu's words, Shui Rao nodded, turned to Xiaoyaozi and bowed to Xiaoyaozi and said, "Please show me." ”

At this time, Xiaoyaozi, who was in the center, slowly opened his eyes and looked at Sun Fu who was kneeling below, and after seeing the patterns on his robe, the corners of his eyes twitched, and said to Shui Rao: "Senior Sister Shui, it stands to reason that you finally decided to accept apprentices, I should have given more encouragement, this is the luck of Shengyunmen, but he-"

"How is he?" asked Shui Rao, as if serious.

"Is he wearing the wrong clothes?" said Xiaoyaozi, although he was reluctant to do so.

"Senior brother, this son is a disciple I accepted for Master Mu Qing's Dao Tong, so the clothes are not worn wrong. ”

"This-well. Xiaoyaozi nodded helplessly, and then said to Sun Fu: "Sun Fu, the matter of apprenticeship, this master is approved." You are brought into the Tao by Senior Sister Shui Rao, and you should practice diligently with her, I hope you will remember today's oath, and he will succeed in cultivation one day, and promote the prestige of my sect. ”

Sun Fu remembered the teachings of the master. Sun Fu knelt down and thanked him.

"Yesterday, Senior Sister Shui discussed with me, hoping to simplify the entrance etiquette, and I agreed, so after serving tea and apprenticing to the master today, I only need to meet everyone here, even if the ceremony is completed, Senior Sister, do you think it's okay?" Xiaoyaozi announced to the others, and at the same time asked Shui Rao.

"That's very good. Shui Rao nodded, at this time, several little Taoist children had moved a chair and placed it behind Shui Rao, and Xiao Hong came to Sun Fu with a blue and blue teacup.

Sun Fu took the teacup and knelt down in front of Shui Rao, serving tea with both hands, Shui Rao took a symbolic sip and then handed it to Xiaohong, and then said to Sun Fu: "Go, take you to know the senior brothers and sisters." After that, he took Sun Fu and walked to the middle of the four people who had been sitting on the left and right, these four people, three men and one woman, saw Shui Rao coming over and hurriedly got up and greeted the middle: "Uncle Shui." ”

"Well, this Sun Fu will be your junior brother in the future, and he will help me take care of it more in the future. Shui Rao pointed at Sun Fu and said with a big grin.

"Yes, Uncle Shi. The four of them said, looking at Sun Fu at the same time and then looking left and right, at this time, the middle-aged man in a white Taoist robe spoke first: "Senior Brother Sun, welcome to join the Xiaoyao Sect, my name is Han Sheng, we will be close to each other in the future." ”

The other three saw that he had already spoken, so they had no choice but to say one after another: "Senior Brother Sun, under Zhang Yuan." ”

"In the lower Liu Jiang. ”

"Under Concubine Xiao. ”

Then the three of them said together: "Welcome Senior Brother Sun to join the Xiaoyao Sect. ”

Sun Fuyi nodded perfunctorily after seeing the salute and said: "Well, very good, this is the current master of the four sects of the Xiaoyao Sect, and he is also the leader of your generation, in the future, you have to ask them more about the problems encountered in the cultivation, they must be able to help you a lot." Seeing that they had finished greeting each other and looked at the four of them: "Your disciples, will you introduce them to Sun Fu one by one when you have time in the future?"

The three of them hurriedly answered, and it wasn't until Shui Rao turned around and returned to Xiaoyaozi that they were relieved and returned to their seats, but they didn't want to hear Shui Rao talking to Xiaoyaozi: "Senior brother in charge, my disciple has not officially started cultivation, I heard that you have recently opened a furnace for alchemy, can you reward him with a few pills?"

"Of course, Senior Sister, you have a new disciple, Senior Brother will naturally not be stingy with a few pills. After that, he took out two pill bottles from his arms and handed them to Shui Rao, who looked at the number of pills in the pill bottles and nodded and thanked Xiaoyaozi, and then turned to Sun Fu and said, "The few senior brothers and sisters you knew just now have successfully completed the pill formation with the lowest cultivation, but you are still a blank sheet of paper, so you have to step up, time is running out, why don't you go back and prepare for cultivation now?"

Sun Fu thought to himself: Isn't there still several links in the future, such as listening to the ancestral teachings, precepts, and advice of peers, why is Master Shui Rao so eager to end the ceremony? But he was not stupid to ask now, so he nodded yes, and then under the eyes of everyone, Shui Rao actually took him away like that.

"Uh-huh, apprenticeship, let's disperse. Seeing that Shui Rao and the others had left, and the people around them were still dumbfounded, Xiaoyaozi said this, and then walked away.

Although it seems to be anticlimactic, Sun Fu finally completed the apprenticeship ceremony and began his own spiritual journey. Compared with his grand scale, the apprenticeship of another person can be called sloppy, and he has now begun to want to betray his teacher, this person is Zhang Shijie.

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