In the middle of the night, a thin figure quietly got up from the bed, gently put on his clothes, and crept out of the room, carefully climbing over the courtyard wall for fear of making a little noise and being discovered by others.

This thin figure is Xiao Ling.

Xiao Ling has not forgotten the mysterious voice that appeared in his ears when he was about to return home on the street today, and he has not forgotten the mysterious voice owner's advice to him - you can only come alone, and you can't tell anyone, including your parents. Therefore, Xiao Ling was very careful from getting out of bed to turning out of Xiao's mansion, for fear of being discovered by others.

Today is exactly the fifteenth, and there is a full moon hanging high in the sky.

The soft moonlight sprinkled on the earth, as if draped the earth with a silver veil.

Under the moonlight, I saw Xiao Ling running quickly on the street, running towards the outside of the grove outside the city that he had agreed with the mysterious person.

At this time, there was still a full hour before the time came, and it only took half an hour from the Xiao Mansion to the outside of the grove.

Of course, Xiao Ling didn't know the time, but the mysterious man had clearly told Xiao Ling that he was Xiao Ling and Xiao Xuan'er's savior, since he was his savior, Xiao Ling naturally couldn't let the other party wait for him, so he wanted to arrive at the agreed place earlier. If you go early, the mysterious person hasn't come yet, and it's okay to wait a while.

Xiao Ling didn't think that the mysterious man was not the lifesaver of himself and his sister, but then he thought again: "If it is not easy for him to harm me, he can do it on the street, and with the strength he has shown, it will be easy to do, not to mention that he rarely goes out, and there is no reason for him to want to harm me." Xiao Ling believed that the mysterious person was his savior.

When Xiao Ling came to the agreed place, he thought that he had come early, but he didn't expect the other party to have arrived. The man had his back to Xiao Ling, wearing a wide white robe, hanging in the air in a meditative posture, without the slightest object under him, and his body was shrouded in a layer of purple brilliance, which was quite a bit of the taste of fairy wind bones.

Xiao Ling saw that he was actually hanging in the air, with nothing to support his body, and the surprise in his heart was a little more. Xiao Ling has never seen anyone hanging in the air without the help of external forces since he was a child, Xiao Yu and they have never shown their cultivation at home, because Xiao Ling doesn't know what kind of realm Xiao Yu's cultivation is, can they hang in the air.

As if sensing Xiao Ling's arrival and the surprise in his heart, the white-robed man smiled slightly, slowly opened his eyes, dispersed his cultivation, and finally landed on the ground with his feet, and slowly turned around.

The moment he turned around, Xiao Ling saw his face, the expression on his face was repeated, and the surprise in his heart instantly reached its peak, and he asked in an unbelievable voice: "Are you the uncle who sells rock sugar gourds?!"

The white-robed man looked at the change in the expression on Xiao Ling's face, coupled with the tone of Xiao Ling's speech, knowing that Xiao Ling was already surprised in his heart, he couldn't help but be satisfied, and nodded: "Yes, I am the one who sold you the rock sugar gourd during the day." ”

In fact, the reason why the white-robed man was hanging in the air with his back to Xiao Ling was because he wanted to show Xiao Ling a little bit of his cultivation. After all, if you want to accept others as apprentices, you can't talk about it, you have to show some strength. But you can't make an earth-shattering scene as soon as you show up, right? In that case, you will definitely be discovered by your junior brothers and sisters, so it's better to show your strength a little. In addition, Xiao Ling never thought that he would be the inconspicuous middle-aged uncle who sold rock sugar gourds before, and he was naturally surprised when he saw his face.

In this way, the white-robed man received the effect of taking the lead, and the matter of accepting apprentices would naturally be much simpler.

Xiao Ling quickly calmed down after being taken aback, and first solemnly bent down to the white-robed man to salute: "Uncle, no, senior, Xiao Ling has thanked his predecessor for saving his life in advance." Xiao Ling was surprised, but he didn't forget that the other party was his savior. Then Xiao Ling asked the white-robed man curiously and excitedly: "Senior, are you a master in the hidden world?" Xiao Ling had read a lot of miscellaneous books before, and many of them wrote that some powerful masters were tired of that kind of life after becoming famous, so they found a deep mountain or an ordinary town to live in seclusion. The person in front of him is very likely to be such a master, how can Xiao Ling not be excited?

"Uh...... Sort of. The white-robed man was asked so directly by Xiao Ling, but he didn't know how to answer.

After receiving the affirmative reply from the white-robed man, Xiao Ling was even more excited, he had really met a hidden master, and Xiao Ling first wanted to know what the purpose of this master was to find him.

"I don't know what happened to the seniors looking for the juniors?" Xiao Ling asked respectfully.

"It's nothing, it's just that I see you more pleasing to the eye, and I want to accept you as a successor. The white-robed man said straight to the point.

"Huh?!" Xiao Ling closed his mouth in surprise.

"Ah, what, don't you want to? The old man is willing to accept you as an apprentice, but you have been blessed for eight lifetimes, I don't know how many people ask the old man to accept him as an apprentice, but the old man refuses. The white-robed man's eyes widened.

"No, no, it's just ......" Xiao Ling just wanted to say something, but two voices, a man and a woman, came from the southeast and interrupted Xiao Ling's words.

"Big brother, I said why did you sneak out in the middle of the night, it turned out that you were planning to take in apprentices. "It was a woman's voice.

"Big brother, let me see what is different about this apprentice you have received, whether it has many eyes or multiple arms, why are you still hiding it from me and the third sister?"

Xiao Ling only felt that these two voices seemed to come from a very distant direction at first, but after the last word was finished, there were already two more people around him.

Among the two men, the man was dressed in black, with upright facial features and a handsome appearance, and the woman was dressed in a lilac dress, with snow-white skin and a beautiful face.

"I didn't expect to be so careful and still found out by the two of you. The white-robed man shook his head and said helplessly.

"Seniors, who are these two seniors?" Xiao Ling asked puzzled.

"Let me introduce you to you. The old man's name is Yun Xuzi, this is my junior brother Yun Zhenzi, this is my junior sister Yun Qingzi, and the three of us are known as the 'Three Saints in the Clouds' in the cultivation world. And this little friend is Xiao Ling, the disciple I am about to receive. Yun Xuzi introduced the three of them separately.

"I said, big brother, why did you suddenly have the idea of accepting apprentices?" Yun Zhenzi asked.

Yun Xuzi said helplessly: "You can take a closer look at Xiao Ling. ”

Yun Zhenzi and Yun Qingzi both glanced at Xiao Ling when they heard Yun Xuzi say this.

This glance really surprised Xiao Ling, as if he was in front of them as if he was undressed, and there were no secrets to speak of.

"Well, the foundation is really good, the majesty of the true qi is several times more than that of people in the same realm, it stands to reason that this kind of thing should not appear in such a young child, it's really strange. It was Yun Qingzi who spoke.

"I don't know about that, and I want to ask him. Not only that, Xiao Ling has never learned any messy exercises and footwork. ”

"Oh, that's pretty rare. Ordinary people, as long as their true qi is a little bit basic, they can't help but practice some exercises. Well, I finally met a good seedling, and my second brother and I were also moved" Yun Qingzi and Yun Zhenzi glanced at each other when they heard this, and both of them saw what each other was thinking, and Yun Qingzi spoke again.

"Sure enough, as I expected, once something good is known by the two of you, you will definitely have a piece of the pie, and even if I accept an apprentice, both of you will have to intervene. The expression on Yun Xuzi's face became more and more helpless.

"Xiao Ling, the old man asks you, are you willing to be a disciple of the three of us?" Yun Xuzi cleaned up the expression on his face and asked Xiao Ling with a serious face.

"It is naturally a blessing for the juniors that the three seniors are willing to accept the juniors as apprentices, but the juniors don't know the personalities of the three seniors yet, so they ...... "The implication of Xiao Ling's words is that I don't know if you are good or bad, how can you apprentice casually." Although this Yun Xuzi saved himself, he could not be guaranteed that he just wanted to take himself as an apprentice, so he saved himself when he was in danger, if he died, where would he go to accept the apprentice?

"You kid, of course we are good people! If we are bad people, can we be called 'Three Sages'? You will naturally know about the three of us in the future. "This time it was Yun Zhenzi who spoke.

Yun Xuzi and the three of them all had a smile on their faces: no wonder this kid hesitated before, it turned out that he was worried about this.

When Xiao Ling saw Yun Zhenzi say this, he relieved himself, knelt on the ground, kowtowed to each of the three people, and shouted loudly: "Disciple Xiao Ling, meet the three masters!"

The three of Yun Xuzi were very happy when they saw this, and the three of them said in unison: "Hurry up, hurry up." ”

When Xiao Ling heard this, he got up and stood up. Looking up at Yun Xuzi's face, he had a little doubt in his heart: "Why are the second and third masters rare handsome men and women in the world, why is the eldest master so ordinary?"

As if he saw what Xiao Ling was thinking, Yun Xuzi scolded with a smile: "Stinky boy, what do you want! ”

After Yun Xuzi finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and wiped it on his face, and his originally ordinary facial features suddenly became as tough as a knife and an axe, handsome with three points of fortitude.

This hand made Xiao Ling's eyes widen again, and the surprise in his eyes was three points more.

"Ling'er. We'll call you that. How can the true qi in your body be so strong?" asked Yun Xuzi.

"Master, I don't know about this either. When I was cultivating the impact bottleneck...... "At that moment, Xiao Ling told him about the strange situation he encountered when he hit the condensation.

"Oh, and such strange things? Do you feel where in your body that the power is pouring out first?"

Xiao Ling shook his head: "I can't feel it." The power surged so fast that it was as if it was pouring out from all parts of the body at the same time. ”

"That's weird...... Yun Xuzi said with a frown.

"Then are you wearing any treasures or anything like that?" it was Yun Qingzi who spoke. Yun Qingzi is a woman after all, and her mind is a little more meticulous than her two brothers.

"No, I don't. If I had to wear anything, it was just a jade pendant that my mother gave me. Xiao Ling said, taking the jade pendant from his neck.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the three of Yun Xuzi saw this jade pendant, their faces changed instantly. The three of them glanced at each other, and Yun Xuzi spoke: "It seems that we have the same idea, this jade pendant is very likely to be the natal artifact of the Jade Dragon True Monarch in ancient legends - the Jade Qing Sword!"

"Legend has it that this Jade Dragon True Monarch has two great treasures, one of which is this Jade Qing Sword, and the other is the Dragon Lock. It is rumored that since his fall, these two treasures have also disappeared, but I can't imagine that today I will wait to meet them. Yun Zhenzi said slowly.

"The appearance of this thing is the same as the rumored, coupled with the strange changes in the true qi in Ling Er's body, there is no doubt that this thing must be the Yuqing Sword. Yun Qingzi said thoughtfully. Then he looked at Xiao Ling and spoke again: "Ling'er, your jade pendant should be a treasure, don't show it in front of people in the future." As the saying goes, 'The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty', if someone with a heart recognizes your treasure, you are in danger. ”

Xiao Ling didn't expect this seemingly ordinary jade pendant to turn out to be a treasure, and when he heard this, he quickly brought it back to his neck, put it away closely, and said to Yun Qingzi: "Thank you Third Master for reminding you, Ling Er must take good care of this treasure." ”

"Well, Ling'er, it's late today, starting tomorrow, you will absorb the aura of heaven and earth at home every morning, and in the afternoon, you will go to the waterfall outside the city to find the three teachers, and the three of us will live there, and then we will teach you to cultivate the truth. Yun Qingzi smiled slightly, touched Xiao Ling's head, and said slowly.

"Yes. But what should I say if my dad asks?"

"You say that there are three seniors who take you as apprentices, but they don't like to be disturbed, so they let you go alone. As for the three teachers, it goes without saying. Yun Zhenzi said.

"Yes, Second Master. ”

"Alright, you can go back and rest first. Yun Xuzi waved his hand.

"Yes, Ling'er retired. ”

Early the next morning, Xiao Ling told Xiao Yu and his wife about his apprenticeship.

When Xiao Yu and his wife heard this, there was a hidden master who took a fancy to his son and wanted to accept him as a disciple, and there was more than one, there were as many as three, they were really overjoyed, and they couldn't stop laughing.

In this way, Xiao Ling officially began his journey of apprenticeship.