Chapter 4 Apprenticeship
"In that case, we will leave for Wudang Mountain immediately!" After some pranayama, the Taoist priest has recovered his physical strength.
"Okay, without further ado, we'll leave immediately!" the young Taoist priest nodded after thinking about it.
Then, a few people didn't care that there was still heavy snow outside the door, so they wanted to get up and hurry.
"Wait!" the Taoist priest stood up and didn't take a few steps before he stopped again.
The Taoist priest turned around, looked at the few little beggars behind him, and after a moment of silence, seemed to have made a decision.
"These kids are seriously injured because of me, I can't just leave them here!"
"Senior brother, what do you mean?" the young Taoist priest asked, a little puzzled.
"Children, I ask you now, are you willing to worship the poor Tao as a teacher and follow me to Wudang Mountain?"
As soon as these words came out, not only the four people who were in the same door as the Taoist priest, but even the four children in front of the Taoist priest were slightly stunned.
The Taoist priest's intention could not be clearer, although these children could temporarily find a place to live in this ruined temple, but if today's disaster is man-made, it is unknown whether they can survive the current winter, which can be seen from Chu Tianyi, who has been hanging by a thread before.
Originally, such a poor child Taoist priest has seen a lot, even if he wants to manage it, he can't manage it, but this time is different, these little beggars just fought their lives to save the Taoist priest, this kindness, the Taoist priest must be repaid!
"Don't worry, as long as you go back to Wudang Mountain with me, you won't have to live a life of freezing and starvation in the future!"
Seeing that the four children were a little stunned, the Taoist priest added.
"Dao Chief, I'm willing to go with you!"
The eldest Li Yi was the first to react, and directly knelt on the ground with a "poof", knocking down three times in a row.
"Dao Chief, I'...... I'll go too!"
At this time, the little beggar Ding Huai saw that Li Yi, who was usually looking forward to his horse, had already knelt down to apprentice, and immediately followed Li Yi's example and kowtowed three times on the ground.
"Good!
Seeing that the two had already apprenticed, the Taoist priest showed a satisfied look on his face, and hurriedly helped the two up from the ground.
"What about you?"
The Taoist priest who came back to his senses turned his gaze to the remaining two people, Chu Tianyi and Liu Yiyi.
Someone was willing to take them in, which was originally a blessing for these wandering children in the troubled times, but at this moment, Chu Tianyi seemed a little hesitant.
"Can I bring my sister with me?"
After thinking for a moment, Chu Tianyi asked.
Although Chu Tianyi is young, he has also heard adults say that Taoist priests in the Taoist temple are not allowed to be female disciples, even if they can get a worry-free life from now on, but if they want to leave the girl as the premise, Chu Tianyi is 10,000 unwilling.
"This ......"
Chu Tianyi's question, the Taoist priest stopped the Taoist priest.
Indeed, since the beginning of the Wudang sect, there has never been a precedent for accepting female disciples unusually, even Taoist priests are unwilling to exclude girls, but they have to comply with the rules.
"If Yiyi can't go, I won't go, I will never leave Yiyi!"
Seeing the Taoist priest's hesitation, Chu Tian frowned and said firmly, at this time, Liu Yiyi, the girl hiding behind Chu Tian, also showed a look of grievance, and looked at everyone with her eyes blank.
"Dao Chief, if we follow you back, what will Yiyi do?"
At this time, Li Yi also asked anxiously, he was in a hurry to apprentice before, but he also forgot about Liu Yiyi, who had not been silent.
"Senior brother, I have a solution. ”
Everyone frowned, and at this time, the young Taoist priest who was watching from the side stood up and said.
"Oh, junior brother, what is the proper way for you?"
After the young Taoist priest looked at Liu Yiyi's body with his eyes, he gently stroked the short beard under his lips.
"I remember that there is a woodcutter couple at the foot of Wudang Mountain, they have no children and no daughters under their knees for many years, I think, they can make them recognize this girl as a righteous daughter, so that not only can they fulfill a wish of this couple for many years, but these three children can also often go down the mountain to meet this little girl, I don't know what the senior brother wants?"
"This is a good idea!" After listening to this, the Taoist priest suddenly stretched his frowns after a little thought.
"I just don't know if you want to ...... little girl"
"I do!"
Before the Taoist priest could finish asking, the girl immediately jumped out and replied.
The girl knew in her heart that if she didn't agree immediately, her "Tianyi brother" would definitely not return to Wudang Mountain with the Taoist priest, and I was afraid that he would miss this rare opportunity in front of him!
"Oh, that's great!"
The Taoist priest nodded with satisfaction, the matter was settled, and a rare smile appeared on the Taoist priest's face.
"Child, why don't you come and see Master?"
At this time, seeing that Chu Tianyi was a little stunned, the young Taoist priest immediately opened his mouth to remind.
Under the push of Liu Yiyi, the girl behind him, Chu Tianyi finally stepped forward and knelt to the ground with a "poof".
"Master is above, disciple Chu Tianyi will see you!"
The three rings fell to the ground, and Chu Tianyi bowed to his master.
"Good, good!"
The Taoist priest was almost smiling from ear to ear.
"From now on, I will be your master, the poor Dao number Xuankongzi, these are your uncles, Xuanzhenzi, Xuanguanzi, Xuanlingzi, Xuanqiuzi!"
The Taoist priest stretched out his hand and pointed to the young Taoist priest behind him and the other three people one by one.
"Okay, this matter is settled, these children are still injured, we will help them heal their injuries tonight, and we will set off early tomorrow morning and return to Wudang Mountain!"
"Yes, senior brother!"
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In the early morning, a glimmer of light just appeared on the horizon, and on the mountainside, a handful of figures and four lonely graves~
"Dog, Erniu, Xiao Wu, Xiao Liu, you can rest here in peace, and when we learn martial arts from the Taoist, we will definitely kill more Japanese robbers in the future to avenge you and our relatives!!"
Li Yi, Liu Yiyi, Chu Tianyi and Ding Huai knelt on the ground in unison, and solemnly kowtowed three times in a row towards the four lonely graves in front of them.
"Alright kids, it's almost time for us to hit the road!"
It wasn't until the young Taoist priest Xuan Zhenzi opened his mouth to urge that the four of them slowly stood up from the ground.
Although they are reluctant, they will finally leave today......
On the snow-covered mountain road, a series of large and small footprints are gradually left behind, stretching into the distance.