Apprenticeship (I)

Chapter 28 Apprenticeship (1)

Zhao Qi slept late last night, so he took a nap at noon. But he was woken up just after falling asleep for a short while - the town leader's wife Liu Jiao was chattering about her daughter in the main room. Zhao Qi could only vaguely listen to the words "Are you ashamed?" "Go to someone's house and serve as a servant" and the like, and Chen Xiu's voice was even more chirping, like a magpie who had discovered something great.

He frowned and closed his eyes, feeling disgusted. When I was on the mountain, I always felt miserable and depressed. When I first came down to find Master, I still felt that the world was bustling with activity and that the customs differed from city to city, which was quite interesting. But now, I gradually realize that there are stupid and stupid things around me, and I miss the days in the mountains again.

He closed his eyes and rested for a while, and then the noise over there suddenly subsided. He should have thought that this would disturb his tranquility. But this made him snort in his heart - these people are no different from livestock, doing things based on instinct. If you want to make a noise, make a noise immediately. After a while, the instinct subsides, and you will remember what people are like. This was relatively smart, but what was even more stupid was that he didn't even realize this, so he soiled his magic sword in vain.

Drowsiness slowly came back, and Zhao Qizheng thought he was about to fall asleep, but suddenly he heard another shout: "Nonsense!"

Then the voice suddenly dropped. Hearing that the voice should belong to the town owner Chen Xin, Zhao Qi was a little surprised. Why did this old slave girl get angry too? What outrageous thing did his daughter do?

But now he was even more angry than Chen Xin. He rolled over from the bed and got off the ground, opened the door and wanted to scold them. But when he opened the door, he saw Chen Xin walking out of the room, waving his hands and lowering his voice: "...What kind of god is Master Zhao Xian? Huh? Then I can ask him to——"

As soon as he turned around and saw Zhao Qi standing in front of the door, he immediately stopped talking and bowed with a smile on his face: "Ah, Master Immortal, I forgive you, have I disturbed your peace again? I will -"

Zhao Qi glanced at Chen Xiu who quickly retreated from the door of the main room, and snorted with a straight face: "What do you want me to do?"

"Oh, it's my fault, how dare I let you do anything? It's just children talking nonsense..."

Zhao Qi raised his face slightly and narrowed his eyes. Chen Xin quickly stopped the conversation: "Oh, that's what happened. I spoiled my daughter. She ran to Zhendong in the morning and met that... kid named Li Jiye, and the two exchanged a few words. Talk about how smart that kid is when you come back. I have no relatives, and I want to ask you to be my master. It’s outrageous! What kind of person is this? Is it something I can ask anyone for? Can he be a disciple of the Immortal Master? That child..."

Zhao Qi's expression softened slightly: "Is he interested in Taoism?"

"Hey, what does a kid know about being a disciple? Do you want to become a disciple just because you say you want to become a disciple? He doesn't have anything to prepare for becoming a disciple. Besides, what are the preparations for becoming a disciple? What a pig..."

"Haha." Zhao Qi sneered, "Do you know what opportunity is?"

Chen Xin opened his mouth in shock: "Huh?"

Zhao Qi was too lazy to pay attention to such stupid villagers. He flicked his sleeves and went straight out of the door - what is opportunity? Last night he was still thinking about how to recruit that young man as his disciple so that he could accomplish his great things, but today he was offered the opportunity. This was his chance!

After he pushed the front door with a bang and walked out, Chen Xin straightened her back, turned her face and looked into the main room - Chen Xiu smiled so hard that she narrowed her eyes and gave her father a thumbs up, and was knocked lightly by her mother. Lower your head.

When Zhao Qi walked along the road to the door of Xue's house, he saw that only one door panel of the outward-facing wing had been removed, and a young man wearing a coarse brown shirt was sitting on a bench next to the door, basking in the sun. If you take a closer look, you can see that it is not basking in the sun - the most comfortable sitting position for a lazy person is with his back against the wall, his face slightly raised, and his neck and spine slumped. But the boy's back was very straight, and he was looking at the torrent of the Jinshui River, thinking about something.

When Zhao Qi took a few steps closer, the young man seemed to hear the voice and turned his face, and Zhao Qi could see his appearance clearly. This is a very handsome young man, and indeed, as the little girl from the Chen family said, he is worthy of Yushu Linfeng's evaluation. Even wearing cloth like this can't hide his nobility, which makes Zhao Qi feel a little more at ease - —If someone really ugly and clumsy were following him, it would be really annoying to see him.

But when the young man made eye contact with him, he was stunned for a moment, then immediately turned around, grabbed the bench under him and ran back into the house. This reaction made Zhao Qi frown... Could it be that he is still timid and timid? Although I want to use his temperament to be easy to control, it is always unpleasant to others.

But when he reached the door of Xue's house, this displeasure disappeared - the young man walked out of the door again. Zhao Qi found that there were still some wet marks on his face, and the scattered hair on his forehead was also wet, but he had smoothed it down with his hands. Now he was standing with his hands down, facing himself, but his eyes only fell on his chest, appearing submissive but neither humble nor overbearing.

It turned out that he saw himself, so he hurried back to the house to cleanse himself. After all, he is a descendant of a family that has been passed down for hundreds of years, not someone like the Chen family who suddenly rose to power.

Zhao Qi smiled in his heart, stood in front of the door, stared at him with a half-smile but not a smile, and said, "Are you Li Jiye?"

Li Wuxiang's lips trembled slightly, and then he whispered: "Yes."

"Do you know who I am?"

Li Wuxiang lowered his head a little lower: "You are Master Zhao."

Zhao Qi nodded and asked knowingly: "How did you tell?"

"Master Zhao's demeanor..." Li Wuxiang took a breath, obviously trying to calm his excitement, "There is no one else in Jinshui who can compare to him."

This sounded comfortable, and it was much more appropriate than Chen Xin's "great magical powers", "overwhelming", "heaven and earth" and so on - was it a compliment or a sarcasm? But Zhao Qi had no expression on his face, just nodded slightly again and stepped into the door.

He saw two stoves in this wing room, one large and one small. There was a small table on the side of the stove near the door, and a small stool next to it. It looked clean, but there was inevitably some black ash accumulated in the gaps between the wood grain that could not be cleaned away. He frowned and wanted to go out and stay.

But before he could move his feet, Li Wuxiang immediately rushed to him and spread a white cloth on the stool, and then stood two steps away in a proper manner.

Zhao Qi breathed a sigh of relief, and the unhappiness that had accumulated in his heart because of the missed nap disappeared. He lifted the hem of his skirt and sat down.

"Li Jiye."

"Yes."

"I heard that you want to worship me as your master?"

Li Wuxiang's eyes suddenly burst into light, and he couldn't help but look up at him, and then immediately lowered his head: "Yes."

This reaction made Zhao Qi smile in his heart again. If he had always been so submissive, he would have felt that this young man was too scheming, but now this involuntary performance still exposed the young man's nature, which made him look more pleasing to the eye.

So he leaned back slightly nonchalantly, and looked around the house again: "But I heard that the owner of Jinshui Town also wants to recruit you as a son-in-law. He has only one daughter, so Jinshui Town will naturally be yours in the future - you come from a noble family, have you ever thought about staying here and having your own foundation?"

Li Wuxiang was about to speak, but Zhao Qi raised his hand slightly: "And practicing is hard and extremely dangerous. You will have to follow me in the future, sleep in the open air, travel around, and even worry about your life. Can you bear this hardship?"

Li Wuxiang gritted his teeth, suddenly walked in front of Zhao Qi, and knelt on the ground, almost completely in front of Zhao Qi: "Master! I don't want any foundation! Since the day my family died, I have figured out that all the glory and wealth in the world are empty... If I was a fairy like you, even if I couldn't protect the entire Lijia Bay, how could I not protect my family? Please accept me as your disciple!"

At this time, his true nature was completely revealed. Zhao Qi nodded in his heart and sighed slightly. Now, he might be the only one left in the Ranshan Sect. If he was lucky enough to find Jin Chanzi, he would be the new leader of the Ranshan Sect and would have to take in one or two disciples to strengthen the sect. The young man in front of him had a good heart, no worries, and noble temperament. He was the best candidate. If he hadn't used him, he might have really thought of choosing him as his successor today. What a pity.

He smiled slightly: "You can see through these, and your heart is good. But to enter the door of cultivation, it's not just the heart that counts-"

He spread out his hands on his knees: "Give me your left hand."

Li Wuxiang hesitated for a moment and handed over his wrist.

He knew the most dangerous time had come.

Now he is third in the classified signing list! Come on! Go for the first place!

The second update will be at eight in the morning.