The next morning, in the mountain chief's house, Gu Yunji was about to officially pay homage to Xu Chengyu. In addition to Gu Yunji and Xu Chengyu, there were also Cheng Yan, Su Qi and several academy gentlemen who were friends with Xu Chengyu.

Seeing that both sides were about to stop, Chen He, who presided over the apprenticeship ceremony, cleared his throat and stepped forward and said, "The apprenticeship ceremony has officially begun, dressed and cleaned his hands--"

Gu Yunji sorted out his clothes as he spoke, washed his hands in the basin prepared by others, wiped them dry with a veil, and then stood outside the main hall with a full spirit, waiting for the next link.

"Please let the saints--"

The servant brought a statue of Confucius hanging in the main hall. Gu Yunji walked into the hall, lifted up his clothes and knelt down and kowtowed three times. He had to bow to his ancestors for his masters, and Confucius was the founder of Confucianism, so he naturally had to bow to him.

Xu Chengyu walked over, sat down in front of Gu Yunji, turned to look at Chen He, and signaled that he could continue.

Chen He then continued: "Please give a great ceremony to apprenticeship--"

Gu Yunji patted the dust on his clothes, respectfully bowed to Xu Chengyu three times, and then handed over the things he had prepared in advance: "This is a student's post to enroll and apprenticeship. Please accept it!"

The title of the teacher and the ceremony of apprenticeship are now symbolic things that go through the motions, not expensive things. The six ceremony of apprenticeships have almost no practical effect, mainly because of their good meanings, namely: celery - diligent and studious; lotus seeds - painstaking teaching; red beans - good luck; red dates - early high school; longan - perfect merit; and the like of the ancient apprenticeship - wine, meat strips, etc.

Xu Chengyu accepted the gift, helped Gu Yunji up with a smile, took out a jade pendant and handed it to him: "Hahaha, okay! From today on, you and I will be masters and apprentices. This is the meeting gift for you, take it."

This is a Hetian jade pendant with a pure texture and is valuable at first glance. The back is engraved with the words "Zhishu" and "Mingli". Gu Yunji did not refuse and accepted it generously: "Student thanked the teacher!"

Seeing that he was not shy at all, Xu Chengyu was even more satisfied: "Well, okay! This is my good disciple!"

After the apprenticeship of the master, everyone hurriedly stepped forward to congratulate: "Congratulations to the chief of the mountain, for accepting his beloved disciple!"

Cheng Yan also walked up and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Mr. Gu, who successfully joined Xu Shan's eldest son."

After getting along these days, the two of them became much more familiar. Gu Yunji was not used to his formality for a moment, and he couldn't help laughing and crying: "Just call me Yunji, why are you doing so distant? I heard that you got the first place in this monthly exam. I haven't congratulated you yet, congratulations!"

Cheng Yan has a high talent. In the past, he suffered from poor educational resources and late education losses, so he lags behind others. But in fact, he has a strong momentum. As long as he gives him a good learning environment and resource support, he will soon be able to surpass others and become the best.

"You haven't congratulated me yet." Su Qi came over locally, "Cheng Yan is very good at first place. Isn't it amazing if I got the 23rd place? In order to let Xu Shan teach me how to fight crickets, I worked so hard. Who knew I got the 23rd place easily."

Su Qi looked so stinky and said proudly: "Those people said I was ignorant. I thought they were so powerful, but that's it! The mountain chief asked me to take the second to last exam. I was really underestimated. If I was serious for a few more months, I would be afraid that Cheng Yan would be the first place!

Gu Yunji laughed: "Yes, yes, yes, congratulations to the prince for taking the 23rd place. We used to underestimate you!"

"I just said that Cheng Yan asked you to be alienated by Mr. Gu, and now I will call me a prince, a fake compliment!" Su Qi pretended to be displeased and patted Gu Yunji on the shoulder, and a smile soon appeared on his face. "But I didn't expect that I had two roommates in total, one was Xu Shanchang's personal disciple, and the other was the first in the academy's monthly exam. They all have a bright future! If you two are protected in the officialdom in the future, can I leave sideways!"

Although Su Qi's words were unremarkable, it can be seen that he really regarded Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan as friends. Duke Ding always said that his son was a stubborn and arrogant temper who was above the top, and most people didn't take it seriously, but admired people with real skills. Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan were of extraordinary strength and were low-key. Su Qi easily felt good about it. In addition, the three of them were in the same dormitory, and they looked up and saw each other. After a while, they quickly got close.

Cheng Yan smiled and said, "You are the Prince of Dingguo, and even if you don't have the imperial examination, you will be in a forbidden position. We have to rely on the imperial examination to slowly rise. I am afraid that before we can make it through, you will be a powerful general. By then, you will have to protect us."

The three of them laughed and played for a while.

The news that the mountain chief Xu Chengyu accepted Gu Yunji as his closed disciple soon spread throughout the academy. During the break, the students rushed to curry favor with Gu Yunji and surrounded his position.

"In the first class I entered the school, I saw Junior Brother Gu's extraordinary demeanor. I didn't expect to become the mountain chief's personal disciple so soon. I did read it right."

"Junior Brother Gu competed with the chief of the mountain to be his master, and he was convinced by the loss. We have all heard of this. I think the chief of the mountain asked you to be the first three months before accepting you as a disciple. This is an unnecessary move. You already have this strength, so why waste time?"

"Senior Brother Gu, do you still remember me? I will sit on your left hand in the first class. If you become rich in the future, don't forget to support us fellow students more!"

Gu Yunji's eyes twitched, and he said with a smile: "Senior Brother Wang, are you polite. I remember you seem to be a little older than me, right? You shouldn't call me Senior Brother, but Junior Brother."

"It's only a few months older than you, so it's okay!" The man waved his hand, "What's the difference between senior brothers and junior brothers? Maybe I'll call you Shangguan when I get to the officialdom in the future!"

At this time, Zhang Fu shrank out of the crowd and said flatteringly: "I used to have some misunderstandings with Junior Brother Gu. I hope you have a lot of Junior Brother Gu, so don't take it to heart."

Zhang Fu himself was not bad-minded. At that time, he had no choice but to defile Gu Yunji's test paper under Zhu Yuanfeng's threat, and he was punished for this. Now that Gu Yunji has become the mountain captain's disciple, he will definitely not dare to provoke him in the future.

Gu Yunji naturally couldn't make it because he had resentment towards him. He didn't care when he heard this: "It's okay, I know that Senior Brother Zhang was involuntarily at that time, and it didn't affect me in the end. As you said, it was just a misunderstanding, and it was over."

Zhang Fu was immediately overjoyed: "Thank you, Junior Brother Gu! Junior Brother Gu is indeed magnanimous and deserves to be the apprentice of the mountain chief!"

At this time, a student suddenly came in outside and sent a message to Gu Yunji: "Junior Brother Gu, the mountain leader asked you to go to his private residence and said that he had something to give to you."

Everyone immediately showed envious expressions and quickly made way for Gu Yunji.

"Is there something for me? What?" Gu Yunji was a little confused and asked while walking.
Chapter completed!