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Chapter Six Named Disciples

Since Xiao Hairen ate the Jiutian Dragon Fruit and was soaked in Xuantian Kong Ling Milk, she has had a qualitative leap in appearance, mind and physical strength. She will not feel hungry or thirst if she doesn’t drink or eat for a day, and will not feel tired if she doesn’t sleep day and night.

Since Xiao Hairen begs and inquiries all the way, he often goes on a detour. The year of fertilization passes quickly. Now it is the end of the year again. On this day, Xiao Hairen came to a town called Beigukou. The town is relatively large. Although it is very cold, he can't see any chill when he looks at the hurried pedestrians on the streets of the town.

Every pedestrian smiled on his face, and it seemed that people here were very satisfied with their lives.

The hawkers on the street were shouting "cuts" to attract business.

Xiao Hairen stopped in front of a stall selling rice cakes. Looking at rice cakes, Xiao Hairen thought of her time at home. Although her family is not wealthy, her mother, who is skillful at the end of the year, would make many rice cakes of various shapes, including rabbits, goldfish, peaches, pigs, monkeys, etc. This time is the happiest time for me, and I can eat rice cakes and set off firecrackers... But this year I am alone and very lonely.

Seeing a child who bought rice cakes eating with relish, Xiao Hairen swallowed unconsciously. Although he would not be hungry even if he didn't eat for one or two days after taking the nine-day dragon fruit, Xiao Hairen is a child under eight years old after all. When he saw other children eating rice cakes, he still wanted to eat them unconsciously.

The stall owner saw that he was standing in front of his rice cake stall for a long time and refused to leave. Xiao Hairen, who was ragged in sympathy, grabbed four rice cakes from the stall and wrapped them in paper, and handed them to Xiao Hairen and said, "Children, it's the New Year soon. It's not easy to wander around alone. It's really a sin... It's not enough." After that, he shook his head and went to work hard again.

Xiao Hairen opened the paper bag and saw tears flowing down her tears. It turned out that the rice cakes wrapped inside were exactly what he liked most and also his mother's best-selling rice cakes - piglets and goldfish. Seeing the rice cakes, Xiao Hairen smelled the mother's smell again... with tears in her eyes, Xiao Hairen carefully and carefully ate one of them, and then wrapped the remaining rice cakes in paper and put them in her arms, intending to eat them when she missed her mother in the future.

At this moment, Xiao Hairen heard the rice cake stall owner and the firecracker next to him say, "Old Li, I'm only doing business this year. The New Year is coming soon. The Spring Festival couplets at home have not been asked to be written yet. The town's ghostwriter has also returned to the countryside for the New Year. Oh, Lao Li, how can I forget this?"

Xiao Hairen heard this and said, "Uncle, I can write Spring Festival couplets. To thank you for giving rice cakes, if the uncle doesn't bother with the boy and trusts him, then how about the boy writing Spring Festival couplets for you?"

The rice cake stall owner said, "It's great. As long as you know how to write Spring Festival couplets, you won't bother. My rice cakes are sold almost the same. Now let's go home and ask your aunt to make some delicious food for you. After eating, we will write Spring Festival couplets." After that, the stall owner closed the stall and took Xiao Hairen to the house. On the way, Xiao Hairen learned that the stall owner's surname was Wang. In addition to the couple, there was a son in the family who served as the manager of a restaurant in the town. Because the restaurant business was very busy, he rarely went home all year round.

When he arrived at Uncle Wang's house, Aunt Wang quickly arranged a table of food. Xiao Hairen hadn't eaten hot food for more than a year. He ate it very delicious. Seeing that Aunt Wang wiped his eyes with his cuffs and said, "Children is slow, don't choke. It's such a sin. Such a young child is just wandering alone, alas!"

Xiao Hairen finished the meal soon. Uncle Wang brought a pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Xiao Hairen picked up a pen and wrote a couplet on the red paper, "The sky increased the years and people grew longevity, and the world was full of blessings and wealth." He also wrote "The harvest of grains and harvests farewell to the old year, and the prosperity of the six animals welcomed the new year", "The wealth produced blessings and land were smooth every year, and happiness came from the sky and the daily life", "The family and people rose and the good fortune were shining, and the peace and prosperity of the four seasons came from the peace and prosperity of the world" and so on.

While Xiao Hairen was writing, Uncle Wang’s son Wang Feng came back. As soon as he entered the door, he first invited an amnesty for the two elders. Then he stood beside Xiao Hairen and looked. When Xiao Hairen finished writing the last word "Fu", Wang Feng said: "The little brother's calligraphy is a unique one. It seems that he must be a family of scholars. I wonder where he is from?"

Xiao Hairen said: "The boy's family was originally from Qingquan Town. This autumn, he went to Beijing to find his father with his mother. Unexpectedly, he was robbed on the way. His mother and younger sister were unfortunately killed, so the boy was left on the street."

Wang Feng said: "The restaurant in my town is the industry of Kongtong Mountain. There is a lack of accounting accounts now. If you are interested, you can apply for a job. It will be with me to go to Cangyun Cave to deliver offerings with me on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. At that time, there will be a companion on the road. If the little brother catches the opportunity and is taken into consideration by any immortal master, he will be accepted as a registered disciple. He can not only learn immortal skills but also improve his treatment. Alas, I don't have the chance."

Xiao Hairen heard this and said in his heart: "Brother Wang, I am willing to go to the restaurant, but I don't know how to apply for the job. Please give me advice."

Wang Feng said: "Okay, I will take you to see Manager Liu in the afternoon and say you are my distant cousin. I believe you will be able to be hired."

That afternoon, Wang Feng took Xiao Hairen to a restaurant called "Yanbinlou". The restaurant was three floors high and very grand. It can be said to be the largest and most impressive family in Beigukou Town. Wang Feng introduced Xiao Hairen to Manager Liu. After hearing that it was Wang Feng's distant cousin, Liu took great care of him. After looking at the words written by Xiao Hairen, he hired Xiao Hairen at that time, two taels of silver per month. From now on, Xiao Hairen finally ended his wandering life for more than a year. This is also the beginning of his real beginning toward an extraordinary life.

Xiao Hairen, who had changed into new clothes, sat behind the counter and carefully recorded the accounts every day. Manager Liu was very satisfied. Xiao Hairen learned from his friend that "Yanbin Tower" is the private property of Cangyun Cave in Kongtong Mountain, the cultivation sect. There are many industries like this in the country. Anyone with iron gossip under the plaque of the restaurant is the industry of Cangyun Cave, because cultivation is a very financially consuming, and ordinary people cannot do it at all. The shopkeepers in various places are registered disciples of Cangyun Cave, and the people in charge are also trusted by Cangyun Cave Outer Hall - the Secular Hall.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month will soon be coming. In recent days, Storekeeper Liu and Brother Wang Feng have been sorting out accounts and tidying up their offerings every day, and preparing to report to the Foreign Affairs Hall in Cangyun Cave, Kongtong Mountain earlier. If you catch a good opportunity, the master will be happy to receive a 'immortal pill' and other things, it would be even better. Xiao Hairen is also very busy. While helping Storekeeper Liu and Brother Wang Feng prepare things, he thought about how to meet the Master Yunhe Cave when he arrived at Cangyun Cave, complete the promised work of the old man, and how can he become a registered disciple, and what unique skills can he learn to avenge his mother and sister?

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month finally arrived. Wang Feng and Xiao Hairen took the offerings on the way. On the way, Xiao Hairen asked, "Brother Wang, Cangyun Cave is big? Have you ever been in? Can you see the cave master?" Facing Xiao Hairen's continuous cannon-like question, Wang Feng smiled and said, "Brother Hairen, Cangyun Cave is a sect. It consists of many halls and courtyards. There are many immortals in cultivation. We foreign affairs personnel cannot enter the mountain gate, and can only move in the secular hall. If the opportunity is good, you can enter the mountain gate with the cultivation disciples. If no one introduces it, you will not be able to enter the mountain gate at all, and you will not even find the mountain gate."

Xiao Hairen said: "Brother Wang, I want to become a registered disciple. I don't know how to achieve my goals. Can you give me some advice?"

Wang Feng said: "I don't have any disciples in Cangyun Cave. I heard that it requires a clear body and a spiritual root. Registered disciples also depend on opportunities. Thinking about other methods will not work at all. Sorry, brother, I can't help you."

Soon the two of them arrived at the secular hall in the outside town. A manager took a license plate and handed it to Wang Feng and said, "The third group, leave in a quarter of an hour." At this time, they happened to see the second group of members following the manager out of the guidance station. Out of curiosity, Xiao Hairen also went out to see what the sky eagle looked like. As soon as he left the guidance station, he saw a giant eagle parked in the open space. Under the eagle's claws, he grabbed a bamboo basket that could allow the two to sit down. After the second group of people sat in the bamboo basket, the giant eagle spread its wings and flew into the sky.

When Xiao Hairen was marveling at the magic of the giant eagle, Wang Feng had already walked out. At this time, the sky became dark, and a giant eagle holding a bamboo basket fell on the open space. Wang Feng and Xiao Hairen sat in the flying eagle for two hours and finally landed on an open space. There were many people here, and the things were very mixed, and it was noisy. Wang Feng pulled Xiao Hairen out of the bamboo basket and said, "Brother, this is the secular hall. After I will hand over the enthronement, I will take you a good turn to see if you can be taken by any immortal master and become a registered disciple. You can take your own way first, and I will come to find you."

Xiao Hairen saw that the foreign affairs staff came here was only a child, and the others were all adults. "Call, come here, who brought you? Who is so unruly?" A cold voice said. Xiao Hairen followed the sound and found that he was a scholar in a thirty-year-old dress wearing royal blue clothes and leading a boy in a brocade robe that was about thirty years old.

"I am the accounting of Yanbinlou, not a child, why can't a child come? Isn't that the gentleman leads the child?" A series of retorts made the scholar Lanshan blush. "Random, is this what you, a foreign affairs officer, said to the new dean?" A childish voice came from the mouth of the boy with brocade robe. Xiao Hairen heard that the scholar Lanshan was an elder, and said in his heart: "Since he is an elder, that boy has something to ask for the master of the cave. I wonder if the elder can fulfill it?"

The scholar in the blue robe said, "The cave owner is in seclusion, I wonder if my friend can tell me what he is doing."

Xiao Hairen said: "You can only report this to the cave master in person, but I believe that the senior will know this jade pendant." After saying that, he took out the jade pendant from the Qiankun bag in his arms.

The scholar in the blue shirt looked at the jade pendant and said excitedly: "Since there is the jade pendant of Master Huihe, then you are the registered disciple of my Cangyun Cave. The person who came to take this little brother to change his clothes to report to the registered residence. As long as the cave owner comes out of seclusion, he will immediately lead the little brother to meet the cave owner."

The boy in the brocade robe said, "Dad, why is he a registered disciple? I haven't entered the door yet, I won't do it, I won't do it."

The scholar in the blue robe said, "This little brother has the Yunhe jade pendant of your uncle. Just because of this he is a registered disciple. If the opportunity is good, he may be a personal disciple. Although I, Ma Xingkong, is an elder responsible for recruiting disciples, I cannot depose my public for personal gain. If you don't show your performance well, you will not enter the mountain gate in this life."

At this time, Wang Feng, who had finished the enthronement, walked out and happened to see the newly-entered dean, Ma Xingkong, educated his son. He hurriedly smiled and bowed to Ma Xingkong and said, "Good Elder Ma, I haven't seen you for a year, and your style is even better than yesterday."

Ma Xingkong said, "I know what you think Xiao Wang, I will go to the reward hall of the Secular Hall to get a Peiyuan Pill. Thank you for your hard work over the years."

After hearing this, Wang Feng's face immediately filled with smiles, and he stuttered with excitement: "Thank you... Elder, I will work harder."

At this time, Xiao Hairen, who had already changed into the registered disciple's uniform, walked out accompanied by two young men dressed in the registered disciple's uniform. He came to Wang Feng and said, "Brother Wang, thank you for your care for me during this period. I have become a registered disciple now, so I will not accompany you back." Wang Feng looked at Xiao Hairen and said, "Brother, I think you are not an ordinary person. Congratulations, goodbye." After that, he waved his hand to say goodbye to everyone. He ran to the reward pavilion to get the Peiyuan Pill.
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