Three poles above the sun, at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain, there is a large archway with the three characters "Qingcheng Sect" written on it. The strokes are like swords pointing straight into the sky. It looks very majestic and impressive. On both sides of the archway there are glazed tiles.
There are several houses and a horse farm, and there are countless horses inside.
A child of more than ten years old stopped in front of the archway and looked up the mountain. He was Wu Xiangyuan. He had been to this place more than once, but he had never been to the mountain from here because this was the sphere of influence of Qingcheng Mountain.
It was allowed to go up the mountain from here, and it was guarded by disciples of the Qingcheng Sect. Wu Xiangyuan hesitated for a moment and then walked towards the archway.
"This little brother, Qingcheng Mountain is not something you can just wander into." At this time, a simple and honest young man in his twenties wearing Taoist attire stepped forward to stop him and said,
"It was the head of the palace who invited me to the Qingcheng sect. Hey, this is the sign he gave me." Wu Xiangyuan took out the golden token given to him by Gong Feiyu and said,
"Oh, you must be Wu Xiangyuan, I am the one sent here by the leader to welcome you up the mountain." The young man said respectfully when he saw the token,
"Then I'll help you," Wu Xiangyuan said with a smile.
"Wherever, please come with me." As he said that, the young man took a signal tube from his arms and fired it into the sky. A stream of liquidating flames shot straight into the sky, and finally exploded.
"This is?" Wu Xiangyuan said in confusion,
"Oh, this is a signal to welcome important guests, so that the people on the mountain can prepare to welcome them. Ordinary guests don't have a signal. The boss really values you," the young man said,
Wu Xiangyuan was moved after hearing this: "Oh, what should I call you?",
"My name is Liu Laoshi, and I am an outer disciple of the Qingcheng Sect." Liu Laoshi said,
After hearing this, Wu Xiangyuan felt that this person matched his name, and he looked honest and courteous: "Oh, Brother Liu is an outer disciple, so there should be inner disciples?"
"Little brother Wu is really smart. Yes, in the Qingcheng sect, in addition to the outer disciples and inner disciples, there is also a core disciple. In the sect, the core disciples are the disciples accepted by the leader and elders of the sect. They have the highest status and enjoy the benefits.
The more there are, the inner disciples are the disciples accepted by the general elders. They have the second highest status and enjoy fewer benefits than the core disciples. The outer disciples are the disciples accepted by the martial arts masters in the sect. They have the lowest status and enjoy the least benefits. Of course.
"My status is much higher than that of ordinary handyman disciples. I have been in the Qingcheng sect for seven or eight years, and I am still an outer disciple. I am ashamed," Liu said honestly,
"You mean that outer disciples can advance to inner disciples or even core disciples?" Wu Xiangyuan asked,
"Yes, in the Qingcheng Sect, as long as you have the ability, you can advance to the next level. However, if your ability is mediocre, even if you are a core disciple, you may be squeezed out and downgraded to a lower level. However, this rarely happens.
"How can the core disciples be mediocre people?" Liu honestly said,
"Oh, that's it," Wu Xiangyuan said thoughtfully,
"By the way, why did Brother Wu come?" Liu Laoshi asked,
"It's nothing, it's just that the head of the palace wants to accept me as his apprentice," Wu Xiangyuan said,
"What? The leader wants to accept you as his apprentice?" Liu Laoshi stared at Wu Xiangyuan like a monster, because he was confused. It was incredible to use a welcome signal for a disciple who had not yet started.
"Brother Liu, what's wrong?" Wu Xiangyuan said upon seeing this,
"Oh, no, it's nothing. I'm just very envious of you. You were chosen as a disciple by the master. You have a bright future. Please take good care of me in the future." Liu Laoshi said with a smile on his face to please Wu Xiangyuan,
Wu Xiangyuan just laughed secretly in his heart after hearing this. He thought that Liu Laoshi was honest and honest, but he didn't know that he was also a follower of people. However, he did not look down on Liu Laoshi because this was human nature. This also gave Wu Xiangyuan a brand new experience and it felt good.
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"I haven't officially become a disciple of Qingcheng yet, and I don't know if the head of the palace thinks highly of me?" Wu Xiangyuan said,
"It's definitely possible, otherwise the leader wouldn't pay so much attention to it," Liu honestly said,
"If I can become a Qingcheng disciple, I will definitely not forget Brother Liu," Wu Xiangyuan said,
"That's what you said," Liu Laoshi said happily. He walked for about half an hour before reaching the halfway point of the mountain. From Liu Laoshi's words, Wu Xiangyuan also got a general understanding of the Qingcheng Sect.
"It's Brother Yuan, sister, it's Brother Yuan who's here." At this time, a little girl's excited voice came. She didn't need to look at Wu Xiangyuan to know who was coming. She was Gong Siyu, followed by Gong Ruxue and Gong Siyu.
When Ruyu and Wu Xiangyuan saw him, they were also happy to greet him.
"Brother Yuan, why don't you come while we are still here?" Gong Siyu said happily,
"I have already promised to come, why not?" Wu Xiangyuan looked at Gong Ruxue and Gong Ruyu and said, seeing the joyful smiles on their faces, he was very moved, "Hello, Sister Xue'er
, Sister Ruyu is good”
"Hello, Brother Yuan." "Hello, Brother Yuan." The two sisters answered,
"Humph, brother Yuan is partial, why don't you say hello to me?" Gong Siyu curled her lips and said,
"Oh, it's Brother Yuan who's wrong, Sister Siyu," Wu Xiangyuan said, taking Gong Siyu's hand and saying,
"That's pretty much it. Let's go." Gong Siyu said, "Senior Brother Liu and Brother Yuan, just let us receive you. You can go and do your work."
"Oh, okay, then, Brother Wu and the three junior sisters have to say goodbye." Liu Laoshi said goodbye very reluctantly. How dare he offend Gong Siyu. Wu Xiangyuan also nodded and then went up the mountain with the three Gong sisters.
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"Brother Yuan, will you become my father's disciple?" Gong Siyu looked at Wu Xiangyuan and asked expectantly.
"Yes, but will your father accept me?" Wu Xiangyuan said,
"Of course I can. I heard my father and Fourth Master Yu say that you are the only talented person in martial arts they have ever seen. How could they not accept you?" Gong Siyu said. Wu Xiangyuan was very happy after hearing this.
"From now on, we can be together every day. I'm so happy, right? Big sister and second sister," Gong Siyu said happily,
"Yeah," Gong Ruxue and Gong Ruyu said happily.
About half an hour later, a majestic Taoist temple appeared in front of Wu Xiangyuan, with these three characters "Shangqing Palace" written on it. Wu Xiangyuan was deeply shocked.
"We're here," Gong Siyu said excitedly, "Look, daddy has picked you up."
Wu Xiangyuan climbed up the stairs and looked forward, only to see Gong Feiyu and Yu Ziqing walking towards him. Wu Xiangyuan felt flattered and hurriedly pulled Gong Siyu forward: "Xiangyuan pays homage to Uncle Yu, the head of the palace."
"No courtesy, just come." Gong Feiyu said, "Follow me quickly." Gong Feiyu took Wu Xiangyuan with one hand and Gong Siyu with the other and walked toward the Shangqing Palace.
After entering the Taoist temple, Wu Xiangyuan was shocked and infected by the furnishings and atmosphere inside. It was like arriving in a fairyland. Although it was extremely gorgeous, it did not feel luxurious. Wu Xiangyuan couldn't help but look around. After a while, they came to a main hall.
There was an extremely beautiful woman sitting next to the main seat of the main hall. She was looking at him with a smile. There were ten people sitting on both sides of the main hall. The oldest was only forty or fifty years old, and the youngest was only over thirty. Five people sat on each side.
There were four or five people standing behind them, the oldest was no more than twenty, and the youngest was only a few years old.
After taking a look at it, Prime Minister Wu immediately knew that these people were probably the ten elders of the Qingcheng Sect and their disciples as mentioned by Liu Laoshi. As soon as he entered the hall, he saw everyone present and stood up to greet them.
Gong Feiyu just nodded and took Wu Xiangyuan to the main seat and sat down: "Today, I have called everyone here to announce something. I have decided to accept this boy as a disciple, because it is my first time.
I accept a disciple, so I think I should be treated with dignity, what do you think?"
"It should be, it should be," all the elders here said, because when they accepted disciples for the first time, they would also invite the elders to watch the ceremony, but it was not in this meeting hall but at the palace gate where they lived.
The top ten elders of Qingcheng Sect all have their own hills and palace gates.
"Then, let's start the apprenticeship ceremony now," Gong Feiyu said. After hearing this, Wu Xiangyuan was immediately guided by a Taoist who was in charge of the ceremony to pay homage to the ancestors of the Qingcheng sect. Finally, he paid homage to Gong Feiyu, and after completing three kowtows and nine bows
After the ceremony, he officially became the core disciple of the head of the Qingcheng Sect. The next step was to pay homage to the elders and introduce their disciples, which was not completed until noon.