The master and apprentice sat cross-legged on the futon and looked at each other, but no one spoke for a long time.
In the whole hut, except for the subtle sound of the burning oil lamp, the only sound left was the chewing and swallowing sounds of the fifth senior brother Guo Tao who was eating in the corner.
After a while, Guo Tao stopped eating, and then asked angrily: "Then am I going to be a master uncle soon?"
Ji Yuan and Zhang Zhiya glared at him angrily almost at the same time, and the emotions that had been brewing for a long time suddenly collapsed.
"If you have made a decision in your heart, then just go ahead and do it with confidence."
The old Taoist priest stretched out his waist and flicked the fly whisk in his hand: "Hasn't this Xuantian Temple been passed on to you?"
Hearing this, Ji Yuan flipped his palm and took out the iron plate engraved with 'Xuan Tian·Ten', a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.
It turned out that this was the token of Xuantian Temple's master. When his master Zhang Zhiya gave it to him, he was already the new temple master of Xuantian Temple.
Although the current Taoist temple is in dilapidated state and he is the only one who can support the situation, as long as he nods his head, a huge opportunity will immediately fall.
"Actually, Jiuxuanmen is quite good. It is the place where the immortals practice. If you look up, you can see the fairies flying in the sky."
The old Taoist priest laughed and winked at his young apprentice.
Ji Yuanquan pretended not to see it and put the iron sign away casually, having already made a preliminary decision in his heart.
"Disciple, bring me one hundred and eighty taels of silver."
Just as he was about to stand up and leave, Zhang Zhiya suddenly said: "I don't want snowflake-patterned silver or banknotes, I just want private silver ingots."
Although he had doubts, Ji Yuan still took out one hundred and fifty taels of silver ingots and placed them in front of his master.
He didn't ask what the purpose was. After bowing respectfully, he turned around and left the hut.
Before leaving, he did not forget to throw to the fifth senior brother in the corner a small baggage purchased from the Three Blades Society, which contained elixirs specially for martial arts.
This elixir is specially designed to replenish qi and blood and provide a large amount of essence. It is supplemented with grain essence. Just one pill is enough to support the consumption of an ordinary martial artist for a whole day.
If sold outside, one piece can sell for more than ten taels of silver.
After returning to the small courtyard, he saw that everyone was meditating and teasing, recovering the energy and mana they had previously consumed. Ji Yuan walked lightly and quietly walked outside his house.
Through the door, he saw Zhao Yuebai still sleeping, so he sat down directly on the doorstep and waved to a middle-aged nurse.
"Can you tell me something about Zhao Yuebai?"
He pondered for a moment, then turned to look at the nurse squatting next to him.
When the other party heard the words, he was stunned for a moment, and then a look of excitement appeared on his face. He was also present at the previous conversation of several people in the room, so he naturally heard it very clearly.
At that moment, he told everything he knew about Zhao Yuebai in detail.
In his words, he made no secret of his love for this young master, and there was no need to hide it.
In the years when Zhao Wuhen returned from a long journey and brought back Zhao Yuebai, although everyone in the Zhao family was very close to the young master, it was mostly because of the old master's orders.
But when Zhao Yuebai was five or six years old, he started jumping up and down in the mansion, bringing a bit of unprecedented vitality to the Zhao family, which used to be solemn and silent.
Over the years, Zhao Yuebai would sneak to the martial arts field almost every day to watch the nursing staff practice martial arts. He would often secretly bring some cakes from his own house or food from the kitchen.
It seems that for this precocious young master, watching them eat the food he secretly brought and listening to them bragging to each other is the happiest moment of the day.
In fact, they also knew that this young master knew very well that out of ten words spoken by the warriors who were guarding the courtyard, almost only one and a half sentences out of ten could be believed, and the rest were just bragging.
Even the remaining nine and a half sentences were mixed with a lot of dirty and vulgar curses.
But these never affected him. When Zhao Yuebai was listening to the story, his eyes showed sincere admiration.
It seems that for this boy, even though he knows in his heart that the adults in front of him are bragging, he still feels that this is the real world, and the nurses in his family are all heroes who have learned peerless martial arts.
It's just that I was tired from traveling around the world, so I came here to rest. I might leave one day and continue to do the heroic act of slaying demons and monsters when I see injustice on the road.
"The reason why we nursing homes like the young master has nothing to do with his status. It's just because he is always so sincere no matter who he treats."
The middle-aged nurse laughed, and the expression on his face was equally sincere.
In fact, they are people who have received a lot of looks from the world, and even lived a miserable life, otherwise they would not be willing to be a nursing home.
After all, a position like a nursing home is, to put it harshly, a kind of servant. Even in the scolding of ordinary people, they are called 'dogs who look after the home and protect the home.'
Only in front of this young master can they experience the almost unfamiliar respect and admiration. There will always be a moment when they feel that they are really living like they usually do when they are bragging.
After a long time, Ji Yuan nodded, his eyes flashing with thought.
Some of what Zhao Yuansong said makes sense. If Xuantian Temple returns to Jiuxuanmen in the end and obtains the mountain of inheritance, someone will definitely be needed to take charge.
And it would undoubtedly be very hard for him to support it alone.
If only a few more people, even just one or two, could survive the first few years and gradually improve their cultivation, then they would be able to gain a firm foothold.
Zhao Yuebai is indeed a very good choice. His talent for cultivation is very good, otherwise he would not have been taken as a target by Zhao Wuhen and taken home to spend nearly ten years cultivating him.
In addition, his body contains the vitality accumulated by the old locust tree for hundreds of years, and his cultivation is at the peak of the second realm. It only takes a few years to become at least a second realm monk.
You don't even need any teaching, just the skill of water grinding is enough.
If he had the accumulation in the Jiuxuanmen Library and even practiced the Xuantian Taoist Scripture, he would not be said to be invincible in the same realm, at least it would not be comparable to that of ordinary monks.
However, when it comes to accepting a disciple, in addition to the voluntary consent of both parties, there are many considerations. The most important thing is to see whether both parties are of the same mind.
Otherwise, there may be things that seem to be incompatible with each other, or even deceive the master and destroy the ancestors, and clean up the family.
Apart from these considerations, the best choice for Zhao Yuebai at this time is indeed to worship Xuantian Temple and return to Jiuxuan Sect together.
Otherwise, if he goes to another sect, Zhao Yuebai, who has no foundation, can really say that his future is uncertain, whether it is a blessing or a curse.
"The young master is awake! The young master is awake!"
In the room behind him, Liao Qiming's excited voice suddenly came out: "The young master is awake!"
Hearing this, several people in the small courtyard opened their eyes one after another. After thinking for a while, they continued to meditate with their eyes closed without getting up to join in.
Except for several Zhao family nurses, only Ji Yuan stood up and walked into his room after pondering for a moment.
At this time, Zhao Yuebai had already woken up. He was sitting on the bed with his eyes a little distracted, looking at the familiar faces in front of him, and seemed a little at a loss for a moment.
After a full quarter of an hour, he slowly came back to his senses, but the expression on his face suddenly darkened.
"Master Yuebai?"
Liao Qiming took a step forward and called softly.
After a while, Zhao Yuebai raised his head, with a forced smile on his face: "I already know everything."
Before Zhao Wuhen decided to massacre the entire Zhao family, he had already imprisoned him and placed him on a high black platform underground.
It was also at that time that Zhao Yuebai learned the truth about his life experience from the person he had called "father" for several years.
Later, when the strong soul power merged into his soul in the trunk of the old locust tree, he finally recalled the appearance of the young couple when he was still a baby.
"I really want to find my biological parents..."
Zhao Yuebai originally wanted to be stronger, but when he thought of the pair of faces in his memory, he couldn't help but almost cried.
That aggrieved look seemed to tug at the hearts of several people.
A group of big and thick men suddenly became a little at a loss. They gathered around the boy and tried to comfort him, but they opened their mouths for a long time but couldn't hold back a complete sentence.
This scene seems somewhat ridiculous.
Fortunately, Zhao Yuebai quickly calmed down his emotions. Although he was a little reluctant, he still smiled at the people around him and shook his head gently to indicate that he was fine.
"Zhao Yuebai, there are some things that I still need you to know."
After the boy's mood stabilized, Ji Yuan dragged a chair over and sat in front of him.
He pondered for a moment, and then under Zhao Yuebai's puzzled gaze, he explained in detail what happened to the Zhao family and what happened to him.
In order to prevent the other party from being confused, he had to patiently explain some key points clearly.
In this way, Ji Yuan spoke in one breath for half an hour before finally recounting what had happened in these days, and at the same time briefly and shockingly mentioned the situation that followed.
This includes the matter of Zhao Yuebai's apprenticeship.
"At least from my perspective, it would be the best choice for you to become your disciple."
Ji Yuan thought for a while and then added: "If you think I am too young, I can also invite my master to come here. In this way, we will be considered brothers from now on."
He made it straightforwardly clear that whether he became his disciple or his brother, there would only be benefits and no harm to him, and there was no need to worry that they were just using him.
Because once they worship Xuantian Temple, there will be a situation of mutual prosperity and loss between them. They need Zhao Yuebai to grow up and be able to dominate one side in the future, and Zhao Yuebai will also need the huge resources of Jiuxuanmen.
In this case, Ji Yuan would naturally think that their relationship with each other was not deep enough, so how could they do harm.
"Or if you don't want to worship Xuantian Temple, I won't force you."
Under the gaze of those clean eyes, he couldn't help but mention it in the end.
As Ji Yuan finished speaking, the four guards on the side all looked at Zhao Yuebai, indicating that he must agree.
Even without the huge resources of Jiuxuanmen, the disciple of a monk who has entered the country, even if it is just a wild cultivator in the mountains, is enough to make the rich and powerful people compete for their heads with their money.
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Even though this monk is only at the first level of cultivation.
It is different from the warriors who can achieve the realm of flesh and blood as long as they can endure hardships and have enough silver.
If you want to become a monk, in addition to familiarizing yourself with various saints' books to warm your soul, you also need a formula for enlightenment and cultivation techniques that are extremely difficult to buy on the market.
Although Zhao Yuebai will definitely be able to overcome that hurdle and become a powerful monk in the future given his current situation, this does not mean that he can sit back and relax.
Monks in the world are most particular about following their feet. They never have the concept of a hero coming from a rude family. Whether he is from a well-known and upright family is one thing, and whether he comes from an orthodox family is another. If one of them is missing, he will often be alienated from others.
The Jiuxuan Sect is not only a famous orthodox sect, but also an orthodox sect of the Immortal Family, commanding the cultivation forces of a county.
It's just that Zhao Yuebai turned a blind eye to the looks of the four people and just looked at Ji Yuan's eyes calmly.
In front of the former's clean and pure eyes, which seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, the latter also straightened up and looked at them without any evasion.
After a long time, Zhao Yuebai suddenly smiled happily and climbed down from the bed.
After putting on his shoes and socks, he came to Ji Yuan in a few steps, straightened his clothes, and then knelt down to worship.
"Disciple Yuebai, pay homage to Master!"
He kowtowed three times, shouted respectfully, and then looked at his 'master' curiously.
Ji Yuan was also stunned for a moment, as if he did not expect that the other party would be so straightforward. Some of the rhetoric that had been prepared for a long time was immediately out of use.
He quickly helped Zhao Yuebai up, and after thinking about it, he didn't know what to say. After all, this was the first time in his life to accept a disciple. He really had no experience, so he could only scratch his head subconsciously.
Seeing this, several nurses on the side couldn't help laughing. Even Zhao Yuebai couldn't hold back and laughed silly. This chapter has been completed!