Chapter 29: apprentice
Shu Xiaowu's conversation with the head Mu Yanze ended his acceptance with her.
Anyway, being a decent disciple of the head of the sect would do her no harm. Such a big backer is attacking from the air, and it is not her style that she does not find a position to rely on.
After that, the two of them didn't talk any more. After telling that the apprentice ceremony would be held in the sect the next day, Mu Yanze arranged for an outer sect disciple to take her to a temporary residence.
When he got to the room, Shu Xiaowu looked at the furnishings in the room with a few glances, and he was quite satisfied in conclusion.
Although the furnishings in the room are not as numerous and exquisite, they are not as elegant and luxurious as the houses in the back hills of the Demon Realm, but compared with the simplicity of the previous inn, they were suddenly raised to a higher level.
Shu Xiaowu's requirements are not high now, and although he is not relying on others, he is not completely at ease. Even if there is a big tree to enjoy the shade, she is not sure whether the big tree will always be willing to cool down for her. Besides, maybe the big tree will tremble at any time. ?
Therefore, those extravagant and useless decorations should be collected when she arrives at a place that truly belongs to her.
Now, she just wants a big bed with a high pillow and a soft mattress, enough for her to sleep well In order to avoid Gu Nao and Moyu's forces, she didn't get a good night's sleep. Today, I finally found it. Great opportunity!
She fell asleep comfortably in this room, and as soon as the news that the head of the sect wanted to accept an apprentice was communicated, it immediately caused an uproar among the four elders.
The four of them were extremely surprised that the Sect Master suddenly accepted an unknown person as his apprentice. The elders who have seen Shu Xiaowu have some impressions of the child. After all, without revealing any reason, the head ordered the disciples to search for several days in a row, which is already abnormal.
Now that they had just come back, the Sect Master said that he would accept this person as his apprentice without any explanation.
However, even if it is difficult to understand, Xuan Qingzong has a clear sense of status. Even if some elders hold a sigh of relief, they still do it and prepare for tomorrow's apprenticeship ceremony.
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Early the next morning, Shu Xiaowu, who had been sleeping since the afternoon the day before yesterday, stood up facing the rising sun, stretched recklessly, and felt that the vitality of his whole body had returned again.
Before she could think about what to do next, there was a dull knock at the door and the voice of the disciple who had brought her here yesterday.
After she simply finished grooming, she followed the disciple out the door.
The disciple who came to pick her up was named Song Ning. She was young, with pink face and fine eyebrows. She spoke in a softer voice, making her more feminine. However, he acted very cautiously.
In the Xuanqing Sect, in addition to the master's inner disciple, there are many ordinary people with aptitude, but even if they can only do a small job in the sect, there are still many people rushing to come. After all, just by absorbing some of the abundant spiritual energy here, the life expectancy of ordinary people will increase somewhat.
According to the instructions of the head, Song Ning told Shu Xiaowu one by one on the way forward, the matters that he should pay attention to when accepting the disciples, without leaving a single point. In his heart, he had unconsciously regarded Shu Xiaowu, who was about to become an inner disciple, as the object of his admiration, and even his words showed respect.
When he was five years old, his parents died. It happened that a senior brother of Xuanqingzong passed by the small village where he lived. Seeing that he was lonely and pure-hearted, he brought him back to the Zongli. Now, ten years have passed. His qualifications can only be a child doing chores, but he is already satisfied.
He was even more honored to be able to get the head of the head to see and instruct her to bring attendants to her.
Shu Xiaowu followed Song Ning all the way, listening to his slow and soft tone, and followed his guidance.
After going around a few corridors, walking over an elevated stone bridge, and then passing a few stone roads, after several twists and turns, Shu Xiaowu and the two finally arrived at the Zhudi Hall where Xuanqing Zong bestowed his disciple tokens.
In Xuanqing Sect, every disciple of the inner sect needs to go through an initiation ceremony in the Zhudi Hall, that is, the master announces the disciple to enter the school, grants the disciple a sect token, and waits for the disciple to shed blood to make him recognize the master and leave his name on the disciple stone. Later, this person officially became a sect disciple.
Usually this kind of ceremony is held every three years when the sect recruits disciples, but this time, since only Shu Xiaowu entered the entrance, the battle to participate is not huge, but after all, it is the head of the sect accepting disciples, and the four major The elders and their important disciples in the sect came to the scene one after another. Gu Nao and Liu Ruling, the direct disciples of the sect master, were naturally present.
Shu Xiaowu looked at the not very grand, but also given a large-scale ceremony in front of him, and felt a little bored in his heart. In fact, I asked her to say that it was over as long as she and her future master were present and the blood was dripping. It was a lot of fun to have such a big fight, but it was a little nervous when so many people watched
"Okay, let's get started."
Before Shu Xiaowu could not stand upright in excitement under the eyes of everyone, her future master spoke.
The sincere and melodious voice is like the ringing of a bell, and when it falls, it lifts the spirits of the people in the field.
Mu Yanze stood in front of the big cauldron dyed with candle incense in the middle of the hall, with a solemn and solemn expression. In the front of the cauldron, there was a huge disciple stone covered with numerous disciples' names. Looking sideways at the little girl who was already kneeling on the futon in front of him and waiting for him to speak, his expression softened.
Taking the incense handed by Gu Nao, he looked at the standing disciple Shi with firm and solemn eyes, his upper and lower lips collided, and he made a solemn oath.
"Xuanqingzong is respected by all the immortals. Disciple Mu Yanze, who has been in charge of the sect for 96 years, has no virtue in the world, and no merit in this sect. Now I want to accept Shu Xiaowu as a direct disciple. I don't ask her to be able to do it. Slaying demons and eradicating demons, ranking and immortal class, I don’t ask her to be heard in the world and revitalize her sect. I just ask her to love the world, be compassionate to all beings, be upright and be worthy of her heart. The fault. The Xuanqing Zong Lixian testified!"
Shu Xiaowu's heart heaved up and down with the voice of the master in his ear, rising with infinite solemnity. At this moment, she seemed to follow the master's voice and traveled out of this space, reaching a world full of golden solemnity, where she could not hear any interference from the outside world, no resentment, only a clear peace.
After Mu Yanze's voice stopped, Shu Xiaowu's soul seemed to have just returned to its place. In response to this atmosphere, she bowed down solemnly and moved towards the incense burner in front of her and the disciple Shi Kou, who foreshadowed the sect. three heads.
The kowtow is over, and the important part has just begun.
Also a direct disciple of the master, Liu Ruling held a black wooden plate, holding the sect token, and sat down beside her, showing a relieved smile when she met her eyes.
Shu Xiaowu took the token, and touched the word "Qing" engraved on it with his fingers. There is an indescribable feeling in my heart.
She once took Liu Ruling's token, but it didn't feel so docile to her at that time.
In addition to the token, a small knife with a bright blade was attached to the empty wooden plate, which became sharper under the reflection of sunlight.
Shu Xiaowu swallowed and picked up the knife resolutely. Looking up and seeing that all the attention of the crowd had shifted to herself, she tried her best to calm down and decided to act now. Anyway, only a drop of blood is needed, so be careful not to waste it.
However, when the knife was slashed, she realized that trembling of hands was a sin.
Intense red gushed out from the light-white fingertips along the slender wound, and soon filled with small pieces of finger pulp.
When Shu Xiaowu saw her blood for the first time, she felt extremely distressed, and what made her more distressed was that her blood was too thick, and it didn't go down in a short period of time, but she was anxious to wait.
Waiting for a large drop of blood to finally roll down as he wished, Shu Xiaowu placed the spirit stone on the wooden plate that Liu Ruling had taken back, and quickly grabbed the wound with his free hand to stop the bleeding for himself.
However, when she was busy distressing her blood that was gone forever, everyone present was shocked by the vision in front of her.
The moment the blue-green spirit stone touched the dripping blood, a burst of emerald light burst forth, and as the blood infiltrated, the light seemed to be absorbed, layer by layer, retracted back to the stone itself, and finally at the moment when the blood color disappeared. , the light around it also disappeared.
Everyone looked at the token of the same material as the token in their hands. Under the naked eye, it had a deep azure color, and it turned green and transparent.
The entire hall was terrifyingly quiet for a moment, everything happened too fast, like a virtual dream, but the reality was already in front of us. After the token disappeared, everyone's eyes were turned away, and most of their eyes fell on the child who was ignorantly restraining the wound.
"Sect Master, this child..." Yan Fenglin, who was in the front row, spoke first, and he saw the vision just now. At the same time, the disciple Shishang did not have the name of Shu Xiaowu.
He believes that most of the people present have the same doubts as him, who is this girl?
Shu Xiaowu managed to stop the bleeding, and as soon as he regained his senses, he found that the scene seemed a little different. ...Uh, did something happen that she didn't know about?
"Xiaowu, your blood..."
"Ling'er!"
Before Liu Ruling could finish her words, she was interrupted by Mu Yanze's voice. The token change happened in front of her, and she couldn't easily turn back her thinking from the previous change. Their blood drops into the token, and there is only a flash of green light. When the light flashes, the name of the disciple will appear on the stone, and the brilliance of the new disciple will last for a day, symbolizing freshness. An endless stream of blood.
But like Xiaowu, the change that is like tempering the spirit stone with blood has never happened since ancient times.