A month is finally over.

Daliang Chen Xiuming opened his eyes, took a deep breath of warm air, and completed the first part of his thoughts every morning. He walked to the window, looked at the completely different winter scene on the distant peak, and once again sighed at the magic of magic. In order to take care of the new disciples, Yangshen Peak was like spring all year round.

It is a room that is seven or eight feet wide, five or six feet high, and more than ten feet deep. It is not too big. The doors and windows are all open on one wall. There are tables and chairs under the window. The table is neatly arranged with pens, ink, paper and inkstones and a small incense burner. The wooden floor is damaged, but it is spotless and there is no debris. A simple wooden frame stands up against the wall to store water basins and facial towels. There is a low small bed inside, with a rattan box stuffed under the bed.

This is the standard residence of the new disciple. Except for Chen Hao, the other children in Yelin Town were very satisfied. Daliang had never been able to get out of his sadness. If it weren't for the time being, he would be the happiest person to live in such a house.

"People who practice Taoism also have joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, but the heart of Taoist priests is like a calm lake." Because of the death of the Erliang, Daliang Chen Xiuming was specially cared for by the ministry, and Lin Dujia once comforted him privately, "The lake surface can reflect the flowing clouds in the sky and the plants on the shore intact, but it is not moved. You don't need to deliberately forget anything, but don't be controlled by it."

"Sad but not hurt", Daliang Chen Xiuwei can't do it yet. He picked up the two copper coins around him, and the inner peace he gained from his imagination instantly stirred up grief and anger.

"Daliang." A familiar voice came from the door.

"Little..." He raised his head suddenly, saw the familiar figure, rubbed his eyes in disbelief, "Brother Xiaoqiu! I thought you could only..."

Xiaoqiu grinned, raised his hand to touch the high bun and long hairpin on his head, and looked down at the blue Taoist robe on his body. "The day they entered the hole was included. One of them taught me to take me back, gave me this outfit, and comb my hair. I'm really not used to it."

"No, I always felt awkward on my head in the first two days. It's better now. If it were Erliang..."

Xiaoqiu smiled and Daliang's copper coins were left by the Five Elements Mage Li Yuechi. There were a total of ten pieces. The boys in Yelin Town each got one.

Daliang dragged out the wooden box from under the bed, took out a few items from it and placed it on the table, "They brought Erliang's things, but unfortunately I couldn't see him for the last time."

A small box containing Bairun Dan, a golden soul, ten silver souls, a small leather bag and half a copper ring. The last two are also relics of Li Yuechi. The young men wanted to return it to Grandmaster Pang Shan, and Ning Qiwei allowed them to stay.

"They told me Erliang's last words." Daliang's voice choked, and he clasped his fists and pressed them tightly on the table. It took him a while to recover. "Erliang left me the golden soul and silver soul, the Bairun Dan and the copper ring for you, the skin and copper coins for... Xiao Qingtao."

Xiaoqiu looked at the items on the table and said nothing. The objects were printed in her eyes, looking extremely calm.

Daliang was surprised. This was not the brother Xiaoqiu who was as enthusiastic as fire in his impression. Could it be that the effect of thinking about a month is so obvious? He pushed the golden soul and silver soul to Xiaoqiu-

"I want to give you all these things because...because..."

"Because I will avenge him." Xiaoqiu's eyes turned to Daliang, "Let's avenge for Erliang together. Shen Geng thought for five years, so we will wait for him for five years."

"Yeah." Daliang responded heavily, and found that this was still a good friend of the past. "But it's up to you, at least you have to open your ears, and I haven't even opened any of them."

Xiaoqiu smiled, not mentioning his experience at Siguo Cliff, but only picked up Bairun Dan and the copper ring with unknown purpose. "Erliang will do whatever he says. This is his last wish, and we should not violate it."

Daliang hesitated for a moment, nodded, put away the golden soul and silver soul, and finally pushed the skin and copper coins to Xiaoqiu, "You give them to Xiaoqingtao."

"What's wrong?"

"I hate the Pei family."

It was precisely because Pei Zihan was afraid of Shen Ji and wanted to play against Xiaoqiu that Erliang stood opposite Shen Geng. In Xiaoqiu's opinion, the Pei siblings were no more responsible for this than him and Fangfang, but non-demons were always more likely to arouse hatred. Xiaoqiu did not persuade Daliang and took the skin and copper coins into his hands.

"How is Shin Ji?"

Daliang's face changed slightly, "He has made amazing progress. It has only been a month since he was said to have opened all seven orifices. You are back just in time. Today is the day when I think of the ancestors at the end of the month. We all teach you to check the achievements of the disciples' practice. Everyone says that Shen Ji will be the first to obtain the full Taoist fruit hairpin."

Taoist fruit is another name in the state of cultivation. Opening the seven orifices is the lowest level. As long as you open one orifice, you can get a special hairpin. The seven orifice holes belong to the full Taoist fruit. The corresponding hairpin is called the full Taoist fruit hairpin. Xiaoqiu remembers these, and Fangfang once introduced them in detail.

"That's good." Xiaoqiu was still so calm.

Yangshen Peak is hidden among the mountains. From a distance, it looks like a huge conical shape. It is not as tall as the Old Ancestor Peak, but it covers a much larger area. It is surrounded by dense forests. The houses of the new disciple are built along the mountain. There are tall and short trees in front and behind the houses, and thirty or fifty rooms are connected together. There is no wall barrier between each house, and only the corridors in the forest are connected.

Xiaoqiu's room was next to Daliang. As soon as the two of them came out, they received great attention. Many people nodded to Xiaoqiu, and some people pointed at him from behind and whispered.

"Why are there strangers?" There are more than 30 disciples living in this building, and at least fourteen or fifteen of them were never seen by Xiaoqiu in the Jinghu Village building.

"These are all disciples who stayed in the past few years." Daliang whispered, "They have never been able to learn, so they have to stay here to practice with us. I heard that the disciples with worse performance will be sent to the Yipin Institute, where they can only learn some secular skills, and basically lose the opportunity to practice Taoism. I am really afraid that I will be sent there one day."

"No, don't think too much, you will have a breakthrough soon, and no one in our Yelin Town will go to any useful places." Xiaoqiu said affirmatively.

The two rooms share a dining room with three long tables in it. There, Xiaoqiu met more friends from Yelin Town. They were very surprised. When they saw him, they ran over in surprise, but Fangfang was not seen. In fact, there was no female disciple in the entire dining room.

"The female disciple lives on the other side." Shen Hao sat opposite Xiaoqiu and disagreed with Pang Shan's arrangement. "It's hard to see Fangfang now."

"What's the difficulty of seeing her every day when you are concentrating on your practice?" Lengzi Mu Feihuang retorted.

"That's different. When practicing, you must be unrestrained and you can't even say anything. How long ago did we last talk to Fangfang?"

"Daliang talked to Fangfang yesterday." Lengzi turned to Xiaoqiu again: "Do you know that Chen Hao has opened his ears and nose, and has safely survived the thunder tribulation, and is one of the top among all the new disciples."

Chen Hao pushed Mu Feihuang away, but a hint of pride appeared on his face, "Stop praising me, Shen Ji is the best. There must be many people who are faster than me. I will know after the test today."

"Congratulations, it seems I have to work harder." Xiao Qiu swallowed and looked around for food. He could only eat one meal a day for a month, but he had never had such an experience.

"Brother Xiaoqiu is actually the first disciple to be enlightened, earlier than Shin Ji, but it was delayed for a month and he would soon catch up." Daliang's words were unanimously agreed by the boy from Yelin Town, "But Fangfang surprised me a lot. She said she had no idea, so she shouldn't have it."

When the meal came, everyone sat upright, and the dining room of sixty or seventy people was silent. Then bowls of breakfast automatically dropped and fell accurately in front of everyone.

An ordinary porcelain bowl contains most of the bowls of rice, with a few vegetables on it, which is lighter than the one in Jinghu Village, and the same food as Shen Gengshen Ji at that time.

Everyone held up the bowl almost at the same time, chewing it quietly slowly. Even Chen Hao, who was most picky about food, did not show any dissatisfaction. Xiaoqiu knew that he had missed learning the new rules in the past month, so he didn't talk much and focused on his meal. After the meal, he asked, "Is there lunch and dinner here?"

"Of course." Chen Hao smiled, then sighed. The food here was really hard for him to swallow. "Brother Xiao Qiu, you have suffered a lot in the past month, right?"

"I-" Xiaoqiu frowned, "I can't remember."

He was telling the truth. Life in the cave seemed like a long dream. It was extremely clear at that time, but after waking up, it disappeared, leaving only a few incoherent fragments.

Chen Hao patted Xiaoqiu on the shoulder sympathetically and did not ask any further questions.

The disciples walked out of the dining room and followed the corridor to Sizu Hall. Today is a special day. They will undergo a monthly inspection of the results of their practice and worship the ancestors of all generations. The new disciples have been reminded that this is an extremely important procedure and must be taken seriously.

Sizu Hall is a huge cave with two portals. Men and women and disciples walk separately. There are rows of futons on the ground in the hall. They sit down on the piece. Xiaoqiu didn't see Fangfang. When he saw Xin Youtao, the prince was expressionless. Even though everyone around him was pointing fingers, he still pretended not to see Xiaoqiu.

The Pei brothers nodded to Xiaoqiu at a distance of more than ten steps away, but did not dare to get closer. They now try to keep a distance from the boys in Yelin Town.

Xiaoqiu returned the gift, and his eyes were still searching the crowd.

"Fangfang and the others are on the other side, so they can't see it here." Chen Hao smiled.

Xiaoqiu also smiled. He was looking for not Fangfang, but another person - someone who could remind him of what he had experienced in the past month.

Shen Ji is here.

Almost all eyes were staring at him, and he was staring at only one person. "Fellow Daoist Mu Xingqiu, welcome you." He walked over, his expression was very similar to his brother, with a hint of melancholy on his expressionless face.

"I remembered it!" Xiaoqiu pointed at Shen Ji, and the mist in his mind gradually dissipated, "You have been to my cave and challenged me."

"Where do you start with this?" Shen Jiweilu was surprised. "As soon as you enter Yangshen Peak, you will not leave the valley for three years. This is the rule of Pangshan Daotong since ancient times. How could I meet you?"

Chen Hao and others nodded slightly, indicating that Shen Ji was right.

Xiaoqiu stared at Shen Ji. The scene of the two meeting was vivid in his mind. He could almost repeat what he said, especially the green jade Ruyi was still deeply imprinted in his mind. How could it have never happened?
Chapter completed!