Unlimited wastelander

Chapter 88 Apprenticeship
Qingquan Village is a village under the jurisdiction of Jiuquan Town, with seventy or eighty households, it is not a small village.The group of people did not disperse when they returned to the village, but all gathered in the open space in the center of the village.

Xiao Peng found a table in the center of the open space. On the table was a yellow cloth with eight diagrams printed on it, and a circle of yellow talismans was pasted around it. Bells, command flags, candles, cinnabar, wolf hair pens, etc. were placed on the table. The props for setting up the altar, the two big bowls of glutinous rice are now only a little bit left, and the ground is scattered everywhere, and some of the glutinous rice has become pitch black.

At this time, four corpses were placed side by side five meters away in front of the altar, two men and two women. What they had in common was that they had two blood holes in their necks, apparently bitten to death by zombies.

Next to the corpses, two children, a man and a woman, were crying. The adults grabbed the two of them and prevented them from touching the corpses, because Uncle Jiu had ordered that people bitten to death by zombies must have corpse poison on them. Avoid direct contact to avoid poisoning.

Uncle Jiu sighed, turned to the village chief and said, "Burn the corpse as soon as possible! Otherwise, the corpse will become another trouble."

The village chief nodded solemnly, walked up to the two children, and said in a harmonious voice: "Ah Xing, Xiaoyue, your condolences have changed. Uncle Jiu has already wiped out the zombies and avenged your parents. Don't worry, all the villagers are happy." They are your relatives, everyone will take good care of you, now let your parents go away with peace of mind!"

Xiaoyue didn't speak, just kept crying. Although Ah Xing was only an eight-year-old child, he was still a boy, and he was much stronger than a girl in this respect.He looked up at the village chief, then turned to Uncle Jiu, and nodded silently.

Seeing A Xing agreeing, the village head nodded in relief, and said: "A Xing, you are older than Xiaoyue, and you are an elder brother. You have to take good care of Xiaoyue in the future, you know? From today on, you will be a man." Said Wan straightened up and signaled to the villagers to bring firewood.

At this time, Uncle Jiu didn't know what he was thinking, sighed softly, walked up to the two children, and said, "Ah Xing, Xiaoyue, would you like to worship me as a teacher and learn Taoism from me, and wait until later?" If you succeed in your studies, you will be able to slay demons and eliminate demons, and protect the villagers from demons and ghosts."

Hearing Uncle Jiu's words, the people around looked at him gratefully. Although there are only two children, the villagers are not rich. It is a heavy burden to support two unproductive children. If two children It's not good for them to grow up eating all kinds of food.

Uncle Jiu is willing to accept two children as apprentices, which is basically equivalent to adopting two children, so that they will not become undisciplined wild children. While the villagers are happy for the two children, they are also very grateful to Uncle Jiu.

After hearing Uncle Jiu's words, the village chief hurriedly said to the two children: "A Xing, Xiaoyue, Uncle Jiu wants to take you as disciples. It's the blessings you cultivated in your previous life. Why don't you kowtow to Master?"

The two children naturally don't have any opinions, but they know that the village head is for their own good.Without hesitation at the moment, both knelt in front of Uncle Jiu, kowtowed a few times, and called, "Master."

"Well, get up! When your parents' funeral is arranged tomorrow, come back to Jiuquan Town with me, and Master will take care of you in the future." Uncle Jiu nodded, helped up the two children, and said gently.

Uncle Jiu was not married in his thirties, and he never planned to get married in his life, so this apprentice is equivalent to his child, and he will depend on them to provide for the elderly in the future, so the way he looks at the two children is suddenly different .

"Uncle Jiu, anyway, if you want to accept apprentices, why don't you accept one more!" Xiao Peng said suddenly, then knelt down on one knee, raised his fists with both hands above his head, and solemnly said to Uncle Jiu: "Please accept me as an apprentice!" only."

Uncle Jiu was taken aback, not knowing what Xiao Peng was doing, "This...brother Xiao, what are you doing? How can Lin Jiu Hede, how can he be worthy of you? Get up quickly." I was about to help Xiao Peng, but who knew that I grabbed his arm and lifted it, but it didn't move.

"How can Uncle Nine not be able to do that? As the saying goes, when troubled times are approaching, there must be evildoers. Now we are in a great China, surrounded by foreign enemies, endless civil wars, warlords fighting, and the people are dying."

Xiao Peng took a deep breath and said firmly: "Troubled times are coming, and the resentment, evil spirit, and hostility in the world are getting heavier and heavier. At that time, there must be monsters everywhere, and resentment will be everywhere. I, Xiao Peng, am not talented. Uncle practices Taoism to keep the villagers safe, so I ask Uncle Jiu not to refuse."

"This……"

Uncle Jiu was silent, and the surrounding villagers were also silent. They were shocked by Xiao Peng's words. At this time, the surrounding villagers looked at Xiao Peng with admiration. This is a good young man!
Uncle Jiu looked at Xiao Peng firmly, and said seriously: "Brother Xiao's family has a long history, if you worship me as a teacher, it is equivalent to entering my family, will your family agree?"

Xiao Peng heard the words and said categorically: "A teacher for one day, a father for the rest of his life. I made it clear to my family before returning to China. I have no plan to go back when I come back this time. Even if I die, I will die on the land of China. Nine If my uncle is willing to accept me as an apprentice, he is my only relative in the country. Xiao Peng will serve him wholeheartedly and will never dare to disobey him in the slightest. If he breaks this oath, he will die without a place of burial. "

"hiss……"

The surrounding villagers gasped when they heard Xiao Peng make such a heavy oath, and their nostalgia for the motherland was fully revealed in his words.Uncle Jiu was also inexplicably shocked. He is a cultivator, so he naturally knows better than anyone else the truth that there are gods. , it can be seen.

Uncle Jiu couldn't find a reason to reject Xiao Peng, so he sighed softly and said, "Since you have such a strong heart for the Tao, if I don't accept you again, I'm afraid even the gods won't be able to see you, no matter! I accept you This apprentice."

Xiao Peng was overjoyed when he heard the words. He knelt down on one knee and kowtowed three times sincerely. The reason why he usually kowtows three times when he worships a teacher means that he first bows to the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth, second bows to the ancestor of the master, and third bows to the master as his father. After three kowtows, it means that he has become the master's disciple, and he will inherit the master's mantle from now on, just like a son inherits his father's career.

"Okay, from now on, Xiao Peng will be my big disciple of Maoshan Linjiu, A Xing Xiaoyue. From now on, Xiao Peng will be your senior brother. You should respect him like your own brother, understand?" Uncle Jiu was happy Helping Xiao Peng up, he smiled at A Xing and Xiaoyue who were watching eagerly.

The two little ones said hello to Xiao Peng in a sensible way, "Yes, big brother."

"Junior brother and junior sister, hello, come here, senior brother treats you to some candy." Xiao Peng took out a few pieces of chocolate from the suitcase, tore open the package and handed it to A Xing and Xiaoyue. After taking a bite out of the chocolate, the sweet taste made Xiao Peng smile innocently.

Immediately, Xiao Peng took out a small briefcase from the suitcase, and said to Uncle Jiu: "Master, this time the teacher's apprenticeship happened suddenly, and the apprentice didn't prepare any teacher's ceremony. These are the belongings that my family prepared for me when I returned home." , let’s regard it as a teacher’s apprentice ceremony! Besides, since the disciple worships you as a teacher now, then everything about the disciple will naturally be entrusted to the master.”

Uncle Jiu took the briefcase handed over by Xiao Peng, his hands sank slightly, and he was secretly startled, what is so heavy?But he didn't open it in front of all the villagers, and said to the village chief: "Village chief, it's too late today, arrange for someone to cremate the body and go back to rest! Let's talk tomorrow if we have anything to do."

"Okay, Uncle Ninth, you and this...uh..." The village chief suddenly got stuck, because he didn't know how to address Xiao Peng now. Now that Xiao Peng is Uncle Ninth's apprentice, it's natural to call Brother Xiao again. is inappropriate.

"Village Chief, you can call me Dapeng! This is my nickname, and Master also calls me that." Xiao Peng said to the village chief with a smile.

"Hehe, okay, then Uncle Nine, Dapeng, you go to rest first! Just leave it to us. A Xing Xiaoyue will pack up the ashes of her parents later, and I will take them to sleep." The village chief called himself Let him take Uncle Jiu and Xiao Peng to rest. Fortunately, the village chief's house has more rooms, so it doesn't matter if there is one more person.

(End of this chapter)