Although he failed to communicate with the stars, Li Xiuyuan was not in a hurry. Early the next morning, after breakfast, he went to the library to meet the teacher.
"The disciple failed to communicate with any star!"
After entering the door, Li Xiuyuan and Meng Shentong clasped hands and said, but there was no sadness or joy on their faces.
The old man who called himself Meng Shentong nodded and asked: "If you communicate all night, you will scare people to death and refuse to sacrifice their lives. What about the stone?"
Li Xiuyuan smiled and handed over the star stone with a flick of his hand.
The old man held it in his hand and quietly realized it, nodded with satisfaction and said: "Not bad, at least this star stone has come to life in your hands..."
Li Xiuyuan chuckled and said, "Disciple has been lazy these days. I have to go back to sweeping the floor tomorrow. Otherwise, I'm afraid the other handyman disciples in the sect will have objections."
Sweeping the floor was also a way of spiritual practice for him, and he had never resisted it.
Meng Shentong couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "That's okay. From now on, you can sweep the floor in the morning, come here to read a book after that, and try to communicate with the power of the stars at night."
Li Xiuyuan nodded and asked seriously: "Teacher, your technique must have a name. What about your sword technique?"
"What do you want to be called?"
Meng Shentong looked at him and smiled: "What do you want to call it? How about Star Jue? Or call it Star Sword? Isn't this domineering enough?"
Li Xiuyuan chuckled, touched his head and said, "It's still very early. This disciple hasn't even discovered the power of the stars yet."
"Why are you so anxious? When you succeed in your cultivation, others will be frightened to death just by hearing the word "star", let alone that you will be able to activate the power of the stars and strike out with that earth-shattering sword."
The moment Li Xiuyuan handed the black star stone to the old man, he was already surprised.
He never expected that in just one night's effort, his new disciple would already be able to feel the power of the stars.
You must know that he spent countless years of effort.
I closed my eyes and thought about it, and couldn't help but feel a little angry. Could it be that the kid in front of me was still better than myself back then?
Thinking of this, he suddenly looked forward to Li Xiuyuan's future.
In the entire Tianyun Mountain, from the venerable headmaster to the elders and disciples below, I am afraid there will never be another person who has the courage and the opportunity to practice his Star Art and Star Sword!
He was even imagining the first sword that Li Xiuyuan would make after arousing the power of the stars decades later!
Although he has not yet passed the sword technique to Li Xiuyuan, he gave the first move of the Star Sword a very proud name, called "Stretching for the Stars!"
Youngster reaching for the stars!
Using the power of the stars to strike out with a stunning sword to reach for the stars will shock the entire Xuanwu Land.
"Teacher, is the competition between the sects over?"
Li Xiuyuan found a book on the geography of Xuanwu Continent from the bookshelf, sat down in front of the window, and asked Meng Shentong quietly.
"It's over, the day after tomorrow is the apprenticeship ceremony!"
Meng Shentong shook his head and said thoughtfully: "This year's competition is very lively, and you don't even want to join in the fun!"
Li Xiuyuan was startled, flipping through the book in his heart, and replied calmly: "My disciple has no cultivation, why can't he come to watch the excitement and not be beaten? I didn't even sweep the floor."
In his opinion, if he followed Wang Qiang to join in the fun, someone would immediately jump out and rush him to sweep the floor.
Besides, apart from being interested in the teacher's Star Technique in front of me, I also wanted to find a way to learn the art of weapon refining from Yuan Zun.
And with his current qualifications, Yuan Zun will definitely look down on him.
Meng Shentong laughed when he heard this: "You can straighten your back in the sect from now on. Now you are my only disciple, I don't dare to embarrass you."
Li Xiu pinkou thought for a while, looked at the old man and shook his head gently, and said: "Disciple, I don't want to attract attention. Teacher, please don't tell anyone. I'd better just be a handyman quietly."
In his opinion, only by keeping a low profile will people not take notice of him, otherwise he might not be able to even sweep the floor in peace.
Before, he only wanted to learn how to refine weapons, and then go to Xuanwu Land to find the legendary divine fire.
Now he has one more thing to do. While he is following the teacher, he strives to communicate with one of the seven stars in the sky and draw the power of the stars into his body.
After that, I still have to think about how to practice the Star Sword Technique.
I originally thought that the master threw me to the Xuanwu Continent just to have a look, but I didn't expect that he was even busier than he was in the Shura Heaven Realm.
Only then did he remember that he hadn't seen Wang Qiang and Ping An for several days.
"Teacher, I haven't seen Ping An for several days. Did he go to practice with Yuan Zun?"
In his opinion, Wang Qiang would definitely not be able to control Ping An, and only an elder like Yuan Zun could control him.
"That little guy has now changed his mind about calling Wang Qiang master... He has been captured by Yuan Zun to temper his body with Yao Zun these days. If he doesn't suffer some hardships, he will miss the age of cultivation."
According to Meng Shentong, he originally wanted Ping An to practice the power of the stars, but that guy was born with immortal veins and was loved by the headmaster, Yuan Zun and others.
What's even more annoying is that the little guy has never seen him practice seriously, but his cultivation is growing while eating and sleeping.
The entire Tianyun Mountain is unique.
The old man tried twice to let Ping An dissipate the immortal energy and true energy in his body, but the headmaster and Yuan Zun disagreed.
I have said it several times, but the old man finally gave up on it.
"He's gone into body tempering. It seems that Ping An has suffered a lot these days."
Li Xiu had suffered through body tempering. He began to temper his body when he became his teacher in Fengyun City, and later went to the Shura Heaven Realm where the old Taoist priest tempered his body for him.
Until he met the old Taoist priest in Tianluo City, he kept tempering his body along the way, and he suffered a lot.
Meng Shentong smiled and said: "What a pity that little guy refuses to be my disciple!"
Li Xiuyuan was stunned and couldn't help but chuckled: "This will give me an advantage as a disciple."
...
Two days later, after the competition ended, Tianyun Mountain finally began the apprenticeship ceremony.
Li Xiuyuan cleaned the square in front of the hall early this morning.
By the time everyone gathered in the square and the standing ceremony started, he was already carrying a broom to clean the stone steps in front of the mountain gate.
It was a hot summer day, and he didn't want to stand in the square and be exposed to the sun. The sun at this hour was already giving others headaches.
There are long stone steps in the mountains, and it would take him an hour to clean them on weekdays.
Today, because of the ceremony, he deliberately delayed his work, intending to wait until the ceremony was over before finishing the sweep.
There was a handyman sweeping the floor at the gate of the mountain. Anyone who saw it would think it was ordinary. No one would care about the future of a handyman disciple.
This is exactly the result Li Xiuyuan wants.
Listening to the lively apprenticeship ceremony in front of the main hall, Li Xiuyuan went down to the last step and started cleaning in a hurry.
Wang Qiang, who was standing in the crowd, looked around for a long time. He walked around the square safely and couldn't find Li Xiuyuan.
He knew from Meng Shentong that Li Xiuyuan had begun to clean the mountain gate again. At this important time, Ping An always wanted Yuan Zun to accept Li Xiuyuan as his apprentice.
Yao Zun, Jian Zun and Yuan Zun all accepted the disciples they were promising today. Except for the headmaster and Yu Zun who did not accept any disciples, the other elders all accepted many satisfied disciples.
In front of Yuan Zun blowing his beard and staring, Ping An accepted Wang Qiang as his teacher as he wished and became an official disciple of Tianyun Mountain.
A small face with a cheerful smile made Yuan Zun and Yao Zun angry.
It didn't matter that Meng Shentong was the only one who guarded the library. He looked at Ping An and said, "Even if I become your senior brother's disciple, I can't be lazy!"
Ping An smiled bitterly at him: "Grandpa Meng, my master didn't even mention me!"
Meng Shentong looked at him angrily and cursed: "Even your master must listen to Grandpa Meng!"
During the apprenticeship process, Ping An shouted to Yuan Zun to accept his brother as his apprentice, while telling Meng Shentong that he was still young and could not endure too much hardship.
Seeing that the headmaster and Yaozun also frowned, only Yuzun sat aside coldly, neither accepting disciples nor saying anything, as if today's grand event had nothing to do with her.
Yuan Zun, who had been quarreling with Ping An for a long time, frowned and gave him a look, indicating that grandpa would make the decision for you.
The ceremony lasted for an entire hour and ended at a quarter past noon.
Looking at the elders and disciples who were satisfied with each other, Yuan Zun said calmly: "Headmaster, I want to make an exception today and accept a disciple. Do you have any objection?"
After saying that, he looked at Meng Shentong beside him and said with a smile, "Old Meng, you won't steal someone from me, will you?"
When Old Meng heard this, he seemed to know what he meant. He looked at him and said with a smile, "I promise I won't do anything!"
Yuan Zun politely returned the favor and continued, "My ears are soft, and this peace will not allow me to live in peace all day long... It just so happened that I also lacked a guy to light the fire, so I made an exception and accepted a registered disciple... ....”
When the headmaster heard this, he looked at him and laughed strangely: "You are not planning to capture a little guy from the handyman disciples, are you?"
Thousands of disciples in the square saw the end and were about to leave. Suddenly, they heard the conversation between Yuan Zun and the leader. They all stopped and looked at the several sages sitting in front of the main hall.
"You're right. This guy Ping An recommended a little handyman to me. I think it's okay to be idle, so why not recruit an additional registered disciple..."
Yuan Zhong looked at Zhang and Meng Shentong and smiled lightly.
"Who is he?" The headmaster thought for a moment. He is just a registered disciple. Maybe there will be a little handyman in the Refining Pavilion in the future. Accepting him will not affect the overall situation.
Yuan Zun pointed at the mountain gate and smiled: "No, that's the little guy who cleans the stone steps... or the little guy your apprentice Wang Qiang picked up from Tianhuang Mountain."
"Him?" The headmaster seemed to suddenly remember something and looked at the old man beside him and asked. "Mr. Meng, do you also have a crush on that little guy?"
Meng Shentong looked a little weird and said with a smile, "My business has nothing to do with any of you, so don't ask me."
The Sword Master sitting aside became interested and asked, "Old Elder, why are you so crazy that you want to accept a registered disciple?"
"The old man's business is none of your business, get out of here!" Yuan Zun nodded and cursed.
The Sword Master ignored him, but smiled and said, "How about we come together and let the little guy light the fire with you, and come to my place to clean the sword when he has time?"
Meng Shentong was stunned, looked at the two of them and said with a smile: "I think you two are too busy to make fun of a small handyman disciple!"
Upon hearing this, Yuan Zun turned around and shouted: "Come here safely, let me tell you, Grandpa Meng, whether your Grandpa Yuan is too busy!"
Looking at the appearance of the three of them, the headmaster didn't wait for Ping An's reply, and shouted to Ping An: "Ping An, go and call the little guy who is sweeping the floor, and tell him that your Grandpa Yuan wants to accept him as a registered disciple!"
"Ping An, hurry up and call someone, let me see who it is? Can the elder be so interested." Sword Master said with a smile.
Suddenly, thousands of disciples exploded in the square. No one expected that Yuan Zun, who usually did not accept disciples, would actually accept a handyman disciple as a registered disciple.
Even the usually stern-faced Sword Master also joined in the fun, not to mention the unhappy-looking elder of the library.
Soon, Wang Qiang dragged Li Xiuyuan, who was still holding the broom in his hand, to the front of the main hall.
"Who are you?" Sword Master looked at Li Xiuyuan and asked in surprise.
"He is my registered disciple." After Yuan Zun finished speaking, he looked at Li Xiuyuan who was still in a daze and said with a smile, "Little guy, are you willing to become my disciple and learn from me how to make fire?"
