When Lonnie said this, I was a little moved, so I whispered: "How about agreeing to him?"
"Well, that's okay!" Lonnie nodded and said, "But we have to put a condition to him."
After saying that, she turned back to Mr. Hu San and pulled me to kneel down: "Grandpa, Cheng Yi can agree to your request, but I hope you can agree to us on one condition."
"Oh? What are the conditions?" Mr. Hu San asked calmly, holding the tea cup.
Lonnie said solemnly: "You have to accept Cheng Yi as your disciple and teach him the art of pinching and forming formations."
I couldn't help but tremble in my heart. It turned out that this was the condition Lonnie wanted to put forward. It was too bold!
Mr. Hu San has a very important position in the inner five halls. It is said that he has extremely strict conditions for accepting apprentices. He has only accepted three apprentices in hundreds of years, and all of them are famous figures.
Now that I, a disciple of the Fifth Wai Tang, have rashly asked him to be my disciple, I don’t know if Mr. Hu San will agree.
"You girl, you are waiting for me here." Mr. Hu San narrowed his eyes and looked at Lonnie: "No wonder you agreed so happily just now!"
"Hehe!" Lonnie said with a smile: "Grandpa, my little Chengzi is a novice after all. If he doesn't learn more skills, how can he help Neiwutang resolve the immortal calamity? Don't you think so?"
Mr. Hu San shook his head helplessly: "Girl, I can't compare to you in terms of your sharp tongue."
He pointed at me and said: "However, it is not easy to be my Hu San's apprentice. You must pass my test before I can consider accepting him as my apprentice."
When Lonnie saw that there was something going on, she quickly touched me. I understood and immediately said, "Grandpa, no matter what the test is, Cheng Yi will do his best!"
"very good."
Mr. Hu San nodded slightly: "A hundred miles west of the city, there will be a test waiting for you. Come to me after you complete this mission."
I was about to ask more clearly about where exactly Baili was in the west of the city and what the mission was, but Mr. Hu San waved his hand at us and disappeared in a flash.
"This old man didn't explain clearly, what task does he want me to complete?"
I said with some complaint.
"Don't worry, I'll find out if I go there with you tomorrow."
Lonnie didn't care much. She happily took out the tablets and asked me to quickly clean up the next room and offer fresh incense as my memorial tablet.
"As you command, my dear wife."
I didn't dare to disobey Lonnie's instructions, so I nodded helplessly and started working.
Early the next morning, I went to the store and bought a map. After searching according to the map, I found that there happened to be a village called Wangjiazhuang a hundred miles west of the city.
Could it be that the mission Mr. Hu San mentioned was in Wangjiazhuang?
"Let's go take a look first."
Lonnie was not sure, so she decided to go to Wangjiazhuang to check it out with me.
We took a taxi and drove all the way. After more than two hours, we arrived outside Wangjiazhuang Village. Lonnie and I got out of the car and walked into the village together.
As imagined, Wangjiazhuang is quite in decline. At first glance, it is all dilapidated private houses. Only there is a three-story house on the east side, which looks like a prosperous scene.
What's strange is that every household in the village has its doors and windows closed, but not a single person can be seen on the road in broad daylight.
We felt very strange. We walked around the village and walked to the door of a house. Finally we saw a little girl squatting outside the door and playing in the mud.
I walked over quickly and bent down to say hello to the little girl.
"How are you, kid? Uncle wants to ask..."
The little girl glanced up at me and ignored me, then lowered her head and concentrated on playing in the mud.
Before I could put my hands down in the air, I felt a little embarrassed for a moment. Just as I was thinking about how to get this girl to speak, Lonnie stepped forward and pulled me aside.
"Let me do it."
Lonnie said, took out a lollipop from her pocket and handed it over.
"Little sister, this is for you!"
The little girl's eyes lit up, she took the lollipop and quickly put it in her mouth.
"Thank you sister!"
"So good!"
Lonnie smiled and touched the little girl's head. At the same time, she turned back and glanced at me proudly.
I looked helpless and could only give Lonnie a thumbs up.
Ni, as expected of you.
"Little sister, can you answer a question for me?" Lonnie bent down and continued to ask.
"Well, sister, you ask me!" the little girl replied happily while sucking the lollipop.
Lonnie said: "We just walked around your village, why can't we see anyone here?"
"Mom said there are monsters in the village and you can't go out casually."
"What kind of monster is that? Have you seen it?"
Lonnie was about to continue asking when the door behind the little girl suddenly opened with a creak.
A woman walked out quickly, pulled the little girl behind her, and looked at us warily.
"who are you?"
Lonnie explained: "Sister, we are tourists from out of town and would like to inquire..."
"We don't welcome outsiders here, please leave immediately!"
With an indifferent look on her face, the woman took the little girl into the courtyard and was about to close the door.
"Sister, we would like to ask..."
"If you have anything to do, ask the village chief!"
After the woman finished speaking, she locked the door with a bang.
Lonnie and I were turned away and looked at each other in confusion. We couldn't figure out why this woman was so hostile to us.
Reminiscent of what the little girl said just now, we are more sure that there must be something inside the Wangjiazhuang.
So Lonnie and I decided to continue looking for clues in the village.
Soon, we walked to a tile-roofed house in the middle of the village. The sign next to it read a few big characters, Wangjiazhuang Village Committee.
Seeing the door open, we were hesitant to go in and ask.
At this time, an old man walked out of the house with a cigarette in his mouth. When he saw us, he was stunned.
"Who are you?"
This time I was the first to react and said quickly: "Uncle, we two are traveling friends from out of town. Do you know where the village chief is?"
The old man stared at me and said, "I am the village chief, what do you want?"
I was about to ask, but Lonnie took the lead and quickly took out two red bills and stuffed them into the village chief's hand.
"Village Chief, we just want to ask you something."
The village chief was originally a little wary of us, but when he saw the banknotes handed over by Lonnie, he immediately put on a smile.
"Oh, what are you doing? You're too polite! If you want to know anything, just ask!"
The village chief stuffed the banknotes into his pocket and said with a smile.
"Village Chief, we want to know what happened in your village!"
