Although the two little people have become stronger and stronger after practicing the foundation-building method, they are still tired and sweating on their foreheads after filling a large bucket of water.
Wang Chong didn't stop him. After the two of them had fetched water, they washed and bathed peacefully, not wanting to waste the filial piety of the two disciples.
"Teacher... after you left, a person came down from the mountain. They had promised to be exempted from labor and taxes for one year, but they went back on their word and asked for people from the village to go mining. Grandpa went to find an immortal master to accommodate him, but he was beaten to death. seriously injured.
The senior sister's father was originally from the mining industry. Over the years, he relied on his grandfather to mobilize help from the village to survive. The senior sister was angry, but she was weak, so she practiced the "Little Five Elements Qi Refining Technique". "
While holding the dishes, Wang Chong looked at the two children, Li Daocheng and Li Yuxu, who were careful. Somehow, he remembered what he looked like when he was in Mount Wutai.
When he first crossed the Shu Mountains, it was the time of great chaos in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. It was Patriarch Taiyi who rescued him from the chaos and brought him back to Mount Wutai.
"At the beginning, I was so respectful and afraid of my ancestor. I was cautious in everything I did. Instead of blaming me, my ancestor taught me to guide him patiently."
Thinking of Patriarch Taiyi and the more than one hundred years of carefree time in Mount Wutai, Wang Chong couldn't help but feel a little soft in his heart.
"Disciple... I'm wrong, please... teacher... don't drive me... away..."
Outside the room, Li Xiuling had been kneeling for more than two hours, her voice going from crisp at first to hoarse now.
Even though he has cultivated his true energy and stepped into the door of cultivation, after all, the time is still short, and the foundation building has not been completed, and the body has not yet transformed, so he can still only be regarded as a mortal.
It's like a child walking with a sledgehammer heavier than himself.
For more than two hours, she kowtowed hundreds of times. At this time, Li Xiuling no longer had the high spirits she had just now. Her forehead was cracked, her hairpins were scattered, and she was kowtowing in a daze. The reason why she can persist now has nothing to do with perseverance. , just due to inertia.
Wang Chong thought of Patriarch Taiyi, and his heart softened a little. He had made many mistakes at the beginning, but Patriarch Taiyi never gave up on him.
Why should I be so harsh?
But building the foundation was the test that Wang Chong left for them. No matter what the reason was, since Li Xiuling couldn't stand the anger for a while, she really had no chance to be his disciple.
"Let her in."
Li Daocheng was overjoyed when he heard that Wang Chong finally relented, but he still tried his best to suppress it and bowed respectfully.
"is teacher."
The door opened and she saw Li Daocheng. Li Xiuling was still preparing to kowtow as usual, but Li Daocheng quickly grabbed her.
"Senior sister, the teacher is calling you, come in quickly."
Li Xiuling didn't seem to hear it, and still kept kowtowing. When Wang Chong inside saw his appearance, he immediately knew why and shouted:
"Pindao has already said that he will leave in seven or eight days, or in half a month, and he will definitely return. You have such a big temper that you cannot bear any grievance, so you turned a deaf ear to Pindao's words.
Now it's just a small setback, and it's going to ruin yourself, so... go ahead! See if he is beaten to death, Pindao will not be moved at all. "
Wang Chong's words were so serious that Li Xiuling seemed to have been hit hard, and her eyes turned from chaotic to clear.
"Teacher, I was wrong, please don't drive me away."
Li Yuxu has both parents. Although life is not good and his younger brother was taken away by the immortals on the mountain, in general, life can still go on.
But Li Xiuling and Li Daocheng were different. One lost her father when she was young, and was raised by her mother alone. The elders in the same village naturally knew their mother's hard work and helped them from time to time.
But those of the same age did not have the same empathy. Li Xiuling had been bullied countless times since she was a child, and her personality gradually became a little extreme, and she could not bear the slightest anger.
Because she knew that the more she gave in, the more the other party would advance.
Li Xiuling was like this, but Li Daocheng was different. Both of his parents were absent. When he was very young, he ate one meal at one house and another at that house. He felt the warmth and also received the glares.
But he knows that without these uncles and uncles, he would not be alive today, so although he is sensitive, he has always been grateful.
In addition, she suffered more hardships than Li Xiuling, so her mind matured prematurely.
But no matter what, these six months were the happiest days the two of them had ever lived in their lives. Wang Chong taught them knowledge, helped them choose names, and accepted them as disciples.
Kindness, majesty, adoration, admiration, everything, made the two people vaguely overlap Wang Chong with the image of their imaginary father.
This is also the reason why Li Xiuling collapsed so much after being expelled by Wang Chong.
Li Xiuling just kept kowtowing and confessing, but in fact it was just out of fear of being driven away by Wang Chong, and she did not think that what she did was wrong. Therefore, even if she kowtowed fiercely and said "wrong" in her mouth, she did not shed a single tear. They are all very stubborn.
But Wang Chong's drink broke through the protective packaging she had given herself since she was a child, and she burst into tears and cried bitterly. I can no longer maintain that stubborn look.
Wang Chong sighed and waved towards her.
Li Xiuling did not get up, crawled into the room crying, knelt in front of Wang Chong and cried:
"Teacher, I was wrong, please don't drive me away."
After patting her head, Wang Chong sighed:
“If a person who practices Taoism is concerned with the road, he should be brave and diligent, and dare to draw his sword to fight for a bright and prosperous road for himself.
But it's just a small matter, and you don't care about your own path and insist on fighting with others.
How is this the mentality of a monk? "
The reason why Wang Chong took risks in his previous life was because he had no choice but to steal the Taoism of various sects and solve the fundamental problem of demonic will. He would have been transformed into a projection incarnation by the Emperor Zizi, and his end would be worse than his soul being scattered. Much worse.
In fact, he is not a free-spirited master. Before practicing magic, he always looked down upon these external objects that did not involve his own path.
Even for the secrets of his predecessors who had no cause and effect, he didn't put any thought into it. He only had a self-refined Hundred Spirits Slaying Immortal Sword on his body.
Later, he was inexplicably dragged into the doom, and he was never depressed. Although his methods were not glorious, his Daoist heart that still dared to fight and draw the sword in the face of difficulties and the supreme existence was the real support. He is the basis for achieving immortality.
Not being distracted by trivial matters, but having the courage to fight bravely for your own path, this is the mentality that a true Taoist should have.
"Teacher, disciple... I sincerely realize that I was wrong."
Li Xiuling was choked with tears and seemed to be sincerely repentant. Wang Chong stopped talking, patted her shoulder and asked her to stand up before saying:
"Originally, Pindao calculated that the Li family would undergo a major change within three years. By then, they could easily take over the Five Elements Mountain as the foundation of the sect. However, due to your interference, the death of the ancestor of the Li family was due to Pindao again. On the Tao.
But if you really have to suffer disaster at the hands of Pindao, and Pindao has taken over this inheritance, it will really not sound good if word spreads about it.
This is a disaster caused by you, and it is up to you to quell it. "
After saying that, he took out a jade gourd from his sleeve and handed it to Li Xiuling:
"This is a gourd of Qianyuan Bone-Repairing Pills. There are thirty-six pills in total. If you take one pill every day, in thirty-six days you will be able to shed your mortal body and your true energy will increase greatly.
Pindaohui went to declare a challenge to the ancestor of the Li family and bet half of the Five Elements Mountain.
Remember, if you mess up Pindao's affairs again, don't come to see Pindao again. "
Wang Chong said harshly. Li Xiuling quickly wiped away her tears and said firmly:
"Disciple, never let the teacher down again."
Wang Chong's expression softened slightly, and he waved his hand, asking the three of them to retreat.
The three of them bowed respectfully and slowly exited the room.
After waiting until no one was around, Wang Chong snorted coldly and said to the sky:
"If you dare to plot against Pindao again, do you believe that Pindao will turn you into a plaything in the future?"
Wang Chong was used to seeing strong winds and waves, and he had no awe at all for the Heavenly Dao, which he only had a vague awareness of.
