Chapter 38 Disciple

Chapter 38 Disciple

Chapter 38 Disciple
At this time, Zhao Qi was drawing talismans in the room. Holding a thin pen dipped in cinnabar, he carefully drew the eyebrows and eyes of a little man on the bamboo paper. The little man that Li Wuxiang saw on the bamboo paper that night when he was possessed by the big ghost was drawn with ink, and only the eyes were dotted with cinnabar. But the one he was drawing now was all blood red, and more delicate. Although this "more delicate" can only be regarded as a child's doodle in the eyes of people who are good at calligraphy and painting, the difficulty is not in the shape of a person, but in the spirit.

In order to pursue this spirit, Zhao Qi moved his pen extremely carefully, almost moving it cautiously on the paper bit by bit, so that the energy he had poured into the tip of the pen could be contained in the painting and the spirit could be restrained.

Just then, there was a gentle knock on the door. The thought flashed through his mind, and the little cinnabar man on the paper immediately became lifeless, turning into a real child's doodle.

Zhao Qi took a deep breath, turned around and glared at the door, almost breaking the pen with his hand: "Who!? What's going on!?"

After a while, I heard a voice: "...Master, it's your disciple Li Jiye."

"You..." Zhao Qi had already cursed at Chen Xin or someone else from the Chen family, thinking that the person who was going to knock on the door was Chen Xin. But when he heard Li Jiye's voice, which seemed to be frightened, his anger was slightly reduced, but he still felt depressed. The bamboo paper he used was extremely precious. It was not valuable because of the paper itself, but because it was refined by his master Zhao Kui. He only had more than a hundred pieces in his hand. He had wasted many pieces of paper a few days ago before he had some usable ones. Now he had wasted another one.

He took a deep breath and asked in a questioning tone: "What are you doing here?"

The voice outside the door sounded a little stunned and aggrieved, but still respectful: "Disciple... When I am at home, I must pay my respects to my parents and elders every morning and evening... After I go back, I think that Master is like a father, so I should do the same. So... so... Master, please forgive me for disturbing your meditation."

Zhao Qi felt a tightness in his chest and was stunned. He did not expect Li Wuxiang to say these words.

He fell silent, looked at the thin stack of bamboo paper on the table, slowly put down his pen, and let out a breath.

This disciple reminded him of himself and his master Zhao Kui. When he thought of his master, the first thing that came to his mind was his face—always frowning, always unhappy, and never knowing when he would open his mouth and scold.

"You stupid thing!"

"Don't you understand this?"

"Look at your senior brothers and sisters!"

"Okay, okay, that's it!"

"If you still don't understand, just go down the mountain. Wouldn't it be much easier to just be a street urchin?"

But there were always some other odds and ends - when I was kneeling alone in the Taiyi Temple for a day and a night, he came over with a stern face, kicked me, and then threw a cake. When I was banging my head against the wall in fear and anger because I had to practice tomorrow but couldn't write a talisman after spending half a month, he frowned and shouted: "Okay! Practice for a few more days and we'll talk about it!"

He knew that his master was a mean and cold person, but he always felt that his master was good to him. Therefore, everyone else on the mountain left, and he was the only one who kept guarding the longevity lamp. While searching for his master, he thought that if he wanted to establish a school and accept disciples, as long as he was not so stupid and annoying, and had a bit of his own intelligence, he would treat him better than his master treated him, and be a dignified and serious teacher.

He knew it was a bit difficult. Because when he was depressed in the mountains, he had raised a few dogs to relieve his boredom. Those dogs were beastly, and they looked cute when they were young, but they were always disobedient when they grew up. He beat and scolded them to teach them, but the animals were not human. After being beaten and scolded, they either shrank and hid when they saw him, or regarded him as an enemy and barked wildly, so he couldn't help strangling them all to death.

He now accepted Li Wuxiang as his disciple. Although he was going to use him, he also planned to practice with him before using him and learn how to be a master. But he didn't expect that when he saw his good talent in the morning, he felt very unhappy and accidentally got angry. He thought about it for the whole afternoon and always felt that he couldn't help it, which was really bad.

Therefore, at this moment, listening to his words, his anger suddenly disappeared. When he thought about the sentence "Master is like a father", it disappeared completely.

He sighed and said, "Okay, okay, come in."

The door was pushed open, and he saw Li Wuxiang walk in, close it behind him, and stand at the door. "Master..." Zhao Qi wanted to say, "Master was a little angry just now," but he immediately realized that he must not say this, lest his disciple disrespect him, so he changed his words and said, "Have you practiced what Master taught you this afternoon?"

"Master, I have practiced all afternoon. I only got up and walked around for a short while. I dare not neglect it."

Zhao Qi heard Li Wuxiang's voice now, and he was not so scared anymore, as if he didn't care about what he had just asked him. His temper was much better than his own... Humph, in that kind of family, how could it be bad to be spoiled and pampered? Now that the family is broken up, it is also true...

He immediately took a breath and said in his heart, I am already the commander.

"Come here, let me check your pulse."

Li Wuxiang walked up to him and stretched out his hand. Zhao Qi placed his finger on his pulse. After a while, he couldn't help but frown. Li Wuxiang lowered his eyes respectfully, and Zhao Qi looked at him for a while longer.

His qualifications...are better than I thought.

When I checked his pulse yesterday, his aura was still mixed, and he hadn't even reached the threshold of cultivation. But after practicing for an entire afternoon, he actually had a very weak sense of aura in his body! This...

Zhao Qi hesitated in his heart.

I want to use Li Jiye because he has noble qualities. Previously, I thought he had good aptitude and understanding, but there are many people with good aptitude in this world, but they are mostly buried because they don't have the Dao affinity. After I find the Golden Chanzi, my cultivation will advance by leaps and bounds. Now that I have just entered the door of Qi Refining, I can guarantee a youthful lifespan of more than 40 years. If I can use the Golden Chanzi to quickly cultivate to the peak of Qi Refining like my master, I can guarantee more than 60 years of youth and vigor.

This way, there are still nearly thirty years of good time, and maybe I can really form the elixir! By then, once the elixir is formed, I will no longer have to worry about any illness, I can be young for a hundred years, and live another hundred years.

But now, he found that his disciple's qualifications were not just "good", but a rare genius. If such a person could practice seriously, his realm would surely improve rapidly, which was absolutely incomparable to himself. What if... what if he really accepted him as a disciple? If his temperament was really as gentle as it is now, and he could be a good master... maybe he could benefit from his fame in the future, it was not unheard of.

But things like moral character...

Zhao Qi stared at Li Wuxiang for a while and then withdrew his hand.

"You've practiced well." He thought for a moment, "Didn't you feel anything different about the town when you came here?"

"Master, it seems like there are fewer people, and the way they look at me is a little strange. I thought it was because I am now your disciple... Is there something else going on?"

Zhao Qi nodded: "It's an evil spirit."

He was satisfied to see that Li Wuxiang was stunned, gasped in panic, but quickly calmed down.

"Chen Xin knew about this earlier and has already gone to the man's house. When he comes back and reports, I will take you tonight to remove the evil spirit and see what kind of character you have."

　The second update is at 8:00 AM

　　
　
(End of this chapter)