In the beginning, the three brothers regarded the old monk as a father, especially after eating their first full meal.
They wandered around the world with the old monk and lived an extremely happy year.
During this year, the old monk kept them fed and clothed, but there was a problem. Every meal was just thick, fatty meat slices, and not much salt was added.
When I first ate it, it was a delicacy for three children who had basically never tasted meat.
As time went by, the three brothers became a little bit unable to eat. The greasy and fatty meat slices had no salt. They wanted to change the taste, but the old casual cultivator refused to let them go. He said it was to lay a physical foundation for future practice.
The old casual cultivator indeed gave him the skills and a magic weapon for each person to practice day and night, and to practice day and night.
Naturally, the three brothers could only do as they were told.
The old casual cultivator was usually kind and treated them very well, but when it came to matters related to eating fat meat, as long as there was a slight inquiry, he would definitely get angry and threaten to expel the three brothers from the disciples.
How could the three brothers, who had suffered the pain of wandering and had seen too many Yi Zi and eat them, endure this?
So, the days of eating fatty meat slices passed by for a long time.
One year after being admitted to the apprenticeship, the three brothers all grew up to be fair and chubby. They were originally thin and dry, except for their big eyes. Their appearance was completely lost. Instead, the fat accumulated on their faces, making their eyes small.
You can no longer see it.
During this year, the three brothers, together with their senior brother, the first disciple that the old casual cultivator accepted in his early years, followed the old casual cultivator around the world, cheating and cheating.
One day a year later, they arrived at a raging river.
The name of the river is Sishui.
According to legend, there is a Hebo named Sichuan Queen in Si River. Every year, a Taoist priest must preside over the sacrifice, otherwise it will flood.
The old casual cultivator is the person who is responsible for the sacrifice every year and has a very good relationship with the people in the surrounding villages.
This year, when it was time for sacrifices again, the old monk took his four disciples back to the edge of Si River.
On the eve of the sacrifice, the old casual cultivator made gorgeous clothes for each of the three brothers in the name of what they needed for the sacrifice. In addition to their fair and fat looks, they said they were worthy of being boys next to gods.
The old casual cultivator did not let them go directly to the sacrifice site. He said that their cultivation was not good enough and they would easily collide with Hebochuan in Sishui River, so he asked them to choose a position upstream and wait patiently.
At that time, the three brothers were still a little jealous. The old monk did not take them with him, but he took his senior brother with him.
Aren’t their senior brothers also incapable of cultivation?
It's just that they have a good relationship with their senior brother, and it was the first time they wore such beautiful new clothes, so they didn't pay much attention to it and were so excited that they couldn't sleep most of the night.
In the second half of the night, when they were in a daze, hearing the sound of rushing water that was particularly noisy at night, and about to fall asleep, a man sneaked into their makeshift shed.
Their big brother.
The senior brother, who is almost ten years older than them, has always taken good care of them, and the relationship between the two of them is very good. They are really like biological brothers.
This time he found them in the middle of the night and told them to run quickly.
The three brothers hurriedly asked, and then heard a shocking truth from the elder brother.
It turns out that it was not the first time, not the second time, but the ninth time that the old casual cultivator presided over the Sishui sacrifice.
After each sacrifice,
The senior brother will have three new junior brothers;
After each sacrifice begins,
Senior brother will lose three old junior brothers again.
Every time a sacrifice is performed,
From the upper reaches, the immortal corpses of three fairy boys will float down, indicating that the Hebo River has received offerings. One year later, the bodies of the fairy boys will be enshrined in the Hebo Temple built by the villagers of Bishui, and they will be worshiped for one year.