"Master Beile, I, Qin Feng, am from a clean background. If I join your sect, wouldn't I be throwing dirty water on myself?"
Seeing that Zai was a little anxious, Qin Feng took it upon himself to collect the junk for more than half a year. He knew the benefits of bargaining. If you don't fight for some things, others will not take the initiative to give them to you.
"It's just you, you're still innocent?"
Zaishi was so angry at Qin Feng's words that he laughed angrily, "I didn't realize that you have a way of acting like a rogue. Boy, your innocence has been tarnished just by your behavior of killing people and going to jail. I don't need to blame you." Already covered in sewage.
Besides, since the Ming Dynasty, the position of head of the Outer Eight Sects has been held by famous contemporary scholars or relatives of the emperor. Do you think it’s just cabbage on the roadside that anyone can pick?”
The man who unified the eight outer sects at that time had a very high status in Taoism. The people who would inherit it from later generations were either powerful people or people from the imperial court. They had a distinguished status, but when it came to Qin Feng's mouth, it turned into an insult to his innocence. This made Zai Shi I just feel like I can't laugh or cry.
"Ahem, that's different."
Qin Feng had forgotten about this incident just now. He rolled his eyes and retorted: "Those people who died were not good people. Besides, I was just self-defense..."
"Don't talk about these useless things. Boy, let me give you a choice. Either kneel down and kowtow three times to become a disciple, or else go back to the prison cell and serve your sentence. Do you really think I am rushing to accept a disciple?"
Zai had been hanging around in the world all his life, so he couldn't see Qin Feng's little thoughts. After hearing Qin Feng's words, he poured himself a cup of tea, sat on the Taishi chair and drank the tea steadily. .
"I said Master Baylor, then I will leave."
Qin Feng rolled his eyes and walked out the door, but he had already crossed the threshold. He didn't hear the old man say anything, so he turned around angrily and said, "It's not impossible to worship you as my teacher. But do you really mean what you said before?"
"What are you talking about?" Zai was stunned for a moment. He didn't seem to have made any promise to this kid, right?
"Hey, don't deny it!" Qin Feng became anxious upon hearing this and said, "You once said, give me one month to find my sister within a year!"
"I did."
The old man narrowed his eyes when he heard this, and said meaningfully: "But... if you want to get out, it still depends on your own ability. Within a year, you can learn five of my skills, and you will be able to enter and leave this prison as easily as walking on flat ground!"
"Just blow it..." Qin Feng is not that easy to fool, "If you had this ability, you could still stay in this prison for decades, wouldn't you have run away long ago?"
"You know what the heck, I am willing to stay here, otherwise I won't be able to go anywhere in the world?"
Zai is not bragging when he says this. During the years he was imprisoned, the world was in great chaos, and there was no pure land in the world. Instead of living in the rivers and lakes, it would be better to be comfortable in prison.
And after serving his sentence, he was already nearly ninety years old, and he didn't even want to go to the muddy waters of the world. He just wanted to stay here and retire. If he hadn't met Qin Feng, he might have buried this skill in the ground. ,
"You really didn't fool me?"
Qin Feng looked at the old man in disbelief. Seeing that Zai was about to get angry, he quickly said: "Isn't it okay if I agree? Master, I am here to accept my disciple's respect!"
Although Qin Feng is young, his ability to assess the situation is no worse than that of an adult. In fact, he had already had the idea of becoming a disciple after Zai Shi told the origins of the Eight Outer Sects, but just now he wanted to gain more for himself. Just benefits.
However, everything should be done in moderation. Seeing that the old man's patience was almost worn out, Qin Feng did not dare to provoke the other party any more. If he went too far, he might be beaten to death. At that moment, his knees went weak and he knelt down towards Zaishi.
"Wait a minute, although no one is watching the ceremony, the apprenticeship cannot be too casual!" Zaishi raised his right foot and lifted Qin Feng's bent knee back. "When you enter my door, you must first worship the ancestor. You wait. one time!"
Zaishi stood up as he spoke, walked into the back room and rummaged around for a while, then came out with a scroll in his hand, took down the "Orchid, Bamboo and Stone Picture" on the desk, and unfolded the picture in his hand. Hang it up.
"Master, who is this person? Why is he a Taoist priest?"
After waiting for the painting to be hung up, Qin Feng discovered that there was only a man in a Taoist robe with Taoist temples in his hands. The Taoist was holding a whisk in his hand, carrying a sword on his back, and was surrounded by clouds and mist, just like an immortal.
Different from Western realistic techniques, ancient Chinese paintings often only focus on Spring and Autumn brushwork and artistic conception. However, the Taoist face looks like one nose and two eyes, and there is nothing surprising about it.
"In addition to the Patriarch, in the early Ming Dynasty, who could stop Zhu Yuanzhang and his son from going on a killing spree?"
After hanging up the image, Zai Shi bowed to the portrait respectfully and said in his mouth: "I am the Patriarch Sanfeng. Today, Zai Shi, the 20th generation descendant of the Outer Eight Sect, has accepted a disciple. I would like to invite the Patriarch to witness this. !”
After paying homage, Zaishi sat back on the Grand Master's chair and said, "Qin Feng, kneel down!"
Although he had many questions before, seeing Zai's serious look, Qin Feng still knelt in front of the portrait honestly.
"After three bows, offer three sticks of incense to the Patriarch!"
"Yes, Master!" Qin Feng respectfully kowtowed to the portrait three times, took three incense sticks from the desk, lit them, and inserted them into the incense burner he had just prepared.
"Master, please accept my disciple's three bows!" After offering the incense, Qin Feng bowed to Zai Shi again. This time, Zai Shi did not stop him, but received Qin Feng's head nod three times.
"Qin Feng, our sect only has three rules, you must remember them!"
After the apprenticeship ceremony was completed, Zaishi did not ask Qin Feng to stand up, but said seriously: "The first rule of the sect is not to betray the master, bully the master and destroy the ancestors. Can you do it?"
"able!"
Qin Feng answered cheerfully, but he couldn't help but feel a little funny in his heart. The old man and himself were the only two people left in the main sect of the Outer Eight Gates. In the future, he was afraid that he would be the only one. How could he bully his master and destroy his ancestors?
However, after thinking about it, Qin Feng suddenly understood that the master was bitten by a snake once and was afraid of well ropes for ten years. He has not forgotten what happened to the traitor back then.
"Second, women must not be raped!"
"Third, don't kill innocent people in vain, can you do that?" Zaishi didn't know what Qin Feng was thinking, so he directly said the other two sect rules.
"Master, I can do it!" Qin Feng nodded heavily. Although he had five lives in his hands, Qin Feng believed that those people were all worthy of death. Naturally, this could not be regarded as killing innocent people in vain.
"By the way, Master, you haven't told me the name of our ancestor yet."
Qin Feng was really curious about the man in the painting. The eight outer sects were full of cheaters, swindlers, and thieves. None of them were good. The founder was able to integrate them. The difficulty was not ordinary.
"The founder's surname is Zhang and his given name is Sanfeng. He was from the late Song Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty." Zaishi heard this and said with a smile: "Everyone knows that he founded the Wudang sect, but few people know that he is also the leader of the eight outer sects... "
After Zhu Yuanzhang founded the country, he massacred people in Jianghu, but he only respected Taoism. He even regarded Zhang Sanfeng as a living god, and built a Taoist temple for him in Wudang Mountain. The whole story has been impossible to study until today.
However, according to Zai Shi, when Zhang Sanfeng traveled around the world, he was able to bring together the scattered Outer Eight Sects. I wonder if the Emperor of the Zhu family reduced the killing of people in the world for this reason.
"So the founder is Zhang Sanfeng? No wonder he is so powerful!"
Qin Feng stuck out his tongue. He had been stealing lessons from the Liu family for so many years and had heard a lot of rumors and anecdotes in the martial arts world. Naturally, he knew that Tai Chi was created by Zhang Sanfeng, who was a very famous figure.
After hearing Qin Feng's words, Zaishi laughed, waved his hand and said, "Okay, get up and come here, Master wants to give you a gift!"
"Gift? Master, what other treasures do you have hidden in this room?"
After hearing what Zaishi said, Qin Feng couldn't help but look around the room. This set of huanghuali tables and chairs was a treasure, but he couldn't move it away even if it was given to Qin Feng.
"The thing is in my hand!"
Seeing Qin Feng approaching, Zai stretched out his fist, but when he opened his palm, it was empty.
"Master, you..." Just when Qin Feng wanted to ask, the palm that was raised to Qin Feng's chest suddenly moved forward and hit Qin Feng's chest firmly.
"Wow……"
The force of this palm was quite strong. Qin Feng took three steps back and sat on the ground. He felt a sense of discomfort in his chest. Just when he opened his mouth to speak, a mouthful of blood spurted out.
"Master, what are you doing?"
When the mouthful of blood spurted out, Qin Feng's breathing finally became smoother. He looked at the old man in disbelief. How could anyone accept a disciple and give him a meal as a greeting gift?
"Qin Feng, I know that you have experienced changes in your family since you were a child, and you have been dependent on your sister for life. Even if you are broad-minded, it is inevitable that you will be angry..."
Zaishi stood up and walked to Qin Feng, glanced at the pool of black and purple blood on his chest, and said: "If you don't force the blood out of your body, you will end up with hemiplegia in less than three years! "
As Zaishi said, Qin Feng has been very energetic since he was a child, but when something happened at home, he was still a child after all, and no one told him about his depression. Over time, his energy and blood were squeezed in his body.
Killing five people in a row some time ago was also a form of venting, but it was just treating the symptoms rather than the root cause. The fear and uneasiness after the killing made Qin Feng's hidden illness even more serious.
Zai was practicing the Taoist qi training method, which was even better than the internal breathing method. He had long seen Qin Feng's hidden disease, but this time he cured it.
"Is it that serious?" Qin Feng lowered his head and glanced at the black blood on his chest. A fishy smell came from his nose, and he couldn't help but believe the old man's words.
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