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Chapter 71 Cleaning the Courtyard

The next morning, Li Xiao sat in the pavilion in the center of the small lake, teasing Fei Zai leisurely; Shen Yi and the others were playing not far from the lake shore.

The Taoist Taoist was leaning against a peach tree, drinking wine leisurely; the flowers in the distance were smiling, bending down to loosen the soil for the flowers and plants under their feet, and the little flower fairies surrounding him were moving up and down from time to time. Flying, little green lights are scattered in the hands, falling on the flowers and plants, and then seeping into them.

Twelve male and female monks were cleaning the Taoist temple silently; Qingfengmingyue both sat at the mountain gate, discussing something.

His hand unconsciously touched Fei Zai's neck and looked around at the leisurely and easy-going people and things. Li Xiao couldn't help but have a faint smile on his face. Maybe this is the life he wants!

Maybe in the near future, he will be able to truly enjoy this leisure, Li Xiao thought.

Suddenly hearing voices coming from the mountain gate, Li Xiao woke up from his thoughts. He stood up and looked around, and saw Qingfeng Mingyue leading Du Sheng towards the temple.

The flowers in the distance instantly put away the little flower fairies, stood up and brushed off the soil on their hands, and walked towards the pavilion in the lake. The old way of drinking wine against the peach blossoms also put away the wine gourd, got up and walked towards the pavilion.

Qingfeng Mingyue led Du Sheng, passed by Shen Yi and the others who were still playful, and walked along the wooden bridge to the pavilion.

"Master Guanzhu, this person said he is here to become a disciple." Qingfeng said.

"Well, you go ahead." Li Xiao said lightly.

After Qingfeng Mingyue left, Du Sheng took out a bank card from his pocket without talking nonsense and handed it to Li Xiao.

"The ceremony of worshiping the mountain and the ceremony of worshiping the teacher are all here. I wonder if I can worship the teacher and live in the Taoist temple today?" Du Sheng said.

After Du Sheng returned home yesterday, he felt that the opportunity was hard-won. If Li Xiao changed his mind again in a few days, wouldn't his happiness be in vain?

After a long sleepless night and many dreams, Du Sheng handed over the store directly to the clerk early this morning, and recruited people to move all his favorite things, preparing to move them all to Fulongqiu. Then Du Sheng came first. Taoist temple, someone will send his things to him later.

After happily taking the bank card, Li Xiao said cheerfully: "No problem at all!"

At this time, Old Man Taohua and Baihua also walked up to the pavilion and stood behind Li Xiao.

"I now declare that Du Sheng will be our member of Lotus Temple from now on!" Li Xiao stood up straight, said loudly, and then turned to Taohua Taoist.

"From now on, Du Sheng will be your apprentice!"

Taohua Taoist bowed slightly and said calmly: "Yes, Lord!"

Du Sheng on the side was a little confused. Does this count as becoming a disciple? Isn't it too hasty?

At this moment, Li Xiao turned to Du Sheng again and said with a smile: "Okay! From today on, you are a monk of this temple!"

"Is it that simple to become a disciple?" Du Sheng said somewhat suspiciously.

"You think it's too simple and lacks a sense of ritual? Well, that's it! You come with me." Originally, Li Xiao wanted to just deal with it casually, but since the person raised it, he had to take care of the feelings of the God of Wealth.

Calling everyone in the Taoist temple, including Fei Zai, Li Xiao led everyone towards the main hall.

Arriving at the Lotus Hall, the people in the Taoist temple stood on both sides. Li Xiao asked Du Sheng to bow three times to the lotus pattern on his head and burn three sticks of incense.

Afterwards, everyone went to the Peach Blossom Palace again.

The monks in the Taoist temple were still separated on both sides. Li Xiao asked Tao Yi to bring three chairs and place them under the statue.

Taohua Taoist sat in the middle, Baihua sat on the right, Li Xiao sat on the walking side, and behind him stood two Taoist boys, Qingfeng Mingyue, and Du Sheng stood under the big spot.

In fact, Li Xiao doesn't care about these etiquettes. Firstly, he doesn't understand them himself; and secondly, in this age, it is troublesome and uncomfortable to have those redundant etiquettes.

But since Du Sheng pointed out that this apprenticeship was too simple and casual, Li Xiao had no choice but to let Du Sheng go through it according to his own ideas, or a random ceremony.

There was silence in the main hall, everyone was waiting for Li Xiao to speak.

But at this moment, Li Xiao suddenly thought, there is no host or anything like this, there must be someone to say something!

So, Li Xiao turned his head and whispered to the breeze and the bright moon behind him.

When Li Xiao turned around, Qingfeng Mingyue walked to one side and loudly announced: "Are those who are coming to the station sincerely worshiping Old Man Taohua?"

"Disciple Du Sheng, you have truly sincerely accepted Old Man Taohua as his disciple!" Du Sheng replied with a serious face.

After hearing Du Sheng's answer, Mingyue looked at Li Xiao and saw him nodding. Then she turned to the table and took down three pillars of sandalwood. After lighting it, she walked to Du Sheng and handed it to him, then turned over and returned.

Beside the breeze.

"Please bow to the founder of the Peach Blossom lineage and offer incense!" Qingfeng shouted loudly.

Du Sheng did not hesitate, and immediately performed three prostrations and nine bows, then stood up and inserted the sandalwood into the incense burner.

Regarding Du Sheng's gift, Taohua Laodao and Baihua didn't feel anything special, but Li Xiao, who was sitting aside, had a curious look on his face and looked at Du Sheng back and forth.

It's not that there is anything wrong with Du Sheng's etiquette. Speaking of which, people like Du Sheng who practice ancient martial arts still value these etiquettes very much in their minds, and these things are not far away from their lives. At least when they were young, they still

I have the experience of becoming a disciple, so this set of etiquette is still very formal.

It's just that Li Xiao didn't have these things in his mind. When he first saw it, he felt indescribably weird, as if he was watching a performance.

"Kowtow to my mentor! Kowtow!" Qingfeng shouted.

Du Sheng knelt down before Taohua Taoist without hesitation, touched his forehead to the ground, and then stood up.

"Kowtow again!" Qingfeng shouted next.

Du Sheng obeyed and bowed down.

"Kowtow three times!" Qingfeng shouted again.

Du Sheng kowtowed again.

"After the ceremony! Tea!" Qingfeng shouted, and then Mingyue took a cup of tea from the table that had been there for who knows how many days, and delivered it to Du Sheng.

Du Sheng came to Old Man Taohua with tea, held the tea in both hands, bent down and said: "Master, please drink tea!"

The old man Taohua who was sitting in the front seat was looking at the tea in Du Sheng's hand with a troubled expression. This was obviously tea that had been taken for several days. Although it was okay to drink it by himself, thinking about it made him feel sick in his stomach.

It's a bit uncomfortable, so it doesn't matter if I reach out for a moment, or if I don't reach out.

Seeing Old Man Taohua sitting there with an ugly expression, but not reaching out to take the tea, Du Sheng didn't know what to do.

"Senior Peach Blossom, why don't you take the tea?" Li Xiao, who was on the side, joked with a smile.

"Well, I was happy for a moment and a little distracted, so I'll take it now!" Taohua Taohua said, he took the tea with a heart, raised his head and drank it.

Seeing Qingfeng handing the tea bowl to the side, Taohua Taoist stretched out his hand to help Du Sheng up and said: "Disciple, please be more casual in the future and don't always make these false gifts! It's too tiring!"

"Yes, master!" Du Sheng said respectfully.

At this moment, Qingfeng on the side shouted again: "New disciple Du Sheng, please greet the master of the temple!"

Hearing this, Du Sheng was stunned. Looking at Li Xiao who was sitting upright, his face darkened, but he still obediently bowed and bowed.

“I’ve met the Guanzhu!”

As soon as Du Sheng got up, he heard Qingfeng shouting again: "New disciple Du Sheng, please come to Baihua Fairy to pay tribute!"

Du Sheng had no choice but to turn around and face Baihua again, bowed and saluted, and said, "I've seen Fairy Girl!"

Qingfeng shouted again: "New disciple Du Sheng, please greet all brothers and sisters!"

Turning around and looking at the monks standing at attention, especially the nine little carrot heads, Du Sheng was speechless in his heart, why are you so bloody!

"Master, Du Sheng is quite old. He has become a monk halfway, so he doesn't need to be ranked among the youngest, right? Besides, none of us in the temple are ranked first or first!" Seeing this scene, Old Man Peach Blossom immediately spoke up.

, to rescue his new disciple.

"Since you said so, then Du Sheng will be the senior brother from now on!" Li Xiao said, and said to everyone below: "I haven't met your senior brother yet!"

A group of monks, Taoist boys, and Shen Yijiu all bowed and said in unison: "I've met Senior Brother!"

"Haha, you don't have to be like this! You don't have to be like this!" Du Sheng's face looked a little better now and he replied repeatedly.

Seeing that things were almost done, Li Xiao stood up and said: "Okay, the rest is a matter between your master and apprentice! Then we will leave first."

As Li Xiao left, everyone also exited the Peach Blossom Palace, leaving only Du Sheng and Taohua Taoist still in the palace.

Taohua Taoist reached behind his back and took out a Taoist robe, then handed it to Du Sheng and said, "Disciple! Master doesn't have anything good to give you. There is a Taoist robe here, so just make do with it!"

Du Sheng took the Taoist robe in astonishment, but he was still surprised at the way Old Man Taohua took out the Taoist robe, and for a moment he forgot to speak.

Looking at Du Sheng who was a little distracted, Taohua Taoist shook his head and said: "According to the rules of the sect, you should clean the courtyard for three years first!"

He nodded subconsciously and reacted suddenly. Du Sheng was shocked: "Master, why are you asking me to sweep the floor!"

"What? You don't want to? Alas, a child cannot be taught!" Old Man Peach Blossom said with a look of regret.

In fact, there are no sect rules, they are just made up by Taohua Taoist because he thinks it is troublesome to teach his disciples.

"Disciple doesn't dare!" Seeing Old Man Taohua's expression, Du Sheng said he didn't dare.

"Well! Let's go then! I'm going to adjust my breath for a while!" Sitting back in his chair, Taohua Lao Taoist said pretending to be indifferent.

Helpless, Du Sheng had no choice but to exit the Peach Blossom Palace, looked for Qingfeng Mingyue, asked for a broom, and swept the floor with Tao Yi and the others.

Originally, with Du Sheng's level of cultivation, he would not be able to do such menial work. However, in the hearts of martial arts practitioners, he still respected his master, so when Taohua Taoist introduced the rules and then expressed regret on his face, Du Sheng

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