Yan Zhengming's attitude was disrespectful, and the gesture he used to call Cheng Qian was clearly like calling a dog.

What he did successfully made Cheng Qian wake up from his astonishment in an instant.

Cheng Qian had been disliked by everyone since he was a child, so he felt very inferior. Over time, this inferiority complex became ingrained in his bones and turned into a self-esteem that was so intense that it was almost paranoid. A single look could make him sensitive, let alone this cat-teasing-dog gesture.

Cheng Qian felt as if someone had poured cold water over his head in the dead of winter, freezing his facial features. His frozen face was expressionless. He took a step forward, avoided Yan Zhengming's hand, bowed in a businesslike manner and said, "Big Brother."

Yan Zhengming leaned forward to glance at him. As he leaned forward slightly, a faint orchid fragrance enveloped Cheng Qian. I don't know how many incense scents his tattered clothes had been fumigated with, which was enough to repel insects.

This young master must not be very good at reading other people's faces. In any case, he didn't notice at all that Cheng Qian was about to lose his anger.

He even leisurely scanned Cheng Qian from head to toe, like he was selecting a horse. Afterwards, perhaps because he thought he was quite pleasing to the eye, Yan Zhengming nodded nonchalantly, and without caring about other people's reactions, he gave a sincere message to his junior brother whom he had just met.

He said in a stupid tone, "It's OK, but don't become ugly in the future."

After saying this, in order to show the easy-going nature of a senior brother, the young master reluctantly passed his palm over Cheng Qian's head, pretending to touch his head, and then perfunctorily ordered: "I have seen the one who is 'wronged' and the one who is 'wronged'. Master, you can take them away together - well, Xiao Yu'er, give him...the two of them, each of them, a handful of pine nut candy to eat."

Master Mu Chun's old face twitched slightly, and he suddenly had a strange feeling, as if the people he brought in to show his unworthy disciple were not two fellow apprentices, but two maids who were brought to him from far away.

...and she's just a little girl whose looks aren't very appealing!

The pine nut candies are not ordinary pine nut candies. They are placed in exquisite small sachets, each one is plump, and is covered with a layer of crystal clear frosting, mixed with an indescribable floral fragrance, which is refreshing.

Children from poor families had never seen such exquisite food, but Cheng Qian was not reluctant to leave. As soon as he left the house, he stuffed the sachet and pine nut candy to Han Yuan and said nonchalantly, "Give this to my junior brother."

His "generosity" made Han Yuan stunned on the spot. Han Yuan took the sachet with mixed feelings, and was a little embarrassed.

Since the little beggar grew up, he has always had to fight for food. Everyone is out here just to survive, and everyone lives like a stray dog. Who has the energy to care about others?

Han Yuan's chest felt warm and he was touched, but at the same time, he had a huge misunderstanding in his mind - his new junior brother was probably not weak and could be bullied, but really didn't care and treated him well.

Master Mu Chun was not so easily fooled. He clearly saw Cheng Qian patting his hands in disdain, as if something dirty was on his hands. He immediately understood that this kid gave up the candy not out of some good quality of humility, but simply because he was too lazy to give face to his evil senior brother.

But then again, the biggest temptation a kid of this age could encounter is actually just eating and drinking. Cheng Qian was able to hold back, not appreciate it, and not even look at it.

Master Mu Chun thought with some emotion: "This little bastard is too hard-hearted. If he doesn't become a great man in the future, he will definitely become a disaster."

Just like that, the little bastard Cheng Qian officially joined the Fuyao sect.

He spent the first night in his own quiet room and slept until 3:15 pm the next day. He had no dreams and did not get used to his bed nor did he miss home.

Early the next morning, Xueqing helped Cheng Qian change into a robe, combed his hair into a bun, and dressed him up like a decent man.

Children don't need to tie their hair up or wear a crown, but Xueqing said that this is because he has entered the immortal gate and can no longer be considered an ordinary child.

The biggest difference between the Poultry Sect and the Wild Chicken Sect is that the Wild Chicken Sect is purely nonsense, while the Poultry Sect, although its origins are ominous, on the surface, does have some real assets.

The first thing is the talisman. The legendary talismans of the immortals, which are worth a fortune, are almost everywhere here. They are even carved on trees and stones. Xue Qing pointed to the talisman on the root of a tree and said to Cheng Qian: "If Third Uncle gets lost in the mountains, just ask these stones and trees."

Xue Qing said, stepped forward and demonstrated, and said to the roots of the big tree: "Please go to the 'Ignorant Hall' - the Ignorant Hall is the residence of the headmaster. Uncle Master has just entered the sect, and today he needs to go to the headmaster to receive the precepts."

Cheng Qian didn't bother to answer. He looked in amazement at the tree roots in front of him that were emitting a faint fluorescent light.

It was still dark outside. The light was small and in clusters, as white as moonlight, making the woods and mountains look like fairylands. It attached itself to some stones and trees, and meandered through the woods to form a clear and simple path.

Although this is not the first magic weapon Cheng Qian has seen, it is the first useful magic weapon Cheng Qian has seen!

Xue Qing was an expert at reading people's expressions and knew that this kid had a sour face and was very hypocritical, so when she saw him being surprised, she didn't point it out. She waited until he looked over and then calmly said, "Third Uncle, please come this way and follow the light."

Walking on the fluorescent road, Cheng Qian felt that he was becoming another person and was about to live another life.

Cheng Qian asked: "Brother Xueqing, who did all this?"

Xue Qing couldn't correct Cheng Qian's address, so she just let him be. When asked, she answered, "It's the headmaster."

Cheng Qian was surprised and found it hard to believe.

Until not long ago, in Cheng Qian's mind, his head master was just a cute long-necked pheasant, neither good-looking nor useful - so could it be that he was not a liar?

Could it be that he has some other unknown abilities?

Can the master be invincible and call the wind and rain as the legend says?

Cheng Qian imagined it with some incredible longing, but found that he still found it difficult to muster up true awe for his master.

Xue Qing led Cheng Qian along the glowing path and came to the Unknown Hall of Mu Chun Zhenren.

"Ignorant Hall" is actually just a small thatched cottage. There is no magic weapon and no plaque. There is a palm-sized wooden sign hanging at the gate with a beast head roughly carved on it. Cheng Qian looked at the beast head and felt it was familiar, but he couldn't remember what it was for a moment. There was a line of small characters next to the beast head, which read "I don't know anything when asked."

The thatched cottage made Cheng Qian think for a moment that he had returned to his home in the countryside. It was too simple and had almost nothing.

There was a lonely little courtyard at the door of the house, with a small wooden table with three legs in the middle. A corner of the other side, where the legs should be, was bent and rested on a stone. The wooden tabletop was covered with cracks, and Master Mu Chun was sitting upright behind the table, staring at a small tray on the table in a trance.

The tray was made of crude pottery with trendy craftsmanship. It was neither square nor round in shape, and even the bottom was not smoothed. A few rusty old copper coins were scattered on it, which inexplicably gave off a sense of antiquity and eeriness.

Cheng Qian's steps paused involuntarily. For a moment, he felt that there was a heavy awe-inspiring aura from his master who was staring at the copper coin.

Xue Qing on the side smiled and said, "What destiny did the master see from the hexagram today?"

Upon hearing this, the head of the sect solemnly put away the copper coins, put his hands back into his sleeves, and said leisurely: "It is God's will that we add a dish of chicken stewed with mushrooms to today's meal."

When he said this, his beard curled slightly, his eyes rolled left and right, and the tip of his nose twitched slightly, revealing a genuine yearning.

As soon as Cheng Qian saw his expression, he felt that he looked familiar. Then he suddenly connected the cause and effect, and in an instant he suddenly remembered - I didn't know that the animal head on the wooden sign at the door of the hall was a weasel!

The ignorant people in the countryside have no idea what saints are, and they cannot read Buddhist and Taoist scriptures. They just pray to gods and worship Buddhas in a random manner. There are also wild "gods" like "Huang Daxian" and "Qing Daxian" among them, and they are household names everywhere.

"Huang Daxian" refers to the weasel spirit, and "Qing Daxian" refers to the snake spirit, also called the "guardian snake". It is said that worshipping these two great immortals can guard the house and ensure peace in the area.

When Cheng Qian was a child, he had seen a tablet dedicated to Wong Tai Sin in the village, and there was a beast head on it.

When he thought of this, he looked at Mu Chun again and saw that he had a long waist, short legs, was skinny, and had a small head and chicken face... No matter how he looked at him, he looked like a weasel that had become a spirit!

With such an indescribable doubt in his heart, Cheng Qian took a step forward and, with mixed feelings, greeted his master, who looked like a weasel, with his mortal body.

The master smiled and waved his hand, saying, "No need to be so polite, it's so sour. We in the Fuyao sect don't like that."

Cheng Qian thought bitterly, "What's the point? Chicken stewed with mushrooms?"

At this moment, Han Yuan also arrived, and Han Yuan called out from a distance: "Master! Senior Brother!"

He demonstrated what "lack of etiquette" meant. As soon as he entered the house, he was surprised and said, "Oh, Master, why do you live in such a shabby place?"

After calling out, the little beggar walked around the courtyard of Buzhitang as if he was familiar with it, and finally stopped in front of Cheng Qian.

This short-sighted little beggar had been completely bought by a bag of pine nut candy. He believed that Cheng Qian was good to him, so he stopped calling him "senior brother" in a sarcastic way and walked up to Cheng Qian and pulled his sleeve affectionately: "Xiao Qian, why didn't you come and play with me yesterday?"

Cheng Qian was annoyed when he saw him, so he immediately took a half step back without making a sound, pulled his sleeve out of his hand, and said in a serious tone, "Fourth Junior Brother."

Xueqing dressed him up as an adult, revealing his smooth forehead and slender eyebrows. He looked delicate and handsome, like a jade figure. If a person is really made of jade, a little bit of aloofness seems forgivable.

Han Yuan himself was an orphan with no parents and no upbringing. He disliked whoever he disliked and liked whoever he liked. Cheng Qian was the kind of person he liked no matter how he looked at him. Therefore, he did not mind the other party's indifference at all. He was still thinking happily, "This kind of home-raised child is different from us who traveled all over the country. He is shy. I have to take care of him more in the future."

Although Master Mu Chun's eyes were small, the gaze from them was as sharp as a torch. He watched coldly for a moment, then interrupted Han Yuan's eagerness to do something shameless: "Xiao Yuan, come here."

Han Yuan walked to his rickety little table and said, "Master, what's the matter?"

Master Mu Chun looked at him and said sternly, "Although you are a new disciple, you are slightly older than your third brother. I want to give you a few words of advice first."

A weasel-like master is still a master. He rarely looked serious, and Han Yuan straightened his back involuntarily.

Mu Chun said, "You are naturally jumpy and frivolous, so I gave you the word 'rock' as a warning to remind you that the way of heaven is not to take shortcuts, not to be arrogant, and not to be distracted. You should always be calm and collected in the future, and never slack off for a day. Do you understand?"

Han Yuan raised his hand to wipe his nose. He didn't understand a word of this warning and said "ah" in confusion.

Fortunately, Mu Chun did not pursue his impoliteness. After he finished speaking, he turned to Cheng Qian.

Only then did Cheng Qian discover that his master was not born with triangular eyes, but just had double eyelids. Normally his eyes were half closed, making him look wandering and wretched. This time he opened his eyes, and for a moment he actually showed a clear distinction between black and white. His eyes were slightly gloomy, and he looked almost sternly at Cheng Qian.

The author has something to say: [Note]: "The Way of Heaven discourages opportunism, discourages arrogance and self-satisfaction, and discourages lack of concentration" comes from an article in Zeng Guofan's family letters that mentioned "The Way of Heaven discourages tricks", "The Way of Heaven discourages greed", and "The Way of Heaven discourages duplicity". The extension here is my own far-fetched inference.