The Otherworldly God

When they arrived at the gate of the courtyard where Le Zhengqin lived, they could hear someone practicing sword. Le Zhengying smiled when he heard it.

"I really can't compare to you, Big Brother."

After hearing what Le Zhengying said, he shyly put away his sword and tucked it behind his back, and saluted her. When she wanted to look behind him, he hid, knowing that she was teasing him.

"Hello, Sister Ying."

Le Zhengying's senior brother, Le Zhenghongjun, is thirteen years old, five years younger than Le Zhengying, and the youngest disciple of this class. Since he was the first to worship the master, he is the senior brother of their class. So when Le Zhengying called him senior brother, he was not used to it, let alone calling her junior sister.

"People who don't know you would say that the master loves you and is partial to you, but they don't know that you are the most diligent and hardworking one."

"That's because I'm not strong enough."

"Are you not strong enough? You were born with a talent that is rare in a century, and your comprehension is extremely good. You have a master at the age of only ten. There is no one like you in the history of Lezheng."

Seeing her waving her fingers in front of him, he wanted to reach out and press them.

"Sister Ying made fun of me."

He was so embarrassed that he almost put his face on the floor.

"I'm really praising you."

"Sister Ying... Is this the Heavenly Sword?"

When he saw the Heavenly Sword, he couldn't take his eyes off it and even forgot to be shy.

"I almost forgot to talk about this. Please help inform the elder brother that Ying'er is here to do some work for Master."

"Please wait."

Apart from Le Zhengfang, Le Zhengying only liked to tease this senior brother who was five years younger than him. After all, their masters had the most interactions. She was indifferent to others and spoke very little. She would not try to get close to anyone in the family. As a Taoist with high qualifications but poor understanding, she would rather spend all her time on studying.

She was the oldest in her class, but because of her poor academic performance, she faced the difficulty of not being able to become a trainee Taoist priest, so she was only known as a junior sister.

Guidance begins at the age of three, and at the age of six, a contact period of at least two years is offered. At the age of eight, one can take the assessment. The assessment is held every two years, and those who pass can become apprentice Taoists and enter the Taoist temple to study. However, there are strict restrictions on the Taoist methods that apprentice Taoists can learn. If one wants to learn more advanced Taoist methods, one must become an intern Taoist, which is called "protection".

The assessment of trainee Taoists is more rigorous, which also determines whether they can follow a better and more suitable master. After the age of 18, if you are still not able to become a trainee Taoist, it is almost the end of your Taoist journey. In a Taoist family, not being able to become a Taoist is a lifelong shame.

"This girl is just too serious. It would be a shame to send her out to work like this. It would be better to let her follow me."

Le Zhengfang, who had never accepted any apprentices, actually accepted himself as an apprentice. Even Le Zhengying once suspected that he was being pitied. Others also mocked him, and were either jealous or looked down on him.

He took the ridicule and derogatory remarks of others seriously, and after careful consideration, Le Zhengying could not think of any reason other than being pitied for taking him in, as Le Zhengfang, who always avoided suspicion, could have.

The more he thought about how he had deserved to be accepted as Le Zhengfang's disciple, the more Le Zhengying felt that he was unqualified to be her disciple. He even became confused about becoming a Taoist priest.

"Aunt Fang, Ying'er knows you are kind and is very grateful to you for preserving Ying'er's life as a Taoist priest. But Ying'er doesn't want to turn a bad situation into a good one because of your pity... It's not that Ying'er is afraid of losing her life, but Ying'er wants to keep the last bit of dignity, because... because... Ying'er's parents are both mediocre people."

"I thought you were just slow in learning the Dao, but I didn't expect you to be so stupid."

Le Zhengfang rarely showed an angry look. She quickly knelt down and admitted her mistake: "Ying'er was wrong."

"Do you know what's wrong?"

“Ying’er didn’t know, because Aunt Fang was angry, so Ying’er knew that she must have done something wrong.”

"You have too low self-esteem, so low that you even regard your parents as... You understand better than anyone how great an insult it is to be called... a 'mediocre person' in a Taoist family.

The aptitude of a Taoist is not something that can be shown. There are people who have never discovered that they have great power in their lives. Moreover, even if one cannot become a Taoist, one can still become a useful person. It is really stupid to insult them with the word "mediocre".

You can't hold your head up because your parents are unqualified and because others call them "mediocre". They are the ones involved, and how could they have experienced less pain than you? But they still believe that they are capable people, and finally become a member of Huichuntang.

If you count carefully, there are so many people without qualifications in Huichuntang, but do people look down on them? Although it is not ruled out that some people who think highly of themselves look down on them, so what?

They are still the kind-hearted doctors and nurses in the hearts of the people of Jimen Pass. It's funny to say that Huichuntang puts Le Zheng in the first place, and the people who often look down on them are Le Zheng.

You go back first. If you understand what I said today, then stay. If you still don’t understand, then leave.”

"Yes, Ying'er will take his leave."

After returning, Le Zhengying couldn't sleep all night. Every word of Le Zhengfang attacked his original thoughts. No one had ever said such words before, because what Le Zhengfang said was a "dangerous thought".

From the moment they were born, they were instilled with the idea of ​​becoming a Taoist. Because of this, they devoted all their energy to learning how to become a Taoist, and no one ever thought of becoming someone other than a Taoist.

The next day, Le Zhengying asked Le Zhengfang for leave, went back to have dinner with his parents, and stubbornly asked to sleep with his mother.

At night, the mother and daughter had a long talk. The next day, she took the initiative to kneel outside the Zhuiyuan Pavilion for three days without eating or drinking, and she never spoke a word to anyone.

As if he had calculated the time accurately, Le Zhengfang finally walked out slowly and said, "Get up."

"Aunt Fang, no, Master, please accept my disciple's greetings."

Seeing her expression, Le Zhengfang knew that she had figured it out, but she didn't know to what extent. She was secretly happy that she had made the right choice and that she had found a smart apprentice, but she didn't show it at all. Instead, she kept a straight face, as if she was still unhappy about it.

"My accepting you as my disciple has become a question of whether you agree or not. Have you figured it out? If not, you may agree but I don't."

"I used to think that my parents had such high expectations of me, and all I could do was to fulfill their expectations, and I forgot who I was at the beginning. It was my mother's words that reminded me that my parents were proud of me, not because I had the qualifications, not because I could become a Taoist, but because of something I said when I was a child."

"Do you still remember?"

"I've remembered it. Master...Aunt Fang..."

"Then don't forget it again in the future."

Le Zhengying was stunned, but when she saw Le Zhengfang smiling at her, she happily bowed again.

"I will never forget it again."

"Get up, we have to go back."

"It's Master."

Since that day, Le Zhengying's comprehension has improved by several levels. Although her ability is not as good as her senior brother, she is already among the top among her peers. However, many people don't know this and think that she is still the silly girl who used to spend a whole day memorizing a Taoist formula.

"Sister Ying, Master asked you to come in."

Le Zhengying followed him into Le Zhengqin's room, where he was standing with his back to him. From his back, one could tell that he was filled with anger. If it was someone else, he would have gotten angry the moment Le Zhengying came in. Unfortunately, this person was Le Zhengying, so he could only suppress his anger.

Le Zhengying held the Heavenly Sword and bowed slightly towards Le Zhengqin.

"I've met the head of the family."