A mysterious apprentice

Bai Yuan took Xiao Zheng back to the woods nearby, found out from his luggage the suit that Xiao Zheng had talked about earlier, then turned his back to Xiao Zheng and looked up at the sky.

Why do people encounter thieves who are clever and know how to beg for mercy on the spot, but what he encounters is that he would rather die than surrender if his clothes are ruined?

Why is it that all the people he met who claimed to be the Holy Cult were brainwashed by the Demon Cult, and what he met was a foolish young man from the True Holy Cult?

Bai Yuan really wanted to know why, but no one would give him an answer right now.

The rustling sounds from behind gradually stopped, Xiao Zheng walked out, Bai Yuan's clothes were a little too big for him, but luckily it wasn't exaggerated.

"Hey, what exactly is the holy religion in your mouth?"

Even though he didn't have tattoos on his body, and he didn't look like a pawn brainwashed by the devil's religion, but Xiao Zheng's holy religion, one by one, was still very uncomfortable to hear.

You must know that there have always been only sect villas in the world, and only the Devil's Cult, and the Devil's Cult that is essentially the Devil's Cult, are the only ones who like to be called teachers.

Xiao Zheng rolled up his sleeves and shook his head: "The Holy Cult is the Holy Cult, not the Demon Cult."

Bai Yuan's mouth shrunk. He wanted to ask a few more questions but felt that Xiao Zheng couldn't speak. The two went down the mountain together, and Xiao Zheng followed Bai Yuan silently. The two white balls stuck together and moved forward.

There is a small restaurant in the village specially for outsiders to rest their feet, Bai Yuan pondered for a while, and walked in with Xiao Zheng.

Behind them, a little carrot head also ran in, holding a sugar figurine in his hand, bouncing around, calling for Master while running in.

Xiao Zheng glanced at him, then sat down across from Bai Yuan's table.

"It's really my fault for ruining your clothes just now." Bai Yuan turned his head to look at the empty table next to him, "But it was you who stole my things first, so I treated you to a meal at noon, so it's evened."

Xiao Zheng nodded numbly. He did look a bit dull and lacking aura, but it wasn't the kind of numbness that was manipulated, it was more like a stupefied person who never knew anything about it.

But he has an indescribably powerful internal force, which is still unclear.

"Where did you come from, who is your leader, and I have been in the martial arts for many years, maybe I know some clues." Bai Yuan turned his eyes straight and looked at Xiao Zheng.

It's a pity that Xiao Zheng still shook his head. He stretched out his hand and pointed in one direction: "I came from there. The leader went down the mountain five years ago to find someone, but there was no news in the past five years, so the church asked me to go down the mountain to look for the leader."

According to the direction he pointed, Bai Yuan thought about what kind of city there was, but as soon as he sat in the restaurant, even the sunlight was gone, he really couldn't tell the difference between east, west and north, so he chose after pretending to be deep for a while. self-abandon.

"Your leader hasn't sent a letter back for five years after he went down the mountain, so you waited until five years later before coming down to find him?"

Xiao Zheng nodded calmly, as if to convince Bai Yuan, he added two sentences: "Tianshan snow lotus blooms every five years, and when it blooms again, we found out that the leader has been away for five years."

Bai Yuan frowned in confusion, why does it sound like this holy religion is very loose, the leader disappeared for five years and was discovered only because the flowers bloomed, but Snow Lotus, this guy actually came from the Western Regions.

The Western Regions and the Central Plains, even Bai Yuan, who is such an ultimate road idiot, knows how far the two are, and it is absolutely impossible for one person to walk easily.

"Your luggage was stolen, so you want to steal mine?"

Xiao Zheng nodded first, then shook his head: "Your clothes have a fragrance that resembles that of the leader."

Bai Yuan frowned even tighter. What did he mean? He did stay in Baihua Valley for a while before, could it be...

"Could it be that the leader of your holy religion is a woman who likes to use rouge powder?"

Xiao Zheng shook his head naturally.

A subtle silence stopped around the two of them, Bai Yuan couldn't ask all the questions in his stomach, while Xiao Zheng looked left and right from the corner of his eye, looking around.

"Hey, guest officer, your food is ready." Xiaoer brought up several plates of home-cooked food, and after setting them up one by one, he walked to the table behind Xiao Zheng, "Your food is ready too."

"Oh, master, the dishes are ready, let's eat quickly, and master will teach me how to practice swords when we go back later!"

Luobotou and his master who had come in behind Bai Yuan and the others were sitting behind, making a lot of noise, Xiao Zheng blinked his eyes, and his eyes stopped on the long sword that Bai Yuan put aside.

His eyes moved.

"Don't look at it, this is the sword I got from the swordsmith Hua Ye. It has spirit, even if you can steal it, you won't be able to use it." Bai Yuan took a mouthful of vegetables and took a sip of wine.

Xiao Zheng didn't reply, his movements with chopsticks were quite twisted, and he knew that he hadn't touched them a few times. It's not that Bai Yuan from the Western Regions had never seen him before, but they were quite skilled in using chopsticks. Guys, that's weird.

However, although Xiao Zheng was a bit unfamiliar with chopsticks, his etiquette was still reasonable, and he seemed to be a gentleman when he chewed slowly.

"Master is so kind, I must study sword hard, and I will repay Master in the future!"

Little Luobotou babbled endlessly, his mouth moved quickly, and he did not forget to praise his master while eating.

Xiao Zheng looked at Bai Yuan's sword. Although his eyes were still calm, Bai Yuan could feel the subtle fluctuations in his heart.

What does he want to do?

The food and wine in the small shop was just for travelers to fill their stomachs casually, so they were not exquisite at all. Although Bai Yuan would not dislike it, it was impossible to savor it slowly, and the two quickly finished it with a little beer wine.

"Okay, it's almost done, I've invited you for that meal too, I have other things to do, I don't care about what you did before, let's just..."

Walking out of the tavern, Bai Yuan put his bag back on his back, turned around and wanted to say hello and leave.

"Wait a minute," Xiao Zheng pressed Bai Yuan's shoulder in turn, and pulled him back, "Master."

Ok?

Uh-huh?

Bai Yuan was stunned for a moment, he couldn't hear what Xiao Zheng was saying clearly, or he couldn't understand what Xiao Zheng was saying.

"What are you doing, I'm not a master!" Bai Yuan quickly distanced himself from Xiao Zheng with a shrunken body, the long sword was ready to go even though it was not out of its sheath.

Xiao Zheng didn't care, it was rare for him to explain what he wanted to do: "I'm not a master, I want to take you as my teacher and be your apprentice."

His tone was very firm, Bai Yuan only felt that it was extremely absurd.

What do you mean, it's inexplicable, why did such a sentence suddenly pop up, the preface doesn't match the afterword.

"I don't want to be the master of someone like you. Besides, you are all members of the Holy Cult. Is it possible that you can ask others to be your apprentices?"

Xiao Zheng frowned, as if he didn't understand Bai Yuan's reason for rejecting him, he stretched out his hand, although he couldn't see anything, he could feel a gust of air slowly gushing out of his hand.

He doesn't know the slightest bit of martial arts moves, but has quite a strong inner strength mentality, since this is the case, it is even more impossible for Bai Yuan to recognize him as an apprentice.

Xiao Zheng recalled what Xiaoluotou said just now, and repeated it very seriously: "I am very obedient and obedient, I can clean the yard, cook and do laundry..." He paused for two seconds, and finally chose to repeat it, Perhaps this is a hobby of the Central Plains people, "...can fight crickets and catch butterflies, and in the future, when the master can't walk anymore, he can carry the master on his back."

The corner of Bai Yuan's mouth twitched slightly. Now he truly believed that the holy religion has its own teachings. One or two, the leader can go away for five years without coming back, and the mind of the believers is even worse than that of young children.

It sounded really pitiful, but he chose to refuse.

Just kidding, this guy looks like he is going to be weak, and he is only in his twenties, why should he be his master, besides, Xiao Zheng claims to be from the snowy region, how could it be possible to come down such a long distance Really don't understand anything.

Bai Yuan is going to be a guest to attend the wedding banquet next, so having such a big apprentice for no reason is definitely a burden.

Xiao Zheng is not an idiot either, he can naturally see Bai Yuan's refusal, his outstretched hand clenched into a fist: "Can't you?"

Bai Yuan shrugged his shoulders, and replied coldly: "Of course not, Xiao Zheng, I know you are not familiar with this place and want to ask for help, but asking for help is not the way to say it, and you don't steal things first and then worship Master Yes. Besides, I can't be anyone's master right now, if you want to find someone, you can honestly go to the city to ask the government for help."

As he spoke, he turned around and walked forward. Xiao Zheng followed him and turned his head, but he didn't follow him.

"If there is fate, we may meet again. My name is Bai Yuan, and people in the Jianghu jokingly call him a Suyi son. If you encounter trouble, you can also give your name to try." But there is a high probability that it will not be of any use.

Bai Yuan, who didn't want to continue wasting time with Xiao Zheng here, made a wrong step. He was lucky and walked away in two steps. He had seen the map just now and knew how to go.

Xiao Zheng, who was flatly rejected by him, still stopped at the same spot. Little Luobotou and his master had just come out. The old man was not walking steadily, so he accidentally bumped into Xiao Zheng.

Xiao Zheng didn't say a word, and leaned slightly to the side to give up his position.

The old man didn't speak but walked forward silently, his black robe dragged a mark on the ground, and the little apprentice who was bluffing before became very well-behaved and followed quietly.

I don't know if it was an illusion, Xiao Zheng seemed to smell a little more, but it was different from the fragrance on Bai Yuan's clothes, what got into his nose now was a disgusting rancid stench.

It's a pity that he couldn't identify the specific direction of this thing, he could only feel the bad smell getting stronger and stronger.

He stood outside the tavern for about a stick of incense before ending his daze, but he stopped after taking a step.

The gunpowder exploded in an instant, the ferocious flame soared in an instant, and the strong smell spread quickly.

"The Demon Cult, the people from the Demon Cult are here, ahhh!"

The woman's desperate screams completely broke the peace of the small village all morning.

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