Chapter 5

It was dark, Shi Bachun released a Kongming lantern, and Shi Zelan lay at the intersection: "Go up, don't stop, don't look back."

Shi Bachun did not remind Shi Zelan that people walking on the mountain road could not hear her cheering.

Shi Zelan insisted on guarding the intersection, and Shi Bachun couldn't persuade her, so he could only go to the front of the thatched hut to make a fire.

Yes, when it got dark, Ningxia released the thatched hut, which was just convenient for Shi Bachun to boil water and cook dinner.

At the sect gate, two more disciples were on duty.

The head of the Zhishi Hall, Master De Guang, stood inside the door and looked at Shi Bachun who was busy outside.

He instructed the disciples on duty: "Send more water over.

Whatever needs they have, we try our best to meet them. ”

After Master Deguang left, the two gatekeeper disciples began to murmur.

"Zhenjun Beichen has been missing for several years, but the children of the Shi family are still treated with kindness when they come to the sect.

Senior brother, do you think we have a chance to become inner disciples in the next two or three years? ”

"At the end of the year, when the sect exams are held, we can all go and try."

"Okay, we've passed the exam. As long as there are peak gates, attics, or gardens recruiting inner disciples, we'll go in if someone wants us.

I don’t know if the Zizai Summit will recruit inner disciples this year?

This time, several children came to the Shi family. ”

“It’s hard to say, but Junior Sister Shi is the daughter of True Lord Beichen.

During the handover, my senior brother whispered to me that she had a single spiritual root, and the sect had decided on her status as an inner sect disciple of Zizai Peak. ”

"I'm so envious. Her ancestor was the first master of Zizai Peak."

When Ningxia approached, she just heard what they were saying.

"snort."

The disciples on duty immediately separated. Ning Xia looked at them and reminded them, "You must guard the gate for the sect. Next time, don't act so carelessly."

"Yes, real person."

"Send over another bucket of water, and some firewood."

After Ningxia walked aside, the two disciples on duty wiped the sweat from their foreheads and quickly followed Ningxia's instructions.

After dinner, Shi Zelan looked at the six people on the mountain road and said to Shi Bachun anxiously, "Auntie, why are they turning around and around? They are just going in circles. It's really frustrating."

Shi Bachun quickly looked down and saw that Shi Xiaoliu had already taken the lead and walked out of the place. She breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, they are going up again."

Shi Zelan looked up at the stars in the sky, then looked at the scene at the sect which was as bright as day.

"Eighth Aunt, isn't there a distinction between day and night and four seasons in cultivation?"

"Ah, when practicing, there is naturally no distinction between day and night and seasons."

After Shi Bachun replied, he followed Shi Zelan's gaze towards Zongmen and suddenly came back to his senses.

"Sister Lan, our sect still has day, night and four seasons.

I just heard two Immortals say that the sect’s entrance would be as bright as day only when it welcomes new disciples. ”

Shi Zelan felt relieved, as long as there was a distinction between day and night.

As for the distinct four seasons, she would practice diligently in the future and just let nature take its course.

It was getting dark here. Shi Zelan looked at the climbers again. They had already taken out their dry food.

Shi Bachun arranged for Shi Zelan to sleep for a while. Shi Zelan looked at the people who were crawling like ants climbing a mountain. She followed Shi Bachun's arrangement and lay down near the fire.

Shi Zelan only planned to sleep for a while, but after she fell asleep, she dreamed of her grandfather walking forward. She followed him but lost him.

After she woke up, she sat there in a daze for a while, then said to Shi Bachun who was sitting by the fire: "I dreamed of my grandfather. He kept walking forward. I called him from behind, but he didn't respond to me."

Shi Bachun's heart suddenly tensed up, and when he was about to speak, Shi Zelan reached out and rubbed his face.

"I'm going to go and see the six of them. They should be climbing up the mountain trail by now, right?"

When she went to the mountain pass, Shi Bachun breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Shi Zelan was young and could still coax her.

Shi Zelan sat at the mountain pass for a while. When she saw a pair of hands exposed, she was suddenly delighted. She walked over and wanted to hold those hands.

However, the owner of those hands quickly pulled them back: "It's fake again. I'll go up by myself."

"Xiao Liu, what's real or fake? It's me."

Shi Xiaoliu's head appeared. He looked at Shi Zelan and said, "Sister Lan, please move away. We are coming up."

When Shi Bachun came over, Shi Xiaoliu was already sitting at the entrance of the mountain road. Shi Bachun directly picked him up and handed him over to Shi Zelan.

"Sister Lan, take him for a walk slowly."

"Auntie, dear auntie, let me lie down for a while."

Shi Zelan pulled him along and pointed to the sect gate and said, "Xiao Liu, look, we're at the sect gate."

"Woo, woo, they finally made it up. I'll go pick them up and take them up the mountain."

Shi Zelan looked up at Shi Xiaoliu crying, and he blushed quickly and said, "I am crying for joy."

The children of the Shi family came up one after another, and then a burst of children's crying was heard outside the sect gate: "Woo, woo, we are finally here."

It was so embarrassing that Shi Zelan took the initiative to avoid Meng Shou and pretended that she was not in the same group with Shi Jia's Xiaoliu and the others.

Shi Bachun looked at the crying children with a mixture of anger and amusement, and asked, "Do you want to enter the sect now with nothing to show for it, or do you want to continue crying and then enter the sect in a filthy state later?"

"Don't cry, we will enter the sect with clean hands." They responded to Shi Bachun's words with sobs one by one.

After the children of the Shi family had bathed, Ningxia packed up the hut, Mengshou put out the fire, and the group walked into the sect.

After they entered the sect, a flash of light appeared outside the sect, and the entire forest returned to darkness.

The roars of wild beasts in the distance seemed to become more arrogant.

In the sect, Master De Guang from the Governor's Hall looked at the children of the Shi family and said enthusiastically, "Welcome to join the Yunyan Sect."

The Governor's Hall had already prepared the identity tags for the children of the Shi family. Now they could go forward and log in by pressing their fingers, and then they could receive their own wooden tags.

Shi Xiaoliu pulled Shi Zelan to the first place in the line, and he stepped back and stood at the last place.

Master Deguang took out three wooden tablets and motioned Shi Zelan to press his fingers.

When Shi Zelan pressed it, the three wooden signs flashed. Master Deguang looked at Shi Zelan with increasingly gentle eyes.

After the Shi family's children had logged in successfully, Master De Guang said with a smile, "The manager of Zizai Peak is already waiting at the intersection."

Shi Bachun and the children saluted Ningxia and Mengshou before they walked towards the intersection.

Master Pingyang of Zizai Peak asked the steward with an excited look on his face: "Tell me, does Sister Lan still recognize me?"

The steward looked at him and said, "Master, when she was at Zizai Peak, she was still a baby."

"My junior brother and his wife are not ordinary people. Their daughter may be naturally intelligent and recognize me, the third uncle."