At the end of the next day.
Jingming's apprenticeship ceremony was held in the main hall of the Taoist temple, and everyone was invited to witness this moment.
Jingming was wearing a brand new Taoist robe, with a bright smile on his face, and stood respectfully in front of Wuwang.
When the auspicious time arrived, Jingming kowtowed three times earnestly: "Disciple greets Master!"
Wuwang couldn't stop smiling.
The little fellow offered the tea carefully, Wuwang happily took it and drank it all in one gulp, but ended up choking and coughing.
This made everyone laugh: "Haha... look how excited Wuwang is!"
Wuwang stood up and bowed to everyone: "Wuwang's disciple Jingming is still young, please take good care of him."
"Wow, you're going to protect it already?" Little Wang Xiaoxing cheered.
"Of course, my disciple, if I don't protect him, who will?!"
Nangong Jiu and Taoist Qingchen also happily drank the tea offered by Jingming and presented their gifts.
The apprenticeship ceremony is completed.
The Taoist temple also held a vegetarian banquet to pay homage to the master, which was enjoyed by both guests and hosts.
Three days later.
Nangong Jiu and his group said goodbye, and Taoist Qingchen and his disciples sent them down the mountain.
Nangong Jiu took Qingchen's hand and said, "Qingchen, I've decided. We'll stay at Lingyin Temple for a few days next year."
"Okay! Mr. Jiu, please come here every year from now on." Taoist Qingchen happily agreed.
A year passes in a flash.
This year, the group went to the Magic Forest for training as usual. With Nangong Jiu's hard work day after day, her cultivation level was successfully restored to 70% by the beginning of May.
Because of the bracelet given by Tiandao, the breakthrough in his cultivation level was not known to anyone except those close to him.
Those who didn't know would think that her cultivation had stagnated.
When the group moved into the meditation room of Lingyin Temple again, Jingming, accompanied by Wuwang, brought a small basket of fruit to Nangong Jiu.
"Grandmaster Zeng, Jingming heard from our master that you love the fruits from this mountain, so we went to pick some for you. Come and eat them, they're delicious!"
Nangong Jiu looked at the little one in surprise: "You can climb a tree at such a young age? And you didn't fall down?"
"That's why he didn't fall. Jingming not only knows how to climb trees, but he can also climb very fast. If you don't believe me, ask Master."
Wuwang smiled dotingly and nodded: "Jingming is a filial child!
In order to be able to climb the tree to pick fruit for you, I heard that he started practicing a few months ago. The tree in the yard has been climbed bare by him.
Nangong Jiu took the small basket from Jingming's hand and said, "You're still so young. It's not safe to climb trees. What if you fall?"
Jingming puffed out his chest and said, "No! Master is already teaching me Kung Fu. Once Jingming learns to fly, he won't fall even if he does."
Nangong Jiu put down the basket and waved to Jingming: "Come, show me your hand."
Jingming didn't understand why, but he still stretched out his hand obediently. Nangong Jiu held his hand and raised his hand after a moment.
"Wuwang, I have straightened out his meridians. From now on, you can teach him some simple spells."
Wuwang joyfully pulled Jingming aside and thanked him: "Jingming, thank your great-grandmaster Zeng!"
"Thank you, Master Zeng!" Jingming bowed to express his gratitude.
"You're welcome. You called me Great-grandmaster, so I should take care of you within my ability."
Jingming approached mysteriously and whispered, "Master Zeng, I heard that your cultivation is very powerful. Can Jingming be as powerful as you?"
"Of course you can! As long as you study hard and practice every day and don't slack off, you will be able to become something great one day."
"Jingming will definitely work hard!"
"Well, let's make a promise. I'll come back in the next few days next year to see if Jingming has made any progress."
"Okay!" Jingming answered loudly, holding two little hands together.
From that day on, the little guy got up before dawn every day to do basic exercises.
When Taoist Qingchen told Nangong Jiu about this, Nangong Jiu smiled and nodded: "Jingming has good aptitude. If he is guided well, I believe he will make rapid progress.
Maybe, during these few days next year, he will be able to easily defeat your other disciples."
"This is all thanks to Jiujun!"
Nangong Jiu joked, "It seems I have to work harder, otherwise it would be a bit unreasonable to be surpassed by a younger generation."
Taoist Qingchen smiled and shook his head: "Jiujun, Qingchen feels that your cultivation level has almost recovered to 80% after these four months of training."
"I felt it too, but after returning, the conditions for cultivation weren't very good. I'm afraid I'll have to wait until March of next year and go to the Magic Forest to recover."
"Then why don't you stay here in Lingyin Temple and practice in your Jiujun Pavilion?"
"We've been away for five months, and we've just returned. We should spend more time with our family. These few months are worth it. Otherwise, I'd be incredibly unfilial."
"But, your second brother's situation..."
Nangong Jiu nodded: "I know, the backyard of the General's Mansion is also quite quiet. If it really doesn't work, we can go to the Prince's Mansion to practice."
"Alright then. If you want to come to Lingyin Temple to practice, please let me know in advance."
"good!"
General's Mansion.
That afternoon, a group of people slowly walked into the city gate.
Everyone in the general's mansion who got the news waited at the door early.
Seeing the convoy approaching and stopping, everyone gathered around happily.
Nangong Jiu was the first to jump off the carriage: "Great-grandfather, grandpa, grandma, uncles and aunts, we are back!"
"Oh, Jiuer, your second aunt misses you so much!" Zhou Yuyao squatted down and hugged the little guy in her arms.
Several older children from the General's Mansion also came forward and said, "Sister Jiuer, you've grown taller again."
"Of course, I'm already four years old. You've grown taller too. Brother Rui is almost as tall as my uncle's shoulders."
Nangong Yunsheng's daughter Nangong Yu and Nangong Yunzhan's youngest son Nangong Bo were not willing to be outdone. Each of them held one of Nangong Jiu's arms tightly.
"Ninth sister, ninth sister..."
Everyone greeted each other for a long time before they gathered together to enter the mansion.
After dinner, as the whole family sat down to drink tea and chat, Nangong Honglie looked Nangong Jiu up and down: "Jiu'er, I remember in May, you said that your cultivation had recovered to 70%?"
"Well, it recovered to 70% in early May, but not many people know about it."
"Not bad! It's a pity that the effect of practicing after returning will be less."
"It's okay! In a couple of days, I'll ask Grandpa to allocate the backyard for us to practice. I need to practice hard and strive to break through and recover to 80% as soon as possible.
My second brother's condition isn't good, and I'm worried every day I delay."
Everyone knew the reason and didn't ask too many questions.
Nangong Yunsheng hesitated for a moment, but still reminded: "In July, there were unidentified people who kept circling around the General's Mansion.
I don’t know if it’s that person, you have to be careful.”
"In July? How long did this go on?"
"For about five or six days, and then he never showed up again."
Nangong Jiu frowned.
"It's okay. The bean soldiers in our yard should still be there, right?"
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