Chapter 1 I didn't want to be a disciple, but he offered too much
"Senior, this is my apprenticeship gift!"
The young man placed three rosewood boxes respectfully in front of Li Xuan.
"You misunderstood. I am not some hidden master, and I don't accept disciples. Please take it back!"
Li Xuan spoke with a slight headache.
The young man's name is Xu Yan. He is a rich kid from the county town. His family background makes Li Xuan, who traveled to this world, quite envious. Unfortunately, the other party is not very smart and mistakenly thinks that he is a hidden master and insists on worshipping him as his teacher.
It has been more than ten years since he traveled to this world. He has no system, no plug-ins, and he can't even get out of the small mountain village. What's worse is that he is now the only one left in this small village.
The small mountain village is surrounded by steep cliffs on all sides, with only a narrow passage about ten feet wide for entry and exit. It is a good place to live in seclusion. The ancestors of the villagers also moved here to escape the war.
Now that there is no war in the outside world, the younger generation in the village is unwilling to live a mediocre life in this small mountain village, so they begin to leave the village and venture out.
The village is a hundred miles away from the nearest town, and the journey is dangerous, especially because it has to pass through a dense forest where vicious tigers and ferocious beasts often appear.
Over the past ten years, the population in the village gradually dwindled. When Li Xuan traveled through time, there were only a dozen households left in the village, and most of them were elderly people left behind.
Including Li Xuan, there are only five young and strong people in the village, and none of them are willing to stay in the small village. They all want to leave the village and make a living in the city, and Li Xuan is the same.
However, the journey was dangerous, especially the Thirty Miles Evil Forest that was a must-pass route, where ferocious tigers and ferocious beasts roamed. Several young and strong men who left the village died in the forest.
One day ten years ago, a villager who had left the village to venture out into the world returned to the village and wanted to take his mother to live in the city. He claimed that he had learned the art of killing tigers and was not afraid of the ferocious forest tigers.
So Li Xuan and several young and strong men left the village together with the other party.
Although there are ferocious tigers and beasts roaming in the Thirty-Li Evil Forest, if you are lucky, you can pass through it safely without encountering any of them.
Li Xuan and his group were not very lucky.
A gorgeous tiger appeared.
The guy who claimed to have learned the art of killing tigers, immediately grabbed a sharp knife, roared, rushed forward and slid forward...
Among the group, only Li Xuan managed to escape with his life and returned to the small mountain village. He always believed that the reason he was able to escape was that he turned around and ran away when he saw the guy sliding.
This technique of killing a tiger is too unreliable. It will directly send yourself into the tiger's mouth!
Since then, Li Xuan was the only young and strong man left in the village. The old men who had lost their relatives passed away one after another over the past ten years, until half a month ago, when Li Xuan sent away the last old man in the village.
Looking at the empty little mountain village, with himself the only one left, Li Xuan felt sad and angry. The other time travelers either rose against the trend or had extraordinary identities and backgrounds.
And what about yourself?
I can’t even get out of the small mountain village!
Without a system or plug-ins, I might end up living alone in a small mountain village.
"Alas, I thought I could become the person in the online novels, who traversed thousands of miles with a sword, slayed demons and monsters in the world, attained the truth and became a saint, and looked down upon the ages. It turned out that I was overthinking."
Li Xuan sighed in his heart and laughed at himself: "You can't even get out of this small mountain village, and you still want to travel thousands of miles with a sword? Ha!"
Because of this self-deprecating remark, Xu Yan, who had somehow come to the small mountain village, heard the following sentence "A sword can travel thousands of miles", and mistakenly thought that he was a reclusive master. He knelt down with a plop and wanted to worship him as his master.
"Senior, I finally found you. Please accept me as your disciple and teach me your peerless magic skills!"
"What?!"
Li Xuan was startled and stared with wide eyes at the boy, who was about sixteen or seventeen years old, dressed in gorgeous clothes and with a long sword on his waist. He was a little confused.
"I am Xu Yan from Donghe County. I have been determined to find the true martial arts since I was young. Today I have the opportunity to meet you, senior. I am very lucky. I hope you will accept me as your disciple. I will work hard to practice and will never let you down!"
Dong! Dong! Dong! Looking at the boy with fanatical eyes and respectful kowtowing, Li Xuan was confused. The first thought in his mind was: This kid, his brain is not very good!
No matter how Li Xuan refused or how he denied that he was a hidden master, Xu Yan didn't believe it and insisted on becoming his disciple. His fanatical look gave Li Xuan a headache.
"I am not a hermit master, and I don't know how to practice martial arts. You've found the wrong person. I'm looking for someone to teach me how to practice martial arts!"
"impossible!"
Xu Yan looked determined and said, "Senior, please don't lie to me. You must be a hidden master!"
"Look at this place, surrounded by cliffs and beautiful scenery. It is obviously a secluded place. If you are not a hermit, why do you live here alone?"
"Senior, please accept me as your disciple. I will never let you down!"
Xu Yan continued to kowtow, his eyes fanatical and his gaze determined.
"I am not a hermit master, I don't know how to practice, I won't accept disciples, you really have found the wrong person..."
Li Xuan looked helpless. Why was this kid so stubborn? He didn't know how he got through the evil forest and came to the small village.
You've gone crazy searching for a hidden master, haven't you? "I understand!"
Xu Yan suddenly stood up, a look of realization on his face.
"Becoming a disciple is a big deal, how can we be careless? I will go back and prepare the gift for becoming a disciple!"
While Li Xuan was confused, Xu Yan ran away and soon disappeared.
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Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
For the past half month, Li Xuan has been regretting that he did not seize the opportunity to ask Xu Yan for information about the outside world, or even take this opportunity to see if he could leave the small mountain village.
I never thought that Xu Yan would come again.
Moreover, he brought a gift for becoming a disciple! He was determined to become his disciple!
No matter how he denied it, people firmly believed that he was a hidden master.
Li Xuan didn't want to cheat anyone, especially a guy with an extraordinary identity and background. He didn't have any cheats and no system. If he was found out, the consequences would be disastrous.
So he refused and denied again and again, but Xu Yan was stubborn and believed that he was a hidden master who could not be persuaded even by nine oxen!
"Senior, this is three hundred taels of gold. I know that gold and silver are not worthy of your attention, but this is an indispensable gift for your apprenticeship. This is a little sincerity from me!"
Xu Yan opened one of the boxes, and inside were thirty gold ingots neatly arranged.
Li Xuan looked at the gold ingot, swallowed his saliva, and was slightly tempted, but finally gritted his teeth and said firmly: "I don't accept disciples! I'm not a hermit master, take it back quickly, I'm only a few years older than you!"
"Although you look young, it must be because you have achieved great success in cultivation and are eternally youthful!"
Xu Yan still firmly believed that he was a hidden master and opened the second box.
"This is the thousand-year-old mountain ginseng that my Xu family treasures. It is my second apprenticeship gift. I hope you will accept it!"
Li Xuan swallowed his saliva and looked at the box. There was a thousand-year-old ginseng with intact roots and a human shape. The faint ginseng fragrance penetrated into his nostrils, and his whole body seemed to be lifted up.
Thousand-year-old mountain ginseng is undoubtedly a rare thing. The old people in the village once said that a hundred-year-old mountain ginseng can extend the life of a dying person by three days, and it has the miraculous effect of greatly strengthening vitality and prolonging life.
Hundred-year-old ginseng has such miraculous effects, and thousand-year-old ginseng is certainly even more effective.
Li Xuan was somewhat tempted, but gritted his teeth and continued, "Take it back. I'm really not a hermit master, and I don't have any method of cultivation!"
Xu Yan opened the third box: "Senior, this is the Nine-Leaf Yuanzhi, my third gift to my disciple!"
Nine-leaf Yuanzhi!
Li Xuan couldn't take his eyes away. An old man in the village once said that their ancestors said that the best Yuanzhi in the world is the Nine-Leaf Yuanzhi. If you take the Nine-Leaf Yuanzhi, you will be free from all diseases, have an endless stream of thoughts, keep your hair from turning black to white, and your life will be extended by twenty years!
A rare and precious medicine in the world! Li Xuan looked at the jade-white Ganoderma lucidum in the box, which looked like Ganoderma lucidum and had nine purple leaves on its stem. He took a deep breath, tried to look away, and sighed pretentiously.
"Forget it! It's fate that you can come here, so I will accept you as my master!"
Xu Yan really gave too much and I couldn’t bear to refuse!
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