Looking at the clear sky that had reappeared in the horizon, the young man was pleasantly surprised. He quickly got out of the arms of "Jun Shishan" and checked the herbs and books in the medicine basket. Then he turned around and bowed to the little fox.

"Little fox, you broke my paper umbrella and I took your shelter, so we are even now."

"If we meet again on this mountain in the future, I hope we can start over and become friends. What do you think?"

Looking at the young man's serious look, Master Zishan just found it funny.

Although this little fox benefited from him and absorbed some spiritual energy from the heaven and earth when it was born, it was still a wild beast after all. It had not yet developed any intelligence. How could it understand the young man's words?

It was just attracted by the boy's voice, turned its head to glance at him, then swept its tail and got up and left.

The young man was still young, and perhaps he took the little fox's reaction as a response, so he smiled and said, "Then it's settled. Next time we meet, I will bring you some fresh fruits..."

After saying that, the young man turned his gaze to Shi Shanjun again, straightened his clothes, and said solemnly: "I am Xu Xian, thank you Shi Shanjun for sheltering me from the rain. When I go into the mountains to collect herbs next time, I will definitely bring some incense and offerings to repay you for your kindness!"

As he said this, the young man bowed respectfully three times.

Master Zishan looked at the boy and his expression eased a little. He thought that the boy was not hopeless after all, as he at least knew some etiquette.

And looking at the way he was reading while taking shelter from the rain, he seemed to be a studious young man. It's a pity that he lacks the aptitude, otherwise... huh?

Halfway through his thought, Master Zishan was suddenly startled, as if he had finally reacted.

...wait, wait, wait!

What did this boy just say?

Young scholar Xu Xian? ! !

He widened his eyes and looked in astonishment at the young man who was carrying the medicine basket and preparing to leave.

Before falling into this situation, Master Zishan was considered a top figure in the three realms and naturally knew some of the background of this world.

He knew that there had once been a Journey to the West in this world, and he also knew of the existence of Heaven and Hell. However, before the rise of Master Zishan, some changes seemed to have taken place in the heaven and earth, causing all the famous immortals, gods and Buddhas to disappear, leaving only a few small fish and shrimps to stir up trouble.

But even so, the world is still not as simple as it seems.

Therefore, when Master Zishan heard the name Xu Xian, his first reaction was the Sun Snake Master in his past life...

It shouldn't be a coincidence, right?

Master Zishan looked at Xu Xian's back in doubt and surprise.

He really wanted to use his spiritual sense to ask, but at this time Xu Xian had already walked out of the five-meter range and was no longer within the coverage of his spiritual sense.

...There's no other way. If I want to know the truth, I can only wait until tomorrow!

Master Zishan pondered for a moment, then turned around and flew into the stone man.

The next day, the young man arrived as promised, and brought incense and noodles, which he placed respectfully in front of Ishiyama-kun.

Master Zishan's soul flew out, stood beside the young man, and looked him up and down.

Due to the disciple-recruiting system, all living beings passing through this place have basically had their physique and qualifications checked by Master Zishan.

The young Xu Xian, who often went into the mountains to collect herbs, was no exception.

It’s a pity that his aptitude for cultivating immortals was very ordinary and did not attract the special attention of Master Zishan.

But if he is really the Xu Xian in Zishan Zhenren's memory, then that is another matter.

After all, in this world, if one wants to practice, in addition to one's own qualifications, there are many external factors.

The most important of these, of course, are one's own luck and the four words: Dharma, wealth, partner, and place.

A lean camel is bigger than a horse. True Man Zishan was once a demon king, so he naturally had no shortage of magic, wealth and land.

As long as he could leave this place, he would be able to find the cave or safe house that he had secretly built before, and get a lot of cultivation resources from it.

Therefore, when accepting disciples, he never considered the fortune, wealth, or land, but only looked at luck and qualifications.

Xu Xian's qualifications are very ordinary, belonging to the level of a menial disciple of an immortal sect, but if he is the man favored by Bai Suzhen, then the word "lover" and luck may very well make him the best choice!

Before his rebirth in Nirvana, Master Zishan had met Bai Suzhen several times.

This thousand-year-old white snake spirit is different from other female demons. It has a gentle temperament, ethereal air, and has great magical powers and amazing powers.

Before the disappearance of the Immortals, Gods and Buddhas, her background and backing were extremely impressive. After the disappearance of the Immortals, Gods and Buddhas, she was able to rely on her own cultivation to carve out a place for herself in these three realms where good and bad people mixed together.

Of course, Master Zishan doesn’t care about these characteristics. What he cares about most is that this woman is a love-brained person!

Once she comes to Xu Xian and marries him according to the plot, Xu Xian's potential will have to be calculated separately.

Thinking of this, Master Zishan was somewhat moved, and immediately sent a voice message: "Your name is Xu Xian?"

A long voice sounded from his mind, startling the young man who was holding the incense.

"who?"

The young man quickly raised his head and looked around in panic, then suddenly remembered something and turned his gaze to Ishiyama-kun in front of him.

"Shi...Shishan-kun, is it you who are speaking?"

The boy swallowed and tried cautiously.

Master Zishan smiled slightly and said leisurely, "That's right."

The boy's eyes widened, he took two steps back, and stammered, "You...are you really Shanjun?"

True Man Zishan did not answer. Instead, he looked at the spiritual light that was almost full in the stone man's body. Then he gritted his teeth, stomped his feet, took out a small part of it, consumed it, and cast the spell of sending a dream.

In an instant, the young man was in a trance and suddenly came to a bamboo forest.

He was startled and looked towards the bamboo forest quickly. He found an open space in the forest with a stone table on the ground. Next to the stone table was a handsome man in a purple robe, who was looking at him with a smile.

“…”

The young man swallowed, suppressed his shock, walked over bravely, and bowed to the Taoist in purple robe.

"But the mountain king is here?"

Zishan Zhenren smiled but said nothing, and asked, "Your name is Xu Xian?"

Xu Xian was stunned, thinking, hasn't this question been asked before?

However, considering the other party's identity, Xu Xian still answered honestly: "That's right."

Master Zishan asked again, "Are your parents still alive?"

Xu Xian's eyes dimmed and he shook his head.

Master Zishan's eyes lit up, and he immediately raised his hand, pretending to calculate, and said leisurely: "Are you staying somewhere else now?"

Xu Xian was stunned, and nodded subconsciously: "Yes."

Master Zishan asked again, "But is she your blood sister?"

"That's right."

"Your brother-in-law is an official."

“That’s right.”

"My last name is Li."

"Uh-huh!"

“…”

Looking at the young man with a look of surprise, Master Zishan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

It really is that Xu Xian!

In this case, I cannot let it go. I can take this opportunity to see the strength of this disciple-recruiting system on me.

He calmed himself down and changed the subject: "In that case...are you willing to take me as your master?"

“Hmm…ah?”

Xu Xian was stunned for a moment, looking at Master Zishan in confusion.

It's not his fault. After all, Master Zishan's turn of events was too abrupt, and his words didn't make sense. Unless you are also a time traveler, it would be difficult to understand his logical thinking.

Master Zishan smiled and waited patiently for Xu Xian's response.

After a moment, Xu Xian came back to his senses, his eyes were stunned and his heart was in panic.

"Please... please be my disciple?"

He looked at the smiling purple-robed Taoist priest and asked hesitantly, "I wonder why you, Mr. Shan, want to accept me as your disciple?"

Zishan Zhenren said with a smile: "Haha, don't call me Shanjun anymore. I am the abbot of Dongyue Ziyang Temple, and my Taoist name is Zishan Zhenren. Three years ago, I was in seclusion to practice, and suddenly I had a stroke. I calculated that we will have a master-disciple relationship within five years."

“So I came out of retreat and came here, transformed into a stone king, waiting for the destined person…”

Xu Xian was stunned and asked, "You mean, I am your destined one?"

Master Zishan nodded and said, "I have been protecting the living beings here for three years. During this time, I have met countless mortals. They all respectfully call me Lord Shishan, but no one is truly grateful...Except you!"

At this point, Master Zishan paused, waved his hand, and on the stone table appeared incense and noodles. He chuckled and said, "Seeing you come to the appointment today and offer incense to me, I know that you are the disciple destined for me!"

Hearing Master Zishan's firm words, Xu Xian was stunned and said, "Is... is that so?"

Zishan Zhenren twitched his lips, thinking that this disciple might not be very smart, so he patiently asked again seriously: "Xu Xian, are you willing to take me as your master?"

After hearing these words, Xu Xian finally came back to his senses from his dizzy state.

He opened his eyes wide, staring at Master Zishan with sparkling eyes, then suddenly knelt on the ground, kowtowed in surprise and said:

"I am Xu Xian, your disciple, and I wish to take you as my master!"

“Okay, okay!”

Master Zishan nodded repeatedly and looked at the young man in front of him with a look of satisfaction.

At this moment, a long-lost voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

"Congratulations to the host for completing the mission [First time accepting a disciple], and I will reward you with a hundred years of cultivation."

In an instant, a magical power surged out from the darkness and continuously filled his stone body.

In just a moment, the spiritual light that had been consumed suddenly became full, and the stone man's nine orifices were breathing in and out of vast spiritual energy. The originally grayish-white stone body was glowing with purple light, and was gradually transforming into the appearance of flesh and blood.

Upon realizing this, Master Zishan couldn't help but reveal a look of joy on his face.

But in the next second, the sky suddenly changed color, and rolling dark clouds poured down from the horizon, forming a pitch-black cloud above the stone man that covered an area of ​​ten miles.

“Boom boom—”

In the calamity clouds, countless blue thunders kept jumping between the clouds.

Master Zishan looked up at the sky, his face changed slightly, and he immediately waved his hand and used his magical power to shrink the earth to send Xu Xian, who was still kneeling on the ground in his dream and had no idea what was going on, down the mountain.

Xu Xian kowtowed three times, and when he looked up again, the world before him had changed drastically.

Looking at the familiar mountain road in front of him, Xu Xian was slightly stunned and couldn't help but call out, "Master?"

Before he finished speaking, Xu Xian looked up and saw dark clouds rolling in the sky. Countless blue and white thunders were jumping between the clouds, which seemed to be brewing a terrifying force that was difficult to describe in words.

"…What's going on?"

Feeling the extremely heavy sense of oppression, Xu Xian couldn't help but look frightened.

At this moment, a familiar voice sounded in his mind: "My dear disciple, the situation has changed. I have a guest coming to visit me suddenly, so I have no time to take care of him for the time being. Please go back to the city. I will meet you in the city in seven days!"