refining fire

When the lights are on, the land of abundance, City C——

"Today's hot pot is really good, and it deserves to be the number one commented by a certain audience!" Xiao Qi put his head into his mouth and said full of praise.

"I've been in the queue all afternoon, and I'm so hungry!" said the fifth child with a mouth full of sesame oil.

"I think all of them are delicious, this time it's really the right one~" Saying that, Yao Xiaobei also put a piece of hairy belly in the red hot pot.

Meng Su shook his milk fat, and said cautiously: "It's been a long time since I came out to play, this time I slipped out for a week, will I be scolded by Master?"

"It's okay, we don't have much to do anyway, and Master is going to the sky for a meeting this time, so it will definitely take a long time! Don't worry~" Zhou Xuanyu said as he stuffed a piece of duck blood into his mouth.

"Hey, tell me, what's going to happen if you invite Master to a meeting this time?" Xiao Du looked at the few friends sitting around the hot pot and asked.

Xiao Qimao hadn't swallowed it yet, and said without hesitation: "Then there is no need to ask? It must be a goblin somewhere to make trouble again, and we are assigned to Wuqing Peak to subdue the demon~"

"In my opinion, it's not necessarily~ Maybe the higher-ups will give us some benefits this time~ We have subdued so many evil spirits over the years, so this is for Master to go to the Heavenly Court to receive the reward?" Yao Xiaobei smiled triumphantly.

Zhou Xuanyu tapped Xiao Bei's head with his chopsticks: "Dream!"

Everyone laughed...

Just as he was talking, the door of the private room was suddenly pushed open by a burly middle-aged man. He shouted loudly, "I finally found you! You guys, why haven't you come back after so many days? I'm so easy to find ~ Luckily, Xiao Liuzi still stayed on the mountain, he told me that you guys made an appointment to eat hot pot in City C, and he also sent me the location, otherwise I wouldn't know where to find you!"

"Yo~ Senior Brother is here~" Xuan Yu put down his chopsticks with a smile and greeted him.

Xiaoqi: "Eldest brother, you should learn to use your mobile phone too! Don't you know where we are if you make a phone call?"

Xuan Yu: "Okay, okay, it's not like you don't know, Master doesn't like to see us playing with our mobile phones every day. Besides, senior brother usually has so many things to do, how can he have time to use mobile phones?"

"By the way! Senior brother is in such a hurry to find us for something important?" Xuan Yu asked senior brother.

Eldest brother: "Didn't Master go to heaven for a meeting recently? He has already returned, and he said he has something important to tell you. Who knows that none of you are on the mountain, so he asked me for someone. I have been in the Library Pavilion these days." Studying the scriptures, how can I know where you are! Hey~ It seems that I really want to buy myself a mobile phone..."

"Master has something to say? Is it a good thing?" Yao Xiaobei was the first to get excited when he heard that there was something to announce.

"Don't be so busy getting excited! How do you know it will be a good thing? Maybe some new rules and precepts will be announced, and Master is waiting to catch us back!" Xiao Du held down the restless Xiao Du while talking. cowry.

"Hi~ Master didn't say it, and I don't know. He said that we will announce it together when everyone is here!" After the elder brother finished speaking, he looked around at a few colleagues who were still eating hot pot, and said, "What's wrong? Brother A few, don’t eat them for now~ Hurry up and go back with me! Master is still waiting!”

"Oh~ big brother, why did you spoil everyone's happiness when you came here~"

"Don't wait ~ big brother, it's hard to get in line, I didn't eat a few bites ~"

Everyone complained about me every word.

As the oldest of these boys, Xuan Yu put down his chopsticks first, and set an example to everyone, saying: "Yes! Then we will come out next time! Get up quickly! Otherwise, it will be too late, and Master should go to bed!"

He said to the elder brother again: "Let's leave now!"

So, everyone, look at me and look at you, reluctantly put down the bowls and chopsticks, slowly got up, followed the senior brother and Xuan Yu, and walked out of the hot pot restaurant dejectedly——

The eldest brother dragged a group of people to wait, taking advantage of the night to fly with the sword.In a blink of an eye, I arrived at the foot of the Wuqing Peak Mountain Gate. At this time, the shadows of the trees were dancing in the mountains and forests, and the faint fragrance of the vegetation was mixed in the mist... Deep in the clouds and mist, a mottled stone gate loomed, and several people walked through the enchanted gate one by one The gate, and a few steps forward, a thousand-year-old temple appeared in front of me——

At this time, it was three o'clock in Xu time, and everyone finally came back before Master went to bed.

The master who was meditating in the Zen room slowly opened his eyes when he heard a noise outside.

He stood up and went out, and said to these boys, "Are you all back?"

Seeing this silver-haired old man in Taoist robes walking out of the meditation room, everyone saluted Master neatly: "Master!"

The master gave a "hmm" and said, "Call the others and come in with me!"

After a while, everyone arrived and sat around in front of Master.

The master stroked his beard and began to say: "A few days ago, Tianting recruited teachers to attend a meeting. Jie made up for the gap, and because of this, all the mansions in the heavenly realm are short of manpower, so they plan to expand their enrollment. From now on, fairy boys who have not been robbed by heaven can be recommended as long as they have good qualifications. My teacher thinks that this is good for you It's a great opportunity. After all, you guys, you're still young, and you can still hang out for a while, but when the catastrophe happens every 500 years, how can you avoid it?"

The master looked at the many disciples, picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, and continued: "Although you are all from the cultivation way, unlike those loose demons, you can cope with it even if you encounter a catastrophe, but no matter how you go For many years, I have been just a loose fairy with no establishment, it is better to have a reliable job as a civil servant... You are still young, don't learn from Master, I will do nothing for the rest of my life, and strive to be the best..."

Seeing the disciples looking at each other, the master continued: "However... not everyone can meet the requirements to go to the heaven..."

As he said that, the master looked at Xuan Yu who was sitting at the front, and said, "Besides the big brother, you are the oldest disciple who has been on the mountain for the longest time, and your talent is also the best. It seems that you have reached the 500-year barrier. Master wants to help you overcome this calamity, so this time the candidate must be you!"

The master raised his head again and said to Meng Su who was standing in the distance: "One more person——Meng Zhuoyu can go together. Zhuoyu and Xuanyu go up the mountain at about the same time. They are safe, hardworking, and never cause trouble. You The two of you are together, so you can take care of each other, and you can feel at ease as a teacher..."

"Master! I don't want to leave you, and I don't want to leave everyone. I also want to be like you and stay in the mortal world for the rest of my life. As long as I can stay by your side, that's enough for me!" Xuan Yu knelt on Master's lap By the side, hugging Master's sleeve, eyes full of reluctance and pleading.

Meng Su just lowered his head in silence, and secretly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes.

The master looked at the two of them, sighed, and said, "Silly boy~ how can there be a feast that lasts forever? You have been practicing on the mountain for more than [-] years, and you can't stay here forever~ You have to go out sooner or later~"

"Master, didn't the eldest brother stay longer than us, why didn't you recommend him?" Xuan Yu pouted to argue.

The master stroked Xuan Yu's head gently, and said slowly: "Your elder brother met me before my ascension, and returned from the sky to the earth, and started a school with me. Although it is a master-student relationship, it is actually like a joint As a business partner, how can you compare with him? What's more, you are talented and superior in all aspects. Wouldn't it be a waste of talent to stay on my mountain? This opportunity is precious to you... "

"Master...but...master..." Xuan Yu wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by the master.

"Okay~ Let's listen to the teacher's arrangement~" Afterwards, the master saw him teary, and comforted him very distressedly, "Don't worry~ our master and apprentice fate is not over, we will meet again one day!"

In the end, the master said to everyone: "Everyone, prepare yourself. Brothers say goodbye to each other. A fairy official will come here at Chenshi three days later. When the auspicious time comes, he will take your two brothers to heaven..."

The master paused and said again: "As a teacher, I will go to retreat and practice tomorrow, so I won't be far away..."

Master choked up a little at the end.

After a short period of silence, the master said: "Okay~ It's too late, everyone get up and go back to the room to rest, I should also rest..."

So everyone stood up one after another with complicated emotions, said good night to the master and retreated one by one.Xuan Yu and Meng Su who stayed at the end also stood up, saluted and said: "Master, let's go back to the room first, you... take care..."

Kneel down together after speaking, and kowtow to the teacher...