Chapter 101 Apprenticeship
In full view of everyone, Gu Zhuo climbed up the steps and walked into Weiyang Palace.
The moment he entered the palace, officials from the Ministry of Rites greeted him in a roll call.
Then, the people sitting in Weiyang Palace immediately stood up and welcomed his arrival with smiles and applause.
Gu Zhuo returned the gift seriously and impeccably.
The official of the Ministry of Rites smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to invite him, and led him to his place.
That was naturally the end of the main hall, quite close to the saint's throne which was covered by a bead curtain and jade curtain, thus demonstrating his identity as the first name of the Xia Festival.
It was getting late at this time, and many people were already sitting in the Weiyang Palace. Almost all representatives from all the sects in the world were seated, not to mention those of the same generation.
This is not a long road, but Gu Zhuo has traveled a long time.
It wasn't because he refused to leave, but because there were so many people saying hello to him along the way that he had no choice but to be slow.
Under normal circumstances, the official of the Ministry of Rites would have frowned and whispered a warning, but today he only had a smile on his face.
He walked like this until he took his seat at the end of the hall. On both sides were Yu Sheng and Chu Jun, the goddess of beauty. Below were the seats of candidates arranged according to their rankings. Monk Wu Gu and Lin Wanyi were among them.
Behind the candidates' seats are the representatives of the sect who came to participate in the summer festival tonight, as well as some extremely high-level worldly figures, such as the peerless expert known to the world as the Southern Sect of Kendo.
What is very interesting is that Xiuhu Zhenren is also among them tonight.
Not long after, the place suddenly became quiet.
The sound of ritual music sounded from outside the palace, and surrounded by more than a dozen eunuchs and maids, the empress arrived.
The fact that she was about to become the queen of the Great Qin Empire had long been known to all the dignitaries in the capital, and there were many rumors even among the people.
If the summer festival that was held every four years hadn't been so popular, the eyes of the world would have been focused on her. From this perspective, Gu Zhuo undoubtedly relieved her of a lot of trouble.
Everyone in the hall stood up again and saluted him.
This salute is naturally not to the empress herself, but to His Majesty the Emperor whom she represents.
"Let's get started."
The empress smiled and asked everyone to sit down, walked behind the bead curtain and jade curtain, and calmly announced the start of the night banquet.
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No different from previous years, this night banquet was held according to the past rules.
Not every candidate is qualified to be invited to Weiyang Palace. The candidates present tonight are Tianyan's number, that is, the top 49 in the Summer Festival.
Under the auspices of officials from the Ministry of Etiquette, each sect and the candidates present began to go through the process, expressing their yearning for each other, and after confirming that all conditions were correct, they became apprentices and accepted apprentices.
This was essentially a matter of mutual choice. The Weiyang Palace was naturally lively, and congratulations started to sound soon after.
After applauding, candidates who are familiar with each other often lower their heads to discuss whether the other people's choices are correct, and then start to feel deeply nervous about their own future, fearing that they will not get the conditions they envisioned.
The representatives of each sect were much calmer and regarded the matter as a complicated arithmetic problem. Within the rules set by the Qin court, they tried their best to win better disciples for their sects.
As time continued to pass, the lower-ranked candidates quickly went through the process, and then gradually slowed down.
The genius who once bowed to Gu Zhuo on Cangshan Mountain went to the Yuanxian Gate. Lu Shengping, who had a fight with Lin Wanyi, entered the Fenglei Sect. Song Jinglun went to Qintian Prison based on the cause and effect back then. Yan Jingjun really went there. Taomen Taishi Palace......
The most noteworthy among them is Lin Qianshui. After a brief hesitation, this noble daughter of the Lin family finally decided to give up the opportunity of this year's summer festival because there was no master who truly suited her heart, and decided to do it again four years later. .
Other than that, there were basically no surprises about the whereabouts of the rest of the people, and they were all guesswork beforehand.
At this point, the hall was quiet again.
Everyone knows that what comes next is the real key, which is the reason why the various sects and the powerful people in the world come to this banquet.
The first person to be named by the officials of the Ministry of Rites was Li Ruoyun.
This Dongzhen genius, who was born in a Nanqi family, is a person who has great hope of reaching the realm of unity. In previous years, he would have been robbed.
However... Weiyang Palace is still quiet at this moment.
Regardless of Taoist sect, Zen sect, and other major sects, they are silent.
Li Ruoyun looked at this scene with an expressionless face, knowing very well the reason for this.
The reason why these sects remained silent was not only to lower his price, but also to show their favor to Gu Zhuo.
After all, everyone knows how he was eliminated in the Summer Festival.
In fact, he had anticipated this scene and didn't want to attend tonight's banquet at all, but...he was not from Qin after all, so how could he have the confidence to do such a thing?
Just when the representatives of the major sects looked at each other and felt that Li Ruoyun had been frustrated enough to speak... there was a sudden sound in the hall.
"How about you learn some messy things from me?"
Master Xiuhu's voice was very frank: "As long as I have it, as long as you can learn it, I will teach it to you."
Li Ruoyun was slightly startled when he heard this, and couldn't help but feel grateful to this senior from his country. Just when he was about to politely refuse the other party's kindness, he felt an inexplicable impulse in his heart.
He was silent for a moment, nodded in agreement amidst everyone's surprised looks, and agreed to this sentence.
There was a faint sound of astonishment in the hall, and many people were puzzled by this, and then sighed, thinking that they would ruin their future with just one breath, why bother?
This is just an interlude after all.
Immediately afterwards, the young master of the Yinping Xie clan determined his whereabouts.
Shen Jing Tian Nu also did not bring any surprises to everyone. She entered the Purity Temple neatly and became the disciple of the temple owner.
Monk Wuguo did not go beyond expectations... he fell into a deep entanglement over this.
The young monk chatted with almost every Zen master who was present, but still couldn't decide where he was going. It wasn't until Gu Zhuo whispered to him that he made up his mind to go to Yuangu Temple.
This made many people look at him with surprise. They did not expect that Gu Zhuo would have such influence on Wugu Monk.
Following closely behind was Lin Wanyi.
Unlike Monk Wushou, she made her decision beforehand, and it was extremely straightforward.
That decision was Chaotian Jianque.
Bai Langxing chose to join the military after waiting for the eldest princess to no avail.
Then Yu Sheng was skipped.
Everyone knows that she is the eldest princess's apprentice.
At this point in the night banquet, the whole world became quiet.
Both the people inside the palace and the people outside the palace knew that a clear answer was about to come to that question.
——Where is Gu Zhuo going?
Without a moment's hesitation, representatives of the three major sects of swordsmanship in the world all stood up, followed by members of the Taoist sects who hesitated again and again. Qingjingguan and Taishi Palace both expressed their attitudes at this time, and major sects such as Luo Xing Sect also showed no sign of it. He expressed his hopes without hesitation, not to mention those worldly powerful men who came specifically for Gu Zhuo.
Naturally, the Zen masters would not stand up at this time, but that did not mean that these old monks had to shut up and remain silent. They seemed to express euphemistically that as long as Gu Zhuo went to the sect outside the Taoist sect, it would not be considered as burying himself. talents, and they are willing to provide corresponding support for this.
This sentence is very weighty and heavy.
Because the human world is so big, except for Da Qin, no other force can be as rich as Zen.
Just when these sects were preparing to tell Gu Zhuo one by one about the advantages of their sects and the conditions they could offer according to the order given by the Ministry of Rites, a piece of news came secretly from outside the palace.
Perhaps because the news was so heavy, almost no time was wasted, and everyone present knew everything that needed to be known.
The atmosphere in the palace was extremely strange.
Whether it was the strong man who stood up at this moment or the Zen master who was sitting firmly, they all lost their mood because of this news, and their expressions were so stunned that they were visible to the naked eye.
The candidates were not blind, so they naturally saw this scene. They couldn't help but wonder what kind of news it was, and how could it cause these seniors who were usually aloof to lose their composure?
"That's all."
Someone sighed and said: "I am definitely not worthy of being his master. You guys should fight for it."
Many people followed the voice and discovered that the person speaking was actually a whale rider from the West Sea. He had reached the level of Immortality and was undoubtedly a big shot in the world of spiritual practice.
Even such a person considers himself unworthy after hearing that news?
What the hell is going on?
Before the candidates in the room could react, similar words kept ringing out. From the mouths of those world-famous experts, the voices were full of self-deprecation.
"Don't say you are not worthy, am I worthy?"
"That's all, a fool like me should not mislead others." "Of course I can't do that either."
"I thought that coming here today would be a waste of effort, but now it is indeed in vain, but it's not a loss in such a situation. I really remember your name, Gu Zhuo."
"Is there anyone who can't remember his name after tonight?"
As these voices fell, fewer and fewer people stood up in Weiyang Palace, leaving only a handful of major sects.
Qingjingguan and Taishi Palace retreated, and the eyes of the two Taoists were full of regret, because they had to retreat.
The leader of Chaotian Jianque hesitated for a moment, but finally did not retreat.
The people in Bandianjianchi were hesitant, but after thinking of the nine words given by their master, they decided to stay.
The people in Yi Shui were unmoved.
There are also those few people who are sitting firm and even more confident.
"So what happened?"
The little monk asked the candidates present what they wanted to know most.
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The bitter boat monk glanced at Gu Zhuo and sighed: "His Majesty the Emperor wants to accept Gu Zhuo as his disciple..."
After the words fell, the entire Weiyang Palace fell silent.
Until the second half of the sentence sounded.
"...but he refused."
There was a sudden uproar, like a reverse waterfall, as if it was about to overturn the main hall!
The hall was in chaos, and countless people overturned the tables, spilling drinks on the floor and breaking dishes into pieces.
Even the lights in the palace were disturbed by it, and the night wind was blowing sharply.
Everyone's eyes came to Gu Zhuo.
His Majesty the Emperor wants you to accept a disciple?
And then you refused?
Is this serious?
Lin Wanyi didn't want to understand.
Monk Wu Gu was stunned.
The goddess Sedum was convinced.
Bai Langxing's face was expressionless, and his palms were clenched and bleeding.
Li Ruoyun felt that things in the world were ridiculous; Song Jinglun spent the rest of his life feeling lucky that His Majesty the Emperor had been rejected, otherwise how would he have dealt with himself; Lin Qianshui's eyes were lowered, thinking bitterly that we are really different now.
More people looked behind the beaded curtain with emotion, trying to understand the incident from the face of the empress, but in the end they found nothing and could only look at Hui Zhuo.
Perhaps because he was used to being looked at like this, Gu Zhuo acted quite calmly about it.
But he was still puzzled, thinking that Emperor Bai had no reason to tell this matter, and the eunuch leader couldn't be a talkative person. Who let this news leak out?
There was a sound in the hall.
"Although I am far inferior to His Majesty the Emperor, since you have rejected His Majesty, you must be a person with your own ideas."
The swordsman Nan Sect walked up to Gu Zhuo and said calmly: "I heard that you practice swordsmanship, and my swordsmanship happens to be pretty good. As long as you are willing to accept me as your teacher, I will have no reservations."
After saying this, without waiting for a reply, he turned back to the window and quietly blew in the night breeze.
Seeing someone speak first, the others followed suit.
"As long as you are willing to enter the Sword Drawing Pool, the Master will personally teach you the art of swordsmanship, so that you don't have to travel thousands of miles to kill enemies with swords. He will fetch three flying swords above the ninth level from the pool for you. If you go out to practice, there will be at least one strong person in the Guiyi Realm who will put down everything in his hands to protect you.”
The rest are nothing, but those three flying swords above the ninth level are undoubtedly the greatest sincerity to this famous kendo sect.
Yishui is here tonight with a young man.
This person's words were like the edge of a sword, quite direct: "The Supreme Elder of our sect is willing to accept you as a disciple and teach you the great way of sword."
As everyone knows, the only strong man in the world today who has become an immortal with a sword is the Supreme Elder of Yishui.
To put it simply, the four words "closed disciple" mean getting the most benefits and bearing the least responsibility.
This is also a very sincere statement.
Next is the master of Chaotian Jianque.
"I will only say two things. This sect is richer than Yishui and Wanjianchi. Secondly, our sect's swordsmanship is not inferior at all."
Before he finished speaking, the representatives of Yishui and Wanjianchi looked at each other coldly. Is it interesting for you to expose your shortcomings like this?
Gu Zhuo gradually came to a decision and no longer had any doubts.
Just when the next representative of the big sect was about to speak and try to persuade Gu Zhuo, Yu Sheng suddenly raised his hand.
The few people who were still standing at this moment suddenly became vigilant, thinking that if His Majesty the Emperor was rejected, should he be replaced by the eldest princess?
Is this going too far?
"I want to say seven words for my master and Gu Zhuo. These seven words do not involve any promises, and of course they do not involve any threats."
Yu Sheng's voice was as calm as usual, very comfortable and convincing.
"Please."
Everyone hesitated for a moment, but ultimately did not choose to stop it.
Under countless gazes, Yu Sheng stood up, walked to Gu Zhuo, and whispered those seven words in his ear.
No one in the palace knew.
After hearing those seven words, Gu Zhuo was silent for a long time and said: "Okay."
People were confused when they heard the word "good", wondering whether it meant they heard it clearly or whether it meant they agreed.
The next moment, Gu Zhuo gave his own explanation.
He stood up and saluted each of the powerful men who had come all the way to express his gratitude.
Then everyone understood his choice.
Her Royal Highness the Princess became the biggest winner of this summer festival.
This is a result that no one expected.
There was deathly silence in Weiyang Palace.
People looked at Wushou Monk.
The little monk lived up to expectations and asked sincerely: "So what are those seven words? Can you say them now?"
"Can't."
Gu Zhuo shook his head and said: "But she didn't lie to you. Those seven words have nothing to do with promises, threats, and interests."
As soon as these words came out, the eyes in the hall instantly came to the Zen monk, and the meaning was very clear.
Zen monks are best at detecting lies.
With Gu Zhuo's current state, if he lied, it would be impossible to hide it from the great virtues present.
"This sentence is indeed true."
Monk Kuzhou was silent for a moment and said: "I am willing to swear an oath with my Zen mind for this."
The dust has settled.
The last hope was shattered, and Yishui and other representatives of the sects sat down helplessly to declare the official end of the summer festival.
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At this moment, Gu Zhuo's mood was rarely complicated, and he was no longer calm as usual.
Because he couldn't figure out how Yu Sheng could think of those seven words.
Those seven words are very simple.
——Is it okay to accept a disciple as a teacher?
This chapter has four thousand words, which can be regarded as repaying what I owed yesterday
(End of chapter)