Following Han Ya's instructions, Lu An led the horse along the road.
Along the way, Lu An passed by many people, who all looked at Lu An curiously. In fact, if there was a newcomer, they would not be interested, mainly because Lu An was too young. At least, no one as young as him had ever appeared on Blue Water Peak.
However, although they were curious, no one took the initiative to greet Lu An. Soon, Lu An arrived in front of the sixth palace. This palace was ordinary, and there was nothing special about it.
Leading the horse to the door, Lu An looked at the tightly shut door and raised his hand to knock. The shabby wooden door made a dull sound, but there was no response.
No one?
Lu An was surprised, he raised his hand and knocked again, this time with more force.
"Who is it? Coming! " Suddenly, an impatient voice came from inside, scaring Lu An. Then, he heard footsteps and muttering, "I want to see who is disturbing my sleep!"
Creak!
The door opened, and an extremely sloppy person poked his head out. This person was nearly six feet tall, his hair was messy, his eyes were not even fully open, and his body smelled like he had just woken up.
Suddenly, he felt something was wrong, his eyes widened, and he found a teenager standing in front of him.
"Huh?" This person suddenly woke up, he could not help but carefully look at Lu An, and asked, "Are you here to report?"
"Yes." Lu An quickly said, "Disciple just passed the assessment today, and came here to report."
"Hiss … so young?" This person shook his head, turned to Lu An, and waved his hand, "Leave the horse outside, you come in with me!"
Lu An turned his head, patted the horse's back, tied the reins to a stone pillar, and walked into the palace. This palace was very simple, without the slightest feeling of grandeur. The tables and chairs were also shabby, and there was a lot of dust on them.
"Blue Water Peak has not had a new disciple for more than three months, if you did not come, I would have almost forgotten that I could still report." This person swaggered to a desk, which was full of dust. He picked up a booklet, and patted the dust off it, causing a big pile to fall down.
"Cough, cough." The man coughed twice as if he was choking on dust. He flipped open the thick booklet and said loudly, "Tell me, what's your name?"
"Replying to Elder, this disciple's name is Lu An." Although Lu An was somewhat startled, he immediately replied.
"Lu An …" The man picked up a brush and wrote a name on the booklet. Without raising his head, he asked, "Which An?"
"An as in Ping 'an," Lu An said immediately.
After the person wrote it down, he asked, "What about the gender and age?"
"Male, 12 years old," Lu An replied.
"Twelve years old?" The man looked up at Lu An, shook his head and said, "You're really young."
After he finished writing, he took out a blue medallion and threw it on the table, saying, "This is your medallion. It represents that you belong to our Blue Water Peak. I was supposed to give you a set of clothes, but I don't have one as small as you. I need to make one on the spot. Wait a few days. "
Picking up the medallion, Lu An nodded and said respectfully, "Yes."
"Let me see which elder you should be taught by …" With that, the man picked up another dusty booklet and opened it, raising a cloud of dust.
Hearing this, Lu An was startled and asked doubtfully, "Shouldn't I be taught by the Peak Lord?"
"Peak Lord? Are you dreaming? " The man looked at Lu An and laughed, "Including you, Blue Water Peak has a total of 372 disciples. How could the Peak Lord teach all of them? There are a total of seven elders, and each elder is responsible for a portion of the disciples. Let me see whose turn it is. "
With that, the man no longer paid attention to Lu An and began to seriously read the booklet.
"Let me see …" The man muttered to himself as he flipped through the booklet. Finally, after a while, his eyes lit up. He patted the booklet and said, "It's him!"
"Chen Wu Yong!"
Chen Wu Yong?
Lu An was surprised. How could there be such a name?
The man raised his head and spat twice, "Bah bah bah, I'm used to calling him that. He doesn't want Chen Wu Yong, he's called Chen Wu Yong. He's just like a walking corpse. We all call him Chen Wu Yong! "
Closing the booklet, the man looked at Lu An and said, "Go find him. He's on the first mountain in the northeast. That's your mountain."
Lu An was startled. He took a light breath and nodded, "Yes, elder."
"Sigh, you must be very talented to be able to come here at your age. It's a pity that you're under him. But rules are rules. Otherwise, the Peak Lord will blame me. " The man helplessly shook his head and said, "When the Peak Lord comes back, I'll talk to him and let you directly become his disciple."
Lu An was overjoyed when he heard this, and he hurriedly said, "Thank you, Elder, but … when will the Peak Master return?"
"I don't know." The man shrugged and said, "I haven't seen him in half a year."
"…"
"Young man, don't worry!" The man stood up and patted Lu An's shoulder and said, "Although Chen Wu Yong is useless and won't teach you, you're still free! It's better if no one cares! "
"…"
Lu An's forehead was covered in sweat, but he still nodded and said, "Thank you elder."
"No need to thank me, quickly go report to him. It's dinner time now, you can still eat dinner. Otherwise, you'll starve! "The man waved his hand and said.
"Yes, then disciple will take his leave." Lu An bowed and quickly left.
Seeing Lu An gently close the door, the man's eyes gradually calmed down. The decadence from before was swept away and became serious.
"Very polite." The man muttered to himself, "But Blue Water Peak is a big dye vat. I'd like to see when you'll fall."
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Lu An naturally didn't hear the man's words. After leaving the palace, he led the horse out of the palace's range and quickly rode toward the northeast mountain.
The northeast mountain wasn't far. In half an hour, Lu An arrived halfway up the mountain. Soon, one house after another appeared in front of Lu An. But compared to the palace on Blue Water Peak, the houses here could only be regarded as ordinary houses.
The houses here were made of the simplest earth. Some of the houses were just wooden houses. Each of them looked very simple and crude. But the ground was still as clean as before, spotless.
Walking into the house, Lu An dismounted from the horse. At this time, there was no one on the street. Lu An knew that these people were probably eating.
Leading the horse and slowly walking on the street, Lu An looked at the surrounding houses and listened carefully. Suddenly, he heard a faint sound coming from one side. He couldn't help but turn his head to look. Sure enough, there was a big house with a light on.
Lu An frowned and immediately led the horse forward. The closer he got, the louder the sound became. By the time he stood at the door, he could already clearly hear the noise coming from inside.
"I say, why is today's dish so bitter? Who dug this dish? Isn't this too deceptive? "
"Yes, not only is this dish bitter, it's also not cooked. How did you cook this dish?"
"Stop talking nonsense. If you're diligent, go cook it yourself. This is how I cook. Eat it if you don't. If you don't want to eat, I'll throw it away now!"
"Don't, don't, don't … We'll eat. Having food is better than nothing!"
"…"
Hearing the words coming from inside, Lu An couldn't help but smile bitterly. After tying the horse to the side, he stood at the door for a while. After thinking for a while, he reached out and knocked on the door.
However, perhaps because his knocking was too gentle, no one inside heard him.
After thinking for a while, Lu An increased the strength of his hand. Still, no one responded.
Lu An frowned. But if he knocked on the door too hard, it would be rude. After thinking for a while, he felt that it was better to just go in.
So, after knocking on the door twice, Lu An pushed the door open and entered. He stood at the door carefully and looked at the situation in the house.
He saw that there were more than fifty people sitting around four long tables in the house. They were gobbling down large pots of food. Everyone stood up to fight for the food without any hesitation. They didn't have the spirit of the other Taoist masters.
"This …" Lu An looked at the scene in shock. It was as if he saw the canteen of the dockworkers.
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