Chapter 5 (1/2)
Chapter 5
Beautiful Young s.h.i.+fu
So there are more trials after this? She thought it would be over once she pa.s.sed this! Hu Sha sigh and turn her head to continue looking for Fang Zhun, there are a few surprised people on the platform, there are also some whispering but she could not spot Fang Zhun amongst them. This is too weird, where did he ran off to in the blink of an eye like that?
The woman clears her throat and say, “That was the first trial, to see whether or not you believe in your inner heart and to see if you will be affected by worldly words. There is nothing in the paper, the yin yang universe diagram is something to be sensed and could not be put into words. If pa.s.sing words can sway you, and you do not believe in yourself, you have no place here. The day is old, the rest can leave first and come back tomorrow if you’d like to.”
She wave her hand and the disciples behind her immediately close the scroll and turn around to leave. The woman pats Hu Sha’s shoulder and say, “Miss, carry on. I hope you can pa.s.s the next obstacles.”
Hu Sha hesitantly reply, “But…. that friend of mine-“
Fang Zhun’s health is not good, if you ask him to go around and descend the mountain like that, wouldn’t that be similar to torturing him?
Just as she was about to continue speaking, she felt her sleeves getting pulled on by someone. She turns her head and found the Fang Zhun who disappeared on her, smiling lightly at her direction. “Congratulation, Hu Sha. For pa.s.sing the test.”
“Ah, Fang-“ She was just about to happily ask him where he had been to when he raised a finger to his lips, signalling her not to speak. The words she was about to say remained stuck in her throat.
Then, he let go of her sleeves and ascend the platform they are at. The Qing Yuan disciples around immediately kneels upon one look on him, “Senior Uncle Fang Zhun, you are here?”
Senior…… uncle… ? Hu Sha froze.
Fang Zhun smiled softly, “I had nothing else to do and decided to head down the mountain. Is that young lady the only one who have pa.s.sed today’s test?”
That lady nodded, “Yes, but later there is still-“
“I think she has good qualification, the next trials can be skipped,” Fang Zhun simply said, “From what I could see, this girl is gifted. Simple and honest, the exact kind I was looking for. You can hand her over to me.”
The people who heard him immediately had their mouth hanging open in shock. The middle aged lady seems pretty happy. She nudges Hu Sha and whispers, “Senior Uncle Fang Zhun wants to take you as his disciple, what are you waiting? Hurry and kowtow before him!”
“K-kowtow? But—“ Hu Sha still could not grasp the situation, merely staring at Fang Zhun in shock. His pair of dark eyes seems to contain a trace of smile, at that moment, she finally realized why he was so familiar with Qing Yuan Mountain. It’s because he himself is from Qing Yuan!
Hu Sha froze for a long time, in the end, she slowly kneel and respectfully kowtow before him three times, “Disciple Hu Sha greets s.h.i.+fu.”
s.h.i.+fu… He has become her s.h.i.+fu. Hu Sha can’t tell what she actually feels inside.
Fang Zhun slowly bends down and help her get up before smilingly saying, “No need for too much propriety. From now on, you are my third disciple, you will have to diligently study after this. You will not be able to achieve things without exerting efforts, do you understand?”
Hu Sha nods.
That middle aged lady slips in, “Then, this disciple will immediately head to Shen Xing Building to add her name to our disciple’s registry. May I ask what Taoist name will Senior Uncle bestow to her? If I remember correctly, Senior Uncle’s two previous disciples have the character ‘Feng’ in their names. Since she is a girl, I believe she will not be given the same generation name as her senior brothers. Should I give her the name ‘Bai’ like the other female disciples of her generation?”
Fang Zhun shook his head, “No need for all this. Write her name as it is, if I find names that I like in the future, we will modify the registry.”
That woman agreed before she bows as a sign of respect. After that, she walks away.