Xiu Erdai's daily essays

0034_The father who lacks apprentices

It may take several years for a spirit beast egg to hatch - it is not uncommon for high-level ones to be dozens or hundreds of years old. Of course, this one is not high-level, so the wait should not be too long - leave it alone for now, let's talk about my father's one How desolate the mountain is.

In the past ten years, the population has only been four, and two of them are away from home for at least ten months a year, and they have only a walking animal and live outside every day.Before I was born, for a long time, my father was the only person on this mountain.

According to say, this should not be.According to the rules of Yunxia Sect, Yuan Ying should accept disciples to train the next generation of disciples for the sect.For such a large sect, inheritance is very important, and elders should lead by example.Even the head of the sect with a lot of vulgar things still has a large number of disciples and named disciples. How can the elders who have nothing to do except serve as a force to intimidate the sect and raise disciples not accept disciples at all?

Don't panic, he has three apprentices, but these three apprentices are also called sons and daughters.

The twins happened to be born when my father was about to enter Yuanying, and when my father was supposed to accept apprentices after Yuanying, it happened to be the critical period of Qi training for the two of them to lay the foundation.Although no apprentice acceptance ceremony was actually held, and the twins were always called father instead of master, the sect acquiesced that these two were the apprentices of Elder Pei Ji, so he no longer asked him to accept other apprentices.

—— Yunxiazong must accept disciples above the Nascent Soul stage, but there is no rule on how many to accept.Master-student relationship is a very important relationship, even more important than father-son relationship in the realm of comprehension, and one must not be greedy for too much.If an apprentice doesn't accept it, it's a matter of attitude. After accepting an apprentice, if he doesn't accept more, it means that fate is not in place. The latter is a completely acceptable reason in the cultivation world.

After the twins are brought up to the golden core stage, their next steps are mainly up to them. The help that the master can provide, except for resources, is already very limited.At this time, it is actually time to prepare to accept new apprentices. In fact, the disciples in the Yunxia Sect who did not have a master at that time were also ready to move, trying to show their presence in front of my father and brothers and sisters in different ways, and I was born. Elder Pei began to live in seclusion again to raise his son.

I'm really worried, my father always confuses apprentices with children like this, won't he also raise people as children when he really accepts apprentices in the future?Although it seems normal in the cultivation world to treat apprentices like children, it always feels weird to think that I may have unrelated younger siblings in the future.

"It's a long way to think," my father said. "In Yunxiazong, after the Yuanying, it is considered to be officially a teacher. Even twins are not counted, and you are even farther away. You can't throw away when your children come. No matter what. I can only accept it, I have to choose my apprentice carefully, it is not so easy to accept."

... From what I heard, it seems that you are quite dissatisfied with the three of us?

The old man was really dissatisfied: "As a sword cultivator, none of you are pure enough."

Yes, although the three of us have all chosen the path of sword cultivation—I am basically determined—but my brother also minored in formations, my sister minored in elixir, and I... want to know a thing or two about everything.Majoring in swords is not so much a choice as a habit, but there is no other profession that allows us to abandon the sword we have been accustomed to since childhood, so we continue the road of swordsmanship, not only the sword.

As a sword cultivator, this is indeed very impure, and my father is always worried that we will encounter a bottleneck that we cannot overcome sooner or later.In fact, there are already some signs of this worry.

The twins were born when my father was about to enter the Nascent Soul, and then my father broke through from the Jindan Great Perfection to the Nascent Soul Stage, and then cultivated from the Nascent Soul Stage to the Transformation Stage, until the late stage of Transformation, and during this period, the twins only At the late stage of Jindan, there was no sign of touching the Nascent Soul at all.

This tragic comparison is of course due to the fact that after the death of Senior Sun, my father's level of state of mind has greatly improved, and the speed of cultivation from Nascent Soul to Transformation God is astonishingly fast, but it cannot be denied that the progress of the twins has been slow.The natural aptitude of both of them is higher than that of their father, and their cultivation up to the Golden Core stage is largely determined by their natural aptitude. If they really have the tenacity and purity that a sword repairer should have, they should have been Nascent Soul cultivators by now up.

But then again, a sword cultivator became a sword cultivator because of his purity, and at the same time became more pure because of becoming a sword cultivator.Cultivation itself has a process of refining the mind. Before the Yuanying stage, my father didn't have all kinds of black history, just practice slowly.After all, becoming a sword cultivator is a choice made by the twins after deliberation and comparison with various professions. They are not forced by anyone, nor are they in a hurry. They just need more time to settle down, and of course, I do too.

0035_Screen out such a big brother layer by layer

He is amiable, he is good at dancing, he is well-informed, he is considerate and thoughtful, he makes people feel like a spring breeze, he is admirable, he is a disciple trusted by the elders and can be entrusted with important responsibilities, he is trusted by the younger generations The benchmark of command... He is called, big brother.

In the mortal world, there are many sects and aristocratic families. They also have heads and patriarchs. It is almost a position that people fight for the head. For that position, it is not uncommon for brothers to fight each other and conspire one after another.However, in the world of comprehension, the position of head is actually a weak point. If you say it is completely unattractive, many people are jealous, but if you say that you are desperate to get it, it seems that it is not worth it.

In the final analysis, the most important thing in the cultivation world is always the real cultivation. The head of the Nascent Soul stage can only talk with the elders of the Transformation Stage with kind words, and cannot send orders casually.

Yes, the most noble position in the cultivation world is an elder like my father, and to become an elder, you only need to meet two conditions, first, to be loyal to the sect, and second, to stand at the top of the entire sect First floor - A school can only have one head, but the number of elders is always better. The sect only worries about not being able to keep the elders, and never said that it is worried about the elders having too many voices.

The successive heads of the Yunxia Sect have a very important task: to raise apprentices who are suitable for the current head.

This apprentice doesn't need to be too high-level, Nascent Soul is enough, and God Transformation is fine, although it's a bit wasteful; aptitude doesn't need to be too good, double spiritual roots and three spiritual roots are fine, it's best not to have a single spiritual root, and a single spiritual root should be cultivated well As the military backing of the sect, don't waste it on the work of being the head of the sect, unless he is really suitable to be the head of the sect; the most important thing is to be good at interpersonal relationships, including external interpersonal relationships, as well as internal interpersonal relationships.

Prosopagnosia is definitely not enough. Those who can’t type a word with three sticks are not good. Those who offend people when they open their mouths are not good. It's not enough to be soft and bully... In short, the requirements are very complicated, and it is more difficult than the elders to choose apprentices-elders can be willful, but the master can't.

The disciples also know that worshiping the master as a teacher means getting a ticket to compete for the next master, but at the same time, they will be somewhat affected in terms of cultivation.

The master and his apprentices live on the main peak. Once there is any major event in the sect, these apprentices must participate, help arrange people, help maintain order, and help as referees... Other disciples usually encounter problems that are difficult to solve. The apprentices of the sect must also respond, whether it is to help solve it, or to point out a way to help indirectly, in short, they cannot ignore it.

In this way, there will naturally be less time for cultivation, and of course, more opportunities to show your face, it depends on how you choose.

Just as the master will be very careful when choosing his disciples, the disciples will also think carefully before deciding to choose the master as their teacher.This is a path that is somewhat different from that of most monks. Although cultivation is still important, it is no longer the first priority, but the sect is.When self-cultivation conflicts with sect affairs, other fellow sects can shirk sect affairs from each other, while the disciple in charge must give up his own cultivation.

Of course, there are many benefits.There is no one in the entire sect who would make things difficult for the head master. As long as the head disciple wants any supplies that are not excessive, anyone will make it easy.If there is any news about treasures, the head of the sect must be the first to know, and it is also the most convenient way to add apprentices to the treasure hunting team.

Although it is said that cultivation is the most important in the realm of comprehension, rights are also very important at the same level of cultivation.It was also the Nascent Soul Stage, the head of Yunxia Sect and the elder of Hehuan Sect faced each other, who would think that the latter would have the upper hand?

——What, the head of the Hehuan Sect?The head of the Hehuan Sect is only at the Golden Core stage, so he can't gain the upper hand against any Nascent Soul stage.

In the world of comprehension, there is generally no such thing as second senior brother and third senior sister. It is still the same sentence, cultivation is the most important, and the time of entry does not matter, so it is not easy to sort.After all, cultivation is changing all the time. Today you are taller than me, and tomorrow I am taller than him. The changes are annoying, so I just call them by their surnames, such as Elder Pei.

However, senior senior brothers and senior senior sisters are exceptions. 'Big' does not mean that you are the first to start, nor does it mean that you have a high level of cultivation. It means that if this person has no major faults, he will be the next head.

It is not easy to become a senior brother or a senior sister. First of all, because the head of the sect must have a high degree of loyalty to the sect, he must habitually and reflexively give priority to the sect in everything, so this disciple enters the school. The age of the sect must be young, and it is best to have already started at birth.

Why did my father, Shuanglinggen, just enter the inner sect after being observed for several years at the outer sect, but I am also a Shuanglinggen, but dare to say that even if I don’t have the elder father of Huashen, I must be treated as an elite disciple of the inner sect ?Because my father had already established his foundation when he entered the sect, and he already had his own three views, while I was born in the sect.

Education must start from the baby.

But being young brings another trouble. Children are still uncertain. Let them make a choice for their whole life at this time, whether to be a pure monk who focuses on cultivation, or to be a somewhat secular master. There is no way for them to answer by themselves.

Adults can of course induce their answers, but it's pointless.The results of the induction are only temporary, and none of the monks who can cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage will still be trapped in the abduction of childhood.When the monk who was induced to choose the path of being the head of the sect woke up one day and found that he didn't want to take this path at all, but had been led too far on the wrong path. If you do your best, you may hate the sect and endanger the sect.

Being a fellow disciple is a kind of fate. Although the monks are not afraid of being enemies, they will not easily destroy the good fate beyond recognition.

Yunxiazong's method is to raise young children in the main peak, so that they are familiar with the head and the affairs of the main peak, but at this time they don't need to participate, they just watch, until they enter the foundation building period and form a relatively stable three After looking at it and understanding the difference between the head of the sect and the elders and other elders, he chooses whether to stay in the main peak or go to other peaks.

If you choose to stay at the main peak, you will not be formally accepted as an apprentice by the head of the sect immediately, but you will start as a registered disciple and participate in the sect's affairs to a limited extent. At the main peak, one will officially become the disciple of the sect master, and only then will the competition for the next master's position officially begin.

This kind of competition will continue until the current head finds an apprentice who is in line with his idea of ​​taking over the position of head in all aspects, promotes this apprentice as the head disciple, and announces to the whole sect that this is your elder brother Or the big sister.

Afterwards, other disciples except the chief apprentice must change their mentality, no longer compete for the position of master, but adapt to the auxiliary role of the chief apprentice.These auxiliary roles are also very important. After all, it is impossible to manage the entire Yunxia Sect with only one head, and the elders live in the background. cooperate.