Mang Shusheng's Ink Painting Practice

Chapter 50: Becoming an Outer Gate Guardian
Zhao Yifu: ZZZzz
He slept soundly.

Don't ask him why he fell asleep, the book on the table in front of him explains it all.

Facts have proved that once a person becomes lazy, it is difficult for him to pick up his books and study seriously again, just like the children who go back to school after a relaxing summer vacation always become so lazy that they make their teachers and parents angry.

The transformation from a hard-working student to a poor student probably happened during the one or two months of idleness.

As the saying goes, a gentleman can change into a leopard, and a student can change into a scum.

Zhao Yifu is now one of the scumbags.

"Meow~~"

Suddenly, Zhao Yifu was awakened by the meowing of cats around him.

He quickly opened his eyes and raised his head, not forgetting to pick up the book in his hand and pretending to study hard.

Who knew that Liang Zhongzhi's voice could be heard from the spiritual level: [You're holding the book upside down, so stop pretending.]

Zhao Yifu came back to his senses with embarrassment and saw that Liang Zhongzhi's Yin spirit was surrounded by a group of cats in the corner.

He bowed deeply and said, "Hello, sir."

He didn't even bother to ask Liang Zhongzhi why he came to see him, because it must be something.

Liang Zhongzhi said unhappily, "Can you please calm these raccoon dogs down first?"

Are Yin spirits afraid of cats’ meows?
Zhao Yifu felt that this thing didn't seem to be that advanced.

Maybe Liang Zhongzhi is just a weakling.

"Everyone, please step back. This is my mentor. You can't be rude to him."

The corner of Liang Zhongzhi's mouth twitched, but he didn't raise any objection to Zhao Yifu's flattering title of "mentor".

The kittens stopped and dispersed, while Zhao Yifu gave them thumbs up crazily... It felt so safe to have them guarding the house.

Anyway, it's much more reliable than hiring servants.

Liang Zhongzhi said somewhat dissatisfiedly: "I have been here several times, why don't they recognize me?"

Zhao Yifu scratched his head and said, "Perhaps they can only sense the arrival of the Master, but cannot distinguish it."

Liang Zhongzhi felt that this made sense. It seemed that he could no longer climb over the wall at will in the future. It felt really bad to be controlled by a group of cats.

He calmed himself down and said, "Okay, let's get down to business."

It turns out that there is something important going on.

"Remember the rat demon we captured before?"

Zhao Yi Fu nodded. After all, it was his first battle in the cultivation world. Although he made many mistakes due to lack of experience, it was precisely because of this that it was worth remembering.

Liang Zhongzhi said, "I brought the rat demon back to the mountain gate, and the elders in the mountain dealt with it well. I got some not-so-good news."

"This rat demon isn't alone. It belongs to a tribe of rat demons called the 'Midnight Nation.' This tribe is migrating out of the southern mountains, seemingly intending to head north. Somehow, they stopped at Fairy Lake."

"From what I hear, they want to stop for a while, but a group of monsters passing through the border is not a good thing for the local people."

Zhao Yifu felt a little annoyed after hearing this. He felt that most of the world was not satisfactory. His family in the secular world was already troublesome enough, and he didn't expect that the spiritual sect he joined would also have problems.

He asked, "Then what should we do? Is the sect planning to wipe out this 'Midnight Nation'?"

Liang Zhongzhi shook his head and said, "I'm afraid not. None of us Danqingmen disciples have any actual fighting skills, and no one is willing to learn those skills."

Zhao Yifu felt that the fact that such a sect could survive in the world must be due to the support of the powerful Pure Yang Sect. He asked, "What should we do if we encounter trouble or our enemies pick a fight?"

Liang Zhongzhi shook his head and said, "If it's a problem in the cultivation world, it's easy to deal with. We all know each other every day. We're all part of the cultivation world, so we'll always give it some face."

"What's more, our Danqing Sect is closely connected with the human dynasty. If we really get angry, we can use the power of the secular world to protect ourselves."

"The trouble is still these monsters and demons. Moyang City has always been the forbidden territory of our Danqing Sect. If only the monsters were passing through, even our fellow sect members would not easily intervene."

"Unless we're in danger of capsizing."

Zhao Yifu began to practice the "reading comprehension" that he had been trained in since childhood. If he understood correctly, the Danqing Sect was already a rather disgusting existence in the world of cultivation.

Although it has little combat power, it is able to mobilize social resources in the mortal world, which is amazing.

For a sect that is devoted to pure cultivation, the consequences of provoking the Danqing Sect are too great and too troublesome, so they all try to avoid it as much as possible.

The Danqing Sect itself is also self-admiring and feels quite independent of the world of cultivation.

Zhao Yifu looked at Liang Zhongzhi helplessly and said, "Master, I understand now. You want me to take care of Moyang City during this period of time?"

Liang Zhongzhi said calmly, "It doesn't matter if you don't want to. After all, you are at most an outer disciple now, and you shouldn't bear this kind of responsibility."

Zhao Yifu is such a well-behaved person. Liang Zhongzhi came to him specially, which means that he is the best candidate at this time. How could he choose to refuse?

So he said, "Master, don't worry. I am also living in Moyang City now, so I naturally don't want to see it being destroyed by evil spirits."

Liang Zhongzhi nodded appreciatively and said, "Okay, just for your kindness, Danqingmen will not treat you unfairly."

"If you call me Master, I will first accept you as my nominal disciple and appoint you as the outer guardian of Danqing Sect."

"And since you are an outer sect guardian, you naturally have corresponding benefits."

As he said this, he paused for a moment and kept the other person in suspense.

Zhao Yifu immediately said, "Master, please speak quickly. I am very anxious."

Liang Zhongzhi laughed heartily and said, "Don't worry, don't worry. Just listen to what I have to say slowly."

"Since the outer sect guardians are called guardians, they naturally need to have guardian weapons bestowed by the sect. You can choose powerful magic weapons or spiritual weapons. In short, the power will not be bad."

Zhao Yifu was naturally delighted to hear this. He said, "That's great. I feel I don't have enough means to deal with the enemy and need help."

Liang Zhongzhi smiled again, very satisfied with Zhao Yifu's performance. The emotional value was fully captured.

He continued, "There are also two bottles of elixirs each season, ten Bigu Pills containing the essence of grain, and ten Lingyun Pills for practicing Qi or quickly recovering Qi when necessary."

After hearing this, Zhao Yifu quickly controlled his facial muscles and showed a happy expression, although he was actually not interested in the effects of these two pills.

Liang Zhongzhi said: "The first two benefits cannot be brought to you tonight by my Yin Shen body, but the third benefit can be given to you directly."

Zhao Yifu thought about it, his eyes truly lit up and he said, "Thank you, Master, for teaching me the Dharma!"

He thought that he could learn something new.

Liang Zhongzhi said strangely, "You weren't like this when I was about to teach you the Eight Renshui Styles."

Zhao Yifu replied, "I had not yet mastered the various methods I had learned that day, so I did not want to be distracted."

He seemed to have unfinished business.

Liang Zhongzhi understood that what Zhao Yifu meant was that he had almost mastered what he had learned before and had more time to practice new things!
This seems a bit scary... Liang Zhongzhi felt that he had vaguely discovered the advantage of this registered disciple, which was that he learned magic quickly, very quickly.

(End of this chapter)