Fire Captain

The next morning, Hua Qiangu overslept and was woken up by Tang Bao. She hurried to find Bai Ziyang. Unfortunately, Xiaoyao Palace was a little bigger. Hua Qiangu turned around several times but couldn't find Bai Ziyang. She had no choice but to shout to Bai Ziyang: "Master! Master!... Master, where are you?"

Where is Bai Ziyang? He was still sleeping soundly in the room. Hua Qiangu couldn't stand his noise, so he waved his hand to cast a spell to open the bedroom door and said vaguely, "I'm here!"

Hua Qiangu was wandering around. When she saw the door open, she ran over and finally found Bai Ziyang, who was wrapped up like a sugar baby. She knelt down and said, "Master, I greet you and pay my respects to you!"

Bai Ziyang said in a daze: "Xiao Gu... next time you don't have to pay respects to Master. Master doesn't have so many rules... You go practice sword first... Let Master think about what to teach you... Huha... Haha..."

Hua Qiangu frowned, and quietly stood up, saying softly: "Then Master, you take your time to think about it... Xiaogu will go practice sword first."

After Bai Ziyang woke up, he stretched as he walked out of the room. When he looked up, he saw Hua Qiangu holding the sword.

Hua Qiangu turned around and suddenly saw Bai Ziyang. She lost her balance and fell to the ground with a thump.

Bai Ziyang almost scared Hua Qiangu. He frowned and looked at her for a long time before saying, "Practice this sword technique a hundred times, Xiaogu!"

"Ah? Master..." Hua Qiangu cried out plaintively and climbed up.

Bai Ziyang said: "It's no use calling you master. Just practice sword skills seriously. I will come to check on you later!" After saying that, he turned and left.

When Hua Qiangu finished practicing sword skills and found Bai Ziyang, Bai Ziyang was meditating in the hall. When he saw Hua Qiangu, he raised his chin, pointed at the cushion in front of him and said, "Come and sit down."

Hua Qiangu put down the sword in her hand, sat cross-legged opposite Bai Ziyang, and asked in confusion: "Master, what are you doing?"

Bai Ziyang said: "I'll open up your immortal meridians, otherwise it will take you forever to practice with your talent!"

Hua Qiangu was still confused, Bai Ziyang had already started to exercise with his eyes closed. When Bai Ziyang finished, Hua Qiangu felt relaxed and could not help but asked happily: "Master, am I an immortal now?"

Bai Ziyang poked Hua Qiangu's head and said, "What kind of dream are you having? You are still so inexperienced that you have only reached the realm of knowing the subtle!"

"Zhiwei? Zhiwei!" Hua Qiangu said happily, "Does this mean that I can see what's happening far away?"

Bai Ziyang smiled and said, "Okay, go back and have a sweet dream at midnight!" Then he handed her a book.

"Oh!" Hua Qiangu scratched her head in embarrassment, lowered her head to take the book, looked at the words on it and asked curiously: "Master, what is this? ...Seven Wonders?"

Bai Ziyang said, "I, the master, have been thinking about it and I still don't know what to teach you. Then let's start with our Changliu sect treasure. This is something I had to get from my head brother with great difficulty. Take it back and memorize it carefully. I will ask you questions at any time!"

Hua Qiangu said: "Okay, Master!"

"Also, you have to memorize this book of seven-character quatrains by yourself. You are not allowed to show it to Tang Bao, and you are not allowed to let her explain it to you. Do you understand?"

"Hmm..." Hua Qiangu nodded.

Hua Qiangu bounced back to the room, and Tang Bao ran away... well, she didn't have any feet yet, so she should have jumped over and landed on Hua Qiangu's shoulders. "Mother, mother!"

Hua Qiangu said: "Tang Bao, do you know? Master just opened up my immortal meridians for me. I feel light and airy now, just like a drop of water. My mind is clear and bright. I am now in the realm of knowing the subtle!"

Tang Bao said, "Really, mother? The Taoist is so good to you that he didn't hesitate to use up his own immortal power to open up your immortal meridians! Eh? What did you take, mother?"

Hua Qiangu said: "It's the Seven Wonders..."

"What? Seven Wonders?" Tang Bao shouted in Hua Qiangu's ear as if he had seen a ghost.

Hua Qiangu was startled, shook her ears and said, "What's wrong? Tang Bao!"

Tang Bao said sadly: "This is the Seven Wonders of the Universe! It is much more tempting to spirit insects than delicious food. If I can really take a look at it, I will become a bug who knows everything in the world."

Hua Qiangu hugged the book tightly and said, "Master specifically told you not to read it, and not to tell me... Tang Bao, you already know enough, you don't need to know more!"

Tang Bao said: "Mom, do you really think so?"

Hua Qiangu said: "Of course! You are mother's baby! Tang Bao, you are the best and the most wonderful."

Tang Bao was so happy that she almost patted her chest and said, "Mom, you are the best! Don't worry, Mom, for you, I won't even touch the seven-character quatrain!"

Hua Qiangu smiled and said, "Okay!" Then she looked at the book in her hand and said, "Master said that the Seven Wonders is the sect's treasure, and he asked me to read it for a year, but this book is so thin, I estimate I can recite it by heart after reading it for a day." But after opening the Seven Wonders, she found that it was indeed the sect's treasure. The book covered everything, from plants, flowers, rare animals to refining poisons, making medicines, mixing perfumes and disguising oneself, all things in the world were included in it. In the end, she had to close the book with a headache thinking: Let alone memorizing one book in a year, I can't even memorize it even if I memorize one book in seven years... Woo woo... Oh my God, are you and Master kidding me?

No matter how much of a headache Hua Qiangu had, her chaotic learning career in Xiaoyao Palace had already begun. Every morning, the master and disciple meditated together, and then Bai Ziyang would usually instruct Hua Qiangu in practicing sword. Although Bai Ziyang's Changliu sword technique was not very good, he was extremely strict in teaching his disciples. When Hua Qiangu was exhausted, Bai Ziyang would take out the flute and play a song. The songs were mostly different, but the same thing was that every time Hua Qiangu listened to them, it seemed that all the fatigue from the previous sword practice was gone.

As for the rest of the time... Bai Ziyang took Hua Qiangu out to play... Mo Yan didn't dare to go anywhere, and usually went to Sheng Xiaomo's place to cause trouble. Recently, Huo Huo went to Bai Zihua's Jueqing Palace...

The master and the disciple squatted beside the lotus pond in the Jueqing Hall. Bai Ziyang pointed at the ice lotuses inside and said, "These thousand-year-old ice lotuses were transplanted by my senior brother from the bitter cold of the far north. He has carefully cultivated them for many years and now there are three or five of them..."

Hua Qiangu looked at Bai Ziyang in confusion.

Bai Ziyang said: "... Let's pick two and make some lotus seed soup."

Σ(°△°|||)︴Hua Qiangu stared at Bai Ziyang with eyes wide open in horror and said, "This... this is not... not good! Your Majesty will be angry."

Bai Ziyang said, "I have been eyeing it for a long time. My disciples' skills were not good before, and no one knew how to make it. Such good ingredients were wasted. Xiaogu's skills are so good, I believe in you."

In fact, Hua Qiangu was reluctant in her heart, but unfortunately she couldn't resist Bai Ziyang in the end, so she had to pick two ice lotuses in fear.

Bai Ziyang noticed that Bai Zihua had returned, and immediately picked up Hua Qiangu and turned around to leave. Yes... He picked her up, and what the disciples saw was Hua Qiangu flopping around like a little turtle in the Daoist Master's hands, flying through the air. From a distance, they could hear Hua Qiangu shouting, "Master, put me down, I can walk by myself..."

Bai Ziyang replied: "You are running too slowly..."

Disciples:...

Seeing this, Qingshui said, "Qian Gu... doesn't seem to be doing well!"

Ni Mantian continued to practice swordplay with an expressionless face and said, "No... this is already considered very good..."

When Bai Zihua came back, he was all alone... Oh, no, not alone, at least there were three ice lotuses left in the lotus pond...

In Xiaoyao Palace, except for Hua Qiangu, the remaining man and one insect were eating with gusto.

"It's worthy of being called Ice Lotus. It's really delicious... but it's a pity there are too few of them! I really should let Senior Brother plant more."

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Unexpectedly, the next day Hua Qiangu suddenly ran to Bai Ziyang with a strange girl in green clothes. Bai Ziyang looked at her and said, "This is... Tang Bao!"

Hua Qiangu said: "Yes, Master, Tang Bao suddenly became like this this morning."

Bai Ziyang said: "Yesterday, he ate quite a lot of the Millennium Ice Lotus, which was more than enough to help Tang Bao transform... Now it looks much better!"

Hua Qiangu asked: "Master, can Tang Bao still live in Xiaoyao Palace?"

Bai Ziyang said: "Sure, Xiaoyao Palace is so big, it will be more lively with more people, so you won't be bored."

Hua Qiangu and Tang Bao said happily: "Thank you, Master!" "Thank you, Daozun!"

One day, Hua Qiangu received a letter from Dongfang Yuqing. She was reading it with a silly smile when she heard a stern voice: "Hua Qiangu!"

Hua Qiangu was startled and quickly stood up: "Disciple greets the World Honored One!"

Mo Yan said sternly: "You are stupid and undisciplined, and you are not good enough. Where is your master?"

Hua Qiangu raised her head and said, "Master? Master... should be sleeping..." After saying that, she felt something was wrong and quickly said, "Master should be out playing at this time... Hey... No, no... Master... Master is in the study?... Master! Master!..." The main reason was that Bai Ziyang had an irregular lifestyle and ran around everywhere, and Hua Qiangu really didn't know where Bai Ziyang was...

This was the first time Mo Yan had seen such a disciple. He glared at him and shouted, "How can you be my disciple? You are simply..."

Bai Ziyang just came back from outside. Seeing Mo Yan, he was very surprised and asked, "Brother? Why are you here? Are you looking for me?"

After seeing him, Mo Yan temporarily spared Hua Qiangu and said to Bai Ziyang, "I just happened to come to you for something, and I want to take a look at your new disciple's practice."

After Mo Yan left, Bai Ziyang informed Hua Qiangu that the new disciples should go down the mountain for training, and that the team would be led by Mo Yan's disciple Luo Shiyi. Mo Yan came this time to remind Bai Ziyang not to sneak out to play while the disciples were down the mountain.

Before leaving, Bai Ziyang reminded Hua Qiangu: "We will be leaving tomorrow, have you packed your luggage?"

Hua Qiangu said: "I'm ready, Master!"

Bai Ziyang said: "I have two tasks for you when you go down the mountain this time!"

Hua Qiangu said: "Yes! Master ordered!"

Bai Ziyang said seriously: "First, bring back more delicious and fun things from the mountain for Master..."

Hua Qiangu said helplessly: "Okay, Master!"

Bai Ziyang said: "Secondly, one of the disciples who came down the mountain this time is a spy of Qi Sha. You need to pay more attention and find him out!"

"Ah?" Hua Qiangu opened her eyes wide and asked, "Who is it? Master?"

Bai Ziyang said, "Who can tell you? Observe for yourself. Luo Shiyi also knows about this matter. Discuss with him more often when something happens."

Hua Qiangu said: "I understand, Master!"

Bai Ziyang was satisfied and said, "Okay, go ahead."

Since following Bai Ziyang, Hua Qiangu said in a rare sentimental tone: "Master, you must take good care of yourself when Xiaogu is not around. Xiaogu knows that this trip carries a heavy responsibility, and I will do my best and will not embarrass you."

Bai Ziyang smiled and nodded when he heard this, and said only two words: "Go!"

Bai Ziyang was watched by Mo Yan and could not run away. Hua Qiangu left again and he immediately felt bored. Fortunately, Bai Ziyang had practiced the art of observing the micro quite well, so he took a look when he was bored. He saw Hua Qiangu teasing Dongfang Yuqing and Meng Xuanlang and even called Tang Bao, and they both laughed together.