The word "nine years old" seems to evoke Zhang Yongxiang's memories of the past. He sighed with emotion: "I was older than you when I entered the mountain gate, eleven years old...... Alas, it's all about the rotten grains of old sesame seeds, so I won't mention it. ”

His tone immediately became nonchalant and asked, "I heard that you are a new disciple of Immortal Master Lu?" ”

Yang Tianhong raised his head and was extremely stunned: "No! Lu Xianshi did not accept me as an apprentice, but only agreed to accept me as his slave. ”

The same thing, said in different words, has a very different effect on the listener.

I am a slave of Lu Xianshi.

Lu Xianshi promised to accept me as his slave.

Although Zhang Yongxiang is old and refined, he has an unusual dedication to cultivation.

Back then, he was favored by the traveling monks, and felt that he had a wise root, and when he brought him back to the mountain gate, he was more worried and uneasy in his heart, and he was reluctant to give up on his parents.

For an eleven-year-old child, the avenue of immortality and cultivation are all floating clouds, and they are not as good as a sugar man that can be bought with a copper plate.

Later, when he got older and understood the wonders, Zhang Yongxiang knew that this was his immortal fate, so he no longer resisted cultivation, and was extremely eager to one day enter the stage of qi refining and become a disciple of the immortal family in the true sense.

This hope is decades of time.

Not all traveling monks have an accurate vision, and not all young people who are brought up the mountain can become outer disciples. After a long time, there are more and more people who have immortal fate but cannot become monks, so there are various outer halls with different names.

These people were unwilling to leave the location of the sect, and they studied and cultivated hard all day long holding the classics issued by the sect, hoping that one day they would be able to step into the realm of qi refining, and from then on they would leave the outer hall and enter the outer gate.

The older a person gets, the more afraid he is of death.

As long as you enter the first realm of qi refining, which is commonly known as the first layer of qi refining, you can increase your life span by 50 years.

Zhang Yongxiang is extremely eager to become an outer disciple.

He was cautious and never let go of even a chance that seemed possible.

From the age of eleven to the present, he has become a deacon of "Baili Inquiry", and Zhang Yongxiang has his own team.

First refining the qi, and then building the foundation. Further up, there are Jindan, Yuanying, Distraction, Tribulation, and Mahayana.

During the entire cultivation process, Zhang Yongxiang had already memorized the melons by heart. It's a pity that he is just an ordinary person at the moment, and he doesn't even have the most basic "sense of qi".

Who is Lo?

There are currently only six Jindan monks in the Guiyuan Sect, and he is one of them.

Of course, the specific realm Zhang Yongxiang is not very clear. It may be the five realms of Jindan, or it may be the sixth, seventh, or even eighth realms...... This is a secret that cannot be disclosed to the public.

But in any case, Yang Tianhong is the person brought back by Lu Weiye from outside. Especially when entering the mountain gate, some people clearly heard Yang Tianhong calling Kong Jin "senior brother" and Su Jingshuang "senior sister".

Lu Weiye has many disciples, and the most favored of them is Su Jingshuang.

Within the sect, everyone usually meets each other, and they are all referred to as "brothers and sisters".

In Zhang Yongxiang's view, the reason why Yang Tianhong was left in the Wenxin Hall should be the same as himself, he has no sense of anger.

But one thing is crucial———— Lo said that Yang Tianhong is his servant.

These words were said in front of the head of the hall, He Zhou.

There are many people in this world who like to swap foxes and fake tigers. If Yang Tianhong opens his mouth and closes his mouth to have a relationship with Lu Weiye, this style may bluff some people who don't know what's going on, but it won't have an effect on Zhang Yongxiang.

People are old and experienced, and he can see through many small tricks at a glance.

Yang Tianhong was very honest, and in the face of Zhang Yongxiang's question, he admitted that he was only a slave of Lu Weiye, not a disciple.

Zhang Yongxiang subconsciously ignored the word "slave" and focused all his attention on the word "servant".

A servant of the Jindan Immortal Master, and he was nine years old.

Young, anything is possible.

Maybe one day in the future, Yang Tianhong will have a sense of qi and become a real outer disciple.

Maybe his cultivation has been smooth since then, and he has soared to the sky.

Of course, he may end up like himself, he will always be just an ordinary person, without any progress.

Zhang Yongxiang picked up the wooden sign placed on the coffee table, handed it to Yang Tianhong, and said lightly: "You go to the cemetery!" There's a sweeper over there. ”

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The cemetery is located in the back mountain of Guiyuan Sect, which is an undulating hill. The cemetery covers a large area, from the inside to the outside, and the disciples of the deceased disciples of the Guiyuan Sect are buried.

There are as many as tens of thousands of graves here. Most of them were ordinary monks, and a small number were monks.

According to the regulations, managing a cemetery is not just about cleaning the ground. The names on the tombstones must be kept bright at all times, the tombstones must not be damaged, the surrounding weeds must be cleaned regularly, and the ground must be clean and tidy.

Including the newcomer Yang Tianhong, the number of managers of the Guiyuanzong Cemetery is now one hundred and eighty-six.

Zhang Yongxiang said that "the cemetery is a sweeper", which is just a polite remark on the scene.

In fact, there is too much shortage of manpower here, even if the current number is doubled, it will not be enough.

Regulations are always just something written on paper. No matter how detailed the terms are, they will vary from person to person.

The graves of the monks in the sect must be cleaned with great pride. Not only to clean weeds and tombstones, but also to plant flowers and trees next to the grave to create a special atmosphere.

The reason is very simple———— everyone has a few friends, and the deceased immortal master is no exception.

If one day the friend of the deceased suddenly came to see his old friend, put on a few sticks of incense, pour two glasses of wine, sit on the ground, and sigh about the past...... The neat and orderly environment of the cemetery will definitely be greatly appreciated by visitors, and maybe they will also have a good impression of the cemetery manager, who will teach you one or two cultivation skills by the way, and even give you incomparably precious elixirs.

Therefore, the monk's cemetery is always clean.

The realm of monks who can be buried here is at least above the foundation.

This is not a rule set by the immortal master of the sect. In fact, in the eyes of the mighty monks, people live for a lifetime, and that's what it is. After death, it is nothing but a stinky skin. As long as you return to the sect, the back mountain will always leave a place for you. These lay monks were too lazy to take care of it, and they didn't have any interest, so they left it to the people in the outer hall to take care of it.

It is also normal for cemeteries to be polarized. The administrators artificially divided the cemetery into high-level and low-level areas.

Since the establishment of the cemetery, more than 3,000 monks have died in the foundation realm, and the area where they are buried is high-level.

The Qi Refining Realm and ordinary people are grouped together, and the area where they are buried is low-level.

The trail into the cemetery is very particular. Yang Tianhong took the wooden sign to report to the cemetery, and as soon as he entered the park, the first thing that caught his eye was the pine and cypress, and then the white chrysanthemum.

Bamboo varieties are quite distinctive. If it is the grave of a female monk, there is a Xiangfei bamboo planted next to it. In the case of male monks, purple bamboo, golden bamboo, longevity bamboo, and nanzhu are paired with white roses and jasmine, which are dotted with nantian bamboo, as well as a few herbs that exude a faint aroma.

Each monk's tomb covers an area of at least 200 square meters. If it is a high-level Jindan or Yuanying monk, the area of the cemetery is even as high as thousands of square meters.

Looking at all this in front of him, Yang Tianhong couldn't help but feel a little in a trance———— where is this cemetery? It is clearly a well-maintained, carefully managed, and elegant park.

Continue onwards, through a dense field of pines and cypresses, into the lower area of the cemetery.

Here is a stark contrast to the area that was passed before.

Dirty, messy, poor.

The new grave is fine, at least it looks relatively intact.

The roof of the old grave is overgrown with weeds. In order to save open space, the graves here are next to each other, and in some places the grass is higher than people, and the tombstones are all blocked. Standing in the distance, it looks like a patch of miniature hills.

There were only forty-one administrators of the lower cemeteries.

It's a place to eat by skill. The ruthless people with big fists and the smart and capable people all went to the high-end park. If you can't beat others, you can't play tricks and will naturally be eliminated. The so-called natural selection is like this.

According to the serial number marked on the wooden plaque, Yang Tianhong was assigned to the 34th squad.

Cemetery handymen are in shifts.

In addition to Yang Tianhong, there are two other people in the management team: Li Tiangang and Zhang Fugui.

As you can tell from the name, these are two people with completely different family backgrounds.

Li Tiangang's father is a broken talent, and Zhang Fugui's father is a rich man in the countryside.

Before Yang Tianhong appeared, Li Tiangang and Zhang Fugui looked down on each other.

Now, they all have a common target to bully.

Li Tiangang was seventeen years old, thin and arrogant, and directly threw the broom to Yang Tianhong: "In the future, sweeping the floor is your business." ”

Zhang Fugui was sixteen years old, with dark skin and plenty of food, which made his arms and thighs very thick, and his expression was rough and savage. He directly slapped Yang Tianhong, and his smile was very hideous: "In the future, you will be responsible for everything here." ”

Although the statements are different, the purpose is the same.

Yang Tianhong is only nine years old, not to mention two people, even if any of them, he can't beat them.

Li Tiangang and Zhang Fugui go to the cemetery every day to check the sanitation and cleaning work. These two bastards are simply more serious than the outer disciples sent from above to supervise. That kind of rigorous and careful attitude towards work always reminds Yang Tianhong of the small-footed old woman who put red labels such as "cleanest" on her door by the street committee.

If you have to distinguish the high and low from the wicked, Yang Tianhong still prefers Zhang Fugui.

Perhaps because of his straightforward temperament, the son of this rich man's family has not been able to enter the Qi refining period. From time to time, he always punched Yang Tianhong in the stomach, or picked up his foot and kicked Yang Tianhong's buttocks, with a thunderous roar coming out of his mouth.

"Lazy man, get up and work quickly, and sweep the floor for Lao Tzu. The senior brother above is about to come down to check, if something unclean is found, believe it or not, Lao Tzu skinned you alive? ”

may have been influenced by Xiucai's father since he was a child, Li Tiangang is somewhat of a literati.

He always held the book of "Guiyuan General Outline" issued to all the disciples of the sect, including the miscellaneous servants, and kept reading it. Whenever Zhang Fugui used Yang Tianhong as a human flesh sandbag to exercise his body, Li Tiangang's white and peaceful face always showed a look of disdain.

Yang Tianhong has found steel needles on his bed more than once. The fingers were so long, standing straight on the bed, and once they lay down, the hard and sharp needle tips could immediately pierce the flesh and make them scream in pain.

Li Tiangang seems to have a special hobby of poking people with steel needles. Where Zhang Fugui couldn't see, he always held a few steel needles and poked back and forth on Yang Tianhong's body. According to him, this is to find the direction of the body's meridians and find the traces of the movement of the qi sense. As long as he solved this puzzle, Li Tiangang would be able to open through his own vein joints and smoothly enter the first layer of qi refining.

Yang Tianhong can understand these perverted thoughts. In short, these guys who have been selected to become outer disciples, and who are unable to enter the successful Qi refining, and can only be demoted to miscellaneous servants, have either become delusional psychos, or are taking unwavering steps towards this great goal.

He doesn't have much on the mind at the moment. The only thought is to live well.

Since coming to this strange world, everything he has encountered has been terrifying.

Especially this young body.

But to a certain extent, the innocent appearance also brought unexpected benefits to Yang Tianhong.

No one is wary of a child who likes to chat and get in.

There are many countries in this world: the Great Han, the Great Chu, the Great Wei, the Great Zhao...... These country names are similar to the Seven Heroes of the Warring States in Yang Tianhong's original world, the difference is that there is an extra "big" character.

Only powerful countries can add the prefix "big".

Countries such as Lu, Song, Zhu, and Liang, even if they forcibly add this prefix, will be ridiculed.

It's been a month since he traveled, and Yang Tianhong, who was gradually familiar with the surrounding environment, finally understood what a wise decision he had made to fight to the death on the ship before.

This is a world full of wars.

It is a kind of luck to be able to enter the mountain gate of the Guiyuan Sect. As long as you go up the mountain, even if you never make progress in cultivation, and you will always be just an ordinary person, the sect will not expel you because of this, but will be relegated to the outer hall and you will die on the mountain.

The reason is very simple: one day to worship the Guiyuan Sect, you must give up many things from the world, and you will always be here people.

The sect does not restrict personal freedom, and anyone can go down the mountain as long as they have a reasonable and legitimate reason.

Mourning for parents.

Travel.

Doing business for the sect, by the way, also to earn a little money for himself.

None of this is a problem.

But as long as the sect calls you back to the mountain, even if there is a knife in the sky, you must return within the specified time.

Otherwise, the people in the torture hall will come to the door and use all kinds of terrible methods to make you understand what is called "punishment for violations".

Not everyone who has no hope of cultivating is willing to stay in the mountains honestly.

But on the whole, the vast majority of people prefer to stay in the mountains.

Their expectations for cultivation have been reduced to a minimum, and their obsession in their hearts is just "becoming a Qi Refiner".