The structure of the disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect is not exactly the same as the pyramid. The number of miscellaneous disciples who served as the pedestal was huge, and the number of outer disciples was much less, and then the inner disciples were much less than the miscellaneous disciples, but there were many more than the outer disciples. They were the most important strength and foundation of the Heavenly Sword Sect, followed by the core disciples, as the top of the pyramid, the number has always been very small. And the most important identity of the personal disciple is not in the order sequence of the sect.

It seems that the outer disciples are only a little stronger than the miscellaneous disciples, but in fact, the gap is not small. Because they train the outer disciples as managers, if they really have the ability to do the internal and external affairs of the sect, many things will be handed over to the outer disciples to deal with. Therefore, the outer disciples do not seem to have a high status, but their rights are still not small.

The current Heavenly Sword Sect has an outer disciple as the head of the sect, and he is only responsible to the head of the sect and the three elders of the Guardian Sect. Even the four elders can't instruct him at will, but this kind of relationship can only be understood and not spoken, and both sides try not to embarrass each other.

Today is the first day for new disciples to learn martial arts in the martial arts training ground, and all the elders and Dharma protectors who are qualified to select disciples are standing on the high platform. They are observing the new disciples below and selecting their own disciples from among them, and because they are teaching in person, they are called personal disciples.

There is no restriction on the qualifications for selecting a disciple who is personally transmitted, as long as they feel that they have the right temper, no one cares if they choose a miscellaneous disciple. However, no one would choose a person with such poor qualifications to be their personal disciple, because his achievements represent the face of the master. Generally, they are selected from the core disciples and inner disciples, and these disciples are not bad in terms of qualifications on the one hand, and they are likely to have a good background. And people like Zhuge Wan'er and Murong Du, without testing, are core disciples, and their backgrounds are naturally self-evident, and their personal disciples naturally can't run.

Standing on the high platform in front of the martial arts training ground, the four elders looked specifically at the place where the outer disciples were practicing, and looked back and forth two or three times but did not see silence. He wondered, where did people go? New disciples had to go to the martial arts training ground on time to practice, how could he be absent? However, he didn't want people to know that he was concerned about silence, so he retreated and found one of his personal disciples, and asked him not to alarm others, and to go there and ask.

Hearing his master's order, Tie Qiudao quickly ran towards the southwest corner where the outer disciples were practicing. He is an inner disciple, and it has been five years since he came here, and he has only been accepted as a personal disciple of the four elders for more than three years. After the work of the new disciple entry is finished this time, he will participate in the assessment of the core disciples. He was also very curious about how silence could attract the master's attention, what could be so special about an outer disciple? Could it be that the master wanted to accept an outer disciple as a personal disciple? This kind of thing had never been heard of. Or, this is a relational household, but the qualifications are really not good, so the master can only take care of it secretly?

Thinking like this, he went to the front of the disciple outside to take charge. He knew this person, who, like him, was an inner disciple who joined the sect five years ago, named Murong Ren. Although he hadn't dealt with each other much, he had known each other for five years, so he pretended to be passing by and asked, "Senior brother, you are on duty today." How many outer disciples have you recruited this time?How many men are there?" he said, and nodded casually: "One, two, three、...... , thirty-seven men. ”

Four people in a row, eyes swept over, nine rows more than one person. Tie Qiudao counted them out at once, and then saw that there were fourteen girls, and there were fifty-one people in total. He knew it should be fifty-two, and there was still a silence here. He wanted to see what Murong Ren said, there must be names and numbers on the roster, and no one could talk nonsense.

"There are fifty-two people in total, and one male disciple is short, it seems to be called Shen Mo. The others don't know where he's gone?" Murong Ren frowned, feeling that this disciple really had no rules.

"Is this disciple so bold?" Tie Qiudao asked pretending not to believe it. In fact, he really didn't believe it, even if he had a backstage, he wouldn't dare not come to practice without a reason.

"Who knows? I don't know where he went anyway. Murong Ren looked like he hated iron but not steel.

"Did you report it?"

"Nope. If he is reported, he will either be thrown out of the house or receive a hundred rods, and he will be an outer disciple. Murong Ren felt that this would allow Shen Mo to retain his identity as an outer disciple.

"How can you cover up this kind of thing! Report it quickly, don't bother you. I'll help you ask too. "Although Tie Qiudao didn't know the specific reason, he didn't see anyone on the first day of entry, no matter what it was, he had to tell the elder in charge. And Murong Ren, who is on duty today, can't escape punishment. If the person can find it, the punishment will naturally be lighter.

"Thank you, junior brother, you can help me ask again, and I'll go and tell the elder. Murong Ren knew that he couldn't hide it anymore, so he had to ask Tie Qiudao to help him ask again, and he went to report to the elders.

"Senior brother, thank you, you are too polite. Tie Qiudao was originally looking for silence, so he was naturally willing to help. Let him rest assured and ask him again. He first gathered all the male disciples together and asked, "Who had seen Shen Mo in the morning? Who shared a room with him?" ”

Yang Hua came out and said, "I live with him, and he gets up earlier than me in the morning." I saw someone in my room looking for him and asking him to do something, but I didn't hear clearly. ”

"Who else saw him?" Tie Qiudao felt that it was impossible to get up so early by Shen Mo alone, there should be someone else who saw him, and maybe he could tell who was looking for Shen Mo. As a result, everyone else kept their heads down and did not speak. He asked again, but still no one spoke. However, he noticed that one of the youngest male disciples, when he was questioning, secretly looked at him, but in the end he did not come forward. He quietly jotted it down and didn't ask him. It is estimated that he has scruples, he has just come here, and he must be cautious and can understand Tie Qiudao.

"Since everyone doesn't know, I won't ask. However, until the matter is investigated, I hope you don't spread the word, and you know the consequences. Tie Qiudao warned these disciples and told them to go back to the dormitory first and not run around. Then he hurried to his master.

After listening to Tie Qiudao's words, the four elders felt that things were not simple. It is said that when a person arrives in a strange place, it is impossible to run around, but he remembers that silence is not small. However, he is also a smart man, and it is impossible for him to ignore the rules of this place as soon as he arrives. The problem must be with the person who looked for him in the morning, and it seems that in order to figure this out, it is necessary to find the person who looked for silence in the morning. At this time, the four elders already vaguely felt that things seemed to be very difficult. So he told Tie Qiudao to keep an eye on the little disciple, and when he brought someone over quietly at night, he wanted to ask in person.