Chapter Twenty-Three: The First Entrance to the Outer Gate
"It's all dumb, yell!" Scar said viciously.
"Senior Brother Niu!" shouted in a ragged voice.
"The sect master, his old man, once said, 'If you want to cultivate the truth, you must first cultivate the mind', and when you come to me, you have to cultivate the mind well. If you don't listen to me, I'll have to help you fix it, understand?"
The crowd was speechless.
Scar shouted, "Got it!"
"Understood!" the crowd replied in a ragged voice.
Lu Hao was a little depressed at this time, how could this plot be so similar to Xiu Zhenwen that he could meet an 'evil senior brother'! But at this time, if he was not familiar with life, he could only take one step at a time.
"Come with me to get your things for a while, and after you get your things, you will be assigned a place to live, and you will start tomorrow morning, and you will give me a good job!" Scar said a word viciously, turned around and swaggered away.
The crowd had to follow.
Lu Hao originally thought that the residence had to be like what other Xiuzhen texts said, at least it was a stone house, but how did he know that it was actually a 'cave'! That's right, the so-called residence is a cave that is 'dug up' one by one under the root of the mountain, and the cave is a little lifted.
There are two people in a 'hole', but fortunately, Scar did not embarrass too much in the allocation of accommodation, and divided Lu Hao and Yuan Jia together.
Sitting on the 'bed' in the cave, Lu Hao looked at the items that had just been distributed. A set of white cloth shirts, a storage bag, a book of mountain and sea recipes, and a lower grade spirit stone, this is the 'all belongings' of the outer disciples.
He lay on the bed with his eyes dazed at the top of the kiln.
The resources of this outer disciple are pitiful, and they only have three lower grade spirit stones per month. With this speed, how many years and months will I be able to cultivate Yuanying, and when will I be able to save my Yu'er! No, I have to find a way. The most important thing now is to find out the situation first and get the 'resources' as quickly as possible, so that you can cultivate as quickly as possible.
"Madame's mind is so clear and her heart is disturbed, and people's hearts are so quiet and she wants to be involved. It can often send its desires and calm its mind, clear its heart and clear itself, and naturally the six desires are not born......" Yuan Jiaping took the mountain and sea recipe and read it.
Lu Hao's thoughts were also interrupted by Yuan Jiaping, and he also picked up the mountain and sea recipe and looked at it.
He found that this mountain and sea recipe was very similar to the Taiqing guidance method that Yu'er gave him at the beginning, and it was nothing more than some methods for inducing qi into the body. After watching it for a while, I didn't have much interest.
Early the next morning, all the new disciples of the outer gate were called to the 'square' of the outer gate. It is said to be a 'square', but it is actually a fairly clean space.
Scar Niu stood on the stone platform, pinching his waist with one hand, holding his stomach shyly, and looking at everyone with a vicious expression: "Outer disciples, in addition to cultivation, the most important task is to be responsible for some daily chores of the sect. These days, you are in charge of carrying water and chopping wood. Those who carry water are given five jars per person per day, and those who chop wood are given fifty pounds per person per day. If you can't complete the task, don't think about eating!"
Everyone was stunned at first, and then they all looked at each other with a gloomy face.
Scar Bull finished assigning everyone and instructed some specific things, and then swaggered back.
Lu Hao and Yuan Jiaping were both assigned to carry water, and they reluctantly went to work with everyone.
At the end of this day, Lu Hao was not very tired because he was at the second level of qi refining and his body was assisted by spiritual power, while Yuan Jiaping, who was 'fine skin and tender meat', couldn't bear it.
He lay on the bed and sighed: "Brother Lu, it's only been a day, and my bones are about to fall apart." If you hadn't helped me carry a few more burdens, I might not have been able to get it back. Where is this cultivation, is it clearly hard labor!"
Seeing him like this, Lu Hao comforted: "Jiaping, we are newcomers, and it is normal for us to suffer a little. When you have cultivated the aura, it will be fine slowly. I'll help you a little more these days. ”
"Brother Lu, little brother, your life was saved by you, I didn't expect you to help me work, little brother, I'm really ashamed. ”
Lu Hao smiled slightly, and didn't say anything.
In this way, the two of them did this every day for 'hard labor'. After these days of observation, Lu Hao also has a general understanding of the situation outside the door.
There are about several hundred disciples of this outer sect, and they are responsible for all the chores of the entire sect. All the outer disciples are all 'white-clothed', while the yellow-clothed and so on belong to the inner disciples.
The cultivation of the outer disciples mainly relies on the mountain and sea recipes. If you want to be promoted to an inner disciple, you can only use your spare time to cultivate after completing your daily work. When you reach the fifth level of Qi refining, you can be promoted to an inner disciple. If you haven't cultivated to the fifth level of qi refining within ten years, you won't have a chance to be promoted. After all, cultivation depends on qualifications, and the fifth level of qi refining can be achieved in two or three years for people with good qualifications. For people with poor qualifications, even if it is thirty or fifty years, it is unattainable.
Through chatting with some outer disciples who started early when he was working these days, Lu Hao also heard an important news, that is, it turned out that in addition to these daily chores, the outer disciples also had a job that could be regarded as a 'beautiful difference', that is, mining.
According to them, mining is actually going to the spirit vein to dig the spirit stone mine. This spirit stone mine is the spirit vein that Lu Hao and Yu'er stole at the beginning. The work of mining is not easy to say, but the only advantage is that for every thousand catties of spirit stone ore dug out, you can exchange it for a low-grade spirit stone in the sect. For these outer disciples who only have three lower grade spirit stones per month, this job is a way to increase their income. After all, the spirit stone is the most important resource for cultivation. Whether it is cultivation or buying some elixir magic weapons, spirit stones are all needed.
As the steward of the outer gate, Scar Cow is determined by him to go to the mining. It is enough for the sect's chores to have about 100 or so people every day, and the rest of the people are arranged to mine. These people inevitably have to 'honor' the scar cow, and the fixed three spirit stones every month must be given to him, which has become a well-known 'rule'. And the outer disciples who go to mining are also accustomed to it, some of them are capable, with mining, they can also earn ten or twenty spirit stones a month, but the labor they pay is also amazing.
"Brother Lu, why don't we go mining too?" said Yuan Jiaping to Lu Hao.
"It's okay, instead of doing these unpaid jobs here, it's really better to go mining, after all, you can exchange some spirit stones. Lu Hao agreed.
In fact, since he knew that there was a job of mining, Lu Hao had a trace of other thoughts in his heart.
For other outer disciples, these spirit stone mines have no other effect except for exchanging a small amount of spirit stones, but for Lu Hao, the availability is greater. He had calculated with Lao Di that from the purity of this spirit stone mine, for every hundred catties of spirit stone mine, about four or five pieces of low-grade spirit stones could be extracted.
Thinking of this, Lu Hao's eyes flashed with a greedy light......