The cold frost and mist filled the entire Yaowang Villa, immersed in the misty morning light.

The more than 100 teenagers in the compound have not yet woken up, and the courtyard is locked by an arm-thick iron lock, and no one can get out, and they have nothing to do when they wake up, so they can only continue to sleep in the same place.

At this time, a group of high-level bigwigs of the Medicine King Gang came to the gate of the compound.

The leader is a majestic old man with a green beard, dressed in a satin robe, rubbing a pair of wall-colored double beads in his palm, and a green and exquisite jade pendant hanging from his waist, with a graceful and atmospheric appearance.

Behind him, dozens of middle-aged pharmacists, either slightly rich or cold and thin, walked leisurely in twos and threes.

At the back, there were more than a dozen white-clothed disciples in luxurious clothes, all of whom were extraordinary, carrying swords and swords at their waists, and walking steadily, which seemed to be well-trained.

Two young swordsmen in the nursing home were napping outside the hospital, and suddenly found the arrival of the old man with a green beard, and immediately woke up.

They looked proud in front of the children, and they couldn't help but show panic, and hurriedly stood up and bowed.

"Manager Zhang, you're old!"

"What do you always command? You just need to send two disciples over, give an order, and the little one will bring them over!"

This green-bearded old man is the head of internal affairs of Yaowang Villa, and he is the top boss of their villa nursing home.

"Lazy goods, let you be on duty here, is this one to take a nap?"

Manager Zhang glanced at the two swordsmen, and snorted coldly.

The two young swordsmen suddenly turned pale with fright, did not dare to defend themselves, and repeatedly begged for mercy.

The Medicine King Gang has a strict rank, and the high-level has always been strict with the low-level control, and the precepts and punishments are harsh.

In the case of a two-person vigil, one of them must be awake at all times and take turns resting. Both of them were actually napping, which was a gang rule.

"Go back to the precept house, and give each of them three lashes! ”

Manager Zhang said coldly.

The two young swordsmen hurriedly took out the key to open the thick chains, entered the large courtyard, shouted loudly, and drove many teenagers who were still in a sweet dream to wake up, and lined up to greet Mr. Zhang, in order to make up for the mistakes.

There was a sudden panic in the large courtyard, and hundreds of teenagers hurriedly lined up.

Su Chen didn't know who stepped on him, woke up from his dream, hurriedly wiped his saliva with his sleeve, and crowded into the ranks of the teenagers.

It took a long time for them to form several crooked lines under the command of the Youth Nursing Home. The teenagers had never been trained, and it was good to be able to barely line up.

Manager Zhang entered the big courtyard and saw that the courtyard was in order, and his face was slightly satisfied.

Those white-clothed disciples with extraordinary instruments also followed into the courtyard, looking at the many ignorant teenagers in front of them with arrogant expressions.

The newcomers and teenagers in the courtyard looked at these white-clothed brothers and sisters with great envy, and secretly cheered themselves up.

Although they are young now, as long as they have been training hard in the Medicine King Gang for a few years, their temperament will definitely be reborn and they will become young men like these white-clothed disciples.

Chief Manager Zhang took out a list of inner disciples from the sleeves of his wide robe, and with a kind look, he swept over the ten new inner disciples in the courtyard.

"Wang Fugui, recommended by the deputy hall master of the Gang, has been proficient in pen and ink since childhood, and is a rare talent, and is licensed to become an inner disciple of the Gang, and worships Pharmacist Li Kui as a teacher. ”

"Wei Han, recommended by the master of the Wang Hall of the Gang, a young man who practiced martial arts, was extremely talented, and was authorized to become an inner disciple of the Gang, and worshiped Zheng Cheng Pharmacist as a teacher!"

"Li Jiao, recommended by the general manager, has studied literature since childhood, is proficient in abacus, has both talent and appearance, is a heroine among women, is licensed to be an inner disciple of this gang, and worships Li Kui pharmacist as a teacher!"

“....”

"The above ten people are the inner disciples of the gang, and they are awarded white-clothed apprentice robes for three years. ”

Manager Zhang took a roll call and asked these inner disciples to come out to meet their respective teachers.

The ten young masters and young ladies who were named in the large courtyard came out one after another to meet their respective teachers, and then stood aside, all with pride on their faces.

Having the high-level bigwigs of the Medicine King Gang such as Chief Manager Zhang and the hall masters to introduce them is definitely not a generous treatment that ordinary children can enjoy.

They have long been determined to be the inner disciples, and after one or two decades of learning the arts, they will become the middle and upper echelons of the Medicine King Gang. The treatment from other outer disciples is naturally completely different.

Su Chen looked at them, his heart full of envy.

In the courtyard, all the ordinary teenagers also knew this, but when they really heard that the ten of them had become inner disciples, they still felt envious, and even a little red.

Of course, envy is envy, for most civilian teenagers, although they can't become inner disciples, the identity of the outer disciples of the Medicine King Gang is already worth showing off.

You must know that any outer disciple of the Medicine King Gang is walking in Gusu County, which is much higher than the common people in the county, and there is nothing left to see.

The officials of the county government did not dare to provoke the big gang of disciples easily, and the ordinary people even took a detour when they saw it, and did not dare to offend them.

Su Chen's thoughts are even simpler, he just wants to have a place to settle down in Gusu County.

He was originally the son of a fisherman in Zhouzhuang, but now he can become an outer disciple of the Medicine King Gang, and he has no worries about food and clothing, and he is no longer bullied, and he is already very satisfied.

...

Manager Zhang smiled and groaned, and kindly told Wang Fugui, Wei Han, Li Jiao and other ten new inner disciples, so that they could use logistics and cultivation not to live up to the high expectations of the elders in the family and the high-level leaders of the Medicine King Gang.

Then, he looked at the remaining hundreds of teenagers in the courtyard again, but his expression faded and became dignified.

"Next, it's the outer disciples of this gang to apprentice!"

"Each pharmacist can select up to five outer disciples to teach martial arts and medicinal arts with the inner disciples, with a three-year apprenticeship. All the apprentices of this gang can enjoy many benefits, such as free room and board, free borrowing of ordinary books in the library and so on. ”

"But don't be too happy, every six months in the future, Master will eliminate one of the five outer disciples according to their usual performance. Those who were eliminated by the master no longer followed the master to learn art, and were assigned to the three major halls of the outer gate of the gang, and no longer enjoyed the apprenticeship treatment.

The first and second eliminated outer disciples have learned introductory martial arts and introductory medicinal arts, and entered the lowest-level miscellaneous service hall. The disciples in the Miscellaneous Service Hall can receive various miscellaneous tasks in the main hall and earn a small amount of copper coins, and they are the lowest members of the Medicine King Gang.

The third and fourth eliminated outer disciples learned low-level martial arts and low-level medicinal techniques and entered the Sword Protection Hall. On weekdays, he practiced martial arts, and was responsible for guarding the village's nursing home, protecting the medicine store, and participating in the battle of the rivers and lakes to safeguard the interests of the gang.

The fifth outer disciple who was eliminated learned intermediate martial arts and intermediate medicinal arts, and entered the internal affairs hall. In the pharmacy of my Medicine King Gang, I am a buddy, a pharmacist, a pharmacy shopkeeper, etc., and the salary is higher.

Inner disciples can study for three years, learn advanced martial arts and advanced medicinal arts, and then enter the alchemy hall or sword hall, and later be promoted to the pharmacist of the gang, law enforcement, and even Dharma protectors, worshippers, hall masters, and so on. ”

In the compound, all the newcomers and teenagers were stunned after listening to the elimination rules announced by General Manager Zhang.

This kind of elimination is also too cruel.

The five outer disciples are eliminated every six months, which means that the shortest of these outer disciples is only half a year from the master, and the longest can study for two and a half years.

The longer the apprentices follow the master, the more advanced the skills they naturally learn, and the better their future will be.

And the inner disciples are treated the best, they will not be eliminated, and they can follow the master to learn for up to three years.

"You need not be envious. The inner disciples are highly paid, and it is because their families have made great contributions to the gang, or donated a lot of money to the gang, so that they have obtained the generous qualifications of the inner disciples!

And you, the outer disciples, have not contributed to the gang, but they have to eat and drink all the money of the Anther King Gang, and you have to learn art in the gang. Being able to enter this gang as an outer disciple is already a great blessing for you, and naturally you are not qualified to sit on an equal footing with the inner disciples.

The Governor warns you. The Yaowang Gang only talks about gang rules and contributions, not personal feelings. Not to mention the idlers, mediocre people and waste, the stubborn and unbearable people will be immediately expelled from the Medicine King Gang. ”

Manager Zhang gave a stern look and continued: "Of course, as long as the outer disciples work hard, they will have a chance to get ahead! If you work hard, you will also have great hope of being promoted to the middle level of the gang.

For example, the old man, who also joined the Internal Affairs Hall as an outer disciple and served the gang for decades, is now in charge of the general affairs of the headquarters of the Medicine King Villa. Only below the gang leader and the main and deputy hall masters, he is above the disciples of the gang, which is the best proof. ”

Mr. Zhang is not shy about his origins.

As an outer disciple, he was among the top echelons of the Medicine King Gang, and he was the pride of the thousands of disciples of the Medicine King Gang. The characters who can stomp their feet in Gusu County and on the rivers and lakes can shake three times, which is enough to make countless high-rollers in the rivers and lakes envy and look up.

"Alright. Next, it was the pharmacists who selected the five outer disciples under their names, and there was no special particularity, and the pharmacists could accept them if they were pleasing to the eye. ”

Mr. Zhang politely asked all the pharmacists to choose apprentices.

There were more than 20 pharmacists in total, with a hundred apprentices in the compound. Soon, the teenagers in the compound were selected by the alchemists.

Su Chen was surprised to find that he was picked by Pharmacist Li Kui.

This Li Kui is the master of Wang Fugui and Li Jiao, and Zhang Tieniu was selected together, as well as three other young people from the county.

This pharmacist Li Kui seems to be quite powerful among the pharmacists of the Medicine King Gang, and he has brought two inner disciples with him. And many other pharmacists did not bring inner disciples.

Under the auspices of Mr. Zhang, all the inner and outer disciples began to hold initiation and apprenticeship ceremonies.

The rookie disciples stepped forward one by one to cut their fingers and drip blood, drip into a large blood basin in front of them, drink blood wine together, and worship the Medicine King Banner of the Medicine King Gang together.

Bloody vows never to rebel against the gang.

Such a grand ceremony made the teenagers enthusiastic.

This symbolizes that from this moment on, they are no longer ordinary people, but have become real people in the rivers and lakes, and they will be born and die for the Medicine King Gang.

After the oath was completed, the newcomer disciples offered tea to their respective masters.

Su Chen and the other four outer disciples respectfully offered tea together and worshiped Pharmacist Li Kui as his master.

He received a waist badge of the Medicine King Gang Outer Sect Apprentice, a brand new set of Tsing Yi apprentice clothes, a bedding, toiletries and other miscellaneous items, and officially became an Outer Sect disciple.

At the end of the apprenticeship, the disciples were assigned a place to live.

Su Chen, Zhang Tieniu and other five outer disciples were all disciples of the same master, so they were assigned to a small courtyard where the disciples lived.

The layout of the small courtyard is simple, a stone house, five hot kang shops in the house, and several stone benches, which are very simple and durable. There are also a few hardwood stakes in the yard, which can practice martial arts.

And Wang Fugui, Li Jiao and other inner disciples have a high status, and they do not live in the same place as their outer disciples, but each has their own room.

"Brother Su, brothers and sisters, we are all brothers who worship the same master, and we will take care of each other in the future!"

Zhang Tieniu put down the futon on the kang and patted his chest, his face full of pride.

He originally looked down on Su Chen, a small fisherman in Zhouzhuang, and didn't like to deal with it very much. However, now that he and Su Chen are both outer disciples of the Medicine King Gang, they can't talk about who looks down on anyone, so their attitude is a little better.

The five of them sat in the room and chatted and introduced themselves.

Only then did Su Chen learn that in addition to him and Zhang Tieniu, the other three young men and women were named Yang Dezhi, Qin Huihui and Kong Xinqiao.

Yang Dezhi is a little thin, and his eyes are shrewd. According to his own words, his father was a boy in the county seat, and he was not admitted to Xiucai, but later his family fell into the middle of the road and became the bookkeeper of a store in the county.

Although Yang Dezhi has not gone to Mengxue, he has learned words from his father, so he also knows some big characters, and he can even guess that he can understand some books, which is very enviable.

In comparison, the other four are all from worse families.

Qin Huihui's family is a snake breeder in Gusu County, and her family is poor. Kong Xinqiao's family is a beekeeper outside the city, and the two girls are from small families.

And Su Chen's family is the farthest, a small fisherman from Zhouzhuang Water Town, the farthest away from Gusu County.

The five teenagers and girls chatted casually, gradually getting acquainted, and there was no strangeness.

They have just become the outer disciples of the Medicine King Gang, and they are quite excited, talking about some of the majestic deeds of the disciples of the Medicine King Gang in the rivers and lakes, and the interesting and interesting stories in Gusu County, they are all active teenagers, and they talk endlessly.

The brothers and sisters were giggling and chatting kindly.

Su Chen has a quiet temperament, and he is not familiar with the affairs of the Yaowang Gang and the county, so he listens most of the time and doesn't talk much.

He was keenly aware that whether it was the rude Zhang Tieniu, or the shrewd-looking Yang Dezhi, or the delicate-minded Qin Huihui, the simple Kong Xinqiao seemed to have reservations when chatting, not mentioning that every six months, one of them would be eliminated.

Su Chen understood thoroughly in his heart that the elimination of the cruel disciples in the gang would definitely bury a gap in the hearts of all the senior brothers.

Although they are brothers in the same class, there is a strong competition between them. One person is eliminated every six months, which means that after two years, the status gap between their five brothers and sisters in the Medicine King Gang will become very large.

The first two people to be eliminated entered the lowest-level miscellaneous service hall. The miscellaneous disciples were the most unlucky, they could only do hard work, they couldn't learn anything at all, and they became mediocre in the future.

And the last eliminated disciple entered the internal affairs hall, and he was even expected to become the chief shopkeeper of a pharmacy in the county town, with dozens of people under his command, and his future could be said to be excellent. This is the most promising except for the inner disciples.

When apprenticeship, Master Li Kui explained that from tomorrow onwards, the seven disciples of their outer and inner doors would follow him and begin to learn medicine and martial arts.

They didn't dare to talk too late, and at night, the village was silent, and they fell asleep on the kang early.

Su Chen was on the warm kang bunk, and he slept so steadily for the first time in these days.

After becoming a disciple of the Medicine King Gang, he no longer worries about a mouthful of food.

But because of the elimination of the gang rules, his mind was a little heavier.

However, Su Chen believes that as long as he studies hard, he will not be worse than the other four brothers and sisters, and he will definitely be able to get ahead in Gusu County in the future.

I don't know what is the situation of Ah Chou now, has he entered the Tianyan Gate? When the two of them learn medicine and martial arts, and go to the rivers and lakes together, they will definitely be happy and happy that day.

All kinds of chaotic thoughts flashed in Su Chen's mind, and he gradually fell asleep with peace of mind, looking forward to pharmacist Li Kui teaching one or two unique skills tomorrow.