Gujiabao not only took the lead in taking sides in the previous battle with Black Sand Gang, but later Gu Xiaojiang relied on Mo Chen to join Chiyun Guard. Now Gujiapu is a model that Liu Yuanhu has set up in the county. If someone in Gujiapu really collides with Lu Junyi, this matter will be difficult to handle. What if he gets angry!
Mo Chen was also breaking into a cold sweat at this time. Although they were both court officials, in today's troubled times, the central court's control over such peripheral places was very weak, and many state capitals were even in a semi-independent state. With Lu Junyi's strength and status, if Mo Chen and Liu Yuanhu were to be harmed, Governor's Mansion would not fall out with the Saint Pill Sect because of them. Instead, he would arrange for a replacement to take over at an extremely fast speed to smooth over the matter quickly.
Lu Junyi couldn't help but laugh when he saw the big beads of sweat on Liu Yuanhu and Mo Chen's foreheads, as if they were free. "Why are you so nervous? I'm just asking."
Lu Junyi patted Five-colored Bird and stood up. Just when Five-colored Bird was in the air, he seemed to have thought of something and suddenly stopped Five-colored Bird. He hovered in the air and touched it from his cuffs. He took out a Porcelain Bottle and threw it to Liu Yuanhu: "I went out in a hurry this time and didn't bring anything valuable. This bottle of Bone Strengthening Pill should be regarded as the medical expenses for the sergeants who were injured by my Xiaocai earlier."
Liu Yuanhu carefully took Porcelain Bottle, and after watching Five-colored Bird leave, he couldn't wait to open the cork.
"Hiss! Elder Lu is grand!"
Liu Yuanhu's expression became excited when he saw the bottle full of Bone Strengthening Pill.
Although Porcelain Bottle is not big, it is filled with more than ten tablets of Bone Strengthening Pill!
Bone Strengthening Pill may not be a special elixir in Chiyun Prefecture, and you can buy it as long as you have money, but it is different in Canghe County. This thing is extremely precious, and you may not be able to buy it even if you have money!
Liu Yuanhu and Mo Chen immediately divided the bottle of Bone Strengthening Pill. As for the injured sergeants, they should give out more silver rewards at the end of the month.
After this incident, Ge Qing became even more mysterious in Liu Yuanhu's heart.
Lu Junyi rode Five-colored Bird back to Cloud Saint Peak's small courtyard and found that Chen Ke was guarding his door. Because Lu Junyi had opened the ban, Chen Ke could not enter and couldn't see the scene inside clearly, so he could only stand outside.
Lu Junyi was in a good mood now, so he didn't care about Chen Ke leaving his post without permission. He opened the ban and walked into the attic.
Seeing Lu Junyi coming back, Chen Ke didn't dare to follow him, so he could only stay at the door and wait for Gu Sheng to come out.
Gu Sheng heard the noise and stood up from the chair.
"Verified?"
Gu Sheng knew without even thinking that Lu Junyi must have gone to Canghe County to find Ge Qing.
Lu Junyi After returning this time, he carefully looked at Gu Sheng and said, "Verified! You will be a handyman disciple in our sect from now on."
"???"
Gu Sheng was filled with questions when he heard this. He learned from Lin Miaomiao that Saint Pill Sect's disciples are divided into outer disciples, inner disciples and core disciples, but he had never heard of handyman disciples. However, just hearing the word handyman, he knew that Dao Body must be worse than outer disciples!
The token given to him by Ge Qing should have a high gold content judging from the performance of Lin Miaomiao, Chen Ke and the first Lu Junyi. Initially, Gu Sheng thought that no matter how bad it was, he could pass himself off as an inner disciple. Who knew the contrast would be so huge!
"Um, is my token fake?" Gu Sheng asked in disbelief.
Lu Junyi shook his head and smiled, "Of course it's true! Don't get me wrong. Our sect has a clear disciple promotion mechanism. An outsider like you can only start as a handyman disciple. As First Elder, if I directly promote you to an inner disciple or a core disciple Then how can I explain it to other disciples? Don't worry, our promotion mechanism at the Saint Pill Sect is very clear and transparent. As long as you meet the conditions, you can be promoted! It's not difficult to be promoted from a handyman disciple to an inner disciple. With your strength, I believe you will soon become an outer disciple of our sect!"
Gu Sheng couldn't help but have dark thoughts in his head when he heard this. If it weren't for the precedent of Lin Miaomiao, he would have almost believed Lu Junyi's words.
But there was nothing he could do about this situation. Who told him that he was First Elder? He had no choice but to accept it, otherwise he wouldn't know where to go after leaving Saint Pill Sect.
Gu Sheng is a person who takes things as they come. He calmed down and asked, "What should I do to be promoted to an outer disciple?"
Lu Junyi saw Gu Sheng quickly regaining his composure, and couldn't help but think highly of him. He also recognized Gu Sheng's character. After all, at his age, it is very rare to be so calm. This is a sign that he can achieve great things!
"The requirements for a handyman disciple to be promoted to an outer disciple are to reach Blood Refining Realm and one hundred sect contribution points before the age of eighteen. You have already met the cultivation conditions. You only need to go to the Merit Hall to take on some sect tasks and accumulate enough sect contribution points to complete the promotion!"
Saying this, Lu Junyi opened the ban and called Chen Ke in.
"Chen Ke, take him to the residence of the handyman disciple."
"Ah? A handyman disciple?"
Chen Ke was also a little stunned when he heard this, and he couldn't turn around for a while. Judging from the previous performance of Lu Junyi, Gu Sheng must have an extraordinary origin. How could this be a handyman disciple? In Chen Ke's impression, the year before last Lu Junyi sent a 23-year-old Blood Refining Realm consummated person to his home, and he forcibly arranged him to enter War God Peak's inner sect. Judging from Gu Sheng's age and cultivation level, let alone an inner sect disciple, even a core disciple was justified.
"Did I misjudge the token? Is this kid's identity fake?" Chen Ke began to doubt in his heart.
Lu Junyi was afraid that Chen Ke would spill the beans, so he immediately glared at Chen Ke: "Why are you still standing there? Go quickly!"
Chen Ke's neck flinched and he agreed again and again. After leaving the attic, Chen Ke's intention of apologizing immediately disappeared. When he looked at Gu Sheng again, there was a hint of mockery in his eyes.
"Haha, I thought you were so old, but you're just a handyman disciple, and you have to trouble me to make a trip. It's really unlucky!"
Chen Ke had a face full of reluctance and didn't care whether Gu Sheng could keep up, and ran down the mountain at a very fast speed.
Although Chen Ke's character is not very good, he is the real Gold Bone Realm after all. Even without full firepower, his speed is faster than at the first level of speed. Gu Sheng had to go up a lot faster, but Cloud Saint Peak had a lot of restrictions, and Gu Sheng didn't dare to fall behind, so he could only use all his strength to hang on from a distance, which made him very tired along the way.
A quarter of an hour later, Chen Ke took Gu Sheng to the foot of the three peaks and followed a path around to the back of the peak.
There is a dense bamboo forest on the back of the mountain, and an open space in front of the bamboo forest. There are many small wooden houses in the open space. These wooden houses look to be old, and some even have several big holes in the roof due to disrepair. Some even look shaky, as if they will be blown down if the wind gets stronger.
Gu Sheng discovered that these bamboos were not ordinary bamboos. Ordinary bamboos have cyan skins, but the bamboos here all had red skins. Moreover, this bamboo forest not only did not give him a cool feeling, but instead gave him a burning sensation when the breeze blew.
There were many people working with farm tools in the bamboo forest. After seeing Chen Ke and Gu Sheng, the busy people in the bamboo forest rushed over to salute the two.
Gu Sheng found that there were quite a few people working in the bamboo forest. There were roughly fifty or sixty people in total. The cultivation level of these people was not high. They were basically iron-clad and Jade Slice. There were few Blood Refining Realm in the realm. They were not very old. Most of them were similar to Gu Sheng, about sixteen or seventeen years old.
"Greetings, senior brother!"
These handyman disciples saluted Chen Ke and Gu Sheng, thinking that they were here to inspect their work.
Chen Ke said to the Blood Refining Realm among them, "He is a new handyman disciple. Please arrange it for him and familiarize him with the daily work content."
I don't know if it's because of the bamboos, but it always feels very hot when I stay here. It's just that Gu Sheng started to sweat a little after staying here for a short while.
Chen Ke obviously didn't want to stay in this place any longer, so he left after saying a few words.
The person Chen Ke pointed out before was just Blood Refining Realm Xiaocheng. He could feel that Gu Sheng's aura was much stronger than him. Although Chen Ke said that Gu Sheng was also a new handyman disciple, he still looked at Gu Sheng with some restraint.
"Brother, how come you are here with your cultivation? Is it possible that you are not from Chiyun Prefecture Domain?"
Gu Sheng nodded, "Well, I'm from the small county below. My name is Gu Sheng. First, please introduce to me what the handyman disciples need to do."
The man exclaimed, "My name is Liu Yiming, you can just call me Xiao Liu. The main job of our handyman disciples is to take care of this Fire Bamboo Forest. If you work for a month, you can get five sect contribution points and three hundred taels of silver notes."
Gu Sheng frowned when he heard this. He only had five contribution points in one month, and only sixty points in one year. This meant that he would have to work here for a full year and eight months before he could collect the sect contribution points needed to be promoted to an outer disciple.
Although the outer disciples do not have elders to answer their questions, they can receive the elixirs needed for cultivation. Moreover, according to Lin Miaomiao, the outer disciples have the opportunity to enter the Sutra Pavilion to choose martial arts every six months. The most important thing is that the outer disciples have no work at all. Unless they want to take on tasks and earn sect contribution points, they can wholeheartedly receive low-level training.
Gu Sheng came to the Saint Pill Sect to see if he could get better training resources. He did not come here to be a coolie. Gu Sheng frowned and asked, "Can't you go to the Merit Hall to take on tasks and earn sect contribution points? Why are you willing to do such hard work here?"
Hearing this, Liu Yiming immediately showed a bitter look on his face and sighed, "Hey, brother Gu, you don't know something. These fire bamboos are the main fuel for Spirit Pill Peak to refine elixirs, and the demand is very high. The sect has a target for our handyman disciples. If we fail to complete it, we will not only lose the sect's contribution points, but will also be deducted! If we fail to meet the standards for a long time, we will be kicked out of the sect. Although we, the handyman disciples, can also go to the Merit Hall to accept tasks, but as long as If you go there, you will know that those tasks are very difficult, and even the simplest ones require two or three Blood Refining Realm masters or even perfect people to complete them without worrying about their lives, because those tasks are not prepared for us handyman disciples, but for the formal disciples. Basically, handyman disciples like us can only endure it, and we will be automatically promoted after we have accumulated enough sect contribution points and achieved cultivation."
Gu Sheng couldn't help but feel sad and helpless for these people after hearing this. Now he could understand why many people said that it would be difficult for people from small places to gain a foothold Chiyun Prefecture Domain.
From a glance, this phenomenon is definitely not limited to the Saint Pill Sect alone. Most of the forces in Chiyun Prefecture Domain must be like this, crazily squeezing the people at the bottom.
Fortunately, Gu Sheng has sufficient cultivation, so he doesn't have these worries.
After Chen Ke left, the others immediately returned to the bamboo forest to get busy. Liu Yiming took Gu Sheng to a dilapidated wooden house.
Because of the scorching heat here, there is no sign of mold in the wooden house. However, many of the wooden boards have been chewed by insects and ants. There are two large holes in the roof that let air flow into it. If it rains, the inside will become a water curtain hole.
"Brother Gu, the conditions here are just like this. You can make do with it. You can take advantage of your free time to cut some wood at the entrance of the Chiyun Mountain Range to the north for repairs. The tools are all here. Our target is to water, fertilize and catch insects for one hundred fire bamboos every day. You try it first. If you don't understand anything, you can ask me."
After saying that, Liu Yiming was about to leave to do some work. Gu Sheng hurriedly grabbed him and at the same time took out a banknote with a face value of one thousand from his arms and stuffed it into Liu Yiming's hand.
"Xiao Liu, see if you can do my share for me? This money will be treated as my salary to you, and it will be paid every month!"
Liu Yiming said before that after completing the quota every month, the handyman disciples will not only receive sect contribution points but also some silver coins, which means that there is also a place to buy in the Saint Pill Sect, so Gu Sheng came up with the idea of asking him to help with the money.
With the strength of Gu Sheng Copper Bone Realm, there is definitely no problem in doing some simple tasks alone. He didn't want to waste so much time here, he had to find a faster way to earn sect contribution points.
Liu Yiming was a little surprised when he looked at the banknote in his hand. After all, those who came to be servant disciples were usually the children of ordinary people who had no influence in Chiyun Prefecture. He did not expect Gu Sheng that people from a small place could be so rich.
This one thousand taels is enough for him to buy some medicinal powder for the Blood Refining Realm's cultivation, and Gu Sheng also said it will be finished every month!
He worked hard for a month and the sect only gave him three hundred taels. Gu Sheng gave him one thousand taels, which is three times more. Only a fool would not do this kind of work!
Liu Yiming hurriedly put away the banknote and looked at Gu Sheng with a more familiar look.
"Brother Gu, don't worry! I, Liu Yiming, am famous for being fast and good at work among the handyman disciples! It's just the right thing to do if you come to me. I will do the job beautifully for you and make you worry-free!"
Gu Sheng took out two more silver notes with a face value of 100 and handed them to Liu Yiming, pointing to his dilapidated house and saying, "I would like you to help repair my house."