Chapter 108 The Road of Diligence
People still have to be destined to be together. Yan Liqiang first entered the Sword God Sect. Among the four people he knew in the Precepts Academy, when he entered, Ma Liang disliked him, and the other three had a relatively calm relationship with him. Apart from knowing each other's names, several people had almost no intersection.
Ma Liang and the other four came from the branches of the Sword God Sect in various states. They came to the headquarters of the sect because of their excellent performance or various relationships. Yan Liqiang was directly with them as soon as he entered the Sword God Sect. In addition, Yan Liqiang was younger than them, and Yan Liqiang almost had no common language with them. What those people talked the most was their various things when they were in various states. Yan Liqiang, who had no such experience, was naturally excluded by several people when they were chatting enthusiastically.
Yan Liqiang came to the foot of Tianqiao Peak, and in just one day, he became familiar with Gu Zexuan and Zhao Huipeng.
Because there was a person who could be scolded together, and the experience of being persecuted together, the three of them quickly became a group of people.
Of course, there are not only Gu Zexuan and Zhao Huipeng who do errand work in this small valley below Tianqiao Peak. Several of them are outer disciples who have been doing farm work here for a long time. The outer disciples are all fifty or sixty years old. Because they violated the sect's rules, they were imprisoned for decades and were deposed from their martial arts. Then they were released when they were old and left here by the Sword God Sect. They do some farm work every day. To put it nicely, they are allowed to live a life of their lives and not to be old and die in the dead. To put it bluntly, they are allowed to die for themselves. Until the day they die, they can no longer leave the Sword God Sect.
Although they were still wearing the gray clothes of outer disciples, those people were old and could no longer practice any martial arts. Their current life was nothing different from the old farmers in the mountains. The small valley in front of them, the vegetable field orchard in front of them was their entire world.
In addition to those old people, many outer disciples were usually arranged to take on some temporary chores in this valley, such as digging fields, loosening soil, fertilizing, watering, weeding, harvesting, picking, planting vegetables and other farm work. These farm work are as short as one or two days, and at most three or five days. For the disciples of the Sword God Sect, they are not only a chores, but also a disciple who is involved in some trouble and learn to understand something, so that they will not become fools who are not diligent in the future.
There are only three people like Yan Liqiang, Gu Zexuan and Zhao Huipeng who have been left here for a long time under Tianqiao Peak.
Yan Liqiang worked hard all day long and finally cleaned up the house he lived in. At noon, he ran to a market in the Sword God Sect and bought himself a few sets of gray clothes worn by his outer disciples, and then bought some cheap cotton, linen, needlework, scissors, towels, porcelain cups, salt, toothbrushes and other daily toiletries...
By the way, Yan Liqiang also bought a timekeeping mini-loop. This mini-loop is also the most expensive of everything. He used more than two taels of silver from Yan Liqiang. After buying these necessary things, Yan Liqiang had only less than one tael of silver left.
The Sword God Sect has strict rules, but it is not rigid and closed. This is just a small society. Here, in addition to the two most basic sets of gray clothes, one sect disciple's identity card, and a free residence and two free meals a day, everything else must be taken care of by yourself. If not, you have to pay for it yourself to trade and purchase it in the market within the sect.
In the Sword God Sect, outer disciples, inner disciples, and elite disciples, there is no subsidy or income. The kind of thing that learns the secret martial arts of the Sword God Sect while allowing you to eat, live and spend money on free food, and give you money is impossible to appear in this world. Only when you reach the level of personal disciples and make enough contributions to the Sword God Sect, can you get ten taels of silver from the Sword God Sect every month. If you can advance to the core disciple, you will have thirty taels of silver from the Sword God Sect every month.
Therefore, in the Sword God Sect, in addition to those disciples of wealthy families who have rich families and no worries about money, many disciples of the Sword God Sect have to practice within the sect while trying to make money. If you have no money on them, even if you are in the Sword God Sect, you will be unable to make a move.
This is also the reason why the officer named Huo from Gray Coat Hall likes silver.
After buying those things back, Yan Liqiang seized the time and used half-baked needlework to make a mask, a headscarf, two pairs of gloves, two sleeves, and two coats with the purchased fabric. Fortunately, he has good painting skills. When processing those things, he just needs to spread the fabric on the table, draw the rough look with a charcoal pen, and then cut and sew it accordingly, and then basically use it.
On that night, Yan Liqiang slept a little earlier than usual. He looked at the time when Keluo was about nine o'clock in the evening, he went to bed.
The next day, Yan Liqiang got up at less than four o'clock in the morning. After washing up quickly, he did not even practice Yijin and Marrow Cleansing Sutra, so he took the things he had prepared and went downstairs, then picked up two wooden barrels downstairs, put cleaning tools in the wooden barrels, and left the yard.
Outside, there were stars everywhere, and only the sound of insects and frogs cries came from the valley. At this time, even those who practiced in the morning had not yet gotten up, and the entire mountain road of the Sword God Sect was quiet.
Holding these things, Yan Liqiang ran quickly towards Tianqiao Mountain.
Halfway through the run, a cold snorted appeared in Yan Liqiang's ear, "Stop, who is?"
With the cold shout, a figure suddenly jumped down from a big tree on the side of the road like a flying leopard, stood in front of Yan Liqiang with a whistle, pointing at Yan Liqiang with a long sword.
The man who fell in front of Yan Liqiang was in his twenties, with a starry eyebrow and a heroic person. He was wearing a black swordsman uniform representing the inner disciples, and stared at Yan Liqiang with his eyes shining.
When this person just fell down, Yan Liqiang was also shocked, but after seeing this person's outfit, Yan Liqiang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he had met a disciple who was on duty at night at Tianqiaofeng.
"Senior brother, I am a steward and am about to clean the toilet on Tianqiao Peak?"
"You said you are a disciple of the service, do you have a waist card?" The man did not relax at all and stared at Yan Liqiang.
"The waist card is in my arms, I'll take it out and show it to you for senior brother!"
"Don't use your right hand to dig it, use your left hand to dig it. Do not let me misunderstand it, otherwise the sword in my hand will not have eyes..." the man said coldly.
Unexpectedly, this man was so cautious, Yan Liqiang didn't dare to make any jokes. He slowly took out his waist card with his left hand. Under the moonlight, the man saw that he took the long sword pointing at him into the sheath, and then he put away the waist card.
The man glanced at the various cleaning tools that Yan Liqiang held in his hand, frowned slightly, "Why did you come to clean so early?"
Yan Liqiang smiled, "I just joined the Sword God Sect. It's the first time I'm doing this job. I'm afraid that I won't clean it myself, which makes the senior brothers and elders on Tianqiao Peak unhappy, so I'll come earlier and do it for a while and try to clean the toilet a little clean!"
The man's face suddenly eased a lot, "Well, go!"
"Thank you, Senior Brother!"
Yan Liqiang passed away from this senior brother who was on duty and continued to run quickly towards Tianqiao Peak. The man looked at Yan Liqiang's back and said nothing. He flashed his body and jumped to the big tree beside him.
Tianqiao Peak is not a peak, from the ground to the top, it is only more than 500 meters. If you walk on the mountain road, it is only a mountain road of more than two miles. The toilet on Tianqiao Peak is in a fire bamboo forest outside Tianqiao Hall at the top of Tianqiao Peak. Fortunately, there are no women on Tianqiao Peak, and this toilet is only used by men on Tianqiao Peak. The toilet is public, large, and very particular. A large sect like the Sword God Sect will naturally not be stingy in these places. The entire toilet is inlaid with white marble. There are two urine grooves in the toilet, and more than 30 squat pits. Each of the squat pits has wooden compartments and partitions...
The air in the toilet is naturally not good, so it is certain that it has a odor.
There are two large water tanks filled with water in the toilet, but the water in the water tank is almost over and there is not much water.
After looking at the situation of the toilet, Yan Liqiang put his tools under the bamboo forest outside the toilet, then took two wooden barrels and ran down the mountain, to the stream at the foot of the mountain, fetched two buckets of water, then carried the water and turned back to run up the mountain.
Yan Liqiang was practicing his "Nine Palaces Wind Shadow Step" while running. The mountain road was rugged, and he carried two buckets of water. It was a good time to practice "Nine Palaces Wind Shadow Step". He could quickly carry the two full buckets of water to the mountain, and he also had to try to make the water in the bucket spill out as little as possible. This test was Yan Liqiang's body technique, footwork, eyesight, hand strength and perseverance.
The first time he sent two buckets of water up, Yan Liqiang tripped on the steps in a place covered by shade on the mountain road, which was covered with low visibility. A lot of water in the bucket spilled out. In addition, the shaking of the road, the two buckets of water he carried in his hand were only half left when he sent them to the mountain and poured them into the two water tanks outside the toilet.
After sending him off, Yan Liqiang continued to run towards the bottom of the mountain. For the second time, he felt that the water carried by the two buckets in his hand was not heavy. When he returned, he remembered the situation where the monks of Shaolin Temple fetched water in the movies in his previous life. He directly put his arms flat, held the two buckets flat, and then continued to run towards the mountain...
Once the arms are placed flat, the two buckets of water suddenly seem to have gained weight many times. Moreover, because the arms are flat, the bucket is raised high. After running, if your body steps unstable, the water inside will be more likely to spill out.
The second time, Yan Liqiang sent the water to the mountain was much less than the first time.
Chapter completed!