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

More than a hundred teenagers in the courtyard have not yet woken up. Besides, the courtyard is locked by iron locks with thick arms, so no one can get out. When they wake up, they have nothing to do, so they can only continue to slept while they are still shrank.

At this time, a group of senior officials from the Medicine King Gang came outside the courtyard.

The leader was a majestic old man with green beards, wearing a silk robe, rubbing a pair of wall-colored beads in his palm, and a green jade pendant hung around his waist, looking graceful and elegant.

Following him were dozens of middle-aged pharmacists, either slightly rich or cold and thin, walking behind in groups of three or three.

At the end, there are more than a dozen white-clothed disciples in luxury. They are all extraordinary, with steady steps in their waists and swords, and they appear to be well-trained.

Two young swordsmen in the hospital were napping outside the yard when they suddenly found the old man with green beard and his group arrived and woke up immediately.

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

"Master Zhang, you are old!"

"What are your instructions? You just need to send two disciples over, give them a command, and the younger one will take them over!"

This old man with green beard is the chief official of Yaowang Villa and the immediate boss of their villa guards.

"I'm lazy! I'm going to take a nap together here?"

Manager Zhang glanced at the two swordsmen and snorted coldly.

The two young swordsmen guarded the hospital immediately frightened and looked pale, not daring to defend themselves, and repeatedly begged for forgiveness.

The Medicine King Gang and other ranks have a strict status, and the senior management has always been strict in governing the lower classes and punishing the precepts and strict in punishment.

When two people were arranged to watch, one of them must be awake at any time and take turns to rest. Both of them were actually napping, which was a violation of the gang rules.

"Let's go back to the precepts and get three whips each! Go and call all the children in the courtyard and prepare to get started and become a disciple."

Manager Zhang said coldly.

Two young swordsmen hurriedly took out the key and opened the thick chains, entered the large yard, shouted loudly, and drove the many young men who were still in their dreams to wake up, lined up to welcome General Zhang in order to make up for their mistakes.

There was a panic in the large yard, and hundreds of teenagers quickly lined up.

Su Chen was trampled hard by someone, woke up from his beautiful dream, hurriedly wiped his saliva with his sleeve, and squeezed into the ranks of the teenagers.

After a long time, they lined up in several crooked teams under the command of the Youth Guardian. The teenagers had never been trained, so it was already good to be able to barely line up.

General Manager Zhang entered the large yard and saw that the yard was orderly, his face looked a little satisfied.

Those white-clothed disciples with extraordinary talents also followed into the yard, looking at the many ignorant young men in front of them with a arrogant expression.

The newly young men in the yard looked at the white-clothed seniors with great envy and secretly encouraged themselves.

Although they are young now, as long as they work hard in the Medicine King Gang for several years, their temperament will definitely be transformed and they will become majestic boys like these white-clothed disciples.

General Zhang took out a list of inner disciples from his wide robe sleeve, and with a kind look, he swept over the ten newly entered inner disciples in the courtyard.

"Wang Fugui was recommended by Deputy Master Ji of this gang. He has been proficient in writing and ink since childhood. He is a rare talent. He is a disciple of this gang and is appointed as a disciple of the gang and is a disciple of the gang."

"Wei Han, I was recommended by the Lord of the Gang, and I was a young man who practiced martial arts and had extraordinary talent. He was allowed to become an inner disciple of this Gang and become a disciple of the gang and become a disciple of the pharmacist Zheng Cheng!"

"Li Jiao has been recommended by this supervisor. She has been practicing literature since she was a child, is proficient in abacus, has both talent and appearance. She is a master of the girls. She is a disciple of the inner gang and is appointed as a pharmacist Li Kui as her teacher!"

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"The above ten people are disciples of our gang and are awarded white apprentice robes for three years."

General Zhang Da ordered these inner disciples to come out to pay homage to their mentors.

The ten young masters and ladies who were named in the big yard came out to pay their respects to their mentors, and then stood aside, all with pride on their faces.

With the introduction of senior officials like Zhang Da, the hall masters and other medicine kings, it is definitely not a generous treatment that ordinary children can enjoy.

They have long been internally appointed inner disciples. After learning the art for 10 or 20 years, they will become middle and upper-level members of the Medicine King Gang. The treatment is naturally completely different from other outer disciples.

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

In the courtyard, the civilian teenagers knew this long ago, but when they heard that ten of them became inner disciples, they still felt envious and even a little jealous.

Of course, even though envy is envious, for most civilian teenagers, although they cannot become inner disciples, the identity of the outer disciples of the Medicine King Gang is worthy of their showing off.

You should know that any outer disciple of the Medicine King Gang walked in Gusu County, which was far higher than that of the civilians in the county and had no other children.

The county government runners dared not provoke the disciples of the big gang easily, and ordinary people even took a detour when they saw them, and did not dare to offend them, such as the people in the world.

Su Chen's idea was simpler, and he just wanted to have a place in Gusu County where he could settle down.

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

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Chief Zhang smiled and kindly reminded Wang Fugui, Wei Han, Li Jiao and ten new inner disciples, including Wang Fugui, Wei Han, Li Jiao, to let them practice diligently in the future and not to let down the high expectations of the elders and senior officials of the Medicine King Gang.

Then, he looked at the hundreds of remaining teenagers in the yard again, but his expression became indifferent and became majestic.

"Next, the outer disciples of this gang will become disciples!"

"Each pharmacist can choose up to five outer disciples and teach martial arts and medicine together with inner disciples. There is a three-year apprenticeship period. Any disciple who is in this gang's apprenticeship period can enjoy many benefits, such as free food and accommodation, and free access to ordinary books in the library, etc.."

"But don't be too happy too early. Every six months, the master will eliminate one person based on the usual performance of the five outer disciples. Those who were eliminated by the master will no longer learn from the master, and will be assigned to the three outer door entrances of the gang, and will no longer enjoy apprenticeship.

First, two eliminated outer disciples learn introductory martial arts and introductory medicines and enter the lowest level mailroom. Disciples in the mailroom can receive various mailroom tasks in the mailroom and earn a small amount of copper coins. They are the lowest members of the Medicine King Gang.

Third, four eliminated outer disciples learned low-level martial arts and low-level medicines and entered the sword protection hall. They practice martial arts on weekdays, are responsible for visiting the village and protecting the hospital, protecting the pharmacy shop, and participating in the struggles in the martial arts world, and safeguarding the interests of our gang.

The fifth eliminated outer disciple learned intermediate martial arts and intermediate medicine and entered the Interior Hall. He worked as a pharmacy, a pharmacist, a pharmacist, a shopkeeper, etc. in my Pharmacy King Gang, and was given a higher salary.

The inner disciples can learn all three years, learn advanced martial arts and advanced medicine, and then enter the alchemy hall or the sword-holding hall, and be promoted to the pharmacist, law enforcement, even guardians, worshipers, hall masters, etc. in the future."

In the courtyard, the new teenagers were shocked after hearing the elimination rules announced by General Manager Zhang.

This kind of elimination is too cruel.

The five outer disciples eliminated one every six months, which means that the shortest ones of these outer disciples only study with their master for half a year, and the longest one can learn for two and a half years.

The longer the apprentices learn from their masters, the more advanced the skills they learn and the better the future.

The inner disciples are treated the best, they will not be eliminated, and they can learn from their masters for up to three years.

"You don't need to be envious. The inner disciples are treated with high salaries. That's because their family has made great contributions to our gang, or donated a lot of money to our gang, so they have obtained the generous qualifications of inner disciples!

And you outer disciples have not contributed nothing to this gang. Instead, the amount of food and drink is all the money of the Anther King Gang, and you still have to learn skills from this gang. Being able to join the gang as an outer disciple is already a great blessing for you, so naturally you are not qualified to be on an equal footing with the inner disciples.

This chief executive warns you that the Medicine King Gang only talks about gang rules and contributions, and does not talk about personal affairs. He will not raise idle people, mediocre people, waste people, and unbearable people. He will immediately expel the Medicine King Gang."

General Zhang spoke sternly and continued: "Of course, as long as the outer disciples work hard, they will still have the opportunity to make a name for themselves! If they work hard, there is great hope to be promoted to the middle-level position of the gang.

For example, I once joined the Interior Affairs Hall as an outer disciple. After working for decades, I am now in charge of the headquarters of Yaowang Villa. Just beside the leader of this gang and the chief and deputy chiefs, I am ranked above the disciples of this gang. This is the best proof."

Manager Zhang is not shy about his background.

He is among the top leaders of the Medicine King Gang as his outer disciples, and is the pride of thousands of disciples of the Medicine King Gang’s outer disciples. The figures who can shake three times when stomping their feet in Gusu County and the world are enough to make countless wealthy tourists in the world envy and look up to them.

"Okay. Next, the pharmacists will select five outer disciples under their names. There is no particular priority. The pharmacists can accept it if they like it."

Manager Zhang, please kindly ask all the pharmacists to choose their apprentices.

There were more than 20 pharmacists in total, leading 100 apprentices in the courtyard. Soon, the teenagers in the courtyard were selected by the alchemists.

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

Li Kui is the master of Wang Fugui and Li Jiao. Zhang Tieniu and three other young girls from the county town were selected together.

This pharmacist Li Kui seemed to be quite powerful among the pharmacists of the Medicine King Gang, and one person brought two inner disciples. Many other pharmacists did not bring inner disciples.

Under the leadership of General Zhang Da, all inner and outer disciples began to hold gang-enterprise ceremonies and apprenticeship.

The new disciples came forward one by one and cut their fingers and dripped blood, dripped into a large blood basin in front of them, drank blood wine together, and worshiped the Medicine King Flag of the Medicine King Gang.

I swear to you with blood and never betray the gang.

Such a grand ceremony in the world made the young men excited.

This symbolizes that from this moment on, they are no longer ordinary people, but are truly people in the world, and will live and die for the Medicine King Gang.

After the oath, all the new disciples would like to offer tea to their masters.

Su Chen and four other outer disciples respectfully presented tea and worshipped Li Kui Pharmacist as his master.

He received a waist card for the Yaowang Gang's outer apprentice, a brand new set of apprenticeships in Qingyi, a bedding, toiletries and other miscellaneous items, and officially became an outer disciple.

After the apprenticeship ended, the disciples were assigned to their residence.

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 yard is simple, with a stone house, five hot kangs and large stone benches in the house, which are very simple and durable. There are also a few hardwood stakes in the yard, which can practice martial arts.

Wang Fugui, Li Jiao and other inner disciples have high status and do not live in the same place as their outer disciples, but each has a single 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 bedding on the kang, patted his chest, and looked full of pride.

He used to look down on Su Chen, a young fisherman in Zhouzhuang, and didn't like to pay much attention to him. However, now he and Su Chen are both outer disciples of the Medicine King Gang, and there is no question of who looks down on him, so his attitude has improved a little.

The five of them sat around 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 Caizhi, Qin Huihui and Kong Xinqiao.
To be continued...