While the Iron Sword Sect might not be huge, it's certainly not small.
Among the fascinating places, you will find the martial arts arena, Chuan gong pavilion, armory, potion room, and medicinal garden.
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A reputable sect will have everything, as you might expect.
But there is an old saying: Meat is divided into three layers, while people are divided into six.
People bring with them highs and lows, don't they?
It's obvious.
The head and direct disciples lived in splendor, among the mountaintop mansions.
The inner disciples lived on the mountainside.
While the outer disciples lived at the foot of the mountain.
As for the miscellaneous disciples?
They lived together in a spacious storage room and shared a single bed!
Apart from doing their daily chores, these miscellaneous disciples are always ready to receive orders from the inner disciples.
The question might arise,
Are these disciples seriously ill? Is there nothing else they can do but join the sect and become enslaved?
The answer is straightforward.
Despite the dirty and tiring work, you can learn a basic internal strength technique by becoming a miscellaneous disciple. Moreover, you can take a blood-refining pill every six months and practice a basic martial arts technique.
Those who can generate internal strength or practice a basic martial art to a certain extent will be promoted directly to outer disciples.
Of course, this is all about the promotion path for miscellaneous disciples.
The martial arts prodigies who can directly become inner disciples and head disciples are naturally treated well and provided with all the necessary resources.
Despite this, Ning Chuan was very lucky!
Even as a miscellaneous disciple, he lived in a separate residence because of his responsibilities in the medicinal garden.
After all, monitoring the growth of medicinal herbs was part of taking care of the medicinal garden. Leaving any herbs to wilt would be a waste.
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Medicinal garden, Iron Sword Sect.
"Deacon Wang, I brought the man. Explain the rest to him."
Lan Chen, his second senior brother, took Ning Chuan to the medicinal garden. After uttering a sentence, he walked away without a glance.
After all, this senior brother Lan Chen couldn't say he wasn't disgusted with the person who flattered his junior sister to join the Iron Sword Sect. Nevertheless, he did not look down on Ning Chuan.
"Brother Lan, thanks for seeing me off."
Despite Chen Lan's arrogance, Ning Chuan still smiled at him and did not show any dissatisfaction with his behavior.
"Could you be the new miscellaneous disciple?"
The door was pushed open by an elderly man in his sixties.
"The disciples greet Deacon Wang."
Ning Chuan bowed hurriedly, showing humility in his expression.
Deacon Wang nodded in satisfaction when he saw Ning's humble attitude. He then explained what a medicinal gardener must do and not do.
Taking a deep breath, Ning Chuan listened.
As the lecture continued, he roughly understood what he had to do.
As a matter of fact, working in the herbal garden wasn't tiring at all. He would also be able to enjoy a lot more free time!
Pick the herbs at the right time, water them regularly, and keep pests at bay. It was as simple as that. However, it is very important to be cautious while performing this task.
Furthermore, if the harvest of the medicinal herbs is large, the Sect will naturally issue rewards.
Not only that, even though this Deacon Wang manages the herb garden, he rarely lives here. He'd rather venture out of the Sect.
He wouldn't even be here if not for the death of the last miscellaneous disciple in charge of the herb garden.
Several minutes later,
As soon as Deacon Wang explained everything about the herb garden, he handed Ning Chuan a waist badge as proof of his identity, then flew away.
During Deacon Wang's departure, he instructed Ning Chuan to maintain the herb garden well. Otherwise, if too many herbs died, he would be punished by the Elders in the punishment hall.
Ning Chuan nodded in agreement as he watched Deacon Wang's figure go out of sight.
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As Deacon Wang left, Ning Chuan inspected the herb garden one last time before returning home.
Despite his home being slightly "rough", it provided him with shelter from the wind and rain and was fully-furnished.
A satisfied nod from Ning Chuan followed. Finally, he had somewhere to live and settle down.
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In the living room,
Ning Chuan sat cross-legged by the bed. Over time, his humble smile gradually faded, and his eyes became as calm and serene as an ancient pond.
Actually, Ning Chuan was not fond of smiling at all.
However, his smile always gave people a sense of innocence. This is the reason why he does it every time.
As a righteous person, he had to act humble and low-profile.
Pretending to be a big shot is not a good idea until one becomes invincible. The best example was his cheap adoptive father.
Anyway, Ning Chuan's successful recruitment to the Iron Sword Sect was now complete.
Now it's time to practice martial arts!
According to Deacon Wang's introduction, when he first joined the Iron Sword Sect, he could go to the Chuan Gong Pavilion to select a basic internal and martial skill and receive a blood-refining pill.
A confident feeling filled Ning Chuan's heart. Changing into the clothes of a miscellaneous disciple, he took the waist badge to prove his identity and strode toward Chuan Gong Pavilion!
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