C27 Tragic
C27 Tragic
"You still know how to speak?" Faang Datong coldly snorted and changed the topic. "Junior Brother Qi, don't blame us for not warning you. You have to listen to us from now on. Otherwise, you will be in trouble. Do you understand?"
Faang Datong gestured with his fist at Qi Zhuohao. Qi Zhuohao wished he could kill the two of them right now, but on the surface, he still had to smile apologetically. "Yes, yes! Junior brother, I know what to do!"
"Haha! This child is really worth teaching!" Yang Fann laughed without restraint. He was thinking about how to deal with Qi Zhuohao in the future.
Qi Zhuohao lowered his head and did not speak. He had a terrified expression on his face. Yang Fann and Faang Datong enjoyed his attitude very much. Just as the two of them were about to continue to make fun of Qi Zhuohao, Steward Jiang Mei walked out of the palace.
"The three of you follow me!" Jiang Mei did not bother to look at Qi Zhuohao and the other two. After saying that, she quickly left. Seeing this, Qi Zhuohao and the other two did not dare to show any displeasure or dissatisfaction. They quickly followed her.
Not long after, Qi Zhuohao and the other two were brought to a simple courtyard near the Outer Sect area. Jiang Mei threw a book to Qi Zhuohao and the other two and said, "From now on, you will live here. This is the rule and regulation for nominal disciples. You all should understand that from tomorrow onwards, all of you must complete the work on the same day. Otherwise, you will be severely punished. Do you understand? "
"Yes, Sir Manager!" Qi Zhuohao and the other two quickly responded. The three of them were secretly annoyed. This was the tragedy of an in-name disciple!
Jiang Mei nodded slightly and passed a token each to Qi Zhuohao and the other two. She said, "This is your identity token. Tonight, you should carefully look at the rules and regulations. Tomorrow, someone will come and arrange it for you. Go in and rest!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the manager, Jiang Mei, flicked her sleeves and left. Qi Zhuohao and the other two looked at the dilapidated courtyard and were speechless.
"Come, let's go in and take a look. I wonder if there are any bedding or other daily necessities?"
Yang Fann sighed. Qi Zhuohao and Faang Datong pushed open the doors of each room. The three of them turned around and looked at each other in surprise. No one lived in these three rooms. Following that, the three of them continued to check the other rooms.
"Who is it?" Suddenly, a cold shout came from the room. Qi Zhuohao and the other two turned around in surprise. The room lit up with candlelight. A burly middle-aged man with a naked upper body slowly walked out of the room.
"What is he doing?"
The middle-aged man looked at Qi Zhuohao and the other two. Yang Fann quickly replied, "Hello, we are novice disciples who just came!"
The middle-aged man nodded and said, "It is very late. Don't disturb our rest. There are so many empty rooms. You can stay as you wish." After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he turned around and closed the door behind him.
The lights were extinguished. Qi Zhuohao and the other two were at a loss. Damn it, there was only a cold bed in those rooms. It was filled with dust and bedding. How could they live as they wished?
Qi Zhuohao was still alright. Faang Datong and Yang Fann were about to go crazy. They were the young masters of wealthy families in the county, and they had never suffered such a crime. However, they didn't dare to say anything, so they could only complain in their hearts.
"Junior Brother Qi, I'll leave the cleaning to you. Quickly go and get two clean rooms."
Yang Fann and Faang Datong looked at Qi Zhuohao at the same time. Their faces were full of unfriendly smiles. Fortunately, Junior Brother Qi was there. Otherwise, they would have to clean the rooms themselves. How much dust would they have to swallow?
Qi Zhuohao cursed in his heart when he heard this. He nodded and said, "Junior brother, I'll go now. Senior brothers, please wait a moment."
When people were under the roof, how could they not bow their heads? Qi Zhuohao could only bury the anger in his heart. One day, he would teach Faang Datong and Yang Fann a lesson. Now, he could only be obedient and not suffer any physical pain.
After a long time, Qi Zhuohao finally tidied up three rooms. These rooms had been abandoned for countless years. It was messy and messy. It was quite troublesome to clean them up. His body was covered in dust and he was in a sorry state.
"Two senior brothers, the rooms have been tidied up!" Qi Zhuohao glared at Yang Fann and Faang Datong who were resting in the courtyard and thought, "These two bastards really think that their father is their servant. F * ck you!"
Yang Fann and Faang Datong stood up and checked the rooms. They each picked a room that was more pleasing to the eye and left the room that was the most dilapidated and had a few big holes on the roof to Qi Zhuohao.
"Thank you, Junior Brother Qi. It's late. You should go and rest too!" Faang Datong smiled and walked into the room and locked the door. His words sounded like he was thanking Qi Zhuohao, but they were not. He was laughing at Qi Zhuohao.
Qi Zhuohao walked into his room without saying a word. It was a huge courtyard. There were more than ten rooms in the room. The best hall was occupied by the middle-aged man. There were only three rooms that looked slightly similar to the other rooms. The other rooms were even more dilapidated. There was no other way. The two slightly better rooms were taken away. Qi Zhuohao could only live in this room with a leaking roof.
Putting his backpack on the bare wooden bed, Qi Zhuohao let out a sad sigh. He did not sleep. Instead, he took out the Meridian Spiritual Grass's medicinal concoction and began to increase his realm. Because, cultivation was much more comfortable for him than sleeping. Furthermore, there was no way to sleep here!
The next day, before the sky was completely bright, there was a burst of hurried knocking on the door, accompanied by a cold cry of annoyance. Qi Zhuohao put away the jade bottle, got up, and opened the door. He was very puzzled. Who was so unethical in the early morning?
However, when he opened the door and saw it, Qi Zhuohao was stunned. This person was the middle-aged man they had woken up last night. He was holding two gray suits in his hands. He coldly glanced at Qi Zhuohao's hair and said, "I am Zeng Yishu, an in-name disciple of Afterglow Peak, the supervisor of this place. This is the uniform of an in-name disciple. After you change into it, I will arrange a job for you. "
After throwing the two suits to Qi Zhuohao, Zeng Yishu turned around and knocked on Yang Fann and Faang Datong's room. Very quickly, Qi Zhuohao and the other two changed into clothes and came to the center of the courtyard. At this moment, besides Zeng Yishu, there were five other people in the courtyard.
Qi Zhuohao was a little surprised in his heart. Zeng Yishu was a middle-aged man who was almost forty years old. The other five people were all youths in their twenties and thirties, and their realms were... Except for one who was at the fourth layer of Meridian Vessel, the other five were all at the fifth layer of Meridian Vessel.
"Didn't they say that advancing to the fifth layer of Meridian Vessel would give them the right to challenge the weakest disciple of Outer Sect? Why are almost all the disciples here at the fifth layer?" Qi Zhuohao thought in his heart. He had no idea what was going on.
Zeng Yishu and the others looked at Qi Zhuohao and the other two with cold expressions. After a long while... Zeng Yishu grinned and took out a record book. After a few glances, he said, "Qi Zhuohao, Yang Fann and Faang Datong. From now on, the three of you are one of the registered disciples of Afterglow Peak. What you need to do is to complete the tasks that I give you every day. Do you understand? "
"Understood!" Qi Zhuohao and the other two answered immediately. Their days of suffering had finally come!
Upon hearing this, Zeng Yishu nodded slightly and continued, "Don't even think about advancing to the Outer Sect after coming here. Because you don't have the strength to live peacefully in this place for the rest of your life. At least, you won't have to worry about food and clothing."
"Alright. The five of them are your senior brothers, Xiong Jin, Shao Feiye, Fu Yi and Ke Yongkuan. You have to learn from them from now on. Do you understand?" Zeng Yishu continued.
Qi Zhuohao and the other two cupped their fists at Xiong Jin and the other three and called them senior brothers very politely. The three of them were puzzled as to why Zeng Yishu would say those words. Could it be that an in-name disciple could become a disciple of the Outer Sect? Was that a lie?
"Supervisor Zeng, I don't understand. Why can't we become disciples of the Outer Sect?" Qi Zhuohao immediately asked as he was thinking.
Upon hearing this, Faang Datong and Yang Fann looked at Zeng Yishu with the same solemn expression as Qi Zhuohao, waiting for Zeng Yishu's answer.
Zeng Yishu looked at Qi Zhuohao and the other two as if he was looking at a fool, then sneered disdainfully. Only then did he say, "Xiong Jin has been in Afterglow Peak for five years, and when he entered, he was at the third level of Meridian Accumulation. Now, he is only at the fourth level of Meridian Accumulation. He has advanced to the first level in five years. It's not because of his poor aptitude and comprehension, but because he doesn't have the time to cultivate. "
Zeng Yishu continued, "Shao Fei Enterprise has been in the Afterglow Peak for ten years, and now he is only at the fifth level of Meridian Reserves. In ten years, he has broken through two small realms, and he once challenged ten disciples of Outer Sect. All of them ended in failure. What do you think you can do? "
" Fu Yi, Ke Wing Kuan, and Shen Qian's situation is similar to Shao Fei Enterprise's. As for me... I have been in the Afterglow Peak for more than 20 years, and my realm has been stuck at the fifth layer of Meridian Vessel. I have failed more than 100 challenges, and now I no longer have any fantasies. So, all of you should give up on that idea! If you do that, you'll only be able to live a painful life in the hope that you won't be able to realize it! "
" Firstly, we don't have the time to cultivate, and secondly, we don't have the qualifications to cultivate martial skills. Defeating the disciples of the Outer Sect is just a dream! "
Zeng Yishu said so much in one breath. Qi Zhuohao and the other two immediately understood what he meant. To become an in-name disciple of the Afterglow Peak, one had to work for nine hours a day. The remaining time was not even enough for one to sleep, so how could one cultivate?
Furthermore, an in-name disciple was not qualified to cultivate the lowest level martial skills of the Thousand Searching Sect. Even if one could cultivate to the fifth level of the Meridians Vessel, facing a disciple of the Outer Sect who had cultivated a martial skill, even the weakest disciple of the Outer Sect would still be defeated. One path!
Qi Zhuohao and the other two took a deep breath. The nature of this was... They finally understood. It could be said that... The nominal disciples of the Thousand Searching Sect were the servants of the Thousand Searching Sect. As expected, none of the registered disciples could stand out!
Qi Zhuohao didn't have much of an emotional fluctuation. Faang Datong and Yang Fann, on the other hand, had a dark purple expression on their faces. If he knew this would happen, he might as well go to another sect and develop. Once they arrived at the Thousand Searching Sect, they would have to stay there for at least five years. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to leave.
After all, the Great Sect had its own rules. It wasn't a place where he could leave whenever he wanted!
Looking at the expressions of Qi Zhuohao and the other two, Zeng Yishu secretly sighed. Back then, when he came to the Afterglow Peak of the Thousand Searching Sect, he was just like Qi Zhuohao and the other two. After twenty years of hard work, he had already given up on his last hope.
The reason why Zeng Yishu and Xiong Jin were still in the Afterglow Peak was because they were all poor rogue cultivators. After leaving Thousand Searching Sect, they wouldn't do anything. It would be better to stay here and eat and earn some money. Unlike those nominal disciples who had some wealth, they could only stay for five years before leaving the Thousand Searching Sect. In fact, Qi Zhuohao and the other two were like them, suffering!
"Alright, don't let your imagination run wild. You can leave after five years." Zeng Yishu changed the topic and asked, "Do you remember the rules and regulations of registered disciples?"