Hua Shi quickly understood why he felt something was wrong, because the looks in the eyes of the group of senior brothers and sisters who came to greet them were so strange.
There seems to be a lot of joy, but also a bit of sympathy, and besides that there is also a kind of sigh from someone who has experienced it.
In short, all this made Hua Shi feel very panicked.
This panic soon became a reality, because Hua Shi had just arranged accommodation on the first day, and when he woke up the next day, he was called to pick up the rag and broom.
Hua Shi: “…”
He swung the broom in his hand, looked at the other disciples who were also wearing short-collared disciple uniforms, and couldn't help but say to the senior brother in the long flowing robe in front of him: "I am the Pavilion Master's direct disciple, do I have to clean the yard too?"
It was only last night when Hua Shi received his disciple uniform that he realized that the uniforms worn by them, the new disciples, were different from those worn by his other senior brothers and sisters. The senior brothers and sisters wore white loose robes with fluttering sleeves and looked like immortals, while they wore short collared shorts and all black clothes and looked like servants. If it weren't for the Xuanling Pavilion's sect logo on the collar of their clothes to indicate their identity, no one would have recognized them as disciples of Xuanling Pavilion when they walked out.
"The training in Xuanling Pavilion is extremely difficult and cannot be mastered overnight. Even if you are the disciple of the Pavilion Master, if you do not have good basic skills, it will be difficult to train well in the future. So in the first six months after you enter Xuanling Pavilion, don't think about training swordsmanship and flying swords. Clean up and exercise your body well, and practice the basic skills well. Do you understand?"
The one who gave the lecture was a male disciple of astonishing stature. He seemed to be a man of some influence among the disciples. He distributed brooms to the new disciples while giving them a lecture. Finally, he grinned and said, "My name is Zhou Xun, you can call me Brother Zhou. I will be responsible for supervising you during the six months you have been cleaning the villa. It is not easy to clean and maintain such a large villa, so you must not slack off on weekdays!"
Hua Shi: “…”
He looked at the manor, which had amazed him so much when he first saw it, but now seemed too spacious. He felt that he had reason to suspect that the Master of Xuanling Pavilion recruited disciples at each Spirit Transformation Conference just to find people to look after the manor for him.
However, some disciples still noticed the key point in Zhou Xun's words. Someone asked, "Brother Zhou! You said we need to clean for half a year. What about after this half year? Can we start practicing?"
Zhou Xun nodded and praised: "You guessed right. After half a year, you can start to get started. At that time, you can use your free time to borrow books from the Xuan Pavilion and choose the exercises you are interested in to practice..." As he said this, he remembered something and raised his hand to point to one of the tall black buildings in the center of the courtyard in the distance and said: "Oh, that's the Xuan Pavilion."
The tone says it's a loft, but in fact it's more like a tower.
Hua Shi stared at the building from afar and blurted out, "Could there be another Spiritual Pavilion?"
Zhou Xun said as a matter of course: "Of course, otherwise why is it called Xuanling Pavilion?"
Hua Shi: “…”
It turns out that Xuanling Pavilion really has an attic, but it is not one attic, but two.
Zhou Xun said: "The Xuan Pavilion houses various secret manuals, techniques and swordsmanship of our sect. There are no restrictions on disciples. As long as you stay in the sect for half a year and have enough physical training, anyone can enter and borrow secret manuals. As for which secret manual you want to practice, whether you want to practice alone or together, or practice all the techniques in the attic, it's up to you."
The new disciples made surprised noises in the crowd, but Zhou Xun soon laughed and waved his hand, saying, "But don't blame me for not reminding you. The martial arts techniques of Xuanling Pavilion are extremely mysterious. If you read them on your own, you can only understand about one thousandth of them. If you want to fully comprehend them, you have to find the martial arts elders of our sect. Each technique is taught by different elders, and the martial arts elders have different temperaments and different training methods. I advise you to practice carefully from each book, otherwise being trained by several elders at the same time, even a god can't handle it."
The disciples nodded repeatedly after hearing this, and everyone's eyes turned towards the dark attic, as if they had already begun to imagine what would happen half a year later.
Now that everyone knew the function of the Xuan Pavilion, someone soon asked what the Ling Pavilion next to it was. Zhou Xun looked at them with amusement and raised his head and said, "What else could it be? Of course, that's where the Pavilion Master works."
After introducing the new disciples, Zhou Xun began to assign work to everyone, and Hua Shi, who was the master's disciple, finally received special "care" at this time.
He was assigned to clean two more courtyards than the other disciples.
Hua Shi had just escaped from his godly life where he had to be carried in a sedan chair every time he took a few steps outside the house, but now he was immediately thrown into Xuanling Pavilion and became a laborer. The gap was so huge that he was stunned and couldn't accept it for a long time.
Zhou Xun patted his shoulder and looked at him with sympathy: "I know you are the young master of the Hua family, but this is our family rule. Anyone who comes must start by cleaning."
He continued, "Do you know the eldest young master of the Wen family?"
Hua Shi was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that Zhou Xun was talking about the famous playboy from the Wen family among the three major families. Because the three major families were on good terms, Hua Shi had also heard about the things about the Wen family from his father. This young master of the Wen family was the famous young master in various works who was idle and only knew how to eat, drink and have fun all day long.
Although Hua Shi felt that he was idle enough, he still seemed to be inferior to this guy in terms of rank.
However, Hua Shi didn't understand why Zhou Xun suddenly brought this up.
Seeing Hua Shi's puzzled look, Zhou Xun smiled and said, "That young master is also a disciple of our Xuanling Pavilion, but he came three years earlier than you. When he first came, he was also dissatisfied many times, saying that he had never done such rough chores since he was a child, and he refused to clean up no matter what."
Hua Shi heard this and felt that he had guessed what would happen next: "And then?"
Zhou Xun sighed and said, "Now, he still refuses to clean, but it doesn't matter. Our Pavilion Master has found him a more suitable job. If you don't want to clean, you can join him."
Hua Shi instinctively sensed the crisis: "What's going on?"
Zhou Xun said: "There are many elders in the sect who are researching new skills and need sparring partners. The eldest son of the Wen family refused to clean up, so the Pavilion Master threw him to them as a sparring partner."
Hua Shi hesitated and asked, "Is he still alive now?"
Zhou Xun choked when he heard that, and couldn't help laughing: "What are you talking about? The elders knew how to control their actions. He won't die, but sometimes he will need to lie down for a few months. But in fact, this is also an opportunity for the young master of the Wen family. After three years of training by the elders, his recovery ability has become extremely strong. An injury that would take an ordinary person three years to heal can be alive and kicking in just three days for him."
Hua Shi: “…”
He didn't think there was any benefit in such an opportunity. In comparison, he would rather be a DPS than a T.
Seeing Zhou Xun staring at him with curiosity, Hua Shi quickly shook his head and said, "Forget it, forget it. I'd better just sweep the floor."
He fiddled with the broom in his hand and made a gesture as if he was going to work seriously. Zhou Xun said no more and reminded him to sweep those places carefully, not to be lazy and to finish on time. Then he finally turned around and left the courtyard to continue to instruct other disciples.
Before stepping into Xuanling Pavilion, Hua Shi had imagined that his next days would not be too comfortable, but he did not expect it to be this difficult. He first saw how magnificent Xuanling Pavilion was outside the gate, and now it was so difficult to clean. The daily maintenance of a large sect is not a simple task. No wonder the various sects were fighting so hard for people at the Hualing Conference.
What we have taken back are all labor forces.
Hua Shi thought of his nominal master and couldn't help but feel bitter again. He said to the system in his mind: "Has my master forgotten me?"
Fang Wei: “…”
He had been following Hua Shi's gaze to observe this place. He had some impression of this place, but he did not expect that after a thousand years, this place had been turned into this scene by Xuan Shuzhi.
Hearing Hua Shi's concerns, he wanted to speak to comfort him, but before he could say anything, he suddenly remembered...
Forgetting about his newly accepted disciple, this is something Xuan Shuzhi really seems to be able to do.
He was silent for a moment, and then he could only change his words and say in a more euphemistic way: "With the secret book in the Xuan Pavilion, with your aptitude, you can achieve a lot even if you practice like an ordinary disciple."
Hua Shi paused and said, "He really has forgotten me, right?"
However, before Fang Wei could say anything else, Hua Shi had already started to move, waving his broom. Although he was lazy on weekdays, he was not a know-nothing. The memories of his previous life were still there, so this matter was naturally not difficult for him. What's more, after he had the system for the past six months, he had also practiced for a long time following the system. In terms of physical fitness, he was even better than other ordinary disciples.
However, it only took him half a day to clean seven of the eight courtyards, leaving only the last one.
However, when the work was about to end, Hua Shi did not continue cleaning. Instead, he sat in the corner with the broom and began to rest, looking at the thing he brought from home, which had been hidden in Yunxiu's pen.
It’s a pity that the space in Yunxiu’s pen cannot preserve fresh food, otherwise Hua Shi would like to bring some more food in it.
Fang Wei looked at Hua Shi's actions and was not surprised. He was familiar with this guy's habits and knew that he was not really too tired to clean, but was just procrastinating again.
Zhou Xun gave him five hours to complete the cleaning. Now he had cleaned seven courtyards in just two hours. He had to scrape by the remaining time. Only when the stipulated time was almost up would he be willing to finish the last courtyard.
Fang Wei had no idea what Hua Shi's mentality was, but if he was asked to finish ahead of time, he would feel as if half of his life had been taken away and was in unbearable pain.
As expected, Hua Shi was just killing time. He read a book in the courtyard for a while, then felt bored, so he started to wander around. After walking around the courtyards, it was still early, so he found a comfortable shady place and lay down to take a nap.
However, he didn't sleep for long, as Hua Shi suddenly got up again and called out softly.
Fang Wei was used to Hua Shi's sudden surprise, so she was not shocked. However, she couldn't help but wonder what new thing this man had come up with.
But he soon understood what Hua Shi wanted to do.
Because he saw the other party lowered his head and struggled for a while, then slowly took out the Huiguang Pearl from the space of the Yunxiu Pen.
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