Chapter 1 The sweeper
At dawn, Yang Kai woke up, washed up a little, and walked out of the lodge where he lived alone with a broom at the corner of the wall.
Standing at the door, stretched, looked at the white fish belly that appeared on the sky, closed his eyes and enjoyed the peace for a moment, then opened his eyes and danced the broom in his hand, burying his head to clean up the dust and fallen leaves on the ground.
She was wearing a blue dress, simple and clean, and her mature clothes were white and white, which made the boy look a few years older. Yang Kai's waist was as straight as a javelin. Even when he was doing the lowest level, his face was meticulous. His movements were very steady. His hands holding the broom did not use much force, and his body did not even swing much. He only turned his wrists. The broom was like an arm and fingers. As his steps moved, the dust and debris accumulated on the ground magically moved, as if he had two legs growing white.
Yang Kai is a trial disciple of Lingxiao Pavilion. He entered the sect three years ago and started practicing, but until now he has only cultivated to the third level of body tempering. The brothers who entered the school with him have long exceeded this stage. They each got the opportunity to become successful under the middle and high school entrance examination, but he could only sigh.
Three years of body tempering, this qualification can no longer be described as ordinary, and it can be said to be extremely mediocre.
Without any help, Yang Kai had to take a job of sweeping the floor in the sect, and practiced hard while making a living.
Lingxiao Pavilion is a relatively special sect, and this special sect is reflected in the cruelty of competition among disciples. In this sect, those with ability are promoted, those without ability are eliminated, and the iron law of the survival of the weak is fully interpreted in Lingxiao Pavilion.
Other sects may have some friendships and friendship among fellow disciples, but they are not in Lingxiao Pavilion! If you want to climb up, you can only be qualified by stepping on the shoulders of the so-called brothers and stepping on their blood.
The Lingxiao Pavilion has strict rules and is well-known throughout the Han Dynasty. Although it is not a super sect, the cruelty of the disciples' struggles is second to none! Because of this, all the disciples are fierce in martial arts, and few people dare to provoke them when they go out and travel.
There is a rule in Lingxiao Pavilion. No matter who the disciples under the age of fourteen are, from the beginning, it will be considered a trial period within three years. During these three years, food, accommodation, clothing, and travel are all under the responsibility of the sect, and the disciples can only practice. If they can break through the body tempering stage within three years, they are qualified to become disciples of masters in the sect and let these masters teach and practice. Of course, they can not practice by themselves without becoming a master, but in the course of cultivation, there is a completely different way to have good teachers and explore them. To a certain extent, the rule of Lingxiao Pavilion is somewhat free.
Those who have not broken through the body tempering stage within three years will either leave the sect or be demoted to trial disciples.
The trial disciple is Yang Kai’s current identity! It is also a shame in Lingxiao Pavilion!
Unlike ordinary disciples, the living environment of trial disciples is more harsh, because when you reach this point, you have to take care of your food, clothing, housing and transportation. The sect will no longer waste any cultivation resources on you. Once you are demoted to a trial disciple, you will basically never make a breakthrough in your life. Unless your strength increases significantly in a short period of time, the sect thinks that you have capital to invest.
There are three thousand disciples in the entire Lingxiao Pavilion, and how many disciples are there in the trial? It’s just a few of them! Yang Kai is fortunate to be one of them!
It is so difficult for the trial disciple to survive in Lingxiao Pavilion. For example, the small house where Yang Kai lives now was built by himself, and there was a few holes on the roof that had no time to take care of. When it rained, water accumulation in the house would be difficult to drain. His clothes were bought by himself, and he made the food himself, and everything was taken care of by himself.
Even the location of the cottage is in the most remote and unwelcome place in Lingxiao Pavilion.
Such bad treatment is unbearable for ordinary people to continue, which is also because of the small number of trial disciples of Lingxiao Pavilion. Basically, disciples who have not broken through the body tempering realm after the trial period will choose to leave the path of Lingxiao Pavilion, but Yang Kai stayed.
I have been swept out once, how can I do this this time?
After being demoted to a trial disciple a few months ago, Yang Kai took a job in sweeping the floor in the sect to maintain his livelihood.
It can be said that Yang Kai is now a trial disciple of Lingxiao Pavilion and a sweeper of Lingxiao Pavilion. However, this sweeping work sometimes cannot maintain Yang Kai's food and clothing. From time to time, no one cares about the wind and cold, and his life is miserable and lonely. Even so, Yang Kai has never given up. Life is in this way, and he has chosen this path for decades. He has to go on and leave halfway.
Yang Kai has a toughness, a toughness that does not hit the wall and does not turn back!
The sky gradually became brighter, Yang Kai swept the floor for a while, and the places where he passed were clean and the dust was cleaned.
Although he didn't waste any energy to sweep the floor, he moved for so long without eating or drinking in the morning. Yang Kai was sweating all over. This had nothing to do with his strength, it was entirely because of his poor physical condition.
Two of the three meals are hungry, and no one in Yang Kai's living environment will have good physical fitness.
Some disciples from Lingxiao Pavilion gradually surrounded them. All of them got up early, but they didn't go to practice but were surrounded by Yang Kai. Many people looked at Yang Kai with interest, and some people's eyes were very greedy, just as if Yang Kai was now a naked beauty, with a very fragrant and popular commodity.
There was also a tense atmosphere of competition among the disciples of Lingxiao Pavilion who were gathering around Yang Kai. They looked at the brothers around them vigilantly, and they all looked bad.
Someone in the crowd showed his helplessness and whispered: "So many people are a bit too much."
Someone replied: "You think there are too many people who can leave, no one wants you to stay."
The man was embarrassed and said nothing. Everyone knew why he gathered here and why he was staring at Yang Kai. Now he was waiting for that moment to come. The time limit was about to come. Isn’t it a pity to leave now? If he could grab the top spot, today would be another gain.
Yang Kai naturally knew the movements around him, but his expression had never changed. He had to experience such a formation every five days, six times a month, and there was nothing to make a fuss about. Moreover, the number of people in front of him was slightly smaller, so it should be because he had not arrived yet.
So he kept sweeping the floor, not caring about the people around him, and sweeping the whole way.
As time goes by, more and more people gathered around Yang Kai, and roughly estimated that there are at least thirty or forty people.
Yang Kai suddenly stopped and sat in the middle of the road, taking a breath slowly, restoring the energy he had consumed early in the morning.
Seeing the movement, everyone gathered around Yang Kai immediately dispersed and surrounded him in the middle. The atmosphere of tense competition suddenly rose to a new level, as if even the air was no longer flowing.
No one likes anyone, but they all look at Yang Kai with great anticipation.
If someone who doesn't understand the truth sees this scene, he will probably think that the person who is surrounded by the crowd is a top master. Otherwise, how could he send so many people to deal with him? But in fact, Yang Kai is just a trial disciple at the third level of the Body Tempering Realm, and anyone present is better than Yang Kai.
"Yang Kai, don't bother. I'll tell me to wait and be beaten down later. Everyone can save time, right?" Someone suddenly felt a little disdainful when he saw Yang Kai's appearance.
What else can I do if I restore the third layer of body quenching? Anyway, I have to lose, so it’s better to be a little bit easier. Why should I survive so much?
"Yes, yes, Yang Kai, at least you understand the feelings of your fellow brothers. Everyone is different from you. We still have to practice after this fight."
This is said, it seems that Yang Kai should have been quickly defeated by them, and Yang Kai is now regaining his strength and seems to be disrespectful to them.
Yang Kai ignored it, just like an old monk entering into meditation.
Time continued to pass, and suddenly, a melodious and empty bell rang. It was the morning bell from Lingxiao Pavilion. The bell sounded into everyone's ears, and the disciples gathered around Yang Kai were all shocked.
The bell rings nine times, and the rising sun rises in the east, and it is a new day!
Everyone's breathing suddenly subsided, and they looked at Yang Kai who was surrounded by him. Yang Kai slowly stood up, held the broom in his hand, and glanced at the circle of people around him.
"Choose me, Senior Brother Yang!" someone shouted loudly, "I'm very light in my attack, I guarantee that you won't hurt!"
"Fuck! Choose me, I will give you a good time. It will end with one punch, and you will definitely not waste everyone's time."
"Choose me..."
"Choose me..."
The market was noisy, just like a vegetable vendor in the market selling vegetables in their fields, competing for whom they are fresher.
"Yang Kai, don't break the rules you set!" Someone reminded him.
Yang Kai chuckled and threw the broom he was holding into the sky. Dozens of eyes looked up together, waiting for the moment when the broom landed on the ground with anticipation, he kept praying in his heart: "Choose me, choose me!"
Time seemed to slow down. The broom turned a few times in the air, then fell down, bounced on the ground, and stopped moving.
In front of the broom, pointing to a burly boy in the crowd.
A sound of regret sounded, full of resentment and resentment. Instead, the burly boy walked out of the crowd with a smile, clasped his fists and smiled at everyone, "My brothers, I have won this battle today, I hope you don't blame me."
"Grass, dog luck!" Some people were jealous.
"Why can't I choose me? I come every five days. It's been a whole month. Yang Kai, did you do it on purpose?"
"Don't mention it, I've been here for three months and have never been selected once!"
"Senior brother, you are worse than me."
"It's neither terrible nor miserable, just watch the show." The two brothers looked at each other and smiled with understanding.
In the field, the others had already scattered, leaving only Yang Kai and the burly boy looking at each other.
"Trial disciple Yang Kai, the third level of body tempering!" Yang Kai looked at the other party and said.
"Ordinary disciple Zhou Dingjun, the fifth floor of body tempering!" The burly boy reported himself to his home.
The disciples of Lingxiao Pavilion are also divided into levels. From bottom to top, they are trial disciples, ordinary disciples, elite disciples, and core disciples. Zhou Dingjun said that he was an ordinary disciple, so he had not yet joined the master of the sect and had not received guidance from the master of the sect. If he broke through the Body Tempering Stage and became a master of the sect, he would be a higher-level disciple. Even the elite disciples at the higher level were all outstanding and selected from the disciples at the sect.
The core disciple is the hope of the generation of Lord Lingxiao, and the sect trains these people as future successors.
Senran's disciple hierarchy seems inhumane, but it can well inspire young people's blood and competitive consciousness, which is also the foundation of Lingxiao Pavilion's cruel system.
The fundamental reason why Yang Kai was fought over by countless people was another rule in Lingxiao Pavilion, the rule that challenged.
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Chapter completed!