Chapter 178: Empty-handed

"I will first take you to register and receive your identity tokens. Only with the tokens can you move unimpeded in the sect. Remember, no matter what time it is, you must always carry your identity token on you."

Zhao Qing walked in front, but his voice clearly reached everyone's ears.

He led the group and soon arrived in front of a pavilion, opened the booklet in his hand, and began to call names. One by one, they went in.

Whenever someone came out, they would be holding an iron plate, a booklet, and a porcelain bottle.

This booklet recorded the rules of the Profound Heaven Sect and some introductions to the Profound Heaven Sect.

As for the porcelain bottle, it contained three Qi-Benefiting Pills, given upon entry.

Many people were excited, feeling that there was hope for their martial path. With such a generous sect, once they truly entered and became inner sect disciples, there would surely be more resources.

Those with impatient temperaments swallowed one on the spot.

It took half an hour for everyone to complete their entry registration and receive their identity tokens.

"Read the sect rules as soon as possible and know what should be done and what should not be done.

Before you came here, the martial arts halls you were in already taught you the methods of Qi Refining, Gang Qi Formation, and Tendon-Changing and Marrow-Cleansing. The sect will not teach you internal cultivation methods again.

You can use your identity tokens to go to the Outer Sect Scripture Hall to receive one martial art technique. If you want more, you can only wait until you have contribution points to exchange for them."

Zhao Qing led the group through a flower garden, turned past a peach forest, and a courtyard appeared before their eyes; it was the living area for outer sect disciples.

As the group approached, they saw that although the place was small, it had everything needed, including tea houses, restaurants, and shops.

Zhao Qing pointed to a clothing shop and said: "Outer sect disciples of our Profound Heaven Sect are required to wear uniform clothing. You can come here later to choose your outer sect disciple clothes."

Those who previously thought the Profound Heaven Sect was generous suddenly felt bad; they didn't expect to have to buy their own clothes.

"No wonder Master said that without money, it's hard to move an inch. I'm afraid we'll have to pay for our own meals too."

For food, clothing, and shelter, clothes cost money, so I'm afraid meals will also cost money.

However, since they had to be beasts of burden for three years, the sect shouldn't lack tasks for disciples to earn money, so there was no need to worry about running out of money.

Zhao Qing walked to a courtyard, opened the booklet in his hand, called three names in a row, and then said: "You three will live here. Just go in and find an unoccupied room to stay in."

The three of them cupped their fists to thank him, picked up their luggage, and walked in.

Next, Zhao Qing led the group along, calling names as they went. Each courtyard would have either two or three people entering, and the number of people grew smaller and smaller.

Soon it was Xu Yang's turn, and those whose names were called with him were all disciples of the Weiyuan Hall: one was Sun Tao, and the other was Jiang Ping.

All three were a bit surprised. They thanked Zhao Qing and stepped into the courtyard together. The first things that caught their eyes were two men sitting in the courtyard.

Both men were burly, looking like human bears.

"Newcomers again!" One of them stood up with a smile and said: "We are all disciples from the previous batch. You can call us Senior Brothers."

Xu Yang and the others cupped their fists and said: "Greetings, two Senior Brothers."

"My name is Xu Cheng, and his name is Wan Hai."

At this moment, a door opened, and a person walked out from inside, smiling: "This courtyard is finally full; there will be people to chat with in the future.

My name is Jiang Fan, and like you, I am a disciple who ascended to the dragon this year, from the county seat."

Jiang Fan was an enthusiastic person. After introducing himself, he chattered on and introduced everyone else in the courtyard. Even though four people were not there, he reported their names and backgrounds to Xu Yang and the others, and then dragged the three of them to choose rooms.

In fact, there was no room to choose, because there were only three empty rooms left in the courtyard.

Xu Yang chose one at random and moved in.

The room was not big, and the furnishings were simple. Besides the bed, there was only a wardrobe and a table. On the bed, besides the bed board, there was nothing.

There was an oil lamp on the table, but there was no oil in it. Xu Yang put his luggage away, took out the silver inside and kept it close to his body, then turned and walked out again.

He needed to buy toiletries, and he also had to go to the clothing shop to buy outer sect disciple clothes. There were still many things to do.

When it got dark, everything that needed to be purchased was finally bought, and Xu Yang changed into the uniform green martial arts suit for outer sect disciples.

In the courtyard, Sun Tao and Jiang Ping had already returned and were chatting with Jiang Fan and the others. The owners of the other four rooms still had not appeared.

Jiang Fan had introduced earlier that these people had gone out to do sect tasks and would not return for several days.

"Brother Xu, come over for a chat!" Jiang Fan invited.

"Okay!"

Xu Yang sent the things he brought from outside into his room before coming back and sitting down.

At first, Wan Hai and Xu Cheng gave Xu Yang and the others some pointers on precautions, how to select sect tasks, etc. After a while, the two began to subtly inquire about the three's family backgrounds.

Upon learning that Jiang Ping's family was a wealthy family in Qingyuan, the two expressed extreme enthusiasm, patting their chests and telling Jiang Ping to find them if he had any trouble.

Sun Tao also mentioned his family background. The Sun family was not as good as the Jiang family where Jiang Ping was, but it was also a wealthy family.

Regarding him, Wan Hai and Xu Cheng also expressed great enthusiasm.

Only Jiang Fan did not care about family backgrounds.

When he heard that Xu Yang was from a farming family, Wan Hai and Xu Cheng's attitudes cooled down a lot, but he still called him Brother Xu every other word.

"It's very difficult to fight alone in the sect. In the future, Brother Xu Cheng and I can take you to do tasks."

Wan Hai said: "With Senior Brothers leading, you can avoid many detours and learn many things. When Brother Xu Cheng and I first entered the sect, we didn't know anything and suffered a lot."

Xu Cheng narrowed his eyes: "The two of us have been in the sect for two years and have rich experience in tasks. We can tell at a glance which tasks are dangerous and which are safe."

Jiang Ping was tempted, and Sun Tao had a similar reaction.

Having familiar Senior Brothers leading indeed meant fewer detours.

Wan Hai said: "How about this, in a few days, Brother Xu Cheng and I will take a group task to help you earn some contribution points first and complete this month's task."