Chapter 4: Entering the Sect

At the foot of Huashan Mountain, Yuquan Temple, the branch of the Huashan Sect. As the morning light arrives, the originally quiet Yuquan Temple is now full of noisy sounds, and even the Huayin County town in the distance can hear it.

Inside and out, there are dozens of circles, and looking out, there are black heads.

The Huashan Sect's disciple recruitment conference has begun, and multiple county towns near the foot of Huashan Mountain have swarmed in, with adults bringing half-grown children into Yuquan Temple.

A crowd of children, visually estimated to be no less than four or five hundred.

For the bottom-level farmers, their thoughts are very simple: send the children up the mountain, no matter what, the family can reduce the burden. As the saying goes, "a half-grown child eats the father poor."

Not only those bottom-level farmers, but many wealthy families also sent their children to Huashan, hoping that their children could use the Huashan Sect to leap over the dragon gate.

In the martial arts world, martial arts also have a way out. Many small landlords hope that their children can become disciples of the Huashan Sect, and then they can feed back their families.

Therefore, every time the Huashan Sect recruits disciples, many gentry and landlords will come, and more than half of the Huashan Sect's disciples come from these.

Especially the outer sect disciples of the Huashan Sect, seventy percent are children of gentry and wealthy families.

"All be quiet for me!"

The noise and crowding seemed to anger the presiding elder. I saw this big man who was comparable to a human bear roar, like a Lion Roar Skill, shaking everyone's eardrums until they cracked, and then it became quiet.

Su Fan looked at the bear elder who was like a human gorilla, and his heart was still a bit shocked. Nearly two meters tall, with two long arms like coiled dragons, he was even more robust than the giants he had seen in the NBA in his previous life.

"Is this the inner sect elder of the Huashan Sect?" Su Fan was a bit suspicious. With the figure of this bear elder, it would be more appropriate to say he is an elder of the Diamond Sect.

Thinking of this guy holding a three-foot long sword and performing Huashan sword techniques, Su Fan suddenly felt a bit of joy in his heart.

"All line up for me."

The bear elder's muffled roar made the little guys around show fear on their faces. Obviously, the bear elder's appearance scared them.

Immediately after, disciples of the Huashan Sect walked out of Yuquan Temple and organized Su Fan and the others to walk into Yuquan Temple one by one to touch the bones.

As for the first pass of recruiting disciples, it had already ended before. Su Fan and the others had already signed up before, and the Huashan Sect had also sent people to verify their identities early.

The bone-touching link is very boring, especially watching one after another being brushed off, and those elders ruthlessly saying "root bone is lower-lower grade," and the children wanting to cry but not daring to cry, Su Fan's heart is also a bit irritable.

He is worried that he will also be ruthlessly brushed off. Root bone is lower-lower grade, which means he cannot practice, and there is no possibility of even entering the sect.

Once he cannot enter Huashan, Su Fan can only look for other sects, but it is estimated that it is also very difficult. Finally, he can only obtain it from the loose martial artists in the martial arts world. Not to mention how difficult it is, those martial arts are also very poor.

So Su Fan is praying in his heart, not needing very good root bone, just lower grade, so he can have a chance to try to enter the outer sect.

Finally, it was Su Fan's turn, and the one who touched his bones happened to be that bear elder.

"Eh! How old is this child?"

The bear elder was a bit depressed. Looking at Su Fan's appearance, he estimated he was fourteen or fifteen years old. What were the people below doing? Their Huashan Sect recruits disciples, generally between ten and twelve years old. Above twelve, they generally won't recruit, unless the talent and root bone are extremely strong.

"Reporting to the elder, the little one is eleven years old this year."

Su Fan naturally knows that his height is not like an eleven or twelve-year-old child. After all, in this group of children, his height, which is obviously a head taller, is indeed very confusing.

"Eleven years old? Interesting."

Hearing this, the bear elder suddenly laughed loudly. "Good boy, what did you eat to grow up?"

"Stretch out your hand."

Immediately after, the bear elder couldn't wait to pull Su Fan's hand and touch it, then his limbs, back, etc. After a search, the smile on his face remained unchanged.

"Root bone is not bad, medium grade."

With the bear elder's words, Su Fan's originally nervous heart finally let go.

"Good boy, work hard in the next pass and strive to enter the sect."

Immediately after, the former patted Su Fan on the shoulder.

"Senior Brother Xiong, it seems you are very optimistic about this little guy."

Other elders on the side saw this and also laughed and said.

"Haha! This kid's figure looks like me at first glance. At eleven, he is taller than others at fourteen or fifteen. If he is well cultivated in the future, maybe he can be like me."

The bear elder grinned and laughed. He is an alternative in the Huashan Sect. Generally, disciples of the Huashan Sect are not as robust as him.

After touching the bones, Su Fan was taken to another place. Here, everyone was promoted. Visually estimated, there were sixty or seventy people. Just this second pass, almost half of the people were brushed off.

Obviously, this pass of martial arts aptitude can brush off many people, and Su Fan knows that, in fact, lower-grade root bone has almost no achievements.

Most of this type of person, if their comprehension is not high, I am afraid that after staying in the outer sect of the Huashan Sect for a few years, they will also be brushed off.

Even if they enter the sect, it is not that they can stay forever. In the outer sect of the Huashan Sect, there are still tests. Once they don't meet the standard, they will also be let down the mountain.

However, on this point, Su Fan is confident. With this cheat, he will absolutely not be brushed off.

As fewer and fewer children were in Yuquan Temple, the bone-touching that lasted for a day finally ended. Visually estimated, only half of the people entered the third pass, the final test.

And these two hundred people, it is estimated that most of them will also be brushed off in the third pass. According to the Huashan Sect's recruitment of disciples each time, it is only sixty or seventy people, so this time it is about the same.

Resting for a day, the next day, Su Fan came to Yuquan Temple in high spirits. This time, the number of people was indeed much less, especially the adults of the children were driven away.

The test of the third pass, originally Su Fan was still looking forward to it, but as a result, when he learned that they had to climb the mountain themselves and walk to Lotus Peak, it would be considered passing.

Suddenly, Su Fan lost interest. This is just testing endurance. As for courage, although the mountain road of Huashan is indeed a bit rugged, leading to Lotus Peak, there are no cliffs.

So finally, Su Fan arrived at Lotus Peak smoothly. Of course, this is also him. Many other children are different. After all, his soul is twenty-something.

Plus practicing the Five-Animal Exercises and more than a year of exercise, his physical fitness is absolutely the top in this group.

And Su Fan finally entered the Huashan Sect, and with him were another fifty-two people, which means this time, the Huashan Sect recruited a total of fifty-three people.

They became first-year outer sect disciples of the Huashan Sect.

The outer sect of the Huashan Sect does not live on the mountain, but in a valley under Lotus Peak. There is a group of buildings there, which is almost like a village. Those who live here are the outer sect disciples who have just entered the Huashan Sect.

Excluding the chores, there are as many as four hundred outer sect disciples, almost all of whom are outer sect disciples within ten years.

Through a day of understanding, Su Fan also had a bit of understanding of the disciples of the Huashan Sect.

The Huashan Sect is divided into inner and outer sects, but in fact, the real disciples of the Huashan Sect are inner sect disciples, because outer sect disciples are not recorded in the Huashan Sect's records.

Now the Huashan Sect has two hundred inner sect disciples, and the outer sect has as many as eight or nine hundred people, of which more than four hundred are outer sect disciples within ten years, and the rest have mostly been arranged by the Huashan Sect to be responsible for some matters of the Huashan Sect outside.

How outer sect disciples of the Huashan Sect are promoted to the inner sect also has a set of rules.

First is the outer sect competition, the Huashan outer sect competition once every three years, the same as recruiting disciples.

After the competition, there are inner sect disciples and elders of the previous generation to choose disciples. Once accepted as a disciple by an inner sect elder or disciple, then automatically promoted to an inner sect disciple.

Every newcomer has three opportunities for competition.

If you are not accepted as a disciple by anyone in the three competitions, then there is almost no possibility of entering the inner sect. Of course, it is not absolute. If your Huashan Heart Method reaches the fourth layer in the tenth year, even if no one accepts you as a disciple, you can enter the inner sect and be taught by the Transmission Elder.

But this possibility almost does not exist, because if the Huashan Heart Method enters the fourth layer within ten years, this aptitude, I am afraid that the Qi Sect elders would have accepted them as disciples long ago, unless you make rapid progress within one year after your third competition.

It can be said that the promotion of the Huashan Sect is already very fair. If you can't reach it, you can only blame your own aptitude and effort.

Secondly, entering the outer sect is not safe. Within five years, if the Huashan Heart Method cannot break through the first layer, then just go down the mountain directly, and you can't even stay in the outer sect.

Unable to enter the inner sect, some outer sect disciples can also live very well. Practice the Huashan Heart Method for twenty years, become a second-rate expert, and be sent outside. Not to mention how free, at least protecting the family is possible.

But being exited from the outer sect is really miserable, almost no chance of success. If the family background is good, it's fine. For the children of farmers, it is estimated that they will deal with the fields for a lifetime. ===== CHAPTER 5 =====