Chapter 54: Legends of the Time Bell Pavilion
The bell tower was finally quiet.
Li Qian still preferred to cultivate alone.
Perhaps it was because he had been single for too long in his previous life, developing the attributes of a homebody.
Dong, dong, dong.
The clear bell chimes rang out.
Amidst the lingering sound of the bell, Li Qian drew his precious sword and began to cultivate.
After practicing once, Li Qian felt the True Qi surging within his body as if he had a high-performance engine installed, containing terrifying power. Once unleashed, it would be astonishing.
Phew!
Li Qian exhaled a long breath and checked the information on the system interface.
His cultivation progress had increased slightly.
“Only a slight increase every three days?”
Li Qian muttered to himself.
However, it was still acceptable.
It meant that he would break through to the True Essence Realm in less than a year.
In the Innate Realm, this cultivation speed was extremely terrifying.
Then he began to practice the Soul-Chasing Sword Technique.
The peaceful life of bell ringing and cultivation continued for more than half a month.
One day, just as the sky was getting bright, Chen Yong ran to the Time Bell Pavilion.
“Brother Qian, the True Disciple Selection is about to begin. Are you going to watch?”
Chen Yong asked.
This was his first opportunity to watch such an important selection event since entering the Inner Sect, so he was very excited.
“What’s there to see? It’s not like I haven’t participated before.”
Li Qian was cooking porridge and replied without looking back.
“Uh”
Chen Yong scratched his head and asked curiously, “Brother Qian, what’s inside the Sword Grinding Cave?”
It was already a blessing from his ancestors that he could become an Inner Sect Disciple. As for the True Disciple Selection, it had nothing to do with him, and he never had any thoughts about it. However, it didn’t mean he wasn’t curious about the Sword Grinding Cave.
“There are just some murals inside, nothing special.”
Li Qian said casually.
“Brother Qian, I’ll be going then.”
Chen Yong said.
He planned to go to the Divine Sword Hall Plaza early and get a good spot.
“Since you’re here, why don’t you finish breakfast before leaving?”
Li Qian said.
Upon hearing this, Chen Yong immediately sat down.
Although he was now an Inner Sect Disciple and could eat medicinal cuisine every day, the medicinal porridge cooked by Li Qian was different. The quality of the medicinal herbs was better, and most importantly, it also contained a lot of Exotic Beast Dried Meat.
This Exotic Beast Dried Meat was only supplied to ordinary Formal Disciples in limited quantities every month, and it was never enough.
In the afternoon, Master Zhou Buping returned from the Inner Sect.
“Tomorrow morning, the Sword Tomb will open.”
“Also, Li Qian, it’s best to add an Odd-Job Disciple here at the Time Bell Pavilion.”
Zhou Buping remembered something and said.
“Huh?”
Li Qian was taken aback.
“The Sect Master said that many people from the Inner Sect have reported to him that the Time Bell often doesn’t ring, affecting their judgment of time.”
Zhou Buping said.
“It doesn’t often not ring, only a few days a year.”
Li Qian retorted.
“Adding an Odd-Job Disciple won’t affect you. Isn’t it good to have someone help you ring the bell?”
Zhou Buping didn’t quite understand his disciple’s train of thought.
“Alright.”
Li Qian was quite helpless.
Actually, he wanted to say that this was his bell, how could he let anyone ring it casually?
However, it was indeed not good that there was no one to ring the bell when he went out on missions.
It was also quite troublesome to spend time adjusting the hourglass every time he came back.
He now only hoped that after the Time Bell was upgraded, it could be shrunk down to carry with him. Such a large Time Bell, he couldn’t carry it with him every day, could he?
It was a pity that there was no such thing as a storage bag in this world. It would be great if it could be put into a storage artifact.
After Master left, Li Qian rubbed his chin and went down the mountain to the Odd-Job Hall.
Odd-Job Hall.
“Senior Brother Li, what are your instructions?”
Deputy Hall Master Xu personally served fragrant tea and then asked respectfully.
“Deputy Hall Master Xu, please help me find an Odd-Job Disciple to ring the bell at the Time Bell Pavilion. He must be honest and reliable, and also male, preferably one who has just arrived for a year.”
Li Qian said.
He didn’t want a cunning old hand. Honest and reliable new Odd-Job Disciples were the easiest to manage.
“Don’t worry, Senior Brother Li, I’ll take care of it immediately.”
Deputy Hall Master Xu said hurriedly.
Because of the occasional absences at the Time Bell Pavilion, the Inner Sect had inquired about it several times.
Although the Time Bell Pavilion was under the jurisdiction of the Odd-Job Hall, he couldn’t control it at all.
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Now that Senior Brother Li had taken the initiative to request an Odd-Job Disciple, he finally felt relieved.
After Li Qian left the Odd-Job Hall, Deputy Hall Master Xu immediately summoned the assistant hall masters, managers, and deacons of the Odd-Job Hall.
Although he was only a deputy hall master, because he could talk to Li Qian of the Time Bell Pavilion, he gradually became the first deputy hall master of the Odd-Job Hall.
Moreover, the hall master was old and didn’t manage things much. He usually lived in Sword’s Edge City and rarely came to the Odd-Job Hall, so he basically had the final say in the Odd-Job Hall.
When the old hall master retired, he would basically be the undisputed candidate for the hall master position.
“Choose a group of honest and reliable disciples from all the Odd-Job Disciples who joined last year. Remember, they must be honest and reliable, don’t try to fool me. If you offend that person, no one can bear the consequences.”
Deputy Hall Master Xu said seriously.
Everyone present felt a chill in their hearts.
In the Odd-Job Hall, the only person Deputy Hall Master Xu valued so much was probably the one at the Time Bell Pavilion.
The many assistant hall masters, managers, and deacons began to get busy.
Soon, the news spread rapidly among the Odd-Job Disciples.
If it was the Time Bell Pavilion in the past, which had no benefits at all, even dogs wouldn’t go there.
Now it was different.
Privately, there were many legends about the Time Bell Pavilion.
Especially Chen Yong, the prominent figure of the Odd-Job Hall who had occupied the first place in the Combat Power Rankings for three consecutive years. It was said that his rapid rise from obscurity was inextricably linked to the person at the Time Bell Pavilion.
Some quick-witted Odd-Job Disciples even wanted to go up the mountain to try their luck, but Deputy Hall Master Xu, who had anticipated this, issued a ban in advance, strictly prohibiting Odd-Job Disciples from approaching the Time Bell Pavilion.
Deputy Hall Master Xu didn’t want the Odd-Job Disciples to go up the mountain and disturb that person’s cultivation. If he was blamed, it would be troublesome.
Hundred Herbs Garden.
A large number of herbs and spiritual herbs were planted here, and there were many Odd-Job Disciples.
The herbalists in the Hundred Herbs Garden all had professional herbal planting skills. Although they didn’t belong to the Inner Sect, their status was much higher than that of Odd-Job Disciples.
In addition, there were also alchemists in the Alchemy Workshop and beast tamers in the Exotic Beast Breeding Ground. It was the same for them.
In the system of the Divine Sword Sect, in addition to the martial arts inheritance of the nine main peaks of the Inner Sect, the inheritance of herbalism, alchemy, exotic beast taming, and precious sword forging were also very important.
These important institutions had a set of independent selection mechanisms.
The way out for Odd-Job Disciples was not just martial arts, they could also choose to develop in directions such as herbalism, alchemy, and exotic beast taming.
However, these professions had certain requirements for talent.
If one could become a herbalist, an alchemist, and the like, they could basically change their destiny.
Moreover, these professions had more opportunities to practice martial arts.
Therefore, there were also many martial arts experts among herbalists, alchemists, and exotic beast tamers.
“Who is Liu Ming?”
A deacon who was specifically in charge of managing the Odd-Job Disciples in the Hundred Herbs Garden looked at the assembled Odd-Job Disciples and asked immediately.
“Deacon, it’s me”
A somewhat thin and dark young man stepped forward.
“You go to the Odd-Job Hall to report now.”
The deacon nodded and said.
“Me?”
The young man Liu Ming was stunned.
“Yes, go quickly. Perform well, maybe you’ll get into the Time Bell Pavilion.”
The deacon said with a smile.
Under the envious gazes of the other Odd-Job Disciples, the thin and dark young man Liu Ming hurriedly left the line and ran towards the Odd-Job Hall.
“Disperse, go about your business.”
The deacon waved his hand.
“Deacon, is he the only one? Don’t we have any chance?”
Someone couldn’t help but ask.
“This is the list selected by the Odd-Job Hall. If you want to go, you can apply to the Odd-Job Hall”
The deacon shrugged and said.
After speaking, he turned and left.
“Sigh, why is Liu Ming so lucky?”
“Yeah, he usually doesn’t even fart, but he’s actually stepped in dog shit luck.”
“What are you jealous of? He may not be selected.”
“That’s true too. Sigh, why isn’t it me?”
Many Odd-Job Disciples were talking amongst themselves, full of yearning for the Time Bell Pavilion.
After all, Chen Yong’s example was right there.
Who didn’t want to have such an opportunity?
In the crowd, Song Yingying pursed her lips, her heart filled with complex emotions.
The young man from back then had become an existence she couldn’t reach.
If she had been more proactive then, perhaps her fate would have been completely different.