Ringing the Bell for a Hundred Years, I Became the Sect’s Ancestor – Chapter 55

Chapter 55: Sword Envoy

The Odd-Job Hall was very efficient.

After Shen time passed, they sent several odd-job disciples to the bottom of the Bell Tower.

“Senior Martial Brother Li.”

Deputy Hall Master Xu hurriedly said respectfully, “These five odd-job disciples all joined last year. And their family backgrounds are clean, and their personalities are honest and dutiful.”

Behind him stood five young men.

All with their heads bowed, very nervous.

“Raise your heads and let Senior Martial Brother Li take a good look.”

Deputy Hall Master Xu hurriedly said to the five young men behind him.

The five young men hurriedly raised their heads, some of them so nervous that they couldn’t stand still.

“That one.”

Li Qian glanced over and pointed to one of the dark and thin young men, who looked a little more pleasing to the eye.

“Liu Ming, you stay at the Time Bell Pavilion and listen to Senior Martial Brother Li.”

Deputy Hall Master Xu said to the dark and thin young man.

Then he bowed to Li Qian, “Senior Martial Brother Li, then I’ll take my leave.”

“Go ahead.”

Li Qian nodded.

So Deputy Hall Master Xu took the other four new odd-job disciples down the mountain.

Leaving only the dark and thin young man standing there, at a loss.

“Liu Ming, right?”

Li Qian said.

“Senior Martial Brother Li, Senior Martial Brother Li”

The dark and thin young man, Liu Ming, stammered a little.

“You don’t have to be nervous. Your job in the future is to ring the bell on time when I’m not here. If I’m here, you don’t have to worry about ringing the bell. You just need to be responsible for the cleaning of the Bell Tower and the three meals a day.”

Li Qian said.

The dark and thin young man, Liu Ming, listened attentively.

But he was still a little confused. Shouldn’t ringing the bell be a job for an odd-job disciple like him?

Why could he only ring the bell when Senior Martial Brother Li was not here?

Although he was a little puzzled, he did not ask.

He mainly focused on being obedient. Whatever Senior Martial Brother Li said, he would do.

Then, Li Qian took Liu Ming into the Bell Tower and began to teach him the number of times to ring the bell, the technique, how to adjust the hourglass, and some special festivals.

“From now on, the daily hourglass adjustment will also be handed over to you.”

Li Qian added.

“Okay, Senior Martial Brother Li.”

Liu Ming nodded hurriedly and said.

When it was You time, Li Qian asked Liu Ming to watch from the side.

Li Qian got into position, grabbed the striker with both hands, and with a gentle push, the striker hit the Time Bell heavily.

The clear and melodious bell sound spread out, resounding through the clouds.

Dong dong dong dong

It rang seven times in a row, with the sound lingering for a long time.

Liu Ming watched attentively, not daring to miss any detail.

“Okay, you go and reset that hourglass.”

Li Qian let go of the striker and said to Liu Ming.

Liu Ming hurriedly ran over to fiddle with it.

Li Qian took out his precious sword and began to practice his sword technique.

After Liu Ming finished, he was attracted by Li Qian’s sword practice.

The whole set of sword techniques did not look beautiful at all, but he could feel all the hairs on his body standing on end, as if the air was filled with countless invisible needles, making his skin tingle faintly.

So powerful!

This was his first feeling.

Although he couldn’t understand it at all.

After practicing, Li Qian saw that Liu Ming was still watching and said, “Go and make dinner.”

“Yes, Senior Martial Brother Li.”

Liu Ming responded and was about to go down the Bell Tower.

“Wait a minute, I’ll teach you how to do it.”

Li Qian stopped him.

“Senior Martial Brother Li, my family is from the countryside. I’ve been cooking, doing chores, and doing housework since I was a child”

Liu Ming hurriedly said.

“That’s good.”

Li Qian nodded and began to tell Liu Ming that in addition to cooking the medicinal meat porridge for the three meals a day, he also had to make a few ordinary dishes.

Liu Ming listened attentively and went back to the Bell Tower to get busy.

This young man was quite agile and was indeed a good hand at housework.

After the meal was ready, Master Zhou Buping also came over.

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He was very satisfied to see that Li Qian had recruited an odd-job disciple.

It was a bit outrageous for an inner sect disciple to still be doing odd jobs like ringing the bell. Even if ringing the bell really did help with cultivation, he couldn’t tie himself to the Time Bell Pavilion, could he?

“Liu Ming, serve yourself a bowl of porridge too.”

Li Qian said.

“Ah, I…”

Liu Ming was stunned.

He could eat too?

When he was an odd-job disciple at the Hundred Herbs Garden, the first thing he had to do was memorize the knowledge of various medicinal herbs.

The medicinal meat porridge cooked this time used high-grade medicinal herbs.

Most importantly, there was also exotic beast dried meat!

He had only heard of this, it was said that only inner sect disciples could eat it.

“What? Aren’t you hungry?”

Li Qian asked.

Liu Ming’s stomach had been growling for a long time. He scratched his head and smiled, then picked up a bowl and served himself a small bowl.

But even with this small bowl, he was almost in tears.

There were several pieces of chopped exotic beast dried meat inside.

No wonder the odd-job disciples were fighting to spend money and connections to come to the Time Bell Pavilion.

On his first day here, he was able to eat such a good medicinal meat porridge feast.

Was this the opportunity that many odd-job disciples often talked about?

The next morning.

After Li Qian finished ringing the bell, he left the Time Bell Pavilion and went to the inner sect with Master Zhou Buping.

Before leaving, he told Liu Ming to carry out the next bell-ringing task when he was not there.

He didn’t give as many instructions as Old Song did, for fear of any problems.

Old Song was also an odd-job disciple at that time, and if there was a problem with the bell-ringing time, once it was discovered, the Odd-Job Hall might hold him accountable, so he was walking on thin ice.

But would the Odd-Job Hall dare to do so now?

This was the confidence brought about by status and strength.

Inner Sect.

Outside the Divine Sword Hall.

More than twenty people had already gathered.

Li Qian also saw some acquaintances he wasn’t very familiar with.

They were all core disciples who had participated in the True Disciple Selection a few years ago.

They didn’t enter the Sword Tomb last time. The reason was simple.

Once they had entered the Sword Tomb in advance, they could not participate in the True Disciple Selection.

Zhou Buping didn’t want Li Qian to enter the Sword Tomb in advance because he wanted Li Qian to have the opportunity to enter the Sword Grinding Cave and comprehend the murals in the cave during the True Disciple Selection.

The elders and peak masters of each peak had already entered the Divine Sword Hall.

Master Zhou Buping had also gone in.

“Junior Martial Brother Li, long time no see.”

Pang Bai greeted him with a smile, dressed in black and with a shaved head, very unique.

“Senior Martial Brother Pang.”

Li Qian also nodded in response.

He could sense that Pang Bai and the others who had participated in the first True Disciple Selection had all stepped into the Innate Realm.

Only those participating in this True Disciple Selection were still in the Postnatal Realm.

But at least they had also comprehended secret techniques, and even sword intent. It wouldn’t be long before they broke through to the Innate Realm.

The others only glanced at Li Qian and did not greet him.

Li Qian had almost no fame in the inner sect. Perhaps some people were curious about him when he participated in the True Disciple Selection before, but after a few years, he had long been forgotten.

Moreover, in the inner sect, new talents emerged every year, becoming new hot topics.

After a long time.

The elders and peak masters in the Divine Sword Hall came out.

However, the most noticeable one was a sword-carrying person wearing a black iron mask.

“This seat is the Sword Envoy guarding the Sword Tomb. Follow me.”

The sword-carrying person wearing a black iron mask made a hoarse voice and turned to walk towards the right side of the Divine Sword Hall.

The left side of the Divine Sword Hall was the True Transmission Hall, built against the cliff.

The right side was a bottomless abyss shrouded in white mist.

When everyone followed the black iron masked sword-carrying person to the edge of the cliff, they could suddenly see a stone tablet standing on the edge of the cliff.

It was inscribed with ━ Sword Tomb Forbidden Area, No Entry.