Chapter 1495: Apprenticeship Ceremony

Excited and sad. Chen Xuan and Sun Tingting were told to listen to the master, which made Sun Tingting burst into tears.

On the morning of the fifth day, the two families sent them to the outside of Shenxin Gate and watched them enter the gate.

As the most famous sect in the local area, Shenxin Gate is indeed for a reason. Just looking at the area of ​​the sect, it is very vast. It almost covers the entire West City of Shiweiba City. The gate is not far from the West City Gate, and after entering the gate, what appeared in Chen Xuan's eyes was a wide avenue, with rows of evergreen trees planted on both sides of the avenue. Outside the trees is an artificial lake with rippling blue waves and fish swimming happily.

At the end of the avenue is the square of Shenxin Gate. In the center of the square stands a huge statue. Chen Xuan knows without asking that this must be a famous figure in the history of Shenxin Gate.

Under the leadership of the disciples of Shenxin Gate, Chen Xuan and Sun Tingting came to the square. The disciple who led them was only about fourteen or fifteen years old. It seems that he entered the gate in recent years. But as a disciple of the Divine Heart Sect, he is undoubtedly a young hero, so his manners are elegant and he looks like a fairy.

But when passing by the statue in the square, this disciple still saluted the statue devoutly, and then continued to lead Chen Xuan and others.

On the way here, this disciple had already asked Chen Xuan and Sun Tingting's names, and Chen Xuan also knew that this senior brother's name was Zhu Chunbin, a water practitioner. Although he has only been a disciple for four years, he has now reached the peak of the sixth level of the mortal realm, and his mental power has reached the fourth level. Chen Xuan didn't know the situation of mental power cultivation, but thinking that Du Zisong had only cultivated to the eighth level, he knew that Zhu Chunbin's mental power cultivation was indeed excellent.

In the end, Zhu Chunbin led Chen Xuan and others to the sect's service hall, which is a comprehensive building with a huge reception room in the front and independent rooms in the back, where the sect's affairs are usually handled. Now should be the time for new disciples to report, so all the deputy sect masters gathered in the service hall.

In the huge reception room, there were five deputy sect leaders, three men and two women. Chen Xuan knew two of them, of course, the Sect Leader Ma and Du Zisong. As for the two female deputy sect leaders, one was tall but a little older, even over the age limit of a young woman, and the other was neither tall nor short, but her eyes were sharp, like a steel knife, but she was not very old, probably less than 30 years old.

Chen Xuan made eye contact with the steel knife, and quickly retracted his gaze, and his heart was trembling. "Such a young deputy sect leader, such a sharp vision, really unique. This person must not be easy to mess with, remember!" Chen Xuan warned himself.

The last one was a short and fat man with an ordinary appearance. He could be forty, fifty, or sixty years old, and it was impossible to tell.

"This is Chen Xuan, and he will be my apprentice from now on. This is Sun Tingting, a good friend of Chen Xuan, and according to the regulations, she is a disciple of Sect Leader Li." Du Zisong spoke, and he especially emphasized that Sun Tingting was a good friend of Chen Xuan, with a lot of teasing intentions, which made Chen Xuan very embarrassed. Sect Masters Ma and Li smiled slightly, but the man with the steel knife eyes and the fat man still had a stern face.

"This is Sect Master Ma, the leader of the Fire Sect, and this is Sect Master Li, the leader of the Water Sect, who is also your master, Sun Tingting. This is Sect Master Tu, the leader of the Earth Sect, and this is Sect Master Zhang, the leader of the Gold Sect." Du Zisong introduced his people to Chen Xuan and the others. Chen Xuan then realized that the older female deputy sect master was Sun Tingting's master, and the younger one turned out to be the deputy sect master of the Gold Sect. No wonder the one with the steel knife eyes turned out to be of the Gold Sect!

"In the future, if you have any problems, you can directly find the five of us, because the affairs of the entire sect are directly handled by the five of us."

"Next is the master-recognition ceremony, Chen Xuan, come and recognize the master," Du Zisong said seriously. "Sun Tingting, you should also recognize Sect Master Li as your master!"

"Kowtow three times and call me master, and the ceremony is completed."

Chen Xuan kowtowed three times to Du Zisong as instructed, and called him master again. Sun Tingting did the same, but Sect Master Li took out a jade pendant and handed it to Sun Tingting, saying, "This is a heart-warming jade. I'll give it to you. After all, you may be my last disciple." Sect Master Li is now at the peak of the eighth level of spiritual power. It is estimated that she will break through to the ninth level in a short time. At that time, she will become an elder, but she will lose the qualification to continue to accept disciples.

Du Zisong blushed when he saw Sect Master Li giving a gift, and said embarrassedly, "I prepared it in a hurry. I will definitely make up for the gift for you in the future."

"Thank you, Master." Chen Xuan said loudly. This made Du Zisong's face even redder.

"Come on, you stinky boy, I'll take you to where you live now. Don't go to the wrong Linfang in the future." So Du Zisong walked in front, and Chen Xuan followed behind, passing through a bush and then walking a road, and came to a house. The house was not far from the service hall, and there were no other buildings around the house. Chen Xuan felt very strange. Did he live here alone? No companions?

"Oh, right. You should pay attention. Although you and Sun Tingting are good friends, you cannot enter each other's dormitory before you reach the cultivator realm. If you violate the rules, the sect rules will deal with it seriously. This is a rule made for you, Li Chun, to help you go further in martial arts." Du Zisong said seriously.

"Can we talk outside normally?" Chen Xuan asked.

"Hee, you idiot, read the sect rules yourself." With a snap, a thick book was thrown out by Du Zisong.

"So thick!" Chen Xuan was shocked. He quickly opened it and saw that it was not only about the sect rules, but also the history of the sect and other knowledge.

After Du Zisong left, Chen Xuan began his life in Shenxinmen. The first thing he had to do was to understand the thick book left by Du Zisong. Because this book is very important, it starts with the history of Shenxinmen, then the basic situation of reality, then how disciples survive and develop in the sect, and finally the various rules and regulations of the sect. This is the outline of Chen Xuan's life in Shenxinmen. It does have a very formal name, called "Entry Manual".

Opening the manual, the first category is about the history of Shenxinmen. Shenxinmen was founded by the first ancestor Ren Zhuifeng thousands of years ago. The statue of the man in the square is Ren Zhuifeng. The reason why Ren Zhuifeng founded Shenxinmen was because he got a legacy in a secret adventure. The legacy required him to create a sect based on the spiritual power cultivation method he obtained. But Ren Zhuifeng was a free-spirited person and had little interest in founding a sect. Under this circumstance, he thought of a way to have the best of both worlds. First, he used his prestige to strictly select the first batch of disciples, and spent twenty years teaching these disciples to the level of the continent's strongmen. Then he set a rule that the disciples of the five elements who had recently broken through to the eighth level of spiritual power would become deputy sect masters, a total of five, and fully lead all affairs in the sect.

If a new disciple reaches the eighth level, the original deputy sect master will automatically become a sect elder. And if the current deputy sect master breaks through to the ninth level, this deputy sect master will become a senior elder, and the position of deputy sect master will be held by the elder who was promoted to the eighth level at the latest.

All disciples who can break through to the tenth level of spiritual power can become supreme elders. These supreme elders have generally reached the level of semi-immortal realm, and are already the top existences on this continent.

Eight hundred years ago, Ren Zhuifeng went to the fairyland, and the position of the sect master left behind became a symbolic existence, generally produced among the strong men above the ninth level. Of course, it is voted by all the disciples of the eighth level and above. The people chosen are basically those who have made special contributions to the Shenxin Sect or have great influence around them. Because the sect master only represents the image of the Shenxin Sect, it is most appropriate to choose this kind of person.

So fundamentally, the affairs of the Shenxin Sect are mainly managed by the five deputy sect masters. Being a deputy sect master is actually a kind of responsibility. Only after you break through, or after the disciples of the same five elements break through to the eighth level, can you automatically relieve your duties and concentrate on practicing. As the saying goes, there are advantages and disadvantages. Although the deputy sect master has to deal with various complicated affairs, he can also obtain a lot of resources, because this involves the reward and punishment system of the sect. Being a deputy sect master is to complete the tasks of the sect, and as long as the tasks are completed, the rewards of the sect are very generous. In addition to resources, the position of deputy sect master is also very effective in training various abilities, which is unnecessary.

The second major category in the book is about tasks and rewards and punishments. The types of tasks in Shenxin Sect are very varied. As long as they are not evil and self-defeating, they can be issued as tasks. From maintaining human survival and the safety of the sect to removing weeds in the garden and cleaning the square, all can be issued as tasks. The publisher of the tasks is everyone in Shenxin Sect. Whoever issues the task will provide the reward. The biggest publisher of tasks is of course the five deputy sect masters, because most of the time they issue tasks on behalf of the sect.

There are no restrictions on issuing tasks, you only need to provide equal rewards. But there are restrictions on accepting tasks. For example, you can no longer accept the task of cleaning in the second year of entry, and you can no longer accept the task of helping the kitchen slaughter livestock after reaching the third level of spiritual power. The main reason is that Shenxin Sect disciples only need to complete twelve tasks every year to complete the basic tasks, and they can get the most basic resources distributed by the sect. In order to ensure that low-level cultivators can have sufficient tasks, it is of course very necessary to not allow high-level cultivators to grab their tasks.

But you can't accept the tasks you issue yourself, otherwise the effect of the task will be invalid.