After a hundred years of ringing the bell, I became the ancestor of the sect

Chapter 1 Handyman
Divine Sword Gate.

The three-yearly recruitment of new disciples has officially ended.

Outside the servants' hall.

Hundreds of menial disciples wearing standard grey clothes stood in a neat square formation.

A middle-aged man in a blue robe was holding a list and reading it out.

This person is the deacon of the Menial Services Hall, and is assigning tasks to the new menial disciples.

The menial disciples were nominally disciples of the Divine Sword Sect, but in reality they were recruited specifically to do the work.

His martial arts talent is very average.

Those who met the talent requirements entered the inner gate.

Even the menial disciples were trying their best to squeeze into the Divine Sword Sect.

Even if one cannot become a formal disciple of the Divine Sword Sect, menial disciples are also qualified to practice.

After serving as a menial disciple for a few years and acquiring some skills, he could go out and make a name for himself.

If one is lucky enough, has made progress in training, and is able to complete the assessment of the Divine Sword Sect, one will have the opportunity to enter the inner sect and become a formal disciple, which would be a quick success.

"Li Qian."

"arrive."

A plain-looking, thin boy quickly walked out of the team.

"You go to the Chenzhongtai now to report."

The middle-aged man in blue robe said.

"Yes."

Li Qian accepted the order.

But he was a little dumbfounded.

He was originally a time traveler from Earth. After learning that this was a world where martial arts was respected, he made up his mind to practice martial arts and become a superior person.

Unfortunately, his talent in martial arts was average, and after going through fierce competition, he was lucky enough to pass the assessment of the Divine Sword Sect and become a menial disciple.

He knew where the menial disciples were assigned to go, and the best way was undoubtedly to be a menial disciple at one of the seven main peaks of the Divine Sword Sect, because that was where he would get to meet the peak masters and elders of the Divine Sword Sect, and his true disciples would receive the best treatment, and he would have a greater chance of obtaining resources for cultivation.

If you are lucky enough, you might even be able to receive guidance and rewards.

The next step is to enter the various halls.

Some halls are involved in a large number of industries outside the Divine Sword Sect and require a large number of menial disciples. Although the chances of obtaining cultivation resources in these places are smaller, the treatment is good and the benefits are plentiful.

The worst are the minor jobs at the Shenjian Sect's mountain gate, such as the laundry room, cleaning room, and night fragrance room. Not only are they dirty and tiring, but they also don't pay much.

These places are also the most short of people. Many menial disciples could not stand such a life and finally voluntarily gave up their status as menial disciples and left.

The Chenzhongtai that Li Qian went to was not particularly dirty, tiring or hard, but it was definitely a place without any benefits at all.

"I'm speechless. I paid so much money and they assigned me such a crappy job."

Li Qian felt indignant.

He had bribed the deacon of the errand hall in advance.

That money was all his savings.

The only thing to be thankful for is that I was not assigned to those dirty and tiring jobs.

Maybe it's because of bribery.

“It seems that those who are assigned to good jobs pay more than me.”

Li Qian was deeply moved.

Wherever you go, human relationships are the theme.

It exists even within a powerful martial arts sect like the Divine Sword Sect.

Li Qian left the menial hall and walked towards Chen Zhongtai holding a token representing his identity as a menial disciple of Chen Zhongtai.

After many twists and turns along the way and encountering several checkpoints, Li Qian finally saw the Chenzhong Tower.

Chen Bell Tower is a very ordinary bell tower, standing on a hill with a high altitude.

The scenery is beautiful.

On top of a huge rock, there is a bell tower with a huge bell on it.

"when!"

Suddenly, a dull bell rang.

Spread to the distance.

The entire Shenjian Gate's mountain gate could hear it clearly. Li Qian vaguely saw a figure on the bell tower.

Someone is ringing the bell.

when!
when!
The bell rang three times, with a few seconds between each ring, and then never rang again.

"The three rings of the Chen bell represent the Si hour, right?"

Li Qian thought to himself.

This world does not have timers such as clocks, so time is told by using bells and gongs.

He came to the foot of the bell tower.

An old man with a hunched back and dressed in gray walked out of the bell tower.

"Li Qian greets the senior."

Li Qian saluted quickly.

This old man in gray is probably also a menial disciple. At such an old age, he must be considered a veteran among the menial disciples in the Divine Sword Sect.

More than 99% of the menial disciples would leave after a few years, but there were some exceptions. They had no home, wife, child or daughter, and would stay in the Divine Sword Sect forever.

They have worked for the Divine Sword Sect all their lives, and the Divine Sword Sect will allow them to retire within the gate.

I think this old man belongs to this category.

"I have been talking about this for so long, and finally the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall sent someone over."

The old man smiled.

He is old, and it is a bit exhausting for him to ring the bell on time every day.

Now that a new disciple has come to do menial tasks, he can finally enjoy his retirement.

"follow me."

The old man said this and entered the bell tower.

The bell tower is divided into two floors. The lower floor is where the bell ringer lives, and the upper floor is where the morning bell is placed.

Li Qian hurriedly followed in.

As soon as he entered the door, Li Qian saw more than a dozen hourglasses of different sizes placed on the opposite wall, each of which was leaking fine sand.

The old man pointed to the hourglasses and explained.

These hourglasses are all timers.

The reason for so many is mainly to make the comparison more accurate.

After listening to the old man's explanation, Li Qian basically understood.

It's just too complicated.

How nice it would be if there was a clock that could remind you on a regular basis.

"The first ring of the Chen bell must start at the Mao hour, and the error must not exceed ten breaths. At the Chen hour, it must be struck twice, and finally until the You hour, with seven strikes, the Chen bell timekeeping for the day is over. As for the time period from Xu hour to Yin hour, it is announced by the gong room, and has nothing to do with our Chen bell platform."

The old man continued, "Since the hourglass has a certain error, we still need to make adjustments by observing the celestial phenomena and the stars. I will teach you these things slowly."

Li Qian listened carefully.

He started working at Chenzhongtai from then on.

This is his future job in the Divine Sword Sect and is related to his future path in martial arts.

His talent in martial arts was average, but hard work pays off. Even if he couldn't become a formal disciple of the Divine Sword Sect, he wanted to learn some skills so that he could make a living outside after leaving the Divine Sword Sect.

For the next two days, Li Qian continued to learn from his senior.

Since the old senior's surname was Song, Li Qian respectfully called him Mr. Song.

Mr. Song is almost eighty years old.

If he were an ordinary person, he would have been lying in the coffin for many years at this age.

At the same time, he also began to practice martial arts.

However, there is no sense of energy yet.

Old Master Song would occasionally give some pointers on cultivation.

"You have just started practicing, so it is normal that you don't have a sense of Qi. Back then, it took me more than three months to finally find the sense of Qi."

Old Song saw Li Qian’s frustrated look and said with a smile.

"Master Song, does it take so long just to develop a sense of Qi? Those formal disciples should be much faster, right?"

Li Qian asked curiously.

(End of this chapter)