Am I the old man who's always by my apprentices' side?

Chapter 128 "New Student Enrollment"

The Immortal Destiny Gathering concluded after the Immortal Destiny Banquet.

Tens of thousands of people came from all over the country, but in the end Zhang Chengdao only got 2 gold cards, 11 purple cards and 34 blue cards.

Although the total number wasn't ideal, he was still very happy with the two gold cards.

After the Immortal Affinity Assembly concluded, the newly initiated disciples gathered in the plaza to listen to Xu Wen, the head of the Scripture Studies, explain the various rules and regulations of the sect.

The sect rules were formulated by Xu Wen and Xu Ying over the past few months based on Zhang Chengdao's wishes. The wording is rigorous and detailed, which is quite different from other martial arts sects. In addition to some rules for disciples, there are also clauses for management personnel like Xu Ying and Xu Wen.

To this end, Zhang Chengdao specially created a position of "Enforcement of Laws and Administration", which was temporarily vacant and was filled by Zhang Chengdao himself.

These rules sounded very strange. Although the wording was verbose and detailed, they were difficult to understand. Most of the disciples were completely bewildered, so Xu Wen had to explain them one by one.

"This clause states that 'within the sect, all disciples enjoy relatively equal rights in terms of cultivation opportunities and resource allocation.' This means that, for example, when receiving monthly allowances, it is strictly in accordance with the sect's 'Position Subsidy Table' and 'Disciple Allowance Table.' If there are any discrepancies, one can raise an objection with the Discipline Hall and apply for verification... Of course, this is just an example. Each main peak will have more detailed regulations in the future, but no matter what the regulations are, one must abide by the sect rules..."

"The next rule is, 'Any form of intentional harm to fellow disciples is prohibited. Violators will be prosecuted according to the Sect's Criminal Law... The Sect's Criminal Law currently only exists in one volume, which is stored in the 'Library.' You may consult it at your leisure..."

"The parts concerning theft and robbery should be quite clear, so I won't go into them..."

"The provisions regarding corruption and dereliction of duty are irrelevant to most of you; they are aimed at the stewards and elders, including myself..."

He spoke for almost half an hour, until Xu Wen's throat was dry, before these newly initiated disciples finally gained a general understanding.

Then, Ye Shuyun led the disciples in a grand procession toward the "Disciple's Courtyard".

The Disciple's Courtyard is a specially designated "student dormitory." Hundreds of stone-tiled houses are scattered in a courtyard enclosed by a wall on the west side. It is the result of Zhang Chengdao's hard work over the past few months.

The stone-tiled house is much more upscale than the wooden-tiled house. In addition to being more beautiful on the outside, the whole building is also two-story. Zhang Chengdao even went to see the interior rooms. Although the layout is still the open layout of ancient times, it has everything you need—even a separate "bathroom" is provided, and there is even a wooden "toilet"!
It looks similar to the bathroom of the Liang King of the Western Han Dynasty, but it is actually more advanced. For example, there is a metal water pipe next to the "toilet", which is directly connected to the "sewer" below, leading to a place that Zhang Chengdao does not know, probably the "septic tank" hidden under the house.
(The bathroom of the King of Liang in the Western Han Dynasty is shown in the picture below. The picture is incomplete, so please use your imagination to fill in the blank.)
In short, the comfort level of this single-person stone-tiled house would make even modern cattle and horses green with envy!

However, although each person has their own room in the stone-tiled house, the well and wooden table in the courtyard are shared.

These stone-tiled houses stand in pairs, with four houses forming a small courtyard enclosed by a fence. The fence gates are marked with house numbers, ranging from "0101" to "0505", with each pair of numbers representing the number of rows and columns in the courtyard.

Besides the four stone-tiled houses, the courtyard also has four plots of farmland, a simple wooden table and chairs, and a well, all located in the center of the courtyard, making it quite complete.

Because Zhang Chengdao prepared far more stone-tiled houses than the number of newly initiated disciples, everyone could choose to live together, or temporarily have their own courtyard. "The courtyards aren't tidied up yet; it's up to you to decide. You can buy some seeds and seedlings from the sect's shops and take care of them yourselves, or you can pave them with bricks, but that would require hiring someone to do it..."

Ye Shuyun pointed to the courtyard and introduced it to everyone, then said, "My senior brother and I usually live in courtyard number 0101. If you have any urgent matters to attend to, you can go directly to the courtyard to find me."

Afterwards, he distributed "new disciple gift packs" to everyone—that is, a bundle for each person.

Inside is a set of [ramie spring clothes] and a set of [animal skin winter robe]. These two types of clothes are low-level items, and the raw materials are not very valuable. Apart from their ordinary appearance, the clothes made from them can reduce internal diseases and increase lifespan and experience.

In addition, there were 200 low-grade spirit stones stored in a low-level Qiankun bag.

"The blue cloth bag in the bundle is the [Qiankun Bag]. Each of you junior brothers and sisters has one. If you lose it, you'll have to buy a new one at the market. The [Qiankun Bag] contains 200 low-grade spirit stones, which can be used for food or to buy things at the market."

"You can eat at the 'Food Courtyard,' which is in the front courtyard. There is a restaurant and a teahouse where you can buy food and drinks, but they only accept spirit stones and not gold or silver from the mortal world."

“When cultivating, you can absorb the spiritual energy in the spirit stones, but I don’t recommend that you do this. After all, you need spirit stones in every aspect of life in the sect, and there is not much difference between absorbing spirit stones and cultivating on your own in a place where spiritual energy is abundant in the world.”

"The monthly subsidies and allowances are listed in the 'Position Subsidy Table' and the 'Disciple Allowance Table,' both of which are posted on the bulletin board in front of the main hall. In addition, there are often some temporary commissions on the bulletin board, each with its own reward. If you don't have enough spirit stones, you can also accept those commissions."

"In addition, after you junior brothers and sisters choose your main peaks in a few days, you will also receive an additional income for working on different main peaks. This is what the sect often refers to as 'salary'. The specific details will be posted at each main peak."

"Subsidies and allowances are paid at the beginning of each month, while wages are settled at the end of each month and paid at the beginning of the following month..."

"If there are any further questions, please feel free to ask..."

The various tasks of writing "New Disciples' Introduction" and reading it as "New Students' Enrollment" continued until dark before these newly initiated disciples were finally settled.

While the new disciples were listening to the sect rules in the afternoon, Zhang Chengdao specially used spirit jade to cut out jade tokens. He made identity jade tokens for each of the newly appeared characters in the character list, and then had Chang Ping'an deliver them. Chang Ping'an and Ye Shuyun then distributed them to the new disciples one by one, which could be considered as the "identity cards" of the White Stone Immortal Sect disciples.

Chang Pingan, Ye Shuyun, Xu Ying, and Xu Wen spent the entire afternoon busy making arrangements for the 47 new disciples.

Meanwhile, Murong Ruyan was having a meal with Emperor Murong Zhen of the Xiao Kingdom in the Shuntian Army camp.

(End of this chapter)