Luzhou is one of the four major states of the Wei State. Most of the area is plateau and mountainous. It is known as "nine mountains, one water and one farmland".
This area has four distinct seasons, warm spring breezes, abundant rainfall, and is mostly mountainous. Luzhou produces a large number of medicinal herbs and various minerals. Most of the medicinal herbs and minerals in Wei State are produced in Luzhou.
Huayuan City is a small and medium-sized city in the west of Luzhou, with mountains on both sides of the city.
The town it belongs to produces a large amount of forage for treating bruises, and businessmen from other places often come to purchase it. The main industry of Iron Fist Sect is the business of these herbal medicines.
At noon, the bluestone road stretches straight out of Nanmen Street in Huayuan City, leading directly to the South Gate. There are various restaurants, drug stores, pawn shops, casinos, etc. beside Nanmen Street. The diners by the windows of several restaurants are all right. Pointing at a motorcade on the street.
"The second elder of the Iron Fist Sect personally leads the team. This time we have recruited more disciples than in previous years. When this generation grows up, the Iron Fist Sect will become even more powerful."
"Can you not recruit more disciples? I heard that some time ago, the great elder of the Iron Fist Sect died in a fire while practicing. His strength was greatly reduced."
"It is said that forces from several other cities also want to enter our Huayuan City. After all, the herbal medicine for injuries caused by bruises is still the best in our Huayuan City."
"Now there are only about a hundred disciples of the inner and outer sects of the Iron Fist Sect. This time, nearly twenty people were recruited at once. However, as long as the Supreme Elder of the Iron Fist Sect is still alive, they will not have the final say in Huayuan City."
"Brother, how come we haven't heard of this Supreme Elder? Tell us a little bit about him."
"No problem, my distant cousin works as a guard at Iron Fist Gate. It is said that this Supreme Elder..."
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The convoy on this street was the Iron Fist Sect group that was rushing from Jinsi Lake to Huayuan City. In the middle and rear of the convoy, a burly man with eyes looking around and a fat young man with small eyes were walking side by side. Whispering.
"Brother Lu, have you never been to Huayuan City before?"
Wang Xiaopang looked at Lu Kun looking around and asked a little puzzled. During the most of the day together, he felt that Brother Lu was not like a mountain village hunter, but more like a city man.
"Little Fatty, although I often traded goods with people in the city in the past, Huayuan City has never been here." Lu Kun said without changing his expression. In just half a day, Lu Kun became familiar with Wang Xiaofat.
I heard from Wang Xiaopang that he used to be an outer disciple, but he was very greedy and not diligent, which caused his martial arts progress to be too slow, and he was eventually reduced to a guard. This man was also an optimist and didn't care about other people's opinions.
"I have grown up here since I was a child. From now on, Brother Lu can come to me if he has any problems in the city. I am a real local snake."
"Well, this street is the most prosperous place in Huayuan City. There are all kinds of shops. You see, the Fuyuan Restaurant is owned by my family. In the future, Brother Lu can bring more brothers to take care of my business."
Lu Kun looked at where Wang Xiaopang was pointing. It was a three-story small building. A red lacquer signboard hung vertically on the side of the small building, with the four characters "Fuyuan Restaurant" engraved on it.
It was noon at this time, and the restaurant was quite busy. The first floor was obviously full, and several sets of tables and chairs were placed at the door. The customers on the second and third floors near the street were looking at their team and pointing.
"Although I am now a guard, with the Iron Fist Gate sign there, no one dares to cause trouble in the restaurant."
It turns out that Wang Xiaopang's parents spent a lot of money to send him to the Iron Fist Gate just for the Iron Fist Gate's sign to prevent some local ruffians from causing trouble.
"Brother Lu, at the end of the street ahead, you will reach the sect not far around the corner."
After a while, Lu Kun saw a magnificent large arch. On the rock above the arch were printed the three black words "Iron Fist Gate" with silver hooks and iron strokes, which were extremely strong.
Standing beside the arch were eight powerful guards in black attire.
There are stairs going up, and you can vaguely see many majestic mansions behind.
Elder Yu was finishing his conversation with a black-faced man. While speaking, the black-faced man glanced at Lu Kun.
It didn't take long for Elder Yu to lead Zhao Tian and Zhao Xueer in. The black-faced man walked over to everyone and began to greet the new disciples to follow him into the sect.
Seeing Lu Kun standing among the group of teenagers and girls, the black-faced man did not find it strange. Apparently Elder Yu had already explained the situation to him. He led the new disciples into the sect and passed through each building.
Finally, he came to a small room called the registration room and stood up. He turned around and said to these disciples: "My name is Du Yu. I have been an outer disciple for ten years. You can call me Senior Brother Du."
"Now each person receives two sets of clothes and a waist badge. The inner disciples line up on the left, and the outer disciples line up on the right. Go in to collect the items, register on the roster, and stand at the door after receiving them. I will tell you about the next arrangements. "
After saying "Senior Brother Du", he walked out.
When Lu Kun walked to the clothes distribution area, the guy in charge of distributing clothes was surprised when he saw Lu Kun's size, but still found two sets of the largest clothes.
Then Lu Kun got a copper waist badge with the two ancient Chinese characters "LU Kun" just engraved on it.
Looking at this character that was similar to ancient traditional Chinese, Lu Kun smiled bitterly. He had to learn the characters here carefully. The next step was to register his name and place of origin. Lu Kun's place of origin was Luyang Mountain Orion.
After everyone registered, they walked outside the door. Du Yu began to tell everyone about the system of the Iron Fist Sect for new disciples.
"New disciples will learn to read and write in the school for the first half of the year. The school teacher will assess you after half a year."
"If you pass the assessment, a mark will be printed on your bronze medal. Those who pass will enter the martial arts training hall to learn basic martial arts skills with their respective waist medals."
"Similarly, there is an assessment for the basic martial arts skills. Once you pass, you will be marked on the bronze medal. If you pass this assessment, you can enter the martial arts hall and choose various martial arts from me."
"From then on, you can receive monthly money, but you must complete five internal tasks every year. Inner disciples will receive fifty taels of silver per month, and outer disciples will receive twenty taels of silver."
"In our Iron Fist Sect, everything is based on strength. Whoever has good martial arts skills is the senior. You guys will participate in the annual competition in five years to determine the top five in the inner and outer sects."
"The top five outer sect disciples can challenge the inner sect disciples. If the challenge is successful, they will become inner sect disciples. The inner sect disciples who fail will retreat and become outer sect disciples."
"Also, if you can become the top five inner disciples, you can fight against the elders in the inner sect. As long as you can fight equally, you can become the new elder."
"In addition, every time there is a competition within the sect, all the guards can challenge the outer disciples. Hey, the outer disciples who fail can just become guards. If you become a guard, you will only have ten taels of silver a month."
"Cherish the first five years. Then you will follow the handyman to the place where you live. Your packages are already over there." After saying this, Senior Brother Du left.
Lu Kun and his new disciples all live in the same compound as they have just started. I heard from the handyman that they will not move to a new residence until they officially learn martial arts.
Fortunately, there are separate rooms here, otherwise Lu Kun would not be able to bear it if he lived with a bunch of brats.
After choosing a room at the back, Lu Kun started to think about what he needed to do in the future.
"First of all, I need to learn the writing here well, understand more about the situation here, and after half a year, I will choose an external kung fu to continue to train my body."
"When I am strong enough to become an inner disciple or even an elder, I will slowly investigate Zhang Yiyang's affairs and fulfill Uncle Zhang's instructions."
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