Chapter 387: Chapter 309: Medicine Boy_2
The baboon picked up a stone and hurled it at Duan Rong. Duan Rong channeled his Inner Breath, and with one punch, turned the flying stone into powder, which scattered into the wind.
The baboon was so enraged, it was baring its teeth and shrieking wildly...
But the group was on guard, and since the baboon only knew Lightweight Skill, after breaking a few branches in the courtyard in anger, it jumped onto the wall and left.
Seeing the baboon leave, Duan Rong shook his head slightly and chuckled, "This beast..."
Duan Rong brushed the dust off the bundle in his hand and handed it to Xiao Yu.
Seeing Duan Rong’s meticulous manner, Xiao Yu felt a warmth and flutter in her heart, with gratitude for Duan Rong defusing the crisis for her.
Xiao Yu’s gaze was as deep as a dark pond, she lowered her head and took the bundle.
"Thank you."
After speaking, Xiao Yu felt her face heating up.
Ximen Kankan watched for a while and suddenly said, "Oh... Xiao Yu, why is your face so red? It looks like that baboon’s butt."
Xiao Yu’s almond eyes glared in anger, "Get lost! Believe it or not, I’ll twist your mouth off!?"
Ximen Kankan quickly jumped away, hiding behind Duan Rong.
Duan Rong walked over to pick up the empty bundle the baboon left behind, and put his few pieces of clothing from the corner of the eaves back into it.
The fair-skinned youth stood under the eaves, watching Duan Rong with a look of interest in his eyes.
It was his first time seeing someone able to retrieve their bundle from a baboon.
Like throwing a sandbag, tossing an empty bundle to the baboon. Due to the beast’s natural reaction, it would catch it, and at the instant it did, he’d take the bundle from its hands.
This person’s mind was stunningly clever!
Although it was just dealing with a beast, it was like an ingenious move in a chess game, making people want to applaud and praise!
The fair-skinned youth couldn’t help but take a few more glances at Duan Rong.
Duan Rong shouldered the bundle again and looked at the fair-skinned youth, "Senior Brother, may I ask where we go to register?"
In this courtyard, the east, west, and north buildings each had several doorways under their eaves, each with a sign hanging beside the door.
The fair-skinned youth smiled and said, "Come, I’ll take you there."
Duan Rong smiled, "Thank you, Senior Brother."
The fair-skinned youth asked, "May I ask, Junior Brother, where are you from?"
Duan Rong replied, "Yuanyang Prefecture, Xianggu County."
The fair-skinned youth said, "Yuanyang Prefecture? That’s quite far!"
Yuanyang Prefecture is in the southwesternmost part of Qingzhou, a basin surrounded by mountains.
Poor mountains and rough waters breed unruly people!
The fair-skinned youth led them to a room at the western building, stepped inside, and said, "Old Qin, we have a few more registered disciples..."
An elderly man with a sallow complexion and cloudy eyes, who had been nodding off, lifted his head, muttering, "Why are there still people registering at this hour?"
The fair-skinned youth said, "From Yuanyang Prefecture! Isn’t Qingzhou the biggest and most remote place?"
The fair-skinned youth looked at Duan Rong and the others, pinched his voice, and said, "Aren’t you going to take out your Sect Cloud Scroll and show it to Old Qin?"
Duan Rong understood immediately, taking the Sect Cloud Scroll from his clothes and handing it over.
Xiao Yu, Ximen Kankan, and Shen Mizi each placed their Sect Cloud Scrolls on the old man’s desk.
The old man sighed, impatiently picking up Duan Rong’s Sect Cloud Scroll.
Seeing the old man had taken it, the fair-skinned youth silently walked out the door. Duan Rong turned his head, grateful as he glanced at the youth’s back, thinking: This Senior Brother really has a warm heart!
The old man, with eyes like dead fish, glazed, stared at each of their faces in turn.
The Sect Cloud Scrolls not only contained simple portraits but also detailed descriptions of height and appearance.
After carefully comparing, confirming there were no mistakes, the old man took out a yellowed booklet.
He glanced through the booklet, first picking up Shen Mizi’s Sect Cloud Scroll, examining it for a while, and then suddenly looked up at Shen Mizi, saying sternly, "You, go to the Elder Hall as a maid."
Shen Mizi’s face changed. "Elder Hall? A maid?"
The old man sneered, "What? Judging by your expression, do you think it’s beneath you? I know you’re a young lady from an official family! I’ll tell you, if you weren’t from an official family, you wouldn’t even get into the Elder Hall! Do you think just anyone can be a maid in the Elder Hall?"
Frightened by the old man’s harsh demeanor, Shen Mizi shrank back a little but still timidly asked, "Is there any other place to go?"
The old man glared at Shen Mizi, seemingly noticing the fear in her eyes, his expression softened slightly, saying, "The Elder Hall is the best place. Where else would you want to go? This is Taiyi Sect, the sky of Qingzhou! Even a dog in Taiyi Sect is greater than a County Magistrate outside, let alone in the Elder Hall?"
The old man said this because Shen Mizi’s information stated her father was a County Magistrate.
This information was originally reported earlier in the year when Shen Yanliu’s promotion order had not yet arrived.
Shen Mizi wanted to say something else, but seeing the old man’s cold expression, she swallowed her words.
She was a young lady, so how had she ended up in the sect, only to become a maid?
The old man put down Shen Mizi’s Sect Cloud Scroll and picked up Xiao Yu’s, "You, go to the Stone Workshop as a stonemason?"
"Stonemason?" Xiao Yu’s mouth was agape; she never imagined she would one day become a stonemason.
The old man didn’t wait for Xiao Yu to speak, lifting the Sect Cloud Scrolls of Duan Rong and Ximen Kankan, his gaze sweeping over them, he said, "The two of you, go to the Weapon Workshop, and forge iron, okay?"
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