CHAPTER:8[Blue Sea Sect]
The pond's surface shimmered under the soft light of dawn, a bucket entered breaking the stillness with ripples.
Wu zian crouched at the edge. The calmness of the environment broke with a faint splash and placed it on the ground.
Three more buckets were already there filled with water, he tightly tied all four of them to a plank and carried it in his shoulder.
Wu zian walked carrying those four heavy weights.
Currently, Wu zian has joined the Blue Sea Sect as a labour disciple.
The old woman had given him a recipe for four-season liquor, and if Wu zian learned to brew them, then she would personally give him the recommendation letter as a reward. The cost required to learn is fully Wu zian's responsibility.
Blue Sea Sect is divided into three parts, core, inner and outer. According to this disciples are divided as core disciple, inner disciple, outer disciple and labour disciple.
Labour disciples are those people who join the sect without any recommendation letter. They do the chores of the sect to earn contribution points.
Wu zian reached near a vat, its size was equal to the room he was staying in, and there were 4 more vats in the surrounding area. He poured water from buckets into the vat.
These vats were the source of water for the sect.
A person with fine clothing sat on a chair near the vats. he looked at Wu zian and clenched the crystal in his hand. he was assienged there to record the contribution of labour disciples.
Wu zian again walked for thirty minutes to reach the pond outside the sect from where he collected water. This time, on his way back to the vat, three disciples were waiting for him with ill intentions.
Wu zian's current physical capability was completely different from two years ago; he could lift heavy objects with ease and had higher stamina.
After doing physical labour for half a day, his body showed signs of fatigue. A bead of sweat rolled down from his forehead. Wu zian sighed and wiped his brows. Suddenly, he felt a little jerk on his back. He looked back and saw one of the buckets leaking water.
Laughter came from the side. On a tree nearby, three people sat, laughing without a care in the world, not even hiding from Wu zian's eyes. They had thrown a stone and cracked the bucket.
They jumped and walked towards Wu zian. From their blue-coloured belt, Wu Zian knew they were outer disciples.
Among them, two were skinny, and the guy standing in the middle had a bulky build. Right now they were bullying Wu zian.
Labour disciples getting bullied by outer disciples was a common practice in the Blue Sea Sect.
The person with a bulky build approached Wu zian and stared directly into his eye. Standing in a dominant gesture, he ordered, "Now break the remaining bucket yourself, or I will break your bones."
Wu zian had covered his right eye with his long hair to avoid any kind of attention, not caring about the bullying Wu zian did as instructed.
Wu zian didn't show any kind of fear. This was something not seen usually. Other labour disciples would be trembling with fear if they were in Wu zian's situation. After breaking those buckets, Wu zian respectfully asked, "Seniors, may I go now?"
The bulky man looked at another person standing at his left as he rubbed his neck."Qin Mo, what do you think?"
Qin Mo replied."Boss Lao Wu, I think there is some dust in your shoes."
Lao Wu patted Wu zian's shoulder."Junior, if you could." He smiled.
Wu zian didn't mind. He quickly kneeled on the ground and rubbed Lao Wu's shoes with his hand. He felt no shame in doing this.
Why would Wu zian feel shame? for him cleaning others shoes is appropriate if he could avoid any unnecessary troubles, he understands human emotions are double edged sword; shame, embarrassment, disappointment, and insecurity such kinds of human emotions are chains that shackles a person from their freedom. Suffocating them in their own pride and arrogance, which leads to massacre, killing of one's dreams, principles and growth.
Wu zian cleaned the shoes thoroughly and asked to take his leave but Lao Wu interrupted him."Junior, why are you in such a hurry? You have cleaned my shoes very properly. I can see the reflection of myself, but what about your other two seniors? Look at their shoes. It's full of dust."
Qin Mo and the other person looked at Wu zian with mischievous intentions.
Wu zian cleaned both of their shoes, after that he again asked for his leave but instead Qin Mo kicked at Wu zian's chest and said."How dare you spit on my shoes." Qin Mo stated with a fierce tone.
Wu zian coughed and calmed himself."Senior, I didn't spit. You can look at your shoes; there's nothing." He was telling the truth, but the three wanted to ridicule him, so they acted. Lao Wu dragged Wu zian's hair and threw him in Qin Mo's foot."Can't you see your saliva there? You dare to spit on your senior's shoes and lie. I see you are being quite arrogant towards your seniors. You need some punishment."
In reality, nothing was in Qin Mo's shoes, not even a single dust, Wu zian realised the people in Infront of him were going to harm him even, if he cooperated or not, scum like them existed everywhere.
Wu zian could do nothing to them because they were cultivators, so he didn't say a single word afterwards. The three of them started beating Wu zian in the name of punishment; they tortured him to their heart's desire and left.
Wu Zian lay on the ground. Blood stains covered his face, neck, and clothes. He pushed himself into a sitting position and sighed.
After some time, inside a wooden themed hall, people were scattered everywhere. This is the merit hall of the Blue Sea Sect, where disciples collect contribution points and exchange items.
The time was already evening, many disciples were entering the hall to exchange their points with resources. People were standing in line at the corner of every direction. In the South line, people didn't wear any belts, which meant most of them were labour disciples.
A young girl sat in front of the line, she was inspecting a plant there were four more on the desk. Without looking at the person ahead, she said."Low grade, three mid-grade." directing her gaze forward."You have four rank 1 and one low-grade rank 2 herb, which means a total of two thousand points."
The person left the line afterwards. Wu zian came in front with a dishevelled appearance, dusted clothes and messy hair, he took out a token from his pocket and handed it to the girl."Could you check how many points I have?"
In the token Wu zian's name was carved, she read it and touched the crystal on the desk."You have twenty nine points." She arrogantly replied.