Sitting on the golden chair, Zhang Tie glanced over the crowd. The crowd was dead silent.
In this process, not only those junior disciples of clans and clans, even those elders and clan heads became intense. According to the process, after a while, the junior disciples of each clan would come to the front of Fire Dragon Hermit in batches and congratulate him. If Zhang Tie liked someone, he would dip his golden pen in gold-plated dragon blood cinnabar on his forehead and select him as his apprentice. That apprentice would have a much higher social status at once...
As for the junior disciples of each clan, as long as they were selected by Fire Dragon Hermit, they would have a great opportunity.
At this moment, Wang Chongde, the clan head of Wang Clan, had already appeared on the stage as the master of ceremonies. When Wang Chongde prepared to shout for the junior disciples of each clan to take turns, Zhang Tie suddenly raised his hand.
Watching Zhang Tie raising his hand, Wang Chongde swallowed his words back.
Zhang Tie fixed his eyes on Liu Xing and the others who were acting as guards behind the crowd.
When Zhang Tie returned to Fire Dragon Bounty Territory a few days ago, as all the clans in Fire Dragon Bounty Territory had surrendered to Zhang Tie, Zhang Tie had enough people on his side. Therefore, the greater part of the 19 black-armored fighters who had been following him since he appeared in the Earth-elements Realm had left.
There were 12 people in total. After returning to the earth's surface, most of them intended to leave due to various reasons. When in the Lion Fortress, Guan Qianchong just had these people follow Zhang Tie's order and drive the airboat back to the earth's surface for the time being. Zhang Tie didn't force them to leave. Instead, he prepared 200,000 gold coins for each of them and let them leave happily. Therefore, they all left happily.
However, Liu Xing and the other 6 black-armored fighters were still waiting for Zhang Tie's order.
As Liu Xing had already reached LV 9, he held the highest military position in the Lion Fortress and had made more meritorious deeds. Therefore, he could convince the others the most. Therefore, he became the head of the 7 black-armored fighters.
"Liu Xing, Zhao Bing, Wu Yinhui, Zhou Xiao, Ma Kuicheng, Linghu Biao, Sun Zhan, you come here..."
The moment Zhang Tie opened his mouth, everybody became astonished. They all turned around and looked at the seven retired soldiers of the Black Armor Army.
Liu Xing and the other 6 black-armored fighters were also amazed as they didn't know what Zhang Tie wanted them to do at this moment. However, after hearing Zhang Tie calling them, they immediately ran towards Zhang Tie from behind the crowd and stood in a row in front of Zhang Tie.
"Hermit, what's your order?" Liu Xing asked.
Zhang Tie replied with a smile as he glanced over their faces one after another. Liu Xing was introverted and profound. Although being as gentle as water, he was resolute and decisive inside. Zhao Bing was valiant and aggressive. Wu Yinhui was a bit arrogant. However, he could be calm. Zhou Xiao was very brave and reckless. Ma Kuicheng was mature and meticulous. Although Linghu Biao was taciturn, he was kind-hearted despite his cold face. Sun Zhan was a bit eccentric; however, he was very loyal to his friends. He was the one who could enliven the atmosphere the most among them. He always told jokes in the crowd. After staying with these people for such a long time, Zhang Tie had noticed their movements since they boarded the airboat.
Although these people had different temperaments, they had one thing in common, namely, they were all hot-blooded and loyal men of Taixia Country. They had fought at the risk of their lives on the battlefields in the Earth-elements Realm. None of them was a coward. Finally, like Liu Xing, they had to retire due to various reasons.
Additionally, these people all came from common clans and families in Taixia Country. Wu Yinhui's family background was relatively better; however, it was almost the same as those local tyrants in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory who had been waiting for Zhang Tie outside the gate of Zhang Tie's courtyard a few days ago. They only had some big manors, some factories or small business groups. Although they were much better than commoners, they were still far away from major clans with knights.
"Would you like to be my apprentices?" Zhang Tie opened his mouth calmly. Although it was a simple sentence, it was as shocking as a thunder in the crowd.
Liu Xing and the other black-armored fighters were completely dumbfounded. All the knights and elders of the major clans exchanged glances with each other and remained silent.
'Apprentices? ' 'Fire Dragon Hermit's apprentices? '
The few of them did not expect that such an opportunity to ascend to the heavens in a single bound would suddenly fall on their heads. Just now, they thought that Fire Dragon Hermit had something to tell them; they had not imagined that Fire Dragon Hermit would like to take them as his apprentices.
Sun Zhan responded first as he knelt down in front of Zhang Tie with a thrilled look. Closely after that, he kowtowed 9 times towards Zhang Tie, causing his forehead to turn red.
The others were not idiots. With such a chance to change their fates, even the fates of their clans were in front of them; additionally, it was Fire Dragon Hermit's request on this occasion. If they still hesitated, their forefathers who were sleeping underground might jump out and slap their faces.
Additionally, as they all came from the Earth-elements Realm, they knew Zhang Tie's military exploits in the Earth-elements Realm better. Therefore, they had long admired Zhang Tie very much. As a LV 9 fighter, it was really a blessing for them to be valued by an earth knight. At this moment, with Sun Zhan's demonstration, the other 6 people hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed towards Zhang Tie 9 times with great excitement. "Dong, dong, dong, dong," Liu Xing, Zhao Bing, Wu Yinhui, Zhou Xiao, Ma Kuicheng and Linghu Biao hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed towards Zhang Tie 9 times.
Under the admiring and jealous eyes of so many people, Zhang Tie stretched out his hand and took the huge brush made of pure gold hair of the magistrate. After dipping it in a bit of gold-plated dragon blood cinnabar, he touched Liu Xing's forehead with the first brush, leaving a brilliant golden red mark on Liu Xing's forehead like a dragon's eye.
Liu Xing had not imagined that Zhang Tie would touch him first. The moment Zhang Tie touched the brush, Liu Xing had felt a chill on his forehead. Closely after that, he quivered all over due to excitement.
'I... I've become... the first apprentice of Fire Dragon Hermit. '
Liu Xing didn't know why he could be favored by Fire Dragon Hermit. He had reached the sky in a single bound.
At this moment, Liu Xing felt that all the people in the surroundings, including those clan knights and elders, were watching him with unprecedentedly scorching eyes. Those disciples of major clans who were very arrogant in front of him just now were watching him with awe and flattery. Liu Xing felt that his mind was buzzing as his pores all over turned hot. He felt like kneeling down on a soft sponge, which made him feel like kneeling down on a piece of soft sponge. Liu Xing felt that his mind was buzzing and being a bit disordered.
"From today on, Liu Xing, you're my first apprentice. From now on, you will be the most respected one among all the disciples of Iron-Dragon Sect. Don't let me down!" Zhang Tie told Liu Xing mildly.
The first person called Liu Xing that Zhang Tie knew had sacrificed in Waii Sub-continent. He was his comrade-in-arms; however, the second Liu Xing became Zhang Tie's disciple. Zhang Tie felt that he could make up for his regret in this way.
"Yes, Liu Xing will follow your instruction, Hermit..."
After hearing Zhang Tie's words, Liu Xing, who had experienced a life-or-death situation in the Earth-elements Realm, became reserved. After hearing Zhang Tie's words, Liu Xing found that Zhao Bing who was kneeling down on his side was stealthily pulling off his clothes. Therefore, Liu Xing realized that he had said something wrong. Therefore, he hurriedly corrected it, "Hmm... I will follow your instruction, master!"
Zhang Tie replied with a smile as he pointed his golden brush at the other six people. Closely after that, he released his battle qi while some golden cinnabar flew out of the tip of the brush and landed on the foreheads of the other six people steadily. Then, Zhang Tie pointed at the other six dragons.
After pointing at the 7 people, Zhang Tie's two boys moved forward. One boy gave a pure gold teacup to Liu Xing while the other boy made a cup of tea for him.
Kowtowing and serving tea were the rules of apprenticeship in Taixia Country. The bigger the sect was, the stricter this rule would be. As Iron-Dragon Sect had just opened its gate, it could only make do with what was available. In some other sects, each step of apprenticeship ceremony including preparation before apprenticeship, selection of time, place, tea water and utensils had to be paid attention to. The more details there were, the more cautious the apprentice would be. Only by this, the apprentice would be shocked. In some apprenticeship ceremonies, the apprentice had to make 81 days' preparation before apprenticeship.
Of course, Liu Xing knew this rule. Even though nobody taught him, he also knew what to do at this moment. As a native Hua disciple in Taixia Country, he had seen and heard too much about what to do at this moment. Even kids knew it.
Liu Xing came to the front of Zhang Tie after kneeling for a few steps. After that, he raised the teacup high above his head. In the whole process, he didn't drop any water. "Master, please have a cup of tea!"
Zhang Tie took the teacup and drank it up. After that, he passed the teacup to the boy on his side and said, "Get up!"
Liu Xing then picked himself up and stood behind Zhang Tie. Only after kneeling down for a few minutes, when he stood up again, he felt that the whole world had changed. He felt being reborn.
After Liu Xing, the others also knelt down in front of Zhang Tie and served tea to him sincerely. After Zhang Tie drank tea, they all stood behind Zhang Tie. Like Liu Xing, they all felt that their lives would be different from then on.
At this moment, watching Zhang Tie's first apprentice being taken away, all the knights and elders of major clans felt complex inside. Many people felt jealous more or less when they found that their apprentices had lost the qualification to be the first apprentice of Iron-Dragon Sect. However, when they found that the other major clans had not taken away the qualification to be the first apprentice of Iron-Dragon Sect, they gradually recovered their composure.
They had heard about what the 7 people did on Fire Dragon Hermit's side more or less. However, they had not imagined that Fire Dragon Hermit could enroll the 7 people as his apprentices. Given this point, they felt that Fire Dragon Hermit valued friendship and righteousness more. Therefore, they became more expectant about the following ceremony...
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