Fang Lin stood there and watched the three Taoist priests leave awkwardly without saying much. He put on the air of a superior person. After the onlookers praised him for a while, they gradually dispersed.
Looking at the stairs that were already one - third completed, Fang Lin knew that the stairs would basically be finished next month. Since they were building something for a Taoist temple blessed by the Boundless Heavenly Venerable, the workers were extremely enthusiastic. They even fought over the work, and they would get angry with anyone who wanted to help. The foreman would even do some of the work himself when there was something to do, saying that it was to receive the blessing of the Heavenly Venerable.
Seeing all this, Fang Lin was naturally happy. After thinking about it, there were only five people in the Wudang Sect now, which was really too few. The Wudang Sect already had the prestige of a major sect. In a while, it was time to recruit more disciples. It would be better to start by recruiting lay disciples. After all, not so many people were willing to leave their parents and relatives and come to the mountain to become Taoist priests.
Lay disciples were also a significant force. The Wudang Sect had lay disciples. Fang Lin still remembered that when he went to Wudang for a trip on Earth, he saw the Wudang disciples practicing martial arts. There were a great many of them, all coming to practice to strengthen their bodies.
Speaking of which, the lay disciples of the Shaolin Temple were relatively famous. People like Hong Xiguan and Fang Shiyu were all lay disciples of the Shaolin Temple, and they had great reputations, which also had a great publicity effect. Fang Lin didn't know if there was a Shaolin Temple in this world. Anyway, lay disciples were very important. If there were a few lay disciples who could become famous all over the world in the future, it would be a living signboard.
So, Fang Lin immediately instructed Song Yuanqiao to go to Danjiang County to paste a notice saying that the Wudang Sect was going to recruit lay disciples.
At this moment, Danjiang County was completely in an uproar. You know, just over ten days ago, a divine miracle had just occurred, and everyone believed in the wonder of the Wudang Sect. Now that the Wudang Sect was recruiting disciples, of course, they were overjoyed and all very enthusiastic. It was said that the son of the county magistrate wanted to come too, but it was unknown whether it was true or false.
In short, Danjiang County was in an uproar. If it weren't for the explicit regulation that the age should be between fifteen and twenty - five, some of the older generation would have wanted to go and become lay disciples.
In fact, it wasn't that Fang Lin didn't want to recruit some children and train them from an early age. Just like in the movie "Shaolin Popey," the little monk played by Shi Xiaolong was also trained from an early age and had high martial arts skills. However, the Wudang Sect was developing rapidly and couldn't afford to wait. If they were to recruit children, they would have to wait until the Wudang Sect had developed to a certain extent. At this moment, it was better to have more strong young people.
The next day, more than two hundred people actually gathered at the gate of the Wudang Sect. They were all young and strong, but there were also a few who looked sickly. It seemed that they wanted to improve their physical condition by practicing martial arts.
Fang Lin took a look. The assessment had already been arranged last night, so the assessment began.
The first level was to test their talent. If their talent was really poor, it would be difficult for them. Although it didn't mean they couldn't become successful (Guo Jing was an example), but the martial arts techniques here were not as powerful as those in the stories. The most powerful one was the Boy's Skill, and it couldn't be taught to lay disciples. At most, they could only be taught the Flower Fist.
As for testing their talent, it was to ask Sanquan to perform the first two simplest moves of the Flower Fist three times, and then ask them to comprehend for a quarter of an hour and perform the moves together.
After all, it wouldn't be fair to test them one by one.
So, watching their movements one by one, Sanquan started to select slowly. Sanquan was a martial arts fanatic, and he had relatively high requirements in terms of martial arts.
Gradually, dozens of people were eliminated. Their talents were really too stupid, and there was nothing to be done about it.
The second level was in the charge of Sanxin. Sanxin explained Taoist classics to them to see if they could listen patiently. After all, they were lay disciples of Taoism, and they should learn some Taoist knowledge. But there was only the "Taiping Jing" in the whole Wudang Sect, and Sanxin's level wasn't high either. He could only say the same few things over and over again. Some people obviously showed signs of impatience.
Fang Lin didn't expect that he could indirectly test their patience and steadiness. After an hour, more than ten people were eliminated.
Looking at the remaining people, there were still more than a hundred of them. For the current situation of the Wudang Sect, the best number of disciples was around thirty to forty. If there were more, they wouldn't be able to handle it. Moreover, for those who came to be lay disciples of the Wudang Sect, lunch had to be provided. Although the Wudang Sect had a high income now, they still needed to build the stairs, and there wasn't much money left.
And Fang Lin advocated the principle of eating well, so the food was very good. They couldn't afford to feed more than a hundred people just for meals.
However, Fang Lin was confident at this moment. The last level was his personal interview. In his previous life, in the civil service examination, I don't know how many people failed at this level. The difficulty was evident.
As for what to do, it was very simple. Just throw some paper scraps in the room casually, or deliberately let the broom fall to the ground, etc. These were old tricks in his previous life, but here, they were clever moves. After all, everything else was not important, and moral character was the key. If someone did something like betraying their master, deceiving the world, and stealing fame, the reputation of the Wudang Sect would be ruined. So, Fang Lin was very strict in this regard.
After everyone went in, they found that the headmaster just asked some ordinary family - related questions. Some people failed as soon as they said a few words and were directly driven out. As for those who succeeded, they were placed on the other side and managed by Song Yuanqiao and Yu Lianzhou to prevent the leakage of the interview content, so as to ensure fairness. In his previous life, even exams like the college entrance examination couldn't achieve fairness, and Fang Lin had some opinions about that. So, Fang Lin did a good job in ensuring fairness.
Slowly, a whole morning passed. After all, the interview couldn't be done quickly. Finally, all the people had been interviewed, and there weren't many left. Only thirty - six people remained. It was a good number, which was exactly what Fang Lin wanted.
Looking at the others, they vaguely regarded a person dressed well as their leader. After asking, Fang Lin learned that this was the son of the county magistrate, who could be regarded as the "prince" of Danjiang County. Fang Lin was also relatively satisfied with him. Although he was a kind of "second - generation official," he had an easy - going personality and good moral character, and was worthy of being given important tasks.
The lay disciples were thus selected. They had to come to practice at nine o'clock every morning, have lunch at the Wudang Sect, and go home for dinner.
The son of the county magistrate was named Zhang Yun, and he was very nice. Fang Lin was very satisfied with him. Moreover, he had high prestige and thus became the leader of the lay disciples.
Looking at the lay disciples of the Wudang Sect who were practicing the Flower Fist below, looking at their colorful clothes, and then looking at the Taoist robes of Song Yuanqiao and the others, Fang Lin suddenly realized that the uniforms needed to be unified. His own headmaster's clothes were really ugly. The yellow robe was really unappealing.
So, Fang Lin went back to his room to design the clothes. Following the example of the clothes of the Wudang Sect in the TV dramas of his previous life, they were all very handsome. The black and white long robes with the Taiji pattern embroidered on them looked very elegant. So, the black and white clothes became his own uniform. For the first - generation people like Sanquan and Sanxin, their clothes were mostly black. As for the second - generation people like Song Yuanqiao and Yu Lianzhou, their clothes were mostly white.
Fang Lin thought about the uniforms of the lay disciples. After all, they were lay disciples, and it wasn't appropriate for them to wear Taoist robes. So, he had a sudden inspiration and designed short - sleeved shirts that didn't exist in this world. They were all white, and in the middle, there were two big red characters. Different from the traditional Chinese characters in this world, they were simplified Chinese characters that no one understood - "Re Xue (meaning enthusiasm)!"
Fang Lin looked at the short - sleeved shirt embroidered with "Re Xue" and became more and more satisfied. He smiled foolishly. Fellow Taoists, I've worked very hard to write the fourth part. Moreover, looking at this short - sleeved shirt with "Re Xue," have you seen something like this on Taobao? I'm also getting excited when looking at it. Then, fellow Taoists, why don't you also get enthusiastic and throw some recommendation tickets and bookmarks at me to overwhelm me!