Chapter 923: So, This Is Then Teacher’s ‘Complete Form’!
Although the Wind King Divine Hall was underground and there was no sunlight, it didn’t seem dim nor was the atmosphere stifling due to the light from the spirit stones.
“Firstly, our teacher doesn’t charge a learning fee. There’s also no need to give him any gifts during every new year.”
Great teachers wouldn’t teach for free. Moreover, there were many places that required them to use money.
Meeting with colleagues for meals, participating in literary meets, touring brothels—these needed money. Also, people had to prepare some gifts if they wanted to seek guidance from high-ranking great teachers too, right?
Other than these, they also needed large amounts of money to research their secondary occupations. For example, alchemy and weaponsmithing were the two most money-burning subjects.
The majority of great teachers wouldn’t lack the bit of money students paid for their learning fee. However, the students had to give even if the amount was little because this would create a ceremonial sense, and it represented a type of respect.
Naturally, Sun Mo completely didn’t require his students to do so.
Actually, many high-ranking great teachers had methods to make money – accepting descendants of nobility.
The talent of these students need not be high, but their clans had to be rich. Their parents didn’t really hope that their child could become a dragon. They only wanted to borrow the identity of high-ranking great teachers.
When they went out in society, they could boast that the teacher of their child was so-and-so. It was something that would gain them a lot of face.
Comparison was common throughout all eras.
The great teachers also wouldn’t have high expectations toward these disciples. It was good enough as long as the students didn’t stir up trouble for them. It didn’t matter whether they could learn or not.
These were all the hidden rules of the great teacher world.
There was another portion of great teachers who depended on their secondary occupations to make money. For example, selling alchemy pills, weapons, or spirit runes.
Naturally, those who could depend on their secondary occupations to make money were all extremely impressive great teachers.
“This won’t do!”
Xianyu Wei frowned. Before she came, her father had sold 500 goats and given her a lot of money to spend on the learning fees as well as to cover her cost of living.
Xianyu Wei would feel bad if she didn’t buy any gifts to show her respect for her teacher. Wouldn’t not giving him any learning fee be equal to smacking her own face?
“Do you think our teacher lacks money?”
Li Ziqi asked with a smile.
“Eh!”
Xianyu Wei subconsciously glanced at the surroundings of the great hall. She looked at the spirit stones growing on the walls and understood that as long as one casually plucked off a few to sell, there would be no problem to cover one year’s worth of living expenses.
“Teacher is a grandmaster spirit runist, a famous artist, a calligrapher, and also has a unique medicinal packet prescription that’s extremely popular in Jinling. Right now, the medicinal packets are being sold at 10 times their cost price. In fact, even if he went on the streets to give massages to people, he could still earn a lot of money.”
Li Ziqi’s tone was filled with worship. “Junior martial sister, your understanding toward our teacher is still far from sufficient.”
(When you reach the grandmaster level in a certain subject, it means that wealth will no longer be a problem for you.)
However, her teacher naturally wouldn’t depend on these things to earn money, or that would cramp his style. Also, her teacher didn’t lack money.
In the market, the famous paintings, literary works, and spirit runes personally drawn by their teacher were very rare in supply. Hence, the products created by her teacher would be more valuable.
Naturally, Li Ziqi was also a princess of Great Tang. Just with her fief alone, she had enough to provide and support her teacher.
“Every month, Teacher will give each of his students a monthly allowance. It isn’t a lot. There’s only 20 taels of silver. It’s used for food, buying clothes, and daily essentials.”
Li Ziqi continued to explain the benefits of being under Sun Mo’s tutelage.
“Teacher isn’t being stingy. He doesn’t want us students to get into the habit of spending recklessly.”
“Understood.”
Xianyu Wei understood. Also, 20 taels of silver were already very extravagant. It was enough to allow one to eat meat for every meal. People from ordinary clans definitely wouldn’t be willing to eat like this.
“Hehe, if you have some anxious needs but have spent all your money, you can eat for free with Teacher.”
Li Ziqi told Xianyu Wei another small technique.
Among the martial siblings, Ying Baiwu was the most thrifty. She gave the majority of her allowance to her family and only left enough for her basic food and clothing.
However, even so, it was very rare for her to eat for free with their teacher. Lu Zhiruo was the opposite. She kept running over to find their teacher regardless of whether she had problems or not.
It wasn’t because she wanted to save money. Rather, she simply wanted to eat her meals together with Sun Mo.
“The other benefits are the medicinal packets you need for cultivation, alchemy pills, or material fee you need for your secondary occupation. You can apply for all of these from Teacher.”
Li Ziqi warned. “But you are not allowed to resell them for profit.”
“Moreover, if you are industrious and hardworking and have completed the training plan arranged per month, you will be able to receive a reward. Also, if your results are not bad during the school’s examinations, you will be able to get a reward based on your ranking.”
“Why do I feel like I’ve entered a nest of happiness?”
Xianyu Wei sighed ruefully.
“Xianyu. Being able to enter the tutelage of Teacher is our fortune. So, you have to cherish this chance. If you do anything that humiliates our teacher’s honor, don’t blame me for cleaning up the sect as the eldest martial sister.”
Li Ziqi’s attitude turned solemn as she said all the unpleasant stuff upfront first. She didn’t want Xianyu Wei to say that she wasn’t warned when the time came.
“It won’t happen. I will use my life to safeguard Teacher’s honor.”
Xianyu Wei solemnly vowed.
Truthfully speaking, she had done so before.
Li Ziqi’s eloquence and her composed, noble demeanor allowed her to use just half an hour to ‘subdue’ Xianyu Wei.
Having such a senior martial sister truly put her heart at ease.
“You can go around by yourself!”
Li Ziqi left in a timely manner, giving Xianyu Wei time alone. This would allow her to relax somewhat.
“I’ve troubled Senior Martial Sister.”
Xianyu Wei waited for Li Ziqi to leave. But before she could wander around, she suddenly saw her second senior sister who had a pair of huge papayas currently hiding behind a wall that was over ten meters away. Her head was peeking out as she looked around.
Woosh~
After seeing Xianyu Wei looking over, Lu Zhiruo immediately shrank her head back.
“…”
Xianyu Wei was speechless. (Do you think I’m blind?)
“Hehe, junior martial sister. What a coincidence!”
Lu Zhiruo walked out and waved her hands in greeting. She was very interested in this tall girl and wanted to see if Xianyu Wei needed any help.
After all, she was the second senior martial sister.
Speaking of which, all the younger martial siblings she had were too opinionated or too mature. Even Qin Yaoguang, whom Sun Mo had newly accepted, always made Lu Zhiruo feel that she was the junior martial sister instead when she interacted with her.
Lu Zhiruo wasn’t able to feel the joy from being a senior martial sister!
“Second Senior Sister!”
Xianyu Wei hurriedly stood up straight and bowed.
“Mn, mn. You don’t have to be so courteous!”
Lu Zhiruo appeared calm, but she was very emotional in her heart. (Boohoohoo, I finally have a junior martial sister that’s respectful to me.)
These two girls were not scheming at all and felt like kindred spirits the moment they met. They soon got familiar with each other.
“Eldest Martial Sister has such a lofty demeanor.”
Xianyu Wei thirsted to become a girl like that.
“That’s only natural. How can the princess that’s doted the most upon by the Great Tang Emperor be lacking in terms of demeanor?”
Lu Zhiruo sighed in admiration. “Besides, Ziqi loves to read a lot. Have you not heard of the sentence ‘One who is filled with knowledge always behaves in elegance’? Ziqi’s mind is filled with knowledge.”
“G…Great Tang’s Princess?”
Xianyu Wei was stunned.
In the Central Plains, the Great Tang could be ranked within the top five. It wasn’t too over-the-top to term them as one of the strongest empires.
A princess of such an empire was actually a personal student of her teacher?
“The way our teacher met with Ziqi is very beautiful.”
Lu Zhiruo smacked her lips. “But the way I met with our teacher is also not too bad.”
“Ah? How did you guys get acquainted with each other?”
Xianyu Wei was curious.
“On a drizzling day filled with mist, Teacher was touring Jinling and he found me in a small alley. Now that I think about it, I really have to thank that thief.”
Lu Zhiruo felt somewhat of a lingering fear. If it wasn’t for that little thief stealing her things, she most probably wouldn’t be so lucky as to get acquainted with her teacher.
“…”
Xianyu Wei cocked her head and seriously surveyed this senior martial sister with huge papayas.
(It’s confirmed. The brain of this Second Senior Sister is absolutely not too good!)
…
Time passed quickly.
A week was soon over.
Sun Mo’s life returned to its normal trajectory and he started his classes.
Xianyu Wei was thinking that for her teacher’s first lecture after he returned, she definitely had to support him. In fact, she even went two hours earlier in advance to book a seat, preparing to sit in the first row. But after she arrived, she discovered that the 500-pax lecture theater was already filled to the brim.
“There are so many students in our school that love the study of spirit runes?”
Xianyu Wei was dumbfounded.
She knew her teacher was very proficient in the study of spirit runes, but wasn’t this rallying force a little too scary?
“Did you just transfer here?”
A male student smiled. “This is not a spirit rune lecture. This is a medical cultivation lecture.”
One couldn’t help but say that Xianyu Wei, who had successfully slimmed down, was very beautiful. If she was still that fat girl from before, no guys would take the initiative to reply to her.
“Ah?”
Xianyu Wei had a startled look on her face. (What the hell is medical cultivation? I’ve never heard of this before.)
“This is a subject self-created by Teacher Sun. It is extremely awesome. You will know it the moment you attend one.”
After the guy spoke, he sighed. He woke up so early, but there were still no seats.
“Have you guys heard the story? Teacher Sun seemed to have created a miracle and allowed spring to come upon withered trees by using spirit runes when he was in the Dragon Subduing Academy.”
“I heard another one instead. Teacher Sun refused to retreat even in the face of death when he fought against the Dark Dawn, and he eventually managed to save the princess of the Jin Country.”
“That’s right. I even heard that the vice headmasters of the Dragon Subduing Academy had offered a heavenly price for Teacher Sun to work in their school, but Teacher Sun didn’t accept it.”
The students discussed.
The matter where the Dragon Subduing Academy had been plotted against by the Dark Dawn was too big. It was basically impossible to conceal. Besides, that was also the location of the 3-star great teacher examination by coincidence, and the number of people paying attention to that place was more than usual. Hence, the news about this circulated even more wildly.
Xianyu Wei also noticed that there were over 30 great teachers in the classroom.
Could these people be here to listen to her teacher’s lecture?
Very soon, the bell that signified the start of the class rang.
Even before Sun Mo appeared, the entire classroom had fallen completely silent.
Xianyu Wei, who was in the corridor, clearly sensed this change. She glanced at the classroom next door, but the students were still chatting loudly among themselves although their teacher also hadn’t arrived.
Over ten seconds later, Sun Mo walked into the classroom.
Hua~
All the teachers and students present stood up and bowed.
“Good morning, Teacher Sun!”
Even those great teachers were no exception. They had their heads lowered in a bow.
“Heavenly deities above!”
Xianyu Wei was stunned. Her teacher’s status was so high! In fact, she even saw a great teacher with three stars on his chest bowing.
Sun Mo started his lecture, and he didn’t deviate from his old lecturing method.
He first spoke about the concept of medical cultivation, how to tailor a training plan for yourself according to your own situation, and what problems you should pay attention to when it came to your diet.
For content like this, even Xianyu Wei who originated from a top-level famous school had never heard of it before. It was simply a lecture that could broaden horizons.
When she saw the teachers and students attentively jotting down notes, Xianyu Wei sighed ruefully.
(So, this is Teacher’s complete form!)
But when the Q&A session began, Xianyu Wei then realized that her judgment earlier was wrong. Complete form? There was no such thing!
Her teacher had no limits!