Although the Wind King Divine Hall was underground and there was no sunlight, because of the glow from the spirit stones, it didn't appear dark and oppressive.
"The first condition is that Teacher doesn't need to collect school fees and doesn't need to show filial piety."
Great teachers weren't charity halls, and many places required money.
Gathering with colleagues, attending literary conferences, visiting brothels, all of these required money. Also, when seeking guidance from a high-ranking great teacher, one should at least bring some gifts, right?
Other than that, researching side occupations also required a large amount of money. For example, alchemy and weaponsmithing were subjects that burned a lot of money.
The majority of great teachers didn't lack the small amount of school fees paid by their students, but they still had to pay because it was a form of formality and a form of respect.
Of course, there was no need to pay at all.
Actually, many high-ranking great teachers had a way to earn money, and that was to accept disciples from influential families.
These disciples didn't need to have high talent, but their families had to be wealthy. Because their parents didn't wish for their children to achieve greatness. What they wanted was the status of a high-ranking great teacher.
When the parents went out to socialize, it was a very good thing for their children's personal teacher to be a great teacher.
After all, comparing oneself to others was a common occurrence in any era.
Great teachers didn't have high expectations for these disciples. It was fine as long as they didn't create trouble for them. It didn't matter if they learned something or not.
This was the unspoken rule of the great teacher world.
There was also a portion that relied on their side occupations to earn money. For example, they sold alchemy pills, weapons, and spirit runes.
Naturally, those who could rely on their side occupations to earn money were all extremely powerful great teachers.
"This can't do!"
Xianyu Wei frowned. When she came, her father sold 500 goats and brought enough money for her school fees and living expenses.
Xianyu Wei already felt very apologetic that she didn't give a gift to acknowledge a teacher. If she didn't pay school fees, wouldn't that be smacking her face?
"Do you think Teacher lacks money?"
Li Ziqi smiled and asked.
"Eh!"
Xianyu Wei subconsciously glanced around the hall and saw the spirit stones growing on the walls. If she casually smashed a few of them and sold them, she would have enough for a year's living expenses.
"Teacher is a spirit rune grandmaster, a famous artist, a calligrapher, and he has a unique medicine packet that sells like hotcakes in Jinling. The price has been raised to over ten times the original price. He can even go on the streets to give people massages and earn a lot of money."
Li Ziqi's tone was filled with worship. "Junior sister, your understanding of Teacher is far from enough."
When a skill reached the master level, money was no longer a problem.
However, the teacher would not rely on this to earn money, because it would make him look bad. Moreover, the teacher was not short of money.
When spirit runes, paintings, and calligraphy works that were personally drawn by their teachers were extremely rare in the market, the favor of hiring their teachers would become even more precious.
Of course, she was the princess of the Great Tang. Even her own fief was more than enough to support her teacher.
"Every month, Teacher will give every direct disciple a monthly allowance. It's not much, only twenty taels of silver. It's used for food, clothes, and daily necessities."
Li Ziqi continued to explain the benefits under Sun Mo's tutelage.
"It's not that I'm stingy, it's just that I don't want my students to develop the habit of spending lavishly."
"Understood."
Xian Yuwei understood. Moreover, 20 silver taels was already very extravagant. They could have meat for every meal, and ordinary people wouldn't be willing to eat like this.
"Hehe, if you have an urgent need and spend all your money, you can actually follow me for a free meal."
Li Ziqi then told Xian Yuwei a small trick.
Among her fellow disciples, Ying Baiwu was the most thrifty. She gave most of her money to her family and only kept the basic necessities for herself.
But even so, she rarely went to Sun Mo's place for a free meal. As for Lu Zhiruo, she would go to Sun Mo's place whenever she had nothing to do.
It wasn't because she wanted to save money, but purely because she wanted to have a meal at a time.
"For other things, such as medicine packets and alchemy pills needed for cultivation, or materials needed for secondary occupations, you can apply for them from Teacher."
Li Ziqi warned, "You are not allowed to resell them."
"Also, if students work hard and complete the learning and cultivation plan for this month, you will be rewarded. If your results in the school's examinations aren't bad, you will be rewarded according to your ranking."
"Why do I feel that I've fallen into a nest of blessings?"
Xian Yuwei sighed ruefully.
"Xianyu, it's our fortune to be able to enter Teacher's tutelage. Hence, you have to cherish this opportunity. Once you do something that tarnishes Teacher's honor, don't blame me, the eldest martial sister, for cleaning up after you."
Li Ziqi's expression turned solemn. She spoke the ugly words first so that she wouldn't be scolded for being unreasonable.
"I won't. I will use my life to defend Teacher's honor."
Xian Yuwei vowed solemnly.
In truth, she had already used her life to defend Teacher's honor.
Li Ziqi spoke elegantly and had a noble demeanor. She only used half an hour to conquer Xian Yuwei.
Such an eldest martial sister made one feel very at ease.
"You can walk around by yourself!"
Li Ziqi left at a suitable time, giving Xian Yuwei some time to be alone. This would allow her to feel more relaxed.
"I'll have to trouble eldest martial sister."
Xian Yuwei waited until Li Ziqi left. After walking a few steps, she saw that second martial sister with a pair of large papayas hiding behind a wall over ten meters away, peeking out her head and looking around.
Swoosh!
Seeing Xian Yuwei looking over, Lu Zhiruo immediately retracted her head.
"..."
Xian Yuwei was speechless. (Do you take me for a blind man?)
"Hehe, junior martial sister, what a coincidence!"
Lu Zhiruo walked out and waved her hand to greet her. She was very interested in this tall girl and wanted to see if there was anything she could help with.
After all, she was the second martial sister.
Speaking of which, these junior martial brothers and sisters all had their own views and were too mature. Even Qin Yaoguang, who had just been accepted by her teacher, made the papaya girl feel that she was the junior martial sister instead.
She couldn't understand the joy of being the senior martial sister at all!
"Second martial sister!"
Xian Yuwei hurriedly straightened her body and bowed.
"En en, no need to be so polite!"
Lu Zhiruo's expression was calm, but she was agitated in her heart. (Boohoohoo, there's finally a junior martial sister who's extremely respectful to me.)
The two girls didn't have any scheming thoughts, and they hit it off the moment they met. Hence, they quickly became familiar with each other.
"Eldest martial sister has such a disposition."
Xian Yuwei yearned to become such a girl.
"That's natural. She's the princess that the emperor dotes on the most in the Great Tang Empire. How can she not have a disposition?"
Lu Zhiruo praised. "Moreover, Ziqi loves to read books very much. Haven't you heard of this saying? Ziqi's stomach is filled with knowledge. "
"Great Tang's... princess?"
Xian Yuwei was stunned.
The Great Tang Empire could be ranked in the top five in the Central Plains. It wasn't too much to say that ten thousand dynasties would come to congratulate them.
To think that the princess of such an empire was her teacher's personal disciple?
"Teacher and Ziqi's acquaintance is very beautiful."
Lu Zhiruo smacked her lips. "However, my acquaintance with teacher isn't bad either."
"Ah? How did you guys get to know each other? "
Xian Yuwei was curious.
"On a misty rainy day, when teacher was touring Jinling, he picked me up in a small alley. Now that I think about it, I really should thank that thief."
Lu Zhiruo felt a lingering fear in her heart. If it wasn't for that thief stealing her bag, she wouldn't have the opportunity to get to know her teacher.
"..."
Xian Yuwei turned her head and seriously surveyed the papaya senior martial sister.
It was a real hammer. This Second Senior Sister's brain was indeed not very good!
...
Time passed quickly.
A week passed by very quickly.
Sun Mo's life also went on the right track, and he started to attend classes normally.
Xian Yuwei thought that since it was her teacher's first class, she had to show her support no matter what. In fact, she even went to reserve a seat two hours earlier, preparing to sit in the first row. However, 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 who like spirit runes?"
Xian Yuwei was dumbfounded.
She knew that her teacher was very good in the study of spirit runes, but wasn't his charisma a little too terrifying?
"Did you just transfer here?"
A male student smiled. "This isn't a spirit rune class. It's a Medical Cultivation class."
One couldn't help but say that Xian Yuwei, who had successfully lost weight, was still very beautiful. If she was the chubby girl in the past, no male student would take the initiative to talk to her.
"Ah?"
Xian Yuwei had a dumbfounded look on her face. What the hell was Medical Cultivation? She had never heard of it before.
"This is a subject created by Teacher. It's very amazing. You will know after the previous class."
After the male student said that, he sighed. She woke up so early, but there wasn't even a seat.
"Have you guys heard? Teacher seems to have used spirit runes to complete a miracle in the Dragon Subduing Academy. "
"I heard that Teacher fought head-on against Dark Dawn and didn't retreat, saving the princess of Great Jin Country."
"That's right. I also heard that the headmaster of the Dragon Subduing Academy invited Teacher Sun to stay in the school and offered a sky-high price, but Teacher Sun didn't agree."
The students discussed amongst themselves.
The matter of the Dragon Subduing Academy being ambushed by Dark Dawn was simply too great and couldn't be covered up. Moreover, this year was coincidentally the venue for the 3-star great teacher examination, so there were even more people paying attention to it. Hence, the news spread more and more widely.
Xian Yuwei noticed that there were over 30 great teachers in the classroom.
These people couldn't be here to listen to Teacher Sun's lecture, right?
Very soon, the bell signaling the start of the class rang.
Sun Mo hadn't appeared yet, but the entire lecture theater was already silent.
Xian Yuwei, who was in the corridor, could clearly sense this change. She then looked at the classroom next door. The teacher wasn't here either, but the students were chatting among themselves. The noise wasn't low.
Over ten seconds later, Sun Mo walked into the classroom.
Hua!
All the teachers and students stood up and bowed.
"Good morning, Teacher Sun!"
Even those great teachers were no exception. They lowered their heads and bowed.
"Heavenly God above!"
Xian Yuwei was shocked. Teacher Sun's prestige was so great! She even saw that one of them had a school emblem with three stars on it.
Sun Mo started his lesson. It was still the same old thing.
He first explained the concept of medical cultivation, as well as how to formulate a reasonable cultivation plan according to one's own condition. He also explained what they should pay attention to when it came to food.
Even Xian Yuwei, who was from a top-notch famous school, had never heard of such content before. It was simply an eye-opener.
Looking at those great teachers and students who were focused on taking notes, Xian Yuwei felt very emotional.
(So this is Teacher Sun's complete form!)
However, when the question-and-answer session started, Xian Yuwei realized that her judgment was wrong again. Complete form? It didn't exist.
Her teacher had no limits.
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