After the incident, Baiyi's life seemed to have become much smoother and more peaceful. His students took their lessons more seriously than before, and there was a noticeable increase in their homework completion rate. Vidomina's demonstration was probably the reason for this. The reward of a small request was simply too tempting. A day off or no homework was enough to tempt the students.
Unfortunately, since then, there had not been any homework that had caught Baiyi's attention, and neither had the feather duster's grade. All in all, it was not bad, was it?
As for the patent dispute, the Sorcerer's Association approved Baiyi's appeal and decided to hold a hearing a week later. At that time, three Vice Presidents and representatives from other associations would be present to adjudicate the case. According to the messenger sent by the Sorcerer's Association, the situation was leaning towards Baiyi's side, as he was the one who had the evidence to back up the case.
By the time the hearing was over, Aya would be arriving, which meant that it was almost December. Considering that Grace Day was on the 5th of December, Baiyi had to get ready to leave.
Soon, the day of the hearing arrived. Since it was not a public event, the students were not brought along. Today's lessons were taught by the Scholar hammerhead shark plushie. Before leaving, Baiyi comforted his students, "Don't worry, everyone. Today's Sharkie … No, I should say, Teacher Shark has been carefully adjusted. It won't be the same as last time."
After he said that, the Student-shaped hammerhead shark plushie flew to the top of his head and said to the students in a neutral, machine-like voice, "Hello, students!"
Baiyi had added a language module to the plushie last night. To prevent others from being able to discern anything from its voice, he had specially adjusted its voice to sound like this.
"Eh?! Sharkie can actually talk! "Mia exclaimed in surprise.
"Call it Teacher Shark," Baiyi corrected, patting the little girl's head. Baiyi patted the little girl's head and corrected her. Although the name sounded like another kind of plushie, it was still better than a nickname like Sharkie, right?
"That's all, then. I'm leaving." Outside, Undine's carriage was already waiting for him by the roadside. As one of the parties involved and an important witness, Undine and the useless Earl were allowed to attend the trial.
While they were sitting in the carriage, Baiyi once again reminded Undine and Count Howard of the things that they should take note of. He emphasized the things that they should not say and the things that they should not say. Actually, he had already told them the day before. He was not worried about Undine because she was not stupid. It was just that that useless Count was a little worrying. He had to emphasize it again. After all, he was the one who started the whole thing.
"So, last but not least, regarding the suggestion I made yesterday, I'm sure all of you have thought it through, right?" Baiyi suddenly asked after he was done explaining.
After such an unpleasant incident, he naturally raised the price of the array to 300 gold coins per set, and his attitude was extremely unyielding. No matter how much Undine and the others begged, and even when they almost took off their clothes on the spot, he refused to budge. In the end, they had no choice but to go back and discuss with the other partners before making a decision.
"Humph! Of course, we have no choice but to agree to your request. Is there even a need to ask? " Undine scoffed, her expression as if she had just lost a few pieces of meat. "It's better for you to raise the price here than for the other side."
"A wise choice," Baiyi replied calmly. Baiyi replied calmly. This result was not out of his expectations. After all, the Sorcerer's Association's asking price of 5,000 gold coins was too crazy. He was already being very generous by asking for an increase of 50 gold coins. After all, if he wanted to open an academy, the more money he had, the better.
Last night, he did a rough calculation. Including the various gifts that he had received, the rewards from the Church, the Emperor, and the 200 array formations that he had just sold, he had about 60,000 gold coins on hand. Even if he did not include his daily expenses, it was still far from enough to open an academy. According to the data provided by the Apprentice, from the initial construction of the Celestial Fortress Academy in Arfin City to the time when it was expanded to the scale that Baiyi had seen, the total cost of the academy was about 800,000 gold coins. Every year, the total cost of the academy would add up to about 100,000 gold coins, which was about the same as the tuition fees and other miscellaneous income. Sometimes, when there were more students in the academy, or when the students who went out to train found something valuable, they could still earn a little bit of money from the academy. However, the recovery of the money was very slow.
Therefore, if he wanted to open an academy that would surpass the Celestial Fortress Academy, Baiyi would need a lot of money. It would not be appropriate for him to fork out all the money from the Duke, so he had to prepare for it himself. If he did not have enough money, he had considered selling the black gold armor that he had no use for the time being. That way, he would be able to solve his financial problem by a large margin. However, the armor was, after all, a rare top-tier equipment that could only be found by chance. He would not sell it unless he had no other choice.
Because of that, the hearing that day was very important. Right now, the channeling formation was an important source of income for him, so he could not afford to lose it.
Fortunately, the hearing went smoothly. The other party's witness, who was the one who had dealt with the Earl before, was not very skillful. It was difficult for him to argue against Baiyi's strong evidence. In the end, he basically gave up on the fight for the exclusive patent and turned to defend himself, saying that he did not plagiarize or plagiarize. He was probably trying to control the outcome of the hearing to the extent that Baiyi wanted it to be.
In that case, the Earl had lost without a fight. There was no need to wait for the representatives of the Sorcerer's Association and the Sorcerer's Association to come to a decision. The result was already set in stone.
As for competing with Baiyi on the market with their imitation runes? That was almost impossible. First of all, Baiyi's price advantage was unshakable. Even if he raised the price, it would still be much cheaper than the other party's. Second, in terms of performance, Baiyi did not think that the other party's creations would be better than his. Third, in terms of social connections, the Southern Duke had not shown any signs of doing anything. It was obvious that Baiyi's letter had done its job. Most importantly, no matter how powerful the Southern Duke was, he would not be able to reach Attie's clan. Attie's clan was an important transit hub, so Baiyi had more say in it.
As for whether or not the other party would start a price war with them, Baiyi was not worried at all. When he was designing the channeling formation, he had already foreseen such a situation, so he purposely left a trick at the receiving formation. Once it was activated, the receiving formation would constantly emit a strong interference, rendering all the other imitations completely ineffective. That way, the glider would be like a rock sinking into the ocean.
Why would the weaklings fight in the first place? Baiyi did not really understand the other party's thinking. Did they want to use their power to do whatever they wanted? Who would have thought that they would end up kicking a steel plate like him?
The boring and predetermined hearing soon came to an end. Baiyi did not even feel like talking anymore. He just left it to Undine to handle. After all, it had already reached the stage where anyone could do whatever they wanted to do.
However, at the last moment, the other party still created a little interlude. "As far as I know, there were three great sages from the Doors of Conundrum who were experts in formations who participated in the research of that formation. Their cultivation bases were all at least Legendary-level, but even with their knowledge and power, they could not do anything about the original formation. According to the information I've gathered, the Hope in front of us is only at Master-level, right? I can't help but doubt the authenticity of the evidence … "
'Tsk? What's the point of being so stubborn at the end? ' Baiyi thought, amused. He gestured for Undine to sit down, and then he took out a blank piece of parchment from his storage pouch. In a few seconds, he used his mana to draw an identical formation on the parchment, and without any hesitation, he flung the parchment at the interlocutor's face.
With a loud smack, the interlocutor could no longer say anything useful, and the hearing came to an end. The results of the hearing would be announced in three days.
After the hearing was adjourned, Vice President Grant, whom Baiyi had met once before, came to look for Baiyi and congratulated him. This indirectly proved that Baiyi's previous judgment was not just wishful thinking.
The two of them chatted for a while, and then the Vice President said, "We will deal with such immoral acts of plagiarism in the future. Please rest assured."
"You're too kind." Baiyi expressed his gratitude tactfully. "I didn't expect things to go so smoothly."
"Actually, I did try to find out more about the situation." The Vice President moved closer to Baiyi and lowered his voice. "This has nothing to do with the Southern Duke. It's just that some of the nobles under him wanted to take advantage of the situation, and they bribed our people. We'll be looking into this matter."
"I see …" Baiyi nodded. No wonder the Southern Duke did not retaliate at all, and it looked like he was surrendering. It was because he had a weak background.
"By the way, about the last thing that the interlocutor mentioned, I wonder if you have any thoughts on it, Master Hope?" The Vice President asked.
"You mean … You doubt my strength?" Baiyi asked after a moment of recollection.
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