Chapter 692: The Rules of the Master Teacher Academy

Zhang Xuan had also heard about the commotion he had caused in Wanguo City and the Huanyu Empire in the past few days—wherever he went, chaos ensued...

Whether admitting him as a student into the Master Teacher Academy was a good or bad thing was truly uncertain!

It seemed they could only let this academy, established for who knows how many years, fend for itself...

...

Above the sky, the Violet-Winged Heavenly Malevolent Beast soared with a roar.

Behind it was something resembling a boat, seven or eight meters long, with pavilions and towers standing on it, divided into three rooms, just enough for Zhang Xuan and the others to each have one and live separately.

A flying boat!

This was specially crafted by the Beast Hall to thank him for subduing the scourge that was the Heavenly Malevolent Beast, fully equipped with everything needed for food, clothing, and living.

Upon hearing that this flying boat was worth at least several thousand mid-grade spirit stones, Zhang Xuan felt considerably better.

It seemed this trip wasn't entirely for free; he had gained something...

If the others in the Beast Hall knew this thought, they would surely spit blood—after spending a few days in the Beast Hall, not only had he tamed the strongest spirit beast, but they had also crafted such a precious flying boat, yet he only felt he hadn't suffered a loss...

Was his heart too big!

Would he only be satisfied after plundering the entire Beast Hall until it had no money left?

Actually, Zhang Xuan had no intention of plundering the Beast Hall clean; he only hoped they could give him a hundred or eighty high-grade spirit stones. Unfortunately... Elder Qian had been plundered poor over the years, unable to produce even a hundred mid-grade spirit stones, let alone high-grade ones.

Teacher!

On the deck of the flying boat, facing the sky's strong wind, Luo Qiqi came to his side.

You've come at the right time. I heard you mention earlier that the Master Teacher Academy has a Pill Academy and a Artifact Refining Academy—what's that all about?

Zhang Xuan looked over.

He was about to go to the Master Teacher Academy, and it wouldn't do to know nothing about it.

To pass the assessment for a master teacher, one needs sufficient supplementary professions. Therefore, the academy is not only a place to learn master teacher skills but also offers many supplementary professions that can be studied directly within.

Luo Qiqi introduced: "After years of development, these supplementary professions have been divided into ten academies: the Pill Academy, Artifact Academy, Heavenly Crafts Academy, Formation Academy, Painting and Calligraphy Academy, Martial Technique Academy, Beast Taming Academy, Medical Dao Academy, Magic Sound Academy, and Jinghong Academy."

"The Pill Academy is where alchemy is studied; that's where I learned alchemy. The Artifact Academy is where artifact forging is studied; my artifact forging skills there couldn't even rank in the top hundred before, but with your guidance, I'm sure to hold my head high!"

"As for the Heavenly Crafts Academy, Formation Academy, Painting and Calligraphy Academy, and Medical Dao Academy, I'm sure you understand without my explanation. Now let me talk about the Martial Technique Academy, Magic Sound Academy, and Jinghong Academy!"

Zhang Xuan nodded.

The Heavenly Crafts Academy must be where heavenly craftsmen are trained, involving mechanisms and techniques, as seen from Wu Zhen. As for formations, medical arts, and painting and calligraphy, there's no need to elaborate.

He had also studied some of these professions and was quite familiar with them.

Only the remaining three were somewhat unfamiliar to him.

"The Martial Technique Academy is actually not a special profession but a place specifically for honing a master teacher's combat abilities. Through assessments, one can learn martial techniques and become stronger. The Magic Sound Academy trains magic sound masters. Have you heard of magic sound masters?"

Luo Qiqi looked at him.

"Yes, I've heard a bit. It's said to be a lowly profession, but it can use music to bewitch people's hearts, impacting the mind, and even the strong find it hard to resist!" Zhang Xuan nodded.

He certainly knew about magic sound masters; he had even seen two, but one had gone mad because of him, and the other had fallen from the sky, now unknown whether alive or dead.

"Oh, since you've heard of it, that's simple. As for the last one, the Jinghong Academy, it trains jinghong masters!" Luo Qiqi smiled.

"Jinghong masters? You mean dance masters?" Zhang Xuan was startled.

"Exactly, dance masters!" Luo Qiqi nodded. "Like magic sound masters, dance masters use dance to interpret the Dao, captivating people. The strong can achieve jinghong, causing countless birds to come... hence the name."

Zhang Xuan nodded.

In the world, there were dancing girls, and thus the profession of dance master emerged. The creator of this profession was surnamed Gongsun. With a single dance, even sages would be captivated and unable to extricate themselves.

Legend has it that this Gongsun, when young, had his entire family wiped out, bearing a blood feud he couldn't avenge. One day, observing swans flying across the sky, he gained enlightenment and created the dance master profession. After thirty years of hard training, his jinghong dance shocked the world, and he was summoned to perform in a titled empire.

This Gongsun's enemy was precisely the emperor of that empire, an exceptionally powerful sage.

As a result, when Gongsun danced, flowers rained from the sky, colors dazzled, and the sage was lost, allowing him to calmly slay him.

Just as he was about to escape the imperial city, he was surrounded by a million people. He performed the jinghong dance again, and finally, the million soldiers laid down their weapons and let him leave, which became a celebrated tale.

Upon hearing this news, Master Teacher Kong specially sought out this Gongsun, watched the dance, praised it endlessly, uttering words like 'Only afraid of not catching you, flying away to chase the jinghong,' and personally established this profession. From then on, the name 'jinghong' spread throughout the world.

This profession, also one of the lowly nine, was mostly practiced by women, even rarer than magic sound masters, and thus not widely known.

The Hongyuan Master Teacher Academy accidentally obtained the inheritance of this profession and established this academy, but with few members, it is the weakest among the ten academies.

"Yu Fei'er has studied it since childhood and recently passed the assessment, becoming a five-star jinghong master."

Luo Qiqi smiled.

Zhang Xuan nodded.

This Master Teacher Academy, in fact, was somewhat similar to a university in his previous life—though just a school, it was divided into numerous small departments.

Master teachers studying here could freely choose professions for further study as supplementary professions to assess for higher levels.

It must be said, this was indeed a good place to cultivate master teachers, no wonder it was renowned even in first-class empires.

"Although the Master Teacher Academy is a sacred place aspired to by many master teachers, it is actually extremely harsh. Whether attending classes or lectures, sufficient credits are required; without credits, one cannot move an inch! To earn credits, one must complete various tasks or pass certain difficult assessments... Many master teachers, unable to bear the pressure, voluntarily drop out, and many are expelled due to poor year-end assessment results!"

Speaking of this, Luo Qiqi's expression was full of gravity.

"Drop out? Expelled?"

He had thought that entering the academy meant stepping onto the ladder of success, with a smooth path ahead, but now it seemed not so.

"Yes, when Master Teacher Kong established the Master Teacher Academy, he once said: 'Master teachers are the ladder of human progress. If the teacher is strong, humanity is strong!' Therefore, the Master Teacher Academy does not need students who slack off. Either progress or leave—it's that simple!"

Luo Qiqi smiled bitterly and said.

"If the teacher is strong, humanity is strong?" Zhang Xuan's whole body trembled.

What she said was correct—for humanity to progress, teachers are crucial.

If they cannot impart correct worldviews and values, students' achievements will be limited.

If teachers themselves are complacent, how can they educate motivated students, thereby allowing all of humanity to progress?

It must be said, this theory was excellent.

Survival of the fittest.

Even the number one profession had no capital for slackness.

"Teacher need not worry; with your strength, even if you wanted to be eliminated, it would be impossible..."

Thinking of this teacher's monstrous abilities in many professions, Luo Qiqi smiled wryly, then recalled something and added, "However, to stand out and enter the academy's Master Teacher Ranking, I'm afraid it would be difficult without several years of effort!"

"Master Teacher Ranking?"

"Yes, it's a ranking created by the Master Teacher Academy that automatically generates names, displaying the top one hundred most outstanding master teachers in the academy. Those who make the list are all the academy's elites, envied by all!"

Luo Qiqi said.

"Top one hundred in the academy? How many people are in the academy?"

Zhang Xuan couldn't help asking.

"The Hongyuan Master Teacher Academy not only recruits students from within the empire but also from other first-class empires. The entire academy has no fewer than a hundred thousand people, so those who make the list are almost all geniuses among geniuses!"

Luo Qiqi explained.

Those who could enter the Master Teacher Academy were already one-in-ten-thousand geniuses, and then selecting from among them, one in a thousand—the difficulty was immense.

Although Teacher Zhang was monstrous, in her opinion, making this list would still be hard.

"You're not on this list?"

Zhang Xuan asked.

From his interactions, this Luo Qiqi, whether in alchemy, artifact forging, or cultivation, was quite outstanding among her peers. Yet... she still hadn't made the list?

"Me? How could that be! This list is related to credits, cultivation, and knowledge. Those who make it are usually senior students. I'm just a small second-year student..." Luo Qiqi shook her head with a bitter smile.

If this list were so easy to get into, the senior students wouldn't need to live.

They had studied in the academy for who knows how many years, completed countless tasks, and accumulated mountains of points. It was nearly impossible for someone who had just entered a few years ago to surpass them.

"Alright!"

After listening to her, Zhang Xuan had a certain understanding of the Master Teacher Academy.

He had thought it was a place where he could freely learn knowledge, but unexpectedly, the difficulty exceeded his imagination.

No wonder Yu Fei'er, as a princess, had to go out for trials without fearing danger—it seemed this academy did not change for the sake of power and wealth.

Actually, this was better; for him, it was more challenging.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be fun.

In an instant, Zhang Xuan's heart surged with infinite fighting spirit, and he became even more curious about this so-called Master Teacher Academy.

In the following days, whenever she had time, Luo Qiqi explained many things about the Master Teacher Academy in detail, and Zhang Xuan also guided her in alchemy and artifact forging. Within just ten days, her alchemy and artifact forging skills improved significantly.

"Teacher, Hongyuan City has arrived!"

That day, as Zhang Xuan was explaining, he heard Luo Qiqi's voice. Looking down, he indeed saw a massive city, many times vaster than the Huanyu Empire's capital, appearing in his sight.