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.
