School lectures
"Xiao Li….. Xiao Li…."
What? Who's yelling?
"Brother Xiao Li, It's me Qin Lu."
Xiao Li slept late last night. "He thinks about how to renew this place into his artifact making place."
"Brother Qin Lu, come on in."
"How is brother Bai doing? I met the Mo brothers and they told me you are here. I was worried and came here."
"Nothing happened, I just beat them up and took this place from them."
"Brother Bai, This place is an abondam from the academy. No one uses this place. Everyone sleeping at night here is always dying in the morning for unknown reasons. They make you die here." "So I came here as soon as I know but this place is far from the academy and I can only reach it in the morning."
"But Brother Bai was fine and I was glad to hear that."
"I am Okay. But the Mo brothers, they need to get punished."
"Don't worry Brother Bai. I already reported to the administration department. They will take care of it."
"Brother Bai, We need to go Today is the first day of class. If we are late, we will get scolded by the teacher."
Xiao Li had never attended school before. His mothers taught him how to read at age 5 and he read to himself in the family library.
The Qin dynasty has a school system for all Qin people. Everyone had to go school except those who are rich and do their education them self. At the age of ten, you have to go to school to learn. The schools teach how to read, write and basic cultivation techniques (Fighting skills, Artifacts using, Talisman using, Geography(array formation basic) and history).
Xiao Li took out the mobile cart and took Qin Lu to the tower.
Xiao Li arrived at the main tower of the academy. The first floor in the tower was already full with the students.
"Brother Xiao Li, now our second year class is on the second floor. We will meet again after class is over."
Qin Lu went up to the second floor.
He saw Yu Xia talking to the Phoenix sisters. He looked around and the elf sibling nodded at him and smiled. Other people are talking to each other.
He sat down in the middle of the hall. One guy near him greeted him.
"Hi, are you first year too?"
"Yeah!"
" You seem pretty young. I think we are the same age. Can we make friends?" "My name is Tian Chi, from clover city."
"Of course."
"Which major will you join?" " I joined the sword department." "I think the best way to become a great cultivator is sword cultivation."
"Brother Tian Chi, I also joined the sword department but I am not like you. I joined because it's interesting."
"I saw that Yu Xia also joined the sword department. He is very arrogant and he treat us like we are nothing"
"Really?"
"Right, he is. He thinks we are lowly. All of his life, he lost to no one. Because he is the young master of Yu family and very strong."
Does he think he is superior to us? We are all equal in the Qin dynasty. "WTF ,he is looking at you now."
Xiao Li looks back to Yu Xia. He is looking at Xiao Li with intense eyes.
Tian Chi said " I think he will pick on you in the future."
Xiao Li said "I don't care."
"Silent"
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Everyone became quiet because of the sudden loud voice of a teacher on stage.
The teacher start talking
"I am Teacher Chang Qing. Today is the first day of the academy. I think everyone in this hall is coming to learn but there is one thing I want to say. The academy is the place of study on specific subjects. We are here to discuss the cultivation, theories, and making experiments on certain subjects." "We told you what we found and what we made before according to what we already approved on testing." "Now, I start calling the names of students of this year newly joined." "If you are not here, notify the registration department.
"Chan Yu, scripture department, Class A."
"Li Shan, sword department, Class A."
"Sun Zi, Artifact department, Class B"
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He divided four groups of people with class A, Class B, Class C and D. Each group has a mix of departments and races. Xiao Li in class B and Same class as Tian Chi. The Fenix girls are in Class B too. In the Class A, Yu Xia, Xiao Lin and Han Ye. Class C was Ta Nuo and Han Lin Er. In class D, There is no person Xiao Li knows.
After he finished calling the name.
"Most of you already learnt in your schools and teachers. The stages of cultivation and basic knowledge."
"Here in our academy, there are five main subjects( Sword, artifact, Scripture, Medicine, Array)."
"All the students in our academy must learn those main subjects. For first year students, you all have to learn the most basic of those five subjects. After the first year, you all will be added to specific subjects according to your Major department subjects." "According to your department, the schedule you took yesterday from registration. You attend the subjects at the class I mentioned right now."
Xiao Li takes out the slip that old man Meng gave him yesterday. There was Time when the subject would be taught. If I want to attend the lecture, I need to go to class B at the time shown here.
Teacher Chang Qing said: I teach the Scripture and am responsible for class B. Today the teachers from other classes have not arrived yet. So I start my lesson first. Let me ask all of you, What is the difference between talisman and scripture?
Everyone is quiet. All of them were taught how to use a talisman. There are five types of talismans and they know the difference between two talismans but not with scripture.
Xiao Li knows the difference between those two but he wants to stay low key. Suddenly, Yu Xia came out.
He answered "Talisman is for the people who have lower cultivation and to help them."
The teacher Chang Qin said " Alright, next one"
Everyone is silent.
"No one?"
"You don't have to be right. You just need to answer. I am here to correct your mistakes. There is nothing to be afraid of."
No one is coming out to answer Chang Qing's question.
"Alright, I will pick someone up."
"I remember there was one person who got a groundbreaking score in the exam." "What is his name!" "Oh, Bai Xiao Li"
"Bai Xiao Li, The young master of the Bai Family." "Everyone is looking around and searching for Xiao Li."
Bai Xiao Li slowly came out and asked " Teacher, Do you want a long answer or short answer?"
Chang Qin looks at Bai Xiao Li. "Just Tell me your answer. It is long or short. We have time."
Xiao li said "In short, The difference between scripture and talisman is a single word and scripture has multiple words."
"The long one is that the five elements of words are combined and make scripture more powerful. A talisman has a single attribute. So it can only create a small power. A low level cultivator can't handle the big power of scripture. So, the congress makes a law and forbids scripture to sell in public. Talismans are small in power and can help people. So they decided to teach people in school and sell. Scripture making is difficult and complex so it can only be taught in academia after people completely understand talismans.
"Teacher, is it okay?"
"That's right. Okay you can sit." "Now, I will explain all of you from the start of cultivation and scriptures. In your local school, they will not tell you this."
Teacher Chang Qing Said "When our human race starts, we are very weak, the other race has their bloodline power and can protect them self from the beasts and animals. But we humans are more intelligent than them. We learnt from nature to survive. plants can be used as medicine. Fire can scare away animals and cook. Woods can make a house. Metal can make weapons.
The ancestor Wu Xing found meridians in our body and used needles to acupuncture the body to cure and medicine for the human race.
"One day, a boy called Yi Xing was looking at the night sky and connecting the star. He is the disciple of medicine in the village. By looking at the star, his meridians are very similar to stars. He suddenly feels the energy flow in his body. The more he flows the energy like a star connection, the more energy is stronger. That night, a tiger came to the village and attacked the villagers. He fights with a tiger and wins. After that he taught us about the star connection now we call constellations."
"To protect the human race, He taught every village but the human race is scattered all around the world. So he drew the constellation picture to distribute but it is not easy to understand . Later we people look at the sky and create words."
"Year after year, We, Human become stronger. We taught Other races about cultivation. After thousands of thousand years later many people and many races create their own cultivation manuals suitable for them. Many cultivation techniques were left behind from many great cultivators and now we are learning them."
"But the most basic principles never change. There are five elements and the words."
"Ok, Today is an intro for everyone. Tomorrow we will start the real lecture."
All the students stood up and said goodbye to the teacher. Xiao Li looks at Fenix girls. They seem to go somewhere.
When Xiao Li prepares to leave, Yu Xia comes to Xiao Li.
"Hi, Brother Yu Xia. I heard you join the Sword department. Congratulations."
Yu Xia said "I don't know. It is you, brother Bai. How is your father doing?"
"I think he will be good." Xiao Li replied with a cold tone. Yu Xia is very strong and very competitive. He avoided every competition between the royal families in the past. Now, his coming is not a good coming.
"Brother Bai has such a good talent like this. Why are you staying in your mansion all the time? I thought you were a cripple in the past. Now I know you are just a coward."
He confronted Xiao Li directly.
"Don't be kidding me, Brother Yu." " I just like reading and don't go out like others do. That is why I answered correctly" Xiao Li stepped back.
Other students are looking at them and whispering.
"This is the young master of the Bai family."
"He is cute and handsome."
"Why did Yu Xia pick on him?" " Xiao Li answered correctly and he was wrong."
"Big families compete with each other all the time."
Yu Xia looked back at them and said to Xiao Li, "You think you are smarter than anyone. We will see."
His Group of people leave the Tower. Xiao Li stood there. Tian Chi is looking at Xiao Li and asks
"Are you Young master of the Bai family?"
"Yes , I am."
"You don't seem to look alike."
"What does the Young master look like?"
"I think he will look like a nerd."
They are coming out from the tower talking to each other happily.
Qin Lu went down from the tower and saw Xiao Li and Tian Chi were talking. He called
"Little brother Xiao Li"
"Brother Qin Lu" "have you finished your class?"
Yes, during class I thought we were dying. The teacher is very strict and scary." " He gave us a lot of homework." "How are we going to survive this year?"
Tian Chi said to Xiao Li"May I know your big brother's name?"
Xiao Li said "I will introduce you. He is Brother Qin Lu. He helped me yesterday when I got scammed by two douchebags."
"Brother Qin Lu, He is Tian Chi. We are in the same class."
"Nice to meet you." Tian Chi said. "Are you the sword genius Qin Lu?"
"Don't praise me that much. I am Qin Lu but I am not a genius."
"Why? Every sword department student who joined this year was inspired by you." "I also joined because of you."
"Wow, Brother Qin Lu, you are meeting with your fan here."
"Today we are making brothers. I will treat you today. Let's go to the Hao Shi Wu restaurant." Qin Lu Said.
The four of them leave for the Hao Shi Wu Restaurant.
Hao Shi Wu restaurant is located outside near the academy. This restaurant is open by the academy. The food and wine of the restaurant are very good for cultivation but the price is high. The main income of the academy is coming from this restaurant. Academy has about 3000 students. The consumption rate of a cultivation student is about 300 gold coins each month. With this money, they can build many teaching buildings for students. Even the government supports their academy. It is only enough for the teachers salary and nowhere near enough for teaching support tools.
They drink and eat as they want. Xiao Li doesn't worry about money. His family is rich. There is a group of people who are looking at them.
"Lin'er, He is drinking again. I don't think he saw us." Why don't you go talk to him?"
"Yin Er, Why am I talking to him? We only met two times. Don't be a shy girl. I know you are interested in him."
"What about you? You go and talk last time. Are you interested in him too?"
"No"
"Whatever, let's go and talk to him. Why did he lie to us about his identity?"
"Maybe he doesn't want us to know. Let's see how long he can do it."