I sigh and tap the sect token onto the desk. a chime rings and the sect token decreases from my starting 1000 to 995
A timer appears on the desk and it reads 01:00 so, five points for an hour.
I sit still, waiting for those who didn't pay to leave. as soon as they have, the eler waves his hand and the door shines. "Standard sound restraining formation, if they didn't pay they shouldn't eavesdrop." He smiles at all of us and starts speaking.
He has a voice that is deep and soothing, and he uses it to lead the classes.
"Today, we will discuss the history of the world. First, Let's start with the most powerful artifact ever created by the old ones, The Red Gavel. Said in the hands of a mortal it could smash mountains." He scoffed, "If a mortal could lift that monstrosity I would cut my beard." He laughed, and the students all looked confused.
"We are told that the Red Gavel is the only artifact that is this powerful this is not true, The Red Gavel is only the first weapon of mass destruction built by the old ones."
A few of the students murmur, but the teacher ignores it and continues.
"The Red Gavel was made in the days before the founding of our empire, and was used to kill cities. Destroy nations."
Why does this sound like a nuke?
"The Red Gavel was the greatest of weapons, could be wielded by anyone. the stronger the wielder though, the more Calamitous the result. not much is known of that time, but the warriors back then were less powerful than they are now. Can you guess why?"
None of the students raise their hand, but he doesn't seem to mind.
"Of course, it is because the red gavel was a deterrent to getting stronger, why bother getting stronger when someone would just kill you with the red gavel on orders of the old ones?"
A student raises their hand, and the instructor nods.
"Who is it?"
"Sir, elder, sir. I am curious, is it possible for the red gavel to be stolen or taken away from the emperor?"
He grins and says, "Who said the emperor had it?"
The instructor laughs, and tells us, "Well, did I ever say the emperor had the gavel? Did I? No?" He shakes his head and turns to the board.
"The Red gavel is sealed, somewhere that I will not say, for it is in everyone's best interest that this monstrosity remains kept away from everyone. It should never be used under any circumstance, not by anyone." He chuckles, and continues.
"Now, the next question is, can the Red Gavel be destroyed?" He leans forward, and waits for the answer.
A female student raises her hand.
"Yes, what is your name, and how did you come to learn the ways of the sect?"
She is a pretty girl with long black hair, and she has a gentle smile.
"I'm Lulu, and I was born in the sect. My father is Elder Konghai." She continues. "Of course the red gavel cannot be destroyed, or instead of sealing it away they would have done that."
The instructor smiles and says, "Very good, but the real reason is a little different. Let's move on to things other than artifacts."
I look down at my timer and see that the time I have left in the lecture is 0:30.
30 minutes seems good, I'll definitely not waste this chance.
"Now, let's move on to grades of cultivation techniques, Can anyone tell me what the lowest to highest grade of cultivation techniques are."
Lulu Konghai raises her hand again. he points to her and she speaks, "They start with low green, an-" He interrupts her by shaking his head.
"Sorry, my young student, but those are the grades of the cultivation techniques held in the sect. I was asking for in general."
She pouts, and he starts speaking "They start with low white grade, going through the colors, White, orange, yellow, red, green, blue, Profound, Gold, saintly, black,earth, sky and then finally heavenly all broken up into 3 levels, Low, Middle and High."
He smiles "The sect holds cultivation abilities that start from low green grade and contains only 3 heavenly arts."
A male student raises their hand.
"What is your name, and how did you learn the ways of the sect, and how old are you?"
He is a tall man, and has a scar across the bridge of his nose. "I was rescued just recently from the Cosmic blood sect. I am only 16 this year. I was going to ask, How do we obtain arts and cultivation techniques from the sect?"The elder nods, "You can either purchase them from the back room in the library with the balance on your sect tokens, or you can take those missions at the sect hall to loot them off bandits and evil rogue cultivators as well as members from evil Sects like the Raging slaughter clan or the life hunter gorge." He smiles "But now we're getting off topic."
My desk vibrates and nearly everyone stands to leave. "The next hour is going to be even better, are you sure you don't want to spend 15 sect points for more knowledge?" frowning, I think about it.