After entering, Tang Yin poured some tea, and then they began to talk.
"Elder, the truth is that I must soon leave for the north, so I want to leave Feifei in a good position within the academy so that she will be taken care of while I am gone. If she enters the Central Academy, can you assure me that nothing will happen to her? Just protecting her would be fine." Tang Yin spoke after having heard some things from Zhang Feiju.
Zhang Feiju looked at him somewhat surprised that he had to travel to the northern region, but still nodded.
He saw a very good opportunity to tell his intentions and have them accepted.
"Young Master Tang, don't worry. Student Feifei is really outstanding, she can enter Central Academy without my help in her first month at the academy. But, if she wanted to do it on her own, she would have to do some missions to get into a Study Hall and that could be dangerous. If I interfere, I can make her join my Study Hall directly and she won't have to go through any tests like that, she would start to be cultivated hard by the academy from the first day, and it's the best thing for her." He said calmly.
Tang Yin stared at him for the whole time and then nodded.
"If that's so, then that's fine, I have no problem with her becoming your student. Besides, Miss Zu owes me a favor, so I will ask her to protect her during this time." Tang Yin said with a friendly smile and then looked at Huang Feifei.
"Can you leave us alone for a moment, Feifei? There are some things I want to talk to Mr. Zhang about." He spoke.
Huang Feifei, though she was a little surprised by this, nodded and left the room.
Zhang Feiju was also a little surprised by this.
Tang Yin then smiled at him.
"If I'm not mistaken, although you are the Tenth Elder of Central Academy, you don't seem to have much support from the students, correct?" Tang Yin asked.
He had noticed a few things the moment Zhang Feiju had spoken. Also, the fact that he came all the way here like that and behaved in such a 'submissive' manner to a person who has no cultivation showed that he was a bit desperate.
Desperate for what?
For getting outstanding students.
'There must be a motive behind it...' Tang Yin thought.
Zhang Feiju was surprised that Tang Yin had asked this, but he didn't deny it.
'If what Miss Jun said is correct... Maybe he can help me.' Zhang Feiju thought at that moment, so he didn't deny it.
He only gave a small sigh of helplessness.
'That's correct, Young Master Tang. My status is the lowest among the 12 Head Elders." He replied firmly, and Tang Yin nodded.
"Why? Is it because you haven't had good students and they think you are a bad teacher? I can see that your cultivation is high. In this empire, an Eighth Level Spiritual Ancestor should not be someone weak." Tang Yin was curious about this.
He hadn't heard about many things, but today did some research in the city.
From what he knows so far, is that the greatest powers of this empire are also from the Spiritual King Realm.
Someone who is so close to that Realm...
Shouldn't be someone weak.
Then what was going on? That was his question.
He would not let him take Huang Feifei away if he turned out to be in an extremely bad position, so this is something he needed to know.
Of course, his face was covered by a mask, so this old man could not read anything from Tang Yin's face.
Still, he was indeed surprised.
'How he could tell my cultivation level? Shit, who the hell is this young master?' He thought in shock and began to doubt his own perception.
He could see that Tang Yin had no cultivation, so how the hell was he able to find out his Cultivation Realm? Could it be that he was hiding his cultivation? He thought.
Even so, despite the shock being visible on his face, he still responded.
"...It is as the Young Master says, but at the same time, he is a bit wrong. It is true that my cultivation level is high in the empire, but among my peers, it is not enough. Lately, all the Head Elders have already entered the Spiritual King Realm, and those of my age are already above the Third Level, while I will not be able to go any higher from here. Besides, I have had bad luck with my students precisely because of this. It's not that I'm a bad teacher, it's just that my students are fewer and fewer and those who come in with me, they are the ones at the bottom of the list, they soon get replaced and change Halls or if they become strong, they go to another Hall because they get better cultivation techniques and so on." Said Zhang Feiju with regret and a long sigh at the end.
That situation has repeated itself a lot in the last 10 years.
He would get some students who were the reserve and teach them well, but they would betray him once they had learned well.
Or they just weren't very talented and ended up being replaced by better ones, causing him to run out of students again.
It was frustrating for him, but there was nothing he could do about it.
Who didn't want to have a competent teacher?
'In the end, it's my fault for being incompetent.' He thought self-critically to himself.
Tang Yin was a little surprised by this.
"You mean you don't have any students right now?" He asked doubtfully, and the elder smiled bitterly.
"I have 2 little ones who are in my classroom against the rules, as they are not yet Central Students. Today I discovered two new students I want to get in, a pair of interesting twins. But of the rest... I have no students." He said sincerely.
He didn't want to hide anything. Winning people over with sincerity was always the best thing to do.
After saying that, he looked up and stared at Tang Yin.
"But, don't worry, Young Master. If you leave student Feifei to me, I promise I will protect her well. Moreover, I will devote all the resources of my classroom to teaching only her. Although my classroom receives the least amount of resources, if I focus it all on one person, it will surely be much more than what the rest can bestow on her." He said firmly as he tapped his chest a little.
Tang Yin nodded towards him.
'If it is as this elder has said, then the other elders are not very trustworthy. Besides, it's not like I care about those resources they can give her, I can grant her that and more if I want to. I just want to keep her protected... But, his cultivation level is a bit of a problem if there are so many Spirit Kings in this place, hm...' Tang Yin thought deeply about several things while his head was going round and round.
After a moment of considering many things, he looked at Zhang Feiju.
"It's alright, Elder Zhang. I will leave Feifei in your care, I hope you can protect her well. But I will give you a small gift before I leave." Tang Yin said with a smile and stood up.
"If I'm not mistaken, your problem of not being able to cultivate should be associated with spiritual entrances, right? You must have heard something from me from Miss Jun about it and that's why you decided to come here and be honest. You want me to help you since you are losing hope regarding your cultivation, correct?" Tang Yin spoke as he walked around the room and took out some small needles he had bought earlier.
They were acupuncture needles.
Zhang Feiju was again surprised that he had been discovered like this, but in the end, he simply smiled bitterly and nodded.
"That's correct, Young Master. I hope you won't be upset about it." He replied, and Tang Yin shrugged.
"Show me your spiritual entrances, I'll open them for you. I can already imagine what happened." Tang Yin said and approached the old man.
The latter was astonished by this and looked at him.
"Are you serious, Young Master!?" He asked in amazement and almost choked with happiness.
Tang Yin looked at him and nodded.
"Of course, don't waste my time." Tang Yin replied and urged him again to show him his spiritual entrances.
Basically, he was to take off the top of his clothes, so the elder quickly did so.
Tang Yin then nodded after seeing this.
"What a bad cultivation technique you practice..." Tang Yin said with a frown.
His own cultivation technique was obstructing his spiritual entrances and spiritual tunnel, so he couldn't cultivate, although he could use his strength.
Tang Yin then began to stick needles into different parts of his body before the elder spoke.
Back and forth...
In a process that did not last long.
'It's just spiritual obstruction, why hadn't it been healed before? Could it be that the level of medicine in this world is so low? This seems to be worse than the cultivation level...' Tang Yin thought with a frown.
About 30 minutes later, he was ready.
"It's ready. You won't notice any difference right now because your spirit tunnels are dry, once you start cultivating again, you'll be able to increase your cultivation level easily. How far you can go is up to you. Your 106 Spiritual Entrances are open, so, if you stop at the Sixth Realm, it would be a shame." Tang Yin said with a smile.
The elder was stunned when he heard that he was ready.
'I really don't notice much difference... But I feel as if there is no obstruction now... Could it be that my 15-year-old problem, has been solved in just 30 minutes?' He thought in shock.
But, unable to verify anything, he could only nod to him and thank Tang Yin.
"Thank you very much, Young Master. I'll be sure to repay you in the future." He said firmly and bowed to Tang Yin.
"As long as you protect Feifei, it will be enough. Now, I want to leave this city as soon as possible, do you have any way to get us to the Imperial City? Make it quick." Tang Yin asked.
The elder was surprised by this but still nodded.
"If you like, we can leave this very night. Imperial City is nearby." He replied, and Tang Yin then nodded.
"Then let's leave today. There are things I must do in the Imperial City and I can't waste any more time here." Tang Yin replied indifferently and went to look for Huang Feifei.
Although the elder was surprised by this change in Tang Yin's attitude, he still nodded firmly while saying that he was going to make preparations.
Walking out of the room to the backyard, Tang Yin frowned and put a hand on his chest.
'Shit, just opening the spiritual entrances to a little Spiritual Ancestor has left me like this, how stupid.' He thought to himself as he took a deep breath, and his body sweated.
His chest was hurting quite a bit because he had put a lot of effort into those few 30 minutes.
After all, opening the spiritual entrances to someone from the Fifth Realm…
It was a very difficult thing for a non-cultivator to do!
Even more so if he opens so many entrances in just 30 minutes!
But he had to do that.
He knew that that simple fact was going to leave a deep mark on Zhang Feiju the moment he realized that his problem was solved.
And that was important.
The more indebted he felt to him, the better it would be for him in the future.
Besides, while he was gone, it was this old man who would take care of his wife.
Putting in all the effort was the least he could do.
When Tang Yin came out, Huang Feifei noticed him and ran to where he was with a smile.
But, finding him in that state she immediately panicked.
"Tang Yin, what... What happened?" She asked in fright as she ran to where he was and helped him stand up, removing his mask in the process to see his condition.
Tang Yin simply shook his head and leaned back against her.
"...Relax, it's nothing." He replied.