Xu Zhixing mentally responded in his mind, "Claim."
[Claim successful, rewarding Complete Sacred Confucian Studies, distributing...]
In an instant, Xu Zhixing felt his mind filled with memories that didn't belong to him.
Text after text, scroll after scroll of classical interpretations.
Some he had read and knew, others he had never heard of.
Like a vast ocean of knowledge, magnificent and immense.
Strangely, although these things were forcefully poured into Xu Zhixing's mind, he felt no discomfort.
It felt natural, as if he had always known them.
However, it was limited to just knowing.
With so many classical texts, he couldn't possibly have comprehended them all thoroughly.
After receiving the complete Sacred Confucian Studies content, Xu Zhixing discovered that the Confucianism transmitted by the system seemed somewhat different.
Although Confucianism had always spoken of "I am good at nurturing my noble spirit," from what Xu Zhixing knew in his previous life, this so-called noble spirit wasn't actually referring to some kind of energy.
It was more of an abstract mindset and character.
But within this system's Sacred Confucian Studies, there were many genuine methods for cultivating and practicing qi.
One could cultivate a true noble qi within the chest, allowing scholars to possess abilities that could uproot mountains and dominate the world.
This was entering the realm of fantasy.
During these years after crossing over to this world, he had more or less figured out that this world, similar to Earth's ancient times, did indeed have martial arts masters like those in wuxia novels.
He had personally witnessed a swordsman slice off someone's head from several meters away with a single stroke through the air.
But that was martial arts, requiring specific moves and decades of diligent practice.
The kind of situation where reading books could produce a genuine Confucian sage with supernatural abilities, like what the system transmitted, he had never heard of before.
However, it was possible that he had traveled too little and met too few people, his understanding of this world still limited.
Perhaps this really was a world of fantasy.
Xu Zhixing didn't think too much about it. After receiving the reward, he began to study this so-called system cheat.
The attribute panel was straightforward and simple.
What interested him was the teaching return function.
Currently, the system showed the teaching return multiplier was 1x.
This presumably meant that whatever he taught his students, if they learned it or mastered it, would be returned to him at a one-fold multiplier.
For example, if a student mastered a knowledge point, the system would return the same knowledge point to Xu Zhixing.
Or if a student cultivated a strand of noble qi, Xu Zhixing would also receive a strand of noble qi in return.
He just didn't know if this function could stack.
Besides this function, Xu Zhixing discovered he could also view his disciples' personal information.
However, there was a condition - people with potential values below eighty points couldn't be accepted by the system as Xu Zhixing's disciples.
Only those with potential values above eighty points could be successfully recognized by the system, and only then would what Xu Zhixing taught them be returned.
Xu Zhixing opened Yu Wenqing's information, which also displayed a data panel.
[Disciple: Yu Wenqing (Male)]
[Age: 11]
[Skills: None]
[Status: First Disciple of Zhixing Academy]
[Hidden Identity: Direct Descendant of Former Yan Kingdom's Royal Family]
These brief lines basically gave Xu Zhixing the boy's most important information.
What surprised him was that his first student who came to his door turned out to be a direct descendant of a destroyed dynasty.
When Great Zhou destroyed the six kingdoms and unified the world, if Yu Wenqing's background were discovered, it would surely be a tremendous disaster.
However, Xu Zhixing wasn't too concerned.
Whether former royalty or common people, there was no difference in his heart.
Since he had entered Zhixing Academy's door, he was Xu Zhixing's disciple and would be treated equally.
Moreover, he had already decided to teach Yu Wenqing the Sacred Confucian Studies.
After all, it was because of him that the system reward was activated.
As for whether he might develop unrealistic ideas after mastering extraordinary abilities in the future, that would be his own business.
As a teacher, he would teach, advise, and guide.
But if the student still wouldn't listen after all that, a teacher could help if able, and if not, could only watch from afar.
After studying the system, Xu Zhixing left his consciousness space and stood up to open the cottage door.
The reason he told Yu Wenqing to come back for classes in seven days was to see if he could recruit any other students during this time.
However, seeing Dragon Spring Town's attitude toward reading and writing, it might be difficult.
He wasn't in a hurry. Once classes began and Yu Wenqing learned knowledge here, and word spread that the officials hadn't punished Yu Wenqing, all rumors would naturally dissolve.
However, to build this school, he had used up all his savings from the past few years.
Now he only had a dozen copper coins left, barely enough to sustain daily life.
He needed to figure out a way to earn some money.
Additionally, he had been living at Widow Zhao's house for a while now, and staying too long would inevitably generate gossip.
He naturally wasn't afraid of anything, but it would damage Sister Zhao's reputation.
So he needed to move out quickly.
But how to earn money?
He did have quite a bit of knowledge that surpassed this era.
But turning that knowledge into money wasn't something that could be done simply.
Most importantly, in this era, many things were taboo.
They could earn money, but could also cost lives.
"I still need to find a way to change the townspeople's mindset. This is the first year of Great Zhou's founding, many policies haven't reached such remote places yet, perhaps I can be more proactive."
With this thought, Xu Zhixing roughly had an idea.
The next day, Xu Zhixing opened his doors to recruit students just like yesterday.
The townspeople still avoided him.
Xu Zhixing maintained his leisurely demeanor.
However, the town was not peaceful today. Overnight, rumors had spread from somewhere saying that the county officials had issued an order that anyone who discovered illegal behavior should report it to the officials immediately.
Those who made successful reports might receive substantial rewards from the officials.
Because Great Zhou had just been established, Dragon Spring Town's previous village head had died and the position remained vacant.
So Dragon Spring Town was currently in a remote corner where official orders couldn't reach.
Hearing these rumors about rewards for reporting crimes, some people in town became restless.
The town didn't have many people, and most young adults had died in the war, leaving only orphans, widows, the elderly, weak, and sick.
It was unlikely for illegal activities to occur normally.
So the only thing that appeared illegal in their eyes was Xu Zhixing's school.
According to the rules when Wu Kingdom ruled here, if common people dared to read and write, they would either be sentenced to death or taken for hard labor.
The people of Dragon Spring Town hadn't broken free from the old laws.
So obviously, Xu Zhixing now appeared as a significant achievement in their eyes.
Thus on this day, the mountain road from Dragon Spring Town to the county was no longer deserted.