Cultivation begins with separation.

Chapter 12 Purple Mountain College

With the spirit stones in place.

Yi Dong personally went to Qingzhu Taoist Temple.

During his three years at the Taoist temple, Yi Dong never took any extracurricular tutoring classes and his relationship with most of the teachers was very average.

However, he still knew some of the personalities of the teachers and the research work they were engaged in.

This day was the tenth day that Yi Dong came to Qingzhu Taoist Temple.

Today, he was in a laboratory, under the watchful eyes of Instructor Kong and an assistant, adjusting the magic tools and formations in an orderly manner, and combining the components into combined magic tools.

I don’t know how long it took.

"Well, I have seen your abilities."

Teacher Kong suddenly called a halt.
“It seems that the production of spiritual motorcycle parts is not a problem for you.

I didn't expect that Yi Dong, you have been away from the Taoist temple for less than two years, and not only have you not changed your ancient cultivation method, but you have made further progress on the path of modern cultivation.

If I hadn't seen that your soul didn't look strange at all, I would have thought someone had possessed you."

Yi Dong was shocked when he heard this.

He really didn't expect that Teacher Kong could see through souls.

Originally, he thought that time travel was similar to possessing another's body. This was one of the reasons why he rarely showed up after traveling through time, and basically stayed in the library reading books, and then quickly left the Taoist temple.

I didn't expect that my situation was not a case of possession, or that my soul did not show the normal characteristics of possession.

Perhaps seeing Yi Dong's surprised look, Teacher Kong said calmly:

"The body of a modern cultivator is full of spiritual power circuits. These spiritual power circuits are not the meridians that ancient cultivators used to operate their skills. When you reach a higher level Taoist academy, there are special studies on spiritual power circuits.

The spiritual power circuit is the perfect derivative of the body and soul. The person who takes over another body cannot even construct a spiritual power circuit.

The Immortal Kingdom has not yet popularized the modern cultivation method because the entry restrictions are too great. People with second or third spiritual roots are not sensitive to spiritual energy. It takes more than ten times more time for them to build a soul circuit than for those with natural spiritual roots.

What's more, the spiritual power circuits in Jin Xiu's body need to be constantly changed as his skills are improved. People with insufficient qualifications are not suitable to embark on Jin Xiu's path.

I heard that you are going to establish a junior Taoist academy. Xia County where you are located is just a lower county with a sparse population and not many spiritual veins. How many students with natural spiritual roots can enroll every year?

If you allow people with mixed spiritual roots to learn the current cultivation method, you will only be misleading the students. "

After a pause, Teacher Kong continued:
"I see that you have good comprehension. How about you continue to come back and finish your studies? You will be able to take the entrance examination in about two years. When you enter the upper Taoist academy, you will be able to see a wider world. Among the eight hundred states in the Immortal Kingdom, Qingzhou is in the middle."

Yi Dong was really tempted.

However, thinking about his days in the intermediate Taoist academy, he couldn't even afford private lessons. If he went to a higher-level Taoist academy, the expenses would be even higher. He had no source of wealth, so he would just be wasting his time there.

Besides, Instructor Kong said that he did not possess another person's body, but the fact that he traveled through time made him feel a little less confident. If the strong people in the upper Taoist academy discovered anything, the experimental bench would probably be his final destination.

"Thank you, Master Kong, but I know myself well. I come from a small family, and now I am basically at odds with my family. I have no source of income at all. I am afraid that even if I go to a higher-level Taoist temple, I will not be able to achieve anything."

Upon hearing this, Teacher Kong immediately shut up.

In the higher-level Taoist academy, sometimes an experiment would not produce any results, and the consumed spirit stones might be tens of thousands. Although the Taoist academy would compensate part of it, it was impossible to get it for free all the time.

Moreover, in the higher-level Taoist temples, reading articles on Taoism, that is, one Taoist theory after another, usually requires money.

A poor fellow is not worthy of being a cultivator today.

Unless one's comprehension is so extraordinary that one can immediately produce various achievements and gain benefits once entering the higher-level Taoist temple.

But in the eyes of Instructor Kong, Yi Dong was obviously not a monster.

"Well, Liu Fangtian, talk to Yi Dong about the quota."

Teacher Kong left soon.

Liu Fangtian is a student that Instructor Kong has high hopes for. Unlike most of the poor students in the Taoist academy who are just waiting to graduate and leave, he is a genius.

A genius's time is precious.

In just a few words, Yi Dong signed dozens of contracts with Liu Fangtian.

In the Taoist temple, many research projects are funded, and the funds are all approved by the Taoist temple.

Liu Fangtian was very generous and straightforward when it came to the "manufacturing fee" and he didn't bargain at all, which made Yi Dong very comfortable.

Various clauses were specified in the contract, such as compensation for lost work time, standards for rework, etc. As for the Taoist temple quota, Liu Fangtian signed a contract in exchange for a production fee of approximately 20,000 spirit stones according to the rules.

Afterwards, Liu Fangtian gave Yi Dong a large bag of jade slips.

These jade slips contain knowledge about the specifications of various magical instruments, related formations, spells required for each step, and so on.

Only after Yi Dong has refined and assembled the magical instruments that can process materials will he start formal OEM work.

With the successful example of Teacher Kong, Yi Dong quickly signed OEM agreements with nine more teachers and won nine places.

Facts have proved that magnanimous people are a minority, and most people have very flexible brains.

They squeezed Yi Dong so hard on the "manufacturing fees" that if he didn't have something in mind, he would have given up on cooperating with those parasites long ago.

Damn it, I don’t know how much research funds he embezzles every year. He even squeezes the hard-earned money of the junior Taoist students. He is simply a beast.

A total of ten were successful and obtained ten places, but nearly twenty negotiations failed.

Six places are enough, as for why we negotiated for ten places.

Because Yi Dong was not sure whether some teachers would abide by the contract in the long run. After all, some teachers even negotiated with him about liquidated damages. They wanted to breach the contract before the cooperation even started.

As soon as Yi Dong left Qingzhu College, he took a flying boat to the county town to notarize each contract.

If any instructor dared to breach the contract, Yi Dong would never give up even one spirit stone as liquidated damages.

In Qingzhu Taoist Academy, only the dean and several vice-deans are at the foundation-building stage, and the other teachers are basically at the peak of Qi refining stage.

As they were both practicing Qi cultivation at the same level, Yi Dong felt no pressure at all in suing them.

The basic preparations for establishing a primary Taoist temple have been completed.

I thought that the work would start soon, no, the school would start.

Purple Mountain.

"what?
The teaching department doesn’t approve it?”

That day, Yi De met Yi Dong and immediately told him that his application to establish a primary Taoist temple had been rejected.

"The immortal official said that Brother Dong didn't even have a secondary school diploma, and that Xia County was not suitable for establishing a Taoist academy. In short, he gave a lot of reasons."

Having said that, Yi De lowered his voice and said:
"Maybe it's a hint for us to give you a favor."

Peng! !

Yi Dong slammed the table in front of him into pieces.

"This is education. The first step we take to establish a Taoist temple is bribery?
Is there any justice in the world anymore?"

Although Yi Dong ran the Taoist temple as a factory, it was still a Taoist temple in name only, a place for teaching and imparting knowledge. How could a sacred place be desecrated by corrupt officials?

The most important thing is that he dared to mock Yi Dongzhong for not graduating from the Taoist Academy. He has decided to remember this person. When Yi Dong becomes famous one day, he will find some crime to send him to the darkest immortal prison to spend the rest of his life.

Yi De saw that Yi Dong was angry, and asked carefully:

"Brother Dong, what should we do now?"

Yi Dong thought about it and decided that only the county education department was qualified to approve the application to establish a junior Taoist academy.

The county town is where the Yi family lives.

By now, not only Yi Ye, but other members of the Yi family also knew that Yi Dong had basically left the Yi family, because the head of the Yi family wanted Yi Dong to hand over a portion of his profits every year, and all the people who came were sent away by Yi Dong.

As for the incident at the Primary Taoist Temple, I don’t know if it was caused by corrupt officials or the Yi family.

This road is definitely blocked.

Because Yi Dong had never thought of bribery. If he was really such a smooth person, he would not have failed in the negotiations with more than a dozen instructors in the Taoist temple.

If the Yi family were to make an effort, it would be even more difficult to start.

Intermarriage is popular among the noble families in the county town. Although the families are not united, most of them will not deliberately show hostility over trivial matters.

"Go to Xia County and apply to set up a primary school."

After thinking for a while, Yi Dong said,
"Go and explain to the families in Xia County that the most important quota has already been obtained. It doesn't matter whether it is a Taoist academy or a college. You just need to report it to the official Immortal Country."

Yi De almost thought he had heard it wrong, and asked uncertainly:

"Brother Dong, are you talking about setting up a school for mortals?

This, that kind of school only teaches some knowledge between mortals such as language and music. It is not appropriate to use this school to recruit immortal cultivators, right?"

In the Immortal Realm, sects are not allowed to be established, in order to prevent the immortal cultivators from forming various groups.

Yi De was worried that one day Yi Dong would be investigated by the immortal officials. If he was accused of being a cult leader, he would have no future.

"There is no law that says immortal cultivators cannot go to college. After we set up the college, we will throw the mortal children of our Yi family into the college and find a few teachers to teach them. This way, it will be legitimate.

Well, go ahead. "

After Yi De left, Yi Dong fell into deep thought.

The purpose of establishing a primary Taoist temple is to obtain some public knowledge from the secondary Taoist temple in a reasonable and legal manner and to purchase some magical instruments under the control of the Taoist temple.

Moreover, primary Taoist academies can receive certain official support when purchasing the instruments needed for education.

When the Taoist temple became an academy, the difficulty instantly increased.

There is a saying that there are immortal officials and mortal officials in the immortal kingdom.

Those who can become officials are basically immortal cultivators. Except for some departments related to immortal cultivators which have immortal officials, most departments related to mortals have mortal officials.

The Ministry of Education is actually divided into two parts. The mortal officials are responsible for assisting mortals in teaching, while the immortal officials usually work with the Taoist temples and are basically not involved in mortal education.

"But after all, this is also an institution under the Ministry of Education, and there is no explicit prohibition on the college accepting knowledge from the Taoist Academy and purchasing controlled magic tools. Well, try to contribute in this regard."

After Yi De announced Yi Dong's decision, the families in Xia County, mainly the seven major families, discussed it and felt that it was acceptable. Moreover, they also expressed that the position of the dean could be changed to a lifelong system, that is, as long as Yi Dong lived, he would always be the dean.

In Xia County, the seven great families have great influence, and soon, the relevant procedures for Purple Mountain College were completed.

After all preparations are made.

Construction of Zijin Mountain finally began, various aircraft began to fly over Zijin Mountain, and the academy began to take shape rapidly under the hands of the immortal cultivators.

At this time, Yi Dong finally began to see Yi Hao who was getting impatient.

(End of this chapter)