From a carp to a dragon god

Chapter 86: Schools and Teaching

In the storeroom of Yushan Academy, all eight doors were open. Xia Wushou, the manager, was using an abacus to calculate accounts, while several soldiers were busy coming in and out of the room.

From time to time, fish spirits would jump in, some coming to collect spiritual materials for cultivation, and some coming to return things. It was very lively for a while.

Yu Shuyang asked Li Zhen to wait outside the warehouse. He, a fish demon, went in, found the queue of people returning things, and started talking to the fish demon in front to ask questions.

"What's going on today? Why is it so lively?"

"Well, normally I'm not this busy, but the time has come. It's already May, and July is just around the corner.

Those who failed to break through to the ninth level should also return their things. There is no point in wasting them any more. Don’t you agree with this?”

After hearing what others said, he realized that there were only about sixty days left until the July 7th Fish Selection Conference. Time passed so quickly.

It didn't take long before the people in front of him returned their things and it was his turn. Yu Shuyang took out several glass bottles and gourds in advance and held them in his hands.

Looking at the other fish monsters returning them in twos and threes, he had twelve in total, and one fish monster held them all in his arms, which made him stand out.

"Name, is there any breakthrough?" asked the shrimp soldier in charge of recording without raising his head.

"Yu Shuyang, successfully broke through to the ninth rank."

"Okay, put the things here, check them and then you can sign."

Opposite the shrimp soldier in charge of recording, there are two shrimp soldiers responsible for checking the handed-in magic weapons, one writes a note and the other checks to see if there is any damage.

The person who wrote the note recorded the borrowed and returned magical instruments one by one on the note, and the person in charge of checking stamped it with a seal before returning it to the shrimp soldier in charge of recording.

His movements were very quick and efficient. The soldier in charge of recording finished transcribing in just the time it took him to yawn and pointed to the end for him to sign.

Yu Shuyang took a quick look at a checklist and a copy of the filing details, confirmed that there was no problem, and signed his name at the end.

"Don't leave yet. Those who have broken through to the ninth level need to go inside to register." said the shrimp soldier in charge of record keeping.

Yu Shuyang walked along the aisle and came to Xia Wushou's long table. Opposite him was another soldier who was responsible for asking questions and taking notes.

"Name, what year?"

"Yu Shuyang, it's been nine and a half years."

"That means it's been ten years since I was on the Fish Selection Conference list, hasn't it?"

"Here I am."

"Okay, we'll file a report for you and help you cancel your name. Just sign and you can leave."

Yu Shuyang signed another piece of paper and was about to leave when Xia Wushou stopped him and asked him to wait for a moment.

After a while, Xia Wushou finished clearing the account books in his hands, put the things in order, and invited him inside to talk.

"Now that you have made a breakthrough, I wonder what your plans are for the future?" Xia Wushou pulled over a bench for Yu Shuyang to sit on and asked at the same time.

This question made Yu Shuyang stunned, although his master had said earlier that after he broke through the ninth rank, he could come to the academy to be a swordsman and teach the fish spirit swordsmanship.

However, the academy has a strict rule that one must break through the eighth rank before being eligible to be hired as a lecturer.
"I don't need to think about it too much for now. Just focus on your practice and strive to break through to the eighth level as soon as possible." Yu Shuyang said tentatively.

“It seems Master Yu didn’t tell you that Madam had previously told you that when you break through to the ninth rank, you can come to the academy to open a sword course and see if you can train a few swordsmen.

I don't know what you think. If you have any ideas, please tell me. The university has always spared no effort in cultivating talents. "Xia Wushou's square face was expressionless. His skin trembled when he spoke. His pair of shrimp-shaped eyes were shining black as he stared at him, as if he could see through people's hearts.

"Manager Xia, I don't have any idea how to teach swordsmanship, and I've never taught students before.

If I delay others' breakthroughs, it will be troublesome. This is too much responsibility for a fish demon to bear." Yu Shuyang said evasively.

There are many people who have had adventures in the blessed land. After breaking through the eighth level of cultivation, some of them choose to come to the academy to open courses and recruit students to teach them their skills.

There are also many people who are devoted to cultivation and do not come to the academy to teach. Firstly, teaching students requires too much energy and effort. Secondly, not all skills are suitable for opening up to the public and recruiting disciples.

There is no need to widely spread the immortal method of Yu Fu's calligraphy, unless one cannot break through the fifth level due to fate or destiny.

In addition, the academy also tests the students' character. Students whose scores in a subject are below average for three consecutive years will receive a warning to stop studying.

If the scores are lower than the average for three consecutive years, the discipline will be closed. It can be said that the lecturers in the university are under great pressure.

"You don't have to worry about that. The academy doesn't conduct any task assessments for sword studies, and teaching students is entirely up to you, and the academy won't provide any supervision.

Let me put it this way, as long as you agree, you can choose any student you want and make any request you want. Do you think this is okay?" Xia Wushou smiled faintly.

Yu Shuyang suppressed his smile after hearing this. This was equivalent to letting him teach his disciples as he pleased and the academy's treasury was completely defenseless against him.

"If that's the case, I can give it a try. In this way, the fish monster with a gold destiny that has been enlightened for three years, preferably with a pure gold destiny..."

"It's impossible to have a pure gold destiny. Our blessed land has too much water and earth qi, which makes it difficult to breed a pure gold destiny. Please lower your requirements.

Besides, I remember you are nine water and one gold, but that doesn't affect your sword practice." Xia Wushou said with a twitch of his face.

"Then it's 70% metal, it can be born with earth and water, but not wood or fire. Another point is that it must be laid in the South Fish Pond.

I am too lazy to teach other people's young masters and young ladies. Besides, there is no examination for sword skills, and it is not posted to the public.

The teaching is in Dongtian, and he won't be attending the academy. I'll ask you for the spiritual materials for teaching later. These are all I can think of for now."

That was probably all Yu Shuyang could think of. As he spoke, he looked at Xia Wushou's expression. Seeing that his face remained unchanged, he felt relieved.

"Okay, then register it under your master's name, and tell others that you are selecting a servant for Mo He Xiaolou.

As for how to explain it to your master, I don't care." Xia Wushou finished speaking, smiling so brightly that his two black eyeballs could not be seen.

Yu Shuyang nodded after hearing this. Master Yu and he were close master and disciple, so it was no big deal for the master to take the blame for the disciple. He could just tell the master about it later.

"There is one more thing. How is your refining of the Eight Trigrams Purple Gold Sword Bag going? My lady asked me to tell you that you must cultivate the sword energy as soon as possible." Xia Wushou reminded.

Then he reminded her, "Don't waste the sword energy in the sword sac. Keep it in reserve for it will be very useful in the future. You must pay attention to this."

Yu Shuyang understood everything after hearing this. It was related to the blessed land and the future breakthrough to the fifth-grade demon fairy.

To be honest, he has never sorted out and refined the sword bag since he got it back. He has been using it as a portable magic bag. It seems that he has to intensify the refinement when he returns.

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(End of this chapter)