Am I the old man who's always by my apprentices' side?

Chapter 196 The Teleportation Array is Complete
The Imperial Academy was essentially the ancient "Education Bureau," overseeing all "educational work." For example, the Imperial Academy and local government-run schools were all supervised by the Imperial Academy. That's why Zhang Chengdao simply placed Baishi Xiandao University under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Academy as well.

Of course, the position of Chancellor of the Imperial Academy was changed to Wang Yanqing, a handsome young man who was obviously very "ambitious" and eager to "enter the ministry". This was also a signal to the court officials that they would still promote and use the old officials.

However, the position of the Imperial College Chancellor, which is equivalent to the "Director of the Education Bureau," does not require teaching. So it is fine to let an ordinary person like Wang Yanqing take the position. But the "teachers" who actually teach the students must be found to be knowledgeable.

Chang Ping'an was busy at the Taiyue Sword Sect. Murong Ruyan's teaching level was really a bit lacking, and Ye Shuyun herself couldn't do without him. This guy, along with Xu Ying, had always served as the "Executive Deputy Sect Master," making Zhang Chengdao run around like crazy, and he could always make crucial checks and fill in the gaps in the management of their sect. If he were sent out, Ye Shuyun would have to do the work herself, so she couldn't be sent out.

So, after thinking it over, Zhang Chengdao finally remembered Xu Wen, the "leader" who lived the most comfortable and carefree life in the sect.

Xu Wen is currently a cultivator at the second level of Qi Refining. Among all the earliest people who came to cultivate here, he is at the bottom of the cultivation level, and he is even inferior to the purple-card chef next door - she is at least at the third level of Qi Refining!

Among the disciples who entered the sect through the Immortal Fate Conference, even the outer disciples have successively succeeded in drawing Qi into their bodies. Xu Wen, with his cultivation at the second level of Qi Refining, is really not qualified to teach anything.

He himself doesn't even know many spells or supernatural abilities. Every day, besides attending classes, he spends his time reading in the library. I heard that he has read so much of the book "Perfect Immortal Cultivation World" in a certain "extracurricular reading" bookcase that it's worn out. He is someone who has a lot of theoretical knowledge but almost no practical ability. He can't teach the sect's purple and blue cards at all.

However, since these disciples within the sect cannot teach them, those outside the sect are worth considering.

Moreover, as a lecturer for large classes, all that is needed is rich theoretical knowledge and the ability to explain things clearly and thoroughly, and Xu Wen is indeed the best candidate.

If I go to Shiroishi Immortal University, there will be no one left in the sect to teach basic literacy, so we'll have to find another teacher...

Just as he was thinking this, hurried footsteps sounded outside the Lingxiao Palace.

Then, Huang Wu excitedly ran into the hall. He paused for a moment when he saw Xu Wen, then quickly bowed to Zhang Chengdao and Xu Wen before excitedly saying, "Master! Xiao Yu has set up a teleportation array! Just now, we were teleported from the side of Tianchi Lake to Senior Sister Ruyan's villa! That's more than ten miles away!"

Zhang Chengdao was startled, then overjoyed. He couldn't help but stand up abruptly from his chair and asked, "Really? Did Xiaoyu say how far a teleportation array could be set up?"

"Well, she didn't say anything about that..." Huang Wu said, scratching his head awkwardly, and added, "Anyway, as soon as I saw she succeeded, I ran over to tell you, Master, hehehe..."

"Alright," Zhang Chengdao composed himself, suppressing his excitement, before putting his hands behind his back and using the Shrinking Earth to an Inch technique to rush towards Tianchi, leaving behind only the words, "I'll go take a look right away!"

Several people were gathered near Tianchi, including Murong Ruyan, Ye Shuyun, Xu Ying, and Ye Chengyu.

"Master!" "Greetings, Sect Master!"

Upon seeing Zhang Chengdao arrive, everyone greeted him. Zhang Chengdao waved his hand in response, then asked Tang Xiaoyu, who was also blushing with excitement, "Xiaoyu, I heard from Xiao Wu that you've finally figured out how to use the teleportation array?"

Yes, that's right!

Tang Xiaoyu pointed to a small, gleaming white wooden board beside her and eagerly introduced it: "I used to draw array diagrams with pine boards from the mountains, but it never worked. Then one time, I tried it with a piece of hardwood that my fifth junior brother had left over, and it actually worked! It was the last time!"

"Then I thought, maybe it's because the pine wood in the mountains is just ordinary wood that it won't work, so I saved up money and bought a piece of white wood to try it out, and this time it really worked!"

Looking at Tang Xiaoyu's proud expression, Zhang Chengdao felt a little helpless.

I was so focused on having her study teleportation arrays that I forgot to tell her that all the "research expenses" were paid by the sect!
This is a mess. If this old lady keeps being reluctant to spend spirit stones to buy spirit materials, then the teleportation array issue will remain stuck there forever!
Zhang Chengdao sighed and said to Xu Ying, "Let's add a new rule to the sect later. All expenses for research projects assigned by the sect will be covered by the sect, and a high research project salary subsidy will be given. For cases like Tang Xiaoyu and Huang Wu, let's pay them... well, let's pay them 10 high-grade spirit stones!"

With the current monthly output of various mines and the amount of spirit stones accumulated, he could afford to pay 1000 spirit stones per disciple, let alone 10 high-grade spirit stones!
At the very least, we must pay our research staff adequately in order to motivate everyone in the sect to engage in scientific research!
"This..." Xu Ying paused for a moment. It wasn't that he had a problem with the salary amount, but he did have a problem with yet another unfamiliar term used by his sect leader: "May I ask, sect leader, what is a 'scientific research project'?"

He did know the word "project" (this term was used in account books unearthed from the Tang Dynasty), but he seemed to have heard the sect leader mention "scientific research" occasionally before, but never in such a formal way.

If this is to be implemented in the rules, we need to understand what it means before we can formulate detailed regulations.

"So-called 'scientific research' is 'scientific study,' and 'science' is a system of knowledge that studies the things of this world and has verifiable explanations..."

Zhang Chengdao was in a great mood and planned to explain the significance of modern science to these "ancient people" in detail, but he found that the more he explained, the more he needed to explain. He paused and his expression became a little strange.

Is it necessary to say all this?
In any case, people in today's society find it difficult to understand a rigorous, definable knowledge system and a system for perceiving things. So what's the point of saying so much?

The thought had barely crossed his mind when he suddenly heard Xu Wen beside him exclaim in realization: "What the sect leader is saying is that 'knowledge systems built on verifiable explanations and predictions of the forms and organization of objective things are already systematized and formulaic'?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chengdao was completely stunned: "?"

What are you babbling about, kid? Are you a time traveler too?
(End of this chapter)