Li Chengfeng did not know how to explain Jiang Taigong to her, so he said, "That's not important. What's important is that when someone arrives, you must control yourself. Remember to be humble with a hint of arrogance."
Li Chengfeng held her shoulders. "Come, let's practice.
You have to be humble with a hint of arrogance. "
She thought for a moment, then stepped forward with her chin tucked but her eyes looked straight at Li Chengfeng. She did not avoid his gaze, her posture was respectful but her gaze was aggressive.
Li Chengfeng slapped the table. "Ah, that's it!
It's all up to you now!
I'm going to wash up and sleep, I'll be waiting for your good news! "
Li Chengfeng was used to being a hands-off boss and was not worried at all. He went to the back hall and washed up. After washing off the smell of alcohol, he fell asleep in his room.
The next morning, just as the sky brightened, Li Chengfeng heard a loud bell ringing. He sat up abruptly, squinted his eyes and spaced out for a while. Then, he jumped out of bed and yelled, "Su Yuehan, are you up yet?"
"Yes, Young Master!" She had woken up early and came in with a basin of water.
He smiled. "How was last night?"
She snickered. "Don't be so happy just yet, not a single person came last night."
"That's impossible!" He scoffed. "I don't believe they could last one night!"
She was a little discouraged and made a face. "Alright, I can't lie to you!
You were right, they all came. Ah, all sorts of ways to get close to me, they tried to stuff me with money and magical items. I couldn't even stop them, they just left after throwing me money and magical items. "
"Oh?" He laughed heartily. "I knew I was going to be rich!
This is the biggest deal I've ever made!
How much? "
Yuehan raised three fingers, "Why don't you guess?"
"Thirty thousand silvers?"
She shook her head. Li Chengfeng frowned. "Are they that poor?
Only three thousand?
What can they do with three thousand? "
She continued shaking her head with a smile. He raged, "F * ck, three hundred?
They're messing with me! "
Yuehan giggled, "It's three hundred thousand!"
"What?
Three hundred thousand taels?! "
Li Chengfeng's expression changed drastically. He wiped his face so hard that the towel fell into the basin. He paced around the room uneasily. "Three hundred thousand silvers! That's enough to wipe out an entire family!"
Li Chengfeng's expression was solemn. His mind was in turmoil. On one hand, it was his greed and desire, on the other hand, it was his remaining rationality.
Three hundred thousand taels of silver was enough to make Huangfu Song and the others so angry that they would kill their entire clan.
"No!"
Li Chengfeng paced back and forth ten times, then said decisively, "We'll only take thirty thousand, leave the rest untouched, don't take it!"
Yuehan's eyes were filled with admiration. "What about the magical treasures?"
Li Chengfeng smiled bitterly. "I don't even dare to swallow three hundred thousand, how would I dare to swallow a magical treasure?
Aren't you afraid that they'll fly into a rage out of humiliation and kill me at all costs? "
Yuehan praised him, "Young Master, you have great willpower. Amazing!
This servant didn't sleep well last night because I was worried that Young Master would be possessed and take all these money and magic treasures. If that happened, we would really be in big trouble. "
"Eat as much as you can. If you eat too much, you won't be able to digest it and you'll die!"
Yuehan smiled, "Everyone understands the principle, but only a handful of people can actually do it."
Li Chengfeng picked up the towel and flung it at her butt. "Alright, stop sucking up to me. Go pack your things, we're leaving."
Yuehan dodged and stomped her foot. "Young Master!" But when she heard that they were leaving, she gasped, "Young Master, are we leaving the Spiritual Mountain Sect just like that?"
"Are you crazy?
Where can we go if we leave the Spiritual Mountain Sect?
Once we leave Cheng 'an, we'll have no choice but to stay here.
If we leave here, we'll fail. Zhang Junheng will attack my family the first thing he does! "
"Then where are we going?
Hidden Modesty Court? Didn't you say that Hidden Modesty Court doesn't suit you? "
Li Chengfeng sighed. "We can't stay in Hidden Brocade Court anymore. If we go to another court, we'll have to face Hidden Brocade Court's wrath. We have to make sure we don't get handed over so we have to go to a court that's hostile to Hidden Brocade Court."
"Then isn't the Hidden Modesty Court our only choice?" Yuehan asked.
Li Chengfeng shook his head. "I asked around at the banquet. Although Hidden Modesty Court and Hidden Brocade Court look down on each other, they often work together. They're not hostile, just competitive.
Hidden Sword Court is the only court that's hostile to Hidden Brocade Court. "
Yuehan gasped. "But Hidden Sword Court has fallen, they haven't had a powerful cultivator in decades!
Also, Young Master, didn't you notice that among the four courts, only Hidden Sword Court wasn't present during the ceremony? This means that Hidden Sword Court is completely useless now.
If you go, won't you be throwing a pearl into the dark? "
Li Chengfeng smiled. "I think it's a rare commodity!
Think about it, if I abandon the dark for the light, they'll be more than happy to welcome me!
Plus, even if they don't welcome me, I can always hide in a corner and be a pretty boy, right? "
Yuehan giggled. "You're so shameless!"
"Alright, stop sucking up to me!
Go pack your things, don't let them block us at the door. That'll be awkward. "Li Chengfeng smiled.
She rolled her eyes at him. "I've already packed everything!"
Li Chengfeng patted her head happily. "Not bad, not bad. That's more like a servant."
Li Chengfeng washed up, not even bothering to eat breakfast. He and Yuehan packed their luggage, took out thirty thousand silver notes from the three hundred thousand silver notes Huangfu Song and the rest sent over overnight, and left the rest untouched in the front hall. Then, both of them left quietly.
Although it was quiet, it was Hidden Brocade Court's morning class. The younger generation of cultivators all rushed to the teaching hall to begin their first day of cultivation.
However, none of this had anything to do with Li Chengfeng, although he was curious about what the teaching hall would teach.
To him, this was very similar to a school, very different from what he imagined it to be.
But putting aside past prejudices and thinking about it, one would know that this was the path that a large-scale cultivation sect would inevitably take — standardized!
Not only would magical weapons and equipment be standardized, but it would also be the same for the cultivation of talents.
A cultivation sect that was left to its own devices would never have a future.
A sect that placed all of its future and future on a small number of people would never have a future. This was something that had been proven by the lessons of history.
Why did the Cleansing Moon Li family decline?
Why was the Zhan family of the northwest so powerful?
Some cultivators had studied these cases and came to a conclusion.
Although the founder of the Cleansing Moon Li family, Li Yue, was invincible, it was useless. Once he passed away, the sect would rapidly decline. Because if one person thrives, one person dies!
What about the Zhan family?
The Zhan family was the first force in Daqi to use the military to train cultivators. They sent every disciple of the Zhan family to various large sects to cultivate. At the same time, they recruited commoners from the Zhan family for free to train and train. They used unified teaching, unified training, and unified standards to carry out cruel competitions and eliminations. The final winner would immediately receive a large amount of resources for intensive training and education.
This system was the key to the Zhan family's standing for hundreds of years. Other ambitious cultivation sects saw this and naturally followed suit.
Perhaps commoners who did not know much about the world would not be able to see the intricacies of this but Li Chengfeng could see the key at a glance. This was why in his previous world, education went from a private school to an academy, then to a large-scale university.
Without quantity, there would be no guarantee of quality. Hidden Brocade Court was no exception.
Li Chengfeng watched silently from the side as the Hidden Brocade Court disciples headed to the Teaching Hall. Their servants followed with excitement and anticipation. This was the beginning of their lives.
On the other hand, Li Chengfeng and Yuehan carried their luggage and did not avoid the curious stares. They chose another path towards Hidden Sword Court.
No one knew what awaited them there.
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