Cultivation begins with separation.

Chapter 14: Fame of the Academy
Little radishes, who are in their early teens or even six or seven years old, work diligently on the production line.

Countless basic materials are synthesized and refined by students using machines controlled by magic, and slowly become parts of magical instruments.

At the end of the production line, there are mortal schoolchildren doing the packaging work that does not require magic.

"Well, the students are all in very good condition."

Yidong was very satisfied.

Fortunately, the fairyland has not enacted laws that make it illegal to employ child labor, otherwise, well, it doesn’t seem to be a problem.

Yi Dong was not employed either, because he did not pay any salary.

This is an on-campus internship, not a job.

"Do you have any other questions?"

Yi Dong asked Dongfanghong and Yi De who were following him.

Yide said:

“The construction schedule is too tight now, and even if we work in two shifts, we still can’t catch up.

It’s mainly due to lack of staff.”

Yi Dong waved his hand.
“If you are short of staff, you can recruit students.

Children with spiritual roots from aristocratic families did not go to school, so they went to the towns or even villages in Xia County to enroll students.

If there aren’t enough young children, then we can let go of age, no matter if they are seventy or eighty, as long as they have spiritual roots, we will recruit them.”

Yi Dong has signed a lot of OEM contracts. If the goods are not delivered on time, not only will he not get paid, he will even have to pay compensation.

In this situation, he could no longer care about the agreement with the seven major families.

It's because the seven great families did not send the required number of children as agreed.

Walking through workshops where machines are roaring.

Yi Dong easily provided various solutions to the problem, and soon, Yi De left with satisfaction.

Beside Yi Dong, Dongfanghong seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Dongfanghong was not unfamiliar with the OEM model of Zijinshan College, because this was how the teachers in the Taoist college drove the students to help for free.

However, in the Taoist temple, this kind of free labor has its limits after all. At least, it will not leave students with no time to attend classes.

However, at Purple Mountain College, students start working after waking up and eating, and continue working until their shift change, then sleep and wake up to work again, over and over again.

There is absolutely no time to study.

To be honest, Dongfanghong felt guilty when she saw groups of children working so hard.

Because she felt that the school opened by Yidong was not serious at all.

However, it would be difficult for her to make a decision if she had to leave in anger.

Because here, you can learn a lot of knowledge.

Although Yi Dong has a black heart, his understanding is far superior to hers.

Not to mention her, even the teachers in the Taoist academy, she felt that most of them were not as intelligent as Yi Dong.

Yi Dong had some understanding of Dongfanghong’s mentality.

But he did not enlighten the other party at all.

If it weren't for the spiritual beasts, especially the low-level spiritual beasts, which did not have enough wisdom to practice the current cultivation method, he would have brought even cats and dogs into the academy to become students and work for him.

"Instructor Dongfang, you have basically mastered the maintenance of the instruments in the nine experimental sites. From now on, the adjustment and modification of the instruments will be left to you. Is there any problem?"

Dongfanghong nodded.

"No problem, I understand the general process."

"Very good. After Purple Mountain College grows stronger, your salary will increase, and we will even build a private laboratory for the three of you."

"Thank you principal."

Looking at Yi Dong’s back as he left.

Dongfanghong took a look at the bustling scene in the workshop and a trace of envy flashed through his heart.

Each of these workshops is a gold mine, and there is no telling how many spirit stones Yi Dong can earn every day.

As for what Yi Dong said about raising salaries and setting up a private laboratory, just listen to it.

As they got to know each other more, Dongfanghong discovered that Yi Dong liked to brag a lot, and he could make the students excited with just a few words.

Dongfanghong is not a child. After hearing so much, he is naturally immune to the blank checks written by Yidong.

As the time goes.

Purple Mountain College began to become magical.

People of all ages began to enroll, from children of six or seven to elderly men and women in their seventies and eighties with white hair and beards filling the school.

What surprised the people of Xia County the most was that the demand for admission to Zijinshan College was getting lower and lower, and gradually, it reached the point where anyone who wanted to be admitted could be admitted.

Moreover, Zijinshan College recruits students all year round, and students can join the college at any time of the year, day or night.

For a time, many idle people from all over the country wanted to come to Zijin Mountain to eat free meals.

But this situation was quickly curbed.

Because after most of the idlers entered Purple Mountain College, they found that college life was extremely difficult. Not only was there basically no knowledge taught, but the workload was also extremely huge.

You can't skip work, no, you can't even skip classes for on-campus internship, because the college has specially organized a group of activists, called the Student Union, whose members will re-educate these lazy students, including but not limited to corporal punishment.

Those student union members all said they were doing it for the glory of Purple Mountain College, but they were ruthless and cruel in their actions.

All members of the Student Union possess special magical weapons issued by the academy. Not to mention ordinary mortal students, even most of the Qi-refining cultivators in the outside world are no match for them.

Many people who took advantage of the situation to enter Purple Mountain College regretted it so much that their intestines were broken.

What’s more important is that even if you want to drop out midway, you can’t do that because Zijinshan University doesn’t have a policy on dropping out midway.

Only when you have enough credits can you graduate and leave the college normally. Many students sign a strict enrollment agreement upon admission. If the agreement is violated, the college has the right to use coercive measures to force students to complete their studies.

Credits can not only be used for graduation, but can also be exchanged for spirit stones.

Credits are basically obtained through on-campus internships.

A year has passed.

Zijinshan University is famous in Xia County.

The college's unfair admissions terms made the people of Xia County shudder.

It can be said that Purple Mountain College alone has made the people of Xia County understand the difficulty and cruelty of education.

During this period, some people sued Zijinshan University.

But Xia County is basically the territory of the seven major families, and general prosecutions are basically useless.

Although the corporal punishment in the academy is very severe, with the various magic spells of the immortal cultivators, basically no students die in the academy.

Although the seven great families have been dissatisfied with Yi Dong's messing around in the academy many times, they have stopped saying anything as the quota for admission to the Taoist Academy this year has been filled.

Well, it is worth mentioning that the students who were "passed" to enter the Intermediate Taoist Academy are nominally students of Purple Mountain College, but in fact they have never been to Purple Mountain College.

With the development of Zijinshan's OEM business, the amazing efficiency has attracted the attention of many instructors in Qingzhu Taoist Temple.

As a result, more orders were sent to Purple Mountain University.

The scale of Zijinshan University has also expanded accordingly.

Zijinshan College is notorious in Xia County, and recruiting students is difficult even in a remote town.

The laws of the Immortal Kingdom are very strict, and since someone is about to sue the academy in Pingyuan County, the academy will not go too far in Xia County.

Therefore, Zijinshan University began to recruit students from several neighboring counties.

In order to compete with local colleges in other counties for ordinary students, Zijinshan College launched the slogan of compulsory education and free tuition.

As soon as this slogan came out, a large number of new students enrolled in Zijin Mountain.

Although we live in a prosperous era now, testing spiritual roots is still out of reach for many children living in mountain villages.

Therefore, many mortal children, after entering school and having their spiritual roots tested, are transferred to become students with sports specialties.

On this day, two dark and thin children just joined Purple Mountain College.

After checking in.

Both children had excited expressions on their faces.

They were orphans.

In the village, they live in dire straits, with no food to eat and basically relying on the help from the villagers.

At first, they also suspected that the enrollment of Purple Mountain College was fake, but holding on to a little hope, the two of them climbed mountains and waded through rivers, and came to the village where the enrollment was taking place with untold hardships.

It was not until now that they truly believed that the free admission to Purple Mountain College was true.

Even if neither of them were detected to have spiritual roots, they would be satisfied as long as they could learn some new knowledge in the academy and have a means of making a living in the future.

The two children, one named Alu and the other named Aqiu, both have the surname Shi.

They are thirsty for knowledge.

Unfortunately, the next few days shattered their understanding of the academy.

They have been in school for ten days, but they still don’t know where the classroom is or who is in charge of their teaching.

All I know is that every day is an internship, doing the same old work.

this day.

Shi Aqiu returned to the dormitory tiredly.

There were three classmates who came back with him. As for Aru, he had just been transferred to the night internship.

Among these three classmates, one already looks like an old man.

"Grandpa Zhao, when will the academy teach us to read?"

Aqiu slumped in a chair and asked the old man.

"What a sin! You, such a young child, have come to this damn place. Child, are you under six years old?"

Aqiu said nothing. Purple Mountain College generally recruits students over the age of six. Those who do not have spiritual roots or are too young do not meet the requirements.

Although he is very tired every day, he can eat his fill every day. Aqiu doesn't want to be expelled from Zijinshan. He doesn't know that Zijinshan has no expulsion system.

Old man Zhao looked at Aqiu and sighed. He was also a laborer at Zijinshan College. What right did he have to pity others?

"Child, there is a class in the Faculty of Literature every month, but most of the time, the teacher will let us study on our own. If you want to learn knowledge, you can go to the library.

Although the work in Zijinshan College is hard, there is indeed a lot of knowledge in the college that cannot be learned in other colleges. After all, Zijinshan College was founded by immortal cultivators, and the library has countless books with all-encompassing content, including knowledge related to architects, carpenters, blacksmiths, fruit farmers, etc.

If you have time, you can go to the library to study.

If you learn the knowledge and accumulate enough credits, you can master a skill and leave the academy."

"I can't read."

Aqiu blushed a little.

Old man Zhao was a little surprised. In such a prosperous era, there were very few illiterate people, and many children in the college were literate.

"How about this, I'll teach you a little bit every day."

"Thank you, Grandpa Zhao. I'll help you get some water."

Soon, the old and the young began to teach each other, until the old man became exhausted and drowsy.

Aqiu was very motivated to study. He even forgot about his physical fatigue and did not fall asleep until the early morning.

(End of this chapter)