Cultivation begins with separation.

Chapter 15: Changes in the Academy
As the time goes.

Shi Aqiu learned more and more knowledge.

He also gradually discovered the various unreasonable things in Purple Mountain College.

For example, students in the physical education class will have one day of practice or rest after seven days, while students in the literature class will only have one day of class a month.

Although this was the result of the different internship efficiency of both parties, Aqiu still felt inequality.

However, although Aqiu saw the inequality between cultivators and mortals, he did not say anything but just thought about it.

As he read more and more books, the questions he thought about became more and more profound.

Although the work in the workshop was heavy, Aqiu never focused on absorbing knowledge.

He not only thought about the relationship between mortals and cultivators, but also had a great interest in the magical instruments in the workshop.

At first, he found it hard to imagine that text and pictures could be displayed on each screen.

I was shocked that a mortal could operate the magical weapon.

He was wondering if the magic tools were operated with spiritual power provided by spiritual stones, and that there was actually no difference between cultivators and mortals who operated the magic tools.

Some magical weapons require the cooperation of spells. Can they be further improved so that they can be completely controlled by mortals?

Originally, no one had the answers to these questions for him. However, the library at Zijin Mountain contained not only the knowledge of mortals, but also the knowledge of immortal cultivators, as well as the manufacturing principles and operating manuals of magical instruments brought over from the Taoist temple.

Within Zijin Mountain, only Yi Dong could understand the mechanical principle of that magical instrument. Dongfanghong and the other two were completely confused, not to mention the immortal cultivators.

However, Aqiu relied on his own abilities and slowly began to study the principles of each magical weapon.

Time has come to the fourth year since the establishment of Zijinshan University.

On this day, Yi Dong came to Zijinshan University for a rare visit.

Zijinshan University now enrolls as few as 10,000 and as many as 20,000 to 30,000 students each year.

There were only a thousand students in the highest grade, the fourth grade, but all of them failed the assessment a year ago, so they all failed the grade.

Zijinshan University's system of repeating a grade is only now beginning to take effect.

According to Yi Dong’s plan, there will be no sixth grade within ten years, and there will be no sixth grade within twenty years.

As for graduation, in the next thirty to fifty years, as long as the OEM business remains as prosperous as it is now, students will not have to think about graduating.

There are now more than 100,000 students at Zijinshan College, and the student campus has spread beyond Zijin Mountain.

The spiritual stones that Zijinshan Academy earns for Yi Dong every year, after deducting miscellaneous expenses such as teachers' salaries and students' living expenses, the amount of spiritual stones left in Yi Dong's hands exceeds 100,000.

It can be said that the value of Purple Mountain College alone is equivalent to the output of five or six Purple Mountains.

With the spiritual stones, Yidong began to buy large tracts of land.

It may be difficult to buy spiritual land with spiritual stones, but it is quite simple to buy ordinary land.

Originally, with the academy running till now, Yi Dong didn’t need to be involved in most matters.

For example, in terms of refining equipment, after four years, with three instructors headed by Dongfanghong in charge, Yidong no longer needs to take charge of some common production line instruments.

The miscellaneous affairs of the academy are also handled by the Yi family members headed by Yi De and Yi Fu.

Today, Yi Dong came to the academy because Zhou Xiang and Chen Yu resigned.

"It seems like you really want to leave."

"We have no choice. The family called us back. We came out because the family did not approve of our relationship. Now our family has agreed to let us hold the Taoist Couple Ceremony."

Zhou Xiang and Chen Yu looked at each other with smiles in their eyes.

Yi Dong twitched his lips, feeling disdainful.

Zhou Xiang and Chen Yu, although they were born into prominent families.

However, the state-based aristocratic families are more complicated than the county-based aristocratic families. There may be dozens or hundreds of internal conflicts among the members of the main and branch lines.

These two people obviously do not belong to the current powerful lineage of their family, otherwise the family would not have turned a blind eye to their actions for so long.

Yi Dong has people led by Yi De collecting information and roughly know what is going on. Their family called them back, probably wanting to use them as tools.

Their future is obviously not going to be very bright.

However, Yi Dong didn't want to say more.

For these ordinary Taoist academy graduates, who don't do much work but receive high salaries, if they don't want to leave, Yidong will ask them to leave after a few years.

As for polite attempts to keep him, that is even more unnecessary.

So Yidong made some tea and saw the guests off.

Zhou Xiang was a little surprised to see Yi Dong let him go so easily.

Chen Yu was surprised and a little dissatisfied. After all, the two Taoist companions had worked for Yi Dong for several years and earned countless spirit stones for Yi Dong. Zhou Xiang even said that they were going to hold a Taoist companion ceremony, but Yi Dong did not show any interest at all.

Even Dongfanghong who was standing nearby sent a congratulatory gift.

When Zhou Xiang saw that Chen Yujiang was clearly showing his dissatisfaction, he quickly sent a message to stop him.

During these four years of construction, Zhou Xiang got to know Yi Dong very well.

This person is not an easy person to deal with.

Many things were originally trivial, but when they come to Yi Dong, they become big things, and eventually the conflicts turn into hatred.

For example, three instructors in Qingzhu Taoist Academy have asked Yi Dong to appeal and demand compensation, and until now, the academy is still suing the other two instructors.

Yi Dong's connections were naturally not as good as those of the Taoist temple teachers. He would lose money and gain publicity in lawsuits. However, Yi Dong never gave up. He continued to sue after losing the case. The spiritual stones he paid as compensation were less than one-tenth of the amount required for appeal. It can be said that Yi Dong had already had many enemies with the Qingzhu Taoist temple teachers. They were not deadly enemies, but they were not far from it.

Zhou Xiang doesn't want to get involved with this madman Yi Dong.

Zhou Xiang dragged Chen Yu away with a dissatisfied look on his face.

Only Yi Dong and Dong Fang Hong were left in the hall.

Look to the East is Red,
"What do you think?"

Compared with Zhou Xiang and the others, Dongfang Hong's ability is recognized by Yi Dong. In the academy, no one can replace him for the time being.

It would be troublesome if she wanted to leave too.

"Although the family contacted me, I have no plans to leave."

Yi Dong nodded.

Dongfanghong continued:
“As you know, after our academy became famous, the model of doing OEM for the academy like us has spread.

In the past, many people who came out of Taoist temples also wanted to imitate us, but those people’s knowledge was not solid and they did not pose much threat to us.

It’s different now, Lianzhou Wang Family has come forward, and from now on, our college will not be able to charge so much for OEM.”

Yi Dong heard this and nodded.

In the intermediate Taoist academy, the geniuses and monsters will basically be admitted to the higher Taoist academy for further study, and will become immortal officials after graduation. I personally look down on this small bit of OEM.

Graduates of the Intermediate Taoist Academy, to put it nicely, are called graduates, to put it bluntly, are called failurs. Most of them are like Yi Dong before his comprehension was improved, and they cannot set up various production lines in a short period of time.

But the Zhouwang family is different.

The Zhouwang family must have a foundation in the Great Dao, or someone who has built a foundation in the Great Dao must have done so.

The Dao Yuanying rarely shows up, and it is the many Dao Jindan that apparently dominate the fairyland.

The Dao Foundation Establishment, which is located below the Dao Golden Elixir, is probably the upper-middle level among the immortal officials.

There are many modern cultivators in the Zhouwang family.

Many prominent families even turned several junior Taoist temples into family schools.

It can be imagined that even if this kind of family does not use the Great Dao to build a foundation, a group of people who are currently practicing Qi can work together to quickly build a OEM production line.

Yi Dong had anticipated this situation.

This year, there was even a prominent family in the state who tried to recruit him, offering conditions ranging from the promise of a number of Taoist companions to spiritual veins and plants.

Yi Dong already had a plan in mind.

but,

"What do you think about this?"

Yi Dong asked Dong Fang Hong.

“We can lower the OEM price. We have a complete workshop and a good reputation. Not only Qingzhu Taoist Temple, but also Jiangyin Taoist Temple and Yuntian Taoist Temple have teachers cooperating with us.

On the other hand, we can take on some orders that have already been outsourced.”

Yi Dong interrupted with a wave of his hand.

“Lowering the price is totally impossible. In recent years, our college has been involved in lawsuits over prices. How can we go back on our word now?

As for taking orders from others, that is even more impossible. Others can get a large amount of spirit stones by just passing them around, but the students of our academy have to work hard for it.

I would rather not earn spiritual stones than earn spiritual stones for others."

Yi Dong hates this kind of outsourcing that involves a lot of twists and turns.

He knew that this was a society based on favors and that this was the price of connections, but he just wouldn't compromise.

Moreover, he never considered himself a businessman. Sometimes he would calculate the cost, but sometimes he would rather lose everything than bend down to pick up money, because his joystick was too hard.

“By the way, when Yi De arrives, tell him that from now on, it will be a rule not to accept outsourced orders.

Not only that, if someone gives the order to someone else first, and then comes back to us when they can’t complete it, we won’t accept such an order no matter how much we are paid.”

Dongfanghong was stunned. She really didn't know Yi Dong's train of thought. After thinking for a while, she said:
"If this happens, our Purple Mountain College will go bankrupt. The magic tools on the production line will not be used or maintained for a long time, and the spiritual power circuits will gradually malfunction, and the magic tools will gradually become obsolete.

Not to mention that we have 100,000 students in our academy, including nearly 20,000 immortal cultivators, so the amount of spiritual rice we need every day is not a small amount. "

"The work is over, why should we eat spiritual rice?"

Of course, Yi Dong would not say this too bluntly, so he said:

"Today's cultivation is not like the ancient cultivation that values realm above all else, but knowledge above all else. If you can't do an internship, then do theory and accumulate knowledge first. Don't think about improving your cultivation. The academy is in financial difficulty, and if you want to eat spiritual rice, I'll mark out a spiritual field on Purple Gold Mountain for the students to grow on their own. Similarly, the mortal students will also be given fields.

These fields are all experimental fields.

The test is about planting knowledge.”

The East is Red is speechless.

The immortal cultivators at Zijin Mountain College are a group of "specialized" modern cultivators. The spiritual energy circuits in their bodies are basically fixed. They are just ancient cultivators in a layer of modern cultivators' skin. How can they prolong their lifespan without improving their realm?

As for the experimental fields?
After hearing Yi Dong talk about letting students become self-reliant in such a refreshing way, she was speechless.

Yi Dong left the academy soon.

After four years, the green cattle on the mountain have grown up and will soon undergo a transformation.

(End of this chapter)