Chapter 795: You Must Not Come to Harm!

"Well? Is this basic knowledge lecture worth two hundred mid-grade spirit stones?" Seeing his expression, Sun Qiang knew Wang Ying's explanation had captivated him, and he looked over with a smile.

He was extremely confident in the master's and the young master's theoretical knowledge.

Back then, so many renowned masters had bowed before the master; subduing a little fellow with little experience like this would be a piece of cake, wouldn't it?

"Worth it, absolutely worth it!"

Xue Zhenyang quickly nodded.

"Alright, where are your subordinates? For each lecture Wang Ying and the others give, each person must pay two hundred mid-grade spirit stones. You'd better prepare the goods first before we go; otherwise... consider this matter dropped!"

What kind of person was Sun Qiang? A true-blue merchant. Since he had set a price, he naturally wanted to maximize his profit.

"Two hundred mid-grade spirit stones per lecture?" Xue Zhenyang's mouth twitched, but he nodded: "Fine!"

Renowned masters, aside from personal disciples or teaching, usually charged high fees for external lectures. With such profound understanding of cultivation, Uncle-Master Wang Ying, Uncle-Master Liu Yang, and Teacher Zheng Yang only asked for two hundred mid-grade spirit stones per session—it was quite cheap.

When Master Kong founded the renowned masters, though his aim was to enlighten the world and make everyone a dragon, he did not teach just anyone.

Otherwise, it would be impossible that only seventy-two were true disciples.

It was said that Master Kong's initial goal was indeed to teach without discrimination, but later a student misunderstood his cultivation method, causing countless geniuses to be ruined after accepting that student's erroneous knowledge.

A quack doctor harms people; a mediocre teacher harms the nation!

The so-called 'the Dao must not be rashly divulged, the method must not be lightly passed on' is precisely this meaning.

Thus, later came the distinctions of personal disciples, lectures, and auditing, and the so-called half-teacher relationship.

With students classified in many ways, renowned masters naturally needed to collect compensation.

"Alright, when to give the lectures—you arrange it!" Seeing the other agree, Sun Qiang nodded with satisfaction.

Just when he was worried about being broke, this fellow came offering money—what a good person!

It seemed that if he ever got really poor, running a training class could bring in a lot of income too...

"The sooner the better, naturally. How about Teacher and the two Uncle-Masters come at daybreak?" Xue Zhenyang hurriedly said.

Having seized this opportunity, the True Sun Society would surely take off, so the sooner the better!

"Daybreak?" Not expecting the other to be so eager, Sun Qiang considered: "Alright."

It wasn't a big deal; at worst, he would go find the young master at dawn and report this matter.

"Good, then tomorrow morning, everyone will come with me to the Master Academy!" Hearing the agreement, Xue Zhenyang nodded excitedly.

"Master Academy?" Everyone was stunned. Sun Qiang was startled and looked over: "You are... a renowned master?"

"That's right!" Xue Zhenyang nodded.

"This..." They all exchanged glances.

They had thought he was some clueless fellow who had popped up from nowhere, but he turned out to be a top student from the Master Academy...

The young master was also in the academy; wouldn't it be a bit inappropriate for them to go teach there?

"Uncle Qiang, what do we do?"

Everyone's gaze focused on Sun Qiang as they sent him a telepathic message.

"This... should be fine, right? So what if he's a renowned master? Plenty of renowned masters have bowed before the master. Even Hall Master Mo was full of admiration, wasn't he? There's no need to be afraid of teaching renowned masters! Just teach seriously according to what the young master taught you, and... it should be no problem!"

Sun Qiang hesitated, then gritted his teeth.

He had always been someone who feared nothing; so what if it was the Master Academy?

You invited us to teach; we didn't come looking for you!

"But... what about the teacher..."

Wang Ying was a bit worried.

"I'll talk to the young master. You just go ahead and teach... As long as we can make money, the young master shouldn't say anything," Sun Qiang said.

They were dirt poor now; if they had no income, were they supposed to live on air?

They had finally met a moneybags who was so generous; it would be a shame to let him go.

Surely the young master would understand.

"Alright... The teacher has always taken care of us; it's time we did something too."

Wang Ying and the others nodded, clenching their fists.

All along, the teacher had led them and provided various cultivation resources. Now that they had the chance, it was time for them to earn money and repay him.

"Good, it's settled. You rest here tonight, and tomorrow Wang Ying, Zheng Yang, and the others will go with you to the Master Academy!"

Having finished the discussion, Sun Qiang didn't waste words and said directly.

"Fine!" Xue Zhenyang nodded excitedly.

...

Whoosh!

After several consecutive hours, Zhang Xuan finally imprinted all the books from the Physician Academy into his mind, then let out a breath.

Finding an opportunity, he slipped out of the library and returned to his residence.

"Heavenly Dao Medical Art!"

With a stir of his mind, the many books converged and quickly formed six books, representing one-star to six-star.

He himself was already a four-star physician, so reading the earlier ones was irrelevant. He directly picked up the fifth book.

Whoosh!

The content of the book turned into a torrent and imprinted into his mind. Zhang Xuan quickly learned.

After an unknown amount of time, he finally fully understood this book.

He then looked at the sixth book.

After a little over half an hour, he finished learning it as well.

After learning, he also integrated the first four books into his mind and found many similarities with his previous compilations, with basically no major changes.

"Now my medical skills are at least stronger than a peak six-star physician..."

Having fully learned all six Heavenly Dao Medical Art books, Zhang Xuan exhaled.

Now, even the dean of the Physician Academy would likely be far inferior to him in medical skills. He had reached the peak six-star level, and was even on par with some seven-star physicians.

"Wei Ruyan's condition..."

With his medical skills greatly improved, he recalled Wei Ruyan's condition again. After thinking for a long time, he ultimately shook his head.

This girl had a congenital poison body, compounded by damage in the womb. Her body and soul had reached the point of utter exhaustion. Even now, apart from nourishing her soul and body, he could think of no better method.

"With the Ten-Leaf Flower, combined with some medicines to enhance its effects, it should allow her soul to recover faster."

The Ten-Leaf Flower from Vice Dean You's place hadn't yet matured, so its effects would be somewhat diminished. Previously, he had no good solution, but now with his improved medical skills, by balancing the sovereign and ministerial ingredients and preparing some medicines, he could greatly enhance its efficacy.

"Another night has passed!"

Pushing these thoughts aside, Zhang Xuan stretched and walked out of the room, only then realizing that dawn had broken.

Sunlight spilled into the courtyard, casting a golden glow on the ground.

"Teacher!"

After eating some breakfast and just about to go out, Luo Qiqi walked in.

"You came just in time. There's something I forgot to ask you yesterday."

Seeing her arrive, Zhang Xuan remembered something and looked over with a smile.

Yesterday, he had been so focused on finding the former residence of Wu Yangzi, and later was so shocked to learn the mansion was his own, that he forgot an important matter.

"Please speak, Teacher!" Luo Qiqi looked at him curiously.

"Have you heard of Cloud Mist Flower?" Zhang Xuan asked.

Yesterday, he noticed Wei Changfeng seemed a bit strange, but when asked, he said it was nothing, so Zhang Xuan didn't dwell on it. Now thinking back, it might not be that simple.

"Cloud Mist Flower? Is Teacher referring to the Cloud Mist Flower from Cloud Mist Ridge that can be baked into tea?" Luo Qiqi thought for a moment and said.

"That's the one."

He didn't know about Cloud Mist Ridge, but Wei Changfeng had indeed said that this flower could be made into tea, fragrant and surrounded by mist, extremely precious.

"This thing grows on Cloud Mist Ridge. Not only is it rare, but it's also hard to pick. Even in the entire Hongyuan Empire, there are only a few plants. Even the imperial family only uses it when receiving foreign envoys!"

Luo Qiqi thought for a moment and said: "I only learned about it from Yu Fei'er once."

"So rare?" Zhang Xuan was startled, his brow furrowing: "What did you mean by 'hard to pick' just now?"

"Oh, Cloud Mist Ridge is a gathering place for spirit beasts in the Hongyuan Mountain Range. Countless spirit beasts and sacred beasts congregate there. Any human who enters will be attacked from all sides, making it extremely dangerous. Even Dean Mi, a grandmaster of beast taming, dares not venture deep!"

Luo Qiqi said: "Therefore, it is also known as a human forbidden zone."

"Human forbidden zone?" His heart skipped a beat, and Zhang Xuan's face turned grim.

"Yes!" Seeing his change in expression, Luo Qiqi looked at him in confusion: "What's wrong, Teacher?"

"If a Saint Domain expert went in to pick Cloud Mist Flowers, what would happen?" Zhang Xuan stared intently.

"A single Saint Domain expert? They would basically never return. The tea flowers preserved by the Hongyuan Empire's imperial family are almost always picked by a coalition of over a dozen Saint experts, and even they dare not pick too many. For one person to go alone, it's certain death. How could they survive?" Luo Qiqi shook her head.

"Never return? Damn it!" He clenched his fists.

Zhang Xuan finally understood why Wei Changfeng's face had turned ugly when he heard about Cloud Mist Flower.

It seemed he knew the danger here.

"No wonder that You Xu was unwilling to sell at first, but later agreed to trade for a Cloud Mist Flower... So that was his plan!"

His face was ashen, his whole being like a brewing storm, ready to explode at any moment.

"Teacher..."

Luo Qiqi's body stiffened.

Since she had known this teacher, no matter what happened, he remained unflappable. Even in the underground palace, as dangerous as it was, he faced it calmly. But now, he looked like this—something must have angered him deeply.

"I'm fine!" Coming back to his senses, Zhang Xuan turned to look at his female disciple: "Where is Cloud Mist Ridge?"

"Cloud Mist Ridge is due east from here, about a thousand li away. It's surrounded by clouds and mist all year round, hence the name. It's easy to find."

Luo Qiqi said.

"Wait here. I'm going there."

Knowing the location, Zhang Xuan did not delay. His body flickered, and he dashed out of the room, leaping into the air.

At the same time, he called out mentally. Before long, the Purple-Winged Heavenly Eagle flew over. Stepping onto its back, he flew straight east.

Wei Changfeng, since you have sworn loyalty and are my subordinate, then I... will never let you come to harm!