Chapter 146: Establishing the Academy
While Neptune and Xiao bai leisurely toured the mainland, another major event was unfolding in White Cloud City. The city issued a public announcement that immediately shook the entire Douluo Continent!
The announcement stated that a new academy White Cloud Academy was being established within White Cloud City. Starting immediately, they were recruiting teachers, with the minimum requirement being Spirit King level to qualify for the selection process. Those who passed would officially become instructors.
However, the academy did not solely focus on raw strength. If an applicant lacked the required spirit power but had extensive knowledge of martial spirits and years of teaching experience, they could also apply. As long as they passed the examination, they would be admitted as teachers.
Furthermore, those who joined the academy would receive excellent benefits, including the opportunity to be personally guided by the Headmaster and Vice Headmaster, who might even help them break through bottlenecks in their cultivation.
This announcement exploded across the entire continent!
Countless spirit masters, whether confident in their teaching ability or their combat strength, immediately rushed toward White Cloud City.
However, what truly drove people into a frenzy wasn't just the academy's generous benefits it was the identities of the Headmaster and Vice Headmaster.
Headmaster: White Cloud City Lord, Ye Cheng!
Vice Headmaster: Medicine King, Sun Zhongjing!
These two legendary names were known across the continent. Two Peak Title Douluo joining forces to establish an academy?!
Joining this academy meant gaining the chance to receive guidance from these two titans perhaps even their help in breaking through to the next level!
Was this real life?!
For countless spirit masters, even a single piece of advice from these two would be a life changing opportunity. And the chance to increase one's spirit power under their direct tutelage? No one doubted their ability to do so after all, these two had already reached the peak of the spirit master world.
Many soul masters struggled for years, unable to break through, but for these two? It was probably just a small favor.
For the entire continent, these two were no different from gods.
The Recruitment Begins
Today was the first day of White Cloud Academy's teacher recruitment drive.
The recruitment took place in a large open plaza within the inner district. Unrelated individuals had been cleared from the area, leaving only those who had come to apply as teachers.
Several Spirit King level guards stood around, maintaining order. Their powerful auras suppressed the pride of many applicants. After all, when even the gate guards were Spirit Kings, what did that say about White Cloud City's strength?
The number of applicants was nearly a hundred, most of whom were at least Spirit Kings. A few below that level had still come, believing in their knowledge and teaching skills.
"Why is it taking so long?"
"Who's in charge of recruitment?"
"Hahaha, as long as I get in, reaching Spirit Emperor is within my grasp!"
"Good thing I came early! If I waited until the last day, there'd be even more people, and my chances would drop!"
The applicants chatted excitedly, turning the once quiet plaza into a marketplace like commotion.
Fortunately, the moment the guards announced the arrival of the examiner, everyone quickly fell silent.
A white haired, white browed elder appeared without a sound on the recruitment stage. Not a single person noticed when he had arrived, which only made his presence more mysterious.
The moment they saw his face, all the applicants immediately recognized who he was.
"It's HIM?!"
"Damn, the examiner is actually this person?!"
"I might not pass after all…"
"Please don't make the test too hard!"
"God, help me!"
Reactions varied across the crowd.
Sun Zhongjing's clear, wise eyes swept across the applicants. With just one glance, many felt as if their very souls had been laid bare before him!
"The recruitment begins now."
After a brief pause, he continued:
"Since there are too many applicants, we will first conduct an initial screening. Those who fail this round turn back and go home."
His words immediately made the applicants nervous, wondering what the first round would entail.
A test of combat skills?
A series of duels?
Before they could guess further, Sun Zhongjing waved his hand, and
Over a hundred desks and chairs appeared out of thin air. Each desk held a test paper and a writing brush.
Everyone stared in shock.
"A written exam?!"
"Are we applying to be imperial court officials?!"
"Since when do spirit academies recruit teachers with exams? Isn't combat strength the only thing that matters?!"
"Damn… As expected of an academy founded by Title Douluo this is totally different!"
"What the hell?!"
Though no one spoke aloud, their inner turmoil was clear.
Nonetheless, one by one, the hundred plus applicants sat down, picked up their brushes, and started reading the exam questions.
The Exam Begins
First Question:
"Do you believe that a person's innate spirit power determines their ultimate potential? Can someone with low innate spirit power compensate for this deficiency through other means, possibly even evolving their martial spirit?"
Many frowned upon reading the question.
"Isn't this obvious? Innate spirit power totally determines a person's achievements it's common knowledge!"
Many quickly scribbled down their answers:
"Innate spirit power determines a person's final achievements. This is an iron law and cannot be changed!"
However, some clever applicants paused to think and wrote unique perspectives instead of blindly following common beliefs.
Second Question:
"Is the age limit for a spirit ring fixed at each level? Or can other methods allow a spirit master to obtain a higher age spirit ring at lower levels?"
Many stared blankly at this question.
"What kind of question is this? Spirit masters can only absorb spirit rings within their limit it's a fact!"
Third Question:
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As the exam continued, the once lively plaza became eerily silent.
Sun Zhongjing observed quietly from his high seat, scanning the applicants.
Some looked troubled, struggling to answer.
Some wrote with ease, their pens flowing swiftly.
But the most absurd ones?
Some couldn't even read the questions.
"Damn, how did these people even get here? A Spirit Emperor who can't read?! And you want to be a teacher?"
Sun Zhongjing sighed internally it seemed literacy was the first real barrier to becoming an instructor at White Cloud Academy.
(End of Chapter)
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