Chapter 154: Looking for Backdoor Access
Among the thirty plus newly recruited teachers, the male to female ratio was 7:3, with men making up the majority. Their levels ranged from Spirit King to Spirit Sage, but unfortunately, no Spirit Douluo or Titled Douluo had applied.
Ye Cheng found this a bit regretful, but it was understandable. In this world, Spirit Douluo and Titled Douluo were truly at the top of the pyramid. These high level soul masters had status and power, and with their cultivation nearing its limit, why would they lower themselves to become teachers at an academy?
Even though White Cloud Academy was founded by two Ultimate Douluo, it still wasn't enough to make them set aside their pride and apply for a mere teacher's position.
However, if the academy had been recruiting a vice headmaster, then a swarm of Spirit Douluo and Titled Douluo would have undoubtedly shown up. In the end, the position itself was simply not appealing to them.
Still, for a newly established academy, these thirty something teachers were sufficient for now. After all, Ye Cheng never planned to admit too many students in the beginning. Teaching and nurturing talents wasn't something to be taken lightly especially since his goal wasn't to raise a bunch of muscle headed brutes or mindless warriors.
He wanted to cultivate individuals who could influence society and change the world.
Since this was uncharted territory, he had to proceed cautiously. Too many students at once would only create chaos.
After assigning these new teachers to their respective positions, the basic structure of White Cloud Academy was finally in place.
With his primary tasks complete, Ye Cheng left the remaining administrative work to his subordinates.
Returning home, Ye Cheng entered the City Lord's Mansion.
This place was massive after all, it had been designed following the layout of the Forbidden City. Naturally, maintaining such a place required a large staff. These workers included both men and women, but they weren't enslaved eunuchs or palace maids they were simply hired attendants who could leave whenever they wanted.
Each worker had undergone thorough background checks to ensure they had clean histories before being recruited into the City Lord's Mansion.
And the ones responsible for managing the mansion's daily affairs were the five identical maid sisters that had originally been gifted to Ye Cheng by the auction house.
Since there was currently no official mistress in the mansion, these five personal maids held a status not much different from that of a lady of the house.
At first, Ye Cheng hadn't completely trusted them, so he used his system privileges to check their detailed backgrounds.
What he found out was heartbreaking these five girls had been sold to the auction house by their parents when they were just two or three years old because their family couldn't afford to feed them.
Fortunately, they had awakened decent martial spirits, so the auction house invested in their training, raising them as high quality attendants.
Eventually, when Ye Cheng visited the auction house, they presented the five girls to him as a gift in an attempt to win his favor.
That was the full story.
After verifying that these girls weren't spies sent by any external force, Ye Cheng finally accepted them as his people.
The moment the auction house gave them away like commodities, they had cut all ties with their former owners.
To them, Ye Cheng was now their everything betraying him wasn't even a possibility.
Initially, Ye Cheng had considered granting them freedom, but after thinking it through, he realized that in this cruel, survival of the fittest world, setting them free was no different from throwing them to the wolves.
Without his protection, they would immediately be targeted and taken advantage of.
Besides…
With five stunning beauties delivered straight to his doorstep, why on earth would he let them go?
That would be beyond foolish.
In the end, Ye Cheng chose to let things develop naturally.
If the opportunity to enjoy life was right in front of him, why reject it?
What kind of man wouldn't appreciate beauty?
Especially when these five lovely maids were so devoted to him.
Letting them go?
Only an idiot would do that.
The moment he arrived home, a young woman approached him.
She had short, pinkish hair and wore a simple, elegant dress she was the eldest of the five sisters, Yi Hua.
She was responsible for managing the mansion's finances, including income, expenses, and daily operations.
"Master, Miss Ning Rongrong is here," Yi Hua reported as she gently adjusted Ye Cheng's collar, her actions radiating the warmth of a dutiful wife.
"She's waiting for you in the South Garden."
"Rongrong…"
Hearing this, Ye Cheng immediately thought of his mischievous little sister and quickly guessed the reason for her visit.
It had to be about a teaching position at White Cloud Academy.
Over the past few months, countless people had tried to force their way into the academy, eager to become teachers.
Even major factions had secretly attempted to squeeze in their own people.
However, most of them failed at the written exam stage.
To be honest, many of them couldn't even answer basic questions.
But even if they could ace the exam, Ye Cheng wouldn't let them in.
The academy was not going to become a breeding ground for troublemakers.
These untrustworthy individuals would only bring chaos.
Since regular applications weren't working, people had started resorting to shady tactics.
For example, bribery.
Recently, many clans and factions had started offering large bribes to certain members of the academy's affiliated families, trying to secure a teaching position.
Among them, the three great single attribute clans had received substantial bribes as had various minor noble families.
Of course, on the surface, they pretended not to care, casually accepting the bribes.
But the next day…
They immediately reported everything to Ye Cheng, turning over every single coin they had received.
If it weren't for the fact that the teacher selection process was strictly overseen by Ye Cheng and Sun Zhongjing, some of these corrupt forces might have successfully infiltrated the academy.
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