"Thank you, Instructor Xiao!" Ling'er said excitedly. Normally, no instructor would hand the keys over to people like them. There were many rooms in the pavilion, yet not a single one belonged to them.
Of course, it was not as though they had nowhere to live. Once they became teaching assistants, they would have their own accommodations.
When they entered the room, perhaps because it had always been cleaned, the room in the pavilion was very tidy.
Xiao Shuang sat on the bed and pointed to a chair nearby, signaling for Ling'er to sit. Then he asked, "What has happened to Tianxin Academy? Why is no one coming to apply as an instructor?"
Ling'er obediently sat where Xiao Shuang had indicated. After hesitating for a moment, she answered, "Instructor Xiao may not know this, but Tianxin Academy is no longer what it used to be."
"Although the quality of the students has not declined much, the number of instructors has been steadily decreasing."
"As for the reason, I only know part of it. The instructors' 'rewards' have become harder and harder to obtain, which is why so many instructors have resigned."
"This situation has been going on for quite a while. If it continues, Tianxin Academy might truly decline."
Listening to Ling'er, Xiao Shuang easily identified the key point and asked, "What do you mean by the instructors' rewards becoming harder to obtain?"
Ling'er shook her head. "I'm sorry, but I don't know the reason. I only know that many instructors protested to the academy, but it did not achieve much. That is precisely why so many instructors chose to resign."
"Of course, the academy still provides the instructors' cultivation resources as usual. It is not reducing their benefits," Ling'er hurriedly added. "The problem lies with those instructor 'rewards.' I