Teaching Students, and Conquering the World While They Were At It! Shui Bing'er Was Shocked!

Although the auras of these three were concealed perfectly,

the invisible pressure they exuded still gave off the bearing of powerful figures who could not be defied!

"I feel like these three are terrifyingly strong, especially that old man. He feels like the strongest!"

Shui Bing'er trembled as she whispered into Shui Yue'er's ear.

"They're far stronger than the dean of our Skywater Academy. That presence has probably long surpassed that of a Titled Douluo!"

Though the three of them looked stranger than the last,

even the aura of Li Xin, the God Demon Douluo, was overshadowed by that strange feeling!

Moreover, Li Xin treated the three of them with great respect.

"You have a good eye! This old man appreciates you girls very much!"

Dressed in bright red and wearing a Santa hat, Old Master Fu Zi excitedly raised his Santa Claus Crowbar with both hands and made flamboyant gestures!

With the Santa Claus Skin's enhancement, his level had reached Level 97 Super Douluo!

"My level is no lower than that old man's."

Upon the black-and-white Kun Kun that resembled both water and ink, the musician stroked his zither. His lips did not move, yet the sound of the zither softly rang beside everyone's ears.

He wore simple ink-wash-style clothing, with loose, flowing robes and broad sleeves, layers upon layers of decorative sashes.

The elegant, ethereal musician had flowing hair and a handsome, carefree bearing.

He was indeed visibly different from the other two!

High Mountains and Flowing Water, Zhuang Zhou!

Level 97 Super Douluo!

"Do I look that inferior?" Mozi asked in confusion.

He wore the gleaming Scorpio Golden Armor.

His long purple hair was paired with the classic golden helmet of the Scorpio armor. The braid-like ornament on the helmet was the scorpion's tail, making him look exceptionally domineering.

Though he was only Level 96, he was no weaker than those two!

"Old Master Fu Zi, Zhuang Zhou, Mozi, greetings, seniors." Li Xin respectfully lowered his head.

Qian Renxue's pale blue pupils suddenly contracted.

Even Li Xin had to greet these three elders?

Their strength had likely reached the level of Super Douluo!

"Once Jixia Academy is completed, the three of you will take full charge of it. Train a Soul Master army for the empire. If you need funding, just ask."

Through the three hazy, illusory figures, Xue Luochuan seemed to see a powerful Soul Master army rising.

The Chang'an Empire did have Soul Masters. For example, the City Lords of several hollowed-out cities were all Level 81 Soul Douluo.

However, these City Lords were not people he could casually trust or command.

Many of Chang'an's Soul Masters held respectable positions and status, so they had not joined the military.

There were very few Soul Masters in the army.

Among Chang'an's fifty thousand soldiers, it was difficult to scrape together even two hundred low-level Soul Masters!

However, he no longer planned to recruit ordinary soldiers in the future. Instead, he would use Soul Master academies to train a Soul Master army.

What mattered in soldiers was quality, not quantity!

"Using an academy to train an army?"

Old Master Fu Zi leaned on his Santa Claus Crowbar with both hands and sank into thought.

Their teaching abilities were extremely formidable, and they had trained many powerful students.

For example, Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, and others.

The old Jixia Academy had never had any notion of training an army.

However, his lively eyes rolled, and he quickly came up with an idea. He clapped his hands sharply.

"Ahahaha! I've got it! Then we'll teach them some basic subjects and quickly train these fellows up. That'll save us some trouble too!"

Since they were forming an army, they would certainly need large numbers of people in a short amount of time.

He could not possibly teach them those advanced subjects.

A simple round of instruction would be enough, as long as they could graduate quickly!

"I dreamed about it, and the cultivation system here is very similar to the cultivation system of magic. It's just that the Soul Masters here seem to have a clearer division of levels. Your Majesty, what level do you think would be suitable for them to graduate?"

Zhuang Zhou's zither music slowly sounded.

Xue Luochuan pondered for a moment before saying,

"Anyone over twenty-five years old who has surpassed Level 30 Soul Elder will do."

"However, I'll have to trouble the three of you with recruiting the first batch of Soul Master students."

"No problem. Recruiting students is easy enough. This old man knows plenty about that. But if our Chang'an Empire is establishing an academy, the publicity should be quite extensive, right?" Old Master Fu Zi laughed heartily. "If Chang'an isn't famous enough yet, make a list of the famous academies on this continent, and I'll go challenge them one by one!"

Before the three of them founded Jixia Academy, they had made a name for themselves across the King's Continent.

Thus, as soon as Jixia Academy was established, it became the number one place of learning on the King's Continent!

If the Chang'an Empire was not famous enough,

they would go challenge academies one by one and build a reputation.

For a newly established Soul Master Academy to make a name for itself quickly and recruit large numbers of Soul Masters from all over in a short time, this was the only way!

Shui Bing'er froze.

Was that really so violent?

She instinctively thought of her former teachers and Skywater Academy.

If they really fought, Skywater Academy's dean would probably be in for a beating!

"Chang'an is already fairly famous."

Xue Luochuan rested his chin on his hand as he thought.

They had fought so many battles against the Tian Dou Empire that even Spirit Hall and many surrounding small nations had been alerted.

Chang'an's name had surely spread across the continent by now.

The establishment of Jixia Academy should attract many Soul Masters to join them.

Especially those Soul Masters within the Chang'an Empire.

They had to find a way to gather every last one of them into the army.

However, Soul Masters generally lived quite well, and no one was willing to join the military.

Not unless they used some special measures.

A fierce glint flashed through Xue Luochuan's bright eyes.

"Send out the order: all Soul Masters within Chang'an's borders are forbidden from engaging in any economic activity in society other than consumption."

"All Soul Masters must enter Jixia Academy to cultivate."

"All businesses related to Soul Masters will be taken over by the empire."

"Apart from the funds for constructing the Great Wall, all military expenses will be invested into Jixia Academy to subsidize Soul Masters."

Extraordinary times called for extraordinary measures.

If these Soul Masters would not enter Jixia Academy willingly, then he would force them to enter.

But thunderous measures alone would not be enough.

Likewise, they needed vast sums of money to soothe the restless hearts of these Soul Masters.

Otherwise, not only would they fail to become the Chang'an Empire's blade for foreign conquest, they would instead turn around and devour the Chang'an Empire!

Combining kindness and authority was the only path to longevity!

The Three Sages of Jixia looked at one another.

It seemed that this time, they would not merely be teaching.

They would also have to subdue these Soul Masters!

Then, amused expressions appeared on all three of their faces!

"Interesting! This kind of teaching is far more interesting than before!" Zither music drifted upward.

"Teaching students, and conquering the world while we're at it!" The old child excitedly made flamboyant gestures!

In the past, they taught in order to raise powerful individuals to fight the Demon Seed and save the world.

Now, they taught in order to conquer the world!