That morning, nearly every student at Taiwu Academy attended the first Literary Strategy Class, and Jiang Ping'an attended class at the Upper Kun Courtyard as well.
Princess Bailing and Yan Ruyu also attended. The two women did not sit together, but both drew furtive looks from many male students.
The students sat scattered throughout the lecture hall in groups of two or three. A middle-aged instructor entered and climbed onto the five-foot-high platform.
When Jiang Ping'an saw the middle-aged instructor, he found him somewhat familiar. After thinking for a moment, he remembered him. It was Instructor Li, the man who had arranged the residences.
After Instructor Li stepped onto the platform, he sat cross-legged on the wisteria cushion placed there before looking over all the students. "My name is Li Zaidao, and I come from the Holy Confucian Sect. From now on, I will teach the Literary Strategy Class at the Upper Kun Courtyard."
"If anyone thinks my lectures are poor, you may attend lectures in the halls of other courtyards. If you think my lectures are good, you may also invite your friends to come listen."
The students could not help being surprised. They could actually choose their teachers freely midway through?
After Li Zaidao finished speaking, he turned and nodded to the assistant standing beside the platform. The assistant immediately carried a tall bundle of books toward the students and began distributing them.
After handing out one bundle, the instructor's assistant took another bundle from his Cosmos Sack and continued distributing them.
In the end, every student received six books.
The six books were respectively Brief History of the Great Wilderness, History of the Human Race's Rise, Biographies of Sacred Bodies and Great Emperors, History of the Great Qian Kingdom, The Way of War, and Governing the People.