A quarter of an hour later, Lin Chen left with twenty taels of silver in reward.
The martial hall had rigid reward criteria for its students.
If one cultivated a martial art to Minor Achievement within three months, one could receive a reward of twenty taels of silver.
After Lin Chen left, only the two senior and junior sisters, Zeng Qingyao and Kong Yinglei, remained in the courtyard.
"Senior Sister, do you think Lin Chen has a chance of entering the Genius Student roster?" Kong Yinglei asked curiously.
"Hard to say."
Zeng Qingyao narrowed her eyes. "As for the Genius roster, only one person appears in each county every ten-odd years. Even looking across the prefectural city, there isn't necessarily one every year."
"Senior Sister, if Lin Chen really manages to be selected as a Genius Student, it'll be a good thing for our martial hall too."
The martial hall's duty was to educate its students.
For a martial hall, producing one Genius Student was comparable in merit to cultivating several new students who won first place in the martial hall competition.
After all, the martial hall's freshman competition was held once every year, at the end of the year.
"You want the martial hall to nurture Lin Chen?"
Zeng Qingyao saw through her junior sister's little thoughts as clearly as a mirror.
"I just think that since Lin Chen has a chance of touching the Genius Regulation, our martial hall ought to lend him a hand."
Kong Yinglei did not deny it. There was no way she could hide such a small thought from her own senior sister's sharp mind.
"We'll see whether Lin Chen can cultivate Water Cloud Palm to Minor Achievement over the coming month. If he can, we'll give him special training in Water