Jixia Academy truly was a loose and easygoing place. It was not that the people here did not work hard—quite the opposite. The instructors taught with great care, and every student was exceedingly diligent.
What was meant by loose and easygoing was a sense of relaxation that came from within.
Everyone worked hard during class, yet before and after class they laughed and joked around.
Perhaps because it was too closed off, pressure from the Outside World found it difficult to seep in. The people here were far less like those in Linzi City, always rushing about as though they feared being late for everything.
After leaving Gui Terrace, Jiang Wang immediately went to attend a Buddhist School class.
This instructor was lecturing mainly on the Lotus Sutra, supplemented by an analysis of a set of Buddhist Sect Great Hand Seals... His teaching was not bad, but his face remained bitter throughout.
Practicing Buddhism in Qi State, it was difficult not to be bitter.
Including Jiang Wang, there were only three people attending.
The other two were a man and a woman, talents raised by the academy from childhood, seated in the corner.
They had no friendly expressions for Jiang Wang, who had barged in uninvited.
Jiang Wang paid them no mind. He listened through the class on his own, frequently engaging the instructor in discussion.
This greatly excited the academy instructor, whose secular name was Yan Chanyi. Perhaps he had been talking to himself for too long; even after class, he was reluctant to leave. He kept asking Jiang Wang whether he would come tomorrow, whether he would come the day after tomorrow, hinting in every word that he had even more formidable Buddhist teachings to impart...
The man and woman spent the entire class exchanging flirtatious glances in