Seeing the Truth

"You're saying their dormitories are 5,000 square meters?"

"To be precise, it's 8 mu, and they aren't dormitories, they should be called cultivation courtyards!" Deep Blue played a scene of Xun Hu's room for Yang Ning.

As soon as they entered through the small door, they passed a screen, and the scene behind it suddenly opened up.

Pavilions and towers, small bridges and flowing water, an endless training ground, and weapon racks placed by the side of the training ground, Blades, Spears, Swords, Halberds, Axes, Cleavers, Hooks, and Crossbows, each one a Magic Artifact!

I only knew the school gave us weapons, but I didn't expect the attendant to get one, and Xun Hu to get ten?

"Why would he need me to forge if he has weapons?" Yang Ning asked.

"Probably because of this!" Deep Blue played a classroom video.

The teacher on stage had thick eyebrows and big eyes, wearing a blue robe. A line of text appeared next to him, displaying his information.

Lin Shi, Inner Disciple, Qi Refining Second Level.

"Another Lin?" Yang Ning blinked, wondering if Lin Tianheng had brought over his extended family, or if the Lin Clan truly had significant influence in Taiheng.

"On the path of cultivation, four elements are crucial: wealth, companion, method, and land!" Lin Shi said loudly on stage. "You are all princes of a nation, and you have a nation to provide for your cultivation. Wealth is certainly not lacking. Method and land will be provided by us, Taiheng Sect, and you have no control over these. What can you control!"

He tapped the blackboard and said, "That's right, it's the companion. This companion refers to a Dao Companion. But in the Cultivation World, there are far more men than women. When a female cultivator appears, there will often be hundreds or thousands of male cultivators pursuing her. And this female cultivator will generally only like the most outstanding people in the sect, such as our Taiheng Sect's Senior Brother Tian Dao Yi, Senior Brother Lin Tianheng, and Senior Brother Feng Jingbai. How can you compete with them?"

"The sect has already prepared this for you!" Lin Shi wrote the words attendant, servant, and maid on the blackboard, then tapped on the word maid. "That's right, maids are for this!"

"Taiheng Sect has the Mysterious Yin Heaven Mending Scripture, a peerless Daoist spell with the effects of prolonging life, nourishing qi and essence, and preserving youth. No female cultivator can refuse this Daoist spell. And the Mysterious Yin Qi cultivated from this Daoist spell is a top-tier nourishing qi that can help you go further in the Qi Refining Realm!"

"Holy crap?" Yang Ning was shocked. He only knew that the Mysterious Yin Heaven Mending Scripture was one of Taiheng Sect's eight peerless Daoist spells and had the effect of preserving youth, but he never expected it to be used for this purpose!

"As for attendants and servants, they are not Dao Companions, but their responsibilities are equally important!" Lin Shi first tapped on servant. "The candidates for servants are all people with honest personalities and plump figures. The Daoist spells they can learn in the future are all protective secret arts like body refinement, iron armor, and soul forging. They will bear the responsibility of protecting you in life-and-death situations!"

Yang Ning thought of Su Bai, his body full of fat and his simple personality. He seemed to be the perfect candidate for a bodyguard!

"As for attendants, they are the best helpers on your cultivation journey because they are responsible for learning the hundred arts of cultivation such as Pill Refining, Artifact Forging, Talismans, and Formations. You may not know that after reaching the Qi Refining Stage, the prices of various cultivation resources will skyrocket, and even a country behind you cannot afford it. At this time, if you have a helper who can refine pills and artifacts, your financial resources will be much smoother, and you can also save a large portion of your cultivation needs due to their abilities!"

"Therefore, when choosing an attendant, you must choose someone intelligent and with excellent comprehension. I must commend Xun Hu on this point. Your attendant, Yang Ning, is a renowned prodigy throughout Taiheng, and he is naturally interested in artifact forging."

Yang Ning's face darkened. He liked being praised, but not in this way.

Moreover, I like artifact forging, but if artifact forging is to become someone else's tool, that's another matter entirely!

"Since you understand the functions of Dao Companions, what should we do?" Lin Shi continued, "Naturally, we should support them and cultivate them to develop in the corresponding direction! For maids, let them mingle with other maids. We don't even need to do anything; they will naturally start competing. At that time, to win victory, they will wholeheartedly support their masters!"

"For servants, you can use bullying tactics. Servants are often plump and honest, and they are already targets of bullying in school. With this awareness, you must take the initiative. You can form teams, be friends in class, and enemies outside. After a few fights, the servants will naturally want to learn actively. At that time, you can say that you worked hard to obtain this Golden Body Method, and how can you not win their hearts?"

"For attendants who like artifact forging and pill refining, give them strong support. Don't think the investment and consumption will be large. If you don't invest now, the cost will be even greater when you reach the Qi Refining Stage. Moreover, the materials purchased at this stage are ordinary, so how much can it cost?"

"As for attendants who are not interested in artifact forging and pill refining and only want to cultivate, entice them a few times with pills. Once they taste the benefits and have no money to buy pills, they will naturally take the bait. Artifact forging is the same. We prohibit the inflow of weapons from outside. What happens if they are bullied in school and suffer from not having weapons? They will definitely go to forge artifacts, and thus naturally embark on the path of pill refining and artifact forging."

"So this is the truth?" Yang Ning's expression was indifferent. "It's exactly what Tuo Buchuan said!"

He had guessed that the Ascension Academy might have implemented differentiated education for disciples, and today, this matter was finally confirmed.

Admittedly, to the locals, this seemed normal. The qualification for cultivation was originally for their princes. Giving them a chance to embark on the path of cultivation was already great, what more could they ask for?

But Yang Ning's education since childhood was that kings and generals were not born noble. All the courses he took were about how to overthrow feudal dynasties and establish a world of equality for all.

Such a Yang Ning, if placed in ancient times, would not be an exaggeration to call him rebellious to the bone!

Are you a prince because you are capable? Isn't it just because you were born into a good family?

If Yang Ning hadn't realized something was wrong early on, he would have already raised a rebellion and changed the dynasty!

For me to be a tool for you, and to work for free, why!

"Is there anything else?" Yang Ning asked. "They don't just teach this in class, do they!"

"There are also sword techniques, saber techniques, spear techniques, and archery, none of which were mentioned in the Twelve Divine Forms!" Deep Blue demonstrated another class.

The teacher held a long spear and demonstrated a spear technique called Phoenix Cry.

The teacher's movements were graceful, like a phoenix. After a hundred moves, the spear in his hand actually glowed red, and soon it even sparked in the air!

Yang Ning watched it over and over, slowed it down countless times, and after several attempts, finally grasped the trick.

This spear technique was based on the bird-shaped divine form technique, but with the addition of a weapon, it gained countless variations.

Moreover, it could utilize the weight and swing of the weapon to provide more, stronger, and more complete training for the body's muscles.

This was not all. The breathing technique the teacher used while practicing the spear was not the Amber Breathing Technique, and the footwork was not any of the Twelve Divine Forms. It should be a matching technique for the Phoenix Cry spear technique.

This footwork made the stance stable and allowed for orderly advances and retreats. It was clearly very advanced. Yang Ning simulated several attack routes in his mind, and this spear technique actually had corresponding moves!

It wasn't that Yang Ning was weak, but he had never created footwork. He hadn't created the Lingbo Weibu he had envisioned before because he had no ideas.

With a weakness, naturally, he couldn't win.

Was that all? Not yet!

Didn't you see the red spearhead? This was the application of the Qi and Blood Field. By attaching all the field to the long spear, it could cause the spearhead to heat up and turn red!

A spearhead this red, even if it didn't stab someone, a touch could make them cry out in pain.

Yang Ning couldn't help but think that if he were to betray Xun Hu in the future, he might be killed by Xun Hu's spear even if he used the Grand Perfection level Twelve Divine Forms.

He would definitely not encounter such a scene, but what about other attendants with ideas?

Yang Ning gritted his teeth. He knew that the first eight levels of body refinement couldn't just be practicing one divine form technique!

The most foolish went for body refinement, the women became cauldrons, and the attendants with talent and potential no less than, or even surpassing, their masters, could not continue practicing martial arts, only artifact forging and pill refining!

"Black, truly f***ing black!"