Lu Wu looked it over and nodded. "It is a little strange. They even specifically noted it—could becoming an instructor actually be real? Brother Wei, what do you think?"
Wei Hai thought to himself, This clause is a little odd, but only I know everything I have learned. If I do not say it, who will know?
Not even Prince Dai—let alone Lu Wu—probably knows just how many secret tricks I have tucked away at the bottom of my chest.
Hmph. A master's secret transmissions—how could I possibly hand them over wholesale? Even if I become an instructor at Prince Dai's Residence and agree to this clause, I decide how much I teach. Could they possibly see through what I have held back?
With that thought, Wei Hai said to Lu Wu, "This is a minor matter. Compared with becoming an instructor at the Prince's Residence, it is nothing."
"Besides, if the Prince's Residence is hiring instructors, they will certainly want us to teach real skills. Otherwise, what use would they have for us?"
"Even when the countryside hires a schoolmaster, the contract says he must teach with all his heart and not deliberately conceal anything!"
After thinking it over, Lu Wu agreed. Wei Hai had made something of a name for himself in the martial world, but he was hardly a top-tier expert. Even if some of the martial arts he had learned were hidden trump cards, trading them for wealth and a promising future as an instructor at Prince Dai's Residence was naturally the better bargain.
He thought the same way. *Best case, I become an instructor at the Prince's Residence. If not, as long as I can show off my abilities, perhaps some other noble person will notice me and offer me a way forward. An opportunity