Seeing that another teaching day had arrived, Xu Qingtong finally stopped crafting talismans, made a few preparations, and once again entered the lecture hall for the Qi Refining students.
Time flew by. Before he knew it, Xu Qingtong had been at the Academy for half a year. Besides his regularly scheduled monthly lessons, he also had to set aside a great deal of time to craft Spirit Talismans and Spirit Artifacts for the Academy.
After all, there were not many Spirit Talisman Masters in the Academy, and each had their own tasks. Recently, for some unknown reason, the Academy's demand for Spirit Talismans had surged. As a result, Xu Qingtong did not have much free time.
But his gains were also considerable, with sixteen or seventeen hundred merit coming in every month. By now, Xu Qingtong's Identity Token held seventeen thousand merit points.
Besides the merit he earned, Xu Qingtong had also improved greatly in talisman crafting and artifact refining over the past six months. After all, he had to teach the students. If his own skills were too poor, he would have no way to instruct them, which forced him to work desperately to improve!
Although he had gained much, he had his regrets too! He had originally hoped to make a breakthrough in the Puppet Art, but with no time to study it and no chance to attend other instructors' lessons, that plan had ultimately run aground!
That day, after finishing the last Spirit Talisman, Xu Qingtong let out a long breath. He felt the ease and pleasure of completing his task, but also a slight sense of loss.
Although he had been a little tired before, he had been quite content to earn a few hundred extra merit points each month.
With that income suddenly gone, Xu