Jinghu Academy, tea room.

Zi Yue smiled sweetly and said, "Sister Linglong."

"Purple Moon!"

Linglong's brows relaxed, and she stood up. "Mr. Qin, let me pour you some tea."

Qin Luo waved his hand, "No need, I just had some porridge."

"Master Qin."

Meng Bai raised his head, looking energetic. He had benefited greatly from taking the purple fruit and monkey wine last night.

"Mr. Meng, please continue with your work."

Qin Luo stood beside Meng Bai, watching him correct the articles. Meng Bai would circle the wrong words, underline the well-written paragraphs, and then write down his fair comments.

Meng Bai handed the corrected article to Qin Luo, saying, "Master Qin, could you please check it for me?"

"Old Meng is joking."

Qin Luo took the articles handed to him by Meng Bai. The topics were the same, but the content of these articles was completely different. The younger generation had different understandings of 'striving'. Some were about bringing honor to their parents, some were about striving to be the first when encountering difficulties, and some were about striving to become outstanding people. "Old Meng's corrections are correct."

Meng Bai asked with a smile, "Master Qin, what do you think of the articles these children wrote?"

Qin Luo nodded in praise, "The handwriting is neat, the writing is beautiful, and the articles are all well written. I didn't expect the young people of Jinghu Academy to be able to write such articles."

"It's all thanks to Master Meng's excellent teaching."

Linglong said respectfully.

Qin Luo cupped his hands in thanks, "Thank you for your trouble, Elder Meng."

Meng Bai shook his head modestly, "Master Qin, if you were given this topic, what would you write?"

Qin Luo replied with a smile, "Strive to compete with yourself, achieve unity of knowledge and action, and become the person you want to be."

Meng Bai nodded. "This is the answer I want to see, but there is no standard answer to this question."

"Meng is right."

Qin Luo's eyes were filled with respect.

"Junior sister, how would you write this?"

Upon hearing this, Zi Yue scratched her head awkwardly, "Senior brother, I get a headache just thinking about writing articles."

"Hahaha."

Qin Luo couldn't help but chuckle.

Linglong brought over two thick sheets of paper. "Sir, this is the list of the jade carving class. There are fifty-two children in total. This is their seating arrangement, name, age, gender, home address, family situation, personality traits, and so on."

"You seem to care about them quite a bit."

“Teaching at the academy naturally entails responsibility.”

"I think there are more than eighty children in the Puyu Class."

"Yes, at the beginning, Jinghu Academy only had a dozen or so children. Now the academy has more than two hundred children. When new students were enrolling this year, we even persuaded a group of three- or four-year-old children to withdraw and wait two years before enrolling."

Qin Luo said softly, "There will be more and more children in the Purple Cloud Mountains in the future, and we need to find a way to solve this problem."

Zi Yue raised an eyebrow, her eyes filled with a smile. "Senior brother, in two years the pressure on Mirror Lake Academy will be much less. At that time, Zi Feng and Xiao Zhang will come back to help."

Linglong frowned slightly, somewhat worried, "Having seen the prosperity outside, are they still willing to come back?"

Zi Yue nodded, her eyes resolute, and said, "Zi Feng and Xiao Zhang told me before they left that they would definitely return to Jinghu Academy after they finished their studies. I believe in them."

"I hope so."

She smiled sweetly.

Qin Luo smiled and said softly, "Whatever choice they make, I can understand. I hope they can live better lives and do what they want to do."

Meng Bai nodded.

Ziyue and Linglong nodded in agreement.

Qin Luo sat in the rattan chair, and he began to familiarize himself with the students on the list, and then checked the teaching plan.

The Unpolished Jade Class is the newest class this year, and they mainly study the Thousand Character Classic, while the Carved Jade Class mainly studies the Book of Poetry.

During this period, Linglong was in charge of teaching the students in the Unpolished Jade Class and the Carved Jade Class. The Unpolished Jade Class had many new students and was hard to teach, while the Carved Jade Class that Qin Luo was assigned to was much easier.

Linglong wanted Qin Luo to relax.

Qin Luo picked up the Book of Poetry on the table and began to study it. There were also notes written by Zhao Qing'er and Linglong inside.

Ziyue quietly sipped her tea.

"Mr. Qin, where is Fairy Flower Shadow?"

"She had to go back first."

Linglong said with a smile, "I originally wanted her to teach the girls embroidery."

Qin Luo said calmly, "It's alright, I'll handle it."

"Sir, are you serious?"

"really."

Qin Luo nodded.

Zi Yue giggled and said, "As expected of my senior brother!"

Qin Luo put away the Book of Poetry and stood up. "Linglong, Elder Meng, see you in a couple of days."

Linglong got up to see him off.

Qin Luo originally wanted to prepare lessons here, but not wanting to delay his junior sister's cultivation, he decided to return to Longhu Temple first.

Back at Longhu Temple, Qin Luo said with a smile, "Junior Sister, you should cultivate diligently. I'll go sit in the main hall for a while."

"Okay, senior brother!"

Ziyue walked towards the backyard of the Taoist temple with her hands behind her back.

Qin Luo arrived at the main hall of the Taoist temple, where Jin Yan and Cai Xia were sitting at a long table. They bowed and greeted him, "Senior Brother!"

What are you talking about?

“Senior brother, Caixia is explaining the Surangama Sutra to me.”

Qin Luo walked closer and took a look; it was the same copy of the Surangama Sutra that Xuan Qing had borrowed from Qinghe Tower.

Jin Yan scratched his head, a simple and honest smile on his face. "Senior brother, can we read Buddhist scriptures?"

"Of course you can watch it."

Qin Luo sat opposite Jin Yan and the others. He took out the creased copy of the Book of Songs and chuckled, "I'm still reading Confucian classics. You can ask me if you have any questions."

Jin Yan asked, "Senior brother, Buddhist scriptures say that the mind is neither inside nor outside. Where exactly is the mind located?"

Qin Luo smiled and said, "In my opinion, the mind is omnipresent, just like the Tao."

Jin Yan nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

Qin Luo opened the Book of Songs and picked up his pen to prepare his lesson.

A middle-aged man dressed in a blue brocade robe entered the hall with two servants. Jin Yan and Cai Xia rose to greet him.

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