Back to Longhu Temple.

Zhang Fulong took out three silver notes. "Good disciple, you must spend these three hundred taels of silver notes sparingly. Our Longhu Temple is so dilapidated, your master is reluctant to spend a single penny."

"Disciple understands."

Qin Luo carefully put away the silver notes.

He arrived at the foot of Luoxia Peak and Qin Luo handed Zhao Qing'er a hundred taels of silver notes. "Miss Zhao, this money is your wages. Please manage it after the academy is built."

"Uh-huh."

Zhao Qing'er smiled and agreed.

She never expected to earn back the money she had initially invested.

Qin Luo arrived near Mirror Lake. He raised his hand, and the soil and rocks of the wasteland began to tumble, quickly forming a foundation.

Hearing the commotion, the Earth God of Mirror Lake came closer, bowed respectfully, and asked, "Great Immortal, is there anything I can do to help you?"

"Senior, I will need your help to look after the children of the academy and protect their safety in the future." Qin Luo knew that the divine power of the Earth God of Mirror Lake was much stronger than before.

"no problem."

The Earth God of Mirror Lake nodded, "If there are academies in the mountains for children to study, the people in the mountains will not think about moving to the town, and the mountains will definitely become more and more lively in the future."

"yes!"

Qin Luo decided to build the academy as soon as possible so that the children in the mountains could come and study after the spring planting season.

He went deep into the mountains to cut down trees, then cut the timber himself. In just half a day, several spacious wooden houses rose from the ground, and even the courtyard walls were built.

Linglong sat in the tree watching Qin Luo build a house. She found it very interesting and played with a pear blossom in her hand.

Looking at the nascent form of the academy.

A satisfied smile appeared on Qin Luo's face.

He turned to look at Linglong in the tree, his smile bright, "Linglong, I'll trouble you to take care of the academy from now on."

"Don't worry, sir, this is my territory!"

Linglong proudly raised her head.

Can you cook?

"I don't even know how to eat."

"Can you read?"

"I know a lot of words."

Qin Luo's eyes lit up. "Linglong, would you like to be a teacher at the academy?"

"It seems quite interesting."

Linglong thought for a moment, then nodded.

Apart from her delicate dragon horns, Linglong looked no different from a human. Qin Luo knew she was kind-hearted. "Zhao Qing'er will be coming here in the future, and you will teach with her. I know you don't need money. What do you want as payment?"

"I don't need any payment. I'll stay if I like it here, and I'll leave if it's boring."

"That's fine too."

Qin Luo nodded with a smile.

Linglong arrived at the academy, which was still quite deserted. She was the first to enter the academy, her face beaming with joy.

Qin Luo arrived at Chenjiagou and found Chen Xingzhou, whose hair was completely white. "Old Chen, Chang'an wants to build an academy near Black Mountain. I have chosen the location of the academy next to Mirror Lake."

"This is fantastic news!"

Chen Xingzhou strongly agreed.

Qin Luo took out a hundred taels of silver notes. "Jinghu Academy is mostly completed. I would like to trouble you to hire some craftsmen to help at Jinghu Academy and make some chairs and benches to make up for the missing items. If you don't have enough money, you can ask my master for it."

"Since it was Chang'an's idea, how could we let the Immortal Master pay for it? That would be too much of a shame. Our Chen family ancestors were once quite prominent." Chen Xingzhou waved his hands repeatedly.

Qin Luo stuffed a hundred-tael silver note into his hand, saying, "Please accept this, sir. I'll need your help to hire some craftsmen."

Chen Xingzhou nodded helplessly and accepted the silver note. "Immortal Master, is the academy still short of people?"

"You're lacking in everything, yet you're a teacher?"

"I can guard the door."

"Please rest at home, sir."

"I'm so bored at home. If possible, I'd like to go and work as a gatekeeper at the academy. I hope the immortal master will allow me to."

Chen Xingzhou wanted to do something for the academy, and Qin Luo saw Chen Chang'an standing to the side nod. He smiled and agreed, "Alright, from now on, the gatekeeping job will be handled by Elder Chen."

"Thank you, Immortal Master."

Chen Xingzhou burst into laughter.

After leaving the Chen family, Qin Luo and Chen Chang'an strolled and chatted in the mountains. "Jinghu Academy will be divided into boarding and day students in the future, so that children living far away can also come to study."

"Brother Qin, your idea is good, but the cost will be very high." Chen Chang'an agreed with Qin Luo's idea.

Qin Luo smiled slightly, "Money is not a problem. Although I don't have money, my master has plenty."

Chen Chang'an bowed deeply to Qin Luo, "Thank you, Brother Qin. I thank you on behalf of the people in the mountains."

Qin Luo helped him up. "Chang'an, this is what I can do. You would do the same if you were capable, wouldn't you?"

Chen Chang'an and Qin Luo exchanged a similar smile.

......

evening.

Shuanghe Village.

Smoke began to rise from the riverbank.

When Ziyue returned home with her parents, she saw a patch of houttuynia cordata growing very well in the mountains. "Mom, there's houttuynia cordata there. Let's go dig some."

"good!"

Su Rong nodded, her face full of a happy smile, "Little Yue'er, let's have stir-fried pork with houttuynia cordata for dinner!"

"Great!"

Ziyue and Zifeng began digging for houttuynia cordata.

Zi Mu continued walking, carrying his hoe. "I'm going to the river to collect some snails to take back with me, so I can have something to eat tonight."

"Dad, I want to go too!"

Compared to digging up houttuynia cordata.

Ziyue preferred collecting snails.

Su Rong and Zi Feng continued digging for houttuynia cordata.

Ziyue followed her father to the river to collect snails. There were many snails in the river, and they quickly filled half a basket.

"Dad, I caught a little crab!"

"Just enough to fill a gap between your teeth."

"hey-hey."

Ziyue released the baby crab back into the wild.

Zi Mu washed the snails he had picked up in the river, while Su Rong and Zi Feng dug up a lot of houttuynia cordata to take home.

Life in the mountains is tough, but also blissful.

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