After saying that, Jiang Luofu threw a small bag over and said, "Go back to the classroom."
Zuan took the bag, opened it, and found some herbs and a ruby the size of a fingertip inside. He couldn't help but ask, "What's this?"
Jiang Luofu replied, "The resources needed for cultivation are herbs for soaking the body and spirit stones for absorption and refinement."
Seemingly worried about causing him to misunderstand, she paused and quickly added, "Every student will receive one; there are only so many for the Yellow Class."
"This thing is a Yuan Stone?" Zuan picked up the small stone and examined it. It was almost exactly the same as the ruby from his previous life.
"You've never seen it before? Then how did you cultivate to your current level?" Jiang Luofu asked curiously.
Zuan didn't want the keyboard incident to be exposed, so he quickly changed the subject: "Didn't you say that my aptitude is super-grade? Then I'm more than qualified to go to the top class. Even if you don't let me go, you should at least give me the cultivation resources of a top class student."
Jiang Luofu snorted: "Do you think it's that simple? The allocation of cultivation resources for each student in the school is fixed. It's not something our academy can decide, but rather the Ministry of Ceremonies of the Imperial Court. Every distribution is recorded and reported to the court. If you're not afraid of having your aptitude investigated, feel free to take more than you need."
"Then forget it." Zu An chuckled awkwardly. Anyway, he had the keyboard as a cheat, so there was no need to take such a big risk for a few spirit stones.
"Get lost." Jiang Luofu was worried that if she saw his lazy appearance again, she would be tempted to beat him up.
As Zu An emerged from the principal's office, he recalled Jiang Luofu's long legs... ptooey, ptooey, those words she had just spoken. He thought to himself, "One problem after another, turning me into a Tang Monk is really troublesome. I wonder if any female demons have pounced on me."
He returned to the classroom where he had just parted ways with Weisuo and found it already packed with people. Hearing the noise at the door, they all looked at him with curious eyes.
I thought it was a freshman enrollment, but it turns out it's a transfer student.
The teacher on the podium was an ordinary middle-aged man, so ordinary that you wouldn't remember his face if you threw him into a crowd.
He had clearly been notified in advance, so he paused his lecture and said, "This is our new student today, everyone please welcome him!"
Welcome to our new students!
Sparse applause rang out from the audience, each person drawing out their words listlessly.
For a moment, Zuan felt a sense of disorientation, as if he had returned to his middle school days; the atmosphere was all too familiar.
"New student, come over and introduce yourself." The middle-aged teacher beckoned to him.
Zuan said "Oh," walked onto the stage, and said, "Zuan, male, likes women." Then he walked off the stage.
Middle-aged teacher: "..."
That's it?
Some of the girls started whispering among themselves:
"Wow, that's so stylish, I love it."
"He's so handsome!"
"But the way he talks about it makes him sound like a playboy."
"How can a handsome guy not be a womanizer? Women love bad boys, right?"
...
Unlike the girls' reactions, the boys all stared at him with hostile eyes.
"This guy is so arrogant, I just want to punch him when I see him."
"He's not handsome at all; he's nowhere near as good-looking as me."
"Why is another man here? There are already too many monks and not enough meat."
...
When Zuan saw the hundreds of anger points collected in the backend, he thought to himself that these new classmates were quite cute.
"Here! Here!"
From a distance, he could see Weisuo waving at him. Zuan hesitated for a moment. He had originally wanted to find a beautiful girl to sit next to, but after looking around the podium, he didn't see any pretty girls. Helpless, he had no choice but to sit down next to him.
Knock knock knock!
The middle-aged teacher tapped on the podium: "Alright, let's continue the lesson. Hmm, where were we?"
He flipped through the book for a while before finally saying, "Oh, here... let's continue..."
"Use punishment to govern, reward war and generous salaries, and employ tactics. If the capital is overrun, there will be no dishonest markets. When goods are plentiful, agriculture becomes lax, and dishonest practices prevail, the state will inevitably decline. If the people have surplus food, they should be made to contribute grain and titles, based on their own strength, and they will be vigilant and diligent. A three-inch tube should not be filled to overflowing. Granting official titles and salaries without merit is inappropriate. A state that grants official titles and ranks based on merit is called cultivating wisdom and strategy, and using courage and bravery in battle; such a state will be invincible. When a state grants official titles and ranks based on merit, those who seek good governance will be less concerned with governance, and speech will be suppressed. This is called using governance to eliminate governance, using speech to eliminate speech, and using merit to grant titles. Therefore, a state with great strength will be invincible. When its troops march out, they will surely conquer; when they conquer, they will surely possess..."
Zu An's eyes widened in disbelief. He could understand every single word the teacher said, but he had no idea what they meant when put together.
"What the hell is he talking about?" Zaun looked at Vesso next to him with a blank expression.
“I don’t understand either,” Vesso shook his head.
"What kind of class is this?" Zu An thought to himself, "I used to be a college student, how come I've become illiterate here?"
“It seems to be a criminal law case class,” Wei Suo explained. “The teacher is called Zhang San, and he has a nickname, ‘Outlaw Madman.’ He is an expert in legal loopholes and is a legal officer under the county magistrate who is here as a guest to teach some criminal law case classes. You know that for people like us, there is no hope of cultivation. We mainly need to learn these practical courses so that we can have a future.”
Zuan has more or less learned about the correspondence between the official system and strength in this world. The city lord of Bright Moon City has the strength of the seventh rank. Under the city lord are the county magistrate and the county lieutenant, who can be considered the second and third most powerful people in the city. They are all of the fifth rank. Under the county lieutenant are six departments: military, law, personnel, merit, household, and granary, which are responsible for the management of their respective areas. All six departments are of the third rank.
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