Chapter 340 Interrogation (2)
Hearing his address to her, Ji Rong felt quite pleased. Suppressing her laughter, she said, "Your speech is quite clear. Since you are so poor, do you know how to read? Do you have the patience to be a teacher and teach these young children to be literate?"
Upon hearing this, Sanya immediately saw an opportunity and replied, "My mother was a Xuanling Realm cultivator, and she taught me a great deal when she was alive."
Since we went up Ironflint Mountain, Patriarch Jizhi has taught me quite a few words; he should be able to teach.
Ji Rong then casually asked, "I've noted it down. Do you have any wishes?"
Sanya was taken aback by these words, but he still felt it was an opportunity, so he quickly replied, "I want to bring my daughter back."
"My daughter... my daughter was working as a maid there, but Yu Fan said she had eaten a lot of his family's spiritual food, and he would only allow her to return if she ate five hundred spirit crystals."
Ji Rong nodded and said, "That's right. Although you are a bit old, you are very clever. If you can be competent as a teacher, I don't mind paying you some wages in advance so that you can bring your daughter back."
But if that's the case, both you and your father will have to work for the Guardian Palace. Are you willing?
Sanya quickly exclaimed, "Yes, I am willing! Thank you, Lady Ji!"
After asking the oldest one, Ji Rong pointed to the smallest white wolf cultivator in the middle, who was at the Fusion Realm, and asked, "Little wolf cub, how did you come to be?"
The young wolf cultivator immediately nodded his head to the ground and said, "Lord Ji, I am nameless and illiterate."
My mother was injured by falling rocks when the earth shook, and died from her injuries. The clan chief then drove me out of the village.
I wandered through the Danxue Mountains, and one day I heard them say that if I signed a contract at the Dragon and Phoenix Palace, I could have a full stomach, so I came.”
Ji Rong then asked the remaining three cultivators to answer one by one.
A young tiger cultivator at the Fusion Realm stepped forward and said, "Lord Ji, my name is Fourth Sister. There are four sisters in my family. My mother thought I was the weakest, so she sent me here to make a living."
A black bird cultivator at the Fusion Realm stepped forward and said, "Lord Ji, I am Wu Tu. My family has fallen on hard times. When I saw Lord Jue post the list, I came here."
Upon learning that her surname was Wu, and that although she didn't talk much, she seemed calm and composed, suggesting a certain family tradition, Ji Rong asked again, "Can you read?"
Wu Tu said, "I know some."
"Then would you be willing to teach the cubs that have awakened wisdom?"
Wu Tu paused for a moment, then said, "I will follow Lord Ji's orders."
"Very good!" Ji Rong felt a little more favorably disposed towards Wu Tu.
Finally, a stubborn yellow cat cultivator who had only reached the Illusionary Transformation Realm stood up, raised his paws, and bowed directly to Ji Rong, saying, "Lord Ji, I am Da Huang. I was originally one of the slaves of Min Ji of the Gray Bear Clan of Bitter Cliff Mountain. She was unwilling to support me anymore, so I came out to find work."
The mines don't want someone as small and weak as me.
As I was walking along the road, I heard Wu Tu say that she was going to see Jue Jun's announcement, so I followed her.
Ji Rong then asked, "Can you read?"
The big yellow dog shook its head and said, "I don't know."
"I understand," Ji Rong said. "You should all continue to study diligently at Iron Flakes Mountain these next few days. I will conduct an assessment for you in a few days, and those who pass the assessment will receive a reward."
After saying this, Ji Rong flapped his wings at them, and had Ji Zhuang, who was standing by, lead them out and send them back to Iron Flake Mountain.
She herself, meanwhile, held her head high and spread her wings in the hall, laughing heartily with a "ha-ga-ha-ga" sound.
After laughing, Ji Rong pulled out the "literacy book" written by Jiu Feng from her toe.
The book was clearly labeled "Literacy Book," and its crude style of operation made Ji Rong want to immediately summon Jiu Feng, pry open his head, and see if it contained black ash or brains.
As for the contents, the handwriting was messy and the text was obscure and difficult to understand. Even Ji Rong could only read ten pages before she couldn't continue. At one point, Ji Rong was so angry that she wanted to draw her sword and hang Jiu Feng up and beat him up.
But as soon as she sat up, she sat back down. She sat in front of the desk for a while, then began to polish the book using the knowledge in her mind.
To be honest, she, being very knowledgeable, originally wanted to completely change.
But she was afraid that if she changed things, Jiu Feng would abandon his responsibilities and the entire "Great Wind Sect" would be unable to continue teaching. They were teachers and pioneers who came voluntarily. If they couldn't continue, who would come in the future?
Ji Rong thought about what she looked like when she was weak, and carefully expanded her knowledge of the basic common sense of the cultivation world based on what Jiu Feng wrote and pointed out the sources. She even thought about how to reward Jiu Feng later.
With this expansion, Ji Rong expanded the simple wooden book into four thick volumes, namely the "Character Recognition Chapter," "Object Identification Chapter," "Inscription Chapter," and "Simplified Diagram of Talisman Arrays" of the Way of Talisman Arrays.
Of course, the book is not finished yet, because the last three chapters need to be interspersed with a lot of pictures and text, and this task will be done by professionals like Jiu Feng.
Ji Rong took out the "Literacy Manual" and handed the other three books to Ji Zhuang, who had just returned, and asked Ji Zhuang to send them to the Great Wind Sect.
She said calmly, "Brother, from now on, have Jiu Feng stop what he's doing in his claws, and have him take the cubs, identify the objects described in these books, and then insert the illustrations and text from these three books."
"After you've inserted the illustrations, have him come over. I'll reward him handsomely." Ji Zhuang took the book and flew back to Xingluo Plain.
Ji Rong then flew towards Iron Fragment Mountain.
Outside the Great Wind Sect, Jiu Feng, who was setting up an array on the Starfall Plain, took the book from Ji Zhuang's hand and listened to Ji Zhuang repeat Ji Rong's words word by word. He was not happy about it.
But upon hearing Ji Zhuang relay the last sentence, Jiu Feng was immediately pleased again.
With such a generous reward, how could he refuse? In order to speed up the process, Jiu Feng happily accepted the book and headed to the grassy area that had been temporarily used as a bookstore with only a simple isolation array set up.
Inside the Iron Fragment Mountain Refining Sect, Ji Zhi summoned the five apprentices upon seeing Ji Rong's arrival.
Ji Rong handed over the book in her hand and said, "The five of you, each of you, read this book to me one by one, and then share your understanding of it."
Only Sanya and Wutu slowly finished reading it. One of them said it was a book for learning the common language of the demon race, and the other said it was a tool book for a profound skill.
The other three could only barely recognize a few characters.
Ji Rong then said, "Ji Zhi, I intend to send them to the Great Wind Sect to be teachers of characters. Are you willing?"
Ji Zhi immediately bowed to Ji Rong and said, "It is their good fortune that Lord Ji has taken a liking to them."
Ji Rong nodded, and then asked Gu Qingqing, who had been working as a supervisor in the mine of the Refining Sect, to accompany Sanya on a trip and pay 500 spirit crystals to buy back his daughter.
The next day, Gu Qingqing led a very thin and weak Illusionary Realm Rabbit to Ji Rong.
Looking at the rabbit, which was so small that hardly any flesh could be scraped off, Ji Rong thought to herself that if she was only buying it to be used as meat or a maid, spending five hundred spirit crystals would indeed be a waste.
However, given his father's sharp tongue, this little rabbit's brain shouldn't be too bad either.
So Ji Rong casually tested the little rabbit's knowledge, and sure enough, the rabbit could read! It spoke fluently! And it had a gentle personality!
In this way, the fact that the little rabbit is thin and weak and can't do much work is not a flaw, because what is needed for an early childhood educator is a gentle and patient personality.
Although I don't know much, it's something I can still learn.
Ji Rong then had the little rabbit Xiu, nicknamed Big Tail, sign a "contract of servitude." After she learned to read from her father, she went to work as a teacher in the "literacy class" in Xingluo Plain.
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