The so-called canteen was actually just an agreement between the academy and the village. They hired a few villagers to be in charge of everyone's meals. Although the breakfast was a little simple, it won in terms of quantity. It was not a problem to eat until one was full.
When they arrived at the canteen, Luo Xingchen, Ning Rongrong and the ice cold girl Zhu Zhuqing had already arrived. Zhu Zhuqing seemed to already have nothing wrong besides her complexion being a bit pale.
Ma Hongjun's eyes were somewhat straight as he looked at the two women, not concealing a gulp of saliva.
Dai Mubai elbowed him, saying in a low voice: "You better behave yourself and suppress the evil fire.”
"Why?" Don't tell me you're going to do it again? I say, Boss Dai, even if you are the boss, you should at least leave some soup for your brothers to drink.”
Dai Mubai bumped into him again, stealing a glance at Zhu Zhuqing. Zhu Zhuqing didn't seem to notice them, slowly eating her breakfast, her expression still ice-cold.
Xiao Wu sat down next to Ning Rongrong, speaking to her with a low smile. From Ning Rongrong's somewhat surprised expression at Ma Hongjun, Ma Hongjun also knew they were talking about him. She sat down, feeling a little discouraged, and took the breakfast on the table to vent.
Dai Mubai coughed, saying: He was always so lazy. Other than Little Ao, I think everyone is here. In the future, everyone will be living and studying together. Let's get to know each other. Let me introduce you, this fatty is another student of our academy, called Ma Hongjun, his spirit is grass, oh, no, phoenix.”
Hearing the two words Phoenix, Zhu Zhuqing raised her head, but she only glanced at Ma Hongjun. When her gaze swept over Dai Mubai, it seemed to add a bit of coldness.
Luo Xingchen's brows furrowed as he thought," Phoenix?
"That's right, boss Dai, I heard that the new student yesterday made teacher Zhao suffer quite a bit, who was it?”
"It's this one. His name is Luo Xingchen."
"That's not right, your age also looks about the same as mine, shouldn't be thirtieth rank." How can we let teacher Zhao suffer a loss, he's a seventy sixth ranked Spirit Sage, I don't believe it.”
"What less than thirtieth rank, he's a forty third ranked Battle Spirit Ancestor!”
"No, it's rank-44." Luo Xingchen said indifferently.
What was impossible? You were only level 43 yesterday!"
"I passed yesterday's exam and became a 44th grade student.”
Everyone was sweating profusely, 44?
Dai Mubai also told Ma Hongjun the names and spirits of Luo Xingchen and the other five newcomers. As for Luo Xingchen's true strength, he also didn't explain too much, only hinting to Ma Hongjun that it was best not to provoke him.
Finished introducing, Dai Mubai continued: "Everyone will be living and cultivating together in the future. There was no need to be too restrained in how he addressed her. Including the four of you newcomers, there are only seven people in the academy. Little Ao and Fatty call me Boss Dai because I'm a bit older than them. You can call me Mubai, Ma Hongjun can directly call him Fatty, Oscar that guy, you can call him little Ao or big sausage uncle. Tang San, how about I call you little San in the future?”
"Yes!"
"Call me Stardust."
Not waiting for Dai Mubai to talk about her, Ning Rongrong straightforwardly said: "You can call me Rongrong. My family and friends call me that.”
She had a smile on her face the entire time. Her simple words had unknowingly closed the distance between her and everyone else.
Xiao Wu's address naturally didn't need to change, when Dai Mubai's gaze fell on Zhu Zhuqing, Zhu Zhuqing stood up,”With that, he turned around and walked out.
Ma Hongjun somewhat surprised said to Dai Mubai: "Boss Dai, aren't you known as the all-conquering lady killer? Why is this new pretty girl not even willing to look at you?”
Dai Mubai smiled bitterly, shaking his head, but didn't explain.
"Mubai, we're all new here, tell us about the Academy's rules and courses.”
Dai Mubai reluctantly withdrew his thoughts from Zhu Zhuqing, saying: "The academy doesn't have any special rules. To put it simply, rape and plunder were not allowed, but fighting and gambling were encouraged.”
A smile appeared on Luo Xingchen's face. Monster Academy was indeed worthy of being called Monster Academy. Even the teaching method was very different from Nuoding Academy.
"The teachers believe that fighting is the best shortcut to familiarizing oneself with one's spirit, increasing actual combat experience is extremely important. Gambling was a game of the heart, which was very beneficial to enhance one's psychological quality, observation, and judgment. Of course, everything had to stop. Simply put, one could not kill in battle, and it would not be a problem as long as one did not lose their pants in gambling.”
"As for the course arrangement, I don't know about it in the future because our courses can change at any time. After all, there are only a few of us, and the number of teachers is even more than the number of students. Therefore, the academy will adjust the curriculum according to our individual circumstances. But I can be sure that the most important part of today's lesson is to collect money. The academy's annual tuition fee was 100 gold coins. You're all Spirit Grandmasters, so there shouldn't be any problem.”
Hearing Dai Mubai say this, Xiao Wu couldn't help interrupting: "Boss Dai, you said yesterday that the school was very poor. But why was the academy poor? Some of the teachers we met were over level 60, while others were over level 70. According to their ranks, the allowance they could receive from Spirit Hall was in itself an astronomical figure. Supporting such a small academy shouldn't count for much.”
According to Xiao Wu's speculation, Spirit Masters 'allowance was one gold coin a month, Spirit Grandmasters ten gold coins, Spirit Elders should be a hundred gold coins, Spirit Ancestors a thousand, Spirit Kings ten thousand, Spirit Emperors should be a hundred thousand gold coins a month. Not to mention yesterday they faced Zhao Wuji, that was the existence of a Spirit Sage, one million gold coins a month, just thinking about it was a frightening number.
"If it's like you said, the Academy of course doesn't need to worry about any income problems. However, that was not the case. The subsidies Spirit Hall gave were all allocated by the empire, paid by Spirit Hall on their behalf. The subsidy was only given to Soul Elders. Every month, he would receive 100 gold coins, just like what I am doing now. And after surpassing the Soul Elder rank, not only would the subsidy not increase, but it would also disappear. In other words, including Spirit Ancestors, Spirit Masters above Spirit Ancestor were unable to receive any subsidies from Spirit Hall. Every month when you go to Spirit Hall to receive your allowance, there will be a spirit power test. That is to determine if your spirit power has exceeded rank-40. Once it exceeds rank-40, the subsidy will immediately stop being distributed.”
This time, even Luo Xingchen could not help but be curious." Why is this happening? The higher the strength of a soul master, the more valuable it should be.”
"But, this has to start from reality. Even though Spirit Masters were a noble profession, there weren't many true Spirit Masters. However, it was still a group that was not too small. You should've also calculated, if you distribute according to the subsidy ratio, reaching Spirit Sage level, the monthly subsidy is one hundred thousand gold spirit coins, one year is one million two hundred thousand gold spirit coins. What a huge number! Let alone other places, if we receive subsidies according to the strength of our academy's teachers, if the empire gives out the full amount, the income of our academy's teachers will be able to catch up to one-tenth of Suotuo City's total national income in a year. What a huge number! And in the entire empire, even though the number of high-level spirit masters was small, the subsidies given in this manner were enough to drag the entire empire down.”
Thus, the empire stipulated that the subsidy was only to encourage and help low-level soul masters to cultivate in order to raise their strength as soon as possible. But above the fortieth rank, even if they were rather powerful Spirit Masters, they could completely choose to pledge allegiance to the empire or join the army. In that case, the dynasty would give the corresponding remuneration. Of course, Spirit Masters also had the right to choose freely. They could also obtain considerable income by joining some clans.”
Speaking up to here, Dai Mubai's face revealed an expression of admiration,"And our Academy's teachers are all unwilling to take shelter under any kind of strength Spirit Master, in other words, before the Academy was established, they all walked alone. They liked freedom and hated restrictions. He didn't even care about the title given by the empire. Think about it, under such circumstances, what kind of income can they have?”
"Why aren't you willing to obtain the title the empire provides? With a title of nobility, there should be a certain amount of income. I remember that those above level 30 would be granted the title of Baron by the Empire, and level 40 would be Viscount. There won't be any more after that."
Ning Rongrong answered Dai Mubai's question for her,"Accepting the Empire's title also means having the obligation to serve the Empire. Once war breaks out, under the Empire's warning, as an Empire noble, you must obey the Empire's orders to go to the battlefield. Although the title of nobility was good, it was also a restrictive spell. Many powerful Spirit Masters wouldn't accept the title of nobility because they didn't want to risk their lives for a single power.”
At this moment, a clanging sound suddenly came from outside.
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