I Can See Your Combat Power
Chapter 1668 - 107: Widely Recruiting Talented People

Chapter 1668: Chapter 107: Widely Recruiting Talented People

Hearing this, Tang Luo’s eyes brightened: "The craftsmanship of the Ou Family is renowned throughout the world. With the assistance of Master Ou, the expansion of the mountain will surely be twice as effective with half the effort."

"President overpraises me."

Master Ou greeted Tang Luo with a smile, and the delegates around him looked on with envy at their joyful conversation.

But soon, their envy turned into blatant jealousy.

"Please trouble Elder Du to handle the enrollment for the children brought by Master Ou."

Tang Luo changed the subject and said to Du Ting, "Although there are only a few dormitory rooms left, if Master Ou does not mind, we should still be able to accommodate thirty or fifty people with some makeshift bedding."

Originally only hoping to curry favor, Master Ou now received such a generous offer and for a moment, didn’t know how to respond.

Once his befuddled emotions passed, he joyously bowed to the President, thanking him profusely.

Among the remaining family representatives, there were no lack of intelligent people who could easily read something into Tang Luo’s attitude.

For example, though the academy’s dormitory and classroom space are currently tight, that doesn’t mean there isn’t a possibility for some accommodations.

The Ou Family was able to receive such accommodations because they timely proposed to help with the mountain expansion and support the craftsmanship.

This is indeed the Ou Family’s expertise. It was an accidental success, but it also revealed the President’s urgency to many.

To obtain something in advance, one must first give, and if one wants to send their family disciples to the academy, they need to know the President’s preferences.

But this mysterious President seems to have popped up from nowhere—without any known affiliations or apparent interests aside from teaching and nurturing students.

Whether it’s family treasures, rare paintings, or precious books, even information about secret realms, all were ignored.

Everyone thought the President was impenetrable, but today, a scent has been caught.

The President seems to be very eager about the expansion of the mountain.

Those who can lead their clan’s disciples to Red Cloud Mountain are all among the top figures of Longzhou’s various families, and they are certainly not lacking in decisiveness and courage.

After discovering a possibility, they have the courage to probe.

"Currently, Unparalleled City has become the new martial arts holy land that warriors of Longzhou aspire to. However, the Red Cloud Ferry Crossing can only berth a hundred or so passenger boats. How can this reflect the grandeur of the academy? I, Yancang of the Wu Family, am willing to construct a ferry port for Unparalleled City to express my respect for the academy," said a robust man with a square face, stepping forward and bowing to Tang Luo.

The already favored Master Ou remained smiling without a word, others tasting the situation with bright eyes focused on the President, patiently waiting for the outcome of this probe.

Seeing the eager looks on the faces of the familial delegates, inside and out, Tang Luo smiled heartily, acknowledging that the world is indeed full of clever people.

Just a hint of intention is enough for someone to find a way to knock on the door.

What Red Cloud Mountain lacks most now is time. Sects in Zhongzhou have already started making moves. When the second tier of Dragon Gate emerges, if Red Cloud Mountain has not undergone qualitative changes, it will shift from being Xiehe’s number one academy to the first one to be surpassed.

With the great flourish of martial arts for a thousand years, the level of sects in martial artists’ hearts needs no explanation. Just a rumor could change the position of Unparalleled Academy in the hearts of cultivators.

One might wonder, by then, would cultivators from Zhongzhou still travel thousands of miles to Red Cloud Mountain to seek education and Dao? It’s an unlikely event to contemplate.

But after all is said and done, Tang Luo is not worried about the movements of Zhongzhou’s sects. Zhongzhou, after all, is the taboo territory of the Three Realms Holy Land. From the beginning, his target was always Longzhou, this largely unclaimed land.

Therefore, as long as the sects of Zhongzhou do not extend their reach to Longzhou, he is not worried.

What he is truly worried about is the chain reaction caused by these actions of the Zhongzhou sects.

Seeing that even the Heaven Sect of Zhongzhou has started establishing schools to engage in worldly affairs, how could the sects of Longzhou be content to fall behind? Waiting for the Yulin Pavilion, Wuji Mansion, and Qiyao Temple to start their schools, these powers will be the true competitors of Unparalleled Academy.

Considering the capabilities of the Daoist Priests of the Xuanji Sect, Unparalleled Academy does not have much time left to develop, and yet the current city hall staff is already operating at its full capacity.

He really needs help with the development of Unparalleled Academy now, but Tang Luo, who wants to keep Tang Clan’s distance from deep involvement with the Xu Clan, looks around and finds himself like an isolated tower standing aloof without any response.

Thus, he can only make use of the noble families that seek help from the academy; if a noble family is willing to provide artisans to carve out mountains and expand the city, good!

If a noble family is willing to invest and contribute to the construction of a ferry crossing at Red Cloud Mountain, good!

If a noble family is willing to extend their businesses to Unparalleled City to generate tax revenue, very good!

The Longzhou noble families, believing they understood the needs of the academy principal, continuously propose construction intents and all received favorable responses.

Noble family disciples were steadily enrolled into the academy records, with a term of five years.

This subtly hinted term of study made the noble families even more frantic, constantly probing from all angles.

And Tang Luo, who understands that too much is as bad as not enough, did not agree to everything. After accepting a few suggestions, he sincerely expressed to everyone that the academy could no longer accommodate new students.

"Please return for now, and come again in September next year, when the academy will enroll students once more. I invite all gentlemen to come at that time," Tang Luo said to the disappointed noble family delegates.

"Additionally, not only the disciples of your noble families, but all disciples with quality cultivation, can come to Red Cloud Mountain next September. Those who pass the assessments will be admitted to the academy," Tang Luo stated indifferently.

After issuing the notices, Tang Luo turned and returned to the academy, leaving only Du Ting and a group of clerks to register the disciples eager to join the academy’s ranks.

As for the remaining noble family delegates, some could only return to their cities with disappointment after realizing they could not enter the academy.

However, some particularly stubborn ones have directly booked a tavern in Unparalleled City and arranged for their disciples to stay, seeming determined to wait until next September.

Shen Dafa was naturally delighted by this. Ever since Dragon Gate moved to Da Lin, the taverns and inns of Unparalleled City had begun vicious competition.

Ultimately prices returned to normal levels, but many suffered idled business due to the expansion at the beginning of the year.

Now, with these big households willing to rent out taverns, for the bosses of Unparalleled City, this was like rain after a long drought.

On the other hand, turmoil ensued within Unparalleled City itself because nearly a thousand noble family disciples were accepted.

People are often like this; once they see a hint of progress, they fear being the target of envy. The city officials, along with Du Ting, continually provided strategic advice to Tang Luo.

They repeatedly discussed preventing the noble family disciples from getting too close to the Xu Clan disciples, suggesting separated classes and staggered schedules.

They wished that in the five years, the two groups would never meet, which gave Tang Luo quite a headache.

"No need for that, just proceed with the normal process for dividing classes," Tang Luo said to the people who were shocked by his decision.

He continued, "We must trust in the upbringing of the Xu Clan. These are the most excellent youths from the Ying City Sword Sect. The roads they will choose for their future, the friends they opt to select—that should not be decided by us."

"If we are to educate these noble family disciples, we should do so as we would our own children and nephews. Remember, if we can cultivate these disciples to be even more outstanding than those from their own families, in thirty to forty years, those who rise to prominence within the Longzhou noble families will all be graduates from our academy."

"That is the power that can overturn an era."