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Chapter 65: The Inner Court

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  The next morning, Wang Ting had already arrived at the inner courtyard dormitory of the college.

  As one of the most famous high-end swordsmanship academies in the kingdom, there are not a few wealthy people in Xuanzhong High-End Swordsmanship Academy. Even if the price of studying alone is extremely expensive, there are still many people who live there.

  Soon, Wang Ting rented a courtyard near the back hill of the college from the dormitory area, which was relatively quiet.

  The courtyard covers an area of over 1,000 square meters and has a separate yard. From the yard, walking along the path for a short while, you will reach the back mountain of the college. The location is a bit secluded, but it meets Wang Ting's requirements.

  After spending 580 gold coins, Wang Ting had rented it out for a period of six months, at a rate of three gold coins per day. This price was not cheap, and if it were the old Wang Ting, he wouldn't even have thought about it.

  Having settled his accommodation, Wang Ting left the residential area and walked towards the inner courtyard.

  After a night of consideration, he had already thought of his chosen mentor.

  Lin Qi, a great swordsman and one of the few top-level instructors in the academy, whose status is second only to the Academy President Shang Ming and several vice presidents. However, apart from teaching swordsmanship as his main course, this instructor's three subsidiary courses are Material Distinguishing, Fierce Beast Analysis, and Human Geography. Due to the obscurity of these subsidiary courses, there aren't many students who have truly become his disciples, only eight people, and even among these eight, most of them came for his status.

  After a short while, Wang Ting soon arrived at the entrance of a large courtyard. The name on the doorplate was indeed Lin Qi's, and below it was a brief introduction to him.

  "Wang Ting."

  Just as Wang Ting was about to enter the courtyard, a voice suddenly rang out.

  Right after that, a young man with a smile walked over: "You may not know me, let me introduce myself. I am Fang Zhan, mid-tier swordsman and one of the core students."

  "Anything wrong?"

  The young man glanced at the door plate of the courtyard and smiled, saying: "Although Lin Qi is one of the few special-grade instructors in our Xuanzhong High-level Swordsmanship Academy, he is an academic instructor, more like a scholar than a martial artist. Despite having the cultivation of a great swordsman, his actual strength is not outstanding. If Wang Ting really wants to learn something good, it's better to go under Ren Zhong's guidance. Ren Zhong is also one of our academy's special-grade instructors and has the most hope of breaking through to become a swordsmanship master among all instructors. His master, Ren Tianqing, is even the chief swordsman of our Taixuan Kingdom. If you can enter this instructor's door, it will be extremely beneficial for your future prospects. With the potential to defeat mid-level swordsman Gong Sunsu as a high-level martial artist, I believe Instructor Ren will definitely be very happy to accept such a talented swordsman as his disciple."

  "It's okay, if nothing else, I'll take my leave."

  "Uh..."

  Seeing Wang Ting about to turn around and leave, Fang Zhan was slightly stunned, until Wang Ting was about to enter the courtyard before he reacted: "Wang Ting, wait a minute."

  After finishing, he hurriedly added: "To put it this way, now not only have we offended the Gong Sun family, but also indirectly caused the dissatisfaction of the Earl of Haino. The current situation should be very dangerous, right? Shen Shao attaches great importance to you and thinks you are very talented. If you can serve Shen Shao, he can not only help resolve the troubles with the Gong Sun family and the Earl of Haino, but also let you enter the Shen family after graduation."

  "Not interested."

  Wang Ting finished speaking and didn't waste any more time, directly disappearing into the courtyard.

  “……”

  Seeing Wang Ting leave, Fang Zhan's face suddenly turned somewhat unsightly. After a while, he coldly snorted: "Ungrateful thing, tomorrow is the date I agreed with Li Mu, I'll see how you end up then."

  After finishing speaking, he directly swung his hand and walked away from the courtyard with big strides.

  ……

  It is...

  A girl who was sweeping the yard's sanitation saw Wang Ting walking into the yard from outside and slightly paused.

  "Hello, I am Wang Ting, a newly promoted core student. I hope to attend classes under the guidance of Lin Qi."

  "Oh, Uncle is exercising in the morning now, I'll go see if he has time."

  The girl finished speaking and temporarily put down what she was doing in her hand. She quickly ran into the courtyard.

  Each of the instructors' courtyards was a small school, covering a considerable area. The girl returned after five minutes: "Wang Ting senior, please follow me, the instructor wants to see you."

  Wang Ting nodded and followed the girl, quickly walking into the courtyard, directly arriving at an open-air yard.

  At this moment, there are four men and one woman in the courtyard. One of them is a middle-aged man who needs no introduction - he is Lin Qi, the special-class instructor. The other three men and one woman include two men who are currently practicing swordplay in the courtyard, while the remaining two are watching from the side. The cultivation levels of these four people are all at the mid-level swordsman tier.

  "Lin Qi Tutor."

  "Wang Ting, I've heard of him, he's a little genius in our college."

  "It's my honor."

  "Hmm, planning on attending classes under me?"

  "Yes."

  "That's a pity."

  Attending classes is not the same as becoming a disciple, and Lin Qi couldn't help but feel a little disappointed that he wouldn't be able to learn from such a talented swordsman. However, he quickly adjusted his mindset: "I plan on taking a few courses - swordsmanship training costs 80 gold coins per month, material differentiation and beast analysis cost 25 gold coins each per month, and humanities geography costs 20 gold coins. Every morning is fixed for swordsmanship training, and in the afternoons, there's an additional elective course that rotates."

  This price is by no means low, four courses cost a total of 150 gold coins.

  One hundred and fifty gold coins, which is roughly equivalent to the income of a relatively well-off employee for ten years. This is just one month's expenses, no wonder most students choose to apprentice rather than audit.

  "After a moment of contemplation, Wang Ting quickly responded: 'Material differentiation, ferocious beast analysis, human geography.'"

  Although Wang Ting did not choose to practice swordsmanship, Lin Qi didn't say anything and nodded: "Go with Yun'er to pay the fees, this afternoon is already scheduled for Humanities Geography class. However, basically no one audits this course, I occasionally give lectures to Yun'er, it's almost like I'm on vacation myself. Since there are few people, we don't need to choose which aspect of the course to teach this afternoon based on the number of people, discuss with Yun'er what you want to learn about and report back to me."

  "Yes."

  "Mr. Wang Tingxue, please come with me."

  The one called Yun'er was the girl who came with Wang Ting, looking a year or two younger than him. However, when she took care of this matter, it seemed like she had done it for many days and quickly completed the payment procedures.

  "Wang Tingxue, my name is Lin Yuner. Although I'm just auditing, we can be considered as senior and junior schoolmates. Which course do you want to attend in the afternoons these few days?"

  Wang Ting sank into thought for a moment, and in his mind, he couldn't help but recall a conversation with Yi Zhou in the forest.

  "Shen Xuan Academy, I want to learn more about Shen Xuan Academy."

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