"Thank you uncle for telling me." Xu Chunniang smiled gratefully.
The fat old man waved his hand, "Since you have entered the Xiaoyao Sect, you don't have to call me uncle. I entered the sect before you and am a little older than you. My last name is Zhao, so you can just call me Brother Zhao. This information is not worth much, and everyone who has been in the outer sect for a few years knows it."
Although Manager Zhao said these were not worth mentioning, Xu Chunniang still remembered the favor. She had just arrived and knew nothing, and it was rare for someone to be willing to give her advice.
After taking a fasting pill, Xu Chunniang put away the token and the white jade bottle, and asked curiously, "Brother Zhao, does this dining hall have food from the secular world?"
Manager Zhao shook his head and said, "Eating too much of the secular grains will hinder our practice, so we don't have any of them here.
But when your cultivation level increases in the future, if you hunt down a monster beast, you can bring it to us for processing. That is something that cultivators can eat, and eating more can enhance your cultivation level."
When Xu Chunniang learned that there was no worldly food, she felt a little disappointed, but also felt that it was expected.
As expected, the food of immortals is different. This is the world of immortals, and she must adapt to it. As for the monsters that Manager Zhao mentioned, she felt that they were too far away from her.
After thanking Manager Zhao again, Xu Chunniang left the dining hall and walked towards the lecture hall.
The teaching hall was not far from the dining hall, and Xu Chunniang arrived there in a quarter of an hour.
However, I saw a group of half-grown children gathered at the entrance of the lecture hall.
Looking carefully, he found that many of the people inside looked familiar. They were the ones who came here on the flying boat with Xu Chunniang.
There were also many unfamiliar faces, all wearing the uniform uniforms of the Xiaoyao Sect's outer sect.
Seeing this, Xu Chunniang hurried forward and blended into the crowd.
A thin man walked out of the hall and said in a deep voice, "Silence!"
Although his voice was not loud, it reached everyone's ears and the disciples fell silent.
The thin man nodded in satisfaction. "Those who can read can go directly to the second floor to listen to the foundation-building master's lessons. New disciples can attend the lessons for free in the first three years. If you want to attend the lessons again after three years, you have to pay spirit stones. One spirit stone can be paid for one month of lessons.
When the foundation-building uncle is giving a lecture, you must all behave yourself. If you anger the inner sect uncle, I won’t be able to save you.”
Seeing everyone nodding obediently, he continued slowly, "I am the outer door manager of the Teaching Hall. You can ask me any questions related to the Teaching Hall. My last name is Cui, so you can call me Brother Cui."
"Senior Brother Cui, what should we do if we can't read?" someone asked immediately.
Senior Brother Cui glanced at the man and said, "If you can't read, you can learn calligraphy on the first floor. In addition, there are some public courses on common sense of the cultivation world on the first floor. You will understand after attending a few classes.
The first floor of the teaching hall is always open to outer disciples for free, but if you want to spend several years to learn even the things on the first floor, I advise you to pack up and leave as soon as possible, so as not to waste the resources of the sect in vain!"
Everyone's expressions were startled. They had finally arrived at the world of immortals, and they didn't want to be driven out!
When Xu Chunniang heard that she could learn calligraphy and take classes on the first floor, she secretly took note of it.
Senior Brother Cui pointed to a huge black stone at the entrance and said, "When you come to class, you just need to place your token on this stone to register. Your name and the remaining study time will be automatically displayed here."
As he spoke, Senior Brother Cui placed his token on it. Soon, two lines of words appeared on the black boulder.
Someone who could read read it out softly, "Cui Li, the remaining study time is... three years!"
Senior Brother Cui nodded and said, "During the three years that I served as the steward of the teaching hall, I was able to attend classes here for free. This is also one of the benefits of being a steward.
Okay, stop gathering here, come in. But I advise you, even if you can read, it is best to finish the common sense lessons on the first floor before going to the second floor, so as not to violate the taboos of cultivation by talking nonsense.
To the east is the literacy classroom, and to the west is the general knowledge classroom. If you come from a family of immortals, you don’t need to learn these common sense things. ”
After saying that, Cui Li put away his token and went upstairs calmly.
The new disciples followed his instructions and rushed to take out their tokens, placed them on the boulder, registered, and then entered the teaching hall.
Most people stayed on the first floor and went to the corresponding classrooms according to the instructions of Senior Brother Cui. Only a few people from immortal cultivation families walked proudly to the second floor.
Xu Chunniang discovered that the man named Qi Haozhi went directly to the second floor.
She was secretly surprised that he was actually from some immortal cultivation family. The identity of the little girl he followed must be even more complicated.
Xu Chunniang was at the end of the line. After everyone had gone in, she carefully took out the black token and placed it on the boulder in the same way. Soon, two lines of words appeared on the boulder, indicating that the registration was successful.
After putting away the token, she felt an indescribable feeling in her heart. From today on, she would start learning to read!
In Xujia Village, only the head of the village knows these characters, but they are the most basic in the fairy world.
When Xu Chunniang arrived at the east courtyard, she saw people walking into the classrooms one after another. Each classroom was independent and could only accommodate one disciple.
When the students enter the classroom, the light outside the classroom will light up, indicating that there are people inside.
After Xu Chunniang understood what was going on, she found an empty classroom, opened the door and walked in.
Inside the classroom, there was a small room with a table and chairs, paper and pens on the table, and a metal spherical object. As the door of the classroom was closed, the metal sphere emitted a red light and slowly rose into the air!
Even though Xu Chunniang had witnessed many magical skills in the past few days, she was still frightened and took several steps back.
A voice without any emotion came from the metal sphere.
"I am a puppet that teaches new disciples. Now I will start my introductory teaching. You can adjust the learning progress by rotating the button."
As it finished speaking, something even more magical happened. A simple rune appeared above the metal sphere, and to the right of the Chinese characters was a blue sky.
At the same time, the sound of the metal ball rang out again.
"Tian means the sky, and can also be used to record time. The rising of the sun and the setting of the moon make up a day, and there are twelve hours in a day."
As the metal sphere spoke, the image on it began to change.
In the originally blue sky, a golden sun rose and set, then the sky darkened, and the moon slowly rose and set.
Xu Chunniang's eyes brightened up. It turned out that the simpler rune was the word "天" (sky)!
With the explanation and pictures of this metal ball, those complex and difficult runes are not difficult to understand at all.
Xu Chunniang calmed down and sat on the chair. Following the instructions of the metal ball, she picked up the pen and began to learn...
The same scene was played out in almost every classroom. With the explanation of the metal ball and the fun and interesting pictures, the new students found learning to read was not difficult at all and they all began to learn eagerly.
Soon, these disciples mastered the rules.
This metal ball called "puppet" usually lectures for an hour at a time, and then stops for half an hour. This is to help the new disciples remember the newly learned words, and also to allow them to rest and adjust if they are tired.
If you want to start or end early, you can also rotate the button on the puppet to choose to start temporarily or adjust the progress.
In Xu Chunniang's classroom, the metal ball had just finished an hour's lecture, but she turned the button lightly with her finger, and the little puppet that had just started to rest was forced to start working again...