Gu Daoyuan took a letter, and after reading it, he casually turned it into powder, and said to the young teacher next to him: "Is this really what the prince meant?"

The young teacher said: "Yes, the prince feels that the time is ripe to gradually start provoking the four major families." ”

Gu Daoyuan's face was entangled, and he said: "The foundation of the four major families is solid, where can they be dealt with overnight? Although my Ancient Saint Academy has cultivated countless students over the years and has also attracted many talents for us, most of these people have no experience in the world, and they may not necessarily be on our side when the time comes." Let's wait a little longer, there are many talents in this class, and if we can gather all of them, it will be a huge help to us. ”

It turns out that this ancient holy country is not so peaceful and prosperous as it seems.

Although on the surface, the four major families and the imperial court have always been peaceful, but hidden dangers have always existed.

After years of development, the four major families have already had a very solid foundation, and they almost control most of the lifeblood of the entire country.

For example, the Qu family controls a huge organization like the Priesthood Guild.

Although Gu Daoyuan didn't have a good impression of the clerical guild, he had to admit that the influence of the clerical guild was gradually growing.

In particular, the clerical star rating launched by the clergy guild has stepped out of the country of the ancient holy kingdom and has become the only standard for all countries in the entire Zhongzhou to evaluate the clergy.

Although the Ancient Holy Academy has many students, it has also opened branches in other major countries, and it is as powerful as the clergy guild on the surface. But in fact, the development speed of the Priesthood Guild far exceeded that of the Ancient Saint Academy, which was what Gu Daoyuan was most worried about, and it was also what the royal family was most worried about.

The Ancient Saint Academy belonged to the royal family, but it was gradually unable to do anything to the clerical guild, and the clerical guild was only one of the many industries of the Qu family.

And the Qu family is only one of the four major families.

Which emperor is willing to let all the industries of his country be controlled by these big families?

Therefore, for many years, the imperial court has been secretly cultivating its own power, and this Ancient Holy Academy is one of them.

This also explains why Gu Daoyuan was so thirsty for talent, and when he met Shen Lu on the road, he invited him to the Ancient Saint Academy with great enthusiasm, and was even willing to shout at Shen Gongzi, looking extremely humble.

Because Gu Daoyuan was really anxious, the prince in his mouth was also really anxious.

The young teacher sighed and said, "The prince also understands that targeting the four major families too much at this time will definitely lead to strong retaliation, so he plans to come little by little." Let's weaken the enrollment quota of the four major families first, and see how they react. If the reaction is intense, it's a big deal to add back their places. If they don't care, we will gradually suppress the four families in other aspects. ”

"I see, it's just a temptation, I'm really afraid that the prince will be too impulsive and do something out of the ordinary. ”

Gu Daoyuan breathed a sigh of relief, and then thought about how this matter should be handled.

Originally, the Ancient Saint Academy would open thirty enrollment places for each of the four major families, but the prince's letter asked to reduce the number of places to ten per family.

Gu Daoyuan thought about it, and suddenly had a plan, and said to the young teacher, "Why don't we distribute the quota evenly." Give the stronger Cheng family more places, and then give the weaker Qu, Shen, and Feng fewer places. ”

"What does the dean mean is to use unequal quotas to make the four major families disagree? Although this is a good idea, how can you ensure that the other three families will target the Cheng family, not our Ancient Saint Academy?"

Faced with this question, Gu Daoyuan pondered for a moment, and then smiled: "The quota is only one aspect. Although it is true that the other three families will be dissatisfied in the early stage, what if we ignore the Cheng family in the teaching process and favor the Qu family? Or if we only recruit those weak people in the quota we give to the Cheng family, but eliminate the truly endowed ones, what will they think? As long as these students come to our college, how to deal with them is up to us. As long as the four major families can have a dislike for each other, or even intensify some contradictions, it is enough for them to fight among themselves. ”

The young teacher also thought it was a good idea, and immediately took his leave and went to report to the prince.

Gu Daoyuan sighed lightly and muttered: "I teach students according to their aptitude and educate countless people, but I didn't expect to use my students to play conspiracy in my twilight years. ”

After struggling for a while, his expression suddenly became resolute, and he said: "In the face of the righteousness of the family and the country, what is the virtue of the teacher! As long as the orthodox bloodline of the prince can become the emperor and the four major families are eradicated, what if I leave a stink for 10,000 years! Good teachers are common, but good emperors are not common. As long as I find a good enough teacher to discipline these students on my behalf, I am satisfied. ”

After a long sigh, Gu Daoyuan remembered that Shen Lu and the others were still waiting for him, so he returned to the previous courtyard.

In the distance, he saw the protective shield open in the courtyard, and guessed that several of them were blinking

Gu Daoyuan was very aware of the strength of Shen Qianhua and Zhuo Hong, but he was full of curiosity about Shen Lu.

What kind of power will a seven-star and five-star dual cultivator show up?

When he came to the backyard, Gu Daoyuan looked in the direction of the martial arts arena and was dumbfounded.

He thought that Shen Lu was very strong, and he thought that Shen Lu could even defeat Shen Qianhua and Zhuo Hong one-on-two. But I never imagined that there would be such a situation in front of me.

Shen Qianhua and Zhuo Hong lay on the ground without strength, but Shen Lu squatted beside them like a nobody, with a relaxed smile on his face.

Shen Lu faced Shen Qianhua at this time, and said with a grin: "You have water attribute mana in your body, and you pay attention to a long and long, endless. The move should be based on soft strength, supplemented by continuous stamina, in order to exert the maximum power of the water attribute. It's a pity that your personality is too irritable, your moves are too tough, and you hit the softest place with the strongest means, and it's no wonder that you will get stuck on the bottleneck, because you are taking a long detour. ”

In fact, the significance of Zhou Yingjing lies in this.

Letting the mana Zhou Ying's whole body and treating it as a part of his own body is exactly what all cultivators in the Zhou Ying Realm should do. You must have a complete understanding of the mana attributes in your body in order to be eligible to advance to the next stage.

Zhuo Hong's problem is similar to Shen Qianhua's. Zhuo Hong's thunder attribute mana pays attention to a fierce one, but Zhuo Hong's personality is a little courageous, and he is easy to look forward and backward when he makes moves, and he can't burst out of the instantaneous power of the thunder attribute.

If the two rao mana attributes are exchanged, it may be the most appropriate.

Gu Daoyuan also walked into the martial arts arena at this time, and sighed and said, "If the mana attributes of the two of them are exchanged, they should be perfect." So I'm wondering if I should let them take the Purifying Pill to reawaken different mana attributes. ”

Without waiting for Shen Lu to speak, Shen Qianhua said: "Dean, I have already passed, I like water attributes, I want water attributes!"

"Me too, I like the Thunder Attribute!" Zhuo Hong also chimed in.

Gu Daoyuan looked helpless and said to Shen Lu: "Shen Gongzi, you have also seen it, this is the reason why they can't break through. If you cultivate the wrong mana attribute but don't know it, you won't change your fighting style, and you won't change the attribute of your mana, so you will naturally get stuck on the bottleneck. ”

After hearing this, Shen Lu frowned slightly, and said to Gu Daoyuan: "Dean Gu, I respect you very much, but I think your words are biased. ”

"Oh, how?"

Shen Lu said: "Although I also said just now, the water attribute is suitable for a long and long way of fighting, but it is only the best way, but it is not wrong to do so! You must know that there are many mana attributes in this world, but the four basic attributes of water, fire, wind and thunder have been enduring, precisely because they contain almost all the elements of this world. How can such a profound thing be summed up in a word? Using the water attribute in a violent way will have a very poor effect, but that is just that they can't use it, not that the water attribute can't be used in a violent way. ”

Gu Daoyuan's heart was shocked, thinking about Shen Lu's concept in his heart, and he couldn't help but nod secretly.

But the idea is the idea, and the reality is the reality. Gu Daoyuan sighed and said, "With such an esoteric truth, you can't expect them to understand it immediately, and it still can't help them break through the bottleneck. ”

Shen Lu shook his head and said, "No! This is very important! This is about a level of confidence and understanding of mana!"

Shen Lu turned his head to look at Gu Daoyuan and said to him, "When I fought with them just now, it was obvious that I could feel the hesitation between their moves. This is because a master like you has been cultivating wrong and cultivating wrong in them. They really want to follow their inner thoughts and cultivate according to their own ideas. But because the influence of the outside world is too strong, they still have doubts about themselves after all. If there is such doubt, they will never be able to grow in the true sense. ”

Gu Daoyuan frowned slightly, and said with some dissatisfaction: "You mean, they can't break through the bottleneck because I taught it wrong?"

Shen Lu nodded and said, "Yes, you taught it wrong." ”

Gu Daoyuan has served as a mentor for decades and has cultivated countless talents, but now he has received Shen Lu's evaluation of "teaching wrong", so he is naturally extremely unconvinced.

Shen Lu didn't wait for him to speak, and he took the initiative to say, "Dean Gu, I know what you think. Don't worry, I'll help them break through the bottleneck. ”

He took out the ginseng fruit wine he had brewed for a long time from the storage ring, looked at Gu Daoyuan with a smile and said, "Dean Gu, do you know that the wine fairy refers to this professional martial art?"

Shen Qianhua and Zhuo Hong were already exhausted, and they couldn't hear what Shen Lu and the dean were doing. In addition, Shen Lu suddenly shot out a burst of wine mist between his fingers, which made them lose consciousness instantly.

I don't know how long it took, Shen Qianhua suddenly opened her eyes and regained consciousness as if she had just woken up from a big dream.

At this time, she found that she was fighting side by side with Zhuo Hongzheng, both of them condensed a powerful mana that she had never experienced before, and the opponent against her was actually Dean Gu Daoyuan!

At this time, they had all entered the realm of Chengjing, and it seemed that they had already done something with Gu Daoyuan.

Although Gu Daoyuan was not injured, the clothes on his body had obvious tear marks.

Shen Lu on the side watched the battle between the two sides, and said to Gu Daoyuan with a smile at this time: "The water attribute mana used with strong force, and the thunder attribute mana used with soft power, they have all been displayed unconsciously. What does the Dean think?"

Gu Daoyuan's face was full of admiration, and he said to Shen Lu: "Incomparably powerful, unlimited potential! Their instantaneous explosion is enough to have the power of about four realms." ”

He actually hugged his fist at Shen Lu, and said with shame: "Shen Gongzi, I am so confused, I don't understand the four words of teaching according to aptitude. If it weren't for you, I might have missed them for the rest of my life! Thank you for correcting me in time, the old man is grateful. ”