Chapter 22 The academy is also a small society

Classes begin in the second week. Since students have a good foundation in learning, the college adopts a research-based learning approach, and each course is only taught once a week for 2 hours each time. Generally, the teacher will assign students to study on their own, prescribe a bibliography, and let students learn on their own first. During the lesson, the teacher begins with an hour of intensive lectures, and the other hour answers students' questions and initiates discussions.

In the first class of the first class, each teacher's style is different, some are serious and majestic, a little humorous, Li Yun listened carefully to the class notes, cooperated with the books he borrowed, and studied hungrily. He knew that his foundation was the worst among these students, and he had to make up for it by being more diligent. Fortunately, he has succeeded in cultivating Xuangong, and his memory and comprehension are far beyond ordinary people, and it is still relatively easy to learn.

Li Yun did not stop cultivating, but the conditions in the dormitory were not very suitable, Li Yun also took advantage of his leisure time to walk in the mountains, wanting to find an ideal training ground, so he had to practice the Cave Void Sutra in the dormitory for a short time, and usually went to the mountains to practice martial arts quietly.

The new students gradually became familiar with each other, with the guidance of the old students, and began to have a preliminary understanding of the various things in the school, and the excitement of the first semester gradually calmed down, and the classroom, dormitory, and canteen became the life mode of most students. Soon, however, life at the academy broke the peace and began to be lively. A notice was posted on the school's bulletin board that on August 20, the school club was recruiting new students and welcoming new students to sign up. In addition, the college also requires students to participate in at least one club, and the performance of participating in club activities is also one of the contents of the graduation assessment.

On this day, in the small square of the academy, the collective recruitment of new students from various clubs of the academy began. Each club has several tables with regimental flags on the side, and the old members of the club hold leaflets and distribute them, shouting like small vendors, promoting the purpose, activities, advantages, etc. of their clubs, and some also perform live to enhance their attractiveness. There are more than a dozen clubs, and there are two major categories, focusing on academics and talents. Moreover, the entrance fee of each company is also different, ranging from ten copper coins per year to ten taels of silver per year. Like some academic societies, the cost is lower and the daily expenses are relatively small; However, some talent clubs have higher costs, need to buy materials, etc., and the daily expenses are also relatively high. Some can join casually, while others have a certain threshold and refuse to join if they do not reach a certain level.

The freshmen were very curious, and they stopped in front of various clubs to browse, asking about the conditions for joining, and listening to the old students' spittle propaganda. Li Yun also looked around, and he found a phenomenon that students from poor backgrounds joined more academic clubs; On the contrary, more children from wealthy families join talent clubs. If you think about it, maybe the difference in background determines the difference in hobbies! Students from poor families are not qualified to accept various talents such as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and their future development mainly depends on their own efforts, so they pay more attention to academic clubs that can improve their abilities; Students from wealthy families have received a multi-faceted education since childhood, have a foundation of talent, and at the same time have no worries about the future development of the future, more casual, have a sense of superiority, and naturally pay more attention to the talent club that can enhance its popularity.

Li Yun also observed that the positions occupied by the clubs were also very different, with those clubs composed mainly of students from wealthy families occupying better positions, while those composed mainly of students from poor families were in a lower position. In each club, the most active are often those students from rich families, who occupy most of the positions in the management of the club, and most of the students from poor backgrounds are only auxiliary officers and other positions, and some poor children still revolve around those children of rich and noble families and listen to their commands. The reason why this is the case is nothing more than that these poor children hope to ask rich and noble children to help recommend them in the future after graduation and find a half-official position. Of course, there are also a few arrogant poor children who refuse to grovel, often maverick, but seem very lonely.

There is also a student council in the college, which is the self-governing organization of all students. Most of the management positions in the student union are occupied by students from wealthy families, and students from poor families are mostly in auxiliary positions.

Li Yun lamented that although Dong Shu, the dean of the college, advocated education without class, and also vigorously subsidized the enrollment of poor children, the social reality still inevitably affected the college. The different identities brought about by different family backgrounds, as well as the different levels of education, inevitably formed a class among the students, and a group of student aristocrats controlled the various associations, and the poor children could only be relegated to the lower class. The difference in status and differentiation between the students of the academy reflects the difference and differentiation between the entire social class, and there is also the difference between the student aristocracy and the ordinary students. The academy is also a small society!

Just as he was sighing, someone suddenly shouted: "Come and see, the perfect talent is here!" "There was a commotion when the crowd left, and some people rushed to the place where the crowd had gathered. Li Yun listened to the students on the side say, "The student union of the academy evaluates the top ten people of the year according to their family background and talent every year, and all of them are either from prominent families or outstanding in their studies, and these ten talents are Du Bai, the first of the top ten people!" ”

"Why is it called a perfect talent?" Someone asked. The student who called himself "Academy Tong" said: "This Du Bai is from the Du clan of the Zhongzhou clan, and he is outstanding in ten aspects, and he is promoted to the first place in the academy, so he is regarded as a perfect talent!" "What are the ten firsts?" Another asked. Li Yun also listened carefully with interest. "Listen, everybody!" The student said playfully: "These ten firsts are: handsome first, style first, Xuan Xuan, Commentary, Bogu first, poetry first, piano exercise first, chess first, calligraphy first, painting first!" ”

When everyone heard this, they were all surprised: "That is omnipotence from appearance to connotation!" Is this possible? The student who preached looked at them with disdain, "Is that possible?" Are you doubting my intelligence? Let me tell you, I don't have any other skills, this is the best at inquiring about news, I call the second and no one dares to call the first! In fact, I can also be listed as a man of the hour! ”

Everyone looked at his boastful appearance, and some people sneered: "Just the appearance of your five short figures, don't tarnish the reputation of the top ten people!" Let's hurry up and go to see the Ten Talents! Everyone walked away at once, leaving only He Xiao staring there. Seeing that Li Yun was still there, he couldn't help but go forward and say to Li Yun: "Brother is really wise, bosom friend!" "I want to hug Li Yun. Li Yun looked a little ridiculous when he saw that he was indeed obscene, and he thought very highly of himself. He hurriedly flashed to the side, dodged He Xiao's hug and said, "Brother Tai is really well-informed, he is indeed one of the masters, and he is also a rare type of talent!" Little brother Li Yun, let's talk about it later, and I will also go to admire the demeanor of the ten talents! After speaking, he flashed people directly. Then He Xiao rarely saw a person who gave him face like this, and chased after him excitedly, saying while chasing: "Brother go slowly!" You're my bosom friend! In the future, we will be brothers, and I have a lot of all kinds of information about the academy here, and you won't be able to listen to it for three days and three nights! ”

Li Yun walked forward with the flow of people, only to see a group of people walking from the avenue, one person walking in front, and the others were crowded, all half a step behind, not daring to steal the limelight of the first person. I saw that the person who left first was about 1.75 meters tall, not very tall, but his face was like congealed fat, his lips were red and his teeth were white, and his appearance was really handsome and abnormal, better than a woman. I saw him smiling slightly, his movements were not slow, his long hair was scattered on the back shoulders, and he was holding a paper fan in his hand. Du Bai is not arrogant, talking to people makes people feel like a spring breeze, and he can't be jealous at all, he is really a top romantic character! He stretched out his hand to shake hands, and the crowd vied to shake his hand.

Li Yun stared at Du Bai, and couldn't help but admire, feeling that this Du Bai was so chic and natural, he must also be a cultivator, otherwise he would not be able to achieve such a natural realm. Although Du Bai was socializing with everyone, he seemed to feel something, looked up in the direction of Li Yun, glanced at Li Yun, and smiled slightly. Li Yun felt that this smile seemed to mean the same way, and he also smiled. A few people on the side shouted excitedly: "Ten perfect geniuses smiled at me!" "Overjoyed.

Du Bai walked towards the club's recruitment platform, and wherever he went, many people immediately rushed over, and the club's recruitment became popular all of a sudden. This is the celebrity effect! Li Yun sighed, but he didn't follow the trend to see Du Bai. Du Bai soon left, and everyone calmed down and began to choose which club to join.

The College allows a person to join more than one club, as long as you can afford to pay the tour fee and have the energy to participate in club activities. Although Li Yun came from an ordinary background, he was not inferior, so he didn't think about the difference between the rich and the poor in these societies. He thought that the content of academic societies such as classics, history, and law was usually studied, so he did not need to join the clubs; The content of the talent club is usually less contacted, and you can enhance your ability in this area through club learning, and you may be able to borrow skills to enter the Tao. He was more interested in Go and calligraphy, so he wanted to join the two clubs of the Chess Club and the Calligraphy Club, although he had to pay a little more every year, he could still afford it.

Li Yun walked to the side of the Chess Club and signed up for the new old students, because the chess club was relatively small and the number of participants was small, the old students in charge of the club hurriedly and enthusiastically helped Li Yun register and pay. Li Yun had just received the club card, when a yin and yang voice came, "Yo, isn't this Li Yun?" Have you ever seen Go? ”

Li Yun saw that it was Shen Cong, who was also one of the group of people who followed Du Bai just now, and when he left Du Bai at this time, he was surrounded by several well-dressed rich and noble children. Knowing that he was jealous of Tao Yu's kindness to him, Li Yun didn't have the same knowledge as him, so he said calmly: "I don't want to learn!" No one is born with it, if you can do anything, what are you doing in the academy! Shen Cong didn't expect Li Yun to refute him like this, his face was uncertain, and he opened his mouth and said: "This is an elegant thing, not something that you poor children can play!" You'd better join in the fun and go over there for more scriptures! ”

Li Yun ignored him and went to the Calligraphy Club to sign up and pay. Shen Cong saw that he had joined the Calligraphy Club again, and he didn't take himself seriously at all, and he was furious.

At this time, Tao Yu came over from a distance and asked Li Yun with a smile, "Which club did Brother Li join?" Li Yun said: "I participated in the Chess Club and the Calligraphy Club, what about you?" Tao Yu said: "I joined the Qin Dao Society and the Painting Dao Society. Now that Brother Li has joined the Chess Club, I happen to be interested in it, so I'll join the Chess Club again! "After speaking, I went to the chess club to sign up and pay. He Shen Cong saw that Tao Yu was going to join, and he couldn't care about Li Yun, so he hurriedly signed up to join. When the Chess Club saw that three people had joined in a row, they couldn't help but get excited.

Shen Cong saw that Tao Yu was so concerned about Li Yun, so he wanted to humiliate Li Yun. He said to Li Yun defiantly: "I see that you are tall and tall, and you have also saved Tao Yu, it seems that you have a bit of kung fu, why don't we have a fight!" Li Yun didn't want to show his kung fu, so he said, "My kung fu is not worth mentioning, so I still don't show it here!" Shen Cong saw that Li Yun ignored him, so he angrily grabbed his shoulder, and Li Yun's shoulder moved away. Seeing that Shen Cong had to compete, he knew that he couldn't be good today, so his heart moved, so he said: "I don't want to compete casually, I want to take ten taels of silver for the competition!" Shen Cong saw him dodging, thinking that he was afraid of himself and deliberately offered a high price to scare him away, so he said: "Ten taels is ten taels!" Here you go! "Take out the money from the money bag and throw it to Li Yun. Li Yun took it with his hand, and pretended to sigh: "It's good to be rich, being rich is capricious!" Although Tao Yu was angry, he knew that Li Yun was good at kung fu, so he just stomped his feet and got angry.

Shen Cong has also had masters to guide martial arts training since he was a child, and he was full of confidence, so he shouted to vacate a test venue, deliberately making a lot of noise, thinking about making Li Yun ugly. There were a lot of people on the sidelines at once, and people from the martial arts club also came to watch. After the two of them clasped their fists and saluted, Shen Cong directly began to attack, Li Yun pushed and sent, Shen Cong only felt a strong force, and couldn't help but take more than a dozen steps back before standing still. He was annoyed and angry, and rushed again, Li Yun saw that he didn't know how to advance or retreat, and had the intention to scare him away, so he hit him hard, only to see Shen Cong snort and fall out of the field directly, he didn't get up half a sound, and he was so shocked that there were all the cries around, looking at Shen Cong is mocking eyes, so ashamed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into, and gritted his teeth with hatred for Li Yun.

"Good kung fu!" At this time, the president of the Martial Arts Society walked forward. Shen Cong saw that it was his friend Huo Zhen, and said in surprise: "Brother Huo help me!" This Li Yun is too arrogant, please teach him a lesson! He said viciously to Li Yun: "Boy, Brother Huo is the nephew of Master Huo, the ruler of the dynasty, and his status is respected, you don't come over obediently!" Huo Zhen waved his hand at him and said to Li Yun: "Brother Li's martial arts are strong, Huo Zhen admires him!" Please join our martial arts club, and you can directly become the vice president! Li Yun smiled indifferently and said, "Thank you Brother Huo for your attention!" Under the martial arts, I dare not be this love! Besides, I wanted to concentrate on my studies, so I didn't join! After speaking, regardless of everyone's consternation, he went back to the dormitory by himself. After watching a good show, the crowd dispersed.

Shen Cong said to Huo Zhen on the side: "This kid is so arrogant! Dare to refuse Brother Huo! Huo Zhen also had a gloomy face and said, "Investigate his details first, and see how he performs later!" If you can't use him, find a chance to get rid of him! All hidden dangers must be eliminated, and the great cause of my uncle cannot be lost! ”

It turned out that with the growing reputation of Nanyang Sisheng Academy, Huo Jian also extended his tentacles, using the characteristics of the academy to let Huo Zhen join in, on the one hand, to observe the situation in various places, and on the other hand, to attract talents. Huo Zhen adheres to the principle of either being used by me or eradicating, and secretly woos or strikes young talents from all over the world.