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Six months remain until the Imperial Examination, yet the tutoring classes in Chang'an are not as popular as in previous years.

In past years, during the months leading up to the Imperial Examination, teachers from various academies would secretly offer additional sessions to students. Notable calligraphy masters, painting masters, music masters in Chang'an would also offer courses, and even though their fees were very high, spots were still hard to find.

This year, however, the situation is different, with the major prep classes struggling to attract students.

The five hundred most talented students of Chang'an all joined the tutoring class of Li Nuo, the Six Subjects' Scholar; who could possibly teach better than him?

These students were already top performers among all examinees, and with guidance from the world's best teacher, the gap between them and others would widen further. Naturally, the other students found it unnecessary to seek further guidance, saving themselves a significant amount of silver.

However, those five hundred students initially lamented their situation.

If the teacher taught only them individually, it would be fine.

But if the teacher teaches everyone, wouldn't everyone improve?

If everyone improves, it means no one really advances; the fierce competition of the Imperial Examination remains unchanged.

Yet, they had no choice.

If they didn't advance with the others, they could only watch as others left them far behind.

However, after attending just one day's class, the thoughts of the first batch of a hundred students changed somewhat.

There was no other reason.

Because truly through his lessons, they could learn something.

He would sharply pinpoint each individual's shortcomings in calligraphy, painting, and music, and provide the most effective suggestions. In just half a day, they could visibly improve and clarify their future efforts.

With his tailored teaching, everyone's talent was maximally utilized.

Even if they couldn't achieve high ranks in the Examination, they could still excel in other fields in the future.

At worst, they could host their own Imperial Examination tutoring classes, using their talents to teach and educate. Though not as prestigious as holding an official post, they would still be highly respected.

What surprised people even more was that he seemed to possess a magical power.

Confucian classics were always considered dry and tedious.

Usually, when listening in the academy, they would doze off whenever the teacher lectured.

But Li Nuo's classics class, though not much different from what academy teachers taught, managed to capture everyone's full attention, and unconsciously, the two-hour class would pass by unnoticed.

Even more astonishing, after the class, those teachings seemed to engrave themselves into their minds; even if they tried, they couldn't forget them.

"Teacher!"

"Good day, teacher!"

"Walk slowly, teacher!"

After the second day's class ended, as Li Nuo walked out of the Imperial Examination Hall, the students around him bowed in greeting one after another.

He nodded in response to each, then boarded a carriage parked at the entrance of the Hall.

As Housekeeper Wu drove the carriage back to Ningxin Garden, Li Nuo leaned against the carriage wall and sighed deeply.

Using the Cross and Vertical Skill to teach is an immensely exhausting endeavor.

Though these students were mostly ordinary, with only a few possessing Martial Path Cultivation, their numbers overwhelmed him. In a single session, he needed to implant certain ideas in all their minds, leaving him utterly fatigued.

This exhaustion was from within and affected his soul.

After another day of lecturing, he'd need two days to recover.

Fortunately, after only two days, he noticed the loosening of his School of Cross and Vertical Cultivation.

Influencing the thoughts of future officials of Daxia through the Cross and Vertical Skill and planting the seeds of reform in their minds was in itself a scheme; but it also reciprocally nourished his cultivation—a perfect win-win.

Previously, Li Nuo had never thought that Confucianism and the School of Cross and Vertical could work together to such remarkable effect.

One being revered by thousands, the other despised, yet they complement and fulfill each other in this unique manner.

There is nothing inherently wrong with the Cross and Vertical Skill; it's just that people used it where they shouldn't.

Judging by the increase in cultivation over these two days, by the end of the five-day course, Li Nuo's Cross and Vertical Skill should advance to the Fifth Realm.

Aiding the Empress in gaining power, his cultivation rose from nothing to the Fourth Realm Peak; failing to break into the Fifth Realm at that time puzzled Li Nuo to this day, but now, the little gap can finally be filled.

Among the five hundred students, he divided them into five batches.

In the first batch, he chose students mostly from impoverished backgrounds, businessmen's families, and small households— whose minds were easier to impact compared to descendants of the Great Family.

Once his cultivation elevates another realm, his ability for mental suggestion will grow stronger.

In merely two days, his Confucian cultivation also increased significantly.

Meanwhile, as Li Nuo returned to Ningxin Garden, at Chen Mansion.

Chen Tieniu looked at a ragged father and daughter duo kneeling in the yard, snorted coldly, and said, "Less rent this year? You dare utter such words. I am running a business, not a charity. Pay less just because you say so?"

A gaunt man kneeling on the ground said, "Master, please have mercy. This year, the river broke its banks, and our harvest fell by more than half. We truly can't pay so much rent; we've already gone three days without rice."

Chen Tieniu waved his hand, saying, "There's no need to discuss it. Paying less rent is not an option; the lease was signed in black and white. However, I am not unreasonable; you can pay a little less this year, but you'll pay double next year to cover this gap..."