Chapter 127

Xun Shuang raised an eyebrow slightly upon hearing this, looking somewhat surprised. "You want to recruit Cai Bojie? That will not be easy!"

"Although your current status and position are already quite high, Cai Yong was glorious in the past, and he is a great Confucian scholar known throughout the world. Ordinary recruitment methods will hardly succeed."

Do not be fooled by his current somewhat down-and-out appearance; that is merely a facade.

His status and standing are set in stone!

The identity of a great Confucian scholar outweighs many things.

"This son-in-law understands!"

Su Xuan nodded with a smile. "That is why I must ask you, Father-in-law, to keep him here for a few more days. I will find a way to prepare in these coming days, striving to persuade him to stay when the time comes."

"Moreover, I do not want him to serve as an official under my command, but rather to open an academy in Jiangling City and have him teach there, helping me instruct some talent."

"By the way!"

At this point, Su Xuan looked at Xun Shuang with eager eyes. "Father-in-law, would you also consider hanging your name at my academy and coming over to give a few lectures when you have time?"

"That way, it would also be convenient for you to see Cai'er often."

"Furthermore, I can personally, or have the divine physician Hua Tuo, check your health and recuperate your body often, striving to help you live to a hundred. What do you think?"

If he could get Xun Shuang to help as well, that would be wonderful.

The effect would be even better than Cai Yong.

"You brat!"

Xun Shuang was left somewhat dumbfounded, reaching out to point at Su Xuan with a wry smile. "You have not only set your sights on Cai Yong, but you have even set them on me."

"Should I say you are ambitious, or just bold?"

"Hehe!"

Su Xuan chuckled. "I have no choice! You know that my foundation is shallow. With this chaotic era approaching, how can I not find a way to cultivate more talent myself?"

"I am not like the Lord Yuan clan or the Hongnong Yang clan, whose students and former subordinates are all over the world."

"Many talents, even if I want to recruit them, may not be willing to come."

"I can only find a way to cultivate them myself in advance."

Moreover, he still had to carry out many reforms in the future.

Only by cultivating relevant talent himself could he use them with confidence and ease!

Otherwise, the resistance to his future reforms would only be greater.

If he could not even handle the internal side, let alone the external.

"That is true!"

Xun Shuang nodded while stroking his beard.

He had to admit that Su Xuan was thinking very long-term.

This was good; having foresight meant one could go far in the future!

"I will consider it further!"

Xun Shuang did not agree directly in the end, but he did not refuse either.

"I will find a way to keep Cai Yong for a few more days. I am also curious what method you intend to use to make him stay."

"If you can really make him stay, it is not impossible for me to hang my name at your academy, come here to stay for a period from time to time, and give a few lectures."

"Work hard! I look forward to it!"

With that, Xun Shuang turned and left.

In any case, he held no official position now, and having lived in seclusion for many years, he had spent these years writing books and establishing his theories.

He truly did not have much interest in officialdom anymore.

Additionally, the younger generation of his family had gradually grown up, and he had basically devolved the family power, so he did not need to worry that the family's operation would have problems if he were not in Yingchuan.

In the end, he was already old.

The thing he could not let go of most was still Xun Cai.

Even though she was married.

If he could come here often to see Xun Cai.

When Xun Cai had children with Su Xuan in the future, he could also bring up his grandchildren nearby and enjoy family happiness; that seemed quite nice too.

Besides, he was indeed quite interested in what Su Xuan said about recuperating his body.

When people get old, they inevitably fear death.

Even Xun Shuang himself could not avoid it.

Being able to live a few more years and hold a few more grandchildren would be good.

But the prerequisite was that Su Xuan could persuade Cai Yong.

At that time, he would only need to hang his name; the main teaching tasks could be completely left to Cai Yong to lead, and he could just provide support, so he would not be so tired.

Otherwise, he would not want to lead an academy!

He was already seventy or eighty; he did not want to suffer that hardship again.

"Really? Done! Then it is settled!"

"I will definitely find a way to persuade the Great Scholar Cai! Hehe!"

Su Xuan shouted at Xun Shuang's retreating back.

Xun Shuang waved his hand without looking back, signaling that he had heard.

Once Xun Shuang was far away, Su Xuan began to stroke his chin and ponder. "How should I persuade Cai Yong?"

"Ordinary means and methods are definitely not going to work."

"My relationship with Cai Yong is not close; we only met today, so I fear trying to build rapport will not have much effect."

"Then I can only find another way."

"Perhaps, it is time to bring out the Confucian cultivation method?"

The Confucian cultivation method was a concept in many novels from his past life.

Therefore, in the past year or so, Su Xuan would occasionally try to deduce and create a Confucian cultivation method.

Of course, a traditional Confucian cultivation method involving spiritual energy was not particularly desirable.

Unless it was based on the Star Art, adding the concepts of Confucian cultivation to modify and compile it.

But that would be a bit of a hodgepodge, not the true Confucian cultivation method in Su Xuan's mind.

"The true Confucian cultivation method should be a path of self-cultivation, nurturing one's character, cultivating a mouthful of noble spirit, and cultivating the power of the mind."

Su Xuan muttered.

He immediately began to deduce it.

Because there had been quite a lot of accumulation in the past, the deduction speed was fast.

In his mind, inspiration kept emerging and combining.

Half an hour later,

[Based on the Spirit Refining Method and Taoist Visualization, you have gathered inspiration from your past life's memories regarding Confucianism, combined it with the transformation and insight of the mind during the internal martial arts cultivation process, and combined it with your own insights into the transformation of your state of mind to create the Confucian cultivation method: Noble Righteousness Art.]

[Noble Righteousness Art]: By practicing it, one can condense the power of the mind through reading and comprehending the wisdom in books, improve one's state of mind, condense the seed of the mind, and master the power of the mind.

"It is done! It was actually successfully compiled and created; that is great!"

The moment he successfully deduced this technique, Su Xuan was overjoyed.

At the same time, because this technique was directly fully comprehended for him,

For a time, his power of the mind began to truly manifest and emerge, and it began to skyrocket rapidly.

"Hum!!"

After reaching a certain level, it even began to affect reality, causing things in the study to begin to tremble and shake slightly.

Su Xuan only felt a new kind of power, different from spiritual power, beginning to be born in his sea of consciousness.

This power was very pure and special.

It seemed as if it were omnipotent, capable of doing many extraordinary things.

Of course, this was just an illusion.

The power of the mind might possess this characteristic, but before its quality was strong enough, it certainly could not be done.

"Hmm... the power of the mind seems to be very important for martial artists to break through various realms, especially 'Seeing God Without Destruction'."

"If one can actively cultivate the power of the mind and strengthen it to a certain level, then the difficulty of breaking through to 'Seeing God Without Destruction' will be greatly reduced."

"Therefore, I also need to create a cultivation method for the power of the mind suitable for martial artists."

Su Xuan thought to himself.

After all, most martial artists were actually not suitable for practicing Confucian methods, and they were not very compatible.