Chapter 2604: Weide Comes to Seek the Scriptures

Xia Duo previously traded for the Adaptive Mythallar with the Seven Towers, obtaining a series of technologies that the Tower of Time had not yet mastered or were inferior to the Seven Towers in, including Plane Exploration technology and Plane Crystal preparation technology.

What the Jilan Tower side provided was, of course, the recent progress of the Bloodline Sequencing Project; although there might be some concealment in it, it was not far off, and Xia Duo had already read the materials brought by Bulundesi previously.

Unless it was a complete fabrication, it was still sufficient to reflect the sincerity of Jilan Tower.

And in the transaction, there was also a supplementary clause, which was that Jilan Tower needed to help the Tower of Time establish a preliminary Bloodline Sequencing Laboratory.

The Bloodline Sequencing Project itself was not a high-difficulty experiment, just overly cumbersome; it was impossible for almost any Mage Tower organization to complete it in a short time.

Xia Duo had previously used the Clone Technique as a bargaining chip to participate in Jilan Tower's Bloodline Sequencing Project, and even sent four new Mages to Jilan Tower to participate in the specific experiments.

He had long since understood how to conduct the experiments, and the help mentioned in the agreement for establishing a Bloodline Sequencing Laboratory for the Tower of Time was more about providing experimental equipment and some project management experience.

It was precisely because of this that Jilan Tower did not refuse, because if they refused, Xia Duo could completely do it himself, which would just take a bit more time, but refusing was clearly not a wise choice during the transaction negotiations where the Seven Towers were in urgent need of a Mythallar at the time.

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In the Reception Room, Xia Duo and Huo En talked for a long time, finalizing quite a few details for the subsequent contact between the two sides, and finally, Xia Duo sincerely invited Weide to visit the Cultural and Arts Festival:

"Oh?" Jilan, who was originally tied up with official business and had intended to leave right after the meeting, suddenly became interested, "A brand-new art form? What is it?"

"Full-time Teacher?" Weide was clearly somewhat unfamiliar with that concept.

The master of the past apprenticeship system had no higher-level guarantee; the master needed to make a living on their own, and their primary job was not teaching; taking on apprentices might just be to have an extra labor force to exploit, or for some other reason.

"Yes, I have already decided." Weide gave an affirmative answer without hesitation.

But under the academy model, the faster and more the students learned, the better it proved the "performance" of the Teacher; with a higher-level existence like an "Academy," of course, the better the performance, the higher the salary paid.

"You want to popularize education? In the Yousinaer Territory?"

Upon hearing this news, Xia Duo only felt very surprised; after all, at present, besides Weide, he had not heard of anyone preparing to popularize education in their own territory, and not even a whisper of it had spread.

"Concentrate the school-age learners of twelve or thirteen years old and teach them basic Apprentice knowledge; you need some full-time Teachers to complete this task."

"The New Wind Art Exhibition and the new play tour might not count as very fresh things for you, Lord Jilan, but this Art Festival also has a brand-new art form; a moment that witnesses history, would you not like to experience it yourself, Lord Jilan?"

However, what Xia Duo did not say was that the academy model liberated the teacher-student relationship that was almost like master and servant under the apprenticeship system; the teacher's interests were positively correlated with the students' learning gains, whereas in the past, it was the opposite.

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"The number of people is not the key; the key is that the territory itself is a relatively stable system. Forcibly adding a magic learning attribute to everyone is not advisable; my suggestion is to start with young people."

So Xia Duo explained further: "Yes, to popularize Knowledge on a large scale, the past apprenticeship system is no longer suitable; in the future, one Teacher will need to correspond to multiple or even a large number of students, and the main work of these Teachers from now on will be teaching students, not anything else; this is a full-time Teacher."

Hearing this answer, even though Xia Duo had already anticipated the chain reaction that might be triggered after the popularization of education in the Great Xia Territory spread, he really did not expect that day to come so soon.

This was still Netheril's own people who were close by, so when would the Elves react? Xia Duo had no answer to this question, but he could not give up his own development to maintain a so-called low profile.

Coming over again this time, Xia Duo could not help but guess the other party's intention; had they heard about his transaction with the Seven Towers and also wanted to seek an Adaptive Mythallar? Or was it something else?

The last time the other party came, it was still to bid for a finished Mythallar!

"The Tower of Time has currently almost entirely switched to the academy model of full-time Teacher instruction. As for whether one Teacher can handle multiple students, that depends on the Teacher's ability; those with strong abilities take on more students, those with weak abilities take on fewer; the level of detail might not be as good as the past apprenticeship system, but to popularize Knowledge on a large scale, this is the price."

This stimulated the Teachers' enthusiasm for teaching, forming a stark contrast to the indifferent masters in the past apprenticeship system.

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Even Lamani and Ge Li En, who held a supportive attitude toward the exchange and dissemination of Magic, had not made the decision to directly popularize (Magic) education.

"I will seriously consider your suggestion, then how should I start?"

Thus, Xia Duo almost subconsciously asked one more sentence, "Are you sure?"

Weide had come over, and Xia Duo naturally had to meet him; after all, based on his understanding of Weide, trivial matters would have been communicated directly via Sending, so coming in person was mostly for some important matters.

In the Reception Room, Xia Duo introduced the current academy-style teaching model of the Tower of Time, and Weide nodded repeatedly as he listened, his eyes flashing with an excited divine light.

"Right! It should be like this! The academy system! I want to build a Magic Academy in the Wisdom High Tower, specifically used to popularize education! I believe this must be the correct future!" "So that's it, the Tower of Time has such a model? It's just that in this way, one Teacher corresponds to multiple students, can they take care of them?" Weide asked in confusion.

After arranging Weide's tour itinerary, Xia Duo hurriedly went to see the next important guest—Weide, who, besides his status as a councilor, was also one of the allies with whom Xia Duo currently had common interests in many aspects.

"What are you planning to do? Are you going to popularize it for everyone, or like me, start by accepting children under eighteen?" Xia Duo continued to ask.

To tell the truth, if it were based solely on personal preference, he actually did not like Weide very much, and even less hoped to have any transactions with the other party, but when it came to reality, it could not be decided entirely by personal preference.

In the Reception Room, the two had just sat down, and perhaps knowing that Xia Duo was pressed for time these two days, Weide spoke immediately: "I came here this time mainly to understand the situation of Apprentice cultivation in the Tower of Time; I am preparing to popularize Magic education within the Yousinaer Territory; in addition, regarding the construction of the Floating City, I also want to hear your suggestions."

"Allow me to keep it a secret for now; it certainly will not disappoint Lord Jilan," Xia Duo said confidently.

The situation of "teaching the apprentice and starving the master" was not something that only existed on Earth; it was also prevalent in Netheril.

"I am preparing to popularize it for everyone; the population of the Yousinaer Territory is not as large as yours, so full popularization should be achievable, but I don't know how this system operates," Weide replied.