Chapter 16 - Otherworldly Tang San's First Dark We
Only one meter, the leaf only flew out a distance of one meter, and it was already unable to maintain its spinning posture, as it was no longer hard, leaving Tang San's fingers, and the Xuan Tian Gong's internal force effect naturally disappeared.
"The gong power is still too weak." Shaking his head helplessly. Tang San stood up, it was time to go back, today, he was going to leave the village, the next time he came back to this mountaintop, he didn't know when it would be.
Pointing his toes on the ground, his calves powered up, Tang San executed Ghost Shadow Misty Trail, heading towards the bottom of the mountain.
The familiar congee fragrance poured out of his nose, this was the last time he would cook for his father again before leaving, Tang San certainly wouldn't be lazy. Looking at the firewood under the stove, adding more water to the porridge, so that when his father woke up from his nap, he would also be able to drink hot porridge.
Old Jack had already come, perhaps because of the reason of going to Notting City, today's Old Jack purposely wore a new outfit, looking more hale and hearty.
"Junior, let's go. Your lazy father isn't going to get up." Jack greeted Tang San.
Tang San made a silencing gesture to Jack, "Grandpa, keep your voice down, dad hates it when people disturb his sleep." While saying this, he pulled out a piece of burnt out charcoal from the fireplace and wrote a few lines on the ground, then turned back to look fondly at the door of his father's room, before carrying his bag and Jack quietly left.
To this world's writing, Tang San recognizes not much, are the village private school to teach children to learn words when he occasionally look to go. After all, with the foundation of his previous life, he also mastered some basic words.
The door curtain lifted, and the tall figure walked out from the inner room, Tang Hao didn't have a trace of sleep in his eyes, and when he walked to the door, he could still vaguely see the thin bodies of Old Jack and Tang San.
Tang Hao stood without moving, until the backs of Tang San and Village Chief Jack had completely disappeared, he still stood there for a long time.
As if remembering something, Tang Hao suddenly turned around and walked back to the blacksmith store, looking at the words Tang San had left him on the ground.
Two very simple words, "Dad, Grandpa Jack and I are leaving. Take care of yourself and drink less. The porridge is in the pot, don't forget to drink it."
Turning his eyes from the words on the ground to the iron pot on the side, Tang Hao violently rushed over, sweeping open the lid on the iron pot with one hand, and directly lifted the pot up with both hands.
Since Tang San had just added water, the porridge in the iron pot hadn't reboiled yet, but Tang Hao didn't care and just took the iron pot and poured it into his mouth, swallowing it in big gulps, and in his eyes there, at some point, there was already an extra layer of hazy watery intent.
Walking on the road, Tang San silently followed beside Old Jack, from time to time turning back to look in the direction of the village.
"Little Three, can't let go of the village or can't let go of your drunkard father?" Jack stroked Tang San's head and asked with a smile.
"A little of both." Tang San replied in a low voice.
Jack smiled faintly and said, "Compared to my several incompetent grandchildren, you're a kid who knows too much. How good it would be if you were my grandson. That drunkard Tang Hao is really lucky. Don't think too much, the outside world is vast, and when you go to the academy, you'll meet a lot of friends. You'll learn a lot. After you have the title of soul master, the state will send you a monthly grant, and by then, your family's life will be better."
After all, Tang San was a man of two lifetimes, listening to Jack's words, his emotions had gradually returned to normal, his heart could not resist his desire for the outside world, and asked, "Grandpa Jack, can you tell me about the academy? What exactly is that place?"
Jack guffawed and said, "The academy is of course a place of learning. Although I have never been to one either, I am mostly still aware of it. Our village has a place for work-study students every year, but it's been many years since we've had any work-study students to study. There are still a lot of incentives for work-study students; tuition and lodging fees are waived, and you only have to pay for your own food. You can do simple jobs at the college in exchange for food. For example, cleaning classrooms and so on. Overall, work-study at the college is also similar to free. If you were to pay money to study, it's not something that poor people like us can afford."
Tang San said, "Dad said for me to find a blacksmith store to work in after I arrive at the academy."
"You? Work in a blacksmith store? What kind of joke is that? I think Tang Hao is really crazy." Old Jack didn't have the heart to say, "How old are you? You're not even as high as a casting hammer, right? What blacksmith store would take in an apprentice worker like you, not to mention, blacksmithing is not a valued profession, and working part-time won't bring in much income. It's enough for you to just study well at the academy."
"However, speaking of which, if you are able to achieve something at the academy, you should by all means let your alcoholic father save some money for you. The intermediate soul master academy in the future doesn't have any work-study places, and that requires a lot of money to study. The soul master grant alone is far from enough."
Since Tang San was innately full of soul power, Old Jack had already treated him as a soul master.
Tang San looked at Jack suspiciously, saying, "Is there an intermediate soul master academy? What's the difference between it and a primary soul master academy? It's all an academy, and what's taught should all be soul master knowledge."
Old Jack patiently explained, "Of course it's different. Primary Soul Master Academy teaches some basic things, and there are some cultural courses to learn. It only accepts children whose martial souls have just awakened as trainees, the school system is six years, and by the time they reach the age of twelve, if they don't have much of a future, they will just be an ordinary soul master. But if the potential is good, most people will choose to go to the Intermediate Soul Master Academy to further their studies. Studying until the age of eighteen. The things taught at the Intermediate Soul Master Academy were going to be a bit more advanced, but the difficulty of learning would also be greatly increased. If one could not meet the requirements of the academy, they would not be able to graduate successfully. This is different from the Primary Soul Master Academy."