Chapter 211 - 96 [The Young Instructor of the Academy] (8800 words)_3
Chen Yan smiled a little, but said nothing.
Strictly speaking, you can’t say the teacher is teaching nonsense—when doing scholarship, you naturally need to explain the book thoroughly. And from an academic perspective, the theory of "upholding heavenly principles and eliminating human desires" does indeed have to be tied to the "Zhou Yi" from the start. The teacher starting from the beginning can’t be said to be teaching nonsense.
But after all, this is a Zen Meditation Class, not a legitimate place for serious academic studies. Teaching like this is indeed somewhat intentionally padding the content.
The most important thing is...
Of course, you have to pretend to be profound!
Teaching profound content is the way to extend class hours! Otherwise, if the principle is explained clearly in just a few words... how would the teacher earn the class fees?
The instructors hired by Chu Keqing for this place aren’t cheap; many scholars from various schools also collaborate here to teach and earn some extra income.
Moreover... Chen Yan certainly couldn’t criticize others for padding the class hours because he himself also needed to...
At that moment, an instructor from the academy rang the bell in the courtyard.
As the bell rang, the students in this lecture hall quickly filled up the room, with roughly more than twenty people in total.
Chen Yan patted Chuyi on the shoulder, then stood up. Under Chuyi’s puzzled gaze, he walked to the front center of the room to a bookcase, sat cross-legged behind it.
In this room, out of the more than twenty students, Chuyi was the youngest.
Aside from Chuyi, the second youngest student was at least in their thirties.
Seeing such a young face sitting at the instructor’s position in the front—many students were stunned.
"Hello, everyone. Let me introduce myself. My name is Chen Yan. Chen as in ’ear side’ and Yan as in ’speech’." Chen Yan smiled warmly: "Starting today, I will be your Zen Meditation Class instructor. From now on, every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoon, I will be teaching you all."
After a moment of silence in the room, it stirred into a buzz—many students couldn’t help but start whispering amongst themselves.
Some students watched Chen Yan with furrowed brows, showing undisguised confusion and even a hint of dissatisfaction on their faces.
—Letting such a young guy teach us?
How old is he?
The previous instructors were at least scholars invited by Elder Zi from various schools.
This Zen Meditation Class at Luoyun Academy isn’t cheap for a semester!
So you’re fooling us? Getting a youngster to teach us?
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Chen Yan sat upright in the instructor’s seat, looking calm.
That’s right!
This is the casual job Chen Yan found to earn some pocket money.
It’s easy, not tiring, and time-flexible!
With his current qualifications, it would be hard to find a job elsewhere, and even if he did, it would be a low-paying, laborious job—why would he want that?
However, since he has connections, if he doesn’t use them and still goes out to find a hard job, he must be out of his mind!
He directly called Chu Keqing, expressing his desire for a casual job at her academy.
Chu Keqing nearly flipped the table in joy!
This esteemed senior wanted to come to her academy?
Wouldn’t it give her ample opportunity to cozy up to him?
Money? You name your salary! If I, Chu Keqing, frown even a little, consider it my loss!
Chen Yan wasn’t too excessive; he only asked for 8,000 yuan a month—calculating that this amount would be enough to feed Gu Qingyi. Anyway, no fancy meals, just regular home-cooked meals three times a day; the monthly food expenses wouldn’t cost much.
There would still be enough left for his dating expenses with Lu Sisi—Lu Sisi wasn’t a materialistic girl after all.
One or two thousand yuan a month for dating would suffice.
But there’s no way Chu Keqing would be that stingy!
Eight thousand? Are you underestimating me, Chu Keqing?!
Rich Lady Chu, who owns a whole street worth of properties, directly offered Chen Yan 20,000 yuan a month—he only accepted after a lot of persuasion.
Chen Yan didn’t want too much in the first place. Asking for more would mean he’d have to work hard for Chu Keqing—he was determined not to use any Magic or Mana in this job!
If he used Mana in this job, then the salary would be taken as "magic-earned money" by the Heavenly Dao, making it completely meaningless.
Not using Mana, taking too much salary from Chu Keqing would be inappropriate.
There were many tasks at the academy, but most were tough jobs, like the kitchen needing extra hands in the backyard.
But even if killed, Chu Keqing wouldn’t dare let Chen Yan do rough work in the backyard!
She simply offered to make Chen Yan an instructor at the academy—thinking, having this 91-year-old senior teach at the academy would be an astonishing boon for the ordinary social students!
Though Chen Yan wouldn’t teach any Cultivation Techniques, even a few tips on self-cultivation and character refinement would benefit them for life.
However, Chen Yan clarified that he would only teach regular cultural classes and nothing more.
Basic Zen Meditation Classes at the academy mostly cover traditional Eastern philosophy, content even simpler than college public courses. Chen Yan, being an expert, thought he could handle it.
Even though Chu Keqing didn’t fully understand why Chen Yan wanted it this way, she felt it might be due to this 91-year-old senior wanting to "play amongst the mortals" in his unique way.