The gatekeeper girl, Zhong Pianpian, had run off.
However, the shout she let out as she left caused quite a stir.
When Jiang Lin noticed, he turned his head and saw that the doors and windows of all the classrooms were crawling with ghosts.
They were all staring at him.
Even the rowdy paper figures seemed to sense the thoughts of their ghost masters and had stopped moving.
They looked towards the corridor.
Stare, stare~~
Jiang Lin: "..."
Crack, crack,
He seemed to hear the sound of cracking melon seeds.
Were these the "onlookers" that the viewers in the live stream room usually talked about?
"Alright, alright, class is in session. Everyone go back to your seats."
The middle-aged woman who had initially called out to stop Zhong Pianpian spoke up.
The owl on her shoulder also poked its head out, letting out a 'hoo hoo hoo~~~' sound.
Instantly, those restless paper figures also returned to their classrooms.
Jiang Lin's gaze fell on the owl. Was this also paper-crafting?
It looked just like a real one.
"Jiang Wuchang? Are you here to register for a class?"
The middle-aged woman beckoned Jiang Lin into the adjacent office. "I'm one of the administrators for this campus. Everyone calls me Director Ma."
As she motioned for Jiang Lin to sit down, she took out a registration form.
"Just fill in the class you want to register for."
"Okay."
Jiang Lin glanced at the registration form and wrote "Paper-Crafting - Beginner Class" on it.
He hadn't had much contact with musical instruments or paper-crafting before,
So he decided to pick one to start learning.
Paper-crafting...
At least it wouldn't poison his ears right from the start.
A moment later,
Director Ma took back the registration form and stamped it.
"Starting today?"
Jiang Lin: "Yes."
Director Ma pondered for a moment and then said, "Jiang Wuchang, there's something I need to tell you."
"For various considerations, we hope that you will refrain from live-streaming while the teacher is giving lessons."
"We know you have your own tasks, and what we can arrange here is the first lesson of the beginner class."
As for more in-depth courses and guidance later, it would not be convenient to live-stream them.
With the decline of various arts and techniques among humans, there was no need to worry.
The concern was that outside ghosts might learn them.
Moreover, besides the North Hall, there were also the East, West, and South Halls.
If everything were to be live-streamed... their North Hall would be at too much of a disadvantage.
...
Jiang Lin was stunned, somewhat surprised.
He hadn't expected the other party to say this.
Jiang Lin had originally planned to turn off the live stream during class, or have the small live stream orb go somewhere else.
After all, he was only paying tuition for one ghost, and then publicizing all the teaching of the North Hall was truly unethical.
There was also the concern that ill-intentioned ghosts might learn them.
He had just been wondering if not live-streaming the lessons would count towards completing the system's task.
Unexpectedly, the campus had proactively secured one lesson for him.
Jiang Lin: "Thank you, Director Ma."
Director Ma looked at him, surprise in her eyes.
She hadn't expected this ghost messenger, who was both a propagator of the underworld and a 'celebrity' in the Four Halls, to be so agreeable.
Most importantly, she could sense that this ghost messenger himself possessed considerable strength.
She just didn't know what his talent was for learning musical instruments and paper-crafting.
When she spoke again, her smile became even brighter:
"Then go and prepare. Report to the beginner class shortly, and the teacher will give you a beginner's set."
"Okay."
As Jiang Lin got up and walked to the door, he suddenly paused.
He turned back and asked, "Director Ma, what is that building next to this campus for?"
Director Ma: "That one? That's where they teach cultural subjects."
"I see."
After leaving the office, Jiang Lin patted the seven-colored egg in his sleeve and asked in a low voice,
"Do you want to go to school?"
When Director Ma gave him the registration form, the seven-colored egg had suddenly bounced towards the adjacent teaching area.
When he was about to leave, the thing had bounced again.
"!!!"
The seven-colored egg in his sleeve immediately bobbed up and down.
Yes, yes! Go to school!
It wanted to learn things too!
It wanted to learn to read!
That way, it would know what books its master usually read!
And it could have common topics with its master!
"Learning from an egg?"
Jiang Lin thought of the books he had read before.
Nurturing from an egg was beneficial for young ones.
"But martial arts cannot be neglected."
The seven-colored egg quickly bobbed up and down. It knew how!
Jiang Lin: "I'll give you a chance. Behave well these few days. If you do well, I'll register you."
If there were opportunities to take on missions during this period, he could use them to pay for the seven-colored egg's tuition first...
Wait.
Jiang Lin suddenly realized something.
Why didn't he let the seven-colored egg try to earn its own tuition?
He didn't know how long it would take for this egg to hatch.
Some seniors said that some young ones hatched in one or two months, while others took decades or centuries.
So...
He could completely let the seven-colored egg start learning to be self-reliant now!
It couldn't be an egg forever.
If it was, then it should be even more important to cultivate its survival skills early!
Thinking of this, Jiang Lin's eyes lit up.
He patted the seven-colored egg in his sleeve. "I'll go and study first. I'll tell you something when I get back."
"?"
What was it?
The seven-colored egg tilted its body and thought.
It was probably about listening carefully in class, doing homework well, and not causing trouble, right?
It heard human parents say such things to their children.
Well...
When those parents gave instructions, they seemed to be holding a long wooden board in their hands?
In his sleeve.
The color of the seven-colored egg changed from blue to red, and then from red to bright yellow.
No matter what, it would behave well!
Be an egg that loves to learn!
An egg that could read and write, and also knew martial arts!
It could do it!
...
"!!! Holy crap, is that true??"
The viewers in the live stream room couldn't hear Jiang Lin and the seven-colored egg's whispers.
But!
What had they just heard?
Director Ma had said that they could live-stream one beginner introductory lesson?
Was it true or not?
A group of viewers immediately jumped up in surprise, their eyes shining.
Having a chance was better than nothing!
Whether it worked or not, they had to try to find out!
"Thank you, streamer, thank you, North Hall, for giving us this opportunity, thank you, Mom and Dad, for giving birth to me in this era, I will definitely live up to the people, live up to the streamer, live up to..."
"Hey, hey, wake up! You haven't even started learning yet, and you're already preparing your thank-you speech?"
"This batch of viewers is really amazing. You said you learned ghost arts, and they actually believed it!"
"Hehe... Those who are still sending bullet comments now are probably ready to fold paper, right? For example: Me ＜(*^▽^*)＞."
"Let's be honest, I'd also like to register for a training class like this."
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