I am a demonic cultivator, not a capitalist with a conscience.

Chapter 170 The Dream Weavers Association (26)

Upon entering Wenchang City, Chen Yu noticed the thriving tutoring culture there.

Billboards along the road displayed slogans for tutoring classes, with top-notch instructors dressed impeccably and showcasing their achievements and abilities.

Education experts passionately expounded their educational philosophies and grand goals on billboards in the shopping mall.

"Studying is your only chance to change your destiny! While others cultivate themselves, you study; while others fail their exams, you go to university; you have obtained the seed of the Dao. What are others doing? They are envying you! One seed of the Dao is worth ten years of your hard work! What reason do you have not to study?"

"First, you'll get acupuncture. After that, you'll give up sleep altogether. Sleep? Sleep my ass!"

"Others don't sleep, they have 24 hours a day, but you sleep, you only have 20 hours. Who does Wenchang Xingjun (the God of Literature) like? He definitely likes the one who doesn't sleep and burns incense for him every day! A bundle of incense has 60 sticks, totaling 3000. I'll apply to the manufacturer and give you a lucky price of 2888. Buy it and start burning! Burn one stick during the day and one stick at night. Burn 60 sticks a month, filling your room with smoke. When Wenchang Xingjun passes by your house, he'll take a few extra breaths and slap his thigh, saying, 'Your incense is so pure! I want to like you!' So what are you waiting for? Buy incense! Call the order number now to buy incense!"

Chen Yu didn't realize it was an advertisement until the very end; the sudden turn of events almost gave him a back injury.

Staring at the advertisement, Chen Yu asked incredulously, "Are the advertisements here this outrageous?"

Liu Qing shook her head: "I don't know, but I'm actually thinking of buying it. If it weren't for the trade lock, I would have already paid for it."

"No, please!" Wang Chuyun immediately stopped Liu Qing. "Putting aside whether this incense is worth it or not, didn't you see that its usage condition is in Wenchang City? They like to use a lot of fancy words to package their products here. After you buy it and it doesn't work, they'll tell you that the Wenchang Star Lord doesn't like you because you don't own a house. But they'll say you can enhance the effect by buying a house, and then they'll make you take out a loan to buy a house. If you don't have enough money, you'll take out a small loan to buy a house. In the end, your credit score will be ruined, and the house will be taken back. You'll lose both your money and your house."

"This place is so scary!" Chen Yu asked in surprise.

Wang Chuyun sighed: "Education is so competitive, it produces only the most competitive students. But no matter how competitive it is, only a few can actually go to university. What happens to the rest? They can only do business with other students, and that's how tutoring centers started. But what if there aren't enough jobs? That's how TV shopping started. The rest of the people started turning to loans, then real estate, microloans, illegal veterinary drugs, hospitals, and that's how it gradually became like this."

"Doesn't the God of Literature care?"

"He can't control everything even if he wants to. The Star Lord passively absorbs the thoughts and desires of believers. Those people mentioned earlier are also part of the Star Lord's followers. He has long since become a follower."

Looking at the floating Wenchang Star Lord in the air, Chen Yu seemed to be deep in thought.

The Wenchang Star Lord of today is a completely different concept from the Wenchang Star Lord of ancient times. Long-standing culture and various trends have long since tainted Him with the stench of money.

These are idols chosen by people themselves, which also makes people bound by their own ideas and become slaves to these idols.

My dear Star Lord...

After reflecting on this, Chen Yu realized that the students passing by were more or less bothered by tutoring classes.

Tutoring centers are the biggest interest group in Wenchang City. Every student in Wenchang City has to choose at least one tutoring center, otherwise they can hardly study.

Teachers from a hundred schools of all sizes teach at their schools during the day and attend tutoring classes in the evenings. They work for the Wenchang Monk Management Committee during the day, and only work for themselves at night.

In order to attract business to their tutoring center, they talked as much as they could during the day and at night, fully demonstrating the profoundness of language.

Students can only keep up with the curriculum by attending tutoring classes run by their own teachers.

Behind every tutoring center lies a financial group that wagees unseen battles for students, desperate to seize every street and bring it under their control. In some areas with poor security, many students drop out of school early to work for these tutoring centers.

With one hand they held a sign that read "Want to learn about this score-boosting tool?" and with the other hand they said, "You absolutely must get a small loan." Every now and then they would whisper, "Your child has a great chance. Let's enroll him in another advanced class, and he can get into the top ten this semester. I know someone who collects organs. If you take out a loan to buy a copy of the 'Longevity Manual,' after practicing it for five years, he can grow another kidney, which won't stop you from having a second child."

Some people are superstitious about so-called "Nascent Soul dreams," constantly searching through various channels for dreams that can grant instant enlightenment, but they are likely to be scammed and lose everything. Even worse, they might end up turning their own children into mentally challenged individuals, only able to babble for the rest of their lives.

Some tutoring centers are backed by large corporations, making them even more unscrupulous in their actions. Many students who come to Wenchang City for education are dragged into these tutoring centers before they even realize what's happening, signing contracts without fully understanding what's going on, and handing over their first tutoring experience.

However, because Wang Chuyun revealed her grades, the tutoring center became hesitant to send her to classes.

The bright 460 is like a giant exorcism talisman, blasting away all demons and monsters, who dare not approach.

Upon seeing this number, most tutors could only feel ashamed and keep their distance, fearing being overshadowed by its brilliance.

Finding that the nearby tutoring centers were all far away, Liu Qing whispered to Wang Chuyun, "My little Wang is so much better. If it were just me and Chen Yu coming here, we'd be exhausted."

"It's become yours so quickly?" Chen Yu sighed. "You're pretty quick at riding the wave of popularity."

"If you're unhappy, come and freeload off me!"

Caught between the two, Wang Chuyun blushed deeply, but found it all quite amusing.

She hadn't experienced this feeling of walking with friends in a long time.

Even though she was so happy, the evil spirit in her heart was still whispering to her that she didn't actually like Liu Qing's presence, and that it would be better if he wasn't there.

This secret thought made her very uncomfortable, and she also felt deeply that no matter how much she achieved, she was still a dark person at heart.

With these complex emotions, she followed Chen Yu forward and finally found their destination in the center of Wenchang City: the Wenchang Dream Makers Association.

In theory, every city should have a Dream Makers Association.

However, Tianyuan has gone through a lot, and most of the existing dream weavers are not very capable. Therefore, the Dream Weavers Association simply canceled Tianyuan's dream weaver qualifications and even canceled the platform entrance.

If it weren't for the support of the Fire God, Chen Yu would still be an unqualified dream weaver, not yet registered.

The Dream Makers Association is not only responsible for registering dream makers, but also for recording and assigning ownership of dream makers' pseudonyms, as well as for rating their levels.

Looking at the Dream Weavers Association in front of him, Chen Yu straightened his collar and prepared to go in to process his level assessment.

This time, I should be able to upgrade from a beginner to an apprentice.

(End of this chapter)