Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

Cultivating outstanding students is never a simple task, and different people will have different views and standards on it.

Although he is clumsy in life, he is often so engrossed in his studies that he forgets to eat and forgets other things he needs to do.

However, Bai Ling was exceptionally serious about the things Mu Ling'er taught her, a stark contrast to her previous lazy attitude.

Even if Mu An has already made a decision, she will still argue her case and try to find a more suitable solution.

During this process, Bai Ling was also trying to instill her own ideas and beliefs into Mu An.

Or rather, the process of resolving differences is itself a clash of ideas and ideologies.

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Despite her seemingly impulsive and carefree exterior, Bai Ling possesses a delicate and thoughtful mind, capable of achieving greatness through literature and Taoism.

The innocence of adolescence transforms into the pursuit of ideals and beliefs as one grows up.

While her single-mindedness caused Bai Ling a lot of trouble, it also became her greatest advantage.

On the road to pursuing dreams, unwavering commitment is always the most important element.

If Bai Ling was a kind-hearted girl decades ago, then Bai Ling now is a seeker of truth on the road.

After leaving Shuzhou City, Bai Ling went to Qing'an Prefecture of the Great Ling Empire, Changzhou City of the Great Tong Dao, Wanshuang City of the Northern Ling Empire, and Jiaozhou City, the capital of the Eastern Qi.

In each place, Bai Ling lingered for a while. She walked into the capitals of the five kingdoms, trying to feel the differences in each place.

Each of the five capital cities has its own characteristics. In these five places, Bai Ling saw their respective strengths and weaknesses.

Because they had to serve the emperor, politics, and power, the literature and teachings of the five kingdoms lost their purity, and none of them could satisfy Bai Ling.

In order to understand his own thoughts, he followed Mu Ling'er's advice.

After studying Zhuangzi's "The Way of Great Harmony" and Wang Pingshan's "On the Great Peace of the World," Bai Ling visited the Wenhua Palace, a sacred place of literature and Taoism in Tianming Domain, and studied there for a period of time.

At Wenhua Palace, Bai Ling, as a direct descendant of the Bai family, communicated with several literary sages and discussed with outstanding students of this generation. In the end, she understood her own path and became a celestial being in the world of literature.

If she continues to stay at the Wenhua Palace, she may have even greater opportunities for advancement in the future.

Because of Bai Ling's outstanding performance and her family background, Yun Mo of Wenxiang Hall, Ming Zhengyang of Wenyang Hall, and Lin Huai'an of Wen'an Hall all extended invitations to Bai Ling, expressing their willingness to take her as their disciple.

Bai Ling declined all the invitations offered to her.

It wasn't because she had already become Mu Ling'er's disciple, but because Wenhua Palace couldn't meet Bai Ling's needs.

There are too many factions within the Wenhua Palace, with too many different ideas, and there is no unified program or a consensus on the direction.

What Bai Ling wants is a theory that can truly prevail throughout the world and bring peace to the world.

There is no clear path in the Nine Realms at present.

After realizing her own path, Bai Ling convened a grand gathering at Wenhua Palace with her two books, "The Way of Great Harmony" and "On the Great Peace of the World," inviting scholars from all over the world to participate and discuss the contents of the books.

During the month-long grand event, Bai Ling discussed various matters with countless practitioners of literature and Taoism.

Only after the grand event ended did Bai Ling leave Wenhua Palace alone and return to Mu Ling'er's side, beginning her writing journey.

With nearly two hundred years of experience in governing the country, Mu Ling'er has managed Qishan Road in an orderly manner. In terms of governing the country and benefiting the world, Mu Ling'er has experience that no one else can match.

While "The Way of Great Harmony" and "On the Great Peace of the World" are indeed excellent classics of literature and philosophy, some of the ideas in these two books ultimately no longer meet the needs of the times in a constantly changing world.

There are so many things to explore on your own, and many theories need to be verified through practice.

Bai Ling's goal is to learn from the strengths of others and ultimately create a path that is truly suitable for the world today.

To achieve this goal, we must communicate with more people and obtain more help.

For Bai Ling, the simplest way to get help is to stay by Mu Ling'er's side and discuss various aspects with her.

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It was also because of her pursuit of dreams that Bai Ling came to Jiuzhou City and to "Sui'an Academy".

When they met again, Bai Ling told Mu An a lie.

Mu Ling'er never forced her to come here; she came here of her own accord.

More than two years ago, when Mu Ling'er expressed her hope that Bai Ling could go to Jiuzhou and open an academy with Mu An, Bai Ling agreed without any hesitation.

Because Bai Ling knew that if she wanted to seek the Dao and put her ideals into practice, Mu An was an unavoidable presence for her; whether he would be an aid or an obstacle remained to be seen.

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Mu An was completely unaware of all of this.

He had no interest in exploring Bai Ling's past; he was only thinking about how to cultivate outstanding students.

Logically speaking, the simplest way to make students excellent is to train them into experts.

Cultivators at the Celestial Martial Saint level are, in the secular sense, true masters.

Mu An believed that as long as the students were trained into martial arts masters, this goal would naturally be achieved.

Compared to other paths filled with uncertainty, martial arts is the most clearly defined path.

Strength equals excellence, weakness equals failure.

Because of their different perspectives, Bai Ling and Mu An had significant disagreements regarding the establishment of the academy and the recruitment of students.

In order to cultivate outstanding students as quickly as possible, Mu An was very strict in his admissions process, and only the most talented children could be selected by him.

If one's talent is not exceptional enough, then one must make up for it in other ways, such as having a good family background, so good that one only needs to do a little bit to be regarded by the world as an outstanding scion of a prominent family.

Only those with these qualities will be considered by Mu An.

Whether it's the former or the latter, they are extremely rare to encounter, and even if they do, they wouldn't choose a small, seemingly ordinary academy.

The academy has been open for two years, and Mu An has only accepted one student.

Bai Ling is the opposite of Mu An.

Perhaps because she herself had not achieved much in martial arts, Bai Ling insisted on teaching without discrimination, believing that children from ordinary families and with average talent also had a chance to succeed.

Bai Ling believed that people are like snowflakes in winter, each one different, with varying degrees of difference and huge innate gaps.

However, everyone has the potential to develop to some extent, and we should not abandon all people with average martial arts aptitude just for the sake of speed.

After all, there is more than one path in this world than martial arts, and a person's success depends not only on their martial arts skills, but also on many other factors.

He harbored this belief, and also had a slight desire to prove his beliefs to Mu'an.

Over the past two years, Bai Ling has recruited four children into the academy and taught them different kinds of knowledge.

Both of them are cultivating "excellent" students in their own way.

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