The Geared Immortal

Chapter 964

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Experimenting and research cost a lot of money, which is why most schools needed support from noble families and merchants. Some schools and academies have the ability to stand on their own, but their result is minimal at best because they still have the needed resources to cultivate promising students.

With this as a problem, the schools and academies have relied more on donations and help than being self-sufficient.

So the noble houses and the royalties have a great hold on the academies, especially the mage towers which have a good relationship with the schools and universities.

And right now, with the trouble of Alto Magus Academy, the thing that Shin Jiao is offering is something that Principal Wise did not expect. She did not know what a virtual world is, but she is aware that there are new technologies that the Mystique Shop is producing every month.

And this is already proven in the cities around the capital. If not for the noble houses and the mage towers restricting the entry of such technologies, the capital city would not be left in the dust. But she also knew that the king has already made his move.

He is going to support this merchant group and change the status of the capital city.

"Mr. Ji… The thing is written in here… the so-called, virtual world… This is not just some kind of theory, right?" Principal Wise asked with a knitted brow.

Shin Jiao showed a faint smile on his face as he waves his hand and a virtual gear appears on the table.

Principal Wise was a bit stunned. She is a 1st level Grand Magus and has an idea about space bending. She also knew that the Mystique Shop's top people can conjure things out of thin air and take things as if absorbing them in space.

But seeing it personally is something she could not explain herself.

"This is a sample of the virtual helmet…" Shin Jiao said as he shows how to operate such a thing.

"Don't resist… Free your mind and enter the virtual world." Shin Jiao said as he helped the principal enters the virtual space.

5 minutes later… Principal Wise has an excited expression on her pretty face. She did not expect that she could experience such a thing inside of that world. 

Plants, animals, herbs, skills, techniques, and more, she can find them in there. It is like another world where one can do anything without worrying about the waste of material and spend more money in the actual world.

She tried doing alchemy which should have made her spend more than 10 mana stones because it only has a 30% success rate. But inside of that world, in the time span of 2 minutes, she failed many times, and finally succeeded. But what she gained is more than what she could never expect, knowledge and true experience.

Those are the most important things in one's life. She knew that if she continues doing so her success rate in concocting this type of pill would increase.

With an excited expression, she immediately grabs the folder and thoroughly checked the agreement written. After a while, she showed a faint smile and quickly put in her signature on the paper.

"You didn't want to discuss this with the board?" Shin Jiao asked.

"No… I don't want to listen to those old fools bickering. This is for the future of the school."

"Alright, since we agreed, I need to talk to some of the students now… This virtual helmet is a free gift." Shin Jiao said as he stands up and walks to the door.

"Mr. Ji… Are you really planning to recruit some of the graduating students?" She asked while taking the helmet and checking it.

"Yes, we would need to train them and they will be a good addition to our labor force for our merchant group. And they could also help your school in the future. Their knowledge would be of great use to you." Shin Jiao said with a smile.

"Don't you think that your leader is a bit lax when it comes to these things? I mean, most mage towers would not divulge such secrets and each of their mages would be under a heavy binding contract… I'm a little baffled with this about your group." 

Shin Jiao did not answer and just showed a faint smile. How could there be a danger when the process of creating these technologies is based on an assembly line production system?

With this model, one could not know what others are doing and the knowledge is only based on a single part of a whole, so the danger of the whole process being revealed is lesser. Of course, this does not eliminate the chance of people knowing something, but with the monitoring system in place, such a thing is almost impossible.

"Do not worry about this Principal Wise, we've been doing such a thing from the start and we have protected our secret until today. Haha…" Shin Jiao said without explaining anything.

After he left the principal's office, Shin Jiao directly went to the alchemy department to look for a particular person.

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Meanwhile, Alto Magus Academy made a strange announcement that day that made a lot of students dumbfounded. This announcement echoed throughout the capital city and it left many people dumbstruck and unable to comprehend what is really happening to the school right now.

"What is this… This new curriculum, virtual learning, what kind of joke is this?"

"Is the school crazy? How can we learn something when we are only watching?"

"I think the school has already exhausted our resources. This is because of that incident I heard with the noble houses. They would not support us because we have a student named Si Ji which caused the noble houses a lot of trouble."

"Damn it! Should I leave the school and transfer to another? If the school is unable to help me improve, then what use is it to stay here and pay tuition fees?"

"I think, it's better to go to another school… I will tell my father that I should transfer."

"I agree with you on that. Alto Magus would surely fall. I don't want to be a part of this school anymore."

The students have differing opinions about what is happening in the school and the new curriculum posted.

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Inside a huge conference room hall, the teachers, school boards, and most of the higher-ups in the school are gathered together and discussing this new announcement.

It happened too abruptly that they did not know what to say about it.

"Hey, what do you think of this so-called Virtual Learning?"

"I think that the school is trying to adopt the new technology of Mystique Shop. They are trying to incorporate that TV into the school. But I don't know if that would be a good move. I mean, experience and knowledge should go hand in hand in our school, right?"

"I heard that this is because of the principal."

"I saw that boy Si Ji visiting her this morning, and then we now have this. This is not a good move for the school, the noble houses will now thoroughly withdrew their support in our school, what could we do then?"

"The principals should not make a muddle-headed decision let's try to stop her from making a mistake…"

The teachers and the people inside the room began to discuss the situation in the school.

Right at this moment, the conference hall door opens.

From outside, a pudgy middle-aged man walks inside followed by a few nobles.

"It's the noble house representative from the Wang family…"

"They are one of the last supporting noble houses of the school, right?"

"That's the Ji noble house patriarch and also the… Ting noble house patriarch…"

"Are they here to support this new curriculum or withdrew their support… This is nerve-racking…"

"I think I have to find a new job after this."

"Why are you thinking like that? If the remaining noble houses reject this proposal then we can still continue to teach, right?"

The teachers began discussing as the group of people streams inside the hall.

After those people are seated in the front row seat, a middle-aged woman walks to the podium.

"Esteemed teachers, mages, and members of the board of our prestigious Alto Magus Academy, we are gathered here together to discuss the new curriculum that is introduced by the principal. I know that a lot of you have questions right now, but before that, we are going to show you something…" the middle-aged woman said as she nodded her head towards a person standing just below the stage.

That person walks to box covered object on the table.

After he takes the box cover it showed a projector.

Nobody said a word as the person carefully switched the power button on the projector and in front of the eyes of the people sitting, a large screen was projected.. No one said anything as their gazes are glued to the video in front of them.