Chapter 74 Two Birds.

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He stood with his signboard of the Red Dojo to push them back while shouting to them, "Don't rush. Stay in a straight line. If you don't stay in a straight line, you won't get anything." He shouted again as he kicked someone who didn't listen, "I said stay in a straight line." These people don't know anything about him, so they don't know his rules. He had to patiently train them like he did with the children of the servants. But this bunch was more difficult to get into order because they didn't know his identity and were much more desperate. He wasn't their employer, so he couldn't get them fired like the servants. He was just some rich and generous boy to them. They were also very hungry. Many of them don't even know what they will eat that day, so they are very desperate to reach him and get the bread. He didn't show mercy to anyone who flouted his rules. Not only did he not give them bread, he would kick and beat them with the signboard he was carrying. "Get in line," he shouted as he beat unruly people. Eventually, a modicum of order was created. There was a line, but people were still fighting each other for spots in the line. It was good enough for him, so he began distributing the bread. He handed the bread to them while saying, "Remember to tell people that I have opened a dojo for children who want to practice martial arts. Children from 10 to 16 can attend. Training is free. The dojo will open tomorrow and every day after that from 8 am to 10 am. " As he did that, he received a notification. Mountain Karma +3 This surprised him because he was expecting just 2 points of Karma. As Ethera is a martial world, there are no schools for purely intellectual learning. The only form of education system is informal, where masters teach their apprentices and fathers teach their sons their trades. Dojos have replaced schools. They are to primary education as sects are to colleges and universities. Learning martial arts and cultivation is the norm for most of the populace. It is the children of nobles that learn history, art, literature, and other intellectual subjects. But they do that at home with private teachers. The rest of society just learns how to read and stops there. What they do with the rest of their lives is train their bodies and cultivate in hopes of transcending their mortal coils. The presence of the Ten Thousand Beast Hunting Center in the city also means that there is a high demand for hunters. Hunters need to be powerful if they want to survive in the wild and return with prey to sell. So Dojos are in high demand. Unfortunately, the tuition of Dojos are expensive. After all, what Dojos teach is true power, not the intangible knowledge that the schools on earth teach. By offering to train children for free, he will be helping them, which will earn him karma and also help him acquire subordinates that he can use. It is killing two birds with one stone. So he is looking forward to its success. He distributed the bread quickly and announced to everyone that he would be back tomorrow. Then he left to buy wine for distillation. As he was leaving, he checked his system for its progress. He noticed that he had earned 1,300 Karma. It put him in a good mood. He thought to himself in excitement as he sat in the carriage, "From 135 karma daily to 1,200 daily. At this rate, I'll be able to reach level 3 in 20 years instead of 200 years. If I burn even more money, I'll get a lot more karma and progress faster." He thought so, but he wanted to wait and see before he decided to spend more than 10 silver coins daily on bread that he gives away. It is because he is being cautious. He has to be cautious because Ethera isn't Earth. Here on Ethera, the effect of laws is minimal. If he spends too much money, he might attract the wrong attention.

Chapter 74 Two Birds.

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