Hearing Dugu Bo's words, Lin Xishan curled his lips slightly and said, "Naturally, I must pay another visit to Blazing Academy and Hurricane Academy."
The situations of these two academies were much like Tianshui Academy's. Lin Xishan followed the same method, and by bringing up the fact that Tianshui Academy had already joined, he successfully persuaded the other two academies without much trouble.
The principals of the three academies arrived at Shanyue Hall together. Seeing the magnificent aura of Shanyue Hall, which had been renovated by people found by Qian Renxue, they were already thirty percent impressed.
At this moment, Lin Xishan brought out a box wrapped in red cloth.
"Hall Master, what is this?" Xuan Miaoer asked confusedly, looking curiously at the long object Lin Xishan had pushed forward.
Lin Xishan knew the importance of borrowing authority well, so he smiled and said, "This item is a plaque inscribed personally by the strongest current Titled Douluo, the level 99 Angel Douluo, Qian Daoliu."
As he spoke, Lin Xishan pulled away the red cloth, revealing a plaque with gold characters on a red background to the three of them.
The three glistening golden characters for "Shanyue Hall" were written with magnificent momentum by Qian Daoliu, faintly carrying an imposing aura belonging to a Limit Douluo.
This plaque had been requested by Qian Renxue herself through a letter to Qian Daoliu, and it was delivered the day before Lin Xishan recruited Tianshui Academy.
This also served as motivation for Lin Xishan; once he possessed sufficient strength, he would personally take down this plaque and replace it with the signboard of the Earth Temple.
The principals of the three academies had no mind to concern themselves with Lin Xishan's "little schemes," but they were secretly astonished in their hearts, unable to help but gaze at the plaque.
At this moment, they were all incredibly glad about their decision to choose to join Lin Xishan's Shanyue Hall.
Watching the plaque being slowly hung up, the three principals suppressed the agitation in their hearts and looked at Lin Xishan.
Since Lin Xishan, the Hall Master, had suddenly called them for a meeting, there must be some major matter to discuss.
"As you have all seen, our main hall is currently located in the suburbs, so if the three academies remain scattered throughout Heaven Dou City, it will be somewhat inconvenient, especially when it comes to providing support," Lin Xishan said.
The hearts of the three principals skipped a beat; they could all guess what Lin Xishan meant by these words.
"I have the connections to secure a plot of land in Heaven Dou City. What do the three of you think?" Lin Xishan asked.
"It wouldn't be difficult to purchase a new plot after selling Tianshui Academy's current land, but if we do that, moving will be quite a project," Xuan Miaoer said first.
"We at Hurricane Academy can help with that," Chen Tianjuan stated.
"We at Blazing Academy can help too," Zhu Chiyan said. "However, what will the new academy be named?"
"Let's call it Shanshui Academy. Between the mountains and waters, wind and fire can be contained. Although we have merged, everyone can still maintain the characteristics of their respective academies, so there is no need to be too concerned about the name," Lin Xishan said.
"That works."
This result was acceptable to all three parties. After they agreed, Lin Xishan did not delay and accompanied them to implement the matter.
That night.
"I'm exhausted," Lin Xishan said, tapping his stiff shoulders as he walked back to Shanyue Hall.
Dugu Bo was drinking wine while reading a collection of strange tales written by someone from the Douluo Continent.
"Yo, our busy man has returned." Dugu Bo closed the book and looked at Lin Xishan with a smile.
"Senior Dugu, you are truly leisurely," Lin Xishan said, taking a gulp of wine. "I can't help but envy you."
"By the way, Prince Xue Xing came by this afternoon," Dugu Bo said.
"What did he come for?" Lin Xishan became alert immediately, putting away his exhausted expression and asking seriously.
"Nothing much, he just discussed with me whether I could concurrently serve as a Royal Guest and as a consultant here. I told him that you are the Hall Master and my current master, so you have the final say in this matter," Dugu Bo said.
"Senior Dugu, you speak too heavily. You and I are not master and subordinate, but important partners," Lin Xishan said earnestly.
"Make your own decision on this matter. I also wanted to bring up another thing: although those three old fellows have somewhat poor talent, they are, after all, at the Spirit Douluo level. Do you want to give them each an Immortal Herb to improve their strength?" Dugu Bo asked.
"Of course not. Right now, you are our only pillar. Your strength can suppress them, so they won't overthink things, but if they were to also advance, it would be inevitable that they might have other ideas," Lin Xishan shook his head, then said, "I plan to give one to Yan and one to Nana first. The rest will be kept as special resources for future use."
"That's true. Your thinking is meticulous, you've thought of more than this old man," Dugu Bo said.
Shanshui Academy was quickly established, and with Qian Renxue's help, the certification was very fast.
Shanshui Academy still primarily recruited elemental Spirit Masters, and on this basis, it was divided into four departments: Water, Fire, Wind, and Mountain. The Water Department still only recruited female students, and the recruitment direction for the Fire and Wind departments remained unchanged.
As for the Mountain Department, it was a special department specifically opened by Lin Xishan that only recruited those with Body and Dark Spirits.
The cultivation methods for these two types of Spirits were described quite clearly in the original work, such as the extreme cultivation style of Body Spirits and the special cultivation methods that often came with Dark Spirits.
For Dark Spirits with abnormal cultivation methods, Lin Xishan only accepted those that could be cultivated using non-human creatures. For those similar to the Blood Infant that required human blood or lives, he would reimburse their travel expenses home, then report them to Spirit Hall and arrange for people to supervise them.
At the same time, Shanyue Hall also began to accept some orders, mainly for escorting caravans, helping to hunt spirit rings, and so on.
Because it was a newly established force, these businesses were not very busy, and Lin Xishan could complete them in his spare time from cultivation.
Since taking in the three major academies, Shanyue Hall could be considered to have officially started operating.
Days were peaceful for a few months, until a student wearing the Shanshui Academy uniform ran to Shanyue Hall.
The person who arrived was none other than Feng Xiaotian. He was using his Spirit Ability, Wind Wolf Wings, to fly rapidly, and landed in front of Lin Xishan.
"What's wrong? Why are you so flustered?" Lin Xishan had just finished cultivation and was thinking about what Immortal Herb to give Hu Liena and Yan when his train of thought was interrupted.
Lin Xishan was not annoyed, but looked at Feng Xiaotian with some curiosity.
"Hall, Hall Master, it's bad!" Feng Xiaotian said, panting for breath.
"What on earth has happened?" Lin Xishan looked at Feng Xiaotian in confusion.
Although this guy was a bit of a romantic fool and sometimes got stuck in a rut regarding his cultivation path, he was essentially quite a composed person. Lin Xishan had even been planning to wait until his cultivation was higher before letting him work in Shanyue Hall.
"Report, Hall Master," Feng Xiaotian seemed to calm the chaotic breathing caused by his rapid travel, then said, "Thunder Academy has come to our door, looking aggressive; I'm afraid they've come to hold us accountable."