NOVEL NEXT Chapter 79 - Teacher and Student
After returning to the villa, Mai Dongzi looked at her light brain and realized that Admiral Chen had sent her a long message and a personal profile of General Su.
She hadn’t checked the message earlier because she had been engrossed in her training and hadn’t had time to look at her light brain.
Mai Dongzi examined the message, which was over a thousand words long and detailed the teacher-student relationships in this world.
Although Admiral Chen was just an aide, his superior was Prince Arthur, so he was usually very busy.
A person as busy as he was taking the time to send her such a long message could only mean that he or Prince Arthur wanted her to seriously consider whether to take General Su as her teacher.
Given the original owner’s memories, Mai Dongzi was aware of the teacher-student relationships in this world, which were quite different from those in her previous life.
The original owner knew about the teacher-student relationships among ordinary people, while Admiral Chen’s message covered the relationships among top-tier aristocrats—an echelon the original owner had never been in contact with, so she was unfamiliar with these matters.
In her previous life, her teachers were educators who mostly focused on teaching and nurturing talent. They taught knowledge, and after graduation, students might never see each other again and would stop communicating.
In this world, however, the teacher-student relationship is lifelong. Once a student took on a teacher, they became the teacher’s direct disciple.
In this world, a teacher not only imparts knowledge to their disciple but also use their resources to nurture them, investing both money and effort.
Thus, there is a clear understanding of teacher-student relationships here: when someone becomes a disciple, they are expected to complement the teacher’s excellent descendants. If the teacher has outstanding descendants, the student must work alongside them. If the teacher does not have notable descendants, the student is expected to support the teacher’s descendants throughout their life.
In short, if Mai Dongzi formally became General Su’s disciple, she would be bound to him. She would need to assist General Su and look after his direct blood relatives.
This is the cost of Mai Dongzi becoming General Su’s disciple.
General Su, who had divorced her husband early on, returned to the Su family with her daughter. The Su family was originally a minor family but had risen to a mid-level family thanks to General Su’s efforts.
The younger generation of the Su family has no outstanding members. General Su’s daughter had average potential for cultivation, but it turned out that her granddaughter’s potential was even worse.
After becoming General Su’s disciple, Mai Dongzi would have the responsibility to look after General Su’s direct descendants, but the level of attention she needs to give to General Su’s daughter and granddaughter is up to her discretion.
The terms may seem harsh, but in reality, once Mai Dongzi becomes General Su’s disciple, she will receive full support from General Su due to the poor cultivation potential of General Su’s daughter and granddaughter.
This kind of support is akin to training an heir; General Su will use her resources and connections to nurture Mai Dongzi. Upon General Su’s death, at least half of the resources she accumulated would likely be transferred to Mai Dongzi.
Given the significant benefits a student receives from a teacher, it is reasonable for the student to look after the teacher’s direct relatives. Mai Dongzi does not feel that she is at a disadvantage. Receiving so much and giving back a little is only fair.
After reading General Su’s information, Mai Dongzi understood that General Su had been carefully selected by Prince Arthur.
If Mai Dongzi had chosen a teacher from a family with outstanding descendants, even though she would still receive strong support, the resources and connections would likely be directed toward the teacher’s descendants rather than herself.
Once Mai Dongzi and the outstanding junior have grown up, she would need to respect that junior as the teacher’s excellent descendant and assist them as much as possible.
Given Mai Dongzi’s potential, under the impending apocalypse crisis in the Dagara Star System, she will definitely be conscripted into the military.
Although the Xi family is one of the top ten prominent families, their influence is mainly in business and politics, with little to no connection in the military, offering no real assistance to Mai Dongzi.
Therefore, Prince Arthur found her a mentor who could not only resolve her cultivation difficulties but also place her at a high starting point when she entered the military.
In this world, the military values not only a person’s qualifications and abilities but also their connections.
Mai Dongzi feels that Prince Arthur has put considerable effort into her situation.
However, whether it is the favor from Atom or her achievements in discovering energy plants on Shuilan Star, they are unlikely to warrant such meticulous attention from him.
After careful consideration, Mai Dongzi realized that Prince Arthur’s arrangement for her to apprentice under General Su not only accelerates her cultivation but also opens the door for her to enter the Third Army Group through General Su’s connections.
Since she has pledged allegiance to Prince Arthur, if she can eventually take control of the Third Army Group, it would also mean that Prince Arthur indirectly controls it.
Mai Dongzi pondered for a while, then opened her light brain and sent a simple message to both Prince Arthur and Vice Admiral Chen: “Thank you!”
Though these two words are simple, they represent her most sincere gratitude at the moment.
Even though their actions were not purely out of selflessness but rather a way to leverage her capabilities to gain or control certain things, this was precisely her goal in seeking their support—to become valuable to Prince Arthur.
Furthermore, Vice Admiral Chen’s detailed message showed her that, although they intended to use her, they were transparent about their plans and gave her the opportunity to make an informed choice.
Mai Dongzi not only didn’t feel uncomfortable about being used, but she also felt that she had indeed aligned herself with the right influential figure.
With her mind made up, Mai Dongzi calmed down again and prepared to continue her training.
Yesterday and this morning, she had been engrossed in training her mental energy meditation techniques. This afternoon, she planned to practice the combat techniques she had learned from General Su the previous day.
Mai Dongzi believed that this set of combat techniques was likely created by General Su herself. It combines mental energy with martial skills, making it very suitable for cultivators with strong mental energy and a high level of martial prowess.
This combat technique is highly destructive and can be used not only in close-quarters combat but also in mech combat.
However, Mai Dongzi had only experienced the destructive power of the combat technique yesterday and had only scratched the surface of understanding it.
Without General Su’s further instruction, she would have to explore and practice the technique based on her own understanding. She couldn’t be sure how long it would take or how effective her results would be.
Fortunately, General Su had sent her the techniques and cultivation methods for the combat skills before leaving yesterday.
With the accompanying cultivation methods for integrating with the martial skills, Mai Dongzi only needed to practice repeatedly, learn how to blend mental energy with martial techniques, and eventually reach a level of proficiency where it became second nature. This would signify that she had mastered the techniques.
Just the corrections to her mental energy meditation techniques and the addition of this combat technique had already provided Mai Dongzi with immense benefits.