"Really? I don't believe it..."
With just one sentence, Zi Ji directly infuriated Bibi Dong.
Bibi Dong's face flushed red as she pointed at Zi Ji, muttering something about thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, don't bully the middle-aged for being poor.
She also said that scholarly matters were all about sudden enlightenment, and with a sudden flash of inspiration, Master Yu Xiaogang would think of the key.
Surpassing Latio in the future was only a matter of time.
Bibi Dong lost her composure, after all, the only thing she could call a source of pride now was Yu Xiaogang!
Her position as Pope was gone, her strength as a Titled Douluo was gone, aside from that Master Yu Xiaogang, what else did she have to boast about?
Zi Ji still didn't believe it, she simply didn't believe there was anyone in the world who could rival Master Latio.
Bibi Dong's temper flared too, and she simply said:"Then come with me and see!"
Zi Ji immediately agreed, and so, the two women went to the academic building together.
On the way, they happened to pass by the company building.
By this time, it was already the second day since opening, and people knew Master Latio wouldn't be coming over, so their enthusiasm had faded considerably, at least it was no longer packed so tightly that not even water could get through.
Of course, there were still some people watching at the entrance, looking at what had been posted on the wall.
Bibi Dong and Zi Ji were both very curious, and moved closer to take a look.
It was a notice board, with some figures recorded on it.
"Revenue of thirty-six million gold soul coins?!"
Bibi Dong read the words above aloud, her voice involuntarily rising!
Because, this number was simply too shocking!
One had to know, even a single gold soul coin was enough to cover the basic living expenses of a family of three for several months!
And the company had only been operating for a little over a day, yet it had already amassed wealth that the vast majority of powers couldn't accumulate in a hundred years!
How was this doing business, it was clearly robbing money!
Bibi Dong's eyes practically turned green, if she had gotten this money, how many small kingdoms and duchies could she secretly annex, how many elite armies could she build!
Of course, now she had nothing left, and was no longer the Pope.
But she still couldn't accept this reality.
It was one thing for Latio to be famous, but now he had even taken "profit" to the extreme, and had done it casually at that!
"I told you Master Latio is incomparable! By the way, you with the surname Bi, what does this say?" Zi Ji pointed at the other words and asked in confusion, she still wasn't very literate.
Bibi Dong continued reading, some of the tables and figures above detailed the company's profits and so on, as well as the amount that could be injected into the charity fund.
The text below said that the company wanted to cooperate with some philanthropists.
For example, establishing academies, nursing homes, orphanages...and so on, as long as one had the heart for it, they could come to the company to apply for funding!
Of course, this would be supervised, and a contract would also have to be signed.
Once someone was found to have deliberately deceived them, solely to pocket the money, they would be thrown into prison.
It had clearly only been one day, yet there were actually the joint official seals of the Heaven Dou Empire,Star Luo Empire and Spirit Hall on it, indicating that all three parties would jointly guarantee the company!
"Is this idiot allergic to money?"
Bibi Dong curled her lips, unable to understand Latio's actions.
This kind of selfless charitable behavior was still far too ahead of its time for the Douluo Continent.
Although Spirit Hall awakened martial souls for all children of suitable age, showing considerable responsibility, it wasn't entirely out of righteousness either.
There was also the intention of gaining first access to promising talents, as well as displaying Spirit Hall's benevolence.
At the same time, when it came to issuing subsidies to soul masters, that was entirely generosity at others' expense, all of it squeezed out of the two great empires.
Of course, without Spirit Hall, the two great empires would absolutely never have paid this money.
But Latio's company was completely different, there was no selfish motive whatsoever.
It simply wanted to do good deeds, to perform righteous acts!
That was why Bibi Dong called Latio an idiot, what use was there in helping a bunch of poor people?
It was simply an investment where the losses outweighed the gains!
At this moment, waves of sighs rose from the people around them, some elderly people even wiped away tears, patting the heads of their young grandchildren beside them and patiently instructing them.
"You must all remember this! Remember this company, remember Master Latio! It is precisely because there are good people like them that more people born into poverty can have a fair chance to receive an education!"
"If I had been born a few decades later, and encountered Master Latio's company, perhaps my achievements would be greater than they are now?"
"Master Latio, no, he deserves the word 'Holy'! I propose, Master is already no longer worthy of Lord Latio! He should be described as Holy Master! Holy Master Latio!"
"That's right! That's a great idea! Holy Master Latio!"
"..."
As everyone repeated this name, they all became excited, breaking into smiles through their tears.
They all agreed that Holy Master Latio was more fitting!
Just like that, one told ten, ten told a hundred, and soon the entire street began discussing Latio's new title.
Holy Master!!!
Because his acts of great benevolence and righteousness were enough to make him a saint!
Soon, throughout all of Spirit City, wherever there were people, they were cheering for the Holy Master.
On everyone's face was heartfelt reverence and smiles.
Whenever the Holy Master was mentioned, whenever they thought of Latio, their hearts were filled with nothing but admiration!
This kind of pure faith surpassed any emotion driven by fame or profit.
Because, Holy Master Latio treated them with sincerity, without mixing in any demands, so naturally they would return the same sincerity!
Bibi Dong watched this scene, feeling extremely uncomfortable inside.
Although Latio would no longer compete with Yu Xiaogang for the title of Master, he had instead gained the even more precious word "Holy"!
How could she accept that?
The most painful part was that this title hadn't been bestowed upon Latio by any power, but came from the support of the common people!
Bibi Dong's face turned livid, and she clenched her fists.
At this moment, she even regretted coming here, why did she have to hear about such a glorious scene for Latio?
Zi Ji blinked and clapped her hands:"What a great word, Holy! When it comes to fussing over words and phrases, you humans really are the best! Holy Master Latio, hehe, it sounds so nice! You with the surname Bi, tell me, can that Yu Xiaogang or whatever really compare to Holy Master Latio?"
Zi Ji gave Bibi Dong a smug look, now believing Bibi Dong's words even less.
Bibi Dong wore a gloomy expression, she didn't want to say anything now, and even had the urge to turn around and go home.
Ignoring the noisy Zi Ji beside her, she quickly headed toward the academic building.
...
At the same time, in the first-floor hall of the academic building.
Yu Xiaogang had temporarily convened a lecture, announcing the progress on bloodline-inherited martial souls that Yu Luomian had promised.
He wrote densely packed derivation formulas on the blackboard, then gave several variables.
"...The above, are the variables that can greatly encourage offspring to inherit the superior martial soul, of course, this is only preliminary progress for now, further research will still be needed afterward."
Yu Xiaogang said in a deep voice.
Inside, however, he couldn't help feeling guilty, because the formulas were all fake!
He hadn't made a damn bit of progress!
It was all to patch up the lie he had told Yu Luomian, and then pick out a few variables from Latio's formulas.
He could only guarantee that these variables definitely had a lot to do with it, as for the details...he could only rely on intuition!
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