Chapter 127: Qing Shan Martial Academy

Naming is indeed a troublesome matter.

Shi Feizhe had been thinking all day, coming up with a bunch of names, but all of them were rejected by the other three.

These three people were Guan Shan, Accountant Fan Laotou, and Huang Goudan.

Huang Goudan was the simpleton, the one who had been knocked unconscious by Shi Feizhe before.

After he woke up from being knocked out, he found that everyone in the manor had disappeared. While he was still confused, he was bumped into by Shi Feizhe who had returned from outside.

Seeing that he hadn’t killed anyone, poisoned anyone, or even sowed discord last month, Shi Feizhe kept him and made him the second disciple of the martial academy.

In the environment of the Ghostly Manor, yet not corrupted by it, Shi Feizhe felt that he must be a talent.

Since the Ghostly Manor was gone, the simpleton used his original name.

Huang Goudan was his original name. When he was six or seven years old, because his family couldn’t afford to raise him, he was given away to distant relatives. Later, his relatives died of illness on the road, and he was taken to the Ghostly Manor in a daze.

At this moment, he was looking at Shi Feizhe with a bit of longing.

He thought this person should be the hero Fan Jianqiang, but he said he was Academy Head Shi.

Whoever it was, he was finally not a killer anymore!

Not only did he not have to kill, but he could also continue to practice martial arts.

That was really great.

Even so, he still mustered up the courage to reject the names Shi Feizhe proposed for the martial academy.

Things like “Surging Waves,” “Heavenly Dipper,” “Soaring Clouds,” “Star Moon,” “Green Lotus”…

It wasn’t that he thought these names were bad, but because these names were all taken.

Yes, organizations in the Jianghu were as numerous as the crucian carp crossing the river. Their Ghostly Manor was considered well-informed and naturally knew what new manors and names existed.

“Green Lotus Manor was destroyed by the Golden Halberd Sect eighteen years ago, so… Academy Head Shi, neither Green Lotus nor Golden Halberd is suitable!” He continued, “It will make people think we have something to do with them!”

“…”

Shi Feizhe was a little speechless. How come all the slightly pleasant names were taken by people in the Jianghu!

But thinking about it, the Jianghu had been around for so many years, what name hadn’t been used.

This feeling was very much like registering a company, and also very much like logging into a game and not being able to think of a good name.

“Qing Shan! Qing Shan Martial Academy!” Shi Feizhe said, slapping the table.

“Eh…” Fan Laotou scratched his head, thinking and thinking, but he didn’t seem to find any manor or sect that had used this name.

“Reporting to Academy Head Shi, this old man has not heard of any manor named ‘Qing Shan.’ But…” He continued, “But it always feels like Qing Shan is a bit strange!”

“There’s a strangeness that can’t be put into words!” Guan Shan also said.

Huang Goudan nodded frantically.

“The rolling Yangtze River flows eastward, its waves washing away heroes. Success or failure, all turns to emptiness in the end. The green mountains remain, witnessing countless sunsets!” Shi Feizhe recited a line of poetry in a refined manner, then said, “Success or failure all turns to emptiness, but the green mountains remain! This represents that our martial academy will be everlasting, a good omen!”

“Hmm… The green mountains remain! That does have a good artistic conception!” Fan Laotou said.

Guan Shan said, “Although it sounds a bit strange, it’s not unacceptable.”

Huang Goudan nodded without saying anything. When he was in the Ghostly Manor, he hadn’t heard anyone use the name “Qing Shan” either.

“Qing Shan Martial Academy! It’s settled! We’ll find craftsmen tomorrow and make some changes to this manor!” Shi Feizhe said with great enthusiasm.

The Ghostly Manor was originally a killer’s estate, so naturally it needed to be changed. Some unsuitable things needed to be removed, such as the prison and the graveyard.

It was called a graveyard, but it was actually a mass grave behind the manor. Every shovelful of dirt would dig up white bones. You could even see will-o’-the-wisps at night.

Who knows how many people had died there over the years.

One of the most terrifying things about the Ghostly Manor was going to the back mountain to defecate at night…

“I heard from some seniors before that the training used to be really brutal! They would kill people and eliminate them at any moment!” Huang Goudan said, carrying a shovel and following Shi Feizhe and Fan Laotou.

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They were going to turn over all the soil on the back mountain, dig some deep pits, and move all the bones into the pits, so there wouldn’t be any will-o’-the-wisps.

In the future, when there were more people in the martial academy, they wouldn’t step on a bone every time they went to the back mountain to relieve themselves.

As for Guan Shan, he went down the mountain to find craftsmen and the like. He had dealt with all sorts of people in Luoyang City before, so finding people to work for him was a piece of cake.

“This old man knows! Later on, this approach turned out to be a loss!” Fan Laotou, despite being in his sixties or seventies, was still very efficient at digging pits and working.

After all, he was also a Qi Sea realm martial artist.

“A loss?” Shi Feizhe said while digging, “A business with no capital can still lose money?”

Can killers lose money too?

“That’s true, but it was also the first time the Jiang Family had done this kind of business. They didn’t grasp the training intensity well, and accidentally, too many people died. The food expenses alone were a huge loss!” Fan Laotou said.

“…” Shi Feizhe was speechless. The image of the Demon Sect’s Jiang Family plummeted in his mind.

“Out of a hundred people, only two or three killers emerged. Even if these killers went out to work every day, how much money could they earn in a month?” Fan Laotou said, “The other ninety-odd people, their food, drink, training, medicine, and everything else, how much would that cost?”

“Not to mention the cost of these people themselves!”

Whether it was buying or kidnapping people, someone had to do it, and that was the cost.

“So, it was a loss.”

“Hiss…” Shi Feizhe thought about it, and it seemed reasonable.

One doesn’t know the value of firewood, rice, oil, and salt until one manages a household. One never knows the expenses of a trade until one has done it.

For example, the biggest expense of a shopping mall is the electricity bill for the central air conditioning. The electricity bill for one day is enough for an ordinary person to use for a lifetime!

Another example is fighter pilots. No matter how expensive a fighter jet is, it’s not as expensive as the pilot!

The Nether Killer Manor was originally meant to make money for the Jiang Family, but in the end, they spent a lot of money and after several years of investment, only trained a few killers.

How many people would those few killers have to kill to break even!

Besides, killing also had risks. What if they were killed by someone outside…

A huge loss!

“Did they increase the number of killers later?” Shi Feizhe said. He probably understood the approach of the Nether Killer Manor.

Killers were their money-making tools.

So, the more killers there were, the more money they would make.

Even if they charged less and killed ordinary people or low-level martial artists.

But after deducting the cost of food and killer training, wouldn’t the remaining money be profit?

Even if they earned less, it was a steady stream of income. They wouldn’t lose money!

As long as they didn’t lose money, the higher-ups were willing to do it!

“Yes, yes, yes. I heard they learned it from a mountain village under the Liu Family in the south. It’s called something like Killer Dispatch!” Fan Laotou said, “I heard they even took on jobs like finding cats.”

“They even take on jobs like finding cats? I think they should be called Labor Dispatch instead of Killer Dispatch!” Shi Feizhe laughed.

“Ah~ Academy Head Shi, you are mistaken!” Fan Laotou said, “Finding a cat for a wealthy family pays more than killing several people!”

“Making money! There’s no shame in that!”

A wealthy family’s dog eats better than most people!