...exploiting the weaker disciples to seize their cultivation resources.
The curriculum at Taicang Academy was quite standardized. Every day, instructors would lecture in the Martial Arts Hall. The topics varied, and the instructors were not the same every day. Students were free to attend as they pleased; if they didn't want to go or were busy with other matters, the instructors wouldn't take offense. After all, many students required significant time for alchemy, artifact refinement, or entering seclusion to break through to the next cultivation stage.
Aside from the perverse competition fueled by those small cliques, the inner academy of Taicang Academy was actually quite decent. Both the proficiency of the instructors and the distribution of resources were excellent.
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