Chapter 762 35: The Mysterious East, Sacred Julu

This matter was thus settled throughout Ghana, and Gu Zi did not breach the agreement, imparting the Gu Clan's skills to all of Ghana.

Of course, it was only the basics.

Compared to the centuries of cultivation in Kyushu, the foundation of Ghana was far too lacking and could only progress gradually.

Gu Yi could not possibly help other countries reach a very astonishing level directly.

This was impossible.

In this regard, the people of Ghana were not impatient either.

Tong Kamanin truly was a wise ruler. He understood the importance of patience and did not only care for immediate gains but truly desired for Ghana to master this skill.

He had no intention of underestimating Gu Zi.

On the contrary—

As Gu Zi and others stayed longer in Ghana, helping solve issues one after another, Tong Kamanin's attitude toward Gu Zi became more and more attentive.

This included governance of all directions and control over the Ghanaian nobility, among other issues.

Gu Zi, born into the Gu Clan, showed significant leadership.

After experiencing these things, he even proactively brought up sending an envoy to Kyushu.

In response, Gu Yi directly accepted through the Spirit Communication Jade.

The strength of Kyushu fears no covetousness from anyone.

Even though Kyushu was not yet unified.

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As time passed and with Tong Kamanin's continuous change of attitude toward the Gu Clan, the "Gu Academy" outside Kunbisaleh City gradually became a unique and dazzling presence in the Ghana Empire, transforming from curious scenery observed by many.

The academy had no high walls, blending local mud-brick structures with Kyushu's flying eaves and corridors, symbolizing openness and integration.

During admissions, status was disregarded. Apart from a few noble children designated by Tong Kamanin to ease concerns, most students came from the streets, fields, and even included articulate North African caravan youth and local intelligent civilians.

The selection method was simple yet peculiar—observing their arithmetic agility, assessing their interest in physics, or testing their memory strength, with the core question being whether they held a reverence for knowledge and the world.

This initial approach drew strong dissatisfaction from conservative nobles, but Tong Kamanin, after weighing the options, chose to acquiesce.

He saw that those noble children did not suffer in the academy but were instead among the first to encounter Eastern wisdom; more importantly, he saw immense potential in recruiting genuine talent from excellent students of civilian origin, breaking the traditional aristocratic barriers.

In daily teaching, Gu Zi's wisdom was also fully displayed.

Understanding that forcefully imposing Kyushu's beliefs would provoke backlash, he skillfully integrated the core of Kyushu culture with the locally prevalent Islamic culture, quietly sowing seeds through the dissemination of knowledge.

This even surpassed Gu Yi's expectations.

Clearly, character attributes do not represent everything.

While these people might not accomplish great things.

But often, their character leads them to make different choices.

And the effect of this approach was equally evident.

Under the hierarchical rule of the Ghana Empire, most of these people originally had little culture and were even less likely to contact the culture of Kyushu directly.

However, as it integrated with their faith, everything changed.

They were astonished to find that the wisdom of Eastern Kyushu was not merely clever skills, but a grand system capable of explaining the universe and governing all people.

When Gu Zi linked the operation of the Nine Stars with the flood season of the Niger River;

When the medical officer deduced the principles of herbal recipe using a mysterious "Yin and Yang" theory, a whole new, rational worldview quietly disrupted their original understanding.

What stirred their hearts even more were the Kyushu ideas consistently cited by Gu Zi during the dissemination of knowledge.

When they heard "The people are precious, the state comes second, the ruler is light," noble-born students looked stunned and fell into long contemplation;

And when the words "Select the virtuous and able, trust and live in harmony" echoed in the classroom, students of civilian origin were enlightened like never before.

For the first time, they realized that a person's value might not be entirely determined by lineage and gold.

The wisdom of Gu Zi lay in never belittling local beliefs; he interpreted the practice of aligning with natural times and improving the land as fulfilling the delegated duty of their master;

The pursuit of knowledge and the establishment of order were explained as understanding the "eternal path set by the master on earth."

This allowed students to accept new knowledge without religious opposition, instead feeling that their religious sentiments were elevated in broader horizons.

And this precisely showcased Gu Zi's brilliance.

Although everything he taught was merely superficial compared to Kyushu.

For current Ghana.

These things were indeed miraculous.

Of course, Gu Zi naturally had his personal motives.

While imparting Kyushu knowledge, he also instilled the various aspects of the Gu Clan into everyone, from each forefather to Julu, the earthly paradise.

Through his word of mouth.

That sacred land, "Julu," previously unfamiliar to these Ghanaian students, began to become sanctified in their hearts.

It was described not as a place built on gold, but on wisdom and tomes;

An ideal state where authority derived from knowledge and virtue, not mere force, and the students yearned for that civilization source that could chart the path of stars on paper and tame torrents within the embankment.