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"Before the end of class, I’m leaving you with an assignnt, why do you cultivate immortality?"
Zhou Yi said, "Rember to answer with your true heart. Three days later, the class leader will bring the assignnt to the office. I am proficient in divination and will know imdiately if soone is lying with just a pinch of my fingers."
The mournful atmosphere in the classroom was swept away, as many students let out pained howls, unable to escape howork despite their cultivation.
What’s more desperate is that the teacher’s cultivation is higher, so copying howork is out of the question, and one can’t make up standard answers either!
"Good answers will be rewarded."
Zhou Yi waved his hand, and a demon corpse appeared in the classroom: "As I passed through Liang City, I saw this demon causing chaos and slain it with a spell. The student whose assignnt is ranked first will be rewarded with this demon corpse!"
The students from the ancient cultivation class are well-versed in the Four Arts, with exceptional knowledge, and they recognized at a glance that it was a demon corpse and not a beast corpse.
The forr is worth a hundred tis more than the latter. First, its flesh contains Spiritual Energy, which can be used for Alchemy and cultivation; second, the demon race harbors pure bloodlines, which are better for crafting elixirs.
The Fierce Beast Blood is chaotic and brutal, affecting the dicinal elixirs that are crafted from it.
"In the next class, we will discuss how to enhance Escape Skills with talismans."
Zhou Yi withdrew the demon corpse with a wave of his hand, his figure flashed, and he disappeared from view.
The classroom erupted in discussion, each student pondering how to respond. Clearly, there was no standard answer for this assignnt; one must guess the teacher’s fra of mind correctly.
"It must be to fend off demons; otherwise, why would the teacher co to the Nine Continents?"
"That makes sense, but the teacher is clairvoyant, and I cultivate immortality just to make ends et."
"The two are not in conflict, making ends et serves the alliance, which ultimately is to resist fierce beasts…"
In the ancient cultivation class of Martial Arts University, the emphasis is also on the Four Arts of cultivation. Most graduates beco consultants to the alliance, responsible for setting up formations, Artifact Refining, Alchemy, and drawing talismans to support the front line.
There are only a few Heavenly Spiritual Roots among the human race, and they do not cultivate in universities; their specific nas and locations are only known to the top echelons of the alliance.
Suddenly.
Ding!
The sound of a Jade Chi echoed, the chatter ceased abruptly, souls purified and cald, and the students gained further insight into the howork Zhou Yi had assigned.
It seed that their answers might determine their futures!
When everyone ca out of their state of enlightennt, they found that Tang Xuan had not taken the Jade Chi away; it was still left for the class leader Gu Chen to use.
"Class leader, can you strike it a few more tis for us to listen?"
"What to eat, where to sleep, I want to understand the Dao!"
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Zhou Yi strolled down the campus streets, his Divine Sense sweeping over the students he encountered.
Ninety percent of the students were cultivating martial arts, and many had Spirit Roots. Those who are close to Spiritual Energy benefit greatly from practicing martial arts.
Among them, he encountered several senior students who had successfully ingested Elixir No. 0, their Qi-Blood robust as that of a fierce beast.
"Their strength is comparable to ancient martial arts masters who have condensed an acupoint, but their Qi-Blood is mottled and impure, and their temperant has been affected. Moreover, if they do not cultivate their Divine Sense and Mana, they will never achieve longevity. Even soone like Xiao Hong will reach only a hundred and fifty years!"
Zhou Yi shook his head in resignation. The issue with elixirs was clear to everyone, but with the impending doom of clan annihilation, there was no room for concern.
"Ancient cultivators are not without their flaws, Foundation Establishnt is a big bottleneck. Without the protection of Foundation Establishnt Pills, one in ten survives. The alliance has many cultivators in the Nine Layers of Qi Refinent Realm who continue to refine Qi, not daring to take the risk to break through!"
"I could provide for the Foundation Establishnt of all cultivators without counting lifespan, but I would still need to explain the source of the dicinal pills…"
Zhou Yi was lost in thought when suddenly a ssage ca through on his phone.
Principal Xiao Hong invited him to the teaching affairs office, saying that all teachers of the ancient cultivation class had just finished watching Zhou Yi’s lecture video. After a discussion, there were important matters to consult.
After all, he was a Golden Elixir True Monarch, with a vision and insight exceeding even Nascent Souls. When he lectured, it was from a lofty perspective, reaching down to the fundantals of the path of immortality.
The students, with their lower cultivation levels, only felt that Zhou Yi’s lectures were mysterious, but the ancient cultivation teachers were greatly shocked upon hearing them.
Zhou Yi transford into a beam of light for Escape, in the blink of an eye, he arrived at the teaching affairs office and saw seven or eight cultivators in a heated debate over a question to their students.
"Ahem! I wonder what Principal Xiao has summoned for?"
"Tang Xuan is truly profound and unfathomable."
Xiao Hong exclaid, "No wonder I cannot see through your cultivation. Could it be that you have already reached the peak of Foundation Establishnt, condensing a False Core?"
Zhou Yi nodded, "My cultivation can progress no further, so I ca to the Nine Continents to find a few disciples to pass on my teachings."
"These are the teachers from the school, each skilled in one of the Four Arts."
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Xiao Hong finished the introductions and said, "Several teachers have witnessed Master Tang’s lectures and were amazed, believing that if not for the restrictions of heaven and earth, he would have already ford his Golden Core."
"Thus, they discussed whether it would be possible to transmit the lecture videos to the alliance. Should there be any doubts, we would ask the master to resolve them!"
"There’s no harm in that."
Zhou Yi nodded slightly, suspecting the video had already been sent and that resolving doubts was what was actually needed.
Where the Heavenly Spiritual Root was hidden was of no interest to Zhou Yi; it was probably near several Spirit Veins or even right beneath the vegetable market.
After all, that was the only Spirit Vein in Xianjing!
"It’s been hard on you…"
Before Xiao Hong could finish speaking, a black and white pattern erged on his forehead, and his eyes emitted a fierce light. The assistant by his side imdiately took out an injection and plunged it directly into his shoulder.
The black and white pattern slowly dissipated, and Xiao Hong’s breath gradually stabilized as he took a long sigh of relief.
"I’m feeling unwell and will go back to rest. Master Tang can talk and discuss the Dao with my colleagues."
After Xiao Hong spoke, he left in a hurry, heading not toward the principal’s office but toward the experintal building.
Zhou Yi did not inquire further and said with his hands clasped, "I am Tang Xuan, and in the future, we will teach together. I hope for your guidance."
"We dare not, we dare not, according to the rites of ancient cultivation you are our senior."
The crowd shook their heads again and again, bowing respectfully: "Greetings to Master Tang!"
"It is a new era now."
Zhou Yi didn’t care about seniority; with his age, even Nascent Soul ancestors had to call him forefather. The topic changed as he asked, "It seems the principal has a problem, do you know the reason?"
"Master, this matter is no secret."
The cultivator who spoke was nad Xu Pu, a teacher of the ancient cultivation class on talismans and seals, who said, "As the principal’s strength grows stronger, even approaching the body of a True Monarch from legend, his demonic tendencies have beco increasingly severe!"
Zhou Yi showed a puzzled look: "Demonic tendencies?"
"This demonic transformation is not the one of the Immortal Dao, but the transformation from human to demon."
The teacher responsible for teaching Alchemy, Liu Yan, said, "The root lies in the instability of the elixirs; once one starts taking Elixir Number Zero, heterogeneous bloodlines appear in the human body."
"According to the alliance’s research institute, the elixir is changing the underlying genes, making the consur partly non-human."
"In our view as cultivators, that bloodline cos from ancient mythical beasts. For example, when the principal fought demons outside of Xianjing, he would transform into a winged white tiger at full strength!"
"As the heterogeneous bloodline continues to strengthen, if he cannot suppress it in the future, it will backfire, shattering the spirit and turning one into a half-human, half-beast demon!"
"There are such flaws!"
Zhou Yi frowned slightly. Even if Xiao Hong could suppress the backlash, if he were to take Elixirs Number Two or Number Three in the future, which were closer to the original bloodline source, what would beco of him then—beast or human?
"That elixir originated from demonic cultivation techniques, and the power it catalyzes cos with such backlashes as a matter of course."
The one who spoke this ti was the Spell teacher, Guan Yan, and his tone contained a hint of disdain for the new techniques.
These new techniques could allow a person to possess strength comparable to that of Foundation Establishnt in a short period, whereas the old thods, limited by innate talent and Foundation Establishnt Pills, left most stuck in the Qi Refinent Realm, afraid to break through.
Both cultivation communities looked down on each other.
The advocates of new techniques ridiculed the old-fashioned for not keeping up with the tis and for sticking to the obsolete concept of "innate Spirit Root," which completely violated the modern idea of equality for all.
The traditionalists, on the other hand, held themselves above the rest, believing in their profound heritage that pointed directly to the great Dao, and considered those practicing new techniques to be simply elixir monsters.
Zhou Yi had been at the school for less than half a month, spending most of his ti in the library, getting to grips with the changes of the past five hundred years, yet he was clearly aware of the contradictions between the old and new factions.
For example, the two groups hardly communicated with each other, privately calling each other savages and antiques.
As the human race’s great enemies were fierce beasts and the demon race, the existential crisis they faced kept these contradictions from becoming obvious, but once humanity returned to its peak, fierce conflicts were sure to erupt.
Having lived for two thousand four hundred years, Zhou Yi guessed Guan Yan’s intention with a single comnt; most likely, he wanted to use Zhou as a face for the traditionalists.
The dispute wouldn’t go that far; it was mostly about face and circles of influence.
Zhou Yi was always indifferent to such matters. After pondering for a mont, he asked, "Fellow Daoists, is there any way to obtain a few Elixirs Number One or Number Two?"
The group frowned intensely; Elixir Number One was worth a fortune, not to ntion the unheard-of Elixir Number Two.
"Difficult..."
"I have a Foundation Establishnt Pill passed down from my ancestors."
"Master Tang, would ten suffice? If you need more, we’ll have to gather them slowly!"
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