I have Immortality In The Cultivation World

Chapter 272 - 249: The First Class_2

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"before the end of class, i’m leaving you with an assignment, why do you cultivate immortality?"

zhou yi said, "remember to answer with your true heart. three days later, the class leader will bring the assignment to the office. i am proficient in divination and will know immediately if someone 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 homework despite their cultivation.

what’s more desperate is that the teacher’s cultivation is higher, so copying homework 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 assignment 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 former is worth a hundred times 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 medicinal 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 assignment; one must guess the teacher’s frame of mind correctly.

"it must be to fend off demons; otherwise, why would the teacher come to the nine continents?"

"that makes sense, but the teacher is clairvoyant, and i cultivate immortality just to make ends meet."

"the two are not in conflict, making ends meet 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 become 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 names and locations are only known to the top echelons of the alliance.

suddenly.

ding!

the sound of a jade chime echoed, the chatter ceased abruptly, souls purified and calmed, and the students gained further insight into the homework zhou yi had assigned.

it seemed that their answers might determine their futures!

when everyone came out of their state of enlightenment, they found that tang xuan had not taken the jade chime away; it was still left for the class leader gu chen to use.

"class leader, can you strike it a few more times for us to listen?"

"what to eat, where to sleep, i want to understand the dao!"

...

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.

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 named 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 become 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 consumer partly non-human."

"in our view as cultivators, that bloodline comes 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 become of him then—beast or human?

"that elixir originated from demonic cultivation techniques, and the power it catalyzes comes with such backlashes as a matter of course."

the one who spoke this time 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 establishment in a short period, whereas the old methods, limited by innate talent and foundation establishment pills, left most stuck in the qi refinement 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 times 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 time 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 comment; 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 moment, 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 mention the unheard-of elixir number two.

"difficult..."

"i have a foundation establishment pill passed down from my ancestors."

"master tang, would ten suffice? if you need more, we’ll have to gather them slowly!"