Chapter 109: Banyan Tree Special Scholarship

Jiang Ding's breath hitched.

【Banyan Tree Special Scholarship】

This was an exclusive support scholarship for students with high ideological and moral scores.

Its source of funds was not official appropriations from the Immortal Sect, but donations from cultivators with high ideological and moral scores throughout the ages.

People with high ideological and moral scores were not necessarily good people.

But they would definitely sincerely identify with the Immortal Sect's system of the unity of immortals and mortals, had received a lot of help from the Immortal Sect's system during their growth, had deep feelings for this system, and hoped that this system could continue forever.

Therefore, many cultivators with high ideological and moral scores, before entering reincarnation, would often leave certain resources for their three generations of descendants, and then donate their other life savings to the 【Banyan Tree Special Scholarship】, giving more growth resources to their own kind.

Even if they had never known each other.

In the hearts of many old cultivators about to enter reincarnation, the feelings for this kind of "kind" were much deeper than the feelings for descendants of several generations they had never met.

Of course, this was not unconditional. It required reaching the corresponding ideological and moral score, cultural course, and aptitude thresholds. Previously, Jiang Ding was blocked by the aptitude threshold.

"If you apply, you need to swear by your Dao heart that when you have the ability in the future, you will repay the scholarship received twice over."

The array spirit spoke again.

This condition was too generous. If one wanted not to repay, there were plenty of ways to exploit bugs. It was full of the love of predecessors for their juniors.

"Apply."

Jiang Ding said in a deep voice and made a vow with his Dao heart.

The legacy of predecessors, he had the ability to exert more effect, and in the future, he would also become an important cornerstone for defending the Immortal Sect, so naturally, he would not shirk.

At the same time, he also made up his mind in his heart.

When one day, time could not be stopped from flowing by his side, and he reached his twilight years, he would also imitate the sages, leave certain resources for the three generations of descendants of Jiang Yuan, and then donate other things to the Banyan Tree Scholarship.

"Application approved."

Several minutes later, the array spirit's voice came.

"Please wait, I am looking for the things most suitable for your current state in the Banyan Tree Special Scholarship treasury... Not found... Purchasing from outside with existing funds and treasures... Please wait..."

The Banyan Tree Scholarship was not that you would be given whatever you wanted. It was based on the things calculated by the array spirit that were most suitable for you, and it could only be used by yourself under the supervision of the array spirit, and could not be given to others.

"The things most suitable for me now?"

Jiang Ding listened to the voice, and his expression suddenly changed.

In the eyes of the Central Array Spirit Computer, what did he need most now?

"Purchase successful!"

"A piece of Millennium Soul-Nourishing Wood and a piece of No. 21 Synthetic Gengjin have been purchased. I am looking for an artifact refining master to refine a sword embryo for you. It is expected to be completed within three months..."

"Wait! Don't!"

Jiang Ding suddenly shouted: "I have my own plan for the sword embryo. Can it be changed to something else?"

"... refining..."

The Central Array Spirit Computer's voice paused for a while, seemingly calculating and judging with a large amount of data.

"Request rejected."

"The calculation results show that the probability of this student obtaining materials better than Millennium Soul-Nourishing Wood and No. 21 Synthetic Gengjin is zero. The request is not approved. The sword embryo is expected to be refined within three months. After refining is completed, it will be stored in the Banyan Tree Special Scholarship treasury until the student applies to use it."

Jiang Ding was on the verge of tears.

He had thought about telling them about the existence of the other world for a long time, but still did not do it.

Not to mention that the problem of transporting living things to the other world could not be solved for the time being, the Central Array Spirit Computer could be trusted, but whether many high-level cultivators in the Immortal Sect, including Soul Transformation cultivators, could be trusted was uncertain.

The Immortal Sect was not an ideal society, and not everyone was a moral paragon.

In history, there had been many large-scale civil wars triggered by high-level cultivators.

If it weren't for the fact that the sects on the side of the other-world cultivators were also full of contradictions, and there was no lack of infighting among high-level cultivators within the Immortal Sect, and it was far more serious than the Immortal Sect, the Immortal Sect would have perished in the civil war long ago.

Now that he was so weak, if a Golden Core cultivator went crazy, his whole family would be in danger.

"This is a good thing, perfectly explaining the source of the future Taiqing Divine Iron sword embryo."

Jiang Ding took a deep breath and closed his eyes to cultivate.

Internal power surged between the meridians, and each fine branch of the eight extraordinary meridians was nourished and tempered bit by bit. The entire human meridian internal power system was constantly expanding, and the efficiency was far better than before.

It was expected that in a little over a month, the cultivation of the Fledgling Eagle Great Heavenly Cycle would be completed.

Two hours later, he picked up the remaining Purple Jade Vitality Pill, Jiang Ding left the cultivation room, slurped two large bowls of rice noodles at the rice noodle shop at the school gate to pad his stomach, and then went home.

When he returned home, it was past six o'clock in the afternoon. Lin Wanqiu had already cooked dinner and was waiting for him with Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Ding hurriedly took his chopsticks and bowl.

"Dingding, do you have to go into seclusion often after becoming a cultivator?"

Lin Wanqiu said with some melancholy, looking at Jiang Ding and Jiang Yuan eating, having no appetite.

It was fine that he didn't come home for two consecutive days during the final exams, but only a few days had passed, and now he hadn't been home for three consecutive days. She didn't know how long it would be in the future.

"You haven't been home for three days, and no one cooks for me!"

Jiang Yuan said dissatisfiedly.

"You don't know how happy you were ordering takeout these past few days!"

Jiang Ding rolled his eyes at Jiang Yuan, exposed the lie, and then pondered for a moment, saying: "There will be such situations, but all the loneliness and payment are to gain more time in the future."

As long as he could become a high-level cultivator, even if he had to smash it, he would smash out a Foundation Establishment with heavenly materials and earthly treasures, extending his life by 250 years.

"Alright."

Lin Wanqiu sighed.

Inside the Sword-Casting Villa.

The talisman sword fluctuated in the air one meter above the ground, gathering the essence of the Great Sun and spiritual energy to temper the sword body, like a phantom of a sun.

Jiang Ding glanced at the drone monitoring of the Golden Blade Sect. The black-robed cultivator suspected to be at the Qi Condensation peak was still sitting cross-legged by the blood pool next to the Patriarch Hall, not moving for a long time.

Playing back the surveillance footage, he had been like this for these three days.

"Don't tell me he's a Foundation Establishment cultivator?"

Jiang Ding's expression was solemn, having a bad premonition.

The higher the level of the cultivator, the less they cared about the passage of time. It was very normal for a Golden Core cultivator to go into seclusion for more than ten years, enough for a mortal to go from an infant to an adult.

"Doesn't matter!"

"Even if he is a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he will leave one day. What's more, this possibility is very small. How could a Foundation Establishment cultivator come to the mortal world to do things? It's completely making a mountain out of a molehill!"

Jiang Ding stopped thinking about these things, pressed his hand on the sword hilt, and stared tightly at the three pieces of iron ore the size of a human head in front of him.

Clang!

Draw the sword, sheath the sword.

The three pieces of iron ore were silently divided into two halves, and continued to shatter during the process of falling to the ground. Soon, they turned into piles of small stones the size of thumbs, with neat and smooth edges.

"The sharpness of the sword energy has improved a lot."

Jiang Ding's expression was happy, but it seemed as if he had expected it long ago.

Draw the sword, place the sword body in front of his eyes, and carefully observe every detail.

At the sword edge, in the hazy sword light, there was a little more pale blue metallic luster at some point. It was precisely because of its existence that the sharpness of the sword energy was greatly improved.

Swish!

Jiang Ding recalled the talisman sword and observed the sword body covered with array patterns, finding that the changes that occurred in the talisman sword were more thorough. The array patterns on the sword body turned into a pale blue metallic luster at some point, imprinted on the flying sword.

With a thought, the flying sword left his hand, and a piece of iron ore the size of a human head was cut into two halves. The residual sword energy turned the two halves of the iron ore into two piles of fine gravel.

The speed and sharpness also increased a lot.

"If Wan Qianyu appears within my hundred-step range again, she will no longer be able to escape."

Such a thought surfaced in Jiang Ding's heart.

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