Chapter 1091: The Great Sun Master Dinghai Zhenjun's Disciples Fill the Immortal Sect

Jiang Ding walked through the campus of Qingfeng University.

Those coming and going were all youthful, tender-faced students, everywhere teenagers, with the occasional mature one being a parent dropping their child off for school—another year of university enrollment season.

Cycle after cycle, year after year.

The war flames of Jiao Jiao Mingyu never seemed to have affected this place; the citizens of the immortal sect grew up here, studied, lived, and then became powerhouses of the realm.

From student to powerhouse, to teacher, until lifespan ended—or entered slumber.

This was the life of a powerhouse of an immortal sect.

In the past, Zhang Zhang Junsheng, Master Dinghai Master Dinghai Zhenjun, and others had spent their lives this way; now, Da Ri Master Dinghai Zhenjun, Jin Ling Master Dinghai Zhenjun, Si Yan Master Dinghai Zhenjun, and others did the same, carrying with them disciples scattered across the world as they walked into the Chen Mian Mi Jing.

Before he knew it, another cycle had passed.

"Hello, Dean Jiang…"

"Hello, Teacher Jiang…"

"Hello, Teacher…"

The people passing by pulled Jiang Ding back from his distant memories—students, teachers, professors of Qingfeng University, all greeting the sixteen-year-old youth in blue walking among the crowd.

Nearly a thousand years of teaching the Adult Sword Dao Department at Qingfeng University, and this was how it was.

Looking around, the students, teachers, professors, staff in the campus… the entire campus was made up of juniors, not a single person who could address him as Daoist Friend—all of them he had watched grow from little children, and with just a slight recollection, he could recall the innocent, tender years of each Jin Dan, Foundation Establishment, Nascent Soul cultivator.

Mie Ri Canghai Tianjun had once worried that Da Ri Master Dinghai Zhenjun would harm the interests of the immortal sect's citizens—precisely for this reason.

A thousand years of teaching, a thousand years of disciples!

The students Da Ri Master Dinghai Zhenjun had once taught, starting from Qingfeng University, were spread across every trade and profession—among them teachers, soldiers, politicians, merchants, scientists… These students in turn taught new students, and their students taught new students…

In such a cycle, although Da Ri Master Dinghai Zhenjun never deliberately cultivated reputation or favor, the prestige he held within the immortal sect was terrifyingly vast, earning him the title of Teacher of All Trades, enough to make one's heart skip a beat.

A thousand years of time—such was how terrifying it was.

Even the most introverted person, teaching at Qingfeng University for a thousand years, would accumulate such prestige.

Right now, in the Immortal Sect Council, someone was impeaching Da Ri Master Dinghai Zhenjun, saying he had taught at the sect's Qingfeng University for far too long and must be stopped as soon as possible.

Because if this continued, and he kept accumulating prestige, it could affect the operation of the citizens' political system.

This violated the spirit of the Immortal Sect's laws.

For example, the former former-principal of Qingfeng University, Master Dinghai Master Dinghai Zhenjun Zhang Zhen—he served as principal during his mid-Nascent Soul period, stepping down at the peak of Nascent Soul, the entire process lasting three to four hundred years.

This timeframe was no coincidence—it was deliberately designed by the Immortal Sect

ancestors.

Too short, and it would affect teaching quality.

Too long, and a situation like Da Ri Master Dinghai Zhenjun's would arise, having accumulated too much prestige—a certain sense of "merit overshadowing the sovereign."

This "sovereign" was none other than all the citizens of the Immortal Sect, and the normal operation of the citizens' political system. The ancestors of the Immortal Sect had long foreseen such a situation, and thus established a rotation system for Immortal Sect universities.

The situation of the Adult Sword Dao Department was special—it was a newly established discipline of the Immortal Sect, and for a time no replacement could be found. Coupled with Jiang Ding's terrifyingly high Immortal Sect merit and terrifyingly high authority, no one had ever raised the issue, so it had been dragged on until now.

The voices of the opposition could no longer be suppressed.

Yuan seemed to face a similar situation.

Many Immortal Sect ancestors had tried to limit the power of the supreme ruler, but had never succeeded—because the external enemies the Immortal Sect faced were too powerful, and there was simply no one to replace Yuan. Forcibly replacing the ruler would risk the Immortal Sect's destruction, so a lifelong ruler system had to be implemented.

"Hello, everyone."

"Hello, everyone…"

Jiang Ding responded to each student and teacher in turn, his divine sense splitting into thousands—whichever person greeted him, he responded, not missing a single one.

He wandered around the campus, with no particular purpose, walking here and there, comparing many things to how they were a thousand years ago.

In the end, he found that nothing had changed.

A thousand years of time, for a hegemon-level power like the Immortal Sect, seemed like only an instant.

The only change should be the sword-bearing students appearing from time to time on campus, carrying a longsword and wandering about just like him—this was the iconic appearance of Immortal Sect sword cultivators, strongly influenced by the progenitor of the Immortal Sect's Sword Dao.

"Greetings, Da Ri Dayan Jianzi!"

Dozens of sword cultivators saw a youth in blue approaching and bowed deeply from a great distance, including three Nascent Soul-stage sword cultivators, using the ancient and elaborate sword cultivator etiquette of the Xian Sect.

These were sword cultivator exchange students from the Badaxian Sect.

Because of external enemies, the Jiudaxian Sect had been exchanging frequently with one another over the past several centuries. Qingmuxian Sect gathered a large number of spiritual planters from outside the sect, Dandingxian Sect gathered a large number of exchange alchemists from outside the sect, Shangqing Lingbao Sect gathered a large number of refiners from the Badaxian Sect…

On the Immortal Sect's side, a large number of exchange students from the Badaxian Sect had gathered, mainly to study some Immortal Dao techniques and formation Dao military array techniques in the direction of artificial synthesis of heavenly materials and earthly treasures, as well as—Sword Dao.

Needless to say, wherever Da Ri Dayan Jianzi was, that was the Sword Dao center of the entire realm.

The Immortal Sect gathered the most advanced Immortal Dao and Sword Dao technologies, producing the most Sword Dao achievements each year, encompassing sword arts, Sword Dao Gong Fa, sword-refining secret arts, and all other aspects.

Sword cultivators of the Badaxian Sect, if they wished to advance further and have a smoother path on their Dao, a stint of studying abroad at the Immortal Sect was abso

lutely essential.

"Greetings, fellow Daoists."

Jiang Ding gave a slight nod, no longer so warm, appearing somewhat cold.

The Badaxian Sect sword cultivators didn't find anything wrong with it, were quite accustomed to this, breathed a sigh of relief, and then carefully raised their questions on Sword Dao.

"Dayan Jianzi, regarding the 'Cloud Wave Lightless Sword Art'…"

Taking the opportunity, almost all the sword cultivators hurriedly posed questions.

This was also the convention and benefit of Dongji Demon Gate.

If they were within their own Gezixian Sect, no cultivator would dare casually question a Candidate Daozi—they could only ask their own master, or a friendly elder, and even then had to carefully watch the elder's mood.

At Dongji Demon Gate, it was different—one could ask anyone questions, even if they met the sect master of Dongji Demon Gate, they could seize the chance to ask, and generally would receive an answer.

Because of this, studying abroad at Dongji Demon Gate often yielded the greatest gains. Disciples of the Badaxian Sect treated it as a major opportunity, and internally often had to undergo fierce competition to secure a spot.

"'Cloud Wave Lightless Sword Art'…"

Jiang Ding's footsteps did not stop.

He was still wandering aimlessly; he had grown used to this kind of life, his divine soul split into hundreds or thousands of threads, so that his work never interfered with his living.

He explained this Qingmuxian Sect sword cultivator's doubts in meticulous detail, and even spoke truthfully about the immortal sect inheritances that were not permitted to be leaked, doing his best to make her understand.

Communicating with these Jin Dan, Foundation Establishment, and Nascent Soul cultivators required almost no divine soul computing power — several thousand of them combined used less than one percent of his divine soul computing power, costing him no effort at all.

Walking slowly, Jiang Ding arrived at a plaza of the Yan Suan Fa and Immortal Dao Artificial Intelligence Department, and stopped to watch.

Here, Si Yan Master Dinghai Zhenjun of the Yan Suan Fa and Immortal Dao Artificial Intelligence Department was bidding farewell to her students, just as many years before Master Master Dinghai had bid farewell to his students before entering the Chen Mian Mi Jing.