My clan is super powerful

Upon hearing Zhang Zhi's question, Master Xuanhai let out a soft sigh and said, "I hope to be able to take charge of the mundane affairs of the Qi Refiner path in the cultivation world."

To avoid Zhang Zhi misunderstanding, he explained, "I am only responsible for mundane affairs and do not hold any official position."

"That way, the merit won't be taken away."

At first, Zhang Zhi didn't realize what was going on. Just as he was about to ask what the other person meant, a thought flashed through his mind.

He looked up at the Xuanhai Master and asked, "Does Your Excellency wish to obtain an associate professorship?"

When Master Xuanhai saw that Zhang Zhi reacted so quickly, a hint of surprise flashed through his mind. He thought to himself that as expected of someone valued by both Professor Zhuangzi and Professor Confucius, he was able to perceive his true intentions so quickly.

Before coming, He had put in a lot of effort to inquire, and so far no one had approached Zhang Zhi about the associate professor position.

But he had only mentioned it briefly, and the person immediately realized what he meant.

He took a deep breath to suppress his thoughts and slowly said, "Professor Zhang Zhi, you have excellent insight. I am indeed here for the associate professor position."

After hearing this, Zhang Zhi looked at the man in front of him again, then smiled and shook his head, saying, "You jest, sir."

"I am currently only an honorary professor, and I do not have the authority to recommend associate professors. In addition, an associate professorship requires nominations from ten professors."

"You've got the wrong person."

After saying this, Zhang Zhi got up and walked towards the classroom door.

A complete stranger came up to him asking for an associate professorship. Putting aside whether Zhang Zhi actually had an associate professorship, even if he did, would Zhang Zhi be out of his mind to agree to give it to a cultivator he had just met?

When Master Xuanhai saw that Zhang Zhi was about to leave without saying a word, he quickly said, "Professor Zhang Zhi, please wait."

"Although you are currently only an honorary professor, you are still a full-time professor."

"Logically, you should also have an associate professor to share your workload."

"Moreover, you are currently mainly responsible for promoting the Qi Refining Path. Although there is now a Qi Refining Path Promotion Office that is in charge of this matter, the person in charge is only a powerful Divine Power Realm being, and is actually somewhat powerless in many things."

"Of course, I don't want to replace Director Xia."

"Personally, I believe that I can help you promote the Qi Refiner path in the cultivation world in the shortest possible time, so that you can gain a lot of merit."

"In exchange, you can use your role in promoting the cultivation path of Qi Refiners to secure an associate professor position within the Professors' Alliance."

What do you think?

"After all, this doesn't actually cause you any loss."

"Furthermore, once I become your assistant associate professor, I will definitely follow your lead."

Zhang Zhi glanced back at him, then shook his head and said, "You jest."

After saying this, he opened the classroom door and strode out.

After being rejected by Zhang Zhi, Master Xuanhai was stunned for a moment. He glanced at Zhang Zhi's back and then slowly said in a low voice, "Could it be that I guessed wrong?"

"Professor Zhang Zhi doesn't need a lot of merit at the moment?"

"Based on my previous calculations, if the Qi Refiner path and the Xuanqing Qi cultivation method can be promoted in the main cultivation world within five years, the merits that can be collected here will at least be enough for people to condense a flower of merit."

"And this path of achieving sainthood through merit is currently the only way for Professor Zhang Zhi to advance to the God Realm in a short period of time."

Why did he refuse?

"After all, the sooner you get on the list of those who achieve sainthood through merit, the more likely you are to become one of the final few, right?"

"That could be an opportunity that leads to a realm beyond the God of War."

"Could there be some hidden story here that I'm unaware of?"

"Or is it that Professor Zhang Zhi doesn't want to pursue merit and sainthood?"

Then, he let out a long sigh: "Sigh, I miscalculated. I should have spent more time and effort learning about Professor Zhang Zhi."

"I was indeed too hasty, thinking that I could settle this matter with Professor Zhang Zhi before anyone noticed him."

"After all, given the importance of the Qi Refining path, the Professor Alliance would definitely be willing to grant an associate professor position."

"However, I am merely a half-step God Realm cultivator in the main world of cultivation. I have no foundation here in the world of the Lord of Worlds, so I cannot find out much information about Professor Zhang Zhi."

"Pity."

After leaving the classroom, Zhang Zhi went straight back to his cave.

After arriving home, he hesitated for a moment, then took out a jade pendant, spoke a few words into it, and activated the pendant.

Watching the jade pendant fly away in a streak of white light, Zhang Zhi began to wonder what Xuan Hai Zhenren's mindset was when he came to find him.

That person must be a half-step God Realm being, but he looks very unfamiliar. In addition, he said that he is responsible for promoting the Qi Refining path in the cultivation world, so that person should be from the cultivation world.

But why did He come to me?

Furthermore, why was he so certain that he could get the associate professor position?
Zhang Zhi wasn't particularly interested in power, or rather, due to his current level of cultivation, he had no intention of getting involved in any power-related turmoil.

Therefore, he had previously only focused on promoting the Qi Refining path, which was his own small area.

During this period, Professor Confucius actually had the idea of ​​giving Zhang Zhi more responsibilities, but Zhang Zhi politely declined them all.

After all, His current cultivation level is far too low.

Being targeted by Dong Guo Yunyong was already a headache for him; if he were to become even bolder, there would definitely be even more people eyeing him.

Similarly, Zhang Zhi had never even considered getting his hands on the associate professor position.

The primary responsibility of an associate professor is to assist the professor in handling various matters.

Zhang Zhi had subconsciously not considered promoting the Qi Refining path as a very important matter.

However, after being approached by the Xuanhai True Man, he suddenly realized that his path as a Qi Refiner was actually a very important matter within the human race.

In other words, Zhang Zhi could actually use this to request one, or even more, associate professor positions from within the professor alliance. These second batch of associate professor positions were originally intended for hiring people to do the work, and there were no quota restrictions whatsoever.

Therefore, as long as Zhang Zhi makes the suggestion, basically no one will object.

After all, many high-ranking members of the human race actually have high expectations for the Qi Refining path.

He hadn't considered the associate professorship before because if he wanted it, he would have to take over some of the work from others, which would definitely offend people. That's why he had never thought about it before.

However, after discovering that his Qi Refining path could secure him an associate professorship, Zhang Zhi began to wonder whether he should ask the Professors' Alliance for an associate professorship.

If possible, we could get a few.

If I were to receive such a person, would I have any familiar, half-god-like figures who could take on the responsibilities and handle the corresponding matters?
Just as he was still pondering this, a white light flashed, and the jade pendant he had activated earlier now floated quietly in front of him.

Zhang Zhi took the jade pendant and saw that it contained information about the True Man Xuanhai.

The person Zhang Zhi contacted was a director in the school's logistics management department. As the logistics manager of Fengjing University, he could be said to know almost everything about all the high-level cultivators of the human race.

After all, as the most important trading place for humans, the Fengjing University Student Activity Center has been dealt with by almost all high-level human cultivators.

They naturally have information about this Master Xuanhai over there.

After carefully examining the information about Xuan Hai Zhenren, Zhang Zhi fell into deep thought.

That True Person Xuanhai was indeed from the main world of cultivation. He was skilled in alchemy and was considered a top-ranked alchemist in the main world of cultivation.

Therefore, within the main world of cultivation, He was considered a person with wide social connections, and had a fairly good relationship with most of the main gods and half-step main god realm beings in the main world of cultivation.

This person has a fairly good reputation within the cultivation world, with few bad deeds, and also supports the reform of making human knowledge free of charge.

If He wanted to quickly promote the Qi Refining path, He could indeed do so much faster than the Promotion Office.

After all, a half-step God-level alchemist possesses extraordinary power.

After reading Xuan Hai Zhenren's information, Zhang Zhi breathed a sigh of relief.

In this situation, even if he offended Xuan Hai Zhenren by refusing his request, it wouldn't be a big deal for him.

What he's most worried about right now is those unscrupulous guys. Although no one dares to do anything to him while he's in school, he can't stay in school forever.

Moreover, they are both very busy with their own affairs and cannot keep an eye on me all the time.

Zhang Zhi already felt immense pressure from being targeted by Dong Guo Yunyong. If he were to be targeted by other half-step God Realm cultivators, he wouldn't need to leave the house until he advanced to the intermediate God Realm or until Zixia recovered her strength.

Although Master Xuanhai didn't seem to have any major problems, Zhang Zhi quickly discovered one: if Master Xuanhai was aware that he had an associate professor position, then others must also be aware of it.

This True Person Xuanhai was the first half-step God Realm being to come to him asking for an associate professorship, but he was definitely not the last.

Therefore, I need to be careful during this period.

Moreover, you must prepare your explanation in order to avoid offending some petty people and causing them to hold a grudge against you.

Just as Zhang Zhi had predicted, someone else soon came looking for them, and even earlier than he had expected.

That evening, someone else came looking for them.

When Zhang Zhi heard Liu Xiaoxiao say that an elder from her clan had brought a half-step God Realm expert to visit him, his heart skipped a beat. He thought to himself, "They've come so fast!"

But then he realized that the person who came today must have been eyeing his associate professor position for some time now. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for Xuan Hai Zhenren to have come to visit him in the evening after Xuan Hai Zhenren had come to see him that very afternoon.

After a moment's hesitation, he nodded to Liu Xiaoxiao and said, "Since she was brought here by your family patriarch, let's meet her."

To show respect, Zhang Zhi waited at the entrance of the living room for the half-step God Realm visitor.

Upon seeing Zhang Zhi standing at the entrance of the hall, the man raised his voice and laughed from afar, "I am Huiyue Shanren, and I greet Professor Zhang Zhi."

"Professor Zhang Zhi, you are truly a young and promising scholar."

"I apologize for my unauthorized visit, Professor Zhang."

Upon hearing Huiyue Shanren's words, Zhang Zhi bowed slightly to Huiyue Shanren, who had already arrived at the entrance of the hall, and said, "You're too kind, Shanren."

Then he nodded slightly to Chief Liu, who was standing next to the people of Huiyue Mountain: "Chief, why didn't you give us a heads-up before you came?"

After hearing Zhang Zhi's words, Chief Liu's mouth almost split open with a smile: "I came here without permission, how could I have given you advance notice?"

After leading the two to sit down in the living room, Zhang Zhi asked, "May I ask what brings you here today, Mr. Huiyue?"

Huiyue Shanren bowed slightly to Zhang Zhi and said:

"Professor Zhang Zhi's name is now known to everyone in the Tianxing Domain."

"The reason I'm visiting this time is actually to ask Professor Zhang Zhi for a favor."

"However, I have never met Professor Zhang Zhi before, so it would be too presumptuous of me to come here directly."

"Later, I learned that the Liu family had a close relationship with Professor Zhang Zhi, so I asked Elder Liu for help, hoping that he could make an introduction."

Zhang Zhi nodded slightly upon hearing this, and glanced at the clan chief Liu beside him.

Upon seeing Zhang Zhi's gaze, Clan Chief Liu quickly stood up and introduced, "Your Excellency, Mr. Huiyue Shanren, is a tutor at Tianxing University and has been residing in Qilong Prefecture for quite some time."

"The Liu family faced a crisis of extermination in the Seven Dragons Prefecture a long time ago, and they only survived that crisis thanks to Lord Huiyue Mountain."

"When the first ancestor of the family passed away, he left behind an ancestral instruction, saying that if he had the ability in the future, he must repay Lord Yueshan."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhi's face turned solemn with respect. He stood up, cupped his hands in thanks to Huiyue Mountain Man, and said, "Back then, we were truly grateful for your help."

He thought to himself, "So that's how it is. No wonder Chief Liu was willing to risk everything and bring this man from Huiyue Mountain to find me."

So it was to repay a huge favor owed by the older generation?

However, judging from what the clan chief Liu said, he brought this man from Huiyue Mountain here to repay a favor, so the relationship between the two families is probably not very deep at present.

On second thought, that makes sense. This time, Yue Shanren is a half-step God Realm expert, while the Liu family was previously a small family without even a World Lord in the Middle Thousand Worlds. How could their relationship be very deep? (End of Chapter)