Wizards in the world of cultivation

Chapter 146 Immortal Cultivation Academy
Now that we have this batch of pills, we no longer need to worry about the sect's treasury being short of supplies.

It can also deepen the loyalty of the sect's disciples.

"The Qionghua Cauldron is still the most worry-free for me. Even without the spirit managing it, it can still operate normally." Su You flew comfortably in the Danling Secret Realm.

Seeing the vast fields of medicinal herbs, with their lush greenery, made him feel much happier.

Of course, it can't be said that the Dream Butterfly Mirror is bad. It's just that when Su You first got his hands on the Dream Butterfly Mirror, the only thing that helped him was the inheritance of the Dream Butterfly Sect. He would need to provide a lot of resources for its repair later.

However, the repair of the Dream Butterfly Mirror is now on the right track, and he doesn't need to worry about it too much, which is not bad.

Thinking of the Dream Butterfly Mirror, Su You suddenly remembered that there was a batch of high-priced pills stored inside, starting from the fifth rank.

However, because these pills were stored for too long and were not properly preserved, their medicinal properties have almost completely dissipated. Now that I have obtained the alchemy inheritance of the Qionghua Cauldron, I can look for a suitable way to restore the medicinal properties of these pills.

At the very least, these pills could be transferred and placed inside the Iron Wall. With the help of the Iron Wall system array, even if their medicinal properties are not restored, they could at least be preserved.

With a mental focus, Su You immersed his consciousness into the Qionghua Imprint.

Now he is quite adept at using the Qionghua mark.

The only drawback is that each activation of the Qionghua Mark requires most of his mana and can only last for one hour before needing to be reactivated by consuming mana.

The legacy left by the patriarch Huayangzi is extensive, but it is mostly related to alchemy or related to other traditions, such as the cultivation of spiritual herbs.

As for cultivation techniques, Su You doesn't need them. The inheritance in this area within the Dream Butterfly Sect is far superior to what Hua Yangzi left behind.

Fortunately, the legacy left by Huayangzi was quite systematic, with a complete catalog, which made it easy for him to find a secret method.

This is a secret method of nourishing elixir with elixir, which also requires the use of special formations, making it quite difficult.

On the one hand, a large number of pills are needed to complement it, and on the other hand, a large array needs to be set up for refining.

He has no shortage of pills, but first and second-tier pills can only be used to restore fifth-tier pills at most. Higher-tier pills require third, fourth, or even fifth-tier pills for refining.

Therefore, even if he mastered the formation, Su You could not do such a thing in a short time. First and second-grade pills were fine, but he himself was still lacking the pills of the later grades, so he could not use them to nurture high-grade pills.

I'll consider this matter again when my alchemy skills are higher and I'm able to mass-produce mid-grade pills.

However, it is already good that a solution has been found. Of course, this secret method cannot completely restore the medicinal properties of the pills, especially those of particularly high quality.

Su You wasn't in a hurry to restore these pills, since their medicinal grade was too high and they wouldn't be usable even if restored. He would temporarily store them in the Iron Wall System to preserve their normal medicinal properties first.

Su You didn't linger and returned to the Great Wilderness Secret Realm directly through the Dream Butterfly storyboard.

"We need to refine another tower spirit; there are just too many places where we need tower spirits right now."

Indeed, Su You had previously crafted a Tower Spirit equivalent to the previous version of Xiao Bei, placing it in several immortal cities within the Great Wilderness Secret Realm to record and process various data, especially the merit exchange system, which required the Tower Spirit's powerful computing capabilities.

Xiao Bei has been temporarily sent to the Danling Secret Realm, but will definitely be brought back later.

The best effect that Su You has created for the tower spirit is only slightly better than the previous Xiao Bei. Compared to Xiao Bei, which has already evolved once, its computing power is definitely far inferior.

Beckham will definitely have to switch back, and then he can work with the twins to conduct various experiments. Their powerful computing capabilities will be of great use.

The twin clones, carrying a batch of pills and other resources, returned to the Trial Tower in the Great Wilderness Immortal City. After they left, the Trial Tower had temporarily ceased operation.

After all, the true nature of the Trial Tower relies on his talent, the Mirage Realm, to be effective.

After returning to the Trial Tower, the twin clones reactivated the Trial Tower and began to focus on comprehending the Way of Weapon Forging. This time, they brought back Enlightenment Tea.

Not only are there fourth-grade Enlightenment Tea leaves, but there are even fifth-grade Enlightenment Tea leaves, which will definitely help him break through his previous bottleneck.

Unfortunately, Enlightenment Tea is hard to come by. Even the Danling Secret Realm doesn't have much in stock, especially the fifth-grade Enlightenment Tea, which takes thousands of years to harvest once and is extremely rare. It will definitely not be used unless it is absolutely necessary.

……

Time flies like an arrow, like a rolling river that never returns.

In the blink of an eye, sixty years have passed.

The Great Wilderness Secret Realm.

Cities were built on the vast wilderness, and the constant flow of merchants brought some prosperity back to the world.

At the central edge of the Great Wilderness Secret Realm, there is a towering mountain peak that reaches into the clouds.

Atop the mountain peaks stand magnificent palaces.

"Junior, Professor Ge Qing's course is about to start. He only teaches a few times a year, so you can't miss it."

"That's right, that's right. I heard that Teacher Ge is preparing to take the fourth-level alchemy master exam this year. Once he succeeds, it will be very difficult to hear him teach again."

……

The students chattered excitedly, but their footsteps were like wheels of fire, leaving only afterimages in their wake.

Standing in the void, Su You nodded in satisfaction as he looked at the prosperous scene below.

The Great Wilderness World of today is not the same as it was a hundred years ago.

Sixty years ago, the Great Wilderness Secret Realm had already completed its cleanup mission, and all the savage beasts inside had been hunted down. For this mission, Su You personally took action and used the power of the Star Ring to kill all the fourth-tier savage beasts inside, reducing the casualties of his subordinates.

After the Great Wilderness Secret Realm was cleaned up, most of the cultivators inside were gradually relocated to the base in the East Sea, leaving only a small group of cultivators inside to maintain it.

The base in the East China Sea is not large in scale. It initially only had a few fourth-order spiritual veins, but thanks to the concerted efforts of the cultivators under its command, it has already occupied a considerable territory.

Currently, the majority of people in the Great Wilderness Secret Realm are mortals who have migrated here. When these mortals first arrived, they were all terrified, but after discovering the superior environment, they quickly adapted and began to multiply rapidly.

Of course, these are not the main points.

Forty years ago, the Mirage Realm evolved once again, expanding its area tenfold. Not only did the number of mortals in the lower realm increase to tens of millions, but the number of cultivators on the cloud continent in the sky also increased to hundreds of thousands, and dozens of Golden Core cultivators were added.

It is precisely because of the ever-increasing number of mortals and cultivators, and the continuous supply of the seven emotions and six desires power needed for the evolution of the Mirage Realm from the Trial Tower, that it has been able to evolve once again every few decades.

Of course, Su You's current mirage realm is no match for that mirage dragon. After all, the other party has tens of thousands of years of foundation. Not to mention anything else, the number of mortal souls alone is countless.

Although it couldn't compare to the fifth-tier mirage dragon, this evolution of the mirage realm granted him the ability he had always desired.

That was the ability to control souls that he had previously discovered in the mirage realm of the mirage dragon.

Of course, this is not actually the ability to control the soul, but a special kind of mental power. This special mental power can subtly penetrate the depths of the soul and then take control of the other person.

On the surface, there will be no change in personality, spiritual potential, or other aspects.

One of the reasons Su You initially considered choosing the Mirage Dragon as the vessel for his first-tier talent was this.

Another reason is that the Mirage Realm has great potential for conducting soul experiments in the future.

Now, the Twin Avatars' Mirage talent has finally evolved into this ability.

With this ability now available, Su You's long-planned cultivation academy can finally begin.

The plan for the Immortal Cultivation Academy was something he had considered for a long time, specifically designed to cultivate talent and replenish his forces.

Whether the plan will succeed is unknown, but Su You has enough room for trial and error. If it succeeds, it will provide him with a continuous stream of talent.

The establishment of the Immortal Cultivation Academy draws on some modern systems, and unlike sects, it is not a laissez-faire or undisciplined institution. Instead, it selects only those with talent for training.

Within the academy, talented individuals naturally receive better training, but generally, they all receive the same educational resources.

In particular, Su You recruits students who are all ordinary people, eliminating the class distinctions that exist from the beginning. He uses his own resources to crush them, which is the best way to discover the talents among them.

The cultivation academy has set up classrooms of all sizes, with a complete system covering everything from introductory cultivation to the selection of various spells, as well as the selection and teaching of secondary professions.

The teachers in the academy are all cultivators who have mastered the highest level in a certain field, selected from sects, various independent cultivators, or families.

Compared to cultivators in sects, cultivators here have a more systematic learning process, including choosing which cultivation method to use based on their spiritual root, which spells to pair with it, and which secondary profession is more suitable for them, etc.

Studying at the college allows you to earn academic credits for completing scheduled courses, and you can receive additional credits from your teachers if you perform well in class.

Credits can be redeemed for various rewards, including elixirs, materials, and more.

As for the various knowledge transfers, they are all free within the academy; however, to access more advanced knowledge transfers, one must pass an assessment.

After the academy was established, the twin clones moved here and built a trial tower within the academy.

The academy holds a trial every month, and students are awarded different credits based on their performance in the trial tower.

After all, this academy was his place for discovering talent and training basic soldiers, so he definitely needed to maintain a basic level of control over it.

In addition, the Trial Tower is not without other uses. At the very least, it can temper the will of these cultivators, otherwise they would not be able to adapt to the cruel interdimensional wars in the future.

Another benefit is that it can also slightly increase one's spiritual power. The students in the academy have all practiced basic spiritual power training methods. If they conduct spiritual power training after the trial, they can recover quickly without harming their soul.

Ten years after the opening of the Immortal Cultivation Academy, the students within the academy had already begun to be stratified.

This stratification has two aspects. One aspect is those with good cultivation aptitude, such as those with dual spiritual roots and those with single spiritual roots. They are exceptionally gifted in cultivation and their cultivation level improves relatively quickly. This allows them to have more energy to study other subjects, and as long as they work hard enough, their grades are generally not too bad.

Another group consists of students with less talent, including those with three, four, and five spiritual roots. They are slower in their cultivation, but they have found suitable directions for themselves in other areas.

For example, some cultivators are good at studying spells and can learn them quickly. Some even create new spells, while others show talent in various secondary professions.

These talented students will receive more resources and training from the college.

As for cultivators who lack talent in various aspects, they can only serve as ordinary soldiers. After graduation, they can use bloodline potions to join the army.

The courses for these monks in the academy will gradually shift towards military formations, practice of combined attack formations, and learning of multi-person combat, etc.

Originally, Su You had done a great job, making the best use of resources and discovering a lot of talent.

However, twenty years ago, the Dream Butterfly Mirror was repaired once again. Its new functions elevated the cultivation academy to a new level, bringing about a qualitative leap in the academy.

When the Dream Butterfly Mirror was repaired to 50%, it reactivated one of its abilities: the Dream Butterfly Space.

This is a virtual world where cultivators can enter the Dream Butterfly Space through the Dream Butterfly Mirror. Inside, they can freely materialize things from the outside world, try alchemy and weapon crafting, and simulate things from the outside world.

Of course, such incredible ability has certain limitations. First, it hasn't been fully repaired to the Dream Butterfly Mirror yet, so it can only simulate first- and second-tier items for now. Other items that haven't been included in the Dream Butterfly Space cannot be simulated.

Although there are some restrictions, they are essentially non-existent. Back then, the Dream Butterfly Sect collected most of the materials, and with its capabilities at the time, there were very few items it didn't collect.

Furthermore, it can only simulate Tier 1 and Tier 2 items, so there's no problem with that.

Su You has only recently established the academy, and the third graduating class has just graduated, so it won't miss out on many talented individuals.

The duration of a single term at the Immortal Cultivation Academy is twenty years. Twenty years is enough time to determine whether a person has talent in a certain area.

If you have talent, you can stay in the academy to continue your studies; if you don't, you will join the army after graduation.

(End of this chapter)