My Legend Still Exists in the Cultivation World

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He should be blamed for being careless.
He truly didn’t expect that comprehending a single word would cause such a big commotion.
At that time, his soul-mind was bound.
If Qin Yanzhi had not used external forces to break him out of his meditative state, he would most probably suffer the same fate yet again.

Now, it could be considered a blessing in disguise.

Since this causal relationship was owed, he could only find a chance to repay it in the future.

The assessment of Nine Heaven Academy lasted for seven days, and Jing Yue’s injury had greatly improved.

This time, all the disciples of Frostcloud Sect who participated in the assessment with a letter of recommendation and all the recommended core disciples received a pass.
There were more people than before, which was gratifying.

Elder Wang completed his assignment successfully and returned to Frostcloud Sect triumphantly.
More than a dozen disciples of Frostcloud Sect, including Jing Yue, became students of the Starlodge Class with hundreds of others.

Once they entered the academy, they were deemed disciples of the academy.

As Nine Heaven Academy specified, no matter which sect or what status a person had, one would only be categorized according to the class they were assigned to.
After all, the academy was crowded with a multitude of people.
If something happened, perhaps an elder of a smaller sect would meet a disciple of a larger sect, and they would still have to pay respects to the junior? Wouldn’t that be all messed up?

Therefore, Jing Yue temporarily abandoned his title of patriarch.

But blue phoenix was dismayed.
“You know, being the beloved pet of a patriarch is very different from being an ordinary disciple’s pet.”

“What’s the difference? Aren’t you still a wild pheasant?”

Blue phoenix, “…” Jing-jing was the most hateful!

After another two days, hundreds of students were uniformly scattered and divided into different dormitories, with two persons in each unit.
The person who stayed with Jing Yue was called Meng Shan.

This person came from Green Bamboo Sanctuary, a well-known charm and talisman school, and also the host of every bamboo picking event.
Along with Mauve Aurora Sect and White Phoenix Sword Sect, they were located in the lower South continent.

Meng Shan was a simple and kind person, utterly devoted to talisman cultivation.
He did not flatter Jing Yue just because he was the patriarch of Frostcloud Sect, nor was he envious or jealous.
After the two got along for a few days, he found that Jing Yue also had some understanding of talisman, and his attitude became much more personable.

This day, Meng Shan suddenly asked, “A-jing, we need to complete our registration tomorrow.
Have you decided on your subjects?”

Jing Yue, “Not yet.”

The courses in Nine Heaven Academy were divided into a major core subject and a minor elective subject.
According to his initial thought, Jing Yue should be majoring in magic^ cultivation, but after he had comprehended the Canglan sword technique the other day, he felt that sword Dao was more suitable for his needs.

(TN: Fa Dao 法道 is not the same as the magic in the wizarding sense.
It encompasses laws, spells, incantations, and teachings of Dao.
In previous chapters, Frostcloud Sect was translated as the top magic (法) school so this term is used for consistency.)

When it came to magic, he already had the Art of Ten Desolate Universe, so others could no longer teach him.
Besides, Jing Yue had accumulated thousands of years of learnings, and his understanding of magic was not an exaggeration.
It would be more appropriate for him to teach others instead.

His talent was mediocre in sword Dao.
If he could meet a chance encounter in sword Dao, it may be helpful for him to complement and complete the technique.

As for the elective course, he was most proud of his alchemy.
In his previous life, he made a lot of wealth by relying on alchemy techniques.
After all, the progress of cultivation was very expensive—the higher the level, the bigger the consumption.
Even if he was the founder of Frostcloud Sect, he could not always rely on the sect for support.

But in this life, he handed over most of the alchemy to the sect and inadvertently eliminated the road to gain from this expertise.
In any case, it was inappropriate for a patriarch to compete with the sect for profits.

However, he still needed to accumulate some money, and among the vocational Dao, only alchemy, talisman, and artifact made the most profit.
Disregarding alchemy, only talisman and artifact were left.

With his Omnispirit body, his five senses and limbs were more flexible and sensitive.
Hence, it would be suitable whether he chose talisman or artifact, so he was in a dilemma.

He expressed his doubts to Meng Shan who immediately replied, “Of course you should choose talisman! Artifact refining is very profitable but the cost is also very high, whereas talisman refining is different.
With a piece of paper, writing materials, and a little bit of cinnabar, as long as you have ideas and good at gathering the spiritual power of heaven and earth, you can produce good talismans.”

Meng Shan’s ‘cost-effectiveness theory’ had successfully convinced Jing Yue.
The next day during registration, he decided to major in sword Dao and minor in talisman.

His decision astounded all the disciples of Frostcloud Sect.
After all, Frostcloud Sect was a magic cultivation school but Laozu didn’t choose magic!

Jing Yue didn’t explain but said instead, “I hope everyone will put all your effort into studying.
I’ll interact with you often, not to mention that we can still meet in our elective courses.”

However, only two people in Frostcloud Sect minored in talisman-making, one was Gu Xia and the other was Zheng Bai.

Zheng Bai was a little nervous.
“I heard that there’s a quiz before admission to each course.
I’m not afraid of magic but I really have no confidence in making talisman.”

Jing Yue calmly said, “The test will only require us to produce the simplest talisman.
Just take it easy.”

His prediction came true.
The test on that day required the students to produce a Body Suspension talisman, considered one of the most useless charms among all battle talismans.
Gu Xia and Zheng Bai both passed the test easily, but Jing Yue's body suspension charm was different from others.
He made changes to one of the strokes and extended the time effects of the charm, and thus solidifying his confidence that he had chosen the right path.

As for the test in swordsmanship, it was all the more unriveting.
The only surprise was that the person in charge of administering the test was actually the rotating academy leader, Qin Yanzhi.

“A-jing, have you heard? Originally, the person teaching swordsmanship is Yan-zhenren from Sword Inscription Sect, but he suddenly found an opportunity to break through to the next level and rushed back to the sect for close-door meditation.”

Meng Shan said pitifully, “I really envy you for having Qin-zhenjun to teach you swordsmanship personally.
It’s said that even the disciples of Sword Inscription Sect who have been guided by him are few and far in between.
If I knew about this earlier, I’d have chosen Sword Dao too.”

Jing Yue was fiddling with the token of Nine Heaven Academy, only the size of half a palm.
It was engraved with the characters ‘Nine Heaven Academy’ on the front and ‘Starlodge’ on the back.
 If he successfully entered the Moonshadow Class ten years later, this token would be replaced.

He said nonchalantly, “Aren’t you minoring in Formation Dao? I heard that the teacher is a Zhenren from the Villa of Scattered Stars with a gentle temperament.
If you want to switch to Sword Dao, he’d definitely not stop you.”

Meng Shan jumped in fright and waved his arms around wildly.
“No, no, my sister will kill me.”

It turned out that Meng Shan was born to a family specializing in talismans in the lower South region.
Most of the members of the family were talented in talismans and were disciples of the Green Bamboo Sanctuary.
But talismans and formations had always been dependent on each other, and the combination of the two could produce greater power.
Therefore, people who were proficient in Talisman Dao were also mostly skilled in Formation Dao.

Decades ago, the Meng family produced a very talented girl named Meng Wan, also the sister of Meng Shan.
She was absorbed into the inner walls of the Villa of Scattered Stars, a sect famed in the art of formation, and was held in high regard.

Meng Wan was currently a student of the Suncycle Class in Nine Heaven Academy.
According to Meng Shan, she was extremely strict with him.
Meng Shan was very afraid of her, so how would he dare to abandon Formation Dao for Sword Dao?

Meng Shan sighed regretfully.
“Anyway, A-jing, you must cherish it.
Learning swordsmanship from Qin-zhenjun is an opportunity that countless cultivators could only dream of.”

Jing Yue nodded.
He was also very curious to find out what exactly could this Qin-zhenjun, known as the world’s number one sword cultivator, bring him?