"Why were they sneaking around so furtively..."
"They looked so cowardly."
Jiang Ding could barely bear to watch.
These Sword Intent Cultivators were naturally the Immortal Sect Sword Intent Cultivators from Hua Xiaohua and the others' cohorts.
By now, the Immortal Sect had over ten thousand Sword Intent Cultivators. They had long ceased to be something handed out with a click by the Immortal Sect's cultivation departments. Competition was fierce. There were only three hundred and ninety admissions slots each year, ten per university—just enough to form one department.
Of course, this was not a reason for current students to go to war. Things had not reached that point.
It was Jiang Ding who had applied upward for an exception, opening a path for cultivators from the Immortal Sect's Adult Sword Dao Department to freely choose whether to enlist in the Realm War.
Nothing would happen if they chose not to enlist. No credits would be deducted, nor would their benefits be reduced. It was entirely up to their personal will.
Jiang Ding believed that the madness of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion was certainly wrong, but Sword Dao Cultivators still needed a certain degree of warfare. It would better benefit their own Dao Paths.
Thus, after considering it for a long time, he applied for this opportunity as the first dean of the Immortal Sect's Cultivation Department.
If nothing unexpected happened, this would become standard practice. Cultivators from adult cultivation departments could freely enlist in wars, and it would become part of their studies and lives.
Under the Immortal Sect military's current organization, each Ground Division was paired with one Foundation Establishment Sword Intent Cultivator, while each Sky Corps was paired with one Golden Core sword cultivator.
They piloted stealth Space-Air Fighters and stealth Space-Air Battleships. Their primary work