The fall of the Immortal Kingdom had turned the nation-guarding immortal weapon into a relatively free individual. It did not need to be freed from any restraints, but for the immortal weapon to function normally in the lower realm beneath the Immortal level, it still needed nourishment.
In other words, only passive sustenance could allow her to breathe and move normally.
Thus, the academy and the immortal weapon were actually interdependent. The academy needed to refine immortal aura or obtain immortal crystals to nourish the immortal weapon, while the immortal weapon had to protect the academy's safety.
"Nourishing an immortal weapon isn't difficult. The expense is certainly enormous, but it's also inevitable if our Heavenly Curtain Academy is to become a top academy. Surely I'm not the only one, Wei Geng, who thinks it's necessary, right?" Wei Geng looked at the other branch deans.
"You should all understand that our Heavenly Curtain Academy's nation-guarding immortal weapon is even stronger than the strongest academy on the continent, Demon-Subduing Academy's. What does that mean? It means we'll ascend to the highest stage of all! How could my Supreme Spirit Academy not give its full support to her nourishment?" Qun Qing declared loudly, even looking proudly at everyone present.
All the instructors and branch deans trembled with excitement, while Wei Geng's eyes shone. He hurriedly said, "I never expected that I wasn't the only one who thought this way. You think so too?"
"Heh heh, that immortal beast at Demon-Subduing Academy is merely agile and active. It can run and leap, appearing and vanishing like a ghost. When we went to inspect that academy together, couldn't it even speak properly? How could it compare with our nation-guarding immortal weapon?" Qun Qing immediately cleared up the matter. She had already begun shielding the nation-guarding