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After returning to the Immortal Sect, Chen Mobai naturally took a stroll around the Student Union area first.

This time, Hua Zijing didn't hold back and directly tackled his backlog of official duties.

Chen Mobai also reflected on his actions and felt that it wasn't a good idea to leave everything to his subordinates. Moreover, Hua Zijing was graduating this year, and he felt it was necessary to get more involved and see what the Student Union actually needed to do.

His decision delighted Hua Zijing, who then shifted all her burdens onto Chen Mobai.

It was during these two days that Chen Mobai learned the meaning behind Hua Zijing's previous comments about Zhuang Jialan.

High plasticity means that there are no skills that can be used yet.

There is a lot of room for improvement, which means we are currently at rock bottom.

She has a strong learning ability, but she doesn't know anything.

The things the Student Union deals with are actually very complicated. As a bridge between the teachers and students of the Dao Academy, they need to communicate with all the teachers and even students of the 18 major and 72 elective courses in the Dao Academy.

Zhuang Jialan is fine in everything else, except that she is slightly lacking in communication and coordination skills, but these are skills that can only be developed through long-term experience.

Hua Zijing also stumbled at the beginning, and was guided by her seniors.

Moreover, Zhuang Jialan is not without her merits. She was the class's academic representative before, and together with Si Guanyu, the class monitor, she was responsible for coordinating the class's learning plan. She also had experience working with the Student Union, so she has a certain foundation.

Because of this, Hua Zijing found it a little easier to lead the team. Now, three months later, she has been entrusted with the task of exchanging ideas with the Talisman Department and the four elective courses below.

Since Zhuang Jialan is most familiar with the Talisman Department, she has now basically mastered them.

"Why are all these things being blamed on our Student Union?"

"What are the teachers at the Dao Academy doing?"

"I think it's necessary to improve the Dao Academy's system and get the teachers involved in management again."

In just one week, Chen Mobai felt that the Student Union was having too much work and proposed to reduce the workload.

But Hua Zijing just rolled her eyes at him and told him not to even think about it. Those teachers had gone to great lengths to get the matter out of the way, how could they possibly take it back?

The most demanding task for the Student Union within the Dao Academy is to develop teaching plans and arrange courses that do not conflict with those of the various departments.

Because the number of students enrolled by each department varies each year, the Dao Academy needs to develop new teaching plans and allocate teaching resources based on the number of students each year.

Because this involves a significant expenditure on academic credits, which are directly linked to resources within the Dao Academy's treasury, it requires extreme caution.

The Wuqi Dao Academy has a tradition that after graduation, Foundation Establishment True Cultivator who are exempt from military service, want to enjoy the benefits of the Fifth Tier Spiritual Vein of Chicheng Mountain, and want to exchange for Core Formation Spiritual Object, will directly become teaching assistants at the Dao Academy.

The Four Great Dao Academies all leave their students a chance to Core Formation.

Generally speaking, after ten years of study, those who successfully Foundation Establishment are promoted to teaching assistants. During their cultivation, they wait for the Dao Academy to arrange for them to accumulate years of service and credits to exchange for Core Formation Spiritual Object. This is the life of most Dao Academy students.

Teaching elective courses for a year will earn you 10 credits at the Dao Academy.

If it's the professor of your major course, then the credits will be doubled.

The Dao Academy has 18 major courses, 72 elective courses, and ten grades.

If the staffing is fully utilized, nominally 10,800 academic credits will be allocated to the teachers of the Dao Academy each year, and the Dao Academy itself will have to bear these costs.

In comparison, although the academic expenses for students are also considerable each year, the Dao Academy can apply for subsidies from the Immortal Sect for this part.

The Immortal Sect were even quite pleased and hoped that the Four Great Dao Academies would apply for more.

The more applications there are, the more new students will be admitted to the Four Great Dao Academies, and the brighter the future of the Immortal Sect will be.

However, the Four Great Dao Academies were not tempted by the subsidies from the Immortal Sect. Although they have been expanding their enrollment in recent years, they have always maintained a certain number.

The reason why the Immortal Sect does not provide subsidies to the teachers of the Dao Academy is actually to allow these talents who are stuck in the mountains to leave the campus, enter society, and play a more positive role in all walks of life.

In fact, the Daoist Academy also hoped that these people could leave.

However, cultivators have little need for material things. Some don't even need Magic Artifact. They focus solely on refining spiritual energy to improve their cultivation level, aiming to Core Formation or even Nascent Formation.

As for these true cultivators, the Immortal Sect and Daoist Academy are helpless.

Hearing this, Chen Mobai thought of Zhai Jianbai, who was actually the Sword Training First in the class of Class 5012. He had taken on the auxiliary teaching task of the Sword Control Department early on, which meant that he had already decided to become a teacher of the Dao Academy after graduation while he was still in school.

Even Qu Hongyu, the senior who greeted the new students, and Mi Yudao, the senior they met at Myriad Treasures Cave, both chose this path.

After all, among the Four Great Dao Academies, as long as one has accumulated sixty years of service and enough academic credits, one can exchange them for a Five Elements Golden Core Pill.

Venerable Qingping is the best example; he used this method to Core Formation and even the Nascent Formation.

This is why the Dao Academy faces a lot of pressure in supporting so many teaching assistants and teachers. And once there are enough teachers, the task of teaching will begin to be competitive.

Apart from the full professors of various departments who have already Core Formation stage (who are hired annually by the Dao Academy and allowed to choose the major and elective courses they wish to teach), the other Foundation Establishment teaching assistants even need to pull strings to obtain teaching assignments.

For example, Zhai Jianbai was already helping with teaching during his student days, so after graduation, True Person Zuo Gong could naturally recommend and arrange for him to become a teacher for lower grades.

Those with average talent, like Qu Hongyu and Mi Yudao, who didn't have Core Formation Cultivator to take care of them, could only wait and see when there were vacancies in the courses they were good at, and then fill those vacancies to become teachers.

If a professor is good and receives consistent praise in subsequent student surveys, they will receive more and more teaching assignments, and may even become a teacher of a major course in the future.

This includes tasks such as conducting surveys and arranging courses, all of which require the participation of the Student Union.

Of course, the Student Union doesn't have the authority to arrange teachers for classes; that authority rests with the Academic Affairs Office.

Hua Zijing told Chen Mobai that due to the scarcity of resources, the Dao Academy usually only spends about three to four thousand credits on teachers each year. If there are fewer people enrolling in many courses, several grades will be merged into one class to save credits and teaching resources.

The merger work, as well as a series of trivial matters involving communication with students and teachers, are also tasks assigned to their Student Union.

In order to create a purer teaching and learning environment, allowing teachers to focus on teaching and students to concentrate on learning, the Dao Academy has long since delegated most of its core responsibilities, except for arranging teachers, to the Student Union council.

That's why Chen Mobai, as the Student Union President, felt a bit of a headache after only participating for a week.

After all, communication and coordination cannot be accomplished by individual efforts alone. It requires making phone calls one by one, or even arranging time to meet in person to discuss the matter. And everyone's schedule may not be able to coincide.

"The Academic Affairs Office wants to arrange a trial class for the elective course ' History of Magic Artifacts ' in the Artifact Refining Department. They asked us to coordinate the time and course."

Hua Zijing mentioned a recent issue that needed to be addressed.

She and Zhuang Jialan had been discussing this matter for half a month, but they still hadn't made a decision.

There was no other way but for Chen Mobai to take matters into his own hands.

Since it was the first time Hua Zijing had dealt with something like this, she didn't have high hopes for him. She just wanted him to experience the difficulty of their work.

But that day, Chen Mobai went out in the morning, and after having lunch, he called to say that the matter had been settled.

The class is tomorrow.

How did you do that?

Upon returning, Chen Mobai, who was petting the White Cat in his office, pointed to his face when he saw Hua Zijing and Zhuang Jialan burst in, their eyes wide with disbelief.

"You think you have that much influence?"

"No, that's not it. Although I do have some influence, the reason why Teacher Liu, the History of Magic Artifacts, was willing to give me face is because I invited him to Teacher Che's office in Building One to discuss this matter."

Upon hearing this, Hua Zijing couldn't help but give Chen Mobai a thumbs up, her eyes filled with admiration.

All the teaching arrangements at the Wuqi Dao Academy are decided by the Academic Affairs Office, and the director of the Academic Affairs Office is Chen Mobai's teacher, Che Yucheng.

Once you invite someone to Che Yucheng's office to discuss matters, even the most difficult problems become no problem.

"You two will have to work hard. Teacher Che is also free tomorrow and will be observing this trial lesson."

Hua Zijing, completely convinced, led Zhuang Jialan down to arrange the matter.

There are quite a few Foundation Establishment True Cultivator staying at Chicheng Mountain in the Dao Academy, but the number of major and elective courses is limited each year. However, it is necessary to take care of newcomers and at least give them a chance to try out the courses, so the term "trial class" comes about.

The so-called trial class is to select a lesson for the new teacher to teach. Students attend the class as usual, but a row of professors and senior teachers from the Dao Academy sit at the back to listen in and evaluate the new teacher's teaching level.

After the trial class, the Student Union will conduct a questionnaire survey. If the professors and students are satisfied, he will be arranged to be the teacher of this elective course for lower grades next year. If his teaching level improves, he will be arranged to teach upper grades.

Above that are the main subject teachers.

However, the competition in this area is even fiercer. Every teacher's teaching level is already very high, and the Dao Academy can only treat everyone equally. This year you come, next year he comes, the year after that someone else, and the year after that someone else...

Since cultivators have a lifespan of 240 years after Foundation Establishment, and graduates are enrolled only once a year, intense competition is unavoidable.

Even under these circumstances, the higher-ups at the Wuqi Dao Academy were still willing to give young Foundation Establishment True Cultivator a chance to rise to prominence.

If you receive consistently positive feedback during the trial class, you will be given the opportunity to take elective courses for a year.

"Preparing a lesson that satisfies most people with the skill of Foundation Establishment True Cultivator should be a very simple thing."

On the day of the trial class, Chen Mobai, as a representative of the Student Union, reported to Che Yucheng, the dean of teaching, and also asked some questions that had been bothering him.

"If someone can prepare one satisfactory lesson, then they can prepare every lesson. As long as they are willing to work hard, our Dao Academy is willing to give them opportunities."

"Moreover, with continued effort, he will adapt to the rhythm of meticulously prepared lessons. In the very first few years, these new teachers are even more responsible and focused than the older teachers."

"That's why we're willing to give every newcomer a chance. Besides weeding out some teachers who have lost their motivation and original aspirations, it's also to ensure equal opportunities."

"The reason why the Immortal Sect can maintain long-term stability is because it can give every cultivator hope of advancement, even if that hope is very slim. At least when they look up, they can see a ray of light in the darkness."

If the surroundings are completely dark, then cultivators will easily despair and go mad.

Fairness and justice, with everyone having a chance, are the foundation upon which the Immortal Sect rules the Earth Origin Star.

After listening to Che Yucheng's guidance, Chen Mobai seemed to be deep in thought.

In the Immortal Sect, as long as you have talent and are willing to work hard, even if you can't enter the Four Great Dao Academies, you can still reach the Foundation Establishment in the Ten Great Academies or even the Hundred and Twenty Mansions below.

After Foundation Establishment, one can focus on mastering a Hundred Arts of Cultivation. If one can become a top expert in the field, one will have the opportunity to join various companies and obtain the chance to exchange for the Five Elements Golden Core Pill.

For example, Wu Shangru was exceptionally skilled in Talisman Making and was recruited by the First Talisman Factory of Immortal Sect as a talent.

After the trial class ended, Student Union members immediately came in and distributed questionnaires to each student.

The professors and senior teachers in the last row were personally handed out by Chen Mobai. They all gave Che Yucheng, who was sitting in the middle, face and filled out the forms on the spot.

After collecting everything, Chen Mobai handed it to Hua Zijing, and then left with Che Yucheng, who had gotten up.

"Teacher, I'll be leading a team to the Goumang Dao Academy at the end of the year. Do you have any instructions for me?"

On the mountain path leading to the school, the master and his student walked one after the other.

Che Yucheng: "What are your thoughts?"

Chen Mobai: "I don't really have any specific ideas. Just like Lesser Red Heaven, I'll just promote the prestige of my Dao Academy."

Che Yucheng: "Offline, you might not be able to do it."

To be Che Yucheng, although Chen Mobai had mastered the Sword Light technique, he was only at the Foundation Establishment Second Layer and had virtually no chance of winning against the Foundation Establishment Seventh Layer from the other Three Great Dao Academies, especially since they were all Chief Level.

"So, teacher, what do you mean...?"

"The Pure Yang Academy wanted Xiahou Weihuan and Sima Xingyu to participate as well, saying that they wanted the alumni to guide the juniors in school. I have already gone along with it and gotten the other Three Great Dao Academies to agree as well."

Che Yucheng's words left Chen Mobai somewhat bewildered. No matter how skilled he was in combat, he wasn't confident against the former Chief of the Pure Yang Academy, who possessed both the Pure Yang Scroll and the Primordial Yang Sword Art at their peak.

"Could it be that, teacher, you want Lan Haitan to use the excuse of guiding the younger generation to participate in this offline competition again?"

Chen Mobai had thought of this and assumed that the Wuqi Dao Academy was going to use the same old trick again.

"Lan Haitan has already taken the Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill and entered seclusion."

Che Yucheng shook his head and said something that made Chen Mobai feel disappointed: When will he be able to reach this point?

"It's precisely because Lan Haitan can't come that Xiahou Weihuan confident that as long as he can participate, he can defeat anyone. Since that's the case, I simply informed the three Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer graduates of the Dao Academy that they will accompany you when you lead the team this time."

Upon hearing this, Chen Mobai couldn't help but feel curious.

"Teacher, can these three seniors defeat Xiahou Weihuan?"

"To be honest, I'm not sure I can beat her, but I've already made arrangements. Hong Mengkui's disciple cultivates the Cantong Qi, and I've sent her to Senior Sister Duanmu's place."

"Vice Principal Duanmu? Go to her... hiss..."

Chen Mobai was initially a little confused, but halfway through his sentence he realized what he was talking about and couldn't help but gasp.

Duanmu Longrong is in charge of the Myriad Treasures Cave, where the highest- Fourth Tier Magic Tool can be found.

Considering that Che Yucheng had specifically mentioned that this senior cultivated the Cantong Qi, Chen Mobai immediately understood what his teacher's arrangement was.

"Teacher, for Foundation Establishment True Cultivator, even at the Perfected Realm, isn't it a bit too much to wield a Fourth Tier Magic Tool?"

Even Chen Mobai found it very difficult to control the Six Yang Divine Fire Mirror, a magical Magic Artifact that he had transformed into his natal weapon using the Spirit Tool Dual Cultivation Technique. He could only activate it a maximum of three times.

After three times, he felt his spiritual energy was drained, he felt dizzy and his Qi and Blood were weak.

If it's at the Fourth Grade.

He felt that even if he were completely drained, he might not be able to get it working again.

"You underestimate the Cantong Qi..."