While Jiang Ding attended a meeting, his clone, Professor Jiang of the Adult Swordsmanship Department, was also in one. This special meeting for the education sector was chaired by Yuan's clone, and every university president from the School of Dao Cultivation had arrived.
"The Immortal Sect and the Eight Great Immortal Sects have once again agreed to exchange students."
Yuan spoke at length during the meeting.
"When you return, draw up preliminary lists of students. Applications must be voluntary. Those selected can study at the Eight Great Immortal Sects and receive the same treatment as their core disciples. We will extend the same treatment to their students."
"Students going abroad must be humble, eager to learn, and politically sound. They must be at least eighteen, with mature and stable values."
"Each of the Eight Great Immortal Sects has its strengths. In many areas, they are ahead of us: the Azurewood Immortal Sect's spiritual-plant cultivation, the Heavenly Mechanism Immortal Palace's divination arts, the Black Tortoise Heavenly Palace's incense-based divine techniques, the Shadow Demon Abyss's concealment and infiltration techniques... All these are worth learning. We must not grow arrogant and complacent, like frogs staring at the sky from the bottom of a well..."
"The first group of exchange students from the Eight Great Immortal Sects will be led by the Shadow Demon Daoist Heir. A cultivator at the peak of Spirit Transformation will also come bearing a decree from a Shadow Demon Abyss great power. The Immortal Sect will work with them on research into concealment and counter-detection spells and magical treasures. This project has the joint support of the Eight Great Immortal Sects, and the Immortal Sect is devoting substantial resources to it as well..."
Yuan glanced at Jiang Ding.
Jiang Ding's expression remained unchanged.
For now, the Nascent Soul True