Post-Mythical Era: I don't want to die in the third reincarnation

The Dao Competing Class was situated in a very remote area, even on the outer edge of the main Immortal Spirit Vein of the cultivator students' class.

When Ding Huan arrived at the Profound Dao Class, there was only one cultivator student in the class. Judging by his appearance, he seemed to be taking advantage of the academy's Immortal Spirit Vein for cultivation.

Very diligent indeed.

However, Dao Rhythm didn't appear around him, and the gathered Immortal Spirit Vein was quite scattered.

It was evident that his cultivation technique was inadequate, and his aptitude was also lacking.

"Who are you looking for?" The cultivator student looked at Ding Huan in surprise.

"What's your name?" Ding Huan asked.

"Ji Xing." The cultivator student stopped cultivating.

Recently, Ji Xing had been the only one cultivating in the Dao Competing Class, so he was surprised when Ding Huan suddenly intruded.

Ding Huan walked to the corner of the Dao Competing Class to the communication array, took out his Daoist Array Token and activated the communication array.

Seeing Ding Huan use the Daoist Array Token to activate the communication array of the Dao Competing Class, Ji Xing immediately realized that this young man was their new Daoist teacher.

He quickly stopped his cultivation and sat quietly in his original spot.

After activating the communication array, Ding Huan loudly announced, "I am Ding Huan, the new Daoist teacher of the Dao Competing Class. I now give all students of the Dao Competing Class two hours to return to the class.

Anyone who exceeds this time will be immediately expelled from the Dao Competing Class. The countdown starts now."

After saying this, Ding Huan directly sat in the Daoist teacher's seat and closed his eyes to rest.

The Daoist teacher responsible for the class required the cultivator students to return to the class within a specified time.

The minimum time could not be less than two hours, and the maximum time could not exceed three days.

Obviously, Ding Huan was using the shortest time frame now.

But regardless of the time frame, as long as it was mandated by the Daoist teacher, it had to be followed exactly.

If a student failed to return within the specified time, the Daoist teacher had the authority to expel that student.

Ding Huan used this method because he hoped to teach fewer students. This method was the simplest and most direct way to eliminate excess students.

Previously, he had studied the competitions held by the Daoist Skill Academy on the Great Dao Corridor.

There were three formats for the Daoist Skill Academy competitions held by the Great Dao Corridor. The first was class-based, emphasizing overall performance.

Once the participating class was finalized, personnel couldn't be swapped out midway.

The second was individual-based, which required outstanding personal abilities.

The third was group-based participation.

This group could be composed of cultivator students from one class or from multiple classes chosen by the academy.

It wasn't much different from when Ding Huan participated in the Immortal Sect contest in Pangu Great World.

Class-based competitions assessed the overall performance.

Usually, Daoist Skill academies with average strength used the class-based approach and aimed for overall performance scores.

This was why many cultivator students with poor Daoist skills were expelled; their class worried they would be a burden.

There were two ways to register: The first was academy registration, where each cultivator class represented their academy according to the academy's arrangements.

Whenever cultivator classes participated in the Great Dao Corridor academy competitions, they did so under their academy's banner.

If participating individually or as a group,

they could either represent the academy or register directly with the Great Dao Corridor Academy Alliance as a cultivator class unit.

For a mid-tier Daoist Skill academy like Eternal Desolation Divine Power Academy, if individuals or groups participated independently, the likelihood of winning was nearly zero.

However, Ding Huan planned to do just that.

Following the academy's registration meant that even if they won a prize, the rewards would be allocated by the academy, not the Daoist teacher.

Reasonable academies were better, but when unreasonable academies took his rewards away, he would have no place to appeal.

By registering directly as a cultivator class unit, once they won, apart from the points belonging to the academy, the other rewards would be allocated by the Daoist teacher.

Registering independently as a class required one million high-grade Immortal Crystals for each project.

Ding Huan was wealthy; his ring was piled with Immortal Crystals.

Few Daoist teachers were as rich as Ding Huan and could take out one million high-grade Immortal Crystals.

Within less than half a stick of incense, a slender young man arrived at the Dao Competing Class.

Ding Huan initially thought the young man was a student, but unexpectedly, the young man bowed proactively to Ding Huan, saying, "Li Jiuqing, class supervisor of the Dao Competing Class, greets Daoist Ding."

Turns out he was a class supervisor. Ding Huan nodded and gestured for Li Jiuqing to sit and wait.

Ding Huan was very satisfied with the fact that each class at Eternal Desolation Divine Power Academy had a class supervisor.

Class supervisors were not Daoist teachers.

Their role was akin to an assistant to the Daoist teacher, handling time-consuming matters.

For instance, receiving cultivation resources for cultivator students, applying for cultivation places for them, and managing various competition registrations.

One hour later, cultivator students began returning to the class in succession.

By the time two hours had passed, Ding Huan immediately stood up and set a restriction at the entrance.

A total of seventeen students had returned to the Dao Competing Class.

Ding Huan scanned with his Divine Will; the highest cultivation among them was barely at late-stage Profound Immortal, roughly equivalent to stage seven Profound Immortal, while the lowest cultivation was only at stage one to two Profound Immortal.

This class consisted entirely of cultivator students who had been eliminated from the Profound Dao class.

The Profound Dao class was naturally composed solely of Profound Immortal cultivators.

"Everyone, I am your new Daoist teacher Ding Huan. Please take a look at my Daoist teacher token. I am also a novice Daoist teacher who has just joined Eternal Desolation Divine Power Academy…"

As expected, hearing Ding Huan's words, the faces of the cultivator students who had hurried back turned a bit sour.

They were here not to idle but to cultivate authentic Daoist skills and Divine Skills.

Being sent to the Dao Competing Class was already desperate enough, and now, a novice Daoist teacher was sent to mess with them.

A novice Daoist teacher was annoying enough, and not only did he not know his own standing, but he also delivered an unpleasant surprise right off the bat.

This kind of treatment was intolerable for anyone.

However, arguing with the Daoist teacher in the Divine Power Academy wasn't a good idea; the Daoist teacher had the authority to expel cultivator students directly.

At this moment, several more students arrived at the entrance of the Dao Competing Class, but Ding Huan had already set the restriction, preventing their entry.

Ding Huan didn't care about how the cultivator students felt and continued:

"Listening to my lessons comes with two conditions. The first is starting today, no one may leave Eternal Desolation Divine Power Academy without my permission. If you leave without authorization, you will be expelled.

The second is starting today, until you leave Eternal Desolation Divine Power Academy. You may only study what I permit; otherwise, you will be expelled."

This truly tested everyone's patience; a few cultivator students couldn't help but want to stand up and rebut.

But considering the academy's rules, they had to suppress their displeasure.

Ding Huan thought to himself, seventeen students were certainly too many, and he planned to eliminate some.

"If you cannot accept these two conditions, leave immediately. By leaving now, you still have a chance to join other cultivation classes. If you leave later, you will be expelled from the academy…"

As soon as he said this, seven or eight cultivators stood up and walked out of the Dao Competing Class.

A mere novice Daoist teacher, who had just arrived, speaking such grandiose words wasn't afraid of overstepping.

Those students outside who had been unable to enter saw others leaving and quickly inquired.

After a round of inquiries, those waiting outside left as well.

In their view, Ding Huan had overrated his own position as a novice Daoist teacher.

Ding Huan felt a bit troubled; despite his words, there were still nine remaining here.

This was still too many.

These cultivator students must be really lacking places to go, otherwise, why would they endure staying here?

"Everyone, do you have any questions for me?" Ding Huan asked while thinking about how to eliminate a few more.

"Daoist Ding, I'd like to ask, if our questions aren't answered by the Daoist teacher, can we leave the academy to seek advice from others?" A female cultivator stood up and asked.

"No," Ding Huan refused without hesitation.

The female cultivator hesitated but did not leave.

Ding Huan continued, "Since those who should leave haven't left, let's talk about our next goal. Our next step is to participate in the Daoist Skill Academy competition on the Great Dao Corridor three and a half months from now."

Ding Huan's words left not only the remaining nine cultivator students astonished but also made the class supervisor Li Jiuqing feel bewildered.

He looked at Ding Huan in disbelief, thinking that Ding Huan was oblivious to the caliber of the students in his class.

Ding Huan seemed not just oblivious but continued to make astonishing remarks:

"Of course, I plan to participate in the academy competition on the Great Dao Corridor with the class as a whole, which requires us to pay Immortal Crystals.

I didn't expect so many of us here. If we sign up for multiple projects, it would require nearly a billion high-grade Immortal Crystals…"

At this point, Ding Huan deliberately paused and coughed a few times:

"As you know, I am a novice Daoist teacher with limited Immortal Crystals, so I hope wealthier disciples can support their teacher's idea.

Whether you contribute one hundred Immortal Crystals or one million Immortal Crystals, I will appreciate it…"

This was obviously an attempt to collect Immortal Crystals! How could there be such a shameless Daoist teacher? Moreover, he was a novice Daoist teacher.

Another female cultivator stood up: "Daoist Ding, I am very poor and cannot provide any Immortal Crystals to support you. Can I leave now?"

Ding Huan nodded: "Of course, the door is over there."

The female cultivator turned and left without hesitation.

Strangely, it wasn't the initial questioner who left.

"Are you sure you don't want to leave?" Ding Huan looked at the remaining eight and asked again.

In his mind, the ideal number of students was two.

But eight was not what he anticipated.

Even after mentioning the need for Immortal Crystals, these cultivator students didn't leave. He had no other choice.

He couldn't force them to leave, could he?

"Daoist Ding, I have ten thousand high-grade Immortal Crystals." The first to speak was Ji Xing, who had been cultivating when Ding Huan arrived.

Ji Xing finished speaking and handed a storage ring to Ding Huan.

Ding Huan placed the ring on the table in front of him and looked at the rest of the students.

(Goodnight, fellow cultivators!)