Chapter 942

Chapter 942: Construction

After a top-notch therapy massage, Xu Fan stepped out of the room, feeling completely refreshed.

Number One and Number Two Avatars looked at him eagerly.

“Out of kindness, I’ll give you a 10% discount for 5,000 years, so that’s 4,500 years,” Xu Fan said with a smile.

“Main body, I want half off!” Number Two Avatar protested immediately.

“Yeah, to bring those two ladies back, we’ve blown through all our private funds,” Number One Avatar chimed in.

“Get to work! There are 10,000 core parts for the Holy Thunder Cannon waiting for you to refine. Finish those before you even think about anything else,” Xu Fan glared at them.

“Or I might just erase your intelligence and replace you with something more obedient. How does that sound?” Xu Fan gave them a dangerous look.

Seeing his expression, Number One and Number Two Avatars didn’t waste a second and teleported straight to the underground space.

“Those two really know how to spend. One million Immortal Jade was barely touched, and they’ve already splurged it all in Star Moon City.”

Xu Fan glanced at their spending records in Star Moon City, his brow slightly furrowed.

“Oh well, it’s not like we’re short on Immortal Jade right now,” Xu Fan said, turning his gaze toward Golden City.

A thousand miles away from Golden City, a massive academy, several times larger than the city itself, was under construction.

The guardian true immortal, Shangling, was personally overseeing the project.

Shangling hovered in midair, watching cultivators skilled in Earth-Based Powers work tirelessly.

A small dojo, ten miles long and wide, was quickly leveled out using Earth-Based Powers.

Then, formation masters swiftly inscribed a simple solid earth formation onto the dojo.

“Other than the dojo needing formations, the academy’s living quarters just need space for formations,” Shangling’s voice echoed across the unfinished academy.

“Understood, guardian true immortal!”

The cultivators below responded in unison, their voices filled with energy.

They were all local cultivators from Golden City, and the news of a super academy being built in their city had them thrilled.

Once the academy was up and running, it would attract a flood of students, which meant plenty of spending and business opportunities.

As long as the academy thrived, these local cultivators wouldn’t have to worry about their own growth.

So, everyone worked harder on the academy than they would on their own homes.

A Core Formation stage cultivator arrived at the base of a mountain, radiating intense spiritual pressure as he formed seals with his hands.

“Mountains awaken, take shape!”

The surrounding peaks seemed to come alive, condensing into a massive mountain that rose ten thousand meters high under the cultivator’s power.

Then, the giant mountain began to melt, reshaping itself into a five-thousand-meter-tall dormitory building.

Inside, individual suites started to form.

Each suite covered half an acre, complete with relaxation rooms, cultivation rooms, spirit herb cultivation rooms, tea rooms, reception rooms, and sun decks—pretty much everything you could think of.

This single building could house 500,000 students.

The Core Formation stage cultivator, breathing heavily, looked at the building and nodded in satisfaction.

But he still felt the speed wasn’t fast enough. Just as he was about to take out some spiritual herbs to replenish his spiritual energy, Shangling appeared beside him.

"Speed up your work, but don’t push yourself too hard. This is the third time you’ve taken a pill today. Continuing like this will harm your core. Take a break. Starting tomorrow, you can only build two dormitory buildings a day," Shangling said comfortingly.

"How can that be? When will we finish the dormitories for a hundred million students? We need to speed up," he argued.

"The sooner our academy in Golden City is established, the sooner we can recruit students. This will provide our fellow townsfolk a path to prosperity," the Core Formation stage cultivator insisted.

"Besides, if it takes too long, what if the sects refuse to cooperate? We need to strike while the iron is hot."

With that, the Core Formation stage cultivator took out a spirit pill for quick recovery, popped it into his mouth, and immediately sat down to meditate and restore his spiritual energy.

"Thank you for your hard work," Shangling said.

"Our Golden City has suffered for many years. We must seize this opportunity. Just like that celestial being city, which established a celestial being academy, and now all the cultivators in that Giant City are thriving alongside them," the Core Formation stage cultivator added before focusing on his recovery.

"Running a real estate business in the Immortal Realm isn’t exactly profitable," Xu Fan mused, watching the academy’s construction progress.

"Grapes, come up with a few solid techniques and some decently powerful spells to support this academy."

"Once the academy becomes famous, we can earn more Immortal Jade, right?"

"By the way, what’s the tuition fee for the academy?" Xu Fan asked curiously.

"Taking the celestial being academy as an example, the tuition for ten years is one Immortal Jade, with programs lasting 300 years, 500 years, and 1,000 years."

"Currently, this batch of the celestial being academy has enrolled 860 million students, with a constant population of 4.8 billion students within the academy," Grapes reported.

"Since it’s so profitable!"

"Then we should establish this kind of academy all over the Immortal Realm!" Xu Fan calculated and said.

"To establish an academy, you must gain the recognition of the Heavenly Way’s Will in the Immortal Realm. Running a successful academy there is tougher than running a sect."

Grapes then explained the difficulties of managing an academy to Xu Fan.

"So, aside from lacking connections, we can cleverly avoid the other difficulties," Xu Fan chuckled, stroking his chin.

"I believe that Shangling and the town lord can handle the connections. The rest, we just need to generate Immortal Jade."

"Grapes, allocate a bit of your source to oversee the academy’s educational illusion," Xu Fan thought for a moment and said.

"As you command, Master," Grapes replied.

Just as Xu Fan fantasized about how much Immortal Jade the academy would bring him in the future, far away in a certain part of the Star Yuexian Domain, a spatial puppet began using the small world seeds provided by Grapes to create bait.

This spatial puppet carried the aura of Li Xuandao and emanated a potent curse power.

It could be said that Li Xuandao’s injured state was simulated vividly.

Once the small world seeds were planted in that space, the spatial puppet placed a small pouch of Sands of the Wheel of Life inside the seeds.

After completing all of this, the spatial puppet exploded with Li Xuandao’s aura.

In the neighboring Xingbei Immortal Domain, an ordinary-looking true immortal’s expression suddenly changed drastically.

"My curse power has actually been broken."

"However, this makes things even more interesting."

The true immortal man revealed a slight smile. Over thousands of years, he had meticulously laid out plans and reaped profits, which led to his current status as a Golden Immortal.

Li Xuandao was merely a small prey he had set his sights on during his leisure time.

Such small prey he suggested should not struggle too much, for the harder they struggle, the more bountiful the reward might be in the end.

In the courtyard, Xu Fan looked towards the Xingbei Immortal Domain.

"The seeds have already been sown; now we just wait for them to sprout."