I accompanied the Crown Prince on his journey with a heavy heart, worrying constantly about my own future. My students, however, felt the exact opposite. Far from feeling weighed down, they were bursting with fighting spirit, completely convinced that the true immortal arts were what they had learned from me. In their eyes, even a head-on clash with cultivators would result in a crushing victory.
Had I known that was their mindset, I would never have made such bold and sweeping claims when I was blowing smoke to fool them back then. In their hearts, their teacher was an Immortal from the Upper Realm, bound to utterly eclipse any petty immortal arts of this Lower Realm. Believing that everyone would soon be able to cultivate immortality, how could they possibly contain their joy?
This applied especially to that group of female students who had been so eager to fall in love just a few days earlier. Suddenly, romance didn't seem so appealing anymore. What did love affairs matter compared to eternal youth and immortality? Filled with surging excitement, they scattered in all directions to recruit people, eager to conquer the realm as fast as possible so they could set off in search of the Dao.
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