Chapter 903: Condensing the Dean's Token

"Alright, that's all for today!"

An open class that lasted a full two hours. Seeing that all the students and teachers had gained immense benefits, Zhang Xuan finally stopped.

"That's it?"

"Before, when listening to other teachers' classes, we had to hold our noses, wishing the class would end quickly. But Teacher Zhang's class... how come it feels like it just started and already ended?"

"Yeah... too fast, I still want more!"

"If I could attend such classes regularly, I guarantee my chances of breaking through to Saint Domain would increase several times! And graduation would come years earlier..."

...

Seeing him stop, everyone recovered from the special state of mind, each filled with excitement.

Although they had only listened for two hours, it was comparable to months or even years of bitter cultivation.

"Look..."

Someone shouted, and everyone looked up to see a flock of animals that had gathered in the sky.

There were chickens, ducks, geese, peacocks, cranes...

It was a complete mix—any animal that could fly was there, filling the sky.

"Is this... the Hundred Birds Congratulation brought about by such excellent teaching?"

Someone stammered.

The Hundred Birds Congratulation, surpassing Word-Gathering Spiritual Energy and Mouth-Emanating Lotuses, could only be achieved by an eight-star master teacher!

With a single word, even birds and beasts became excited... astonishing talent, stirring the eight directions.

Teacher Zhang was only a four-star master teacher—how could he attract so many birds?

And more importantly... chickens, ducks, geese... what were those?

Aren't these creatures not very good at flying?

Why were they now hovering in the sky, unable to land?

And outside the academy, donkeys were braying loudly, their voices rising and falling like thousands of horses galloping, as if showing the world that they too had lofty ambitions, and that with a discerning eye, they could be thousand-mile donkeys, not to be buried in the stable...

What was going on?

"You guessed right. Teacher Zhang's lecture was so good it attracted all these animals! Moreover, his teaching is without discrimination—not only humans can understand, but even animals go wild for it... Perhaps this is the reason he could tame all the spirit beasts and saint beasts in Cloud Mist Ridge!"

An elder sighed.

He had listened carefully to the lecture; it reached the soul, breaking through the barriers of language. Even ordinary animals that didn't understand beast language or human language could benefit from it.

This ability had already surpassed six-star, seven-star... reaching an unbelievable level.

Heaven nurtures all things, regardless of whether they are human or whether language is understood—as long as they are living beings, they are nourished.

True divine teaching is like this.

Back then, when Confucius taught, not only humans, animals, spirit beasts, and saint beasts benefited, but even some plants gained intelligence and greatly increased their cultivation.

Although Teacher Zhang didn't make plants cultivate, he did enable animals to break through—this was already terrifying!

"It seems... if the dean really chooses to advance to an empire, it will definitely be very easy..."

Elder Mi swallowed his saliva.

Advancing to an empire was the hardest part of the six-star master teacher examination, and almost no one dared to choose it. Originally, he thought even Teacher Zhang would need considerable time. Seeing this scene, he realized how naive that thought was.

Not to mention anything else, just with this kind of lecture, if he gave a few talks in the titled kingdoms—once every ten days, for two months—he would probably qualify for advancement...

This kind of lecture not only made everyone like dragons, but even roosters, ducks, donkeys... after listening enough, could become dragons!

Terrifying!

"The open class is over. Now, let's begin condensing the Dean's Token!"

Seeing everyone immersed in shock, Zhao Bingxu shook his head and spoke.

The urgent matter was the succession ceremony, which had reached its final step, so it was best to finish early.

"Condensing the Dean's Token is very simple. In a moment, I will activate the grand formation. Those willing to recognize Teacher Zhang as dean and genuinely admire him should drip a drop of blood! The blood will contact the formation, and it will automatically gather the consciousness within you, forming the token that controls the academy!"

Zhao Bingxu explained.

Condensing the Dean's Token was simple, similar to a treasure recognizing its master. Human blood contains consciousness; when gathered together, it can produce unexpected effects.

For example, communicating with the Dean's Token allows one to command all students simultaneously and also enables all students to fight according to a special formation.

Because the Dean's Token is formed from the consciousness of countless master teachers, it is indestructible. When used for defense, even a Saint Domain fourth or fifth layer expert would find it hard to break...

It could be said that this item was extremely precious, representing a dean's control over the entire academy.

"Let's begin!"

After explaining, seeing everyone looking at him with bright eyes, Zhao Bingxu wasted no more words. He grabbed with his palm.

Boom!

The ground shook, and a massive formation activated. A fishing net-like pattern appeared in the sky, with rays of light covering the surroundings.

A seventh-level formation, Nine-Turn Heavenly Net!

This formation was specially built by headquarters when the Master Teacher Academy was first established.

It had no offensive or defensive capabilities; its greatest function was to condense the Dean's Token. It could extract the consciousness contained in the blood of hundreds of thousands of people, gathering and compressing it into a palm-sized token.

"Gather the blood!"

Seeing the formation activate, all the master teachers focused their minds, bit their fingertips, and drops of essence blood flew out from their bodies.

Each drop of blood landed on a node of the Nine-Turn Heavenly Net, shining with special light under the impetus of spiritual energy.

"Respectfully invite the Dean's Token!" Seeing everyone had placed their blood, Zhao Bingxu shouted.

Rumble!

The formation in the sky suddenly contracted. All the blood gathered together, producing a deafening roar. At the center of the formation, a ball of light flickered, as if something was forming.

"What level of Dean's Token do you think the dean will form?" Looking at the distant place where light flickered, Elder Mi couldn't help asking.

Although everyone had provided blood, whether the consciousness within was genuine was hard to say.

To form the Dean's Token, the subconscious must contain only admiration, no resistance.

"It's hard to say... but given the excellent effect of that lecture, at the very least, it should form a Golden Dean's Token!" Jiang Qingqin hesitated before speaking.

Before the Dean's Token formed, no one could be sure.

Hearts are separated by skin; even as six-star pinnacle master teachers, they couldn't tell from the outside.

But... the dean's lecture had intoxicated everyone. If guessed correctly, at least sixty percent of people admired him... meaning, at worst, a Golden Dean's Token would form!

Don't underestimate this level; among over a hundred deans in history, it was definitely top-notch.

After all, the dean was young and had only been at the academy for about a month, and most of that time was spent demolishing buildings!

If he stayed longer, gave more lectures, and built up his prestige, forming a higher-level Dean's Token would be easy.

"I think it can form a Platinum Dean's Token!"

Elder Mi said: "Although only two people have condensed this level of Dean's Token since the academy's founding... I believe Teacher Zhang can definitely do it!"

Dean's Tokens were divided into Platinum, Golden, Bronze, and Iron.

Bronze level meant half the academy recognized and admired him from the heart; Golden meant sixty percent; Platinum meant seventy percent.

"Platinum? I'm afraid it's not that simple!"

Wei Ranxue, more meticulous than Elders Jiang and Mi, her beautiful eyes shining: "Before Teacher Zhang even arrived at the academy, he generously donated points, making thirty thousand new students completely submit and willingly form the Xuan Xuan Society! That's three-tenths of the hundred thousand students!"

"Mm!" The other elders nodded simultaneously.

The Xuan Xuan Society was indeed the largest student organization in the academy, and very loyal.

Now that its president had become dean, they would surely be even more proud, with no further changes.

"He freely gave away Wu Yangzi's forging methods and body training methods. Many students in the Forging Master Academy must be grateful, right?" Wei Ranxue said.

"This..."

Jiang Qingqin and Elder Mi were both startled.

Although this matter hadn't spread widely, most students in the Forging Academy knew about it.

"The Forging Academy is the second largest academy. Even without counting new students, it has over thirty thousand students... So, that means sixty thousand people have already submitted to him, meeting the standard for a Golden Dean's Token!"

Saying this, Wei Ranxue didn't stop, continuing: "Later, he challenged You Xu of the Physician Academy, causing such a stir. Although it made some think him reckless, it certainly made more admire him... The Physician Academy ranks only fifth, not top-tier. Plus, many people also study forging. Even if there's overlap, at least five thousand are non-overlapping!"

Master teachers often studied several secondary professions simultaneously, meaning some were students of both the Forging Academy and the Physician Academy.

Excluding overlaps, even if there were only five thousand such people, adding to the previous total gave sixty-five thousand!

"Then he caused a stir in the Alchemist Academy, openly teaching, emptying the entire academy... The Alchemist Academy is the largest, with the most students... Even if there's more overlap with previous groups, at least ten thousand are non-overlapping! So, that makes seventy-five thousand people who completely admire Teacher Zhang! That's seventy-five percent of the entire academy, meeting the Platinum Dean's Token standard..."

Wei Ranxue continued.

"This..."

The elders listening to her analysis were all startled.

Not speaking of it, they wouldn't have known. Now they realized that although Teacher Zhang hadn't been here long, he had already made so many people admire him...

"And it's not over... Yesterday, he saved so many students from the Beast Taming Academy, sparing the Martial Arts Academy students from disaster... and tamed so many beasts in Cloud Mist Ridge, achieving great merit!"

Wei Ranxue's eyes shone: "Adding them, at least another five thousand... So, the most conservative estimate is that eighty percent of students will genuinely admire him!"

"Eighty percent?"

Mi Zhu and the others exchanged glances, each swallowing saliva, their throats dry: "...Supreme Dean's Token?"