My Master Only Breaks Through on the Edge of Death

"You did well this time. When the Golden Immortal Puppet forged for the Sect is ready, I will reward you with one," Xu Fan said.

"When we have more resources, I will add another one for you. So, you'll have one on your left and one on your right, two Golden Immortal Puppets," he added with a laugh.

"Thank you, Great Master," Pang Fu responded, his eyes sparkled with excitement.

In the underground space, Xu Fan took the Heavenly Heart Earth Flame, sealed within an Immortal Tool, and handed it directly to No. 3 Clone.

In an instant, a pale blue flame emerged from the palm of the No. 3 Clone.

Then, it smoothly transitioned into the process of forging the Golden Immortal Puppet.

"Based on the current speed, how long will it take to make nine puppets?" Xu Fan asked.

"Master, it will take 105 years."

"Master, you could use time acceleration during your cultivation. By the time you finish, the forging of the nine Golden Immortal Puppets should be successfully completed," Pu Tao suggested.

"The arrangement of time seems quite reasonable. Let's go for time acceleration," Xu Fan decided, stepping out and entering the Origin World.

"Pu Tao, watch out. If anyone comes looking for those Sect Disciples who opened academies, send a Golden Immortal Puppet to back them up," Xu Fan instructed.

"Yes, Master."

Finally, Xu Fan started accelerating his cultivation time.

Gradually, many strange academies opened within the Immortal World.

For instance, No.3 Artifact Refining Academy, No.9 Body Refining Academy, No.108 Twin Excellences in Pills and Artifacts Academy existed among many others with unusual names.

Though these academies had peculiar names, the quality of education they provided was excellent.

Whether it was traditional cultivation or courses such as alchemy, artifact refining, formation, puppet-making, talismans, they all used illusion teaching methods.

This advanced method made it possible for students with a lack of talent in a particular field to quickly learn the basics of that field.

Soon, these academies with numeric prefixes became a trend within the Immortal World.

It further astonished them to find that these academies, spreading around the Star Moon Immortal Domain, had an extraordinarily uniform distribution.

Each academy covered nearly 5 to 6 Giant Cities, and the affiliation amongst the academies was strong.

Therefore, after Xu Fan entered closed-door cultivation, the disciples who opened the academies began to make a profit.

According to the agreement between Pu Tao and them, the Sect would provide illusion teaching magical treasures and the course materials, for five percent share in the venture.

In the initial 10 years, the reputation was not established and the Fairy Jade they were given was quite less.

However, as the academies began to get recognition in the Immortal World, they attracted more and more disciples.

In the end, almost each academy admitted a large number of students every year.

But all these were unknown to Xu Fan, holding fast in his cycle of cultivation in the acceleration world.

Thus, after a hundred years, exhausting the Time Heavy Treasure, Xu Fan emerged from the Time Acceleration Mini World.

"Congratulations Master, you are still 80,000 years away from reaching the realm of the Golden Immortal," came Pu Tao's voice.

"80,000 years, it's passing quite quickly," Xu Fan said, laughing.

He then entered the small courtyard.

"How have those academies developed recently?" Xu Fan asked.

"They are developing quite well. The academy run by our disciples is not inferior to our current Golden Device Academy."

"In fact, some academies are even larger than the Golden Device Academy by several times and accepts student in billions," Pu Tao reported.

"Is it that capable?" Xu Fan was surprised.

He thought that it was impressive for those disciples to build their academies up to the standard of the Golden Device Academy.

But he never expected some to surpass it.

At this moment, Xu Fan developed an interest.

"Tell me more about how they managed to develop these academies," Xu Fan asked.
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"Initially, they followed the most traditional academy model. However, due to the existence of illusions teaching Dao Tools, its reputation quickly spread in the surrounding Giant Cities."

"To rapidly expand their sources, one disciple proposed a plan."

"It was school loans. By passing the academy's qualification and character evaluation, you can learn in the academy for free initially, as long as the tuition is paid off within a thousand years after graduation."

"This plan was a great success. All academies expanded quickly. Although they were making a loss initially, in the ten years before master exited his closed-door cultivation majority of academies started to make a profit."

"It is expected that after 1000 years, the returns of these academies will experience a huge surge," Pu Tao evaluated.

"Whose idea was this plan?" Xu Fan asked curiously.

"It was proposed by a first-generation disciple, 'Ten Million Soldiers'. The academy he opened, 'First Generation Academy', stood among the best. With 1.7 billion students, it has the largest scale but it is currently one of the few that is running at a loss," Pu Tao informed.

"If it is not making a loss after recruiting so many students, then who will?" Xu Fan chuckled.

At this point, a teleportation array appeared in the courtyard. All the Golden Immortal Puppets of the Sect walked out of the array one after another.

"Pu Tao, authorize Pang Fu to use a Golden Immortal Puppet. When the next batch of Golden Immortal Puppets are ready, give another one to Pang Fu to make it two Golden Immortal Puppets," Xu Fan pondered before instructing.

"Yes, Master."

Subsequently, one of the Golden Immortal Puppets disappeared via the teleportation array.

Xu Fan looked at the nine Golden Immortal Puppets in the courtyard, feeling a sense of security.

"If these nine Golden Immortal Puppets are deployed in a strategic manner, even a Daluo Saint doesn't necessarily mean a guaranteed victory," Xu Fan's tone was slightly smug.

At this moment, Xu Fan suddenly remembered his good big brother and wondered how he was doing.

"Pu Tao, during my period of closed-door cultivation, did my good big brother come by?" asked Xu Fan.

"He didn't come. Only Star Spirit came to pass a few messages, stating that your good big brother is progressing well in the Demon Clan territory."

"He is in the final stages and reminded the master that the Sect Treasure Vault needs to be expanded so that there will be enough space when it's time to distribute the treasures," Pu Tao's voice echoed.

"If the Sect Treasure Vault needs to be expanded, it seems my good big brother has struck a rich vein," Xu Fan's mouth curled up as he imagined the grand scene when his good big brother returned to distribute the loot.

"So, did you expand the Sect Treasure Vault?" Xu Fan asked.

"Master, the Sect Treasure Vault has already expanded half of its original size," Pu Tao answered.

"Half of it? How can that be enough? Considering that my good big brother and the three Daluo Saints have spent a hundred years, our Sect Treasure Vault should also expand twice as much at least," Xu Fan ordered.

"Yes, Master."

Inside the underground space, No. 1 and No. 2 Clones were refining the dragon skeleton for the Giant Ship.

Upon seeing Xu Fan, they only greeted him before continuing their dedicated work on the Flying Ship Dragon Skeleton.

"Why do you seem to be in a low spirit?" Xu Fan asked.

"The side effect of consuming the Mysterious Yellow Qi is the removal of unnecessary emotions," No.2 Clone responded calmly.

"That's good."

"How can this be called a side effect? It's like having a buff for dedicated artifact refining."