After they returned to the spiritual vein, Xiang Yu took measurements of the sword before returning it to Li Yao. He decided to craft the scabbard later using the leftover materials from his furnace crafting, for now, she’d have to use it without a scabbard. Luckily, although the spatial treasure couldn’t be stored inside a normal space ring, the empress could store it for her.
For now, his priority was fixing the destroyed formation barriers. The divine sword’s energy burst had shattered not only his personal cave formations but several sect-wide protective arrays as well. Fortunately, the formations weren’t completely destroyed and he could repair them. With his fourth-grade formation mastery, the repairs took only a few minutes per array.
As he worked on the main sect barrier, Elder Huang came over, concern evident on her face.
"What happened?" she asked, gesturing toward the formations. "The barriers suddenly broke all at once. I’ve never seen anything like it."
Xiang Yu paused his repair work. "Junior sister was testing out some new techniques," he said. He wasn’t actively trying to hide the matter of the divine weapon, he just didn’t want to concern his martial aunt. Especially now that she was pregnant.
With the formations restored, Xiang Yu made his way to the Secondary Professions Pavilion. The building bustled with activity as students practiced their various crafts. He found Chairman Liu Qing coordinating between the different schools.
"Chairman Liu," he called out, retrieving the runesmithing textbooks from his spatial ring. "These are new books for the Talisman School. You’re also in the school of talismans right?" he asked. Liu Qing nodded. "Good, you can try going through them if you find the old ones hard to grasp. Also, distribute them to anyone interested. As for the remainder, just put them in the library as usual"
Liu Qing accepted the books with a respectful bow. "I’ll listen to the Grand Elder."
Xiang Yu then headed to the School of Medicine, where injured disciples had already gathered for treatment. As he began examining the first patient, the medicine students arranged themselves in their usual semicircle, notebooks ready.
"This disciple shows classic symptoms of meridian blockage from forced cultivation," he explained while checking the patient’s pulse. "Notice how his spiritual energy fluctuates irregularly..."
As he continued the lesson, treating patients while educating his students, a realization struck him. Ever since establishing the Secondary Professions Pavilion, he’d only been properly teaching the medicine students. The other schools received textbooks and were essentially left to figure things out themselves.
That wasn’t good teaching practice at all.
He made a mental note to restructure his schedule. Perhaps he could dedicate the first hour of each profession’s time slot to proper classroom instruction while crafting low-level items. After the teaching hour, he could retreat to his personal workshop in each school to continue more intensive crafting. This approach would provide proper guidance while maintaining his experience gains.
After treating the last patient and dismissing the medicine students, Xiang Yu made his way to prepare dinner. Fourth-grade spirit food for himself and his master, second-grade for his martial aunt, and first-grade for Li Yao.
Though Elder Huang had reached the Golden Core stage, she still preferred second-grade food. The first-grade spirit food was simply too potent for her newly stabilized cultivation base.
When they were done eating, Li Yao suddenly spoke up.
"I’ll be leaving the sect for a while."
Everyone paused for a moment.
"For how long?" Xiang Yu asked, setting down the utensils he was cleaning.
"Depends," Li Yao replied. "Could be a few hours to a day."
Xiang Yu frowned at the vague timeframe. "A few hours to a day? What exactly will you be doing?"
Li Yao’s expression grew more serious. "I’ll be challenging the Nascent Soul realm."
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