"Reporting to Dean Long Chen, our Dan Institute elders and above have already ... The entire army was annihilated. The disciple said awkwardly.
"Is the Alchemy Institute really this corrupt?" Long Chen was speechless.
The disciple smiled bitterly and said, "The Alchemy Institute is vital to the lifeblood of the entire academy. Even when the two vice hall masters were here before, they still had to be wary of our dean, which led to an almost lawless situation in the Alchemy Institute. So..."
Long Chen couldn't help but look at Lu Chengkong. Lu Chengkong sighed and said, "If the academy is already terminally ill, then the root of the problem is in the Alchemy Institute." Speaking
of the Alchemy Institute, Lu Chengkong couldn't help but sigh. Ever since being locked in the small world, the functions of the other institutes had almost disappeared.
Especially the Artifact Institute, Talisman Institute, and Formation Institute, which have no place to use their skills due to lack of warfare, except for the Alchemy Institute, whose status remains unshakable.
The Alchemy Institute alone supports the entire academy, which has made the academy's pride grow stronger. There's no helping it—from top to bottom, the entire academy relies on the support of the Alchemy Institute.
Historically, although there have been attempts to manage the Alchemy Institute, the results were very unsuccessful. Although the director at the time was tough and seemed to have indeed suppressed the institute,
Although the Alchemy Institute dared not confront directly, it had its own methods. They began to control the amount of pills they refined. The disciples refine pills one day and rest for eight days. As a result, pills became extremely tight and supply began to outstrip supply.
The academy ordered the Alchemy Institute to speed up the refining. The Alchemy Institute obediently sped up the refining immediately, but either the furnace exploded or the pill was ruined. Clearly, they did it on purpose, but the academy had no choice.
In the end, the academy compromised, giving the Alchemy Institute a status of detachment, with the Alchemy Institute almost surpassing all other institutes.
In this way, the Alchemy Institute became the supreme symbol of the First Branch, and even the current Dean of the Alchemy Institute didn't even care about Lu Chengkong and the others.
The Pill Institute's lofty status made all disciples want to enter and refine pills, turning it into a hotbed of corruption. The Pill Institute was the first to start corruption, then spread from it to the entire academy.
Under Long Chen's thunderous methods, all the elders above the pill institute were wiped out. Most disciples below the elders entered the Alchemy Institute through dishonorable means, and their nature was bad. If disciples had any conflicts and couldn't win, they would use connections to secretly kill them.
Therefore, Long Chen cleared out the academy with the force of a plowing out of the courtyard. Most of the pill academy disciples were wiped out. Originally, the academy had over 800,000 disciples, but now only about 300,000 remained.
This disciple before him was only at the mid-stage of Immortality, yet he was already the most advanced and senior in the entire Alchemy Institute, so he had no choice but to brag the courage to come out and receive him.
Looking at that disciple, Long Chen was speechless, then curled his lips and said, "Refining pills is refining the heart, spirit, and nature. These desires are insatiable, and in a lifetime, you can never glimpse the path of alchemy. Let alone supreme pills—even supreme pills require luck to refine." "
What the dean said is absolutely right: to refine pills, one must first temper the heart. If the heart has already gone astray, the higher your cultivation, the further you are from the true Dao." With just one sentence, Long Chen struck a chord with the disciple, and his attitude toward Long Chen instantly became even more respectful.
Long Chen looked at the disciple, nodded silently at his clear eyes and refined demeanor. This man was indeed talented; daring to receive them showed he had no guilt, and because he had no guilt, he was fearless.
Long Chen nodded and said, "You're not bad either. You are devoted to alchemy, without selfish desires. From today onward, you will temporarily take over the position of dean!"
"Dean, this is unacceptable. I am neither talented nor capable; how could I bear such a great responsibility?" The disciple immediately spoke in a state of deep fear and anxiety.
"Only then can one slowly nurture and cultivate slowly, but a person's character is innate and hard to change later."
Don't be afraid, you're only temporarily acting as dean. If someone suitable comes in the future, you can step down and make way for someone better.
You shouldn't feel too much pressure. No matter how poorly you do, are you really worse than the previous dean? Long Chen said.
The disciple gave a bitter smile, but Long Chen had already said it this far. If he refused again, it would be unappreciative. Whether he could or not, he had to grit his teeth and go.
Led by that disciple, Long Chen and the other two entered the Pill Institute. It must be said, the academy could no longer be described as grand—it was nothing short of the ultimate luxury.
Even a brick or tile was inscribed with countless runes. Setting aside the functions of those runes, just making such a brick required a dedicated inscription artist for several days to carve it.
On one of the gateposts, dragons and phoenixes were carved and lifelike, each with dragon eyes and phoenix eyes refined from the true pupils of true dragons and phoenixes. With the support of the formation, they truly looked like dragons and phoenixes coiled above.
This time, Long Chen was truly eye-opening. When Lu Chengkong saw the mocking smile at the corner of Long Chen's mouth, his face burned with embarrassment. The Dan Institute was so arrogant, and it was his own fault as the dean.
Led by that disciple, Long Chen and the other two toured the pill refining hall, the rare medicine workshop, the Heavenly Fire Cave, and other unique treasure vaults of the pill institute.
It must be said, the First Academy is truly incredibly wealthy. Inside the Heavenly Fire Cave are more than 180 kinds of Heavenly Fire seedlings. Except for the top twenty on the Heavenly Fire List, most other heavenly fires have them.
However, when he entered the Rare Medicine Workshop, Long Chen's expression turned extremely grim. The shop was divided into two parts: one was the pharmacy where rare medicines were dried, and the other was the herb garden, where various rare medicines were grown.
However, when Long Chen entered the herb garden, he found many empty nurseries with only names but no rare medicines.
Long Chen found out that the person guarding the herb garden was actually a relative of the previous dean. This person was a complete fool who didn't know how to care for these rare herbs, causing countless rare herbs to die and disappear.
The vast herb garden looked as if it had developed psoriasis, with countless patches appearing. Each patch represented the extinction of a rare medicine.
Long Chen gritted his teeth in anger. Those dead rare medicines were the most precious kinds, because the more precious they were, the more careful care they needed. Any small mistake could easily cause death.
Long Chen looked at those names, his heart bleeding. Fortunately, those guys were dead; otherwise, he would never have let them die so easily.
Yu Qingxuan looked at the name tags on the open ground, feeling a wave of sadness. As an alchemist, those precious immortal herbs and divine medicines were practically their lifeblood. Being so mistreated was truly unacceptable.
"Let's go, to the main hall!"
Long Chen didn't dare stay any longer. He was afraid he'd get so angry he'd die, so he decided to go straight to the main hall to check the pill furnace. Staying here would shorten his life.
The four of them arrived at the main hall. The doors opened, and when they saw the radiant alchemy furnaces inside, Long Chen's mood finally improved considerably.
"Buzz"
The moment Yu Qingxuan stepped into the grand hall, all the pill furnaces in the hall lit up instantly. Runes trembled around them, divine radiance swirled within, and clusters of light mist appeared around her, worshipping her.
Seeing this, Long Chen and Lu Chengkong were both stunned. Yu Qingxuan seemed to resonate with the entire grand hall.