The Seventh Academy was reclaimed, and after the grand array was set up, the teleportation array was activated, and countless experts from Lingxiao Academy arrived.
After their arrival, they immediately began rebuilding the Seventh Academy, with millions of craftsmen working together.
Long Chen noticed that every time a new building was built, the formation grew stronger, and all the buildings in the Seventh Branch were constructed to their original specifications. In other words, they wanted to restore the Seventh Academy to its original state.
These craftsmen worked desperately to finish their work, with materials already prepared, like building blocks to assemble one building after another.
Once these buildings were completed, they would emit divine light, as if they had come alive. The mysteries contained within were beyond Long Chen's understanding.
In just a few hours, 108 buildings were completed. When these buildings were finished, divine light flowed, and from above, they formed a strange formation diagram, resembling the skeleton of a giant dragon.
Once it took shape, the land spanning millions of miles was full of vitality, and the raging spiritual energy between heaven and earth became peaceful. The Evil Dragon Domain, originally unsuitable for human cultivation, was now silently transformed into an environment suitable for humans.
At the same time, Long Chen sensed an ancient and profound aura. This aura came from the Seventh Branch. A newly constructed building would never have such an aura. This aura must have come from the main institute, which had allocated fortune to the Seventh Branch.
With 108 buildings completed, the Seventh Branch took on a new look. The grand formation swirled overhead, auspicious energy rose, and Bai Zhantang finally let out a long sigh of relief:
"It's finally finished. Even if the Great Brahma realizes it, there's nothing to fear."
Bai Shishi's mother and Bai Xiaole's mother stood beside Bai Zhantang, both feeling relieved. Although they had appeared relaxed on the surface, their nerves had been on edge, not daring to relax for a moment, ready to fight with full force at any moment.
Clearly, Long Chen's performance was too brilliant. Great Brahma was outwitted by Long Chen. His subordinates strengthened the arrangements at other branch ruins, but only this one was neglected, allowing Long Chen to secretly take over the Seventh Branch.
Now that one hundred and eight buildings have been completed, fortune passes through the foundation stone, connecting with the Tianlan Domain Main Academy. With the grand formation activated, the academy's experts can arrive at any time, fearless of any challenge.
With the grand formation built and confidence gained, Bai Xiaole couldn't wait to grab his mother and run to Evil Dragon Valley.
All the dragons in the Valley of Evil Dragons were controlled, and tens of thousands of dragon eggs were harvested. However, for millions of dragons, making a proper arrangement was a real headache.
Some of these evil dragons were adult, some were not. Adult dragons had the strength of a human-level Immortal King, and to Long Chen, they were of little use anymore.
According to Bai Shishi's mother, Long Chen is the director of the Seventh Branch, and all the wealth the Seventh Academy has gained is controlled by the Seventh Branch.
In other words, from now on, the Seventh Branch would be up to Long Chen to decide, and he could stir things up however he wanted.
Moreover, in the future, recruiting disciples, collecting tuition, and all kinds of income and expenses will have to be decided by Long Chen himself. As long as he doesn't violate the regulations of Lingxiao Academy, Long Chen can be said to have absolute authority.
When Bai Zhantang was scolded by Long Chen, why did Bai Shishi's mother and Bai Xiaole's mother laugh so hard they couldn't help but laugh? That's because, here, Long Chen is the biggest. Even though they're from the War God Hall, here, they still have to listen to Long Chen.
But Bai Zhantang wasn't that obedient. The dean definitely wouldn't call him, but he didn't dare to call out randomly anymore.
Of course, Long Chen didn't have the energy to manage the branch academy. He could apply to the main academy for personnel to manage it, but the position allowances and benefits would have to be paid by Long Chen himself. After all, in the cultivation world, no matter how high your status, you can't operate without money.
Long Chen suddenly took charge of such a large branch institute, so he was clearly unable to manage it. He decided on the spot to appoint Bai Shishi as deputy director.
But Bai Shishi just rolled her eyes at him. Bai Shishi had no mind to manage these things, and besides, with her personality, she wasn't suited for this position.
Bai Xiaole wasn't afraid of anything and asked Long Chen for vice dean. Long Chen gave Bai Shishi's eye roll to Bai Xiaole. If this kid becomes vice dean, wouldn't that turn the tables?
With no other choice, Long Chen could only apply to the main academy to send some people to the Seventh Academy to oversee the area. He specifically requested several highly respected elders he knew, such as Master Yunyang and Master Dongming.
At the same time, he also brought disciples under the Luo Sect and Xiaoyao Alliance over, becoming the first generation of disciples after the Seventh Branch's return.
Although Bai Shishi didn't want to be vice dean, she had already brought all the disciples of the Celestial Maiden Alliance over and continued to be her alliance leader.
Long Chen gave a bitter smile. Bai Shishi, the alliance leader, even he was wary of her, so what was the point of playing around?
Anyway, Long Chen didn't take the position of dean too seriously. He handed over some trivial matters to Master Yunyang and the others, and then he could just take the blame and take care of things.
The disciples of the Celestial Maiden Alliance, Luo Sect, and Xiaoyao Alliance arrived at the Seventh Academy and were practically overjoyed.
Long Chen was generous with his spending. As a new generation disciple of the Seventh Branch, each was paired with a dragon egg. These disciples all doubted whether they were dreaming.
Mu Qingyun, Luo Bing, Luo Ning, Zhong Ling, Zhong Xiu, and the others were each directly assigned an adult dragon, becoming Dragon Knights.
These dragons, tamed by Bai Xiaole's mother, could be commanded directly after being branded with slave marks. Standing on the dragons, they were almost fainting from happiness.
However, Bai Xiaole's mother said that she would help tame these dragons for free. If she wanted to tame more, she would have to pay a fee. This was the academy's rule: affection is affection, wealth is wealth, friendship is friendship, and friendship cannot be confused.
Long Chen didn't mind; he directly ordered the surplus dragon to be transported to the academy headquarters in exchange for cultivation resources to enrich the current Seventh Academy.
After all, the Seventh Academy had just been established and was in ruins. Although all the building materials were provided by the main academy, everything else had to be arranged by Long Chen himself.
Moreover, Bai Zhantang and the others could only stay here for a few days before returning to the main courtyard. They had more important matters to attend to.
Therefore, Long Chen wanted to use this time to arrange everything. If the Seventh Branch ever faced trouble in the future, the main academy would step in to help. But if the Seventh Branch's buildings were destroyed and the grand formation was depleted, Long Chen would have to pay out of his own pocket.
If one day Long Chen could no longer continue his business, the General Institute had the right to reclaim the position of director.
Long Chen wasn't worried about that—after all, it was just money. I don't have much else, but I have money.
Long Chen was so confident because he had collected so many dragon corpses, which had been decomposed by the black earth and released a massive amount of spiritual energy. As the Jianmu Divine Tree grew larger and larger, it had already begun to bear fruit, and some of the Jianmu Divine Fruits were already ripening.
Just as Long Chen was busy with everything, a guest came to visit.