As supplies from within Hanyang Pass were gradually transported back, the 800 Dao Soldiers also returned to Qingming. After a brief taste of life as horse bandits, the Dao Soldiers were all quite excited and seemed quite tempted to change careers.

Wei Yuan hurriedly herded them back to their cultivation practices, preventing their minds from wandering any further. If he were to turn the Dao Soldiers entrusted to him by the sect into bandits, his master would surely return to purge his existence once and for all.

More disciples from the Cui Clan arrived in batches, bringing to the total up to 500. Together with the 800 Dao Soldiers and 200 Qingming cultivators, they formed the members of this term’s Crash Course in Dao Foundation.

With the numbers suddenly swelling to 1,500, even Wei Yuan felt a bit of pressure.

Originally, Wei Yuan had planned to train the Dao Soldiers and the Qingming cultivators differently. Simply put, they would be given an extra chance and an opportunity to forge their Dao Foundations according to their own wishes. If they failed, they could then choose one of the Dao Foundation templates provided by Wei Yuan.

However, after discussing the matter with his fellows from the Palace of Absolute Beginning, Wei Yuan ultimately decided to apply the same procedure to the Cui clansmen—that was, to grant them an additional chance as well. Although this would consume the remaining, already scarce blue water in the realm stone, Wei Yuan instinctively felt that maintaining basic fairness within a group was quite important.

A new Dao Foundation template was added for this term: it was none other than the launchable flying sword Wei Yuan had recently created.

This flying...