Not far from the Black Corner Region stood Jia Nan Academy, known as the continent's foremost institution of learning.
Of course, anyone who knew better understood just how inflated that title was. The fundamental reason was simply that there truly was no academy larger than Jia Nan Academy on the continent.
However, the title of the continent's foremost institution had long become a thing of the past.
Over the past three years, under Xiao Yan's encouragement, the Tianhe Alliance of the Central Continent had established numerous academies across every region. And clearly, the resources available in the Central Continent far surpassed what Jia Nan Academy could match, even with only a casual investment. Thus, Jia Nan Academy naturally relinquished its title as the continent's foremost institution.
Great Elder Su Qian, the actual authority behind Jia Nan Academy, did not care much about this. Jia Nan Academy had already undergone major reforms after Xiao Yan left the school, and Su Qian's outlook had changed greatly as well. He had long ceased to care much about such empty titles.
After parting ways with Xiao Yan and the others in the Black Corner Region, Han Yue came to Jia Nan Academy to visit her old school. She had nothing to do today anyway, so she treated it as a return visit. Hu Jia had not seen Hu Gan in quite some time, so she came along, while Han Xue followed out of curiosity about what the academy her sister had attended was like.
"Huh? Grandfather isn't here?"
Hu Jia stood in the Dean of Students' office of the Outer Academy, raising an eyebrow as she looked questioningly at the Dean of Students. He lightly nodded in reply.
"An extremely distinguished guest seems to have arrived at the Inner Academy, so Dean Hu Gan