"Good, good! Then it's a deal!" Dean Lu Cang was delighted. He gazed at the new campus in the sky, clicking his tongue in admiration. "That must be the legendary Immortal Kingdom ruins, right? To think of moving it here-what an ingenious idea! It's simply unprecedented. I wonder if our Dao Inquiry Stone is up there too?"
The old man was a mischievous child at heart. What he really meant was to ask whether he could go up and have a look.
"The Dao Inquiry Stone is in the outer academy, but the inner academy up there has something better." I made no attempt to hide it. The Dao Inquiry Stone was a touchstone for students. Once they qualified for the inner academy, the basic version was generally no longer enough for them.
"Oh, something even better?" Dean Lu Cang's eyes lit up, and he immediately turned to Yun Cangran.
Yun Cangran smiled at me. "My mentor wants to ask whether we can tour the inner academy."
"Heh, of course. As long as you don't mind that it doesn't look much like an academy yet, anyone of instructor rank or higher is welcome to go up," I explained.
"That's good." Yun Cangran was pleased by how readily I agreed.
After leaving Wei Geng to clean up the battlefield, I led Dean Lu Cang and Yun Cangran back first. The courtesy they received naturally made them stand out, and the envy in everyone's eyes was plain to see.
Compared with the other captured deans, Dean Lu Cang held his head high and puffed out his chest, looking every bit the imposing figure.
Smiling, Yun Cangran took my arm and said softly, "Ever since I came down, my mentor has looked after me. We've had plenty of amusing experiences together. He's a