Relying on One's Background to Throw One's Weight Around?

"Ah?"

The Short and Stout Old Man and the Black-robed Old Man were both utterly dumbfounded when they heard this, staring blankly at each other.

The dean was lying in bed every day, groaning in agony. How could he possibly be well?

"Looks like the dean is feeling under the weather." Li Zhōujūn said with concern, "As a junior, I think I should go visit him."

"Ahem, well, Elder Li, the dean is in secluded cultivation," the Short and Stout Old Man hurriedly explained.

"Oh, I see." Li Zhōujūn suddenly understood.

After a round of polite exchanges, Li Zhōujūn naturally became an elder of Tianhai Academy.

At the same time, Li Zhōujūn learned the names of the two old men.

The Short and Stout Old Man was named Zhu Jianbing. He was the master of Tianhai Academy's Elder Hall, with the cultivation of a Sixth-Rank Dao Master.

The Black-robed Old Man was named Li Du. He was the master of Tianhai Academy's Punishment Hall, also with the cultivation of a Sixth-Rank Dao Master.

At that moment, Zhu Jianbing and Li Du watched Li Zhōujūn's departing back.

Li Du said, "We still didn't find out how powerful Senior Qin's junior is, yet we directly made him an elder of Tianhai Academy. Who knows whether that's a blessing or a curse?"

Zhu Jianbing said helplessly, "You old fool simply don't know how to be flexible. With Senior Qin as our patriarch, even if Elder Li Zhōujūn were an ordinary person, he could still become the dean of Tianhai Academy. Do you believe that?"

Li Du nodded. "That's true."

"So long as Elder Li has fun here, that's all that matters. If anything happens to Tianhai Academy, he'll be the first person we protect." Zhu Jianbing said.

Li Du sighed helplessly. "I really