The Spirit Ash Institute was almost certainly not harboring any ill intentions toward Wen Li.
After what had just happened, she'd become a person of interest to the Night Watchers. Even the most brain-dead fool wouldn't be that brain-dead.
And they'd even deliberately chosen a rising star in the supernatural world, someone everyone had heard of.
Given the situation, it was probably those old-fashioned types, with their noses in the air, finally lowering themselves a little and starting to pay attention to unaffiliated practitioners.
Besides, they didn't necessarily have to recruit her. The Mental System was one big family, after all.
If they were willing to open their minds a little, and Wen Li and the Institute could help each other grow, that might even help them recover a bit of their standing with the Night Watchers.
In short, Miss Wen's opportunity had arrived, even if it wasn't a particularly big one.
And as someone who had always enjoyed helping others succeed, how could he casually deprive her of it?
As for safety, honestly, the fact that Miss Wen had survived the incident unharmed was already strong proof that she wasn't being targeted too severely.
For now, this was just routine protection.
Wen Li seemed to understand some of that, too. Bringing up the invitation at this point was her way of making a suggestion—
There wasn't much point in staying here. It would only put an extra strain on Yuan Shan and herself. She might as well use this chance to visit the academy. There were plenty of experts there, too, so she wouldn't need to worry much about her safety.
It was a clever, considerate choice. The only problem was that he himself seemed to be one of those "experts" over there.
He couldn't trouble Professor Lanaia to