"Ahem, um... could you stop smiling at me like that?"
"It's a little creepy." The Dean cleared his throat and gave Chen Changan a helpless look.
"Look at you, all tense. Relax. Take it easy."
"We came over because there's something we'd like to discuss with you," Chen Changan said with a smile.
"Oh?"
"Have you run into some kind of problem?" the Dean asked, puzzled.
"We have run into a few problems."
"Dean, that Promotion Tournament you mentioned just now must be pretty important, right?"
Hearing Chen Changan's question, the Dean nodded gravely. "It's important to every Junior Sacred Academy."
"If we advance, Heavenreach Sacred Academy will receive more resources in the future."
"Academies of different ranks also control different amounts of territory."
"In that case, the higher the three of us climb in cultivation, the more it benefits the academy, right?"
"Of course. Your cultivation speed has been an incredible surprise."
"See, a little over ten years isn't much. We cultivate quickly, but time really is tight."
"If... we had more cultivation resources, things would be different."
"What do you think?"
How could the Dean fail to understand what Chen Changan wanted? Resources!
"If I give you enough resources, what realm can you reach before the Promotion Tournament begins?" The Dean looked at Chen Changan intently.
"Hard to say. We only have a dozen or so years, after all."
"The Primordial Sage Realm shouldn't be a problem."
"It mainly depends on whether the resources are plentiful enough. If they are, we should be able to advance quite a bit," Chen Changan said with a smile.
"The Primordial Sage Realm?"
"You'll break through to the Primordial Sage Realm in a dozen or so years?"
"Are you sure?" The Dean stared at Chen Changan in disbelief, searching his face for