Senior Brother really was a decisive person! Though, perhaps a little too decisive. Yu Lian couldn't help feeling that things were moving too fast, as if a great deal of buildup had been skipped. It really took all the ceremony out of it.
Yu Lian's nose twitched. For a moment, he had no idea what expression to wear. He couldn't shake the feeling that he was being treated like a test subject.
This was what he'd wanted, of course, but volunteering for something and having someone else arrange it for him just didn't feel the same. "Senior Brother, our psionic technology academy..."
"Calling it an academy palace sounds nice. After all, this place used to be King Vellent's treasure, the 'Swaying Royal Court'—an imperial treasure, no less. If we gave it a name that was too plain, the Empire might feel slighted." Senior Brother laughed heartily. "There's plenty of aether out there, and plenty of the most fundamental occult power. There's no shortage of prey, either—but there are plenty of predators as well. That's what makes this the perfect place for the chosen to cultivate."
"Beyond our academy palace, indescribable beings are always lurking. Ever since the War of Metamorphosis, powerful Void Lords have sensed that the battle took place, and felt the presence of living, vibrant energy. They naturally left their wills here, drawn by the vibrant energy of high-level psions. The Swaying Royal Court's hidden rules let it evade the perception of Void creatures, but that doesn't mean those higher-dimensional beings will give up." The Franmorean explained.
Human psions of the upper tiers regarded things from the Void as prey. But wasn't the reverse just as true? Those beings existed in the Void to devour and evolve. The "vibrant energy" that represented the material world was unquestionably a