A Bright Future for Pang Jushi

The next morning, Lan Tian went to Wanghai Courtyard to pick up Zhuge Liang, and together they headed to Guangzhou Academy to look around and find someone.

Academy Director Liu Xi and Deputy Academy Director Zhao Shuang had received word and personally waited at the academy gates to welcome the distinguished guests.

The moment Zhuge Liang stepped through the academy gates, he could feel the air brimming with the fragrance of books.

The entire layout of Guangzhou Academy had been planned by Lan Tian according to the design of a university, with its teaching areas, activity areas, dormitories, and living quarters arranged in orderly layers.

After passing several classrooms, Zhuge Liang felt as though he was seeing an enlarged version of Quanling Academy. Only then did he understand Lan Tian's persistence—behind every seeming success lay an immense amount of effort.

Quanling Academy had originally focused on training craftsmen, but places like Guangzhou Academy had now become an unavoidable path for entering official service in Jiao Province. Lan Tian seemed to have been laying the groundwork from the very beginning. Such formidable control was truly frightening.

After making a round of the academy, they arrived at the dormitories. The dormitory doors were all either wide open or left ajar; no one locked or shut them, because the academy frequently sent people through to inspect discipline and sanitation.

As Zhuge Liang casually glanced through the rooms from beneath the corridor eaves, he found every dormitory clean and tidy. The bedding had been folded neatly, daily belongings were arranged in perfect order, and two long tables stood in a straight line between the two rows of beds.

Pang Hong's class was on its morning rotation break. All seven of his roommates were inside reading, and Zhao Shuang quickly stepped forward to call Pang