Making Peace with Vina

"Jiang Mu, as the dean, I can guarantee that you will have opportunities every month to enter the simulated cultivation chamber for cultivation and real combat."

The dean introduced it with great enthusiasm, dutifully laying out every promise he could make.

Aside from the simulated cultivation chamber, he could also secure certain resources for Jiang Mu, with the best ones naturally given priority.

The other deans did not have that much authority.

Jiang Mu listened patiently. From time to time, he offered a few suggestions and discussed the benefits and treatment of joining the academy with the dean. If he asked for nothing at all, that would seem rather strange. After all, what genius would simply come knocking at their door for no reason?

If a genius came knocking, they had to have their eye on something from that faction, such as its resources.

Wanting nothing, fighting for nothing, and being free of all desire would be the truly strange thing.

While he was negotiating, Vina beside them said nothing. She simply kept staring in their direction.

The more she watched Jiang Mu smile, the more irritated she became. Her initially elegant sideways posture gradually straightened.

It was as if thorns had grown on her backside. No matter how she sat, she was uncomfortable, constantly shifting about.

"Most students who enroll are treated this way. I trust you understand just how exceptional your talent is."

"What I can offer is only what I am able to promise right now. If you meet His Majesty the Emperor, I am sure you will receive further rewards."

After saying that, the dean stood and pointed at the restless Vina beside him.

Jiang Mu nodded, finding it understandable. Following the dean's gaze, he saw Vina baring her teeth and glaring at him like an