An Illusion Realm for One

"Contribution?"

Cheng Yu shook his head with a faint, amused smile. "Master your studies and resist the Outer Gods. That is the greatest contribution a student of the Imperial Academy can make. Beyond that, the academy asks for nothing."

He pointed to the jade token in Li Shun's hand. "The detailed rules are recorded inside. Read them yourself."

With that, Liqi flickered around Cheng Yu, and he drifted away as a streak of light.

Li Shun began examining the jade token closely.

Not only did it contain a vast store of information and allow him to communicate with the Imperial Academy's central hub, it also let him freely control the protective formations around his courtyard.

It had another remarkable function, one Li Shun had not expected at all.

Hidden inside that unassuming jade token was a storage space three feet across!

This was the first true storage treasure Li Shun had seen in the Great Qian of the present day. And judging by the academy's generosity, every student received one as standard issue.

"The space is small, but across all of Great Qian, this would still be an extraordinary treasure."

"No wonder even the leaders of the Hundred Schools looked grave whenever the Imperial Academy came up."

"Its foundations really are something else."

Li Shun settled his mind and studied the Imperial Academy's cultivation program in greater detail.

Ordinarily, the academy's full course of study lasted about ten years.

Four years of rigorous study, three years of tempering, and three years of attaining fruition.

Rigorous study meant listening to the teachings of the Hundred Schools' scholars until every doubt about the Great Dao was resolved. Tempering meant being sent beyond this world to test those four years of learning on the boundary between life and death.

And the last, most