January 30th, Great Xuan Calendar 375.
Zhang Yu stood in the main hall. Before him was a smooth, translucent jade wall, across which words and images occasionally flowed.
He had been at Kaiyang Academy for over ten days now, and he was fairly satisfied with the place.
The entire square platform beneath his feet, clad in glazed glass and gold jade, belonged to him alone. On three sides of the platform were small flying-vessel berths, and a small flying vessel assigned to him by the Academy was moored at the rear berth.
During his tenure as an instructor, he could use this flying vessel freely.
Within the platform were not only a hall for practicing techniques and a martial arena, but also a pill chamber, sword chamber, meditation chamber, and other facilities for cultivators. Everything here was arranged entirely according to the old system used by true cultivators.
Most importantly, he could consult at any time the files and classics made public to instructors from the Academy's collection, sparing him the need to scour every corner for information himself.
For him, cultivation here was better and more convenient than in the Profound Residence.
Just then, Li Qinghe's figure appeared on a jade wall to his left. He bowed and said, "Sir, the assistants assigned to you by the Academy have arrived. Shall I send them up?"
Zhang Yu said, "Send them up."
Li Qinghe bowed again, and his figure vanished from the jade wall.
Zhang Yu glanced at the jade wall, then looked outside. With a cultivator's perception, it was not difficult for him to discover that the platform where he resided was actually a living thing. Through it, he could easily convey his will to every corner.
In truth, this was not unique to his platform. Every gold-jade platform