The Academy District.
It was the very heart of the Penglai Independent World, a core interest that commoners outside the 108 top elite Lineages could not easily afford to touch.
Other commoner Lineages had established joint Commoners' Academies before, but within a few years, they were usually suppressed into silence.
Yet this fierce woman had held on for over a hundred years. Her academy had once flourished, earning widespread praise among the commoners and even ranking 109th for a time. Back then, she had not dared challenge the other academies' sharp edges, so she had only dared claim 109th place.
In truth.
With several teachers in the Great Unity Golden Immortal Realm holding the fort, this academy could easily have ranked among the top fifty.
Though it had declined, even a dead horse retained its frame.
If other top elite teachers joined this academy, its former glory and reputation among the commoners could immediately be restored.
Of course, anyone who wanted to revive this academy would have to face the combined suppression of the 108 Academies, whose positions were entrenched and who controlled the vast majority of resources.
For fellow descendants of the Xuan Yuan Clan, this could be a catastrophe that drowned them completely.
But for Lin Tian, who had taken the form of the Clear-Handsome Daoist, and the Little Beast Emperor, who had taken the form of a Great Han, it was no issue at all.
The fierce woman remained prostrate on the ground without rising.
She continued introducing herself sincerely to Lin Tian in his guise as the Clear-Handsome Daoist and the Little Beast Emperor in his guise as a Great Han:
"Senior elders, this junior's name is Ji Rui. I was born into a commoner Lineage that grew medicinal herbs on the Eastern Continent.