"The Imperial Family Academy was an idea Yao Ye came up with after the Misty Cloud Sect was destroyed."
"She felt that, with the Misty Cloud Sect gone, who knew how many talented youngsters would be buried in obscurity, apart from those geniuses whose names were already known throughout the region? It would be such a waste. That was when she thought of building an academy."
Jia Xingtian looked at Xiao Fan with a broad smile and said, "Well, she said she actually owed the idea to you and Xiao Yan."
"You both enrolled in Jia Nan Academy, which inspired Yao Ye to provide these youngsters with a place to cultivate and receive instruction through an academy. She modeled its teaching approach on Jia Nan Academy's."
Xiao Fan nodded. As for why they had brought the Xiao Clan into it, he could guess: the Xiao Clan now blazed like the midday sun in the Jia Ma Empire, so the Imperial Family dared not take them lightly. That was all there was to their choice.
Besides, bringing the Xiao Clan into the venture allowed them to draw on Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan's fame to attract talented youngsters from across the Jia Ma Empire.
Still, Xiao Fan did not mind the Imperial Family's little schemes. So long as they did not target the Xiao Clan, he cared little about their other ulterior motives.
As Jia Xingtian spoke, he watched Xiao Fan's expression. Seeing no particular reaction, he could not tell how Xiao Fan felt about the matter.
After all, whatever else might be said, the Imperial Family certainly had its own interests in establishing this academy.
Its very name was the Imperial Family Academy. Strictly speaking, did that not mean the students who enrolled had already become members of the Imperial