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Old Yuan, Yuan Tieshan, currently served as the head of the academy's Office of Academic Affairs.
Chang'an Academy was, after all, comparable to a first-tier power. Though it could not match those powers in numbers, even a sparrow had all its vital organs, small as it was.
The Director of Academic Affairs was one of the key positions beneath the deans, firmly within the academy's core leadership.
He was also the direct superior of the Three Academic Directors, overseeing the academy's academic affairs.
As it happened, he was also Li Jinghua's predecessor. Had he not received a Promotion to Director of Academic Affairs, he would have been the academic director for Chen Xiaojun's cohort.
Yuan Tieshan came from a family of hunters on the Fasno border and had grown up with the mountain forests as his companions.
As a child, through a chance encounter, he had accidentally swallowed the blood essence of a Variant Ape Soul Beast. At six, he had unexpectedly awakened a mutated seventh-rank martial soul-the Iron-Armed Vajra Ape.
He was now a level 78 high-level Soul Saint, a defense-oriented assault Soul Master.
Yuan Tieshan was hearty and broad-minded, honest and straightforward. Like Wang Wei, he had a particular fondness for wine.
"Three more jars!" was his favorite saying, perfectly capturing his carefree, unrestrained nature.
He was Wang Wei's junior fellow disciple and, thanks to his strength and prestige, was considered one of the successors to the Three Elders.
Here, the so-called "Chang'an Three Elders" required some explanation.
"Chang'an Three Elders" was not a title exclusive to Zhuo, Zhuang, and Wang.
It was a longstanding honorific for the leaders of the academy's Three Great Factions.
The relationships within Chang'an Academy were tangled and interwoven. Beyond the divide between the great families