While sending the message, Lin Yi made a few guesses.
By Academy rules, if a deacon successfully entered the Emperor Realm, they would usually have a chance to be promoted to elder. Yet Hu Changchun was still a deacon even now, clearly having only recently broken through to the Emperor Realm and still needing to complete an elder promotion mission before advancing.
Such promotion missions were often dangerous. That was likely why he was so eager to commission a suitable Emperor Artifact.
But on second thought, being able to afford a custom Emperor Artifact right after entering the Emperor Realm meant this steward Hu probably had quite the background.
He had to be a wealthy patron. If Lin Yi did not demand a high reward, he would be letting down his title as the future number one artifact-refining master of the Source Realm.
Meanwhile, on a cultivation island exclusive to one branch in Starfall World, where Starfall Academy's headquarters was located.
Hu Changchun had just emerged from the inner world he had opened within himself.
To stabilize the inner world that had only recently formed after his breakthrough, he had barely left seclusion these past days.
The fresh scent of newly born soil and grass still lingered around him, and his brows brimmed with the high spirits of a newly advanced Emperor Realm cultivator.
But that spirit was quickly diluted by a trace of worry.
In a little over a month, he would face his elder promotion mission. The mission required him to venture deep into a damaged realm and drive out Emperor Realm evil creatures. With his current methods, completing it smoothly would be quite a gamble.
That was why he had urgently posted a commission on the Academy's internal Trade Network, intending to custom-order a killing Emperor