Luo Burang

Zhu Liangping sent Zhang Xuezhou a message. Zhang Xuezhou learned that his associate professorship was secure, and he would even receive a letter of appointment from Canglan Academy.

As long as enough groundwork was laid, Zhang Xuezhou's life in reality was undoubtedly smooth sailing, with few ups and downs.

He encountered no challengers who thought themselves extraordinary, nor had rivals of his own generation tried to ambush him.

Once the three-month public notice period passed, everything would be settled.

His contribution in dealing with the giant Ferocious Beast bird was enough to silence all objections, and the same was true for Wang Haoran. This was not because their scientific contributions met the requirements, but because their achievements were sufficient.

If the reward for helping to hunt down the Ferocious Beast was only two academic titles, Zhang Xuezhou felt that many people would consider it less a bargain than a paltry way to fob them off.

For that reason, Zhang Xuezhou was not worried about his promotion to associate professor, and Wang Haoran was not on tenterhooks over his professorship either.

They each had their own affairs to attend to.

Zhang Xuezhou stayed in Western Capital City for two days. Besides going through the required procedure of giving a presentation on "Tuer God and Whispers with Exotic Beasts," he also took part in establishing the Heart Alliance.

The Heart Alliance was short for the Western Capital City Social Psychology Alliance, a lawful private organization. Wang Haoran had even arranged a signboard and an office for it, and had hired a pretty young woman to work at the front desk.

As a modern-day sect, the organization had been given a new face.

But it was the same medicine in a different soup: the executive director was the sect master, the directors were