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Long Shiya had joined the Academy as its Supreme Elder.
Initially, he thought it would be a joint effort where both sides worked together to develop the Academy into a major sacred land.
Yet by now, Su Wen had already established the Academy, and its title as a sacred land was already being tacitly acknowledged, while he, the Supreme Elder, had not actually done anything yet.
Even though Su Wen had never said anything, Long Shiya felt like he was being gaslighted by his own guilt. It wasn't that Su Wen was actually doing it to him, but rather that he felt gaslighted by his own conscience.
"Your Majesty, the Academy is ultimately partnered with many major colleges. Right now, those colleges haven't made any moves yet. It's about time we do something."
"Oh? What do you plan to have these colleges do?" Long Shiya asked.
He knew this would likely be his next task.
According to what the Academy had previously announced, these localized colleges could use the Academy's prestigious name to back themselves up, but so far they hadn't made any substantive contributions.
"What the Academy needs to ensure is that everyone has the opportunity to enter the Academic Realm. As I mentioned before, Jewel Masters only need to practice my Spirit Roaming Technique to enter it. This technique can be considered difficult, but it can also be considered simple. Given enough Heavenly Energy to practice, a normal Jewel Master who trains diligently can master it within a month. And as long as they reach the Heavenly Shen Energy stage, a Jewel Master's Heavenly Energy will be sufficient to practice it around the clock."
In other words, as long as one's Heavenly Energy reached the Heavenly Shen Energy stage, they could master the Spirit Roaming Technique within a month.
Jewel Masters below the Heavenly Shen Energy stage could also practice this method, it would just take them longer to master.
"The Spirit Roaming Technique not only allows a person to enter the Academic Realm themselves, but it can also help others enter. The specific method involves using the technique to condense a Heavenly Jewel Mark."
A Heavenly Jewel Mark?
Long Shiya recognized the familiar term.
This was the very medium Su Wen had given him when he first demonstrated the Academic Realm.
So, this Heavenly Jewel Mark could be condensed by any Jewel Master.
The duration a Heavenly Jewel Mark could last would also vary depending on the cultivator's cultivation level, meaning it required continuous condensation and renewal.
After Su Wen explained the various precautions for condensing the Heavenly Jewel Mark to Long Shiya, a wave of realization washed over the elder.
He now understood his next task.
Spread the Spirit Roaming Technique.
At the same time, cooperate with the various colleges across the land and utilize the Spirit Roaming Technique to distribute the Heavenly Jewel Marks to everyone on the continent.
It was equivalent to an identity card.
The only catch was that the renewal frequency for this identity card was slightly higher, roughly once every six months.
Yet even with such a high frequency, as long as the distribution channels for the Heavenly Jewel Marks were established, it wouldn't incur too much cost. After all, every region already had its own local Jewel Masters.
In this world, it was only Heavenly Jewel Masters who were rare, not regular Jewel Masters.
Of course, Jewel Masters still only made up a small portion of the population who managed to awaken, but they weren't as incredibly one-in-a-million as Heavenly Jewel Masters.
Even in a place like the Heavenly Bow Empire, there were at most a dozen or so Heavenly Jewel Masters, but the number of regular Jewel Masters easily reached triple digits.
Among them, the older generation had already reached the Heavenly Shen Energy stage one after another.
As long as these Jewel Masters were properly allocated, and given fixed positions and jobs in the major cities of the Heavenly Bow Empire itself, they could be put in charge of condensing and distributing the Heavenly Jewel Marks.
As for the benefits?
No one was allowed to collect any fees or benefits for distributing the Heavenly Jewel Marks. This was Su Wen's bottom line.
If the major empires wanted more Jewel Masters to awaken, they would have to squeeze the Jewel Masters under their own command.
Su Wen was no saint; he wasn't going to worry about every little thing.
Establishing the Academy was originally meant to harvest faith. Ensuring that as many ordinary people as possible had the chance to join the Academic Realm was simply to expand the scope of that harvest.
However, when the cost-benefit ratio wasn't worth it, he wouldn't give himself a headache by paying out of his own pocket to make up the difference.
He was very clear about what he could bring to this world--nothing more than knowledge and theories. At most, he could use the Academy's systems and procedures to break down the barriers of knowledge in this world. As for the oppression caused by class divisions in other aspects, Su Wen knew he couldn't solve it.
Even if he eliminated one group, another would take its place. It was a never-ending cycle.
Instead, a dynamic and vital system was what this world truly needed. Ensuring that the world wouldn't rot and fall into despair was the absolute best Su Wen could do.
Long Shiya departed.
He went to fulfill his mission.
Of course, at the same time, he was also going to look for his disciple.
When he went to the Heavenly Bow Empire previously, Long Shiya had come up empty-handed and failed to find Zhou Weiqing. Instead, he was told that Zhou Weiqing had left the Heavenly Bow Empire early on to cultivate in the Fei Li Empire. But when he arrived at the Fei Li Empire and finally found a clue with great difficulty, Long Shiya discovered that Zhou Weiqing had been abducted by some mysterious force, causing the trail to go completely cold.
Returning to the Heavenly Jewel Island this time was, on one hand, to assist Su Wen in opening up the Academic Realm, and on the other hand, to check on Zhou Weiqing's situation.
Su Wen had left life-saving measures on Zhou Weiqing. After all, he had altered some of the kid's destiny. To be safe, he had set several life-saving restrictions on Zhou Weiqing, and Long Shiya wanted to confirm this.
After learning from Su Wen that not a single one of the three restrictions had been triggered, Long Shiya finally set off once again to search for his disciple.
Having sent Long Shiya away, Su Wen entered a state of cultivation once more.
However, this time, his cultivation was no longer done in secluded meditation, but through traveling.
He wanted to journey across the continent once more.
Previously, through the Consummate Skill Books in various locations, Su Wen had briefly experienced the sheer grandeur of the entire continent. Unfortunately, those coordinates were all within major cities, which offered very little in terms of natural scenery, terrain, or mountains and rivers.
However, with the help of the Six Ultimate Heavenly Dao Array that spanned the entire continent back then, Su Wen had managed to roughly sense the overall climate and geography of the land.
The Boundless Mainland was far more vast than the Douluo Continent and the Sun Moon Continent combined.
While traveling, Su Wen's own cultivation was not delayed in the slightest.
In fact, it could even be said that traveling was actually more beneficial to his cultivation.
Without any pre-existing foundation left to exploit, Su Wen's Heavenly Energy cultivation could only advance step by step.
Yet even so, his progress remained blindingly fast.
In two and a half months, he broke through to the eleventh tier of Heavenly Xu Energy.
About another three months later, he broke through to the twelfth tier of Heavenly Xu Energy.
The Myriad Beast Empire.
The northern region.
This place was extremely close to the Snow God Mountain.
Because of the sacred land that was the Snow God Mountain, the entire northern region of the Myriad Beast Empire was entirely peaceful, and no conflicts of any kind were permitted to occur.
Even the habitats where Heavenly Beasts gathered developed harmoniously, and ferocious Heavenly Beasts rarely settled here.
Starting from the Boundless Palace, Su Wen had first headed west to the Passion Valley, passing through various major empires along the way, before traveling all the way here. He was now on the verge of arriving at the Snow God Mountain.
"Huh?"
Su Wen sensed a familiar aura.
Was this Long Shiya?
Su Wen's figure vanished. When he reappeared, he was inside a tent pitched upon a snowy plain, right across from Long Shiya, who was sitting cross-legged.
"Your Majesty, why are you here?"