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At present, Su Wen's reputation was very great, and his position in the hearts of soul masters on the continent was also extremely high.
This was also the reason why Dai Jie and Xue Ye were wary of him.
However, being wary was just being wary.
Dai Jie's current attitude was also largely for Su Wen to successfully complete the establishment of the Shushan Academy on this side.
As for what would happen after the establishment of the Shushan Academy was completed, the respect that was due would still be given, but it wouldn't be so excessive.
At present, the Wu Hun Temple and the two great empires' imperial families were in a friendly state with Su Wen, but they wouldn't go to great lengths to fawn over him.
In their view, the academy might possibly develop into another great sacred place on the continent, but this possibility was small, as it would need to rely on other powers.
For example, the two great empires and the Wu Hun Temple.
If the academy didn't rely on them, how could it guarantee the overall unity of the academy in the future?
Now, the Xing Luo Empire was begging Su Wen to establish the Shushan Academy, but in the future, Su Wen's academy would need to rely on the Xing Luo Empire to a certain extent.
This was also why they had overstepped their authority and established an order for the academy ahead of time, even though the Shushan Academy hadn't been established yet.
This was a show of strength.
But Su Wen was very dissatisfied with this.
It wasn't that he was dissatisfied with the show of strength they had given him, but rather that he was dissatisfied with his academy's order being manipulated by the Xing Luo imperial family.
The academy could avoid competing with the continent, could avoid the continent's strife, but the academy's operations couldn't be interfered with.
The academy's mission was to provide Su Wen with sufficient faith power, so the academy had to be pure, at least until Su Wen made his breakthrough, the voices within the academy had to be unified.
On this point, Dai Jie and the others had touched Su Wen's core interests.
"Your Majesty, the academy's order should be replanned after the Shushan Academy is established. The academy was established for the soul master world, so the academy's operations should be left to the broad masses of soul masters to participate in."
In the Tian Dou Empire's territory, there were many academies, which, although relied on the local great powers, but in Su Wen's organization, were actually participated in by the majority of commoner soul masters.
Especially some powerful, scattered soul masters, who were invited by Su Wen to join the academy.
And, whether it was maintaining order or other personnel, it was all on a rotational basis.
The Xing Luo Empire's academy, on the other hand, had already shown a tendency to rely on noble rule before it had even taken shape, which Su Wen was very dissatisfied with.
If things continued like this, when the academy was established, wouldn't half of the academy's branches become the private schools of the Xing Luo Empire's great powers to cultivate their reserve forces?
"Ah? Wen Shi's words are reasonable, I didn't consider this point thoroughly." Dai Jie's expression changed, but he quickly recovered and smiled.
"Wen Shi, after you complete the establishment of the Shushan Academy, you can reorganize the personnel in the local academy and re-establish the academy's order."
Although he said this, in his heart, he had already decided to turn against Su Wen after the Shushan Academy was established.
Previously, at the border of the two great empires, Su Wen's displayed strength hadn't been spread outside.
Because the few people who had witnessed his strength, apart from his own people, were all dead.
'Snow Clear River' didn't need to send a message to the Tian Dou Empire, nor did she need to send a message to the Wu Hun Temple's Teaching Palace, and as for the Worship Palace, they wouldn't be too interested in this, so she didn't reveal it to anyone, and even ordered the Dream God Machine not to reveal the details of that battle.
The two great Worship Palaces that had secretly followed, Qian Jun and Xiang Mo, were also reminded by her not to spread it outside.
Xing Luo City Academy.
Su Wen refused the imperial family's grand banquet and came to this side.
Looking at the first batch of students recruited by the academy, his expression was calm, and his gaze was deep.
They were all noble children.
It wasn't that he was prejudiced against nobles, but this method of recruiting students was also shaking the foundation of his academy.
"Starting today, the Xing Luo City Academy and the Tian Dou City Academy will be the two main headquarters of the academy."
"In accordance with the Tian Dou City Academy, the Xing Luo City Academy will establish three halls and two departments."
As Su Wen spoke, a Tian Shu appeared above his head, and the world within the book was revealed, with the four elements gathering, and with a loud rumble, a Shushan Academy was opened by him.
The Shushan Academy was placed by him in the Qi Zhidao Hall.
"The three halls of the academy will use an academic system, with levels divided based on theoretical level, and the standards for promotion and titles will be determined later."
"The Tian Dou City Academy's three halls have not yet officially started operating, but the two departments already have students, as another main headquarters, the Xing Luo City Academy doesn't need to repeat the example of the Tian Dou City Academy, and can develop the three halls first."
Upon hearing Su Wen's words, the students present all had a change in expression.
They had mixed in to grasp the academy's power, not to do research.
The three halls, in short, were research departments, where theory was studied.
Su Wen's expression sank, and looking at the students present, a sense of pressure arose.
"You, before joining the academy, didn't you understand the academy's ideology?"
"Knowledge is power!"
"This has always been what I believe in, and it's also the academy's future foundation."
"Where does knowledge and theory come from?"
"Isn't it from the efforts of scholars of past generations to study and summarize?"
"The three halls are the academy's most core departments, do you have any objections?"
Feeling Su Wen's anger, the students, who were all under six years old, were all sweating.
"We dare not, Wen Shi's words we will remember, and we will definitely study hard, research theoretical knowledge, and benefit the broad masses of soul masters."
Behind Su Wen, Dai Wei, who was following him, had a difficult expression, and his eyes twitched.
He was happy, but also angry.
Su Wen was directly treating this academy as having the same status as the first one he established in Tian Dou City.
On that side, the first students recruited were for the two departments?
Then this side couldn't fall behind, and had to recruit students for the three halls first.
But the key was that the three halls were research departments, where scholars gathered, where theory was studied.
These noble children might have some interest in theory, but they absolutely wouldn't have the hope of wasting their lives on theoretical research.
Especially their elders behind them, who would absolutely not allow them to develop in the direction of scholars.
Even though the establishment of the academy by Su Wen had already elevated the status of scholars on the continent, it was still not possible.
In the most stubborn notion, power and strength were the most convincing.
Su Wen had arranged for the students on this side to be in the three halls.
And he began to rectify the academy's order.
At the same time, he didn't rush to go to other cities to open the Shushan Academy, but instead stayed in the Xing Luo City Academy.
After the students of the three halls were assigned, he, in the name of the academy, held a recruitment event in Xing Luo City.
Because the opening of the Shushan Academy was about to come, and the many soul masters who were going to the academy to receive the soul imprint and accept the inheritance all followed the order, and one by one, they revealed their intentions.
Whether it was the adults at home or the six-year-old children who had just awakened to their martial souls, they could all express their wishes when receiving the soul imprint.
Thus, Su Wen stayed in Xing Luo City for a full month.
(End of Chapter)