Chapter 884 - 860: Academy (2/3)
In fact, Duyang Star can be viewed as a giant kingdom, under the control of the Great River Academy, where the Emperor is the Dean of the Great River Academy. However, compared to a kingdom in the Mortal Realm, it is much more decentralized here.
Apart from the Dean, there are several Vice Deans who also hold great power. Combined, they could even overthrow the Dean!
They are equivalent to ministers overseeing territories, without an absolute superior-subordinate relationship with the Dean. It’s just that the Dean’s faction is slightly stronger, allowing them to ascend to the highest position, or perhaps some Vice Deans are more low-key and don’t wish to compete for the position.
No rule can exist without order and laws, and it’s the same here.
The academy is the highest arbitration institution, but Duyang Star only has two levels of academies, and it wouldn’t make sense for the Dayuan Academy to handle petty thefts, would it? Thus, below the secondary academy, positions like city lords, town mayors, and village chiefs are established.
In the Bright Realm, there are no treasures like Spirit Stones or Immortal Stones to accelerate cultivation, but pills are abundant. Moreover, while holding an official position, besides receiving a salary from the academy, you also get a certain amount of pills to speed up cultivation.
If you perform major deeds, you may even be rewarded with a Heavenly Mysterious Spirit Crystal!
Of course, such deeds, if they can be slightly larger than sesame, can make people insanely happy because such things are only formed after a planet ages to death, making them hard to come by.
Being an official not only grants power but also access to pills, making it something everyone envies. However, to become an official, the first requirement is to graduate from the academy, with the level of cultivation determining the level of official posts you can hold.
Every year, the academy admissions trigger a frenzy of applications.
The academy does not limit the age of applicants, but there is a minimum cultivation requirement, which is reaching the Bright Immortal level! And that’s just the requirement to apply; whether you’re admitted depends on passing the assessment!
——The academy must naturally recruit geniuses, spending limited resources on a few select individuals to cultivate true experts.