Chapter 285: Recruitment Preparation
Star Gem Academy. It was built within weeks, where changes happened rapidly day after day. It was an organization that Ouyang Jie was proud to be part of.
He knew it was something that had changed the course of his life forever, and the past week had only affirmed that. Few could deny that when they witnessed was their new home. Disregarding the strange material his teachers used to construct their facilities, what amazed Ouyang Jie the most was their residences.
Ouyang Jie had always been one of the more timid cultivators among the group. He was a natural introvert and preferred to keep to himself. However, there was a limit to how much he could do that. Even if he wasn’t a cultivator, he needed to head out every day to do simple errands in order to live.
Water had to be fetched, and food had to be secured. Doing these mundane things inevitably meant he would come across other humans who were also living their lives. Most people couldn’t live without mingling with their community to some degree. That was even more so for Ouyang Jie as a cultivator. There were lessons to attend and fellow students to confide in lest he fell behind.
However, his new home made Ouyang Jie feel much more comfortable. He could finally cut back on socializing. It was all thanks to the plumbing his teachers had added to their rooms. Not only could they fetch water with just a turn of the knob, they could even take a hot bath or shower whenever they wanted. It was something he thought was only possible when he got further along in his cultivation, where he could afford the resources to purchase these quality of life formations for himself.
It mesmerized him so much that he couldn’t help but stay in his room for the first three days since it had been introduced. He did so despite knowing full well how often Teacher Wei had told him to come out of his shell.
That was why, when he finally exited his room on the fourth day, he did so gingerly. He thought someone was watching him wherever he went, and that the moment he came across any of his teachers, he would get lectured—except for maybe Teacher Li, who was probably too busy to care.
“Ouyang Jie?” a voice called out the moment he reached the first floor of the residence. “How did your closed-door cultivation go?”
Ouyang Jie jumped upon being called out. He turned to find Wu San, and it took everything not to wince when he recognized the student who was known for being a stickler for the rules.
“Yeah—it went well.”