Zhu Yanyi smiled. "What is this talk? How did I become a legendary little divine doctor? Although, I do have that title."
Gu Jun laughed. "When I left, our principal said if I met you, I must give you an invitation token."
"Invitation token? What is that?" Zhu Yanyi looked at Yan Aohan curiously.
Yan Aohan knew. He heard Gu Jun’s words and paused slightly. Seeing Zhu Yanyi’s curiosity, he explained, "Entering the Sage Academy is not simple. Its students are true medical elites. Your Grandpa Yao once studied there for three months, but he was not a student. The Academy has strict requirements for disciples. First, you must be under thirty. Second, you must be outstanding in medicine or have significant achievements. These are just conditions. You must also pass entrance exams. Because there are many hurdles, very few pass. It is rarer than one in ten thousand."
Gu Jun took out a red wooden token and handed it to Zhu Yanyi. The character 'Invite' was carved on it.
Zhu Yanyi did not know whether to accept it. She looked at Yan Aohan. He nodded slightly. "Take it. It is only an invitation for the entrance exam. It does not mean you will definitely enter the Sage Academy."
Yan Aohan looked at Gu Jun. "I remember the Sage Academy recruits once every hundred years. Is it already a century?"
Zhu Yanyi was surprised. "Once a hundred years? Then every principal position is empty." Normally, if people only lived to sixty or seventy, they might never see the Sage Academy recruit in their lifetime.
Yan Aohan understood her meaning. He smiled gently. "I told you, it is like a small secret realm. People living there can generally live three or four hundred years. If their internal energy is good, they can live five, six, or even seven or eight hundred years."
Yan Aohan looked at Zhu Yanyi. "Your internal energy has reached the Transformation stage. Even in our current world, you can live to be one hundred and fifty or sixty."
Zhu Yanyi did not know internal energy had such effects. "I didn't know practicing internal energy had such effects."
"Anyway, just keep this in mind. I didn't remember the Sage Academy matter before, so I didn't tell you. Now that you have met them and have this opportunity, I told you." Yan Aohan had no other meaning. It was not a particularly important matter currently.
Gu Jun heard that Zhu Yanyi’s internal energy had reached the Transformation stage. She looked at her. "Little Divine Doctor, your internal energy has reached the Transformation stage?"
Zhu Yanyi nodded. "Yes, Transformation stage." Since Yan Aohan had said it, she saw no need to hide it.
Gu Jun’s eyes lit up. "Little Divine Doctor, you must join our Sage Academy. Really, really."
"(⊙o⊙)…" Zhu Yanyi did not know how to react to Gu Jun’s excitement. "Are you too excited?"
"How can I not be excited? Our Sage Academy only has ten students left. Under the principle of quality over quantity, ten students is decent. But we need new blood."
Gu Jun sighed. It seemed the Sage Academy truly wanted to recruit. But thinking of their strict conditions, Gu Jun wanted to cry for help.
"Let’s not talk about that yet. Tell me about your hundred-year recruitment." Zhu Yanyi felt it was better not to say too much.
Gu Jun nodded. "Indeed, the year after next is the centennial. So we will recruit then. Little Divine Doctor, you are seventeen in nominal age. In two years, you will be nineteen. You absolutely meet our recruitment conditions." Gu Jun spoke slowly because she wanted Zhu Yanyi to understand the Sage Academy better.
Zhu Yanyi tilted her head at Gu Jun. "You are trying so hard to get me to join the Sage Academy. Do you have some purpose?"
Gu Jun looked distressed. "Little Divine Doctor, you don't know. Our Sage Academy is too lonely. Think about it, a huge academy with only ten students. It is not easy to find an elite student like you. If I find you and do not lure you in, it would be a loss for our Sage Academy."
"Lure?" Zhu Yanyi laughed helplessly. Was she that silly? Could she be lured away so easily?
Gu Jun chuckled. "It is just a descriptive word. That is the meaning. Think about it, our school only has ten students left. I worry you do not trust our Sage Academy, so I can only use the word 'lure'."
Yan Aohan said from the side, "You are dreaming. Ani is my fiancée. If you want to lure my fiancée to your Sage Academy, you should at least inform me."
Gu Jun had expected Zhu Yanyi and Yan Aohan to have a special relationship, but she did not expect them to be engaged. Hearing Yan Aohan’s words, she was only slightly surprised.
Although Gu Jun was a student of the Sage Academy, it did not mean the people there were ignorant of the world. The Sage Academy remained secluded because of its environment. People there lived too long. If they came out, the outside world might have changed beyond recognition. But they still learned and knew what they should know.
Like Gu Jun now. She knew Zhu Yanyi was Yan Aohan’s fiancée. She was a bit surprised, but mostly happy. She had no other thoughts.
This meant one thing: if Zhu Yanyi truly entered the Sage Academy, Yan Aohan would never ignore any matters concerning the Academy. So, she was not angry or panicked by Yan Aohan’s doubt and dissatisfaction. Instead, she would work even harder to persuade Zhu Yanyi to join.
"Little Divine Doctor, you can learn more medicine in the Sage Academy. Of course, with your medical skills, you are already outstanding there. But because of the Academy’s status, after a certain time, each student has more time to research what they want to study." Gu Jun looked seriously at Zhu Yanyi. "Little Divine Doctor, you do not want to only live to be eighty or ninety, right? Otherwise, you cannot realize too much of your ambitions."
Zhu Yanyi smiled lightly. She did not comment on Gu Jun’s words. "What ambitions do I have? I don't even know. How do you know?"
Gu Jun chuckled. She was not angry at Zhu Yanyi’s attitude. "Do you know why I gave you our invitation token?" Zhu Yanyi shook her head slightly. She truly did not know.