Since she had graduated from the Sage Academy, as long as she did not break the rules, she agreed. She nodded slightly. "Fine, I agree to this. As long as the Sage Academy does not do anything against heaven’s will, I will always be the academy’s trump card. Even if I ascend in the future, I will still look out for this place."
Xi Muzheng was satisfied that Zhu Yanyi had agreed. She said to her, "Give me your student token. I will exchange it for an elder badge."
Zhu Yanyi did not hesitate. She handed her student token to Xi Muzheng. Xi Muzheng transferred all of Zhu Yanyi’s data from the student token into the elder token, then handed the elder token to Zhu Yanyi. Only then did she say, "By the way, now that you are an elder, do you want to change dormitories?"
Zhu Yanyi looked at her current dormitory and asked Xi Muzheng, "Can I not change?"
"You can stay, but you must imprint this dormitory’s seal into the elder token. This proves it is an elder’s residence, so no one will disturb you."
"Fine, let’s do it this way. I don’t like moving around. This is good enough." Zhu Yanyi thought she was not someone who liked new things over old ones. Besides, she felt comfortable living in this courtyard. Therefore, she had no intention of changing dormitories.
Seeing Zhu Yanyi’s attitude, Xi Muzheng naturally had no objections. She directly registered the dormitory into the elder spirit token. Thus, an elder identifier appeared on the door number outside. Even students would not dare to enter casually.
The biggest difference between student dormitories and elder dormitories was that no student could trespass into an elder’s residence. If caught trespassing, they would be expelled immediately.
Zhu Yanyi was naturally lazy and did not like too much contact with people. She interacted with Sikong Xuran and others because she was already familiar with them. Familiar people could enter, but she did not want to see anyone else.
After personally completing these procedures for Zhu Yanyi, Xi Muzheng left her dormitory and returned to her dean’s practice chamber. She knew that with Dongxu Laojun now in the Sage Academy, the academy was even more stable.
"Dean," Mu Rongyin approached. "Has Zhu Yanyi agreed to become an elder?"
"Yes." Xi Muzheng nodded. "Actually, there are already many students in our academy who have reached the late Nascent Soul stage or above. Basically, they could all be elders. However, due to various incidents recently, we did not process these procedures. I thought about it and decided to make them honorary elders. This way, Zhu Yanyi can hide among them and not seem too abrupt."
Mu Rongyin naturally understood Xi Muzheng’s meaning. It was mainly to protect Zhu Yanyi, so she nodded. "This is acceptable."
Seeing that Mu Rongyin did not object, Xi Muzheng felt a bit happier. He then added, "Now that Dongxu Laojun is in our Sage Academy, this is good news. However, we must not neglect everyone’s cultivation."
"Dean, rest assured." Mu Rongyin naturally knew this. No matter what, he would not neglect this joyous occasion.
Zhu Yanyi began to continue her seclusion, ignoring everything outside. She remained in seclusion until ten days before the Qixia Secret Realm was about to open, when she finally emerged.
As soon as Zhu Yanyi came out, she found that the Sage Academy was much livelier.
Zhu Yanyi opened her communication jade and greeted everyone. "I find the academy very lively."
"Elder Zhu, you have emerged from seclusion." Ouyang Tianyun greeted her with a smile.
"Senior Brother Tianyun, you have returned." Zhu Yanyi did not expect so many things to happen upon emerging.
Ouyang Tianyun laughed. "We just returned a few days ago. Come to my place tomorrow to gather. Let’s chat properly."
"Okay." Zhu Yanyi agreed immediately.
The next day, she went to visit Ouyang Tianyun. In Ouyang Tianyuan’s courtyard, she found many familiar faces. Zhu Yanyi greeted everyone and then sat down.
"We haven’t congratulated you on becoming an elder yet." Jian Feiyan said with a smile.
Zhu Yanyi smiled lightly. "It’s just an honorary elder position. There isn’t much to do. I don’t handle daily affairs."
After Zhu Yanyi said this, Jian Feiyan nodded. "That is true. But I still envy you. You don’t have to participate in any assessments. Being a student has this disadvantage: regular assessments."
Hearing this, Zhu Yanyi laughed heartily. "I also think this is good. Without frequent assessments, I can save a lot of time."
"Alright, stop talking about Elder Zhu." Ouyang Tianyun laughed. "We were originally worried you wouldn’t come out." This was said to Zhu Yanyi.
"I spent this time refining pills. I made many pills for everyone to use for self-defense." Zhu Yanyi was naturally generous. Besides, she had many pills on her, some of which were truly useless. It was better to give them away.
Everyone did not hesitate to accept them.
"This time in the Qixia Secret Realm, you will likely lead the team." Sikong Xuran said, taking the pills Zhu Yanyi gave her.
Zhu Yanyi thought for a moment. "This is normal. Even if I were not an elder, I might still lead the team. After all, you all appointed me as captain."
Hearing Zhu Yanyi’s words, everyone laughed heartily. The distance between them decreased, and intimacy increased.
The Qixia Secret Realm was a separate secret realm belonging to the Sage Academy. Except for Sage Academy students, no one else could enter. This time, just as Sikong Xuran predicted, Zhu Yanyi led the team for the first time as an honorary elder.
Although there were only fifty people, no one knew what would happen. Therefore, what Zhu Yanyi could do was prepare them as much as possible, giving them more opportunities to protect themselves after entering the Qixia Secret Realm.
"Elder Zhu, we entrust the students in the Qixia Secret Realm to your care." Xi Muzheng said to Zhu Yanyi.
Zhu Yanyi nodded slightly. "Okay."
She did not refuse this request.
Hearing Zhu Yanyi’s agreement, Xi Muzheng, along with other elders, opened the Qixia Secret Realm, allowing Zhu Yanyi to lead the people inside.
The Qixia Secret Realm was indeed the Sage Academy’s exclusive secret realm. From the moment they entered, Zhu Yanyi discovered countless medicinal herbs.
However, these herbs grew here too quietly.
"So many medicinal herbs!" Mi Xiao was extremely happy and took out special tools to harvest them.
"Wait." Zhu Yanyi spoke directly. She discovered that these medicinal herbs were fake. This was actually an illusion test.
"What’s wrong?" Mi Xiao looked at Zhu Yanyi. Others also looked at Zhu Yanyi.
"This is an illusion array." Zhu Yanyi casually flicked out several low-grade spirit stones. Instantly, the endless medicinal field before their eyes disappeared. It turned out to be a flat area, though there was still some green grass scent.
Everyone present was stunned, looking at Zhu Yanyi in unison.