I long to return home!

Just as Huai Zhen was engrossed in watching, Gu Changgeng looked over and then revealed a look of shock on his face, "Pseudo-spiritual root?! I only calculated it before and didn't see it, I didn't expect you to be a pseudo-spiritual root."

Upon hearing this, Huai Zhen looked over, and after a moment of preparation, he was about to speak when he was interrupted and said, "There's no need to say such nonsense about 'my fate is in my own hands,' anything is possible in my Star Surveillance Academy, and you don't need good or bad spiritual roots as long as you have spiritual power in your body to cultivate."

Huai Zhen swallowed hard, not expecting the other party to say such a thing. He then fell silent and looked down at the magnificent capital city beneath his feet.

In addition, he saw a cultivation system that had never existed in the Wuji Empire, Buddhist temples, and abundant spiritual light that swept away all filth.

"Take a good look. In your spare time, you can use the jade token of the Star Watching Academy to enter and leave the palace. To a certain extent, the Star Watching Academy has a certain authority." Gu Changgeng patiently explained, even slowing down the speed of his flight.

"There aren't many rules in the Star Watching Academy, so it's quite free. However, you have to complete the tasks assigned to you every month, and there's a promotion system."

"It's not that difficult. They will teach you an exclusive secret method, and then you can use this method to calculate the secrets of heaven, locate graves and explore opportunities of all sizes in the country, or predict disasters of all sizes to avoid."

Before long, led by Gu Changgeng, the two arrived at a place with auspicious feng shui, surrounded by mountains that seemed to have the function of concealing the secrets of heaven.

Furthermore, there is an array covering the area, and those who are not familiar with this place or who do not possess the jade token of the Star Watching Academy will get lost here and be trapped in this mountain.

Flying into these mountains, a palace forged from stone and various rare minerals came into view, built against the mountainside, with some buildings directly embedded in the mountain.

At the very top of the stone hall stands a strange building with a Bagua diagram on its base and a rotating instrument resembling a wheel on top.

"This is the Astronomical Instrument, one of the foundations of my Star-Gazing Institute. Generally, when I predict that a major event will occur, I will use this to roughly calculate the time and place," Gu Changgeng said, gazing at the towering Astronomical Instrument.

All of this was difficult for Huaizhen to accept at first, since he couldn't understand its function just by being told it.

After a moment's thought, he looked at Gu Changgeng beside him and asked, "Then... Dean, how did you become the Imperial Advisor and Dean of the Star Surveillance Institute?"

Gu Changgeng's expression shifted between good and bad upon hearing this. He sighed softly and said indifferently, "Good question. Originally, I was just a disciple of this Star Watching Academy. A hundred years ago, my master ascended to heaven and handed the Star Watching Academy over to me. He also promoted me to the position of Imperial Preceptor. I didn't even have a chance to refuse before that old codger left."

Hearing this, Huai Zhen was somewhat at a loss. She had thought it was some glorious deed, but she never expected it to be such a responsibility.

Before long, the two landed in the stone hall. As they walked down the corridor, they saw countless cultivators wearing similar robes bowing to Gu Changgeng and saying, "Dean." After saying this, they all hurriedly left.

"Sigh, I don't know why they're in such a hurry, when there's still plenty of time." Gu Changgeng sighed softly, then continued, "Let me call you A-Zhen for now. As you can see, the disciples of the Star Watching Academy all wear the same clothes, but the jade pendants at their waists are the distinguishing feature."

"From lowest to highest, they are divided into three-star star supervisors, two-star star supervisors, one-star star supervisors, and the dean-level Heavenly Mandate Master." As he spoke, he took out a jade tablet engraved with a star map from his bosom and showed it to Huaizhen.

"Within the academy, one must not disobey superiors. To be promoted, one must complete enough tasks to deduce the secrets of heaven and will also receive corresponding cultivation resources."

Hearing this, Huai Zhen was a little curious, after all, he had never heard of these systems before, but he was too embarrassed to speak. Perhaps seeing his doubts, Gu Changgeng calculated with his fingers and said lightly, "This academy was established by the first generation of the Heavenly Mandate, and I am the fifty-eighth generation of the Heavenly Mandate."

"I'm not entirely sure what kind of person the first Heavenly Deity was, but I've seen the almanac in the academy. It was blurry, but I wanted to tell you that the first Heavenly Deity was not from this world."

Huai Zhen could not hide her shock. Her thoughts had been completely guessed, which meant there were no secrets left.

"You don't need to worry. I don't usually try to predict other people's thoughts, after all, it's like prying into the secrets of heaven, which goes against the laws of heaven and might incur divine punishment, resulting in a sharp reduction in lifespan. That's why the Star Watching Academy's lineage is so rapid. As far as I know, the 20th to 30th generation of the Star Watching Academy over-calculated the secrets of heaven, and although they all reached the Nascent Soul stage, their lifespans were all less than a thousand years. In fact, one generation even incurred the wrath of heaven and was struck by lightning and had his soul scattered."

Huai Zhen chuckled awkwardly. This was a bit too exaggerated, but he also knew that fortune-telling was a dangerous thing.

"Therefore, in order to deduce heavenly secrets without being struck by lightning, the subsequent Director of Heaven set up layers of magic arrays to shield the Heavenly Dao from its investigations," Gu Changgeng said casually, before stopping in front of a stone chamber.

"Ah Zhen, this will be your cave dwelling from now on. Soon I will have the secret techniques of the Star Watching Academy and a Taoist robe sent over. If you have any questions in the future, you can come and ask me." After saying this, he flicked his sleeve and disappeared from the spot in the blink of an eye.

Before Huai Zhen could adjust, almost as soon as he entered the room, a somewhat attractive female cultivator came in carrying robes and several scriptures. With a blank and cold expression, she said, "You must be the new junior brother. These are the clothes and secret techniques that the dean asked me to bring you."

Huai Zhen was taken aback. It had only been a short while. Could it be that she had even figured this out and prepared in advance? After taking the robe, he was about to thank her when the female cultivator left without looking back.

Seeing this, Huai Zhen felt a little embarrassed. He looked down at the robe and secret technique in his hand, a secret technique called "Celestial Evolution Technique", and the regulations of the Star Watching Academy.

Pick up the bottom Taoist robe. It is quite different from the robes worn by the other disciples, yet somewhat similar. Apart from some details, the most significant difference is the color scheme.

The Taoist robe is mainly black and red, cleverly blending the bloody red with the mysterious black. The robe is decorated with divination symbols representing the celestial secrets of the Imperial Observatory.

Their inherent meanings seem to be connected in some way.

After a short while, once he was familiar with the environment, Huai Zhen picked up the "Heavenly Evolution Technique" and examined it closely. He had just heard that this secret technique was so profound that it could calculate the secrets of heaven, and its wonders were endless.

The Celestial Evolution Technique can locate rare treasures and spiritual vein opportunities. Upon reaching a certain level of mastery, it can, to some extent, alter one's fortune and bring good luck while avoiding misfortune.

It can even have the wondrous ability to divine the secrets of heaven; those who achieve mastery can predict the future and the trajectory of a person's destiny.

Looking at the exquisite nature of the Heavenly Evolution Technique, Huai Zhen couldn't help but praise it. However, this was not a place where one could practice in an ordinary way. One needed to be familiar with the Four Symbols and Eight Trigrams, and to have a thorough understanding of the trigrams. Moreover, beginners needed to practice this secret technique under the right timing and in the right place.