According to the academy's rules, an official teacher would be assigned a residence within the academy.
Heavenly Spiral Academy was huge and resembled an independent inner city. There were dozens of independent mansions in the center and teachers like Lin Jin were entitled to their own. This way, not only could he teach his students individually here, he could also stay here.
With this, Lin Jin no longer had to ask Jiang Tian and the beast appraiser to look for a residence outside the academy. To Lin Jin, it was more convenient and safer to stay in the academy.
Wang Xin's assistant had helped Lin Jin a lot. For example, arranging for the courtyard to be cleaned and tidied up. He was so busy that Lin Jin felt a little embarrassed. He thought he could give Wang Xin some pointers when he had the time as a form of repayment.
Now that Lin Jin was a Rank 4 beast appraiser, he was more than qualified to give pointers to a Rank 3 assistant.
By afternoon, Wang Xin was almost done with this matter.
He told Lin Jin that the academy had arranged a huge courtyard with a garden and a huge pond. The lecture hall could accommodate up to fifty students at the same time and in the courtyard in front of the hall, dozens of peach trees were planted. When the peach blossoms were in full bloom, the scenery of the courtyard could be considered one of the best in the academy.
However, it wasn't the season for the peach blossoms as they wouldn't bloom for at least another month or two. Even so, Lin Jin was quite satisfied with this courtyard.
Because peach blossoms were planted in the courtyard, this place was named 'Peach Residence'.
Lin Jin fell in love with this place the moment he laid eyes on it. Because Wang Xin had ordered someone to clean up the place, the entire courtyard, the house, and the garden were spotless, especially in the lecture hall. The wooden floor was spotless.
"Teacher Lin, in another two months, the peach blossoms here will be in full bloom. By then, the scenery will be spectacular and the entire academy will be able to smell the fragrance of the peach blossoms," Wang Xin said with a smile. He had really put in a lot of effort this time.
Lin Jin smiled and thanked him, "Appraiser Wang Xin, thank you so much. If you need any help in the future, you can come to me directly."
This was returning the favor and Lin Jin's promise wasn't a joke. If Wang Xin really ran into trouble, Lin Jin wouldn't just sit back and watch.
With a place to stay, Lin Jin felt more at ease. At least, he would have a place to stay for the next three months.
"Master Lin, in the future, you can gather disciples to come here and teach." Just as Wang Xin finished speaking, someone outside chuckled. "Appraiser Lin, I heard that the academy has assigned you this Peach Blossom Residence. I'm so envious of you. When I first came to the academy, I wasn't assigned a courtyard like this."
Lin Jin looked outside and saw Appraiser Yan and Appraiser Ouyang walking in.
Seeing this, Wang Xin hurriedly saluted.
Both of them were official teachers of the academy and were Rank 4 beast appraisers. Wang Xin obviously couldn't compare to them in terms of status. Lin Jin hurried over to greet them.
"Greetings, Appraisers!" Lin Jin greeted respectfully.
After all, be it Appraiser Yan or Appraiser Ouyang, both of them had helped Lin Jin a lot during the previous assessment. They even gave him the green light. Lin Jin remembered this clearly.
"You don't have to be so polite. From now on, we'll all be beast appraisers of the same rank and we'll be teaching at the academy together. We should support and help each other out." Appraiser Ouyang chuckled. He was a little reserved to begin with and this smile only added to his amiable demeanor.
Wang Xin took the initiative to leave. Lin Jin said, "Appraiser Wang Xin, if you have time, feel free to visit Peach Blossom Residence more often to discuss the art of beast appraising."
Wang Xin could tell this was a gesture of respect. Moreover, since he said this in front of Appraiser Yan and Appraiser Ouyang, it was equivalent to making his presence known in front of these two appraisers.
Wang Xin was elated. He mused that his hard work today hadn't been in vain.
He left in satisfaction.
Lin Jin had just arrived as well. However, he could still use a spell to boil some water and serve tea to his guests.
"Appraiser Lin, this spell is amazing." Appraiser Yan had a keen eye. He could tell that although Lin Jin's spell was small, it was exquisite. It was done in one go and not just anyone could pull it off.
"That's right. Especially this fire repelling spell. It's amazing." Appraiser Ouyang complimented. Lin Jin smiled. "It's just a small trick. Sorry for the embarrassment."
After brewing the tea, they shared it under the peach blossom tree. It was a wonderful story to be told.
"Appraiser Lin, Appraiser Ouyang and I have visited Appraiser Yang Ming," Appraiser Yan said after taking a sip of his tea.
Lin Jin was stunned for a moment before coming to a realization.
Appraiser Yan and Appraiser Ouyang were kind-hearted people. They must have heard about what happened in the lecture hall this morning and came to mediate.
Speaking of which, Lin Jin didn't mind. He was just curious as to why Appraiser Yang would always target him when he had no grudge against him.
Lin Jin even speculated that Appraiser Yang might have some sort of relationship with the demonic appraiser.
Of course, this was just Lin Jin's speculation. He had no proof and the truth might not be the same as what he guessed.
"Appraiser Lin, you're new here so you don't understand Appraiser Yang Ming's temper. He's a rather arrogant man and isn't easy to talk to. You'll get used to it," Appraiser Ouyang said with a hearty laugh.
From what he said, Lin Jin could roughly guess that their visit to Appraiser Yang Ming probably didn't achieve their goal. It was even possible that Appraiser Yang Ming didn't show them any respect.
But no matter what, they were trying to mediate so Lin Jin had to show them some respect.
Lin Jin saluted them. "Appraisers, I don't have any grudge against Appraiser Yang and we didn't even know each other before this. I think it's just a misunderstanding between us."
"That's right, it's a misunderstanding. We're all teachers of the academy and we'll see each other again in the future so there's no need to make things awkward. When we visited Appraiser Yang, we talked about this and he agreed with us." Having said that, Appraiser Yan glanced at Peach Blossom Residence and said, "Appraiser Lin, I see that you haven't moved in yet. Why don't I ask my students to come over and help you purchase some daily necessities so you don't have to make the arrangements yourself."
Lin Jin didn't want to trouble Appraiser Yan so he quickly said that he could handle it himself. Since he had students, he could just leave it to his new students.
At Lin Jin's words, Appraiser Yan gave up.
The three of them chatted for a while more before Appraiser Yan and Appraiser Ouyang took their leave.
"This place is great. Appraiser Ouyang and I will visit again in the future. I wonder how your chess skills are, Appraiser Lin? Let's play a game sometime?"
"As long as Appraiser Yan and Appraiser Ouyang are willing to come, Lin Jin will gladly accompany you." Lin Jin chuckled. After sending them off, he finally had the time to look around Peach Blossom Residence.
It was no wonder Appraiser Yan and the others were so envious. This place was truly elegant and the more Lin Jin looked at it, the more he liked it. After closing the door, it was as if he was in his own world, quiet and leisurely.
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