The Academy’s Unrivaled Professor - Chapter 99

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Academy Absolute Professor Episode 99
The headquarters is this good?
We all stepped outside together.
With the Formation Arrays woven in, the grandeur itself had transformed.
Whoooosh!
Dense mist rose from the ground and slowly engulfed the entire grounds, as though we were witnessing a hidden realm severed from the world.
If immortals lived in the modern age, wouldn’t they live in a place like this?
“Ah, how wondrous! To think such a thing could be realized!”
Professor Park Tae-geon trembled with both hands, moved to tears.
Though he was called the foremost authority on domestic Formation Array studies, the sight before his eyes defied every principle he had built his knowledge upon.
“We laid down the Mijong Array.”
Min Seo-jun offered the explanation.
“Anyone who enters without permission will naturally lose their way in the mist.”
For reference, the Mijong Array was also laid beneath the underground parking garage of Grand Completion Market.
Back then, only those wearing a bracelet could navigate the Array without becoming lost.
Then what would be the criterion here?
“I made it remember each person’s unique Qi Signature. Once I register someone, they won’t lose their way in the mist until I permanently deactivate it.”
“Their Qi Signature?”
“Yes. I’ve already pre-registered Master, my fellow disciples, all the senior students, Secretary Lee Se-ah, Chairman Yun, and Professor Park. Whenever you say the word, I’ll add more to the registry.”
Kang Hyun suppressed a hollow laugh.
‘So he reads and memorizes Qi Signatures?’
Where in the world did such an absurd Formation Array exist?
I was curious about the principle, but decided not to press the matter too deeply.
After all, trying to comprehend the world as seen by Ghost Eyes with the mind of an ordinary person would only give me a headache.
“On the perimeter, we’ve overlaid the Cheonra Geumgang Array.”
“Hmm.”
It was a Formation Array recorded in the Mangsang Chukjin Records I had given him before.
“It should absorb most ordinary bombardment from the outside.”
But that wasn’t all.
Even if a massive earthquake struck, this grounds alone would remain unmoved.
In fact, when Asura actually descended, Jin-gwi protected their territory with that very Array.
“Impressive.”
“Hehe.”
At my sincere praise, Min Seo-jun laughed with genuine delight.
‘It seems he’ll be the first to awaken the Seven Element Array.’
Of course, even for Jin-gwi, mastering the Earth Element Array had not come easily.
It was the most difficult of the Seven Element Arrays.
‘In any case.’
Kang Hyun felt satisfied.
This was land that the Six Inauspicious might one day threaten, so the more we prepared, the better.
We continued following Min Seo-jun on a tour of the buildings.
We entered the Taejeong Main Hall first.
It had three floors plus a rooftop, with an indoor Practice Grounds, a great hall, lecture rooms, conference rooms and more arranged with an open, airy feel.
Next came the Taejeong Residential Hall.
It was the space where Kang Hyun, Lee Se-ah, and my disciples and students would stay.
It was fully equipped with individual training rooms, a top-tier dining hall, meditation chambers and the like, with the highest floor penthouse reserved exclusively for Kang Hyun.
“Wow, we’re going to live here?”
Lee Se-ah, flushed with excitement, opened one of the residence rooms and her jaw dropped.
The expansive space beyond the door resembled the suite of a luxury hotel.
“I applied a Space Expansion Array. There’s a Ventilation Array too, so it’ll feel fresh.”
“…Wow, what…. I don’t even need to take vacations anymore. I’m just going to nest here.”
There were countless rooms like this on every floor.
Yun Tae-jung was especially excited…
“…Major shareholder, if the quality is this high, I think Taejeong E&C might even outperform Taejeong Space…”
Space Expansion would be standard, and on top of that they could add Defensive Arrays, Ventilation Arrays, Temperature Arrays and the like…
Of course, since only Min Seo-jun could install them, it would have to be positioned as a true premium line, but that actually made for better marketing.
We emerged outside and moved to the final destination—the Taejeong Library Medical Hall.
A three-story building with two basement levels.
“This is going to be exclusive to Baek Yu-yeon and Dang So-yu when she arrives later, right? So I took some liberties and installed some special Arrays. If it seems like I’ve gone too far, just tell me. I can dismantle them right away.”
“Is that so?”
Kang Hyun waited in anticipation.
Just how impressive would it be?
First, he opened the main entrance, and the library’s interior unfurled before him.
A subtle wooden fragrance filled the air, and blackwood bookshelves stretched out in neat rows.
‘So far, it’s exactly as I ordered.’
The first floor was a Secret Manual repository.
It would soon be filled with Secret Manuals that emerged from Kang Hyun’s mind and those he’d collected from dungeons.
He climbed a circular staircase to the second floor and found a medicinal ingredient storehouse.
Thousands of medicinal drawers packed densely across every wall.
“Different ingredients require different storage conditions, right? So each drawer has an independent Constant Temperature and Humidity Array and Anti-Decay Array cast on it. Even a ginseng root hundreds of years old will be preserved as if freshly harvested.”
“Wow…….”
Baek Yu-yeon was too moved for words.
She ran her hand along one of the drawers—the touch was cool and smooth.
“Don’t get too amazed yet. The real marvel is on the third floor.”
They made their way to the third floor.
‘Hmm?’
Kang Hyun’s eyes widened.
He’d originally ordered this space to be built as a poison vault.
He’d requested special formations to ensure no toxic vapors would leak out, so that Dang So-yu could use it safely later…….
‘Why do I smell grass……and hear water flowing?’
Creak!
As the door swung open…….
“My goodness……!”
Baek Yu-yeon gasped.
There was a small forest inside the room.
Through the Space Expansion Array, the towering ceiling had become one vast transparent wall, and warm sunlight poured down from above.
Enormous trees had been planted, and a clear stream ran through the space.
“……Don’t tell me you embedded a space-shifting formation here that opens directly into the mountains?”
“No, sir.”
Min Seo-jun shook his head.
“We combined a Light Collection Array on the ceiling with a Water Source Array in the floor to create an indoor ecosystem. The soil and trees were provided by the chairman.”
“Ha, I contributed a bit to the project.”
“The hope is to raise rare poisonous plants and venomous creatures here.”
Right.
Poisons are temperamental.
Some venomous snakes won’t produce potent venom in artificial environments.
So if one truly works with poison, having a natural ecosystem like this is worthwhile.
In the Martial World, they could simply use an available mountain, but this is the modern era—a greenhouse of this scale was sufficient.
“……Well done. You’ve ensured no toxic vapor escapes, haven’t you?”
“Of course! I layered the Absolute Isolation Array from the manual you gave me three times over. Not even a mosquito gets out without Formation Array clearance.”
“You really are……exceptional.”
Next came the basement level.
As they descended by elevator, a refined space emerged.
This was Baek Yu-yeon’s private treatment room and medical ward.
Just in case, wiring had been installed to accommodate cutting-edge modern medical equipment like MRI and CT scanners.
Of course, her true specialty lay closer to Eastern medicine, so the main focus was on a traditional herbal treatment room and medicinal decoction room.
“Teacher……is this entire space for me to use?”
“Yes.”
“I want to live here for the rest of my life.”
It was incomparable to the Academy Medical Office.
Though admittedly, whether patients could actually reach this place given the Mijong Array was questionable.
After the building tour ended, we finally stood in the Outdoor Practice Grounds.
The place where disciples and students would train most!
Originally a plot of four hundred square meters, but the Space Expansion Array deployed here made it appear thousands of square meters—and one section had been cleared in preparation for an Arc Field training grounds to be installed later.
“The entire floor of this Practice Grounds is laid with a Gravity Array. Through the control panel, you can set it to 2x, 3x, or up to 5x gravity.”
A Gravity Array was remarkably effective for cultivation.
Kang Hyun had witnessed its benefits firsthand in the Martial World.
“Beyond that, we’ve also placed an Environmental Change Array around the perimeter.”
Min Seo-jun activated a small Magic Stone, and the landscape before them suddenly shimmered and warped like heat haze.
Wheeeee!
In the center of the Practice Grounds, a blizzard of snow-capped mountains swept down, cutting through flesh like a blade. When he switched the settings, a suffocating desert heatwave materialized next, followed in turn by a thick jungle and a fierce coastal storm.
It wasn’t mere illusion—it was real climate change felt across the skin.
“Since we don’t know what beasts or terrain we’ll face in combat, I thought it might help with adaptation training.”
…….
By now, Yun Tae-jung and Park Tae-geon were beyond astonishment, their mouths hanging open in a daze.
Kang Hyun nodded, satisfied with the result.
‘Once we add the Time Suppression Array here, it’ll be perfect.’
Of course, these perfect arrays wouldn’t be maintained for a lifetime.
With each use, the Magic Stones embedded within would be consumed.
Still, at this rate, they should last a good five years, shouldn’t they?
Of course, a high-grade Magic Stone ran about one hundred billion won each, and two had been installed—so two hundred billion in total.
That came to forty billion won annually in maintenance costs.
It was a level Kang Hyun could more than handle.
“You’ve worked hard. Professor Park, thank you for your effort as well.”
“What did I do? Seo-jun did all the work.”
“Still, the adjustment process must have been difficult.”
Professor Park Tae-geon laughed sheepishly, and Kang Hyun patted Min Seo-jun’s shoulder before speaking to Lee Se-ah.
“How long until school starts?”
“A week.”
“Starting tomorrow, I’m moving both the dormitory and the faculty office here.”
From now on, this place would be Kang Hyun’s home.

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As opening day drew near, the Academy network grew restless.
[Wow, why did break go so fast? We’re already starting again?]
└ It’s already September
└ The weather’s getting chilly
[Oh right, course registration is tomorrow. Is everyone signing up for Special Guidance Studies?]
└ Why wouldn’t you? lol
└ Of course you have to
└ Even if you starve
The shrewd students could see it coming.
Now, whether one studied under Professor Kang Hyun or not would determine if they were a Royal Student or a General Student.
Parental wealth mattered nothing. Parental power meant nothing.
Your standing within the Academy now depended solely on whether you were part of the Kang Hyun line or not.
└ No need to rush anyway. Special Guidance Studies has no enrollment cap
Principal Seo Il-hyun hadn’t set a maximum enrollment.
He knew a selection process would occur regardless.
If there had been a cap?
Wouldn’t the server have crashed?
[Hey, did you guys see? The construction behind the New Training Hall is done?]
└ Really?
└ OP) Yeah, I stopped by a week ago and now there are no workers
└ Good, the construction noise was so annoying
└ OP) That land belongs to Professor Kang, right? I heard Special Guidance Studies will be held in that building
└ OP) They named it Taejeong Main Hall lol
Talk of the back grounds was beginning to circulate.
Those in the know already understood.
That it was Kang Hyun’s land.
Land he’d won in a wager during the midterm exam last semester.
└ Seems like those who don’t get selected can’t use it either?
└ Just get selected! We do lots of survival practice during breaks
As the topic gradually shifted toward Special Guidance Studies, students began talking about Kang Hyun themselves.
One word led to another, and rumors spiraled beyond anyone’s control.
[I heard there are two S-rank Hunters under Professor Kang.]
Most of the rumors, it turned out, held truth.
Kang Hyun actually received many calls.
Politicians, company executives—they all seemed eager to reach him, trying to ask him to look after their children…
He didn’t take any of them.
He’d also made it clear to Lee Se-ah: don’t accept any of them either.
Block such calls at the secretary level, or ignore them entirely.
Some parents, more aggressive ones, took their complaints straight to the Dean.
Their children were stressed, they said.
Wasn’t the Academy favoring one professor far too much?
The Dean ignored every complaint.
Usually, if you ignore enough grievances, people stop filing them.
The students must have panicked.
Begging their parents to stop, probably.
If you got on Professor Kang’s bad side, you couldn’t survive at this school.
A masterful response.

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Then came the first day of the new semester.
Students crowded into the Old Training Hall like a swarm.
First and second years.
Even third-year students on the verge of graduation.
Nearly every student at the Academy had converged on Professor Kang’s Special Guidance Studies course.

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