Chapter 127: The First Minister of Our Six Ministries Also Surnamed Yi (Big Chapter)

One move!

Yi Yun's move put Zhang Yu at a disadvantage, and his arm was broken and he had no strength to fight again.

The scene was shocking.

No one would have thought that a freshman would really succeed in the challenge, and it would be so understatement.

"This ...... Don't step into the three products. ”

"Freshmen enter the third grade, this is the treatment of specially recruited students, how dare Zhang Yu offend specially recruited students?"

There were many old students present who were in charge of enrollment like Zhang Yu, and they had also heard the reason for the dispute here, and they looked at Yi Yun with a strange gaze for a while.

Zhang Yu has no eyes to offend the special recruits, but the key is that you are a recruit, and you come here to arrange a dormitory, which is too much.

Isn't this deliberately pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger?

Could it be that this person wants to make a name for himself as soon as school starts?

It is understandable to say that ordinary freshmen have this kind of thought, in order to join a good department in the future and get more cultivation resources and teachers' appreciation, there is no need for special students.

In the college, the special students are the most special group, and the resources and treatment they enjoy are the top, although they are in the same college as ordinary students, they are completely in another world.

When they knew that a freshman had successfully challenged an old student, many students couldn't sit still and took out their mobile phones to call out.

Sheng Gaochi looked at the students who made the call, and knew in his heart that these students had notified the senior management of their respective departments.

A freshman who is comparable to a specially recruited student is the key object of competition in various departments, and Sheng Gaochi can imagine that the top leaders of these departments should appear in a short time.

"Brother Yi Yun, since the challenge has been successful, then let's go, and I'll take care of the dormitory affairs for you when the time comes."

Sheng Gaochi wanted to pull Yi Yun away, Yi Yun nodded, he would make a move on Zhang Yu, it was not an impulsive act, but a deliberate one.

The one named Wang Jun doesn't know where it came from, there is such a person who is secretly calculating himself, so he simply exposes his talent and makes the other party jealous.

"Don't be in a hurry to leave, I'm Wang Xin, a second-year student, I don't know what this classmate is called."

Several students stepped forward to block Yi Yun's way, with a warm smile on their faces, Sheng Gaochi saw these people approaching, and he knew what these people were thinking.

"Let it go, why are you in the way."

Sheng Gaochi wanted to take Yi Yun out of the encirclement, but these boys ignored it and still blocked the way.

"Sheng Gaochi, what are you doing in a hurry, and we don't do anything."

"That is, since Sheng Gaochi knows this junior, then introduce it to us."

"Some people don't have ulterior motives, they want to take advantage of the fact that the junior has just come to the academy, and they don't know much about the academy, so they can fool the junior to make some wrong choices."

There are no fools who can study in the Spirit Academy, and when they see Sheng Gaochi's actions, these people guessed that this freshman and Sheng Gaochi are very likely to have a very close relationship.

Because if this freshman has a close relationship with Sheng Gaochi, then Sheng Gaochi doesn't have to worry about them digging into the wall, but should introduce this freshman generously, so as to attract some popularity to their department.

People have a herd heart, especially when there are so many freshmen present, if this freshman who is comparable to a special recruitment student publicly states that he wants to join Sheng Gaochi's department, it will be a very effective recruitment advertisement for other freshmen.

Based on this, these people judged that Sheng Gaochi had just met this freshman for a long time, so they would all have a chance.

"Senior brother, there are a total of six departments in our academy, but there are strengths and weaknesses between departments, and the cultivation resources that different departments can obtain are different, and the stronger the department, the more cultivation resources there are."

"Yes, juniors should be cautious when choosing departments, our three departments are currently the strongest, and the additional resources we can get every year are also the most."

"Your three departments are strong, but that's just by relying on the number of people, and those resources are evenly distributed to each person, can they be compared to our two departments?"

These students opened their mouths one by one and said the words of invitation, and they also dismantled each other, but they had one thing in common, they all took six parts as the bottom.

Sheng Gaochi was about to explode when he heard this, but what these people said was the truth, and he couldn't refute it.

"It's so lively."

At this time, there was a sound from outside the crowd, and everyone turned around to see a few figures walking towards this side, those old students all gave way to their positions, and the new students saw that the old students all gave way to their positions, and naturally knew that the people who came were definitely not ordinary students, and they all consciously took a few steps back,

Yi Yun's surroundings were empty all of a sudden, and Sheng Gaochi looked at the three boys who walked in, but his heart was groaning, he didn't expect that even these three were dispatched, how could they compete with each other.

"Let me introduce myself, I am Hao Shan, the person in charge of recruiting new people in the third department."

The first to speak to Yi Yun was a man dressed in white with long hair, and another young man in a green shirt next to him answered: "I am Lu You, the person in charge of recruiting new people in the second department, a friend of a friend, not Lu You's You, my parents like Lu You's poems very much, so they gave me such a name." ”

Lu You shrugged his shoulders with a helpless expression, but it was precisely these words and actions that made it easy to get closer to people and make people less wary of him.

"Junior, although the second and third departments are good, but our fourth department is not bad, if the junior joins our fourth department, he can be directly promoted to a third-level member and enjoy the highest resource treatment in addition to management."

Zhang Yao's words made Hao Shan and Lu You look nervous, they didn't expect Zhang Yao to give such a condition, you must know that the resources given by the academy to each department are not evenly distributed.

It is naturally the management that can enjoy the most resources, and then according to the classification of members, from level one to level three, and the third level is second only to the management.

Every freshman student, that is from the first level, step by step accumulated contributions to the third level, according to their ideas, at most is to give Yi Yun a second-level student, if it is directly given to the third-level student, I am afraid that the other students in the department will not be convinced.

"Yi Yun, join our sixth department, I can give you my position as vice minister."

Sheng Gaochi, whose complexion had been changing on the side, suddenly spoke up at this moment, looking at Yi Yun with sincerity in his eyes.

It's just that as soon as he said this, it made Zhang Yao and the others laugh, and many other old students also laughed, and their smiles were full of disdain.

"Sheng Gaochi, how many resources do you have in the six departments each semester, and the resources you have in hand are not enough for one-third of our four departments, and the academy has the idea of canceling the six departments, wouldn't it hurt Yi Yun to let Yi Yun join your six departments."

Zhang Yao spoke mercilessly, the Sixth Department is notoriously at the bottom of the college, if it weren't for the college's rigid requirement that new students must join the Sixth Department every year, the Sixth Department may not be able to recruit a few new students in a semester.

In this case, he didn't know where Sheng Gaochi got the courage to stand up and say this.

"The deputy minister of the sixth department is probably not as good as a third-level member of our other departments."

"That's not it, if you enter the sixth department, as long as you are an individual, you can be a third-level member, because they don't have any first-level and second-level members at all."

In the crowd, many students opened their mouths to mock, these students were all from other departments, and deliberately said this to Yi Yun.

Sheng Gaochi turned a deaf ear to these words, and just stared at Yi Yun, but Yi Yun didn't make a decision at the first time, but pointed at Zhang Yu and asked, "Which department is this person from?" ”

Zhang Yu was suddenly pointed out by Yi Yun, his already pale face became even paler, and as soon as he saw Zhang Yao from his department appear, he felt that something was going to happen.

"I ......" Zhang Yu opened his mouth to say something, but in the end, he only said my words and couldn't say anything.

"He's from the Four."

Someone in the crowd answered, and Zhang Yao's face sank suddenly when he heard this, but Hao Shan and Lu You had smiles on their faces.

It seems that they have one less competitor.

The two glanced at each other, and they both regarded each other as their only competitors, as for the six parts, even if Sheng Gaochi's conditions were very good, they felt that as long as Yi Yun had a little brain, they would not choose the six parts.

Zhang Yao has the heart to fire Zhang Yu at this moment, Zhang Yu is just a second-level member in the department, which is dispensable, and the reason why he can go from the first to the second level is just by doing some tiring and dirty work to get up.

The competition between the departments in the college is very fierce, not only the competition of old students, but also the competition between new students.

Zhang Yu is suffering words, he wants to say that he was instructed by Wang Jun to give Yi Yun a little shoes to wear, but now he has offended Yi Yun, and Zhang Yao is displeased, and at this time, exposing Wang Jun will offend everyone.

"Yi Yun, Zhang Yu has done something wrong, I apologize to you on behalf of the fourth department, as long as Yi Yun joins our fourth department, he can directly become a third-level member, and I promise to let Yi Yun be promoted to management within a year."

Zhang Yao was still making the last effort, but Lu You on the side answered: "Classmate Yi Yun, what Zhang Yao promised you, we can also give it to you." ”

"The same can be done with the three of us." Hao Shan also followed suit.

Yi Yun glanced at the two of them, and finally fell back to Sheng Gaochi, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your attention, but I still decided to join the sixth department." ”

Join the Six.

After Yi Yun made this choice, there was an uproar at the scene, Sheng Gaochi's expression was the most weird, and his originally disappointed expression suddenly became excited, and his mouth opened as if he had won the jackpot.

Zhang Yu was also slightly relieved at this time, although he didn't know why Yi Yun made such an unwise choice, as long as Yi Yun didn't choose to join the second and third departments, the ministry would not blame himself.

Because even if there is no contradiction between himself and Yi Yun, Yi Yun will choose six parts.

Yi Yun's choice of six parts was beyond everyone's expectations.

Hao Shan and Lu You were stunned for a moment, if it was someone else, in front of so many students, they chose the sixth, they would naturally turn around and leave.

Ke Yiyun is a freshman who can be compared with the specially recruited students, and they still want to fight for it.

The most important thing is that they feel that the reason why Yi Yun chose the sixth department is that he does not understand the allocation of college resources, as long as he knows the allocation of college resources, Yi Yun should change his mind.

"Classmate Yi Yun, you still have to be cautious in the choice of departments, this is related to your future development in the academy, let me give you an example, the points that our second department can get from the academy every year are five times that of the sixth department, which means that the cultivation resources that the members of our department can exchange with the academy are five times that of the sixth department."

"This is only part of it, the college still has many departmental collective tasks, and the collective tasks of these departments have the most generous rewards, and if these tasks are to be completed, there are requirements for the overall strength of the entire department, and the six departments have not been able to complete the collective tasks for three consecutive years."

"Lu You is right, take last year's departmental task reward as an example, the reward given by the academy last year was a prefecture-level spiritual skill, and in the end, the three of us completed this task and obtained this spiritual skill."

Departmental tasks are the top priority of each department of the college, and the college will issue one or two collective tasks every year, and the rewards are incomparably rich.

Last year, it was the three departments that took the lead to complete the department's tasks and won the reward of the prefecture-level spiritual skill, of course, Hao Shan deliberately did not explain that this prefecture-level spiritual skill is not available to everyone in the department.

The academy rewards ground-level spiritual skills, but they are not just available if they join the department, in that case, the ground-level spiritual skills are too worthless.

There are only ten places, which are allocated by the head of the department himself, and of course, those who have a place will also give points to donate to the department to use for those members who have not received a place.

Ground-level psychic skills.

If it were someone else, he would have been moved, but Yi Yun was only slightly surprised, but he didn't have too many mood swings.

At present, he already has three spiritual skills, the yellow-level Chen's Taiji, the ground-level Six Absolute Spirit Blades, and the heaven-level Ink Cloud.

Chen Taiji aside, just the Six Peerless Spirit Knife and Ink Cloud will take most of his time, and Yi Yun still understands the truth of greed and not rotten.

"Thank you for your explanation, but I still choose six, and I will be taken care of by Brother Sheng all the way to the college."

Yi Yun still refused, and everyone in the crowd looked at Yi Yun with puzzled eyes, just to lead the way, they put their future into it, it was really not worth it.

"In that case, it's really a pity, and I wish the junior a good future in the sixth department."

In front of so many outsiders, especially freshmen, even though they felt faceless, Hao Shan and Lu You still maintained their demeanor, and Zhang Yao was happy in his heart at the moment.

A freshman with great potential, although he didn't come to the fourth department, but it is a good thing to go to the sixth department, and it will not bring any changes to the competition in the department when he reaches the sixth department.

As long as you don't get it in the second and third parts, that's a good thing.

The crowd dispersed, Sheng Gaochi took Yi Yun away, along the way, Sheng Gaochi wanted to talk several times, before Yi Yun came to the academy, he really wanted to bring Yi Yun into the sixth department.

But after seeing Yi Yun's talent, especially comparable to a special recruitment student, now that Yi Yun agrees to join the Sixth Division, he feels a little unreal.

Downstairs in the dormitory of Building F, Sheng Gaochi finally spoke.

"Yi Yun, thank you very much for choosing the sixth department in the end, but I still have to be honest with you, what the three of them said just now is true, our sixth department is at the bottom of the academy, and the resources obtained are less than those of other departments."

Sheng Gaochi was afraid that Yi Yun joined the six departments because he was impulsive, or because he couldn't wipe his face, and if he regretted it later, it would not be a good thing for the six departments and for Yi Yun himself.

"I know, didn't these people just say it?"

Yi Yun replied very casually, but let Desheng Gaochi hold back what he wanted to say along the way, and suddenly held it back.

"Yi Yun, for us students, cultivation resources are very important, which will be related to the growth rate of future development, although I don't want to admit it, but I also have to say that a student with the same talent will get a third less resources in the sixth department than other departments."

"If you regret it now, it's too late, don't feel that you can't save face or anything, even if you don't join the sixth department, I'm very grateful that you just saved face for me in front of so many people."

Sheng Gaochi was telling the truth, so many people were waiting there to see their jokes, especially there were so many freshmen, if Yi Yun was cut off, then the other freshmen would definitely not choose to join the sixth department.

In the end, the six departments can only wait for the other departments to finish picking up the freshmen, and pick up the remaining freshmen with less talent.

Although the six departments have almost faced such a result over the years, there are still a handful of talented people who take the initiative to join.

"Brother Sheng, do you think the academy will arrange it like this for a talented person like me?" Yi Yun asked Sheng Gaochi a question.

"Your talent is not worse than those specially recruited students, the academy will naturally cultivate it carefully, and you should be able to enter the special recruitment class at that time."

"Since the academy will train me carefully, will the so-called departmental resources be of great use to me?"

Yi Yun's rhetorical question made Sheng Gaochi stunned for a moment, but then immediately explained: "There will definitely be no shortage of ordinary cultivation resources, but the rewards brought by departmental tasks ......."

"Ground-level spiritual skills, right, even if the academy will reward ground-level spiritual skills, I'm afraid not every member has them, those departments are full of talents, even if I am a special student, I am afraid I will not be able to get this place."

Yi Yun chose to join the six departments, not to help Sheng Gaochi, he had thought it through, first of all, his talent was there, and the academy would not lack his own cultivation resources.

In addition, joining other departments by myself is at most just the icing on the cake, and there will be no shortage of special students in those departments, and I am afraid it will take several years for me to get ahead.

But the six departments are different, and when they reach the sixth department, they are the deputy ministers, so they belong to the core of the core.

Of course, the most important point is that he chose to join the six departments, Sheng Gaochi is full of gratitude to himself, and the other members of the six departments are similar, which is a lot of creative value.

Compared to any cultivation resources, Yi Yun cares more about the creation value, with the creation value, he can directly rewrite his own strength, isn't this more fragrant than the cultivation resources?

"Since Yi Yun thinks so clearly, then I won't persuade you anymore, and I welcome you on behalf of the Sixth Division."

Yi Yun said this, Sheng Gaochi naturally stopped persuading, and led Yi Yun to the dormitory building in Building F.

Compared with the enthusiasm of other dormitory buildings, new students come in and out, Building F is much more deserted, and it is almost impossible to see a few new students coming in and out, it is obvious that most of the new students are different from Yi Yun, they have already learned some things before coming to the college, and they have not chosen the sixth.

"Well, there will be more newcomers in a few days."

Walking all the way, looking at the lively scenes of other dormitory buildings, and then seeing the desertion of his own dormitory building, even if he had already explained the situation to Yi Yun, Sheng Gaochi's old face was still slightly red.

Well, in a few days, those freshmen who have not been picked by other departments will join the sixth department, and then the dormitory will be lively.

"Oh, Lao Sheng, are you a freshman, is this your relative?"

When I went upstairs, I met a boy in the corridor, and when I saw Sheng Gaochi with Yi Yun dragging luggage, he asked with some curiosity.

Because in the eyes of the boys, it is impossible for the freshmen to join their six departments, and the new students who came to the six departments on the first day of previous years are all relatives of their old people in the six departments.

Although the six departments are not very good compared to other departments, cousins and cousins can also take care of each other in one department.

"No, this is a new Yi Yun from our department."

"Joined on your own? Lao Sheng, you won't fool people with your conscience, let's just fall into the pit ourselves, you can't do it. ”

Sheng Gaochi rolled his eyes and explained, "Yi Yun is going to join by himself, and I told him the situation as it is." ”

[Received Zhang Hui's incomprehension value +4, converted into exclusive creation value]

"Senior brother, why can't you think so much, you want to join our six departments?"

The corners of Yi Yun's mouth twitched and he didn't answer, but Sheng Gaochi on the side stopped doing it, and snorted: "Lao Zhang, how did you talk, why can't you think about joining the sixth department?" ”

"I said the wrong thing, since there is a newcomer, is it going to have a welcome ceremony, after all, this is the first newcomer to take the initiative to join our department this year, I'll go and inform you."

After Zhang Hui said this, the person suddenly walked to the corridor, and then shouted: "The brothers and sisters have come out, there are new people in our department, and they still take the initiative to join!" ”

The dormitories in Building F are in the shape of a hollow zigzag, with male and female dormitories facing each other, and aisles on the left and right.

"Where, where is the newcomer who can't think of it like this?"

"Hey, there are still six of us who have taken the initiative to join, isn't it Li Weiwei's four goblins who have been dispatched?"

"Hey, this reminds me of when I didn't say anything, and one mistake turned into a thousand hatreds."

"Huo Yongqiang, don't fart to the old lady, what a mistake will become a thousand years of hatred, but you took the initiative to join the sixth department, but the old lady didn't ask you to join."

The crowd in the dormitory building surged, and Yi Yun saw that dozens of people suddenly appeared, and some did not react.

"Well, although there are few people in our six departments, everyone is very united and enthusiastic." Sheng Gaochi looked at Yi Yun with some embarrassment and said.

After tidying up in the dormitory, Yi Yun was very satisfied with the dormitory.

Although the dormitory was occupied by two people, Sheng Gaochi told him that the dormitory in Building F was generally not satisfied, so he would live in this dormitory alone.

Of course, it is better to be able to live in a dormitory alone than two people, after all, you have such a secret, and it is more convenient to live alone.

"Yi Yun, everyone has prepared a welcome ceremony for you, which is on the first floor of our dormitory, in the department's conference room."

"Prepare me for a welcome ceremony? Wouldn't it be too grand? ”

Yi Yun was a little surprised, he just joined the department, so he could use it so much?

"No, you choose to join our six departments, of course, to make you feel enthusiastic."

Sheng Gaochi smiled, if an ordinary newcomer, even if he took the initiative to join, he would not hold an orientation party for him alone, but would wait until the academy had allocated students to arrange it together.

But Yi Yun's situation is a bit special, not only did he take the initiative to join, but he also had the talent to recruit special students, and most importantly, he also refused the invitation of the other three departments, so he held a separate orientation party, which in his opinion should be.

Yi Yun followed Sheng Gaochi downstairs, and when he walked into the conference room on the first floor, he found that there were already dozens of people sitting in the conference room.

However, unlike the other students he saw outside the academy, these people from the six departments were dressed casually, and even some of them were wearing sandals and big pants.

"Our new member is here, everyone hurry up and welcome."

A coquettish voice sounded, and Yi Yun saw a girl wearing sandals and dressed coolly walking towards him.

"Yi Yun, let me introduce to you, this is Vice Minister Li Weiwei, who is responsible for the daily affairs of our department, and the minister is not in the academy today."

Afraid that Yi Yun would feel unvalued, Sheng Gaochi added a sentence after introducing Li Weiwei's identity.

"Well, it's very good, Lao Sheng finally did a personnel job this time."

Li Weiwei is very familiar, Qianqian patted Yi Yun's shoulder with her fine hand, and said: "I heard Lao Sheng say, you rejected the invitation of the second and third departments, and unswervingly chose our sixth department, there are not many people with vision like you these years." ”

The corners of Yi Yun's mouth twitched, if he had vision, he would not choose the sixth.

"Li Weiwei, you started to fool again, I was fooled by you like this back then, did you use a beauty trick again?"

A boy with a stubble on the side directly dismantled Li Weiwei's stage, looked at Yi Yun and said: "Senior brother, my brother was deceived into the six parts like you back then, and once he entered the six parts, it was as deep as the sea, and his fame was floating clouds from then on." ”

"Huo Yongqiang, I think you're looking for a fight."

Li Weiwei glared at her, and kicked Huo Yongqiang quickly, but Huo Yongqiang was already on guard, and she dodged with a dodge.

"Li Weiwei, you are going to kill people."

"Yes, you're right, I'm just killing people and killing people, and my mother will clean up the portal for the department today."

Li Weiwei and Huo Yongqiang fought directly in this conference room, Li Weiwei shot quickly, but Huo Yongqiang's body was very flexible, and he dodged and moved in the conference room, but he was not hit by Li Weiwei.

"Well, Minister Li and Senior Huo are often like this."

Sheng Gaochi saw Yi Yun's somewhat stunned expression, and explained softly on the side: "When Minister Li was the person in charge of recruiting new people in our department, in order to recruit some new people, he led the senior sisters of our department to meet some newcomers by chance......

Yi Yun listened to Sheng Gaochi's words, and somewhat understood, the so-called chance encounter was naturally an erotic encounter.

Think about it, as soon as you enter the academy, you will meet a good-looking senior sister, this senior sister is still affectionate, and the average freshman has long been fascinated, and finally he was fooled into joining the sixth.

"Actually, there was nothing in the first place, the most important thing is that Minister Li said the same thing, he said it to the six freshmen back then, and then the six freshmen met and ......."

A boy on the side added with a smile: "Lao Huo was one of the six boys back then, after learning the truth at that time, Lao Huo and our Minister Li Liangzi got married, and the two of them will pinch up as soon as they meet over the years, and it will be good to get used to it in the future." ”

Yi Yun didn't know what to say, he could only say that this Minister Li was too powerful, and if he wanted to say that he had made a beauty trick for a boy, he couldn't stand it if he used a beauty trick for six boys, and he couldn't stand it if he was Senior Huo.

It's just that Yi Yun is a little curious, after this Senior Huo knew the truth, why didn't he quit the sixth department?

Students are allowed to leave the department in the academy, as long as there are other departments willing to accept them.

"Minister Li, Lao Huo, today we welcome Yi Yun, you two Liangzi should put it down first."

"Okay, I'll give Yi Yun a face today, and let you go first."

"I want you to let it go, Li Weiwei, don't think I'm afraid of you, I'm a good man and don't fight with women."

Li Weiwei and Huo Yongqiang stopped and scolded each other, Li Weiwei walked back to Yi Yun and said, "Yi Yun, on behalf of the Sixth Ministry, I welcome you to join, from today onwards, you will be the deputy minister of our Sixth Ministry." ”

Deputy Minister!

This was what Sheng Gaochi promised Yi Yun before, but Yi Yun only thought that Sheng Gaochi said it impulsively, he didn't expect that this Senior Sister Li would really let him be the deputy minister.

A newcomer has just joined and become the deputy head of the department, and Yi Yun believes that the old members of these departments present will definitely not be convinced.

However, after waiting for a while, he didn't receive a prompt sound from the system, which made him a little curious.

Don't these people object to being a deputy minister?

Emotions can't fool people.

"Senior sister, I'm just a newcomer, so forget it."

Without receiving the emotional value, Yi Yun subconsciously felt that this deputy minister might not be a problem, and he immediately opened his mouth to excuse himself.

"What's wrong with the newcomer, the newcomer can also serve as the deputy minister, everyone welcomes our Yiyun junior brother, the new deputy minister."

Bang Bang Bang!

Everyone present applauded, Yi Yun opened the system panel again, and made sure that he did not turn off the system prompt sound, and did not receive unconvinced or dissatisfied emotions in his ears, and the doubts in his heart were even greater.

"Classmate Yi Yun, since you are already the deputy minister, you naturally want to do something for our department, and I think the task of recruiting new students this year will be handed over to you."

Li Weiwei patted Yi Yun on the shoulder, Yi Yun felt everyone's sympathetic eyes, and finally understood why everyone was not convinced by her appointment as deputy minister.

I feel that this deputy minister is here to work.

Yi Yun still has the consciousness of serving the people, but Yi Yun of serving the department does not, just when he was about to resolutely shirk it, Li Weiwei's words made him change his mind instantly.

"Your surname is Yi, it sounds the same as the surname of our first minister, five hundred years ago it was one, and our six departments were in the hands of the first minister Yi Chuan, which was the largest department of the academy."