A crowd of students, drawn by rumor and excitement, packed the Suo at Tiangong Xuefu. They gathered around a simple Xianwei Jing, standing on their toes to get a better look at the student hunched over the eyepiece.
An hour ago, startling news had swept through the academy grounds. Someone had built a new instrument, an advancement on the simple magnifying glass, and through its lens, a different world could be seen.
Zhao Yan hurried over as
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