75 Nine Yang Academy
“Lin Shen, over here!”
Lin Shen had just walked out of the house when he saw a black car parked by the roadside. Yang Zhongyi leaned against the car door and waved at him with a smile.
“Where’s Su Nian?”
Lin Shen greeted Yang Zhongyi. He looked around, but he didn’t see Su Nian.
As soon as he asked the question, the window of the backseat rolled down, revealing Su Nian’s face.
“I’m here.”
“Everyone’s here. Let’s go. There’s still an hour before the gathering time. Don’t be late.”
Yang Zhongyi asked Lin Shen to get into the car.
Not long after, the car slowly started and drove steadily towards the central area.
In the car, Yang Zhongyi asked Lin Shen and Su Nian,
“How’s the preparation going? When we arrive at the academy later, we’ll be ‘guided’ by the senior students.”
“It’s only been a month. What’s there to prepare?” Su Nian shook his head slightly.
He had a point. In just a month, be it cultivation or martial arts stage, they wouldn’t have enough time to make a breakthrough. There was indeed nothing to prepare.
“It doesn’t matter. At most, I’ll go to the spirit mine to work for three days. It’ll temper my body!” Yang Zhongyi patted Su Nian’s shoulder with a smile.
Su Nian nodded and then glanced at Lin Shen.
Yang Zhongyi understood what he meant. He turned to Lin Shen and said,
“Lin, why don’t you say you’re injured and can’t fight today? With so many eyes watching, I don’t think those guys will dare to openly force you to fight!”
Lin Shen shook his head slightly. “This reason is too lame. They won’t believe it.
“Furthermore, what if someone offers to treat my injuries? They’ll find out the truth right away. That way, they’ll still get what they want.”
Those senior students had planned to embarrass Lin Shen in the guided battle. If they found him pretending to be injured and avoiding the battle, Lin Shen would also lose his reputation.
Yang Zhongyi also knew it wasn’t a good solution, and he sighed in resignation.
“That’s better than getting hurt!
“If someone is ruthless, you’ll spend a few months recuperating, and your cultivation progress would be greatly reduced!”
In a place like the academy, where competition was abnormally intense, it was obvious that the consequences would be dire if one’s strength didn’t improve for a few months.
With Lin Shen’s strength and talent, although he wouldn’t be eliminated if that happened, the difficulty of raising his level would undoubtedly increase significantly.
However, Lin Shen didn’t mind at all. He smiled calmly and said,
“Don’t worry. I know what to do.”
Seeing this, Yang Zhongyi and Su Nian looked at each other in resignation.
While they were talking, the car had already left the East District and entered the Central District.
Speaking of which, this was the first time Lin Shen had entered the central area.
Unlike the other four districts, the central district was the only district in Dragonside City that required permission to enter.
Non-residents or persons without a permission were prohibited from entering the central area.
If Lin Shen hadn’t been admitted to the Nine Yang Academy, an ordinary student like him might never have had the chance to enter the central area of his life.
Nine Suns Sect, Raging Waves Sect, Azure Frost Sect, and their respective affiliated academies were all located in the central area.
Lin Shen originally thought the central area would be a steel forest filled with tall buildings, but when he really arrived there, what he saw was very different from what he had expected.
It was hard to find a building more than ten stories tall, let alone very tall ones.
If not for the fact that he knew they were on the right route, Lin Shen would have thought he had arrived at another East District.
Another thing that surprised him was that the traffic here was very sparse, far less than in other districts.
In the middle of the wide road, there were all kinds of mounts running.
Green-Headed Golden Eye Beast, Heavenly Net Foal, Crimson Suanni, Night Illumination Leopard…
They were all spiritual beasts!
There was no lack of spiritual beasts at the Long Breath Stage!
Cultivators swaggered through the streets on spiritual beasts. Such a scene was definitely not seen in the other four districts.
In a daze, Lin Shen thought he had arrived in another city.
Yang Zhongyi had clearly been to the central area many times and was already used to the situation here. Seeing Lin Shen’s surprised expression, he smiled and explained,
“The central area is allowed for spiritual beasts to pass through. As long as the person riding is at the Long Breath Stage or above and reports to the Three Sect Prefecture in advance.”
As he spoke, a whistling sound suddenly came from the sky, approaching from afar.
Lin Shen and the other two hurriedly looked out of the car window and saw a dazzling sword light streak across the sky and quickly disappear at the horizon.
“It’s the Sword Escape!”
Yang Zhongyi looked envious.
“Only cultivator masters are allowed to fly in the central area. That person must be a sword cultivator!”
Su Nian asked, “How do you know it’s a sword cultivator? Perhaps it’s another type of cultivator master.”
“Impossible!” Yang Zhongyi denied it without thinking. “All cultivators can cultivate escape techniques, but only sword cultivators can use Sword Escape!”
Lin Shen stared in the direction where the sword light disappeared, and a glint flashed across his eyes.
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“A cultivator master…”
One day, he would also fly above the Central District!
…
Twenty minutes later.
The car slowed to a stop.
Lin Shen got out of the car and was stunned.
What greeted his eyes was a vast complex of buildings. It looked like a park.
However, looking through the open door, there was only emptiness. There were very few people, and no matter how one looked at it, it didn’t look like an academy.
“Let’s go. The Nine Yang Academy isn’t here.”
Yang Zhongyi patted Lin Shen’s shoulder and led the way in.
Lin Shen wanted to ask why they were there, but seeing that Su Nian also walked in calmly, he suppressed the doubts in his heart and followed.
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Led by Yang Zhongyi, the three of them quickly arrived at a building.
The interior of the building was bright and magnificent. The floor, ceiling, and surrounding walls were all made of some kind of jade. Although he couldn’t tell the exact material, he knew it was expensive.
Countless dense patterns were engraved on the surface of the jade. They were complicated and mysterious, making one feel they were impressive.
In addition, there were two Xiezhi stone sculptures near the door, one on each side.
The moment Lin Shen and the other two stepped through the door, the two Xiezhi stone statues turned their heads in unison and looked at them. There seemed to be a light flashing in their eyes.
In the next second, the Xiezhi statue on the right slowly opened its mouth. Its tone was low and solemn.
“Lin Shen, Yang Zhongyi, and Su Nian are all new students of the Nine Yang Academy. Their identities have been verified. There are no traces of spells disguising them. They are indeed themselves. You are allowed to pass!”
The Xiezhi statue on the left followed up.
“Do you wish to enter the academy?”
“Yes!” Yang Zhongyi quickly replied.
The moment he said that, Lin Shen suddenly felt a bright light in front of him. His vision was white, and he couldn’t see anything. It was as if he was in a pure white world.
This sudden phenomenon only lasted for three to four seconds. Then, the white color quickly receded like a tide.
When his vision returned to normal, Lin Shen was surprised to find that he was actually standing on a field filled with sunlight. The air was filled with the unique fresh smell of plants.
When he looked up again, he could vaguely see a group of buildings built against a mountain in the distance. The terrain was different, and the building complex was completely made up of wood.