Chapter 37: The Three Great Hall Masters

  Three Main Halls

  Deep within the Zhenwu Academy, many mansions were constructed into a magnificent palace. This was the highest authority of the entire Zhenwu Academy.

  The central mansion is the main house of the courtyard.

  At this time, three old men were sitting in the government office, lightly tasting tea, and a young man was reporting to them.

  "Three esteemed deans, today during the new student assessment, something strange occurred!" The young man said respectfully, his eyes fixed on the ground, not daring to lift his head.

  The three people sitting in the center are the master of the courtyard Liu Taibai, and the two deputy masters on either side are called Ying Ling and Long Daoshan.

  The host Liu Taibai smiled and said, "What's so urgent that you want to see me?"

  "Reporting to the master, today among the newcomers, there was actually a novice mage who cultivated thunder element, and he defeated me with just one strike."

  The smile on the principal's face disappeared, he suddenly stood up, his chest violently heaving, his hands trembling. "What did you say? Thunder element? There are no more than ten people in the entire continent who cultivate thunder elements. One of them is actually coming to our Zhenwu Academy? Have you investigated his identity clearly? Don't let it be some other force sending someone to stir up trouble at our Zhenwu Academy."

  "I've investigated and found out that he's from the distant Tianyuan City, a young master of the city lord's manor. However, for some reason, the city was destroyed several days ago. My conclusion is that he's being pursued by a powerful enemy who annihilated his entire family, and he came to Zhenwu Academy to increase his strength in order to seek revenge. He's clean and won't have any connections with other powers."

  The headmaster was overjoyed and said, "Good, this is a rare talent. Our Zhenwu Academy must keep him. In recent years, other powers have produced many talented young people, and many of them have been sent to our academy. What's their purpose? Isn't it to pull all the talents from all over the world into their own power?"

  "Hmph! The talented individuals that our True Martial Academy has painstakingly cultivated over the years have been lost to other powers in large numbers. It's truly detestable, but there's nothing we can do about it. Although these talents are gifted and have high comprehension abilities, I still haven't taken a liking to them... But now that a genius who cultivates Thunder Element has appeared, I definitely won't let him go!"

  The young man said, "Master, are we going to do something? Shouldn't we talk to Zhou Yuan about this?"

  "Need to talk? No need, he will come to see us on his own. When he looks for the master, you remember, must bring him to see me!!"

  "Yes, sir!" the young man said respectfully.

  The host waved his hand and said, "You can withdraw."

  After the young man left, Long Dao Mountain couldn't help but say, "Headmaster, this Zhou Yuan, our academy must keep him. Although our Zhenwu Academy is currently on par with Tongtian and Fawang Academies, they have been constantly recruiting young talents in recent years. Although it's not apparent now, once we old guys retire, I'm afraid our academy will be suppressed by these two academies."

  "Yes, our college also needs to cultivate its own young masters."

  Liu Taibai nodded, "Don't worry, I'm just going to absorb Zhou Yuan into our camp."

  At this moment, Zhou Yuan is cultivating in his own courtyard, and time has no substantial meaning to him. In the blink of an eye, a night's worth of time has already passed.

  As the morning sunlight shines in, gradually dispelling the chill, Zhou Yuan gets up and walks out of the room. At this moment, Feng Ao Xue and Luo Shui Tian have already begun their cultivation on the small martial arts arena in the center of the courtyard.

  "You guys are really diligent, starting your training so early in the morning."

  Feng Ao Xue Bai gave Zhou Yuan a glance, "You don't have to be modest, I know you, you must have cultivated for another night, right?"

  Luoshui Tian's face changed color as he looked at Zhou Yuan, finding it hard to imagine that someone who was obsessed with cultivation could reach such a state, and actually go without sleep for an entire night.

  Zhou Yuan smiled and nodded, "Not bad, that's a habit that has been formed for a long time, it's hard to change. Luo brother, what are we going to do today?"

  Luo Shui Tian regained his composure and said, "The academy is divided into nine segments, each with six instructors, corresponding to the six major elements: earth, water, fire, wind, light, and darkness. Today, we're going to find our own elemental instructor, report to them, and then we can do what we want."

  "What is training like in the academy? Do you often have to deal with instructors?"

  "That's not necessary, generally only when encountering difficulties in cultivation would one go to find the instructor, and then have the instructor provide an explanation. Otherwise, with so many disciples and only one instructor, wouldn't the instructor be exhausted to death?"

  "Come to think of it, I'm a bit puzzled," Zhou Yuan said, "Many new students want to enter Zhenwu Academy, and the conditions for entering aren't that harsh. As long as they reach the peak of the fleshly body realm, they can all come in. This way, won't there be too many students in Zhenwu Academy? Where will they all live?"

  Luoshui Tian smiled and said, "Of course, it's impossible for such a situation to occur. In the academy, although there is enough freedom, the academy cannot support so many disciples. The academy will face the entire Zhongzhou continent, accept various tasks, and then announce them within the academy, using various rewards to motivate the disciples to complete these tasks. A large part of the academy's income comes from these tasks."

  Zhou Yuan suddenly realized, so that's how it is. The academy receives any task from the outside world and assigns it to its disciples. After the disciples complete the task, the academy splits the reward in half, giving one half to the disciple and keeping the other half for itself.

  "In this way, the academy not only gets paid, but also many disciples will die in the process of completing tasks."

  "Is there death?"

  Luoshui Tian said, "Of course, none of these were imposed on the students' heads, all were voluntary, and every task has risks, but the degree of risk is different."

  "The college is really formidable, in this way, completing the task will get paid, and not completing the task will also successfully reduce the number of students. And the tuition fees of the students have already been paid, it's a move that kills multiple birds with one stone."

  "Alright, let's go pay our respects to the instructors together. However, I personally think you don't need to go, Brother Zhou. The abilities of those instructors are about the same as the three from yesterday, and they can't compare to your strength. You won't learn anything new from them. Why not wait until you reach the second segment in two years? The second segment is comprised of masters who have reached the realm of施术境."