Chapter 1996: Celestial Academy (1/2)

The two of them started walking towards the academy. Yao Ting suddenly remembered her question earlier: “Dao Brother, which cla.s.s are you going to?”

“Study Room.” Li Qiye nonchalantly responded.

“Study Room?” She was surprised to hear this unexpected answer.

The academy indeed had five sections with Study Room as the fifth.

However, people only really talked about Mortal School, Emperor Mansion, Sacred Inst.i.tution, and Hundred Halls. Though Mortal Hall rarely recruited students, it was still a hot topic.

On the contrary, no one talked about Study Room because even if they were chosen, they wouldn’t want to partic.i.p.ate in this particular cla.s.s.

It was indeed a part of the academy and had teachers teaching the dao and merit laws. Nevertheless, the students here usually traveled the world and learned about history.

For cultivators, the main goal in joining the academy was to learn the dao in order to shoulder the Heaven’s Will one day. Thus, sightseeing and history weren’t on their agenda. They wanted to learn how to fly and become stronger, not to become bookworms.

This resulted in a low partic.i.p.ation rate for this cla.s.sroom, albeit not as low as Mortal School. For example, there were only a few students there this semester.

Yao Ting glanced at Li Qiye again. She wasn’t involved with Study Room but she was aware of the names of the students there. Li Qiye was not one of them.

“Well…” She didn’t quite know how to ask.

He decided to tease her after seeing her appearance: “I only got here just now.”

“Oh, but this semester doesn’t take in new students.” She slightly frowned, worrying about him: “If you want to join Study Room, I’m afraid it won’t be possible. You will have to wait till the next semester.”

Li Qiye leisurely said: “I’m here already, might as well go take a look. Nothing is certain in this world, perhaps I’ll be lucky and get accepted this time anyway.”

“Maybe.” She pondered for a bit and agreed due to her positive impression of him: “Dao Brother, Study Room is closest to the southern gate, so you should that way. Coincidentally enough, the seniors from Hundred Halls are in charge over there and I know them. Let me take you.”

Having said that, she led the way for him.

He only wanted to tease her but didn’t expect her to be so enthusiastic. He smiled faintly and saw the shadow of an old acquaintance in her.

It would be more accurate to call the academy a country due to its ma.s.sive size. The land here spanned for more than a million miles.

Even though the two of them were flying at a fast speed, it still took nearly half a day to reach the southern entrance.

A conversation sparked again when Yao Ting thought about something that has been haunting her: “Dao Brother, may I ask you something?”

“Go for it.” He said flatly.

She picked out her words carefully: “You weren’t just pa.s.sing through when you came to Yao last time, right? Of course, excuse me if I am wrong.”

“You’re right, I was taking a look there.” He had no intention of hiding.

She pondered a bit before asking: “Because of the shrine in our village?”

In fact, she was quite certain of this already.

He gently nodded: “Indeed, I haven’t seen it in a long time and it was on the way.”

“What’s inside?” She blurted out without hesitation this time.

She was truly curious about the shrine but asking the elders in the village, no one had a clue about its origin and how it was built. The oldest grandpa said that it has been there before his parents’ generation. Perhaps it was already there when the village came about.