259 Headmaster (2/2)

With a glance at the towering Soul Tower that rose so high that one could not see the top, Xue Wei followed Elder Sun into the mansion on the side.

The guards once again bowed deeply when Elder Sun entered, and the same curious eyes as before were glancing at Xue Wei and his friends.

Elder Sun nodded in greeting and then led Xue Wei and his friends towards the stairs leading up to the upper levels of the mansion.

After reaching the upper levels, they walked straight down a large corridor towards a door at the end.

When they knocked on the door, a hoarse voice came from within, ”Come in,” and Elder Sun pushed the door open, gesturing for Xue Wei and the others to follow behind him.

”Headmaster, these are the young experts I told you about,” Elder Sun said, and for the first time, Xue Wei saw the elder bow his body.

Seeing the greeting, Xue Wei also did a slight bow towards the man, before straightening himself and looking at the expert in front of him.

This man had five eyes! So far, the only five-eyed expert he had encountered was the King. Now he met the second, and this man seemed much older than the first.

His hair was white from old age; his eyebrows large and unruly; and a long beard could be seen on his chin.

”Welcome to the Garden of Shadows,” the slightly hoarse voice fell as the wizened man looked curiously at Xue Wei and the others.

”I imagine that you are not average experts since you managed to get here through a trans-dimensional tunnel,” he continued. ”I look forward to your performance!”

Xue Wei nodded his head, not completely sure how to answer. He had not been given any real information about what it was they wanted from him. All of them were just putting their hopes on him, and truthfully, although he did wish to help them in exchange for a spot for him and his friends on the boat to the Demon Phoenix Empire, he was still somewhat annoyed by the lack of information concerning the things he had to do.

”Headmaster, sir, could you please perhaps tell me what exactly it is you require from us?” he asked with a furrowed brow and a slight frown on his face.

”We cannot explain it to you.” The headmaster shook his head in apology. ”You will have to notice it on your own while staying in the academy.

”In this academy the residential area is split up into districts for the outer students, inner students and core students.

”Since you have come to save us, we will grant you the token to be core students. We have lectures every morning for spiritual energy class, and every afternoon for Qi refinement class.

”You can attend them as you please.”

Having said this, the man waved his hand and four badges appeared on the table. ”These are your lasting student identity cards. Keep them with you at all time, and do not lose them.”

Nodding their heads, Xue Wei and his friends took one each and waited for more to be said, but Elder Sun started leading them out of the room right away. They left the mansion and headed towards the core area of the northern district of the Garden of Shadows.

The northern district was rather impressive. In the eastern district, the houses were all crammed together, but the further north they went, the bigger the residences became to even becoming pavilions.

Every last thing was made from Black Nebula Stone and Xue Wei could feel the soul power rushing into his body, which his golden dragon ceaselessly refined into its own energy, becoming his spiritual energy.

”Although there are classes twice a day, there are no rules about attendance,” Elder Sun explained. ”You can study exactly as you please.

”The Garden of Shadows is the only academy for spiritual energy students in the entire continent,” he continued. ”Which is also why it is as massive as it is. Here you will meet many three, four and even a few five eyed experts. You will also encounter Primordial Beasts.”

”Oh right.” he looked at Da Jia, who had followed them all along but said absolutely nothing. He had not taken a token either. ”What is your plan for this guy?” he asked curiously. Xue Wei looked at Da Jia while contemplating.

”You take him,” he said after considering for some time. ”Send him to jail and give him a trial.”

”I can do that,” Elder Sun said with a nod, and then Lin Xiao traded the ownership of the boar to Elder Sun.

”This will be your home in the future,” Elder Sun said as he pointed at a courtyard in front of him. It was big enough to house at least ten people, but it seemed that the only ones who were going to live within it was the four of them.

”I have already prepared servants to attend to your needs and everything should be ready for you to move into.

”I hope that you will be pleased with our preparations,” he continued. ”Originally, I would have stayed longer, but I need to deal with this big bandit leader now, so please make yourselves at home. Should you have any problems, feel free to come find me at any time.”

Hearing this, Xue Wei did not forget to thank him and nodded his head before he turned around and looked at the courtyard in front of him.

”This will be our home for the next year at least,” he muttered before stepping over the threshold leading into the courtyard itself.