Chapter 1218 - School Begins
Skyspan City was originaly known as Blue Sea City, as around forty percent of it was bordered with seawater.
However, the Skyspan Trading Company had settled there ten thousand years ago, and changed its name to Skyspan City.
Their meaning was clear: their influence spanned the heavens.
The Northern Divine Mountainâs Skyspan Academy got itâs name from the Skyspan Trading Company, and their faculty and facilities were all from them too. Apparently, some of the schoolâs resources came from the Sea of Innocence as well, but from the schoolâs name it was clear that the Skyspan Trading Company was primarily responsible.
However, so long as you lived on the Northern Divine Mountain, youâd naturally wonder about the Skyspan Trading Companyâs background. Some people said that the Sea of Inncocence was actually supporting them from the shadows, while others disagreedâŠ.
Only those who stood at the very peak knew the truth of the Skyspan Trading Companyâs origins.
Officially, the Skyspan Academy was established by the Sea of Innocence and located in the North of Skyspan City. It occupied a full tenth of the cityâs landmass.
It was the top academy on the Northern Divine Mountain, and was the one capable of transmitting the dao and resolving studentsâ every question.
The academy was established primarily to impart recent ascenders as well as the children born on the Divine Mountains whoâd just become supremes with a complete, systematic education, and make plans for their future cultivation.
Compulsory education lasted five years, and when the time was up, you could apply to stay longer and continue your studies. So long as the academy agreed, youâd pay three thousand aureus per year in tuition.
This might sound like a lot, but so long as you studied properly and completed a few of the schoolâs missions, even an earth supreme wouldnât have much trouble earning that sum in a year. Furthermore, the school even had board displaying bounty hunting missions. Completing them would earn you credit that you could trade for money or treasures.
The academy organized systematic, one-time recruitment once every hundred years. They placed few restrictions on incoming students. Anyone beneath the diviner level could apply. Even students whoâd been expelled before had the chance to reapply.
As a result, theyâd always recruit a massive number of earth supremes, and even a few sky supremes would rush over to seize the opportunity.
As a result, Skyspan Academy was currently a blaze of activity as they carried out their recruitment procedures.
âTch tch tch, there really are an awful lot of people here.â
The cities of the Lower Lands could already hold tens of millions of people, but compared to the cities of the Divine Mountains, they were practically villages.
Skyspan Academy occupied a full tenth of the city. The new student registration area alone was a veritable sea of people. From time to time, people would get into arguments due to overcrowding. Sometimes, theyâd even fight.
For instance, Ye Zichen had just witnessed a group of students fight over registration. Fortunately, someone from the academy came out to intimidate them into submission, so the rabble-rousers started behaving themselves.
âHow did I inadvertently wind up here?â Ye Zichen stood in the crowd and scratched his head. A few days ago, heâd realized his crystal card was missing.
He immediately recalled the most likely spot heâd left it and rushed back to that tavern, but Xue Mo and Chen Guangfa had already left.
Of course, he also heard that theyâd waited for him for days. He was moved, butâŠ.
That was no use at all!
At the end of the day, heâd still failed to retrieve his crystal card.
The only way into the academy was through your crystal card. Without it, you were off the grid, and the academy absolutely wouldnât accept you. After all, you might be some outsider of villain with ill intentions.
Ye Zichen still came here, practically subconsciously, perhaps due to one last thread of hope. He wanted to run into Xue Mo and retrieve his card, so he decided to come here.
However, when he saw this sea of people for himself, he couldnât help but sigh. I was awfully naive, wasnât I?
âIf they knew I might go back to the tavern to retrieve it, why couldnât they just leave it with the bartender?â Ye Zichen rolled his eyes in esapseration, sighed, and turn to leave the registration area.
âHey, friend! Wait up!â Someone called out to Ye Zichen from behind.
Ye Zichen stopped, and when he looked back, he saw a grinning youth running right towards him. âYouâre a new student hoping to register, arenât you?â
âYou are?â Ye Zichen arched his brows and squinted, but kept his distance.
âHey, Iâm Bao Jingwu, a squad captain of the Grizzly Bear Society, one of our Skyspan Academyâs student societies.â He reached out to shake Ye Zichenâs hand and smiled. âWhat should I call you, friend?â
His zealous warmth baffled Ye Zichen, but he instinctively reached out and shook the youthâs hand. âYe Zichen.â
âBrother Ye! I can tell from the sound of your name alone that youâre no ordinary man. In the future, youâre sure to become a dragon or phoenix among men. Do you by any chance have any interest in joining our Grizzly Bear Society? Let me tell you that itâs no exaggeration to say that weâre one of the top five student societies in Skyspan Academy. We have over a million members! Meeting you like this must be fate. How about you join us? Our society has lots of pretty girls, and we offer tons of benefits!â
This was a scruffy looking man, yet his tone was so cute and affected.
Despite himself, Ye Zichen shuddered in disgust.
Disgust?
Even Bao Jingwu himself felt disgusted!
But he had no other choice!
In truth, recruiting a new student was a simple process. All he needed was to see their crystal card. However, student societies large and small competed viciously for new blood.
Remember, although this was academy, by the time someone reached the supreme level they were no longer a child.
Each student society represented a faction in its own right. The stronger each society was, the more resources and support they got from the academy, and the easier it was to take care of bounty missions.
As a squad captain, Bao Jingwu had no choice. He was a ranked officer, but of the lowest possible rank. His superiors had given him the mission of recruiting new students, and he had to reach a quota to keep his position. If he failed, the society wouldnât give his squad new recruits, and without sufficient numbers, a squad wasnât a squard. It was effectively a demotion.
Ordinary squads were roughly the size of Huang Yangâs little team: eight people was standard.
Bao Jingwu was a freshly promoted squad leader, and didnât have any subordinates at all yet. As things were, he couldnât carry on in his new role.
âBrother Ye? How about it?â Bao Jingwu suppressed his disgust and looked at Ye Zichen expectantly. âIâŠ.â
It was hard to say no when he was so welcoming! Ye Zichen didnât want to offend Bao Jingyu, but he currently didnât have his crystal card. There was no way for him to enter the academy, much less join a student society.
However, in the face of Bao Jingwuâs expectant gaze, he couldnât bear to tell him the truth.
Ye Zichen coughed. In truth, he was worried that when he told Bao Jingwu the truth, heâd get mad at him for wasting his time.
âGive up. He wonât join your society.â At that moment, another voice cut in. Ye Zichen turned around and saw Xue Mo and Chen Guangfa, as well as a tall, beautiful woman. All three walked up to them. âThis person is joining our Anti-Upheaval Society!â
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