Chapter 4356 — Return of the Academy
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Stepping into the courtyard, he could see through the gate the bustling scene of people packed shoulder to shoulder—a sight that mirrored exactly what he had seen back in Zhenduan City…
"Brother Ling, you've come out to join the excitement too?" Qi Wenmo walked over when he caught sight of Wei Zhao.
"Join the excitement? What excitement?" Wei Zhao was utterly baffled. These past days he had lived very simply—mainly cultivating to consolidate his strength, and at most stepping out to see whether the escort agency had any word of Wu Baoliang or Lu Bianren. He had not set foot outside the agency's gates, all but cut off from the world beyond, so naturally he had no idea what had happened.
"Eh? You mean you don't know, Brother Ling? The Morning Star Academy of the Eastern Continent has come, holding open selections for disciples. They've already stopped at two places, the Zhenduan Sea and the Demonic Cold Sea, and our Weihu Sea is the third stop!" Qi Wenmo explained.
"The Morning Star Academy is here?" Only then did Wei Zhao understand—no wonder the scene outside. And once he grasped it, he could not hide the excitement on his face. If that was so, would he not soon be able to see Wang Xinyan and Huang Xiaotao again?
When they had parted in Zhenduan City, Wei Zhao had thought it would be years at least before he saw the two girls again. He had never expected that after barely a month, there would be another chance—a truly unexpected joy!
Wei Zhao had always carried himself with composure, and Qi Wenmo had never seen him so worked up. He could not help but find it strange. "Brother Ling, what are you so excited about? Are you thinking of entering the selection?"
People climb ever higher, and the Eastern Continent was recognized as the strongest of the five great islands of the Heaven Rank. Anyone with a shred of ambition fought tooth and nail to squeeze their way in, and these academy selections were the perfect opportunity—which was why they caused a sensation every time.
That Wei Zhao might want to enter the selection did not surprise Qi Wenmo in the least. Even he himself had tried once—he simply had not been chosen. And now that he had taken charge of the escort agency's affairs, that hope was cut off for good; he was merely here to watch the show.
"Of course not. I am a disciple of the Three-Fold Pavilion of the North Island, and once my task here is done I must return to the North Island. It is only that such a chance is rare, so I thought I would go and look on." Wei Zhao shook his head with a smile.
"Only to watch?" Qi Wenmo breathed a sigh of relief. He had genuinely feared that Wei Zhao might be selected by Morning Star Academy—with his formidable potential to challenge opponents above his level, it was not impossible—and then there would be no one to fight for him at the grand gathering of the Southern Continent escort agencies.
Qi Wenmo paused, then cautioned him further: "Watching is fine, but mark my words, Brother Ling: when the academy staff offer you a registration token, whatever you do, do not take it. If you do, you will have to sit the selection test, and once you pass, you will have no choice but to go to Morning Star Academy. They will not give you the slightest chance to change your mind."
Wei Zhao was dumbstruck. So a registration token was not to be accepted lightly—apparently this was common knowledge that everyone knew, and only he, a newcomer, had been ignorant of it. And now he had gone and dug a pit for himself without even realizing…