Chapter 113: The Day School Begins

That night after the gathering, Li Luo once again immersed himself in the world of cultivating his resonance arts, and time passed just like that—in the blink of an eye, the opening day of the Saintly Astral Star Academy had arrived.

However, it is worth mentioning additionally that during these days, Li Luo refined a large amount of spirit water wonders to evolve his second resonance, and now, his Wood-Earth Resonance had leapt directly from first-grade to fourth-grade.

A Wood-Earth Resonance of this grade could barely be considered useful.

Li Luo's current strength, in a certain sense, was already quite decent—the strength of a first-stage White Seed in the Resonator Realm, with a sixth-grade Water-Light Resonance in his first resonance palace, and a fourth-grade Wood-Earth Resonance in his second resonance palace.

The two resonance palaces operated simultaneously, with the two resonance power seeds refining and absorbing the energy of heaven and earth, which not only made Li Luo's own cultivation speed far more ferocious than before, but also made his upper limit of resonance power much stronger than those of the same level.

It could be said that the current Li Luo was only now beginning to experience the benefits brought by multiple resonance palaces.

And with all these enhancements, Li Luo felt that in the Mentor Selection Competition, finding a Purple-Glow Mentor for himself probably wouldn't be too difficult, right?

On this day, the Great Xia City was exceptionally boiling with excitement, because today was the opening day of the Saintly Astral Star Academy.

Although the Saintly Astral Star Academy was not located within Great Xia City, Great Xia City was less than half a day's journey from the academy; from the perspective of sphere of influence, the Saintly Astral Star Academy still counted as within Great Xia City's territory.

Therefore, for those wanting to go to the Saintly Astral Star Academy, Great Xia City was one of the must-pass routes, and coupled with the fact that this place was the center of Great Xia, it attracted students from all paths to stop over here.

And the Saintly Astral Star Academy held a transcendent position within the Great Xia Kingdom; any of its moves would draw the constant attention of all parties, and this new student enrollment was the Top Priority, because these new students represented the most outstanding fresh blood of this generation of the Great Xia Kingdom, and in the future, Marquis-level strong ones might very well emerge from among them.

If one could make some investments in advance on this, the returns obtained in the future would be beyond imagination.

While Great Xia City was boiling because of the opening of the Saintly Astral Star Academy, on the wide main road, the carriages of the House Luolan House had already galloped past, heading toward the distant horizon.

"The Saintly Astral Star Academy is located to the southwest of Great Xia City, built against the Ancient Kun Great Mountain Range. You should know about this Ancient Kun Great Mountain Range—it is the largest and longest mountain range in Great Xia, it even nearly split the entire Great Xia territory in two. Countless spirit beasts live within the Ancient Kun Great Mountain Range; it can be said that more than half of all the spirit beasts in Great Xia are within this Ancient Kun Great Mountain Range, and even in its depths, there exist Wang Hou-level spirit beasts, so even Marquis Realm strong ones would not dare to venture too deep into it." In the galloping carriage, Jiang Jiang Qinge was giving Li Luo some basic knowledge about the Saintly Astral Star Academy.

"However, for the Saintly Astral Star Academy, the Ancient Kun Great Mountain Range is also a natural cultivation ground used to temper students. The academy even issues missions to explore the Ancient Kun Great Mountain Range, to be completed by students as tempering and training." Yan Yan Lingqing at the side also adjusted her silver-framed glasses and added.

She and Jiang Jiang Qinge were now both students of the Three-Star Courtyard at the Saintly Astral Star Academy; previously, their time at Xiyang House had been more about tempering themselves, and now that the school term had begun, they naturally had to return to the academy for a period first.

"You will gradually come into contact with this information in the future, but for new students like you, the most important thing today is still the so-called Mentor Selection Competition. As I've said before, this is the most crucial matter when entering the Saintly Astral Star Academy. At the very least, before you reach the Three-Star Courtyard, your mentor will serve as your guide and support."

Jiang Jiang Qinge's golden eyes fixed on Li Luo as she said slowly: "Li Luo, do not look down on the identity of being a student of the Saintly Astral Star Academy, and even more do not look down on the identity of being the student of a Purple-Glow Mentor. In a certain sense, it is no lighter than your identity as the young master of the House Luolan House."

"Because this represents that, behind him, there is a Marquis Realm strong one."

"Now the House Luolan House's situation within Great Xia is swaying. I carry a ninth-grade Light Resonance, everyone knows my potential is extraordinary, but could they not have harbored some intention of eliminating me early?"

"It's not that they don't want to, but that they don't dare."

"Because my excellence and potential, even the Saintly Astral Star Academy values it extremely. Under such circumstances, no one dares to assassinate me by abnormal means; they can only choose the most open and aboveboard way to deal with me, and as long as I withstand these, there will naturally be opportunities for counterattack in the future."

"So Li Luo, after entering the Saintly Astral Star Academy, you must display your potential, you must make the academy's higher-ups value you—this will be the greatest protection for yourself."

Li Luo gazed at Jiang Jiang Qinge's incomparably beautiful face that carried a hint of severity, and nodded lightly. The piece of fat meat that was the House Luolan House involved enormous interests, and under such interests, there was no shortage of people willing to take desperate risks; even assassination as a method was not uncommon, and to eliminate these, becoming the student of a Purple-Glow Mentor was clearly the safest way.

"Rest assured, in this Mentor Selection Competition, I will give it my all."

Yan Yan Lingqing at the side propped her fragrant cheek and laughed: "Jiang Jiang Qinge, this nagging look of yours is really very rare."

Then she turned to look at Li Luo and said, "You possess a Water Resonance. Once your studies are properly underway later, if you wish to minor in Resonance Refining Arts at the Resonance Refining Courtyard, you can come to me, and I will recommend you."

Li Luo smiled and said: "Then I'll thank Sister Yan Lingqing in advance."

"When we arrive at the Saintly Astral Star Academy later, Yan Lingqing will take you to register, and then prepare for the Mentor Selection Competition. This counts as a grand event of the Saintly Astral Star Academy today; even the top forces from all sides of Great Xia City will have their executives personally present to watch." Jiang Jiang Qinge said.

"You're not bringing me?" Li Luo asked.

"Do you really want to choose a hellish opening? If you don't mind, I really don't care either way." A smile surfaced on Jiang Jiang Qinge's incomparably beautiful face.

Li Luo faltered, and said sheepishly: "Forget it, I'll wait until I've farmed up a bit before going wild."

He naturally understood Jiang Jiang Qinge's meaning. Given her popularity at the Saintly Astral Star Academy, if the two of them appeared too close, it would probably draw some "unprovoked disasters" upon Li Luo.

Although this was somewhat a case of self-deception, if one could avoid provoking people, then it was better to provoke them a little less.

Li Luo also didn't want to walk into the academy and inexplicably get hit with a blunt object by someone.

Seeing Li Luo's sheepish appearance, Yan Yan Lingqing couldn't help but let out a charming laugh, and even Jiang Jiang Qinge's lips curved slightly.

The carriage galloped on, and two or three hours later, Li Luo heard the noise outside the carriage begin to grow more and more boisterous.

His heart stirred, and he lifted the carriage curtain to look toward the end of the avenue.

He saw a towering great mountain rising abruptly from the ground there, and behind the great mountain stretched endless verdant mountain ranges, from which an aura of wild antiquity surged skyward, giving one a sense of vastness.

Before the mountain, stone steps led all the way up, as if leading straight into the clouds. At the very end of the stone steps was a portal cast from white jade stone, upon which stars seemed to bloom with strange light, and five characters appeared. Those characters radiated an endless sense of weightiness, while at the same time an inexplicable pressure was released, as if even this very heaven and earth were being suppressed by it.

Saintly Astral Star Academy.

"The inscription on this portal was written by a King-level strong one." Behind Li Luo, Jiang Jiang Qinge's leisurely voice came through.

Li Luo's heart shook—King-level strong one...

He gazed at those five characters that seemed to possess life force; merely the traces left by characters, yet they seemed to possess essence, qi, and spirit, full of spirituality.

It was hard to imagine what kind of vast power the person who wrote them actually possessed.

Truly... something to yearn for.

A trace of burning heat flashed through Li Luo's eyes, and then he looked at the faintly visible massive cluster of academy buildings at the end of the stone steps, and a sense of anticipation welled up in his heart.

He felt that his life would truly begin its chapter here.