Chapter 1111

Xuanhuang Province, Li Kingdom.

On top of a huge mountain peak, a huge building stood, with four large characters written outside the mountain gate: "Seven Star Academy".

At the foot of the mountain, seven small cities stood along the mountain, known as the Seven Sons City.

Among them, one Xingzi City was the smallest of the Seven Sons City, with only over a hundred thousand people. In the cultivation world or many places, this scale was difficult to become a "city"!

And at this moment, Xingzi City was unusually lively. Within a few days, cultivators from all over the world gathered, and the entire ancient city suddenly became crowded. Major inns were full, and even outside the ancient city, many tents were set up, housing tens of thousands of cultivators.

All of this was thanks to the Seven Star Academy on the mountain.

Every ten years, the Seven Star Academy would recruit new disciples from the outside, conduct assessments, and those who successfully passed the assessment could become disciples of the Seven Star Academy and enter the school to study.

And this year, it was the last day for the Seven Star Academy to recruit new disciples, with only one thousand spots remaining, and the location was set in Xingzi City.

So countless cultivators in and out of the Li Kingdom were attracted, all wanting to grasp this last opportunity to seize one of the one thousand spots and join the Seven Star Academy.

In the Xuanhuang Province, academies are the best stepping stones and also the best cradles.

Studying in an academy not only allows access to a large amount of techniques and resources, but once graduating from the academy, one can become a teacher or be recommended to major sects, which is absolutely much easier than being a scattered cultivator.

This is like the entertainment industry; many people want to be admitted to various film, music, and art academies, and then through the qualifications or connections learned in the academy, enter the entertainment industry and become famous big stars.

The sects in the Xuanhuang Province, although they also recruit new disciples, most will prioritize those cultivated by academies, and only then consider scattered cultivators.

So no matter which academy is recruiting, whether they have strength or are just trying their luck, there will always be countless cultivators squeezing their heads to participate.

At this moment, in Xingzi City.

An old woman wearing a Daoist robe was walking on the street, followed by a young woman in a dress as white as snow, with an exquisite face and skin like grease.

She was leading a horse, a trace of exhaustion between her brows, but she always revealed a firm spirit.

She had a thought that she could not fall, could not give up.

"Yuxi, let's rest here for a while!" At this moment, the old woman walking in front suddenly stopped and whispered.

The woman was slightly startled, only then seeing the old woman stop outside an inn.

"Master, is this inn opened by your friend?" The woman asked.

"Not bad, follow Master in, leave the horse for now, someone will come to take it away later." The old woman nodded and stepped into the inn with a blank expression.

"Yes!" The woman responded and followed the old woman in, letting go of the reins.

A moment later, a middle-aged shopkeeper personally received the old woman and the woman.

The woman stood aside and had not spoken, but from the conversation between the old woman and the middle-aged shopkeeper, she understood that the old woman's friend was actually this shopkeeper's father, but he had already passed away.

Although the middle-aged shopkeeper had an enthusiastic smile on his face, the woman always felt that it was a fake smile that didn't reach his eyes!

In the end, the old and the young were settled into a simple and remote woodshed.

Looking at the dust falling everywhere and the moldy smell permeating the air, the woman frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "Master, that person is too much, actually letting you live in this kind of place, disciple will go find him to reason."

"Forget it, Yuxi, the warmth and coldness of human feelings, the world is fickle, don't you understand this simple truth yet?" The old woman waved her hand lightly and sighed.

"But Master, your illness..."

"Hehe, would Master's illness get better if we changed to a better place? Forget it, now that the Seven Star Academy is recruiting, it's pretty good that they can give us a woodshed!" The old woman smiled kindly.

The woman was startled, this was one of the few smiles she had seen from her Master.

But seeing this smile from her Master, she felt very uneasy, as if she felt her Master was about to leave.

"Yuxi, Master has something to tell you!" At this moment, the old woman spoke again, her tone very gentle.

"Master, please speak!" The woman hurriedly helped the old woman to the side, directly using her fair skirt sleeve to wipe away the dust, letting the old woman sit down.

The old woman looked at the woman's actions, nodded slightly and smiled, her smile carrying a trace of relief and a bit of reluctance.

"Now that Master's lifespan is coming to an end, I'm afraid I can't take care of you for much longer..."

"Master!"

"Yuxi, don't interrupt me! When Master brought you out, I wanted to give you a great fortune, but I didn't expect that before I could give you the fortune, Master would have to go first! However, this Seven Star Academy recruitment is not necessarily a fortune for you. After you enter the Seven Star Academy, remember to cultivate well. Master has already taught you everything I can teach you, the rest depends on your own fortune!"

"Master, it's all my fault. If it weren't for saving me, you wouldn't be like this!" The woman said, tears already flowing from her eyes.

"Don't talk nonsense, if it weren't for Master bringing you out, how would you have fallen into such a trap?"

"No, Master, it was I who begged you to bring me out. I wanted to find someone, but I didn't expect the world to be so big, this road to be so difficult, and I even harmed you..."

"Then do you regret coming out to find him?"

"I..." The woman paused slightly.

But her firm eyes already said everything; she didn't regret it, she never regretted it!

The old woman looked at her and smiled, but didn't mention this matter again, instead opening her mouth to instruct: "Yuxi, remember, don't take out the Seven Star Token easily next time. Master's illness cannot be saved by anyone. Even if you use the Seven Star Token to exchange for more pills, it would only make Master live a few more days in pain!"

"Master, I remember!" The woman nodded.

"Good, then Master can rest assured..." After the old woman finished speaking, her eyes slowly closed, and she left with a smile.

The woman was stunned on the spot, her whole person completely dazed.

She didn't expect her Master to leave just like that, so suddenly.

Although she had a peaceful expression on her face, this still made her unable to accept it.

"Master..."

The woman knelt before the old woman, crying into a tearful mess.

If Xu Que were here, he would definitely be shocked.

This woman in white was actually his college girlfriend from back then, Lin Yuxi.

"Master, don't worry, disciple will definitely cultivate well and avenge you!"

Lin Yuxi looked at the old woman who had left peacefully and silently vowed in her heart.

She had one more goal in this life!

In the end, Lin Yuxi buried the old woman under the woodshed. This was something the old woman had hinted to her about a long time ago.

Back then, this inn was opened by her and that friend. There were many memories of the two here. The old woman had once muttered that she hoped to fall like a leaf and return to her roots here in the future, to be buried and rest in peace.

At the time, Lin Yuxi didn't feel anything, but only now did she understand why the old woman brought her here. Besides wanting to escort her to the Seven Star Academy, it was also to rest in peace here.

"Bang!"

At this moment, a muffled sound suddenly came from outside the door, as if someone had fallen to the ground.

Following that was a burst of scolding.

"You bastard, how dare you come here to freeload, are you looking for death?"

"Grass, do you still want to do business in this inn? This young master took out a pill to admire, but it was gnawed by this person. How do you plan to compensate for this matter? A second-grade Spirit-Returning Pill, I'm afraid you couldn't afford it even if you sold your inn!"

"Young master, please forgive me, deal with this person as you wish!"

"Deal with your mother, this person looks like a fool, even if I kill him, can it replace my loss?"

"But this..."

"Hmph, this young master specially got a Spirit-Returning Pill to participate in the Seven Star Academy assessment, but your inn let a fool in and let him gnaw the pill. You must be held responsible for this matter."

"Young master, we are also a small business, how could we afford this Spirit-Returning Pill."

"Can't afford it? Then this young master will burn your shop down. Even if the City Lord comes, he can't do anything to this young master! Men, drive everyone in the inn out, and this fool, beat him to death, and after beating him to death, throw him out to feed the dogs!"

Up to this point, there were the shopkeeper's pleas for mercy and a series of dense fighting sounds.

Lin Yuxi frowned slightly and shook her head.

It seems this middle-aged shopkeeper is also going to be unlucky, but according to this trend, it seems the inn can't be lived in either.

"Creak!"

She pushed the door open slightly and took a look outside.

She saw the middle-aged shopkeeper kneeling before a young master, begging for mercy.

Beside him were several people dressed as guards, beating a disheveled man to death. The man didn't say a word, holding his head tightly and shrinking on the ground, still frantically chewing food in his mouth, seemingly starved.

Seeing this, Lin Yuxi couldn't help but sigh. This is a world where the weak are the prey of the strong. When her Master was around, she had always taught her not to meddle in other people's business, and besides, now that her Master had passed away, even if she wanted to help someone, she didn't have the strength.

"Eh?" Suddenly, just as Lin Yuxi was about to close the door and ignore it, her gaze met the eyes of the man being beaten.

This look seemed to traverse the void, traverse time, looking for him thousands of times, suddenly looking back, the person was in the dim light!

She widened her eyes, finding it hard to believe, her whole body trembling with excitement: "Xu... Xu Que!"

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