Upon arriving at Beihai Academy, Lu Fan and the others met Tutor Wan Hai. He stood by, quite satisfied with their performance.
"Congratulations on passing the assessment. You are now disciples of Beihai Academy. After entering, you must train diligently, as this is a rare opportunity!"
Tutor Wan Hai continued, "Most of those who enter Beihai Academy are prodigies. What's more valuable is that they paid with blood."
"Isn't that too cruel?" Lu Fan asked. "Out of fifty people who obtained the spirit pearls, only a few of us survived. Wouldn't that make those people too tragic!"
Tutor Wan Hai paused and looked at Lu Fan. "Do you know how many cultivators die prematurely every day in the entire Spirit Realm? This is a world where the strong prey on the weak. If you have no strength, you will become a stepping stone for others wherever you go. Death for you would be instantaneous."
Lu Fan frowned. What Wan Hai said was not wrong, but Lu Fan still felt a pang of sympathy for those who had died, even though he knew this world was quite brutal.
"Once you enter the academy, you will enjoy various benefits like other students," Tutor Wan Hai stated. "However, it's best to keep a low profile within the academy, as you are newcomers, and freshmen!"
"What's wrong with being a freshman?" Long Yi asked, confused.
"There's a rule in Beihai Academy: as long as no one dies, the academy will not interfere in any incidents," Tutor Wan Hai said with a smile. "Therefore, Beihai Academy is filled with factions, like a small society. If you're not careful, you might get crippled."
Everyone present was stunned. They hadn't expected Beihai Academy's rules to be so perverse. This way, powerful students could bully weaker ones, and the weaker ones would receive no help.
"If you find this rule unacceptable, you can leave directly!" Tutor Wan Hai smiled. "But once you step into Beihai Academy, you must accept everything about it. You might even die prematurely within Beihai Academy!"
Many men were fearful. They had come to Beihai Academy to study, not to fight, but it seemed things were not as they had imagined.
"Since we live in the Spirit Realm, we must face all of this!" Long Yi stated. "If we don't even have this much courage, how can we join Beihai Academy?"
Several men exchanged glances and nodded slightly. Long Yi was indeed right. To join Beihai Academy, one had to pay a price, and they couldn't deny that. However, they hoped to learn things peacefully. But now, Beihai Academy seemed like a killing machine, and whether they could leave alive was still a question.
"What, are you scared?" Lu Fan looked at Chu Ting and the others, a smile on his face.
"I am the eldest daughter of the Chu family, how could I be afraid!" Chu Ting said proudly. "Besides, even if we enter Beihai Academy, not many people would dare to touch me!"
"You are quite confident!" Lu Fan chuckled.
Not long after, they were arranged to enter the academy. As soon as they stepped into Beihai Academy, they could clearly feel that the atmosphere within the academy was vastly different from the outside.
"Such strong spiritual energy!" Long Yi exclaimed. "I didn't expect Beihai Academy to be a world of its own, even condensing spiritual energy through formations."
"As an academy, this is normal procedure!" Li Ziming chimed in. "Let alone Beihai Academy, even my Li family has such places."
"Li Ziming, don't brag." Chu Ting mocked. "As the young master of one of the three great families, you almost died. If Lu Fan hadn't acted, we would all be finished." Su Dan Novel Network
Li Ziming looked embarrassed. Chu Ting's words were indeed true, but for some reason, he felt a bit displeased.
Upon arriving at the academy, Wan Hai said, "Girls go to the girls' dormitory, boys go to the boys' dormitory. As for where the rooms are, you'll have to find them yourselves!"
"They don't even arrange where to live?" Long Yi frowned. "Then what do we need to pay special attention to normally?"
"There's nothing special you need to pay attention to. As for where to live, it naturally depends on your abilities. After all, there are tens of thousands of rooms in Beihai Academy, and there are also decent courtyards. If you have the ability to snatch them, then they belong to you."
"We even have to fight for a place to live?" Han Feng frowned. "Wouldn't that be too cruel?"
"There's no such thing as cruelty in the Spirit Realm!" Wan Hai smiled. "If you don't want to fight, then you can only live in thatched huts. In the future, within Beihai Academy, there will be no special training. You can move freely, or you can go on missions and accept tasks to earn spirit stones to support your cultivation."
"Thank you for informing me, Tutor!" Lu Fan clasped his fists. He finally understood that in Beihai Academy, there was no need for benevolence or morality; only fists spoke. As long as your fists were strong enough, you could do whatever you wanted.
After Tutor Wan Hai left, Lu Fan and the others went to find their accommodations. Beihai Academy had tens of thousands of rooms, and each room had different spiritual energy. The better the room, the denser the spiritual energy. However, every student wanted to go to a good room, which would inevitably lead to disputes within Beihai Academy.
Looking at the rooms, all of which were occupied by students, Lu Fan and the others felt a bit dejected. It wasn't until they reached the rooms in the farthest corner that they saw a few empty ones, but they were covered in dust, let alone any spiritual energy.
"Do we have to live here?" Long Yi said awkwardly. "It seems like no one has lived here for years."
"If you're not willing, why don't we go snatch someone else's room together!" Li Ziming smiled. "Although we are freshmen, our talent is not weak. Even if we snatch other students' rooms, it wouldn't be difficult."
"Do not do unto others what you would not have them do unto you!" Lu Fan shook his head. "It's better not to do that. Beihai Academy has plenty of resources, so why must we snatch other people's rooms? Moreover, we've just arrived at the academy, so we shouldn't be too hasty."
"I agree with Brother Lu!" Han Feng nodded.
"You two really are in cahoots. But since you both said so, I have nothing more to say. I don't have the strength to snatch a room by myself," Li Ziming shrugged.
"We can clean up this courtyard and live here!" Long Yi said, and then began to act.