Upon arriving at Beihai Academy, Lu Fan and the others met with Instructor Wan Hai, who stood by, quite pleased 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!"
Instructor Wan Hai said, "Most of those who enter Beihai Academy are heavenly talents. What's more valuable is that they paid a blood price."
"Isn't that too cruel?"
Lu Fan spoke, "Fifty people obtained spirit pearls, and only a few of us survived. Doesn't that make those people too tragic!"
Instructor Wan Hai was slightly taken aback and looked at Lu Fan, "Do you know how many cultivators die prematurely in the Spirit Realm every day? This is a world where the weak are prey to the strong. If you lack strength, you will become a stepping stone for others wherever you go. For you, death is but a moment away."
Lu Fan frowned. What Wan Hai said was not wrong, but Lu Fan was still somewhat moved by those who had died, even knowing how cruel this world was.
"Upon entering the academy, you will enjoy various benefits like other students," Instructor Wan Hai stated directly. "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, baffled.
"There's a rule at Beihai Academy: as long as no one dies, the academy will not intervene in anything that happens," Instructor Wan Hai smiled. "Therefore, the 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!" Instructor Wan Hai smiled. "However, the moment you step into Beihai Academy, you must accept everything about it. You might even die prematurely within Beihai Academy!"
Many men were fearful. They came to Beihai Academy to study, not to fight here. But now 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 directly. "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 naturally had to pay a price. They could not deny this.
However, they hoped more to learn things peacefully. But now, it seemed Beihai Academy was like a killing machine. Whether they could leave Beihai Academy alive was still uncertain.
"What, are you scared?" Lu Fan looked at Chu Ting and the others, smiling.
"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 into 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 powerful spiritual energy!" Long Yi exclaimed. "I didn't expect Beihai Academy to have such a hidden world, even condensing spiritual energy through formations."
"As an academy, this is normal operating procedure!" Li Ziming interjected. "Let alone Beihai Academy, even my Li family has such places."
"Li Ziming, stop showing off." Chu Ting mocked. "As the young master of one of the three great families, you almost died. If Lu Fan hadn't intervened, 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 little unhappy.
Upon arriving at the academy, Wan Hai announced, "Girls go to the girls' dormitory, boys go to the boys' dormitory. As for where the rooms are, you will find them yourselves!"
"They don't even arrange living quarters?" Long Yi frowned. "Then what special attention should we pay to normally?"
"There's nothing special you need to pay attention to normally. As for where you 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 are yours."
"We even have to fight for a place to live?" Han Feng frowned. "Isn't that too cruel?"
"There is 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, there will be no special training within Beihai Academy. You can move freely, or you can go on missions and accept tasks. This way, you can earn spirit stones to support your cultivation."
"Thank you for informing us, instructor!" Lu Fan cupped his fists. He finally understood that at Beihai Academy, there was no need for benevolence or morality. One only needed to speak with their fists. As long as your fists were strong enough, you could do whatever you wanted.
After Instructor Wan Hai left, Lu Fan and the others went to find their lodgings. There were tens of thousands of rooms in Beihai Academy, and the spiritual energy in each room was different. The better the room, the more concentrated the spiritual energy.
However, every student wanted to go to the better rooms, which would inevitably lead to disputes within Beihai Academy.
Seeing that the rooms were all occupied by students, Lu Fan and the others felt a bit dejected. Only when they reached the rooms in the corner did they see a few empty ones, but they were covered in dust, let alone any spiritual energy.
"We can only 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 said with a smile. "Although we are freshmen, our talents are not weak. Even if we snatch other students' rooms, it wouldn't be a problem."
"Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you!" Lu Fan shook his head. "It's better not to do this. Beihai Academy has abundant resources, so why must we snatch others' 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 are really in cahoots. But since you've 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 he started to get to work.