"My name is Hu Bao Zhu. Everyone in the school calls me Big Hu. There is no need to be shy, so please go ahead and greet me." With that, Big Hu placed one hand around his ear as he awaited the new student's reply.
"…"
"Come on don't be shy!"
"…"
"We won't leave until I hear it from everyone!"
"Good Evening Big Hu…"
"Good good. There's no need to be so polite, my juniors. Come let us head back to our school grounds!"
The exchange of words between the senior with his juniors were so forced that Wang Li Tian, who was watching from behind, could not help but laugh out loud. Hu Bao Zhu looked at Li Tian, his face looking all stern and serious.
"Hey you! Why did you laugh out loud! Do you not see your senior in front of you? What is your name!?"
"Wang Li Tian." Li Tian answered back nonchalantly after calming down.
"Wang Li Tian, you better watch out! I.."
Just as Hu Bao Zhu was about to scold his junior, the name from his junior felt very familiar. Wang Li Tian, Wang Li Tian, where have I heard this name before. Wasn't he the new direct disciple of Master Long? Oh shit! I made a mistake!
"I am honoured to be in your presence! Young master Wang, you look as domineering as your results in the Selection Test!"
"…"
Everyone was speechless from the way their Senior had acted. Could he be anymore shameless? First he tried to assert his dominance on everyone, but when it came to Wang Li Tian, he cowered and started kiss his ass?!
"Shall we proceed to the school now?" Li Tian didn't really mind the words of Big Hu. He didn't actually care about it in the first place.
"Of course, young master! Follow me this way please!" Big Hu walked up to Li Tian and guided him down the steps. His smile was so big and courteous that if the juniors had not seen the true spots on the leopard, they would've thought that their senior was truly caring.
The way towards the school was all but easy. The disciples were finally understanding why Big Hu was panting so vigorously. As Southern Wind Academy was built on top of a mountainous range, each school was given it's own mountain for usage. In the case of the School of Artificing, it was unluckily built on a mountain behind the School of Sword Arts. As such, in order to reach their school, they would first have to ascend and descend the School of Sword Arts, before ascending up their own school's mountain. For such a fat person like their senior, it was no wonder it made him so exhausted.
On the way through the School of Sword Arts, the newly admitted disciples witness the beautiful flowering trees in their mountain. There was a sweet and pleasant aroma from the flowers that made the whole mountain very soothing. To top it off, there were many pretty female cultivators practising under the trees. Some of the female cultivators were receiving teachings from other male cultivators. Their close interactions made the newly admitted boys in the school of artificing very jealous. They cursed inwardly why they did not train hard enough to admit into the School of Sword Arts. In their hearts, they also prayed that the sights in their own school was comparable to what was in front of them.
However, their wishes was immediately crushed when they saw the mountain behind the School of Sword Arts.
"Take a good look my juniors! What is in front of you will be where you spend the rest of your cultivation years!"
Compared to the flowery mountains of the School of Sword Arts, the mountain in front of the newly admitted disciples was rather dull and bleak. There were no colours except for grey and green. The green trees were mainly located in the lower quartiles of the mountain where there weren't any living quarters. As you go higher up the mountain, the trees were all leafless, as if they had been plucked down by the disciples in the School of Artificing. Only when the mountain reaches near the peak would they finally be the sight of green leafed trees. As such, the people in the academy would nickname the place where the outer Artificing disciples lived, The Death Zone.
"What do you guys think?"
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"Are you all shocked in disbelief at how magnificent our mountain is?"
"…"
"You must be, you must be! I am sure everyone here will fit right in to our community!"
The outer disciples were too distraught that they did not hear anything Big Hu said. Those that were hoping that their School would look as good as the School of Sword Arts, had their hearts absolutely shattered. For those that hoped that their School was just slightly worse, only lost a little colour from their faces. Li Tian, on the other hand, stood by the view point and nodded.
"So young master, are you satisfied with our School of Artificing?" Big Hu asked Li Tian respectfully.
"Yes, I am very satisfied." Li Tian nodded and smiled in approval. His reaction had indeed shocked everyone present. It was from then on that the newly admitted students knew that Li Tian must have a brain problem. After all, who in the right mind would prefer this over what was over here.
Although, the reason why Li Tian liked the School of Artificing was simple. He was just a walk away from finding Jiang Rou Xuan anytime! How convenient it was for him!