After Li Chu returned to the Academy, he did not speak for the entire night.
The next morning, the mountain elder of the Academy, the great scholar, came to find him in person.
"Someone wants to see you."
The mountain elder looked at Li Chu and smiled.
Li Chu was a little curious. In this Academy, who else had the right to make the mountain elder run errands?
The mountain elder led him up the ancient scholartree mountain.
Near the peak of the mountain, there was a scholartree garden.
It was the place where the first mountain elder had met the Huai ancestor. Legend had it that it was also where the Huai ancestor's main body was.
However, this was a forbidden area in the Academy, and there was a restriction placed by the Huai ancestor. Not only did it block intruders, but even people's line of sight could only see an ethereal mist.
Other than the previous mountain elders, no one else was allowed to enter.
