A few days had passed since Shenyan and Wang Lei visited the Cultivation Manual Pavilion, during these days, whenever Shenyan had free time, he will try to cultivate.
He does not believe that he would not succeed if he kept cultivating. He believes that as long he keeps cultivating, he will succeed sooner or later.
The worse thing about this matter that kept frustrating Shenyan was the fact the System seems to stop working, even after he tries to scream loudly in the house which arouses the attention of Wang Zhong and Wang Lei who thought that something had happened to him.
He had to come up with some excuse that he was alright and that nothing is wrong— even he thought he was going crazy during that time.
At this moment, Wang Zhong and Wang Lei were both standing in front of his door anxiously looking at each other before speaking.
"Do you think he think he will be alright?" Wang Zhong asked with concern.
"I don't know father; he has been holing himself up in his room whenever he gets free time nowadays ever since we went to the Cultivation Manual Pavilion." Wang Lei replied with a frown on his face.
"This doesn't seem to be healthy, what if he stops coming out or go crazy?" Wang Zhong asked still worried.
"Haha, father, you worry too much, there is no way that Shenyan will go crazy because of something like this— although if it was about food, he probably will go crazy if he doesn't eat just one meal" Wang Lei said as a matter of fact.
"Hahaha, you're right, that brat definitely will!" Wang Zhong gave a hearty laugh as he can imagine that scene happening right in his mind.
Both father and son chatted behind Shenyan room. Meanwhile, Shenyan did not hear this conversation despite Wang Zhong loudly, as he continued to accumulate spirit energy in the surrounding into his body.
In fact, it seems that his control over the spirit energy is getting better each time he absorbs the spirit energy and circulate it inside his body— although it ends up dispersing shortly after.
This frustrated Shenyan every time it happened, and he began to wonder why he was persistent in cultivation even though he never had interest before, he wonders if it was his calling or if something else is beckoning him to do so.
Shenyan gave up thinking about such complex matters and focus all his attention on cultivating, since now that he had started, he does not want to give up before he succeeds, even if it takes years.
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A year and a couple months later.
It was finally the time for enrollment in the academy— every youth were happily making their way towards the institution to register and take the examination.
Some were anxious as they were afraid that they would fail the examination, while others were confident in themselves as they head out with solemn expressions.
In any case, it seems like this year, a lot of youth decided to take the exam causing the road to be congested and crowded as there were carriages pulled by tamed spirit beasts everywhere and some flying treasures— wielded by some moderate rich families as it is safer in the sky than on the ground during travels.
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At this moment, Shenyan and Wang Lei were also preparing to leave for the academy. During this past year and a couple months, although Shenyan did not feel like he had broken through, he felt that his body's constitution has improve greatly compared to before— although he had no idea why.
The examination will take place in two months, so they are preparing to leave ahead of time as they would take about a month or so to get to Capital City if they took a carriage pulled by a speed-type spirit beast; although they cost a lot, it is worth it since they would have taken longer if they chose to travel with a normal spirit beast.
Wang Zhong paid for the two of them— Wang Lei and Shenyan as they were both going to the academy to register and partake in the examination.
Initially, Shenyan did not want to trouble Wang Zhong to pay for his travel fee and wanted to leave a few months back, but Wang Zhong insisted that he would pay for them both and Shenyan gave in eventually since it does not seem like Wang Zhong would give up.
Before their departure Shenyan went to his room to check whether he left something behind— although he initially did not have that many things as he only had a few clothes that he wears at home and his work attire so after few glances across the room, he went downstairs where Wang Lei was waiting for him.
"Are you done?" Wang Lei asked.
"Yes." Shenyan replied as they both headed outside. Before they entered the carriage Wang Zhong gave them some advice.
"You brats better be careful on way to the Capital, there are bandits on the way to the capital city who targets carriages owned by rich families— although the carriage you are currently using isn't fancy in terms of appearance you can't be too careful, Wang Lei, if something happens make sure you grab Shenyan and run and never look back, you hear what I am saying? Don't engage in combat with them as you might not be able to win even if you have a higher cultivation— they are shrewder than you think!" Wang Zhong said with solemn look on his face.
Although his speech may seem to be long, and he may appear to be only a restaurant owner in the North City, but he used to travel to the Capital City back in his youth and has been through all kinds of situation, so he was aware of the current situations.
After listening to Wang Zhong's long speech with solemn look on their faces, both Wang Lei and Shenyan replied.
"Yes, father!" Wang Lei replied with a resolute expression.
"Okay, Uncle Wang." Shenyan also nodded with serious look on his face.
After hearing them reply with serious expressions, Wang Zhong nodded his head in appreciation before ushering them to enter the carriage and sending them on their way.
In the carriage, both Shenyan and Wang Lei sat next to each other, and they were pulled away by two big swift wolves who appears to be faster than ordinary wolf spirit beasts.
Shenyan looked outside the carriage which was currently moving slowly out of the town due to traffics, but once they reach the main road, they would be able to move faster than they were currently.
As Shen looked outside, he saw various carriages beside them who also appears to be heading towards the Capital City, probably to partake in the academy's examination.
After a while, Shenyan turn his head away from the road as he was lost in thought, thinking about whether there would be a solution to his inability to accumulate spirit energy in the academy.