First Day in school
Xiao Li woke up early in the morning. He walked to the hall yesterday. He saw a guy sweeping the field and no one was around in the field.
He needs to join the academy department but he does not know where to join. He asked the guy sweeping the field.
"Senior, may I know where the registration for students is?"
"What are you still doing here?" The guy asked.
"Last night, I went back to the forest to sleep."
"Did you see anyone come back to the forest?"
"No, I haven't."
"Everyone went to the mountaintop and took a place to live there." "In the academy, every student will be provided with a place near Xuan Lake. They went to get the best place for cultivation."
"hasn't anyone told you about it?" "The registration will close at noon." "Quickly go there you don't have time. The academy is far from here. You need half a day to reach there."
"Is this place not the academy?"
"This place is within the academy area but this place is only a guest meeting place not a teaching area."
"Go up there. you will find big buildings and many small buildings. You have to register at the center."
"Half a day is not a long journey for him. He took His mobile cart with him last night."
He walked to the road and touched his belt. The Mobile cart appears. He got on and drove the cart. The guy from the field was looking at his cart "what kind of artifact that is."
He drove along the road. The environment is peaceful and beautiful. He had never seen a beautiful scene like this. He now regrets living in the mansion all of his life.
I invented this artifact for travelling but I have never gone travelling. The world is full of amazing places. I am now happy to come out from home. When I finish the academy, I will go travelling around the world.
After driving about two hours, he reached the entrance of the academy. He gets off from the Mobile cart and walks into the academy.
Students are walking over and there. Some are holding books and some are holding material. Some are making elixirs in their dorms.
He walked toward the center. This place is very big, almost as big as a town. Houses and dorms fill the whole area and some students are selling their elixirs and artifacts.
The closer he is to the center, the more crowded become. At the center, the nine layer tower is shadowing every building in the academy. Students are coming in and out from the tower. At the back of the tower a few buildings were built and between the buildings and lake was empty.
He went inside of the tower. He saw an old man sitting at the counter. He asked "Teacher, I want to register a department"
Old Man said " I am not a teacher. I am just an accountant who registers students in the academy. You can call me old man meng."
"Now say your name and give me the score token."
"Yes, old man Meng. My name is Bai Xiao Li and here is my point card."
"Oh, you got a pretty good score." Which department would like to join?
"I will join the Scripture department and Artifact department."
"You want to join two departments."
"Yes."
If you don't finish two reports, you can't graduate from the Academy. Are you sure?
"Yes, I am sure."
"Alright, I will register you in two departments. I want to remind you. Every student who joins two departments can't graduate and become a wandering cultivator. They don't have enough time to finish their papers and when the time is up they are kicked out from the academy."
"Thanks for your advice, I will be fine."
"Here is the student ID and water pass according to your points." "This water pass can be exchanged with something you want from the academy. " Go and choose a place to live. Here is the map and time table. If you don't want to build one, you can choose a place from student dorms."
He came out from the tower. He doesn't know the ways in the academy. He is walking and looking for the dorms.
He is getting hungry while walking in the academy. He decided to go to the restaurant. The restaurant is neat and spacious. There are not many students here. Maybe it is not lunch time yet.
A waiter come to Xiao Li table
"Customer, what do you want to have?" "We have many food menus."
"Can you give me some pork fries?"
"Ok, you will have it in a moment."
Xiao Li saw two people in the corner walking to him. They sat down at Xiao Li's table.
"Little brother, you seem to be a first year student."
"Yes , is there a problem?"
"It is not a problem but there is something you need to know." "We are talking about this to you because we care about you." "I am Mozhi and this is my brother Mo Yan."
"What is it?"
"In the academy, There are various factions and various groups. They are always fighting each other. Each group has very powerful figures." "They come from the various powerful sects and families."They support the cultivators with many resources and manuals to cultivate." "If little brothers join our sects, we will make sure you will get the best cultivation techniques." "Is my little brother interested or not?"
"I am very interested. What is the name of the sect?"
"If you heard the name of our sect, little brother will definitely join. You will not regret it." "The name of our sect is Hwa San Sect."
"Hwa San Sect, The sect founded by sword god Dong Feng?"
"That right, we are members of Hwa San sect."
"Little brother, Will you join or not?"
"I will definitely join."
"But little brother, If you want to join, you need to pay 100 gold coins."
"What is it for?"
"It is for making the cost of the Hwa San emblem. Hwa San members are many and spread across the Dynasty. To recognize each other, they use special emblems. To make special emblems, you need special materials. We have to buy materials so my little brother needs to pay 100 gold coins."
"100 gold coins"
"It is only 100 gold coins compared to the techniques of sword god Dong Feng; this is small matter."
"But I only have 100 gold coins. If I pay you, I don't have money for this food."
"Never mind, you can add a bill for food to the restaurant owner. You can pay it back later."
"Ok, Here are 100 gold coins."
Xiao Li took out 100 gold coins and gave them to Mo Zhi. Mo Zhi keep it to his pocket and said
"Little brother, wait here. We go and buy materials for the emblem. We will come back soon."
They two guys went out of the restaurant. Xiao Li is sitting and eating fried pork and waiting for them to come back.
A guy from the back table came to Xiao Li's table.
"I am Qin Lu from the Sword cultivation department."
"I am Bai Xiao Li from the scripture department and artifact department."
"Little brother, Join two departments." "I heard it is very hard to graduate."
"It is nothing. I'm just interested in both so I joined."
I heard you talking with Mo brothers. What is it? Oh! Hwa San sect"
"Yes, They invited me to join Hwa San Sect."
Hwa San Sect!
"Yes , They said they are Hwa san Sect members. They want to make the Hwa San Sect emblem for me. So I give 100 gold coins to them."
"What! 100 gold coins?"
"Yes, what is wrong?"
"Little brother, They are not Hwa San Sect members. They are just con artists. In the academy, everyone knows they are scammers." "Now they are too bold. They even scam 100 gold coins."
"They said the materials for the Hwa San emblem cost around this."
"Little brother, the emblem will not cost 100 gold coins. I am a member of the Hwa San sect. Here is the emblem. We only use symbols. You can make it with wood. They are not Hwa San sect members. They lied to you."
"Really? Can I take a look?"
"Mo brother!..."
"Thank you for big brother."
Xiao Li prepares to leave the restaurant.
"Where are you going?" The waiter from earlier pulled Xiao Li's arm.
You need to pay for the food. Can you add to my bill?
"Bill! What bill? There is no credit in our restaurant."
"Little brother, I will pay for it. By the way, You didn't eat that much."
"Thank you brother Qin Lu, I will give back this gratitude in future."
"If you want to search for them, go north. There will be illegal casinos. They will be there.
Xiao Li went to the north. At the end of the north corner, a small house was filled with many people. Middle of the people, the two brothers are betting on a dice.
Xiao Li slowly approached them. When he was reached beside them,
"Do you win?" Xiao Li asked.
He answered without looking back.
"Yes, today is a lucky day. We met a kid with a lot of money. We talked a little and he gave all his money to us."
"Is it?"
Xiao Li held his head and hit the gambling table. His brother Mo Yan came to help Mo Zhi.
Xiao Li jumped and kicked Mo Yan's Chest. He fell to the other table and everyone was picking money from the table.
Xiao Li punched Mo zhi again and twisted Mo zhi's hand. Mo Yan is lying on the table and never gets up again. He passed out.
Xiao Li asked
"Give back my money."
"We lost your money. When the fight breaks out, everyone is picking and running away."
"Do I care?"
"I gave you money to buy material for the emblem. Now I want my money back. If not, I will cut your hand with my money."
"He doesn't care about money.He can ask for money from home."
"Please don't. We will give you a place to stay as a give back for money."
"What place?"
"The old building" "We got the key from the old student who was living there. He said that the place was old and destroyed. No one lives there. We are too. I think that place was haunted. They said a girl was suicide at the alumni dorm and she still haunted."
Xiao Li never believes in haunted stories. As a cultivator, when you die your soul will be reborn in another form. You can be anything, animal or beast or human or anything. If she is there, she is in soul form and can't get reborn.
"Now show me the way to the Alumni dorm."
"Do we have to go there too? "
"Yeah, you said you will give that place to me. I don't know the way and take a look at that place worth 100 gold coins."
Mo Yan thinks "damn it, I give him the key and to get rid of him by that place. If we come along with him we will be dead too. If not he will kill us."
"What are you doing?" "get on quickly"
"Yes … yes …. young master"
Everyone comes here as soon as they can to choose near the lake. The closer the better. But the price for a cottage is too big near the lake. Only those with a big background can afford that price. If not, you can only choose a dorm from the academy.
But the place nearest the lake was already full of powerful people. Xiao Li is one of those people too. Xiao Li didn't want that so he stayed in the mansion because he wanted to avoid those kinds of things.
"If you want the best place, the old alumni dorm is the best place. They reach the academy earlier before every student does."
"Let's go."
Mo Yan said the alumni dorm is a little farther from here. It is at the edge of the southern academy part."
"Don't worry, show me the way."
Xiao Lia took out the mobile cart. The eyes of two guys are shining
"He has a mobile cart. Who he really is? I think we are doomed."
They drove along the academy road toward the south. Every student along the road is looking at them.
The alumni dormitory is really destroyed from a long time of abandonment. Some of the staff from the dorm were taken by some students.
Xiao Li feels the spiritual energy is flowing through here toward the lake. This is the spiritual stream which is flowing into the lake. The dorm was built before the academy was founded.
When the academy was founded from the spirit stream sect, the tower was built near the lake and gave lectures at the tower. The dormitory was a little bit far from the tower. Because of that Students are moving near the tower. But this place is the real spiritual source.
Xiao Li asked Mo Zhi and Mo Yan to clean up all the ruins of the dormitory. Xiao Li and two guys broke apart all the buildings and left only the ground.
Xiao Li starts a fire in the middle of the ground and burns all the wood of the dormitory. Xiao Li took out his tent and assembled. He went to the forest and cut some bamboo and fried it on fire. Some bamboo are breaking apart and making thin long pieces.
Xiao Li took bamboo that had finished fried and leaned on each other. Xiao Li tied them on the upper end and made a tri-stand. He put a lot of bamboo on them and made a complete cone shaped bamboo tent.
The two guys are looking at Xiao Li with unbelievable eyes. Xiao Li asked them to put mud mixed with bamboo leaves. After they finished putting mud on a cone shaped tent. Xiao Li put wood and dried leaves in a cone shaped tent and lit a fire. The fire slowly dried up mud and became a cone shaped bamboo tent to cone shaped mud house.
"I will live here."
The two guys were surprised by Xiao Li's skills and idea of making things. What kind of kid is he?.
He took the key and contract form those two and kicked them out.
He looked at the old destroyed building and said: "You need to tear down."