Ji Qianming stepped across the whirlpool and felt the world spin for a while. He vaguely seemed to hear someone calling him, and then he suddenly landed on the hard ground.
"Ouch, it hurts." Ji Qianming touched his butt, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he was stunned the moment he opened his eyes.
It was the first time he saw the sky so close. When he looked up, the blue sky was like a huge cover covering the top of his head. There was not even a cloud in the sky, only pure blue.
He stood up slowly and saw a blue-gray stone slab under him and a simple black door behind him. This door was hollow, with only the door frame, and it looked very much like the outline of the Thunder Door that had just been opened with the spiritual key. But it's several times bigger.
"Is this where you came from?" Ji Qianming looked suspiciously into the center of the stone door but found nothing.
He walked to the edge of the stone slab, looked down, and took a deep breath.
What's here is not close to the sky, but right in the sky!
I saw white clouds floating leisurely below. Below was a bustling human city, and densely packed buildings could be vaguely seen, like grains of sand and gravel.
"Gouchen Academy is suspended in the air?!" Ji Qianming couldn't help but exclaim.
"That's right." A familiar male voice came from behind Ji Qianming, scaring Ji Qianming almost to the point of falling.
Looking back, he saw a young man wearing a Western vest, a black tie, and a pair of black glasses standing there smiling at him.
"You are...Senior Qingya!" Ji Qianming remembered who this young man was. It was the young man who came to save him when Chengyuan Heavy Industry was in danger.
"Junior Ji Qianming." Qingya turned sideways, made an invitation gesture, and spoke with a smile.
"Welcome to Gouchen Academy."
Ji Qianming followed Qing Ya along the long suspended stone road, occasionally looking down and shuddering.
"Senior Qingya, are the buildings in Gouchen College so exciting? What if someone is afraid of heights?"
Qing Ya smiled and explained: "Only this one is hollow. The other buildings are on a huge hanging mountain. You can't see such an exciting scene. The place you just came out of is the gate that connects Gouchen and the human world. It's called the 'Arch de Triomphe' ."
"Connect Gou Chen to the human world? Isn't Gou Chen in the human world?" Ji Qianming asked doubtfully.
"Yes, the place where Gouchen College is located is a small world suspended above Shanghai. It does not exist in the space of the earth. Therefore, from the outside, it is nothing."
"Go to...Shanghai? Are you saying that the prosperous city below is the Magic City? This is a small world outside the earth?" Within three minutes of arriving in Gouchen, Ji Qianming's worldview successfully collapsed.
"That's right." Qing Ya nodded, "The reason why this place is called the Arc de Triomphe is that generally, anyone who goes out of this door to go on a mission will be in danger of life, so the word "Triumph" is used to express expectations. However, on September 1 of every two years, On that day, it will be used to introduce new students, so the principal sent me to pick them up."
"Then senior, don't you have to stay there? What if someone comes again later?"
"Haha, there are others waiting there to pick up the new students. After all, this is a mission with huge rewards. Besides, you overestimated the number of new students." Qing Ya smiled bitterly and shook his head.
The two of them moved forward slowly along the hollow stone slabs. Ji Qianming could already see the huge suspended mountain peak in front of them. On the mountain peak stood various buildings, including towering glass buildings, Japanese-style dojos, and a circular proving ground...
After about three minutes, the two finally set foot on the suspended mountain peak. The first thing they saw was a wide square. In the center of the square stood a huge unicorn statue. It was majestic and white, with a pair of piercing eyes. The god's eyes stare into the distance, like a patron saint.
"This is Gouchen," Qingya explained, pointing to the statue in the center of the square. "Gouchen, together with Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku, Xuanwu, and Vine Snake, became the six divine beasts. It is rumored that Gouchen is bloodthirsty, but in fact, he is kind-hearted and kills Everyone is guilty. It is recorded in the ancient book "Yi Mao": Gou Chen's Xiang, whose real name is Qilin, is in the central authority on the 5th day, and Gai Ren Beast is governed by Tu De."
"Gou Chen guards the Middle Earth and kills for the things he protects. This is the original intention of our Gou Chen Academy."
"This is Gou Chen..." Ji Qianming carefully looked at the domineering beast in front of him, and his mind moved slightly, "Killing for defense is indeed a benevolent beast."
The two of them walked around the statue and continued to walk in. Ji Qianming saw a few dark-skinned foreigners with sharp eyes, and couldn't help but ask in confusion: "There are still international students in Gouchen College?"
"Those are not international students." Qing Ya smiled, "They are Gouchen's students. There are only two schools on the entire earth with the purpose of fighting against the God Realm. The enrollment scope of this Gouchen College covers the entire hemisphere. It can be said that A joint school does not belong to China, but half of the people here are Chinese."
Gouchen College students come from all over the hemisphere. Ji Qianming was stunned. He didn't expect that he would go to an international school.
"But why can't I see a few people along the way?"
"There are many reasons for this. The first is what I just mentioned. There are very few freshmen who want to go to school."
Ji Qianming made a rough calculation and said: "For the entire Asian region, we recruit every two years. There will be no less than 3,000 people, right?"
"Three thousand?" Qing Ya almost choked and glanced at him, "How many do you think there were in the last class of freshmen? Forget it, you couldn't guess. There were only 17 freshmen in the last class."
"17?!" Ji Qianming's eyes widened and he spoke in disbelief. How could it only be that little?
"First of all, Gouchen Academy only recruits young people with leaf patterns." Qingya stretched out a finger, "You have to know that there are only 361 recorded abilities worldwide, and most of them are still sinking. Mian, among the remaining leaf pattern ability users, throw away the older ones, throw away those who have joined evil organizations like Shangxie, and throw away those who are afraid of death and are unwilling to be enemies of the God Realm, how many are left?"
Ji Qianming was speechless. Calculating Gouchen to have so many new students every two years was pretty good.
Qingya held out a second finger: "Secondly, the mortality rate of Gouchen students is extremely high. However, someone will talk to you about these things during the freshman opening ceremony, so I won't go into details."
"The last reason is that Gouchen's students are not flowers in the greenhouse. There are mandatory requirements every year that they must complete a certain number of tasks, otherwise, they will not be able to earn enough credits. Now half of the students should be running tasks outside, so naturally there is no A few people stayed at school."