Augustus, Hera New Era, September 1, 2000.
Before dawn, the gates of the Etheric Academy were already crowded with traffic, so densely packed that there was hardly any space to be found.
Today marks the opening of the school once every four years.
"Don't be in a hurry. Please queue up voluntarily."
"Damn it, who's cutting in line?"
"If you cut in line again, I'll do it."
"..."
A group of receptionists looked helplessly at the swarms of new students, with beads of sweat on their foreheads
Just then a woman suddenly stood up and shouted to the crowd:
"All of you, be quiet. This is the Ether Academy. All of you who want to enroll, be obedient, or you'll be disqualified."
All of a sudden, the crowd that had been making a fuss fell silent.
...
"Phew, it's finally done."
"Yeah, the four hundred spots are all filled."
"Phew! This batch of freshmen is really terrifying. If it weren't for Sister Chen here, I believe we would be in for a headache again." "!"
"Oh, Sir, please don't cut in line.
"..."
The Ether Academy, known as the best academy in the world, is located in Jiangzhou, the eternal martial capital of the Augustus continent. The people here have indeed developed a peculiar habit - an extreme admiration for martial arts immortals. For thousands of years, the culture of martial arts has grown stronger and stronger. This university of martial arts, which has been passed down for tens of thousands of years, is renowned and has produced generation after generation of extraordinary figures. Standing at the peak of the Augustus continent, it has become the lifelong goal of generations of people.
It was once again the day when the freshmen of the Ether Academy were admitted once every four years.
Outside the crowd was a wide open space paved with concrete, filled with all kinds of smart cars, shining brightly in the sunlight, and from time to time people in the crowd looked here in amazement,
It was not until noon that the crowd gradually dispersed, and the gate was slightly quiet, with only a dozen or so receptionists in black work suits sitting at their desks, constantly wiping the sweat off their faces. Although they had to receive the new students at the school gate for seventy or eighty hours each year, after all, there were not many new students, and the Ether College only admitted students once every four years, only four hundred each time.
No more, no less, just four hundred
In Augustus, a continent with a population of over a hundred billion, only four hundred students are admitted every four years. One can imagine how demanding the college is for its freshmen!
"Hey, Sister Chen, all the freshmen have registered. Can we go back to rest now? I'm really exhausted today." One of the receptionists stretched and said.
The very intimidating words just now, "All of you, be quiet. This is the Ether Academy. All of you who want to enroll, be obedient, or you'll be disqualified." It came from this sister Chen.
She frowned slightly. "No, one hasn't come yet."
"One more?" The receptionist exclaimed, "Yes, but I have already recorded four hundred people here?"
Each year, only four hundred new students are admitted, a rule that has remained unchanged for thousands of years at the Ether Academy...
"That's what it means above." "Sister Chen said indifferently,
Above, of course, are the senior figures of the Ethereum Academy,
Sister Chen, who is very beautiful, looked up at the sky and, upon a shot of the sun, couldn't help but give an ah, "You go back and rest first. I'll wait here."
Although the receptionists were somewhat puzzled, they still each went back.
Chen, however, kept looking at the way in the distance until,
A sky-blue luxury car came slowly.
The car moved very slowly and finally stopped right in front of the door. Sister Chen looked startled and went up to meet it.
"Bang!"
"Uncle Xiang, is this the legendary Etheric Academy?" A middle-aged man, a handsome young man, slowly got out of the carriage. At first glance at the grand gate, a look of disappointment appeared on the young man's somewhat lackluster face. "Come on, I don't think this gate is that good either."
The new student should have been very happy to enter the school, the Academy of Ether was the goal of generations of people on the Augustus continent, but this young man, as soon as he blurted out, said, "Quh, I don't think this door is so bad."
If you ask around the world, there are not many people who dare to stand at the entrance of the Academy of Ether and say this in public.
Uncle Xiang touched the young man's forehead and said, "Hehe, all the students here are the best of the best in the entire Augustus continent, one in a billion. Your father has put a lot of effort into getting you here."
One in a hundred is a talent, one in a thousand is a genius, one in ten thousand is a weirdo, and one in a billion, this, this is beyond words to describe the horror of these people.
The young man coughed, "Well, one day I will become as strong as Uncle Ye Fei."
Uncle Xiang just smiled and said no more.
Sister Chen bowed slightly in front of them and said, "Young Master Cheng, Lord Xiang, welcome."
Uncle Xiang nodded slightly, gesturing for her to lead the way, and then went in first, but this young Master Cheng stared fixedly at Sister Chen,
She was wearing a professional suit skirt, a white shirt and a black, smooth skirt. Standing beside her, one could clearly see her tall figure, her curvaceous figure, and the fullness of her chest trembled slightly up and down with each step. Through the translucent white shirt, one could see her pale blue, bulging bra, shining brightly.
As she walked, she patiently introduced the situation here, and only smiled back at the gaze of "Young Master Cheng".
Cheng Fei is just 13 years old this year, but he is 1.65 meters tall. He looks about the same as a 17 or 18-year-old. His body is very well-proportioned. He neither gives people the impression of a muscular man nor is he as thin as bones. Instead, it is just right. In the popular words of the time, it was called "beautiful lines".
But deep in his eyes, there was always something inexplicable, and in the end, it was inseparable from his family background. People on the Augustus continent, apart from their love for martial arts, have another love, that is: eating!
The food and beverage industry has always been thriving!
The Royal Hotel, one of the most famous hotels on the continent of Augustus, frequents only high-ranking martial cultivators and some noble families, a place that is not accessible to ordinary people.
The hotel is large and has nine floors. The lower six floors are open for business, but few people know the inside story of the upper floors.
A dim secret room on the ninth floor of the Royal Hotel,
"Cheng Yun, next, how are you going to arrange for the young master?" Uncle Xiang filled a glass of wine and handed it to a middle-aged man.
The old man stood by the window, through the glass wall, quietly looking into the distance, looking at the city beneath his feet, this ancient capital, and suddenly sighed: "Have all the matters of my son's enrollment been settled?"
Uncle Xiang nodded, and then his face ached as if he had remembered something, and he was about to speak but did not utter a word.
Cheng Yun waved his hand and sat exhausted in a big backrest chair. "You say, is my son..." Before he could finish his words, he closed his eyes, full of despair.
"Cheng Yun, the young master was born without a heart. Although we have saved the young master's life with the life contract these years, it can be saved for a moment, not for a lifetime. Why are you so stubborn? Besides, with your current strength, you can no longer prolong the young master's life. If you keep going like this, you will also be burdened. "Ask Miss Coral to terminate the life contract as soon as possible," Uncle Xiang advised.
"Do you want me to watch my own flesh and blood die right under my nose?"
"The young master died at birth, and you used your true power to extend his life for thirteen years. If the young master knew this in the afterlife, he would be grateful to you. Now, let it go. The path to immortality is just around the corner. If you remain so stubborn, neither father nor son will have a good ending, and all your efforts over the past dozen years will be in vain."
Cheng Yun's face trembled and he took a deep breath: "Uncle Xiang, you tell me, what on earth have we been striving and working hard for all these years?"
"Break through the heavenly way and step onto the path of immortality." Uncle Xiang replied with a crisp and forceful tone, leaving no room for negotiation.
"Ha, ha ha, stepping onto the path of immortality? I can't even protect my own son, so why should I step into the path of immortality!" Cheng Yun slapped his desk with one hand,
"Spray --"
With a blast, the entire table instantly turned into powder and shot out in all directions, each fragment with great force, making the ground full of holes, but when some of the fragments hit Uncle Xiang, they all turned into smaller powder and finally fell to the ground, forming a standard circle right outside Uncle Xiang.
Uncle Xiang watched quietly, but there was a hint of moisture in the corner of his eye. From childhood to adulthood, he had watched Cheng Fei grow up little by little, and he vaguely remembered that when Cheng Fei learned to speak, the first words he said were: Uncle Xiang!
When he was five years old, little Chengfei came back from school and was the first to run up to him, saying softly: Uncle Xiang, I'll tell you a secret that you mustn't tell anyone else, hehe, I'm in love...
When I took Xiaochengfei out for a trip, I remember he pointed to a galloping horse and said, "Wow, Uncle Xiang, what is that thing? Why so many feet..."
...
He was a child who was abandoned, a child who was abandoned by his father.
Thinking of these things, Uncle Xiang's eyes welled up and he said, "Cheng Yun, forget it. It's been more than ten years. Why be so excited? With such excellent children as Jin Yun and Yu Han, the Geer Tai Guild has a suitable successor. Our hearts should also be at ease. This vast territory has an heir. As for Little Fei, he will be safe in the Tai Academy, but the young master's fate is not good."
Cheng Yun remained silent for a long time and said solemnly, "Uncle Xiang, let's wait and see."
A sigh came from the room!