Sure enough, early the next morning, Shi Xiang brought Qin Hao to the conference room.
Sitting in the seat of honor was none other than Dai Jun.
Next to him were the heads of the six academies.
"Little brother Hao, long time no see!"
Bai Bing greeted Qin Hao as soon as she arrived.
"Hello, Sister Bai Bing. Senior Dai, Senior Li, Senior Luo, Senior Han, Senior Lei, Senior Song, long time no see!"
Qin Hao greeted them very politely.
Dai Jun smiled, his face kind. "Mm, good. Qin Hao, you should know why we've come to see you today, right?"
"I do. It's simply a question of which martial artist academy I should attend!"
"That's right. So, Qin Hao, have you made up your mind? Our Candle Dragon Academy is still the best."
"Qin Hao, don't listen to his nonsense. Our Hongmeng Academy is excellent too."
"Little brother Hao, if you ask me, you should come to my academy. I'll teach you personally, and that's much better than what they're offering."
"Qin Hao, I know one of the abilities you awakened is a darkness-type ability. I think our academy is the best fit for you, and I'll teach you personally."
"Hey, Qin Hao, I think you should come to our Purple Thunder Academy. When it comes to lightning-type abilities, our Purple Thunder Academy can be summed up in one word: 'professional'!"
"Brother Lei, that's two words, and you call yourself professional? Little brother Hao is better suited to our Nine Palaces Academy."
Dai Jun finally spoke up as well. "Qin Hao, I think our Training Camp is the best fit for you. Our Training Camp has a dedicated Otherworld where trainees can train, and they can obtain plenty of treasures from it too."
Listening to the seven big shots, Qin Hao felt deeply torn.
After all, everyone here was a big shot, and he couldn't afford to offend any of them.
No matter which academy he chose, he would end up offending the other six.
Just then, Qin Hao's eyes shifted, and he said, "Seniors, could I attend every academy?"
"What? You want to attend every academy? In your dreams!"
Luo Tian was blunt, so he said it outright.
But as soon as the words left his mouth, he regretted them a little.
What if Qin Hao decided against Hongmeng Academy because his words had been unpleasant?
At the thought, Luo Tian hurriedly explained, "Qin Hao, you have to understand: if you go to one academy, a super genius like you is sure to receive a great deal of resources. But if you enroll in all six academies and the Training Camp at once, that would mean getting seven huge shares of resources at the same time. That's not very likely!"
At that moment, Han Fei said, "Candle Dragon Academy mainly takes students with beastification abilities, while Hongmeng is more well-rounded, though it doesn't particularly excel in any one area."
"My Frost Academy specializes in researching ice-type abilities, and Purple Thunder Academy has considerable insight into lightning-type abilities."
"Wind God Academy has a thorough understanding of wind-type abilities, while Nine Palaces Academy is particularly strong in abilities of the five elemental attributes."
"The Training Camp, meanwhile, focuses on training combat awareness and fighting methods. I think Qin Hao's suggestion is excellent. He has abilities of multiple types, and they're all legendary talents, so we can certainly consider letting him cultivate at all six academies and the Training Camp at the same time."
Everyone thought Han Fei's analysis made a great deal of sense.
After all, Qin Hao possessed seven abilities: spatial, time, lightning, ice, darkness, earth, and fire. He really could enjoy the resources of all six academies and the Training Camp at once.
"That's right. I think it'll work too. It'll save you all from fighting until your heads are broken and bloody and spoiling the harmony."
"All right, then it's settled. Qin Hao will attend classes at all six academies and train at the Training Camp as well."
Dai Jun said, "As for his enrollment, I think we can place it with our Training Camp. After all, everyone who graduates from the Training Camp belongs to a state department."
And so, Qin Hao's enrollment was finally settled.
Originally, the admission requirement was to reach martial artist third tier before classes began.
But Qin Hao had already reached martial artist fourth tier, so naturally that requirement no longer applied to him.
Not only that, because Qin Hao's enrollment was placed under the military, he counted as a soldier too.
That meant Qin Hao could join the Training Camp trainees on missions ahead of time and enter some low-level Otherworlds to explore.
With the big shot Dai Jun looking after him, Qin Hao was assigned an Otherworld exploration mission.
It was scheduled for the day after tomorrow.
After returning home, Qin Hao began diligently cultivating the Time-Speed Art.
Two days later, he finally cultivated the Time-Speed Art to perfection.
Now, Qin Hao's time acceleration and deceleration skills lasted ten seconds.
That was already a terrifying figure. After all, few control skills had effects that lasted more than five seconds.
Perhaps it was because these were abilities with the attributes of a Supreme Law that their duration was so ridiculously long.
Just as he finished testing them at home, Qin Hao's doorbell rang.
He looked through the peephole and saw that the visitor was a military officer.
"Hello, Qin Hao. I'm Mang Wu. The general sent me to take you to the Otherworld exploration mission."
"Hello, Brother Wu. Are we leaving now?"
"Yes, we need to hurry."
Qin Hao quickly gathered a few things, then left with Mang Wu.
They drove a military vehicle to a mountain that was quite close to Jiangnan City.
After about three hours, Qin Hao and Mang Wu arrived at their destination.
Qin Hao had learned about the Otherworld in his textbooks long ago.
They were spatial nodes that had appeared naturally since the spiritual energy revival.
Each of these spatial nodes corresponded to a world, known as an Otherworld.
Otherworlds contained many cultivation resources that martial artists needed. Although spiritual energy had revived on Blue Star, it had only been two hundred years, so its spiritual energy was still inferior to that of Otherworlds, and heavenly and earthly treasures had yet to form.
After following Mang Wu to the destination, Qin Hao met five others, all senior students from the previous class.
Mang Wu seemed to be the captain of the whole squad. He introduced Qin Hao to the other five members. "Let me introduce him to everyone. This is Qin Hao, this year's top scorer on the college entrance exam. He'll be joining us on this mission, so everyone, look after him, understood?"
"Understood!"
The five shouted in unison.
Clearly, the five were not very willing.
After all, how strong could a newcomer be? Martial artist rank 2 at most.
Qin Hao smiled and greeted everyone. "Hello, everyone. It's a pleasure to meet you. I hope you'll look after me!"
"Hello!"
"Mm!"
"Hello!"
"Hi!"
"Nice to meet you!"
The five greeted Qin Hao with reluctance written all over their faces, but none of them gave their names.
Qin Hao didn't mind. Normally speaking, if Dai Jun hadn't given him special treatment, he wouldn't have had this chance to explore an Otherworld ahead of time.
Compared with these people, he really was too weak, only martial artist fourth tier.
Any one of them was a Martial Master, and Mang Wu was even a Martial Master tenth rank.
Once everyone had gathered, the group set off toward the mountain forest.
When they reached the edge of a canyon, the group saw a crack emitting white light from a long way off, standing there in the void.