Eastsea Academy

Eastsea Academy!

Lin Xingyu looked at the sign before him. In the end, he had still chosen to come to Eastsea Academy and take this path.

Lin Xingyu had carefully asked around and compared the various academies in Eastsea before finally settling on Eastsea Academy. Wu Changkong had already been teaching here for several years. It seemed the story of Legend of the Dragon King was about to begin as well.

Coming to Eastsea Academy now would let him obtain quite a few resources. The rest was fine, but the Spirit Ascension Platform slots were troublesome for Lin Xingyu. Lin Cheng already had a new family, and he really did not want to ask Lin Cheng for help.

And though he could raise the age of his Soul Spirit himself, the speed was truly too slow, and the efficiency too low. It was far faster to come to Eastsea Academy and take advantage of a wave of resources.

Lin Xingyu had now reached rank twenty-seven, and his Soul Power was not rising slowly. Absorbing his Soul Spirit had raised him by two ranks, and he averaged five ranks a year. Considering that his daily energy was split among many matters, this progress was truly rare.

Lin Xingyu had already completed his third Blood Replacement in Martial Arts and was undergoing the fourth. Blood Replacement deepened his connection with his martial soul, accelerated the Martial Soul Second Awakening, and its effects on his physical body were becoming increasingly obvious. Even his eyes had turned golden-red.

At the academy entrance, a gatehouse built from massive stones towered in imposing grandeur.

It was just that they studied for a little longer. Eastsea Academy was the only large academy in Eastsea City, with both intermediate and advanced divisions. The intermediate academy was part of compulsory education, with all tuition waived and no threshold for enrollment, similar to middle school in his previous life; the advanced academy required a series of exams for selection and admission, similar to high school in his previous life, only with a longer schooling period.

Walking into the academy, green trees offered dense shade, as though everything were enveloped in emerald. A broad road stretched to the left and right before him, while straight ahead, an ancient-looking bluestone path came into view.

Lin Xingyu went to the academic affairs office with the recommendation letter from his previous elementary academy, and he smoothly completed the enrollment procedures. While he was there, he collected two sets of uniforms and a dormitory key from the office.

As a matter of course, he was assigned to Class 1 Grade 1, the best class.

Lin Xingyu circled around the teaching building and arrived at the dormitory building behind it. The dormitory building was the same height as the teaching building, twelve floors in total, and his room was 213 on the second floor.

During these few days of registration and enrollment, the corridors were noisy and crowded with people coming and going. Lin Xingyu followed the crowd to Dormitory 213 and found that three people were already inside. He was the last to arrive.

Pushing open the door, a standard four-person dormitory came into view. Two bunk beds were placed inside the room. Beside the beds were two long rectangular tables and four matching chairs, while two cabinets stood by the wall. The space was not large, but it looked especially orderly.

When Lin Xingyu stepped into the dormitory, he saw the three of them busy with brooms and rags, the final touches nearly complete. The floor was spotless, the tabletops had been wiped until they shone, and the two lower bunks had already been taken, their luggage arranged neatly.

"Hello, looks like I'm the last one." Lin Xingyu smiled and greeted them.

"You're here, classmate. We've already cleaned the beds and discussed it. Each person takes one day to clean," one of the busy people answered.

No fight. This was a good start.

"One person a day? Sure, I have no problem with that."

"My name is Lin Xingyu. What about you?" As Lin Xingyu spoke, he walked toward the last empty bed. Seeing that the bed had already been cleaned thoroughly, he felt at ease and placed the items he had received from the academic affairs office, along with the luggage in his Storage Soul Device, on the bed one by one.

Wu Lang was carrying a garbage bag and preparing to head out. Hearing him, he gave a hearty laugh, lifted his chin, and said, "I'm Wu Lang. The one on the left bed is Fu Hongtao, and the one on the right is Zhang Yong. Welcome. From now on, we're roommates!"

Wu Lang radiated a cheerful energy from head to toe. He was tall and sturdy. Although the new students were all only nine years old, he actually looked fifteen or sixteen, with even a stubble of beard on his chin. Lin Xingyu secretly clicked his tongue. Even if Soul Power promoted development, this effect was too exaggerated. Was there really any need to be in such a hurry to grow up?

Compared to Wu Lang's eye-catching presence, Fu Hongtao and Zhang Yong seemed completely ordinary. Both were of average height, and there was nothing particularly distinctive about their faces. Standing in a crowd, they would be hard to notice at a glance.

Lin Xingyu swiftly tidied up his bed, raised his wrist to check the time, and found that it was already mealtime. He turned to look at his roommates and warmly invited them, "I'm planning to go eat. Perfect time to see how the cafeteria food is. Want to go together?"

The three of them all nodded in agreement. It was indeed time for lunch.

"Then let's go together!" Wu Lang said with a smile, his face brimming with warmth. The four of them left the dormitory together and walked side by side toward the cafeteria.

The four of them had just walked out of the dormitory building when they suddenly heard a scream. A young boy flew straight out, falling from the second floor to the first. A moment later, another fight broke out on the second floor. "Why are you city people so bad?" Another collision rang out from the second floor, and just hearing it sounded painful.

Wu Lang was slightly startled and could not help sighing, "Is Eastsea Academy this lax? It's the first day of school, and the teachers don't care about fights at all?" His tone was filled with surprise, his brows furrowing slightly, confusion and incomprehension in his eyes.

"Let's go. Don't mind them."

They soon arrived at the intermediate division's cafeteria. It was a small three-story building beside the Main Teaching Building, rather sizable in scale. The aroma of food drifting from the first floor was the first to enter everyone's noses. This was where First Grade and Second Grade students ate; bright light shone through the windows on the second floor, which was the cafeteria for third and fourth years; as for the third floor, it was the exclusive dining area for fifth and sixth years.

There were only tables in Eastsea Academy's cafeteria, supposedly to strengthen the sense of urgency.

Lin Xingyu frowned slightly. "This rule couldn't have been learned from Shrek Academy, could it? Besides, they've already abandoned this set of rules now."

There were three windows in the cafeteria, supplying meals by grade. Grade C Meals were free and were ordinary food; Grade B Meals were half price, with slightly better ingredients; Grade A Meals were full price and used the best ingredients, most of them Soul Beast Meat. One Grade A Meal cost one thousand Federal Coins, which was truly not cheap.

Lin Xingyu walked toward the Grade A Meal window. Wu Lang directly followed Lin Xingyu toward the Grade A Meal window, while Fu Hongtao and Zhang Yong exchanged a glance and also followed them toward the Grade A Meal window.

Eastsea Academy's Grade A Meals used extremely particular ingredients. There was quite a bit of artificially raised Hundred-Year Soul Beast meat, as well as Sea Soul Beasts freshly caught from the sea. Thanks to Eastsea City's seaside location, the marine resources here were abundant. The chefs were highly skilled, their handling techniques meticulous, so the food they made naturally tasted excellent.

The four of them stood in the cafeteria, eating while complaining about Eastsea Academy's strange rule of eating while standing. They also began sharing their own experiences and things they had seen and heard, and after going back and forth, they quickly gained a preliminary understanding of one another.

Wu Lang and Lin Xingyu were locals of Eastsea City, while Fu Hongtao and Zhang Yong came from nearby towns. No wonder, when ordering, Wu Lang and Lin Xingyu had chosen Grade A Meals without hesitation, while Fu Hongtao and Zhang Yong had hesitated for a moment before following suit.

The atmosphere between them grew livelier and livelier.

Lin Xingyu finished a Grade A Meal like a whirlwind sweeping away clouds, then went to get two more portions. His appetite now was astonishing. Eating an entire cow in one meal was no problem for him, and he could also go many days without eating or drinking without his condition declining in the slightest.

Lin Xingyu usually maintained a normal appetite and did not count on taking in too much energy from food. Even so, the amount he ate in one meal was equal to three or four people's.

Lin Xingyu had just returned to the table with two Grade A Meals when the usually taciturn Zhang Yong suddenly looked intoxicated and slowly spoke.

Zhang Yong's eyes shone, and his face carried an excitement he could not hide as his voice unconsciously rose. "I heard our Eastsea Academy has tons of beauties! Ouyang Zixin, the number one school beauty of the intermediate division—I happened to catch a glimpse of her before. My god, she really was so pretty!"

Lin Xingyu silently complained in his heart, Good grief. This guy looks honest, but I didn't expect him to be such a closet flirt. You really can't tell when he keeps quiet. The topic instantly went off track, but the relationship between the four of them grew closer instead. They laughed and chatted, the atmosphere lively.

Seeing that they were about done eating, Lin Xingyu picked up a glass of fruit juice and said with a smile, "May we all have bright futures!" The three of them echoed him.

After the meal, the four of them really could not think of anywhere else in Eastsea Academy worth visiting, so they decided to return to the dormitory together.