The Name of Blue Sunshine

"This was quite a nice place." Zhao Xuan looked at Blue Sunshine Academy's castle and murmured.

Since all academies across the continent broke for vacation at roughly the same time, there were not many people in Blue Sunshine Academy at the moment. The vast academy seemed somewhat desolate.

In the distant sky, the edge of a continuous mountain range could vaguely be seen. A thin layer of white snow covered the mountaintops, yet the sight was exceptionally pleasing.

The mountain wind wailed as frost pines swayed gently. The small lake beside the castle was a deep shade of blue, reflecting the trembling shadows of the frost pines and the drifting white clouds in the blue sky. It all resembled a scene from a fairy tale.

Zhao Xuan took a deep breath, his eyes flashing. "Let's begin!"

His divine sense, which had originally covered a range of ten thousand meters, abruptly intensified. Everything within that radius fell under Zhao Xuan's control. Within this range, he felt like a god; not even the slightest disturbance could escape his senses.

The howling wind, the faint chirping of insects, the rippling water, the pulse of the earth...

Nothing escaped his perception, but as the reach of his divine sense expanded farther and farther, Zhao Xuan's brow furrowed more deeply.

"No abnormalities? Was my guess wrong?"

Zhao Xuan gave the ancient castle before him a deep look, unwilling to accept it.

Though he had not held much hope to begin with, even the collapse of the faintest possibility could leave one feeling disappointed.

"Hm?"

Zhao Xuan suddenly uttered a startled sound, then swiftly closed his eyes and quietly focused on the sensations from his divine sense. At an immense depth beneath the Blue Sunshine Castle, he sensed an unusual aura.

Because the underground environment was