Historical Truths and Anyang Academy! (Please Vote)

After returning home, Zhu Ziyang finished breakfast and, as usual, began reading.

Zhu Ziyang sat at his desk with a book titled "Angel's Revelation" before him.

It was a book from the Church Era, dating back roughly thirteen thousand years. It recorded information and secrets about Spirit Hall and the royal families.

Why had Zhu Ziyang suddenly started reading such a book? That required going back to the memories of his past life in his mind.

Last night, after Zhu Ziyang's sea of consciousness had opened up, that once-blurry memory had been struck by his Spiritual Power and thoroughly assimilated. The memories he had previously been unable to see clearly had all become his own.

Influenced by those memories, Zhu Ziyang now felt an intense disgust and contempt toward a man named Tang San. This left Zhu Ziyang, who had inexplicably gained an extra set of memories, utterly baffled. So, in order to figure out why, he searched through those memories for an answer. Then, he found a book called "The Unrivaled Tang Sect." Though he had never read it, it stirred a lingering sense of regret and dissatisfaction within him. Clearly, that too was an effect of his past-life memories.

He sorted out his thoughts. The reason his past self had been so disgusted with and contemptuous of Tang San was entirely because of that book, "The Unrivaled Tang Sect." Since that was the case, things were simple. Zhu Ziyang tried to find the book's contents within his memories, but he only found a few scattered fragments and one deeply memorable final scene.

Those scattered fragments only mentioned a few names and incomplete events, but that ending immediately made Zhu Ziyang understand where his past-life emotions had come from.

The scene was as follows: the Sun Moon Empire's million-strong army stood before Shrek City. Then, a great god praised by the world suddenly descended, seized a young child hostage, and threatened the child's mother with the child's life, demanding that the army withdraw...

That great god was Tang San. And that child was the young emperor of the Sun Moon Empire, while the child's mother was known as the Empress War God.

Although Zhu Ziyang did not know whether that final scene was real, from his own perspective, any god who used a child to threaten a mother was truly scum. Such methods were utterly despicable!

From that ending fragment, Zhu Ziyang also realized that the contents of "The Unrivaled Tang Sect" were very likely about the future of their world. After all, whether it was the Tang Sect mentioned in the title, the Sun Moon Empire, Shrek City, or that god, corresponding existences could all be found on the continent today.

There was no need to mention the Sun Moon Empire and Shrek City. One was one of the continent's four great empires and the birthplace of Soul Tools. The other was home to Shrek Academy, the continent's number one academy. Zhu Ziyang remembered that the Tang Sect was mentioned in some history books. It had once been the continent's number one sect and was said to have been founded by that god ten thousand years ago. As for Tang San himself, his name was even more famous. He was a figure impossible to avoid in the history books of every nation!

Could the widely worshipped Sea God, Thousand Hands Douluo Tang San, who had been called the savior in history, truly have been a hypocrite? Zhu Ziyang's thirst for knowledge was instantly ignited, and he eagerly searched the library for ancient texts from ten thousand years ago, wanting to learn more about that magnificent era of upheaval!

How fascinating!

The corners of Zhu Ziyang's mouth rose uncontrollably, his eyes brimming with excitement.

Half a month later.

It was the start of the school term, so Zhu Changhe brought Zhu Ziyang, Jiang Nannan, and two other children from the village to register at the Anyang City Junior Soul Master Academy.

As Anyang City's only Soul Master Academy, the Anyang City Junior Soul Master Academy occupied the best location and used the finest building materials. The tallest building in all of Anyang City was its student dormitory.

This academy had received the devoted efforts of generations of Anyang City Lords. Half of Anyang City's annual fiscal revenue was used to fund it. The academy's principal was usually concurrently held by the city lord, while its teachers were carefully selected from among all Soul Masters at the Soul Grandmaster rank and above in Anyang City. Children who entered the academy generally received six years of education. During that time, the academy would hunt Soul Rings for every student who met the requirements for advancement, free of charge.

It was precisely because of such investment that Anyang Academy sent students to renowned advanced academies such as Heaven Soul Academy and Imperial Olympic Academy every year.

Liang Ying had already been waiting at the entrance of Anyang Academy for some time. After Zhu Changhe handed the children over to her, he left. As a closed academy, Anyang Academy did not allow outsiders to enter freely unless they had a written order from the city lord. Liang Ying was a teacher at the academy.

Before leaving, Zhu Changhe specifically pulled Zhu Ziyang aside and gave him some advice.

"Son, you're already a Soul Master. You've been clever since you were young, but your father still hopes that you can remain humble and learn something at Anyang Academy, such as how to interact with others," Zhu Changhe said earnestly.

"I will, Dad." Zhu Ziyang had no choice but to nod in agreement.

"Of course, don't spend too much time on that. Your main task right now is still cultivation. Strive to become the first person from Anyang City to enter Shrek Academy!" Zhu Changhe added.

"I will, Dad," Zhu Ziyang replied.

Zhu Changhe had nothing more to say, so he let Zhu Ziyang go and allowed him to register with his mother.

Liang Ying led Zhu Ziyang, Jiang Nannan, and the other two children to the registration office.

"Teacher Liang, what brings you here?" Upon seeing Liang Ying, the registration staff member hurriedly stood and asked.

"I brought these children here to register." Liang Ying smiled and pointed at the four little ones behind her.

"Oh, I see!" The staff member suddenly understood and nodded repeatedly.

The registration went smoothly. After all, all four children possessed Soul Power and met the academy's admission requirements. Then came the tuition payment: one Gold Soul Coin per year. This was nothing to the Zhu Family, and Liang Ying paid all six years of Zhu Ziyang's tuition in one go.

At the same time, she paid Jiang Nannan's tuition as well. After all, in her heart, Jiang Nannan was already her family's future daughter-in-law. Besides, she knew Jiang Nannan's family circumstances. One Gold Soul Coin was simply far too much for her family. If they could not afford the tuition, she could only become a work-study student. Liang Ying did not even need to mention the treatment work-study students received. Just the fact that they had to live in ten-person communal dormitories meant Liang Ying would never allow Jiang Nannan to become one.

Once registration was complete, Liang Ying took the four children to the dormitory building to settle their luggage.

They arrived at the tallest building in all of Anyang City, a four-story structure.

Liang Ying sent the other two children away, then found an excuse to send Jiang Nannan off as well. Pulling Zhu Ziyang aside, she began whispering to him.

"Mom, what are you doing?" Zhu Ziyang looked at his secretive mother in confusion and asked.

"Yangyang, Mom pulled a few strings and assigned you and Nannan to the same Dormitory. Work hard and make her yours before graduation!" Liang Ying said excitedly, her eyes gleaming green.

"..." Zhu Ziyang was dumbfounded. For a moment, he did not even know what to say. After a long while, he finally squeezed out, "Mom, we're only six!"

"What's wrong with six? By the time you graduate, won't you be twelve? Which of the uncles in your village didn't get married and start a family at twelve or thirteen?" Liang Ying said dismissively, her tone full of excitement. "Yangyang, Nannan is such an outstanding girl. You absolutely mustn't let her get away!"

"I'm leaving!" Zhu Ziyang felt that he could not continue talking to Liang Ying. If they kept talking, he was afraid he would be censored.

So, ignoring her calls, he turned and headed into the dormitory building. Jiang Nannan, who had been watching from the side, immediately followed him.

"Honestly, what's there to be shy about?" Liang Ying said unhappily as she watched her son leave.

Muttering to herself, Liang Ying left.

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