Under Mu Bai's guidance, Li Mu quickly completed his graduation procedures and received an academy graduation badge certified by the Empire. This tiny red badge was his credential to participate in the Sect Selection.
Li Mu then went to the residential area for the Profound Tier Class students, bidding farewell and exchanging pleasantries with each classmate. Many of the Profound Tier Class students were reluctant to part with their class monitor, and quite a few girls even burst into tears.
Li Mu, too, felt a pang of sadness. Though he had not spent much time at this academy, the friends he had met and the friendships he had gained there far surpassed anything from the previous dozen or so years of his life.
By the time he walked out through Qinglan Academy's gates, it was already dusk. Turning to look at the academy beneath the setting sun, Li Mu found his eyes growing moist as well.
"Farewell, Qinglan Academy. Farewell, Profound Tier Class."
That murmured farewell was both gratitude toward the place that had helped him set foot upon the path of immortality and anticipation for the future ahead.
At that moment, the youth's heart was as vast as heaven and earth. Heroic passion filled his chest, his hot blood surged, and a brand-new road slowly unfolded before Li Mu's eyes.
"Brother Mu, you're saying you want to go out and gain experience?"
Lin Qingzhu looked at Li Mu's serious expression and spoke in surprise. She had always assumed that, like Li Yue, he would join the City Lord's Mansion's Imperial Guard after breaking through to the Core Formation Realm, improving his cultivation through battle. She had never expected him to choose an even more dangerous path.
"That's right. I've thought it over carefully. I can't grow quickly if I