The Secret of Tianhai Academy

Zhai Jianyun did not answer Li Zhōujūn directly.

Instead, he pointed at the ground beneath their feet. "The secret is down there."

Li Zhōujūn said nothing, merely looking at Zhai Jianyun with a beaming smile.

Seeing this, Zhai Jianyun said helplessly, "Since you insist, I'll tell you plainly.

"Beneath Tianhai Academy lies an underground world. It contains the lifelong insights left behind by a powerful Eighth-Rank Dao Master, along with countless treasures.

"Before he fell, he released this information so that his inheritance would not be severed.

"This secret realm will only open when the time comes. Otherwise, even a Ninth-Rank Dao Master would have great difficulty finding the entrance to that world.

"Of course, Ninth-Rank Dao Masters wouldn't care for these things.

"Even Venerable Tianhai, the dean of Tianhai Academy, doesn't know this secret.

"Those who do know are mostly ancient old monsters—beings who have existed far longer than Tianhai Academy.

"The Eighth-Rank Dao Master who left behind this secret realm was extremely close to becoming a Ninth-Rank Dao Master. The world he left behind was enough to drive every Eighth-Rank Dao Master mad.

"In three years, that world will appear.

"Although the Ninth-Rank Dao Masters may not be interested in it, and this information may even be a smokescreen,

"there will still definitely be many Eighth-Rank Dao Masters showing up by then to fight over this ethereal opportunity.

"Unless something unexpected happens, Tianhai Academy will also be destroyed at that moment.

"Everything Zhu Jianbing and the others said, both openly and between the lines, suggested that Elder Li had an expert backing him. I think Elder Li may know about this news as well.

"Elder Li came here most likely because that was the intention of the expert behind you, right?

"But if that expert doesn't act when