Jiangdong Province, Donghai City, 9:00 a.m.
A plane landed slowly at Donghai Airport. Once the jet bridge had been positioned and the cabin doors opened, passengers emerged with their luggage.
Luo Jun, wearing a backpack, was among them.
A week had passed since the exams ended. Five days ago, he had received his admission notice from the university. Just as Old Yuan had said, although Song Yi had seen through his deception, he had not made things difficult for him.
The admission notice also stated that ordinary people who did not understand Vital Energy and beginners in the Body Refinement Realm could use the three months before school began to improve their Vital Energy at Ningdong University, where dedicated instructors would guide them.
Of course, those unwilling to do so could spend the time as they pleased. But once the semester began, the school's classes and courses would no longer accommodate lower-realm students as they had during the exams. Those whose Vital Energy cultivation was insufficient risked falling behind.
Naturally, Luo Jun had not chosen to study at the university, because his master, Yuan Shouzhen, had already arranged a more demanding course for him.
Jiangdong Province was one of Zhendan's most economically developed regions. Donghai City, its provincial capital, was also one of the country's foremost modern metropolises—a world apart from third-tier Ningdong City. But Old Yuan's schedule was too tight, leaving Luo Jun no time to experience Donghai City's modern atmosphere. He did not even leave the airport, instead taking the subway directly to Dongwan Wharf to catch the 10:30 a.m. ferry to Lingyun Island.
Lingyun Island lay in Zhendan's eastern sea, more than eighty nautical miles from Donghai City. It covered over fifty square kilometers and had a permanent population of roughly thirty thousand.
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