The three emerged from the airport to find the earth blanketed in ice and snow. It was late January, and winter in the northwest was bitterly cold.
"Shi Xiao, head back first. Li Yuan and I need to see the dean." Li Yang smiled. "You performed very well during this life-and-death expedition too. Now that you're back at school, take a few days to relax properly."
"Yes, Teacher." Shi Xiao nodded obediently.
See the dean? As far as she knew, very few students in the academy got to meet the dean alone.
Yet she was not surprised.
On the journey back, she had already sensed how differently Li Yang treated Li Yuan.
It was nothing like the way he treated an ordinary student.
"See you later, Junior Brother." Shi Xiao quickly left, leaving Li Yuan and Li Yang behind.
"The dean wants to see me?" Li Yuan could not help asking.
"With something this huge happening to you, I'd find it strange if the principal could hold back from seeing you." Li Yang smiled. "The dean has been waiting for you since early this morning. Come with me."
"Yes." Li Yuan fell into thought. It seemed the stir he had caused was far greater than he had imagined.
They took a small aircraft through the campus.
Li Yuan felt an inexplicable calm and peace settle over him.
"I'll have to leave the school in my sophomore year, or at the latest, my junior year?" Li Yuan thought, Li Yang's earlier words still echoing in his mind.
In truth, ever since his skill had broken through into the Fifth-Stage Heaven-Human Realm, Li Yuan had already begun preparing to graduate early.
Most elite students, even Source Martialists like Senior Yan He from the same academy, could still obtain plenty of cultivation