Jingting Private Aristocratic Academy

Jingting Private Aristocratic Academy.

It was a private academy covering approximately seven thousand mu.

Among all the high schools in Sakura District, it ranked in the top three, or at least maintained a position in the top three while striving for first place.

The academy had been established more than three thousand years ago.

Back then, it was a school that only true nobles could attend. Ordinary people would be driven away by patrols even if they merely passed by.

After entering the modern era, it had become somewhat more accessible to ordinary people, but only somewhat...

The mere fact that the word "aristocratic" was still retained in its name was enough to make the vast majority of ordinary people back away!

At present.

According to the information published on its official website, the total number of students was around five thousand.

Inside, it had not only all the basic facilities a conventional school should have, but also a professional horse-riding ground, a martial arts training ground, a large artificial lake, helicopter landing pads, high-end private restaurants, an armed security force, and a massive library containing more than fifty million books...

Among those who had graduated from the academy, there were government officials of all ranks and owners of major private companies everywhere.

Or rather...

Many of those people had only been qualified to attend this school because they were destined to become senior government officials and major business owners without obstruction.

Otherwise, given the terrible grades of many of them, they would not even have been qualified to cross the threshold.

That was precisely why.

Apart from simply reading and studying, the academy was more often a place where the descendants of various forces exchanged feelings and formed factions.

Even the occasional civilian students were bound to excel in certain areas. They were talented people worth recruiting.

At present.

It was class time.

Standing directly in front of the academy's entrance and looking at the roughly fifteen-meter-high walls and the bronze-colored metal gate covered in openwork carvings, Xi Shenlian could not help letting out a soft whistle.

If he had not gained a cheat, he really would not have believed he could attend a school like this.

Then.

He casually pulled out a notice of admission in gold and blue.

It was the admission notice that the staff of March Bank had spent several days going back and forth to obtain for him.

Because Jingting Private Aristocratic Academy truly had a considerable background, even March Bank had needed some time to resolve the matter.

Furthermore.

Even so.

To successfully enroll, Xi Shenlian still had to pass one more hurdle.

That was the interview!

Every student entering the academy had to undergo an interview and review by the academy's senior administrators before they were truly qualified to enroll.

Once the interview was unsuccessful.

The so-called admission notice would be voided on the spot.

Therefore, the so-called admission notice was merely the basic threshold.

When the security guard beside him, dressed so formally that he looked like a private bodyguard, saw Xi Shenlian take out the notice, he immediately hurried over to receive it and verify it.

It was not merely a visual inspection.

During the process, the bodyguard also took out professional equipment to check whether it was counterfeit.

Putting everything else aside.

They certainly made a big show of it.

Based on Xi Shenlian's perception and observations.

The more than twenty guards near the gate not only carried firearms and knives, but were all martial artists as well. Even the weakest among them should have been able to beat dozens of ordinary people bare-handed. Some of them even carried varying traces of killing intent, suggesting that they had truly killed people. Their postures also bore strong military characteristics. They were probably retired personnel from elite units.

As for the head of the security force, a strongly built, bald middle-aged man, Xi Shenlian sensed that his strength far exceeded that of the three maids behind him. Even Ouin Chiyoka and Saigo Kadoko, whom he had met before, were far inferior to him.

In that case.

Putting everything else aside.

The guards in this area alone could already effortlessly destroy head-on a thousand-man gang equipped with firearms and modern gear.

Yet the academy's security force was said to number more than a thousand, while tens of thousands of cameras filled every corner, turning the entire academy into something resembling a fortress...

Given the special circumstances of this world.

Xi Shenlian felt that.

If the academy's security force were thrown onto the Earth of his previous life.

Then, aside from using high-yield nuclear weapons for continuous saturation bombing, the various countries probably would have no way to deal with them at all. After adapting to the environment, they could move at supersonic speeds whenever they pleased, leaving everyone to accept the fate of being ruled by more than a thousand superhumans.

Thinking of this.

Xi Shenlian, who felt that things might become rather interesting, showed a faint, inexplicable smile at the corner of his mouth.

In the face of his scrutiny.

The security captain could not help shuddering, as if an ordinary person had come face-to-face with a beast while unarmed. An indescribable sense of terror drifted through his heart...

Only after more than ten seconds.

When his subordinate respectfully returned the admission notice to Xi Shenlian and led him into the school, did he finally relax silently.

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Walking through the academy.

The surrounding scenery displayed a classical, luxurious style visible to the naked eye.

It was a calmness that was stately and magnificent.

Although luxurious, it was not ostentatious!

Instead, it possessed a sense of having been refined by the passage of time.

The only minor flaw was that, since it was currently class time.

The place felt somewhat empty.

However, Xi Shenlian liked this emptiness.

Because being empty was always better than being an eyesore...

The Ye Qi Three Sisters, walking behind him, did not look around at the scenery as openly as he did. They simply followed close behind him, step for step.

Another ten minutes passed.

The principal's office.

This was a place filled with all kinds of antiques that inspired awe without explanation.

Xi Shenlian casually glanced at the calligraphy and painting hanging beside him and discovered that the inscription dated back more than five thousand years.

As for the brown, battered rice bowl displayed even more carefully beside it, he estimated that it had to be at least ten thousand years old?

The principal was a woman in her fifties. Although she was gradually aging, a trace of her former charm still remained between her brows.

After Xi Shenlian entered the office, she did not exchange any unnecessary pleasantries.

With a serious expression, she went straight to the point:

"Hello, Mr. Xi Shenlian."

"March Bank has already discussed all your basic information with me."

"As far as your application is concerned, speaking for myself, I have absolutely no objections. In fact, I welcome it."

"Because no matter how you look at it, you are fully qualified to attend this academy."

"So you don't need to waste any time here with me."

"Just go directly to the Student Council. They are on the top floor of the building next door. In this academy, the authority they possess is often something even I have no power to interfere with. As long as you pass their review, the matter will be completely settled."

Hearing this.

Faced with the principal's straightforwardness, Xi Shenlian said nothing more and merely chuckled.

"In that case, I won't disturb you any longer."

With that, he directly left with the Ye Qi Three Sisters.

After he departed.

The principal looked at the information about Xi Shenlian in the corner, then gently shook her head.

Another troublesome student...

Her expression held more than a little helplessness.

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