"That's great. Sorry for the trouble, Mr. Zheng," Lu Yin said cheerfully. He actually had no interest in going through this kind of training, but he couldn't very well show it. As for Mr. Zheng, he knew there was no chance he'd be leading the group, yet he still couldn't put his mind at ease about Lu Yin, so he'd come to offer some advice. He was devoted to the academy and was a rare, excellent mentor. He was just too stern. To use a description from Lu Yin's time on Earth, he was the quintessential dean of discipline.
For the next half hour, Mr. Zheng spoke about the student excursions he'd led over the years. They had ventured into the Zhongping Realm, the Lower Realm, the Zhongping Sea, and even the Backside Battlefield. Yixian Academy wasn't an ivory tower, and the students it raised weren't defined by their cultivation alone.
"That time at the Second Formation Base, if the Original Treasure Formation hadn't been repaired at the critical moment, we'd all have died. The dean and Elder Ce were held up by the Eternal Clan's Twelve Marquises, and Lu—" Mr. Zheng stopped abruptly, then changed the subject. "I've said all this just to tell Mr. Hao Yu how important these excursions are to the academy. Going to the Four Sides Heavenly Balance for training is a first, so we must be extremely careful."
Lu Yin nodded. "I understand. By the way, you mentioned 'Lu' just now, Mr. Zheng. Were there Lu family members with you that time?"
Mr. Zheng waved a hand. "Just pretend you didn't hear that. The Four Sides Heavenly Balance's most elite disciples are all at my Yixian Academy. Going to their mountain gates wouldn't count as training. The real training is in the Lower Realm