In Nuoding City.
After asking around along the way.
Old Jack and Tang San had learned the exact location of Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy. It was situated in the western part of Nuoding City.
The two were currently heading west.
Along the way, Old Jack told Tang San.
The reason he could attend Nuoding Academy was because Holy Soul Village had a work-study student slot.
And Holy Soul Village had given that slot to Tang San.
With the work-study student slot, Tang San could attend Nuoding Academy without paying tuition or lodging fees. He only needed to do some work within his capabilities at the academy.
Afterward, Old Jack expressed his earnest hopes for Tang San:
"Xiao San, after becoming a Spirit Master, I hope you can help the villagers of Holy Soul Village however you can. Then Holy Soul Village will be proud of you as well."
"Mm, I will, Grandfather Jack."
Tang San nodded faintly at those words. As for what he truly thought inside, no one knew.
The two chatted as they walked.
From Old Jack, Tang San learned a little about the various levels of Soul Master Academy and the relationship between commoners and nobles.
Learning of the importance of the ruling noble class gave him a trace of yearning and identification with the noble class.
Half an hour later.
At last, Old Jack and Tang San arrived at their destination.
From afar, they saw a towering archway more than ten meters tall and twenty meters wide, built from sturdy stone.
At the center of the grand archway were four carved words: "Nuoding Academy."
Beneath the archway stood two dark iron-barred gates.
Tang San had cultivated the Tang Sect's inner sect eye-training technique, the Purple Demon Eye.
His eyesight was excellent, and at a glance,