Huo Hai's return once again stirred the Academy's higher-ups. Anyone who could endure an entire month in the Source Spirit Land had, at the very least, a will and perseverance beyond ordinary people.
With fine talent and firm conviction, he would become a master of his generation as long as he did not stray from the right path. Whether or not such a master joined the Academy in the future, it had to take him seriously. What was more, Chu Yuntian now represented the Academy's reputation. If anything went wrong, some people would inevitably seize the chance to attack the Academy.
Signs of that had already appeared over the past few days. The first to arrive was Tan Wu, who had escorted Chu Yuntian into the Source Spirit Land.
"Student Huo Hai, you're finally out! How was it? You must have gained quite a lot this time. Since the Imperial City Academy was founded, only a handful of people have managed to stay in the Source Spirit Land for an entire month."
Huo Hai smiled and returned Tan Wu's compliments. "Not at all. It was all luck. If the Academy hadn't given me this opportunity, I'd never have had the chance to enter the Source Spirit Land." Speaking of it, Huo Hai felt fortunate.
In fact, if not for the earlier incident, Huo Hai would not even have known the Source Spirit Land existed. The Huo Family had far too few sources of information. Back then, if he had refused to choose an inferior Source Spirit Stone to break through at the cost of his future, he would probably have had no choice but to cultivate without one.
No one had taken that path in a very long time. Even the traces left by those who had gone before had