An explanation, a shock

Huo Hai watched the Enforcement Squad brace as though facing a formidable enemy, yet still look rather at a loss. He had no intention of making things difficult for them. He might as well wait here. Someone would come looking for him soon enough anyway.

But Huo Hai had still underestimated just how much of a stir his unexplained disappearance had caused. Before long, someone arrived, and it was Tan Wu again. As soon as Tan Wu reached him, he said, "Come with me. The vice dean is waiting for you." Huo Hai frowned slightly. The vice dean certainly had time on his hands. Why did he keep seeking Huo Hai out when he had nothing better to do?

Why bother worrying about it? Huo Hai followed Tan Wu onward. They soon reached the area where the Flying Spirit Beasts were kept. Riding on a Flying Spirit Beast, they actually flew toward the Academy Office suspended above the Academy.

This was normally a place where only the Academy's senior officials gathered to work. No one else was allowed inside. Even the king would not be permitted to come up here without a reason. Huo Hai was probably the first student to receive such an honor.

Two guards stood outside the Academy Office, each with cultivation at the peak spirit practitioner realm. But their envious gazes told Huo Hai that neither of them had likely ever set foot inside.

"Honestly, is there any need to make such a fuss?" Huo Hai followed Tan Wu into the Academy Office. "Academy Office" was a name he had given it himself; he had no idea what this great hall was actually called. But the moment he entered, he noticed everyone inside stop what they were doing and fix their eyes on him.

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