At dawn, the sun gradually rose over the horizon.
On the streets of Roselight Capital, many boys and girls in uniform Confucian robes walked with light, brisk steps, brimming with youthful vigor. Their different robes marked them as students of the Imperial Academy and the Upper Nether Academy.
Zhang Yuan was also on the street, dressed in a moon-white Daoist robe and following close behind these boys and girls.
Unless the ruler decreed otherwise, the Bright Dawn Kingdom normally held morning court once every seven days. After becoming its ruler, he had no desire to break that custom.
He planned to visit the libraries of the Imperial Academy and the Upper Nether Academy, which he had been longing to see, and search for records concerning the Six Heavenly Demon Kings.
After all, that had been his original reason for coming to Roselight Capital. Becoming the ruler, joining forces with the [Execution-Baleful Sin-Condemning Demon King] to beat up a Demon King from the [Underworld-Penetrating Soul-Severing Palace]-none of these unexpected developments had been part of his original plan.
Now that he finally had a day free of obligations, he at last had a chance to do some studying.
"Ah... this humble Daoist truly is diligent and eager to learn."
Zhang Yuan praised himself, then looked up to discover that the Upper Nether Academy students he had been following had vanished. He swept his Divine Sense briefly through the surrounding streets, found them again, and resumed following them.
He kept an unhurried pace, maintaining a distance of roughly ten meters from the students.
The Imperial Academy and the Upper Nether Academy were the two largest institutions of learning in the Bright Dawn Kingdom. He intended to visit the Upper Nether Academy first. As for whether there was any particular reason behind that choice...