"Where have you been all this time? Ever since we picked our courtyards, we haven't seen so much as your shadow." Wu Ling looked at Yun Mo, whose aura was utterly drained, with some bewilderment.
"More than two whole months..." Even Qing He frowned a little.
"It's nothing. Just a little mishap." Yun Mo kept his eyes shut and spoke weakly.
Heaven only knew how he had repaid his debt during that time. Several elders from the Martial Dao Tower had surrounded him, forcing him to keep fighting in the Battle Zone without letting him leave. He had started against Heaven Transformation Realm opponents, then moved on to the Heaven-reaching Realm, and eventually had even gone up to the Martial Dao Tower's fifth floor several times.
There had been no respite whatsoever. He had either been fighting someone or on his way to fight someone. Only a few days ago, when he finally paid off his entire debt, had they let him return.
Still, it wasn't as though he had gained nothing.
Now, for instance, his cultivation had settled firmly at the peak of Heaven Transformation. Those elders had also given him some Spirit Arts from the Library Pavilion as rewards, waiving the Battle Spirit Points needed to redeem them.
"A little mishap... Oh, right, the new student assessment finally ended today. The elders outside even asked me why you hadn't come out. The rewards were pretty decent, after all," Wu Ling said.
"That soon? What rewards could there be?" Yun Mo's eyelids lifted slightly.
"Yeah. Though you probably deserve some credit for how quickly it ended. What you did on the Heaven Transformation Realm rankings left them finding it a little hard to believe.
"So this time, getting admitted was incredibly easy for the new students. The Spirit Academy's