Love Unqualified

At 8:24 p.m., Ren Suo returned to Heavenly Lotus Academy.

There were still 3 hours and 36 minutes until the final upload deadline for the fifth trial of the "Gate of Truth."

As he passed the Dormitory Building, Ren Suo saw that the lights in Dong Chengling's home were already on.

Without slowing down, Ren Suo crossed the campus. There were still plenty of people around at eight o'clock. Heavenly Lotus Academy had been operating for over a year now, and with the school's resources behind them, many students had established all kinds of interest clubs to enrich their personal lives.

Even Ren Suo's "Ren Nesser Research Group," whose members were all female students, counted as one such club—and a top-tier one that could earn credits.

Students filled the broad, level plaza. Some skateboarded, some roller-skated, some played harmonicas, and some strummed guitars.

Perhaps cultivation had improved their physical coordination, or perhaps it was merely psychological, but these students were all remarkably good for amateurs. The skateboarders could leap onto railings and fly along them; the roller-skaters could spin four and a half times in midair; the harmonica players and guitarists took turns performing, joyfully carrying on like a pack of lunatics.

Ren Suo rarely came to the academic district at night, because the Teacher Dormitory, academic district, and student residential area were far apart. No matter how noisy the students were here, it would not affect the dormitories.

Only now did he realize that the academy had become increasingly lively.

Yet there were still places on campus that few people ever visited.

Ren Suo entered the back mountain and found that the guard booth had been abandoned. There were no lights inside, and no one. Beneath the only streetlamp stood a warning sign telling students not to enter the