Chapter 77 Visiting the Academy at Night

Lin Manshan slowly opened his eyes and responded softly, "Well, thanks for the hard work you two."

"It's worth it..." The two carriage drivers sitting outside hurriedly responded politely, having breast milk makes you a mother, and giving money makes you a master, the money Lin Manshan gave them when he hired them was really high, twice as much as on a normal day. Moreover, he was polite and courteous to them along the way, spoke well, didn't have much of a posture, and was also a Spirit Master, which they both liked, so their attitude naturally became a bit more respectful.

Without further ado, he continued to drive.

It was forbidden to rush within two hundred metres outside of Star Luo City, so they could only slow down their speed.

And right at this moment, Lin Manshan had already lifted the curtain of the carriage.

The city wall was about twenty metres high, lofty and heavy, and the gates at the bottom of the wall were all open, with two rows of soldiers clad in black velvet armour standing with spears. Perhaps because it is January, the wind is bitterly cold, and there are not many people in and out of the city, from a distance it looks sluggish.

The carriage moved forward slowly, stopping at a location more than ten metres away from the city gates.

"Next, I'll trouble you two to rest and wait at the station outside the city." Lin Manshan jumped off the carriage and turned his head.

"No trouble, no trouble. Young Master you can just go into the city and do your business, it won't do any harm for us to wait outside for a few more days." The slightly older carriage driver said courteously.

Lin Manshan had negotiated a return journey for this hire and had already paid for the costs of staying at the station for the night.

He is a big customer, there are still twenty-five days before the New Year, and it will only take at most ten or so days for them to travel back through day and night. Anyway, he had paid for the journey, so it was fine to wait a few more days. When this order was completed, it was time to go home and have a big New Year celebration.

"Thank you very much then." Lin Manshan smiled and arched his hand, turning towards the city gates.

As he entered the city, the streets were wide, with shops on both sides, but because the weather was so cold, there weren't many people coming and going.

Lin Manshan recalled the situation of Star Luo City introduced by Zhu Zhuyun and walked straight towards the Star Luo Royal Academy.

'It's a pity that it's too cold that I can't see a single bird, or else I could have used the Beast Control Technique to explore the road first.' Lin Manshan, who had walked for a long distance without hearing a single bird's call, couldn't help but sigh, then shook his head and looked up towards the white and gold building on the high mountain in the distance in front of him, 'It should be the Star Luo Imperial Academy, right? It's really extravagant, built to resemble a mountain peak paradise, it's indeed imposing.'

'Nevertheless, I have to say, these kinds of extravagant face-saving projects are still necessary sometimes.' Lin Manshan couldn't help but think of the time when he was in high school in the previous world, when his dad took him to a big university campus for a visit, showering the campus with compliments on the way, and then telling him to think hard about his studies and strive to get into it.

He was really inspired and motivated.

The results, well, let's not talk about it!

Gorgeous and handsome things can always win the hearts of young people, such as the Star Luo Imperial Academy in front of him, it is estimated that many parents of small nobles had brought their children to see it from afar. Lin Manshan sighed, and continued to move forward, 'It is still an afternoon, let's first go to the foot of the mountain to find a hotel to recuperate a bit, and go inside in the night.'

Not long after, Lin Manshan came to a hotel and opened a room. After ordering a simple meal and eating, he began to cultivate.

Time passed little by little, and night came quickly, Lin Manshan opened his eyes and looked at the sky outside the window.

"It's almost time." With a low murmur, he got up and left the building.

The cold wind outside is biting, cold and piercing, and the night sky is starless and moonless, completely pitch black, it's a good time to sleep in the warmth of the house, steal the chicken and touch the eggs, so the streets are empty.

With a light touch of the toes, running between the eaves, Lin Manshan can vaguely hear a gust of light humming that is slightly suppressed.

Within the range of his perception, several souls overlapped, emitting violent fluctuations.

'Find Miss Zhuyu, finish my business early and go home early to relax', he sighed quietly, his pace quickened.

Not long after, Lin Manshan arrived at the foot of the mountain, looking at the nearly twenty-metre-high wall plus fence in front of him and lost in thought.

'Worthy of being a place designed for the Imperial family, this is really a mountain enclosed to make an Academy.'

With a light push of his foot, he stepped on the fence, 'Vanishing Art!' His body swept over the barbed wire fence and landed steadily on the grass.

'Eh? Sure enough, there are spirit beasts kept in the forest,' Lin Manshan was surprised, through his soul perception, he actually found spirit beasts that were more than fifty years old.

'Zhuyun said that there are also a hundred-year-old bird-type spirit beasts kept inside that can make warnings, so I must avoid them.'

Thinking of this, he hurriedly circled around, then was even more surprised, 'There are quite a few spirit beasts.'

'Using ten-year-old, hundred-year-old spirit beasts as guards, it's worthy of being an Advanced Spirit Master Academy, surprisingly, there are quite a few that are agility and strength types, are they really not worried about the students going into the forests to play at night and get killed by the spirit beasts just like that.' Lin Manshan tsked.

'No wonder Zhuyun urged to take the token to go through the main gate to enter the academy, as far as this layer of captive spirit beast in the forest around the academy is concerned, I'm afraid that only high-level spirit masters above the level of spirit king can safely pass through it through their own perceptions to circumvent the spirit beasts. A natural fortification.'

'Unfortunately, I'm different! Besides, the spirit beasts here are not that much denser.'

Smiling faintly, his pace accelerated once again.

Not long after, a wall exactly like the one at the periphery appeared in front of him.

Repeating the same technique, Lin Manshan easily passed over and landed on the grass. According to the map's description, his current location was at the back of the mountain near the backyard dormitory.

It was late at night, the cold wind was blowing the leaves and branches, and no students were walking around.

Scuffing the dirt and grass under his feet, Lin Manshan saw the right direction and lightly ran ahead.

Soon, more than a dozen souls that were far stronger than his appeared within the range of his senses.

Lin Manshan looked up and saw an extremely gorgeous row of five-story buildings. Behind the buildings was a row of small exquisite buildings that were spaced farther apart and neatly arranged.

Ten-metre-high fences formed a circle around the area where the exquisite small building was located, starting from the walls on both sides of the front row of buildings in an arc shape, with a meandering brook running through it, and the surrounding trees were lush and green, making it look like a small park.

The more than ten strong souls were mostly distributed in the front row of buildings on the ground floor. The other few more powerful ones were scattered in the small buildings at the back.

'It seems that the instructors are also graded.'

Lin Manshan narrowed his eyes slightly as he searched for the targeted small building, 'According to Zhu Zhuyun, Zhu Zhuyu is soft-natured and likes to be quiet, and lives in a small courtyard that is more towards the back, positioned in the corner of the last row, let me take a look.'

In a few moments, his eyes slightly opened, "Found it."

'It is indeed rather far, not only away from the students, but also away from the instructors. At this time, it's already wee hours of the night, looking at the soul fluctuations, they are so stable, those few powerful instructors should have all gone to sleep as well.' After understanding the situation, Lin Manshan was also secretly relieved, 'It seems that there is no need to stay here for a night, and blend in while the instructors go to class tomorrow.'

'Let's go around first...' Between his thoughts, he changed direction and ran swiftly through the darkness.

Not long after, with a little tap of his toes, he easily glided over the fence, advanced through the shadows under the trees, and quickly arrived at the intended dormitory.

'The doors and windows are closed, there's only one person inside' Looking back and observing the surroundings, after a slight contemplation, Lin Manshan quickly pulled out the token given by Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing from his spirit tool, circled to the balcony, and jumped up with a push of his feet.

'It's a sliding door.' Reaching out, he gently pushed it, and surprisingly, it directly pushed open.

'Darn, it feels like being a thief!' Lin Manshan's face twitched, he dashed in and pulled the door into the living room.

Afterwards, lightly tiptoeing, he slowly walked to the door of the room. With his palm on it, his soul power was slowly injected along the doorway, and after sensing it a little, he suddenly sighed with relief, 'Fortunately, it's a single-row, devolved wooden bolt door, and there's no wooden wedge underneath to block the door.'

In between thoughts, his right hand swiped towards his waist, and a silver needle appeared at once.

Then, he pinched and inserted into the door crack, gently flicked, his left hand then gently pushed the door open.

'Really sleeping like death,' Walking through the door, looking at the bedding wrapped like a dumpling, lying on the side with only half a head exposed, Lin Manshan slightly shook his head, turned on the light, walked to the bedside with small steps, his right hand pressed on the shoulder position.

Lightly shook her.

"Hmm," The young girl murmured, tugging at the bedding, covering herself even more to death.

So Lin Manshan increased his force.

"Hmm?" The young girl finally felt the difference, and with sleepy eyes, she pulled off the bedding and slowly opened her eyes.

The bright light in the surroundings was covered by the tall figure, so her eyes did not feel any discomfort, and when she first opened her eyes, she saw a wide male palm, on which lay a golden hair crown, as well as an exquisite pendant.

Zhu Zhuyun's hair crown, the pendant that I gave to Zhu Zhuqing as a birthday gift. Zhu Zhuyu's eyes snapped open, subconsciously shifting her gaze upwards, a burly man dressed in black, with a fairly handsome face, and a light smile on his face stood tall.

Her hands clutched the bedding with a strong grip, and her body moved backwards while leaning against the bedside support.

There was no loud shouting, with only a wary look on her face.

So embarrassing. Lin Manshan smiled awkwardly and put the hair crown and pendant into the spirit tool, then took out two letters and handed them to the young girl, "My name is Ah Manshan, this is the letter that Zhuqing and Zhuyun wrote to you, they are currently safe, the specifics of the situation will be known to you after you read it."

Upon hearing this, the young girl's face immediately burst with joy, raised her head to look at Lin Manshan, and then quickly lowered her head as if she had done something wrong, her dimple was slightly red, her eyelashes slightly trembling, and she cautiously reached out to receive the letters, and said crisply, "Ah Manshan, thanks for your hard work."

After saying that, she quickly opened the letter written by Zhu Zhuqing that was placed on the top, and read it with a serious expression.

"No big deal." Lin Manshan smiled, also understanding that this sister was thanking him for helping to deliver the letter.

Turning around, he took small steps to the table, pulled over a chair and sat down, looking at her quietly.

Her face resembled Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun by at least seven points, which was also the reason why he dared to present the token and the letter without even asking just now. However, even though their faces were similar, the three of them had very different temperaments.

Zhu Zhuyun was charming and emotional, Zhu Zhuqing was calm and elegant, this was the impression that the two women had given him during their previous time together. As for Zhu Zhuyu in front of him, she gave him a feeling of gentleness with a soft temperament. Although she is a few years older than Zhu Zhuqing, her facial features are more childish, belonging to the delicate childlike type, and there is also a small depression mixed between the corners of her eyebrows, making her look pitiful.

The type that looks good to bully, it is easy to make people have a kind of desire to protect her.

No wonder Zhuyun was so worried and wanted to bring her to her side so badly. If it were me, I would also be worried. No matter how you look at it, people will feel that it is easy to bully her, and she feels like the kind of person who wouldn't dare to fight back even if she was punched, but would only wipe her tears in secret.

Lin Manshan sighed quietly.

In the face of the family's arrangements, the three women also made completely different choices, Zhu Zhuyun chose to go with the flow and forge ahead, attempting to obtain the capital to stand toe-to-toe with the family in terms of power and status through Dai Weisi. Zhu Zhuqing chose to leave, wanting to get rid of the family control by staying away from the family and improving her strength. Zhu Zhuyu, on the other hand, chose to endure and submit to the family's arrangement.

None of them are prone to be easy. Lin Manshan withdrew his gaze and took out the tea he had picked up from the hotel from his spirit tool and drank it alone.

Not long after, Zhu Zhuyu finished reading the letter.

She looked up at Lin Manshan, her gaze carrying a few points of scrutiny, as she called out in a small voice, "Ah Man."

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