Chapter 55: Arriving at Deer-Chasing Academy

Walking forward a short distance with the crowd, Shi Jian saw a massive stone tablet standing ahead.

Inscribed upon the tablet were the four characters "Zhulu Academy," written with vigorous and mighty brushstrokes.

The characters exuded a vast and boundless aura, grand as a deity standing tall in that very spot.

Before even approaching the mountain gate, tens of thousands of people were already waiting here.

These individuals had all come here to seek knowledge.

Hailing from every corner of the Great Wilderness, they were prodigies belonging to various large tribes or super-tribes.

Only those large tribes or super-tribes possessed the capability to cross hundreds of thousands or even millions of miles to bring these people to Zhulu Academy.

In the distance, a patch of pristine white feathers hung suspended in the void, upon which stood dozens of women who gazed into the distance as if searching for something.

Elsewhere, a beast hide floated in the air, similarly bearing a group of people who seemed to be waiting for something.

There were many such retinues, all of them scouts dispatched by various factions.

They were lingering here specifically to look for Shi Jian.

Ever since Shi Jian first caused a stir upon entering the Void God Realm, these people had been coming here.

Without the slightest concealment, Shi Jian directly unfurled his Demonic Wings and flew straight toward this location.

Instead of heading to the mountain gate, he flew directly toward the palace located at the very center of Zhulu Academy.

That was the place where Zhulu Academy welcomed distinguished guests.

There resided the daughter of a supreme human sovereign, the descendants of archaic remnants, and even visitors from other domains...

Everyone of esteemed status was gathered right there.

Shi Jian's arrival quickly drew the attention of the crowd; this face of his was known to many!

"He's here! He has really come to Zhulu Academy—that mysterious youth!"

An exclamation broke out among the crowd!

"Who?"

"Baba!"

Someone recognized Shi Jian. Back when Shi Jian ran amok through the Initial Land, countless people had laid eyes upon his true appearance!

Furthermore, since he made no attempt to conceal himself, he was instantly recognized.

"His coming to Zhulu Academy is destined to stir up a heaven-shaking commotion in the future!" some elder figures from the large tribes narrowed their eyes and said with deep emotion.

Shi Jian: a youth of mysterious origins and terrifying strength.

From the moment he first appeared in the Void God Realm, he displayed terrifying talent, shattering the records of the Void God Realm and setting an unprecedented divine might of "two hundred thousand catties in the Blood-Moving Realm"!

The moment he emerged, he shone like a blazing sun, illuminating endless mountains and rivers and leaving behind a terrifying legend.

Proud prodigies of various races had all suppressed their cultivation realms to enter the Void God Realm and challenge him.

Yet they were defeated one by one.

Later on, a group of mysterious youths appeared alongside him within the Void God Realm.

That group of mysterious youths possessed equally terrifying origins, and every single one of them had broken past their limits.

They established records that surpassed all predecessors and would likely leave no successors.

Emperor Qing, Emperor Bai, Emperor Hei, Ye Ye...

The legends of these four individuals were still widely circulated within the Void God Realm today.

Their origins were just as mysterious as Baba's.

No one knew anything about them.

Some speculated that Shi Jian and the others were "descendants of deities!" and that with a great calamity about to begin, they had emerged into the world in succession.

Others speculated that they were beings hailing from the Upper Realm, acting as the successors of a powerful grand sect...

Opinions varied, but the one thing everyone agreed upon amidst these theories was that Shi Jian possessed terrifying talent and a terrifying background.

Precisely because of this, all factions attached such great importance to him.

So much so that they had arranged scouts to come to Zhulu Academy far in advance...

Moreover, many prodigies from major clans had also joined Zhulu Academy, harboring ambitions to vie for supremacy against Shi Jian.

They believed that while Shi Jian might be invincible in the Blood-Moving Realm, he was not necessarily invincible in the Caveing Heaven Realm.

Even Shi Yi—who had stood out with extraordinary brilliance since childhood and was shrouded in the halo of a juvenile supreme being from birth—wished to join Zhulu Academy to contend with Shi Jian.

According to the grapevine, this bearer of the Double Pupils had already reached a certain realm in his cultivation and was preparing to storm the ultimate boundaries of the Void God Realm.

Yet the Void God Realm had been thoroughly disrupted by Baba and those other mysterious youths.

Many ultimate boundary records had been refreshed.

Leaving the Double Pupils with no power left to break the limits once more...

In short, although Shi Jian was not currently walking the martial world, legends of him were everywhere within it.

And now, he had stepped out into the world.

"Zhulu Academy, your Baba has arrived..."

Ignoring the discussions of the people around him, Shi Jian let out a long whistle directed straight toward Zhulu Academy to announce his arrival.

"Baba has come! That's wonderful, Baba is finally here..."

Upon hearing Shi Jian's voice, the elders and the headmaster of Zhulu Academy felt joy flash across their faces. The very next instant, their figures simultaneously materialized before the mountain gate.

"Wah, it really is you! You've finally come!"

The headmaster of Zhulu Academy looked at Shi Jian with irrepressible excitement. Although Shi Jian had joined Zhulu Academy within the Void God Realm, he had never actually shown up at the academy, leaving the headmaster's heart hanging in suspense all this time.

He had been terrified that Shi Jian might be poached by other factions.

Now that Shi Jian had arrived, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Since I joined Zhulu Academy, I naturally intended to come!"

Shi Jian replied calmly.

Hearing this, the headmaster of Zhulu Academy smiled and opened his mouth to speak further, but abruptly, the scouts from various surrounding factions swarmed closer.

With that, the headmaster let out a cold snort:

"What do you fellow Daoists mean by this? Gathering before the gates of my Zhulu Academy with such intentions, what are you trying to accomplish?"

As he spoke, a beam of rune light shot from his eyes, and his voice thundered like rolling drums, making people's ears ring and their vision blur.

"Please forgive us, Fellow Daoist. We are merely here to pay a visit to Zhulu Academy..." someone spoke up, and the others quickly chimed in to agree.

"Coming to pay a visit to Zhulu Academy empty-handed—do you all look down upon my Zhulu Academy?"

A dangerous glint flashed through the eyes of Zhulu Academy's headmaster.

The academy's elders and scholars cooperated by releasing their own auras.

The terrifying pressure swept across the entire area in an instant.

The tribal prodigies who had purely come to seek knowledge began to tremble with fear on the spot.

That group of people chuckled dryly. Everyone knew very well what their true intentions were.

Now that the headmaster of Zhulu Academy was making a mountain out of a molehill, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and deal with it.

"How could that be? My Gu clan has specially brought heavy gifts to congratulate Zhulu Academy on recruiting a juvenile supreme being!"

After finishing these words, that person retrieved various treasures with a look of acute pain on his face...

The headmaster of Zhulu Academy nodded in satisfaction, then swept his piercing gaze across the others.

"Hahaha, precisely, precisely! We are all here to congratulate Zhulu Academy on obtaining a juvenile supreme being..."

Under the immense pressure, the rest of the people had no choice but to scrape together gifts for Zhulu Academy.

A smile instantly blossomed across the face of Zhulu Academy's headmaster.

"Where is Scholar Li? As our welcoming elder at Zhulu Academy, how could you leave these distinguished guests lingering at the mountain gate? It's too chilly out here in the wind; hurry up and escort them into the outer courtyard..."

With a warm and enthusiastic expression, the headmaster began showing concern for the numerous guests.

"It was my failure in hospitality..."

An elder of Zhulu Academy immediately stepped forward to acknowledge the order, and then beamed as he welcomed the crowd.

With dark expressions on their faces, the group filed into Zhulu Academy.

Watching the spectacle from the side with great interest, Shi Jian thought this headmaster was quite amusing.