“Not to mention, I heard that Sunlight Academy’s exam is very strict. I might not even get in, so why waste this application fee.” Qi Xuanxuan drooped her petite head.

  “I’ve been hearing you guys talk about these whatever four great Sun, Moon, Star, and Celestial academies. What exactly are they.”


  “You don’t know? Sun, Moon, Star, and Celestial are Shuntian Prefecture’s four largest academies. It only accepts a limited number of students every year. Everyone scrambles to join and study there. I heard that they each have quite their own unique approach to teaching. Practically everyone who joins can trigger their spiritual meridians and grasp the spiritual energy of one of the five spirits in less than a year.”


  “Oh.”


  “What do they teach?”


  “They teach everyone to grasp the energy of the five spirits!” Qi Xuanxuan gazed quizzically at Qiao Mu. “While we were still in the Lower Star Domain, we couldn’t grasp the five spirits at all. Our starting point is already much lower than the people of the same age in the Six Prefectures. If we aren’t able to grasp one of the five spirits within a year of coming here, we will be forcibly sent back.”


  “Ah?” Qiao Mu was stunned by what she heard. “I saw that there were many normal people at the entrance to Shuntian Prefecture, where the small market was near the Thunder Plains. Could it be that they would send all these normal people back to the Lower Star Domain?”


  “Of course not. I’m talking about people like us who were beckoned by Heavenly Law and came to Shuntian Prefecture from the Lower Star Domain through the heaven-ascension stairs. If you were an original inhabitant of Shuntian Prefecture, then there wouldn’t be such a concern.”


  “Isn’t it very unfair.” Qi Xuanxuan puffed out her cheeks and criticized indignantly, “I also think that it is very unfair. But the way of the world is like this. Other people’s starting points are just higher than ours! Take Shuntian Prefecture for instance, some people can trigger spiritual meridians at birth and automatically absorb the vital spiritual energy of heaven and earth.”


  “While we practically don’t have the vital spiritual energy of heaven and earth in our Lower Star Domains. It’s unlike what they have here, where finding a spiritual ground would greatly help one’s cultivation.”


  “Oh.” Qiao Mu nodded.

  “If I can trigger my spiritual meridians within a year and grasp one of the sources of spiritual energy, it would be wonderful!” Qi Xuanxuan arched her head back and let her fancy run wild.

  The white snakelet beside her had finished munching half of the meat bun by now. It cast her a disdainful little gaze.

  The little white snake’s big talk was about to get sky-high, but luckily he didn’t directly utter this using human speech. Otherwise, it would certainly make our dear Qi Xuanxuan faint!

  “Oh.”


  Qi Xuanxuan: …


  “Older Sister Qiao. Where are you planning to go? Which academy.”


  “I, I’m planning to wait for my senior brother and the others.”


  Qi Xuanxuan immediately became crestfallen. “So you have companions. I’m the only one who came from our star domain, so I can’t find a buddy even if I want to.”


  She sighed with a dazed expression. This was a result of the uncertainty toward her future.

  “Uh, how about, once my senior brothers and them come, we go take the exam for that, uh Sunlight Academy together?”


  “Okay!!”