Cultivation Goddess
Chapters 11. Go to the Academy
"My wife!" call Mr. Xi Liang when he has finished dinner in his room.
"Yes, Husband. Your face looks serious. It seems you are thinking of something." Ning Xia tried to guess and judge her husband's attitude.
"You're absolutely right. I was thinking about our adopted daughter, Xiao Yin."
Master Xi Liang placed both hands on his two knees that were cross-legged. He moved his body to straighten his back.
"What's wrong with Xiao Yin? Does he want something you can't fill?" ask Ning Xia.
"Not .. not that, dear. Xiao Yin is a good boy. He never asked for anything."
"Then?" Ning Xia frowned.
"I was thinking of putting him into Master Song's academy. His talent is very large, too bad if not sharpened. Xiao Yin had above average abilities of a child his age."
Master Xi Liang expressed his heart to Ning Xia.
Ning Xia looked to think. What her husband said was true. Xiao Yin could become a great alchemist if he got the right education. There was no harm in him deepening his inner workings first before that. As far as Ning Xia was concerned, Master Song's academy had graduated great cultivators who had strong positions in the political realm.
"I don't mind if Xiao Yin studies there. But you better not send him there yourself. You must deliver it and explain who Xiao Yin really is." Ning Xia felt unbearable considering this was the first time for Xiao Yin to go to the academy, despite her age already being a teenager.
Mr. Xi Liang agreed to his wife's will. In the morning, he immediately relayed this news to Fang Yin. Fang Yin felt very excited. That day they also left for Master Song's academy which was in the territory of the Western Continent.
It takes a whole day to get there on a horse. If the journey is smooth and obstacle-free, maybe they will get there after sunset.
Given that the academy was in a hilly region far from the residential area, there were a lot of scavengers who robbed in the middle of the journey.
Fang Yin did not want to take part in the fight against the begal. He simply observed his foster father and the bodyguards fighting. Until now Master Xi Liang had not known to what degree of cultivation Fang Yin possessed, yet, if he were to join the fight then Master Xi would know if Fang Yin had already broken through the upper star realm of earth.
'I better pretend to be weak to keep my life safe. The old Fang Yin was killed due to her stepmother's envy of the talent she had. I need to be more careful.' Fang Yin muttered inwardly.
The begal had been defeated by Mr. Xi in a short period of time. They went back on their journey. After that there are no more significant obstacles. They finally reached their destination.
On the top of the gate was a signboard that read 'Seven Star Academy'.
According to Master Xi's story, this academy had seven elders who were also teachers there. Each elder has his own abilities and privileges. Elder An was a swordsman who was in the heaven realm, Master Ming an expert in melee direct attack techniques, Master Shi was an expert in medium and long-range attack techniques, and the four other elders who had different but complementary abilities. The one elder who was of interest to Fang Yin was elder Han, he was the only elder who reached the heaven level at his very young age.
Their arrival was greeted directly by Mr. Song, one of the elders who also became the owner of the academy. Mr. Song is a friend of Mr. Xi. They had studied with the same teacher. Mr. Xi was once asked to join Master Song's academy, but he refused. Mr. Xi prefers to carry out missions from the imperial government of the Central Continent.
The other six elders began to arrive and greet Master Xi. Fang Yin lowered his head and chose to quietly listen to their chatter. For some reason, Fang Yin felt the dislike gazes of the six elders.
'Did they not like me because Mr Xi said I was his former slave? In view of the magnificent building, it looks like this academy is a special academy for the nobility. I feel the smell of discrimination here. The huft! Looks like I'll have trouble again after this.'
Mr. Song was still at home chatting with Mr. Xi, he asked elder Han to escort Fang Yin to his room and join his friends.
Each room is occupied by four students. Fang Yin was the only female student in the academy and she had to sleep in a room with three men. It felt like Fang Yin had rejected him, but that was tantamount to breaking the rules.
As for Elder Han, Fang Yin felt puzzled. There are only two beds. There's no way he's sleeping in bed with a man. During her life neither Fang Yin nor Agata had ever dated, she felt strange when she was close to the opposite sex.
"God! Don't expect me to share the bed with you!" exclaimed a disciple while throwing a pillow at Fang Yin.
Fang Yin grabbed him and looked around. There was an empty floor in the corner. Fang Yin walked over there without much talking.
"God! Why is your face covered? Do you have a disability?" ask one of the others.
Fang Yin simply nodded. He did not want to argue or make statements that invited familiarity between them. Fang Yin's goal was to learn and avoid relationships with anyone in order to maintain security in his disguise.
The three roommates of Fang Yin took turns to scorn him. The insults he made for her. They said that Fang Yin was deaf, mute, ugly and insulted by being annoyed at Fang Yin who was indifferent when they asked. Fang Yin also looked poor for not carrying luxury items. He only brought a few clothes.
That night, Fang Yin did not instantly fall asleep. He waited for his three roommates to fall asleep first. After they fell asleep, Fang Yin walked around. There is a reading room that is directly related to his bedroom.
'It looks like this room I can use to cultivate. I can't be careless. Here I return alone without the support of anyone else.'
Fang Yin began to sit cross-legged to begin his meditation. Before he entered into his subconscious, Fang Yin swallowed a pill that was able to increase the absorption of natural energy in his cultivation. Fang Yin's body was surrounded by the accumulated energy light making the room instantly become brightly lit. The light did not leak out because Fang Yin had already locked the door from the inside.
With the help of the resources in the form of pills he had made himself from the rare plants in the Southern Star Forest, Fang Yin managed to shorten his cultivation time and gain enough energy to fill his dantian.
Fang Yin immediately came out of the reading room and rested by sleeping on the floor with a thin cloth that should have been his blanket.
Fang Yin's struggle at the academy is just beginning. Whatever he would face tomorrow, Fang Yin was still a mature Agata doctor. There was no crying or feeling the most pain even though circumstances never sided with him, for him this was part of his struggle to get revenge.
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