Han Fu tilted his head. "What do you mean by recovery time? Do you mean we can’t practice normally?"
"You can, but your state will be affected a bit. If you have a strong mental mind, you won’t get affected as much, so don’t worry so much," Elder Xin added to make sure they didn’t worry. She herself knew that they wouldn’t want to use anything that could harm the youngsters, so the aftereffect was not that large.
"That’s good."
"Yeah."
They were all relieved upon hearing that they wouldn’t get affected too much. On the other hand, Ye Jiao just pursed her lips. She knew very well that there was not much effect, but the lingering thoughts from when they were there would surely last. It would take time before she could throw them out of her mind.
Elder Qian clapped his hands. "Now that it has come to this, it’s time for the academy selection."
"Can we truly select any of the five large academies?" one of the youngsters raised his hand.
"Yes," Elder Yi replied immediately. "All of us are representatives of the five academies. I’m from Shui Dao Academy, he’s from Hua Shan Academy, that woman is from Bing Gong, and she’s from Huang Mo Academy. On our back is the representative from Gu Academy."
"Waah."
They were all excited upon hearing those names. On the other hand, Lu Wan turned his head towards the other two. His eyes showed his confusion as he was unable to understand why they were all so excited.
"Can you explain them a bit?"
"Did you not do your research on them at all?" Ye Jiao was stunned. She looked at the young man suspiciously. "Do you seriously want to enter an academy or you just come here to find herbs?"
"Both."
"..."
Qi Huan sighed. "There are five extreme terrains in the Xian Gu Kingdom. In every terrain, one academy will be the leader and the place to nurture the best disciple. Those five academies that they mentioned are the five bests of each terrain."
"Tell me more?"
"In the north, there’s mountain terrain and the Hua Shan Academy is the one leading.
In the West, there’s an ice area, covered completely in ice and Bing Gong Academy is the one leading.
In the southwest, there’s a large dessert, and the Huang Mo Academy is the leading figure.
In the center and also south, there’s a forest with Gu Academy located in the edge, near the three other terrains.
In the east, there’s a large sea with several small islands, and Shui Dao Academy is located under the water."
Ye Jiao nodded. "It seems you have researched them completely, Qi Huan."
"I need to make sure I know where I’m going," Qi Huan shrugged. "There are much more middle size academies in the Xian Gu Kingdom, but you won’t see their representatives here. You will only be able to meet them if you go around the city."
Recalling the stands on the side, Ye Jiao smiled bitterly. The difference between those small academies and big academies were as large as the distance between sky and earth. It would be hard for them if they wanted to enter any small academies. Well, with their capabilities, it would be weirder to enter the small academy.
"Have you decided on which academy you wish to enter?" Lu Wan asked.
Qi Huan nodded. "I have."
"I have two option, so I’ll just see which one give me a better option," Ye Jiao replied while shrugging her shoulders.
"That means, I’m the only one undecided?"
"Yes."
"Yep."
Lu Wan: "..." I better pick one now.
Elder Cai let the youngsters ponder or discuss with their friends a bit before raising her hand. "Each of us will offer you a different offer. We’ll give you through scrolls."
Numerous scrolls appeared midair on top of the elders. They all flew in the direction of the youngsters as they hurriedly caught them with their hand. It was not hard to say that they managed to get five scrolls because each academy gave them some offer. Some unlucky ones would have less, but it was only a few of them.
After all, as long as they have talent, the academy will not reject accepting more disciples.
"Wow, I didn’t expect it to be this good," Lu Wan was astonished when he read the contents of the scroll. He barely paid any attention to the benefits and so on because his attention lied on the position they offered.
Some of them offered directly to be Inner Disciple, which was tempting for many of them. It didn’t take long for lines to form in front of the young man, who was the representative of Gu Academy.
"Why are there so many of them who pick Gu Academy?" Lu Wan’s jaw dropped when he looked away from his scroll.
"That’s because Gu Academy is an all-rounder and didn’t have any qualms about accepting disciples with various abilities. It’s also known as the biggest academy in the entire Xian Gu Kingdom with only a handful of them could be selected as the elite."
"If only a handful of them got selected, how come it’s so crowded?"
"Because even being their Inner Disciple can be better than other academies’ Core Disciple," Qi Huan closed his scroll after he had finished reading them. "They’re also the richest, so they can provide their disciple with much more resources compared with other academies."
"I see."
"If you want to go there, you’re free to go," Ye Jiao also had finished looking at hers. She was surprised that some of them still gave them high evaluation to the point that it was too good to be true. After they found out that she didn’t have any path for the specialization, they surprisingly still gave her a lot of offers.
Lu Wan looked at the icy man who was standing over there. Even though he was doing his work calmly, he felt a bit threatened whenever he had to look at that young man. Rather than getting into the fire pit, he would rather pick a different academy.
"No, thanks. I have a better offer."