"It's that amazing!" When Sai Joshi heard this, he couldn't help a feeling of infatuation rising in his heart. He secretly thought to himself that, if he could one day become a graduating student from Seven Premier Academy's inner courtyard, then he became stronger and he can find his mother.
Grandmaster was serious as he said, "It's far more amazing. One of my students once saw an upperclassman from the inner courtyard. He entered the Spirit Hunting Forest by himself, and defeated three ten-thousand-year spirit beasts with his bare hands, without killing them! He then took them back to the academy. Supposedly, that was the mission he'd received for his tenth year assessment."
"I've even heard that there was once a twelfth-year upperclassmen who'd already reached the Spirit Sage level by the time he graduated. Furthermore, he even possessed a hundred thousand year spirit ring! That upperclassman later stayed in the academy to be raised as the next dean of the academy."
After hearing their explanations, Sai Joshi had begun to have an impatient feeling. His interactions with Grandmaster these past few days had made him deeply understand the enormous benefits he received towards his cultivation when he had a good teacher. Seven Premier Academy was undoubtedly the best choice! He secretly made a vow to himself that, no matter how hard he had to work, he'd ensure that he remained in the outer courtyard, and that he would strive to enter the inner courtyard in the future.
With this feeling in his heart while they walked. Grandmaster's introduction to Seven Premier Academy had already ignited a flame in his heart.
Grandmaster couldn't help but smile when he saw Sai Joshi's appearance. When his students they'd entered Seven Premier Academy in the beginning, weren't they just like Sai Joshi?
After a few hours, Sai Joshi finally saw Seven Premier Academy.
Rather than calling it an academy, it'd be more suitable to call it a city. As they walked out of the forest near the main road, they were able to see the tall walls of the city beginning to extend upwards from the distant fields.
Seven Premier Academy had been established on a wide field, thus the area that it covered was extremely vast. It was a city in and of itself, and the city's name was 'Seven Premier City'. Seven Premier City was one of the biggest cities on the Spirit Continent, and the number of people who lived in it surpassed two million. Furthermore, Seven Premier Academy was the sole governor of the city, and didn't need to pay any taxes to any country. This single point just by itself was something that every single other academy, including those in the Northern Spirit Continent, were unable to say.
Seven Premier Academy wasn't located in the middle of Seven Premier City, but the eastern part. This was because the distant Spirit Hunting Forest was located towards the east.
Seven Premier Academy was surrounded by land in all directions, and could also be said to be accessible from all directions. It wasn't only the location of Seven Premier Academy, but was also the most important trade city for the Spirit Continent's original three empires. Because of Seven Premier Academy, the peacekeeping within Seven Premier City was extremely good. Transactions made within the city weren't just fair, but also made people feel at ease. Because of this, most of the merchants from the three empires would choose to do their business within Seven Premier City when conducting transnational trade.
The southern, western, and northern city gates of Seven Premier City could be entered and exited through at will. Only the eastern gate was exclusive to Seven Premier Academy.
Under Grandmaster's lead, Sai Joshi arrived outside the eastern city gate.
This city gate was only usable by Seven Premier Academy, but it was currently extremely busy. There were at least five thousand people gathered outside the eastern gate, and it was unusually lively. A large number of traders had already moved here due to the rumours, as this gate was even livelier than the other gates by a large margin.
"Little Sai, you're just in time for the academy's recruitment of new students. You should be able join this year's batch of new students without any problems, which'll make you junior by three years. These ordinary new students don't just have to pass the assessment, but also have to have a recommendation letter from one of the three empires' capital cities at the very minimum. This time of year is always the busiest period of time for Seven Premier City."
Sai Joshi quietly asked, "Teacher, is the assessment very difficult?"
Grandmaster said, "Little Sai, the entrance exam for Seven Premier Academy's outer courtyard has two requirements: One, you cannot be older than twenty, and two, your spiritsforce cannot be lower than the fifteenth rank. If you look at it purely from the standpoint of the examination's standards, you don't meet the qualifications to enter."
Grandmaster didn't say anything that would make Sai Joshi work harder, because he knew that he already worked hard enough, and he recently got his first spirit ring.
Sai Joshi asked, "Then, will the first assessment after three months also test my spiritforce?" With his physique, wanting to increase his soulforce from the eleventh rank to the fifteenth rank within three months was an entirely easy task.
Grandmastershook his head and replied, "No. The assessments of Seven Premier Academy always consist of live combat. As a teacher once said, 'any amount of numerical data pales in the face of live combat'."
Sai Joshinodded his head. "Teacher, perhaps I currently can't compare to the overwhelming majority of the new students, but I will definitely exceed them in the future." His words had a calmness that surpassed his peers, and an a firmness that did the same was also present within his Spirit Eyes.
Grandmaster, as he said, "Let's go. If you can get through the following three months, teacher will be optimistic about your chances to get to the end."