“University is currently the highest institution of learning for humanity, gathering the largest number of the world’s most outstanding scholars, professors, and scientists. It is also the place where knowledge is imparted and where excellent talents such as doctors, lawyers, entrepreneurs, and many others are cultivated. The world’s earliest university was the University of Bologna, established in medieval Italy, and at its founding, it had only one major—law. Later, theology and medicine were added. Law represents the highest achievement of the humanities, while medicine represents the highest achievement of the natural sciences. The greatest contribution of Bologna’s legal education was to promote the revival of Roman law, which in turn spurred the later revival of humanistic thought. Today, the definition and scale of universities have long surpassed those of the past; nowadays, a university can be said to be a microcosm of society—a university is like a small social community…” Jason Wright began his lecture again, speaking at length.

“So, in university, you can learn a lot of worldly knowledge and gain a good understanding of secular culture?” Henry Bolton couldn’t help but feel a bit excited after hearing Jason Wright’s introduction to university.

“That’s right!”

“Then do you have a way to arrange for me to study at a university?” Henry Bolton became deeply interested in university, and he believed that studying at a university could help him better integrate into secular life—he definitely didn’t want another tragedy like the one at the foot of the mountain to happen again!

“That shouldn’t be a problem. I can instruct some Wudang disciples working in government departments to make arrangements!” Jason Wright agreed without hesitation. Are you kidding? The ancestor himself has spoken—of course it must be arranged! Besides, many Wudang disciples are stationed in special government departments, and some even hold important positions. If they can’t even handle something like this, they might as well be expelled from the sect.

“Then arrange a school for me in Hangzhou!” Henry Bolton was very happy to hear there was no problem. After thinking for a moment, he decided that his first stop in the secular world would be Hangzhou. After all, Henry Bolton was found by George Bolton by the West Lake, and maybe he could find some clues about his origins there, even though it was almost impossible. But people always harbor a bit of hope, and besides, Henry Bolton really wanted to return to his birthplace to have a look. So, just like that, Henry Bolton decided to study in Hangzhou.

Of course, in his happiness, Henry Bolton couldn’t help but grab a handful of elixirs and immortal medicines for Jason Wright, then waved his hand and told Jason Wright to go prepare the university arrangements. So, the forty- or fifty-year-old Jason Wright happily trotted off to handle the matter, and as soon as he got outside, a group of old and young, of course, couldn’t wait to share the spoils! Meanwhile, Henry Bolton was lost in fantasies about university life. After all, poor Henry Bolton had lived for a hundred years without ever leaving Wudang Mountain. Apart from George Bolton and some demon beasts in the Immortal Valley, he had never interacted with anyone else. Although in the eyes of ordinary people, spending every day with dozens of old men talking about the Dao and listening to stories of the mundane world would be unbearably dull and terrifying, for Henry Bolton, he had never lived so closely with so many people, never experienced such liveliness and joy! Once a heart that has been silent for a hundred years is set free, the excitement is a hundred or a thousand times greater than that of ordinary people!

September is the time for freshmen to register, and it’s also the liveliest period for all universities every year. At the school gates, senior students stand holding signs for their colleges and departments, enthusiastically greeting the new students. Of course, the gazes of those enthusiastic senior boys always fall on the young and beautiful junior girls. Even if she isn’t from their own college or department, it doesn’t matter—as long as she’s pretty, those senior boys are still more than happy to cross boundaries to help, and they even compete to do so, because the senior boys from her own college won’t agree otherwise! As for the senior girls, although they don’t openly use such a great opportunity to flirt with handsome juniors like the boys do, they’re not to be outdone. As long as it’s a good-looking guy, their faces bloom like spring flowers, their words are as sweet as honey, and they leave those young boys so dazzled they can’t tell east from west, with only one thought left in their hearts: “Damn, university really lives up to its reputation—so many beauties, so much enthusiasm! I’ve got to make the most of these four years!”

While all the colleges in Hangzhou were bustling with excitement and passion, Zhejiang XX University, located on Kaixuan Road in Jianggan District, Hangzhou, was of course also staging this lively scene! However, there was one young man with an utterly ordinary appearance, dressed in rustic clothes, carrying a military-blue travel bag, and sporting a crew cut—at a glance, it was obvious he was someone who had never seen the world, just out of some remote mountain village. He stood dazed at the school gate, looking up at the six characters “Zhejiang XX University,” muttering to himself, “So this is the legendary university! Ah, I’ve finally come to university too!” The scene was so out of place with his surroundings that everyone cast him looks of “I despise you!” Those pretty girls, in particular, avoided him as if he were a ghost, keeping their distance from this obvious country bumpkin, with not a single one showing any intention of warmly coming up to guide him.