Bathed in the morning light, Henry Carter walked out of the academy and set off on the road home.

Chapter Thirteen: The Du Family’s Descendants

Nanfeng Academy was located in the northeast corner of Qingyue City, while the The Carter Family residence was in the southwest corner, in completely opposite directions.

Although Henry Carter was already a two-star apprentice, with strength and speed far above ordinary people, it still took five or six hours to walk home from Nanfeng Academy without taking a carriage or a Dao-vehicle.

In Qingyue City, there were three main means of transportation: the most common horse-drawn carriage, the expensive beast-drawn carriage, and the extremely rare Dao-vehicle!

Ordinary carriages cost between one thousand and three thousand silver coins, beast-drawn carriages were much more expensive, with the cheapest costing thirty to fifty thousand silver coins, and as for Dao-vehicles, they couldn’t be bought even if you had the money.

Dao-vehicles were different from ordinary carriages. They weren’t pulled by beasts; the entire body was made of precious metals, and inscribed with arrays by master rune-carvers, which channeled the world’s energy through the rune arrays. Not only were they fast, but also very stable. In all of Qingyue City, only a handful of people could ride in a Dao-vehicle.

The The Carter Family family’s means of transportation was a Qingmane Unicorn Carriage worth forty thousand silver coins. The Qingmane Unicorn was a hybrid of a unicorn beast and a Qingmane horse, possessing the speed and endurance of the unicorn beast, but without its ferocity—considered an entry-level beast-drawn carriage.

“One day, I’ll get myself a Dao-vehicle too!”

Walking alone on the road, the scorching sunlight beat down on Henry Carter’s face, covering it in sweat. Watching the carriages and beast-drawn vehicles passing by, and the Dao-vehicles in the distance that made pedestrians quickly move aside, Henry Carter wiped the sweat from his forehead and muttered enviously under his breath.

Of course, Henry Carter was just dreaming. Not to mention the Dao-vehicles that couldn’t be bought even with money, he had never even ridden in a beast-drawn carriage.

The summer heat was intense, the temperature unusually high. With his current two-star apprentice cultivation, Henry Carter still couldn’t use energy to dispel the heat, so he could only grit his teeth and endure it. But thinking of soon seeing his parents, a faint smile would unconsciously appear on Henry Carter’s still somewhat childish face.

By the time the sun set behind the western hills and Henry Carter had walked most of the way, Nanfeng Academy finally rang the bell signaling the end of classes. Nanfeng Academy had a holiday every three months, each lasting seven days.

With the bell’s ringing, the once-quiet Nanfeng Academy instantly became lively. Students from the junior, intermediate, senior, and the only genius class began to file out of their classrooms.

In Junior Class Three, just as the instructor left, a group of senior class students exuding powerful auras blocked the doorway. The weakest among them was an eight-star apprentice, and the white-robed youth at the front was already a martial artist!

The white-robed youth was named James Parker, the top student of Senior Class Five, ranked fifteenth among all students in Nanfeng Academy! He was also one of Miss Grace’s most ardent pursuers!

The story of Henry Carter entering Qingluan Hall side by side with Miss Grace, and Miss Grace affectionately taking Henry Carter’s arm in front of Qingluan Hall, had already spread throughout Nanfeng Academy in just three days.

Miss Grace’s fanatical admirers had gone mad, frantically investigating Henry Carter’s identity. With only a little over five thousand students in Nanfeng Academy, three days was more than enough for Miss Grace Hamilton’s fanatics to turn the academy upside down.

“I’m looking for Henry Carter. The rest of you… get lost!”

The white-robed James Parker was surrounded by a crowd like stars around the moon. His gaze was icy as he swept over the students of Junior Class Three, his face expressionless.

“That’s James Parker! James Parker, ranked fifteenth on the Nanfeng rankings!”

“Go! Go! Let’s get out of here!”

“Looking for Henry Carter? Henry Carter is really in trouble this time. How did he provoke James Parker? James Parker is already a martial artist, and the The Parker Family is one of the three most powerful families in Qingyue City!”

“Even if Henry Carter has the talent to become a rune master, talent is just talent. Unless he’s a true rune master, who would dare provoke the The Parker Family!”

The students of Junior Class Three looked at the white-robed youth with awe, and at Henry Carter with deep sympathy. Everyone was silent, carefully edging along the wall to leave the classroom, not daring to even breathe loudly.

“Hahaha! Henry Carter, let’s see who can protect you this time!”

Brian Cooper’s expression was calm, but inside he was laughing triumphantly. Henry Carter had shown the talent of a rune master and turned his fortunes around; as the top student of Junior Class Three, even Brian Cooper didn’t dare provoke Henry Carter anymore.

These days, Brian Cooper had been feeling stifled and extremely frustrated. Now, seeing James Parker coming to cause trouble for Henry Carter, he felt a satisfaction that words could not describe!

“But Henry Carter hasn’t come to class for three days. Looks like he’s dodged a bullet this time…” Brian Cooper looked at Henry Carter’s empty seat and shook his head regretfully.

“Henry Carter must be in the dormitory!” Brian Cooper’s eyes darted around, guessing that Henry Carter was definitely hiding in the dorm.

When cultivating energy, no one was allowed to disturb you, so Nanfeng Academy had a rule that no one could barge into the student dormitories—not even instructors. That’s why Brian Cooper was sure Henry Carter was hiding in the dorm.

As the students left the classroom one by one, in the blink of an eye, only Brian Cooper was left!