"Divine Martial Academy?"

The four of them were stunned when they heard this. Then Yun Fei asked in shock, "Then you... have already left the Heavenly Vault World?"

In fact, the four of them had already guessed earlier that this place was a world outside the Heavenly Vault World.

Because within the Heavenly Vault World, it was simply impossible for there to be so many experts.

Yet now, hearing Lin Feng say it out loud himself, the four still couldn’t help but feel shaken.

There was no such thing as a Divine Martial Academy in the Heavenly Vault World, so this place was definitely outside the Heavenly Vault World!

"Yes, I’ve already left the Heavenly Vault World and arrived at the Ancient Spirit Star River, on Ancient Zhou Star!" Lin Feng nodded.

When Feng Shaoyu and the other three heard this, their hearts were filled with shock. Ancient Spirit Star River? Ancient Zhou Star?

The four of them stared blankly; Lin Feng had actually gotten out. How did he escape? 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

What about Wu Sen?

What about those testers?

"Eleventh Junior Brother, what about Wu Sen? And those testers?" Hua Suifu asked the question that all of them wanted to know.

"Wu Sen has already been killed by me. As for the Witch Clan Testers, I’ve killed almost all of them as well!" Lin Feng said in a deep voice.

"What?" The four of them were shocked once more, their minds surging with waves.

Wu Sen being dead didn’t surprise them, but the testers having been almost completely wiped out—that was terrifying.

Had Lin Feng’s current strength really become so powerful? Powerful enough to slay so many testers?

"What plans do you have for the future?" Lin Feng sighed and did not say much more about the testers.

The four fell silent at his words. They knew nothing about the outside world—where could they even go?

"Why don’t you all join the Heavenly Vault Divine Palace! I’d wager Second Senior Sister and Tenth Senior Brother would very much like to see you again." Lin Feng said in a low voice.

"This...!" The four fell silent when they heard this. Join the Heavenly Vault Divine Palace?

Although they very much wanted to reunite with An Nuan and Tian Chen, and wanted to settle down safely in this world, when it came to joining Lin Feng’s Heavenly Vault Divine Palace, they still had some knots in their hearts.

Because they knew that Huangfu Qing was most likely already killed by Lin Feng.

They had no ability to stop Lin Feng, and they all felt somewhat guilty toward Huangfu Qing, so they also had some misgivings about joining the Heavenly Vault Divine Palace.

Although Huangfu Qing had coerced them, he was ultimately their master and had nurtured them for many years.

"With your strength, it will be very hard to accomplish anything on Ancient Zhou Star, and it’s full of dangers!" Lin Feng saw through their thoughts and began to persuade them.

He didn’t want these four former senior brothers and senior sisters to wander in this vast Ancient Zhou. He wanted to give them a stable environment in which to grow.

"Only by joining the Heavenly Vault Divine Palace can you cultivate in peace and pursue the higher Realms of Martial Arts!"

"Ancient Zhou Star is huge—where else can you go?"

"You have no background and could encounter life-and-death crises at any time!"

Lin Feng continued to speak, explaining the pros and cons. After a moment, the four finally agreed and were willing to join the Heavenly Vault Divine Palace.

They also knew Lin Feng was thinking for their sake. If they still refused such goodwill, it would be openly holding a grudge against Lin Feng.

In the end, Lin Feng once again put the four of them into the Jade Bracelet Space, planning to take them back the next time he returned to the Heavenly Vault Divine Palace.

After that, Lin Feng began cultivating in the pavilion, consolidating the Cultivation Realm he had just broken through to, while also pondering how to raise Star to a Battle Soul as quickly as possible.

...

Time passed. Around noon the next day, Mu Li, dressed in white, arrived at Lin Feng’s pavilion.

"This is your Identity Card. From now on, you are an Official Disciple of the Divine Martial Academy’s South Garden!"

In front of the pavilion’s main door, Mu Li, her white robes fluttering, handed a palm-sized Identity Card to Lin Feng.

It was a silvery-white Stone Plate, with starlight flickering on its surface, quite dazzling.

Lin Feng took the Identity Card, casually examined it, and then put it away.

"Thank you." Lin Feng cupped his fists in gratitude. At the same time he understood inwardly: it seemed this vast Outer Mansion region was not a single whole. Since there was a South Garden, there must also be a North Garden, and likely an East Garden and West Garden as well.

Mu Li glanced at Lin Feng, a strange look flashing through her eyes, because she discovered that Lin Feng had actually broken through in Cultivation.

In just a single day, he had gone from the Ninth Layer of the Martial Emperor Realm to the Quasi Emperor Realm. Wasn’t this speed a bit too fast!

"The master asked me to tell you: if you think it through, you can go to Fire Element Peak in the Inner Mansion at any time!" Mu Li said coldly.

In Mu Li’s heart, there was a faint trace of jealousy—a trace of jealousy toward the treatment Lin Feng enjoyed.

As an instructor of the South Garden in the Outer Mansion, with Cultivation at the Second Layer of the Martial Venerate Realm and as a Low Grade Venerate Level Artifact Refiner, she herself didn’t get many chances to receive guidance from Saint Huo Yuan.

Yet Lin Feng not only wasn’t willing to follow Saint Huo Yuan to learn Artifact Refining, but Saint Huo Yuan had actually given him another chance to choose.

This was truly infuriating!

"Hehe, I’ll think about it." Lin Feng gave an awkward smile and immediately nodded.

He also felt somewhat helpless in his heart. He was an Artifact Refiner, and Manager Chai was also an Artifact Refiner. Since Manager Chai had recommended him here, it was clearly so he could follow Saint Huo Yuan and learn the Dao of Qi Refinement.

Yet he had actually refused Saint Huo Yuan. That was letting Manager Chai down a bit.

But he had no choice.

"Mm." Mu Li nodded slightly at his words, then turned to leave.

"Instructor Mu, please wait a moment!" Seeing this, Lin Feng hurriedly called out to stop her.

Mu Li halted her steps and turned her head to look at Lin Feng. She thought Lin Feng had already thought it through.

"Instructor Mu, since you’re an instructor, may I ask you a question?" Lin Feng asked in a low voice.