Watch out! Something's wrong with this guard.

At this moment, more than 10,000 students have come to the academy's main square, eager to join in the excitement.

"So, why did you drag me out of bed so early in the morning?" A handsome young man in black with dark blue hair asked his friend with a helpless expression.

If Lu Yunshi were here, he would definitely recognize that the black-clad youth's friend was none other than Lin Qingxuan, with whom he had fought.

"Haha, I met an interesting person before. He actually managed to beat me despite being only at the Body Tempering Realm. Unfortunately, he was wearing a mask at the time, so I didn't know what he looked like. I'm here at the tournament today to see if I can find him. But I'm bored coming alone. Xiao He, since you've finished your seclusion, I'll come find you." Lin Qingxuan smiled at the black-clad youth and revealed his purpose.

"You beat me when we were both at the Body Tempering Realm?" Xiao He was also a little surprised to hear this, and he pondered for a moment while rubbing his chin. "I'm afraid there's only one person in the area right now who can do that."

"Only one person?" Lin Qingxuan's eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something, and he quickly asked, "Xiao He, didn't you also come up from the foot of the mountain? Do you know something?"

Xiao He's lips curled slightly, but he shook his head. "As far as I know, after I left, only one person could do this, but... I won't say."

Lin Qingxuan was stunned for a moment, then scratched his head. "Xiao He, do you know that riddle tellers all die?! I really regret bringing you here."

"Haha, I can't tell you, you'll have to find it yourself."

Seeing his friend's frantic state, Xiao He found it quite amusing. He chuckled twice and then turned his gaze back to the main square, his eyes gleaming and his expression softening considerably.

'Boss, looks like you've finally made it up. You didn't even tell me; you kept it a secret really well.'

Half an hour later, a college teacher arrived in a seven-colored radiant light and finally stopped in the main square.

After this person appeared, the students surrounding the square stopped their noise, and the entire square fell silent instantly.

"Dear students of the academy, three years have passed since the elementary student assessment concluded. First of all, let us congratulate the 551 elementary students who have advanced to the intermediate level. Their efforts... their hard work... their will... their future..."

"Ah...do all people talk like this?" The seventh brother, who had been waiting silently in the audience, looked dejected. An hour had passed in the blink of an eye. He really could talk a lot.

Lu Yunshi glanced at Lao Qi with an air of utter disbelief. "Just wait and see, this is only the beginning. The teacher-student selection meeting doesn't start until noon, but we're already here at nine. Why do you think that is?"

"Huh?" The seventh brother looked up abruptly, only then realizing what was terrifying. "Could it be... that the entire three hours in between were...? No way, this is too inhumane, right, sixth brother?"

The seventh brother suddenly turned to look at the sixth brother, only to find that the sixth brother completely ignored him and stared intently at a certain spot. The seventh brother looked in that direction as well and saw two alluring young women chatting and laughing, their expressions incredibly charming.

"Hey... Sixth Brother, you're doomed, you've fallen in love." Seventh Brother chuckled, his expression quite lewd.

Hearing the teasing voice of the seventh brother, the sixth brother finally came to his senses, glared at the seventh brother fiercely, and then looked at the two girls again.

"What are you thinking about? Look closely, who are they?"

"Who is it?" Old Seven paused, then looked closely. "Who else could it be, a woman? Or perhaps a man? Then you're even more suspicious?"

At this moment, Lu Yunshi finally couldn't stand it anymore. He gently patted the back of the seventh brother's head and said with a smile, "They have demonic markings on their foreheads, which are exclusive to the demon race. They are demons."

"Demons? So what? What's so special about them?" Old Seven scratched his head, still not understanding.

"Tsk, you don't even understand this." Li Hongying shook her head, seemingly disappointed by Lao Qi's lack of intelligence.

"You know, you know, tell me?" the seventh brother retorted defiantly, but Li Hongying simply gave him a look that instantly silenced him.

Seeing this, Lao Liu chuckled twice at the other person, and then said...

"I was just thinking that we don't usually see people from the other four races at the foot of the mountain. I didn't pay much attention when I was studying before, but now I realize that there are quite a few people from other races on this mountain. I just observed that, apart from us humans, the most numerous races are demons, followed by monsters, then dragons, and finally holy races. I looked for a long time and didn't see a single one."

"Of course! We don't have many opportunities to go anywhere else besides studying, and we'd never see them down the mountain. There's no way they'd come down," the seventh brother said matter-of-factly.

“I know this is normal. I was just thinking that apart from the area near the academy, you probably wouldn’t see so many aliens in other places.”

"I don't think so. I've heard that many places allow people of different races to live there. However, these people of different races are all registered. They usually only move around in places where people of different races are allowed to be present. Otherwise, they will be reported and sent back. If they do something serious, they will be suppressed and killed. Most of the unregistered ones sneak in to cause trouble. They hope that no one will find out. Naturally, they hide well and won't run out and shout 'I'm here.'"

"However, besides the human realm, there are also places in the other four realms where alien races are allowed to live. This was a decision made after the war between the five major races ended, to show their determination to have peace. However, in reality, most of the alien races who live across realms are just those with low cultivation levels. Those with higher cultivation levels mostly stay in their own worlds. If they cross realms, they will receive a lot of attention, or rather, surveillance."

Lu Yunshi, who was rubbing his nails, blew off the powder on his nails and continued speaking.

"Isn't all of this written in the book? Why didn't you read it?"

Upon hearing this, the three blinked and gave each other awkward smiles.

Who watches that stuff?

"Speaking of which, we are lucky to be born in this era. If the five major races were still at war, you and I would probably have become victims. I heard that my great-great-great-grandfather died in a war between humans and demons." Li Hongying then changed the subject.

“That’s hard to say. When I was reading historical anecdotes before, I read that the war between the five major races ended without a clear winner, and a peace treaty was concluded in a very short period of time,” Lu Yunshi said with a bored expression.

"Isn't this good?" the seventh brother asked curiously.

"Of course it's good, but if you think about it carefully, it's very strange that a war that has lasted for countless years and has never stopped since the emergence of the five major races suddenly ended without a clear winner or loser. So, what could be the culprit that caused this peace, something that the five major races are wary of and feel that if they continue fighting, someone else will take the credit?"

"There seems to be such a thing, saying that the war between the five major races ended for some reason and entered a new era of peace, what was it called again... 'Heterodox'..." Li Hongying seemed to have thought of something, but unfortunately, she was someone who didn't pay attention in class, so naturally she couldn't remember.

“An alien spirit,” Lu Yunshi answered, raising his head to look at the teacher in the air. “It has begun.”