Ernst Academy, the first magic academy on the entire Yulan continent.

  Ernst Academy is located in the mountainous area twenty miles south of San Du 'Fenlei City', Ernst Academy was funded by the Bright Church, naturally rich and powerful, occupying a vast area, almost as big as a city.

  Outside the Ernst Academy, there was no sign of human habitation, only a vast and desolate mountainous region.

  The canteen, clothing store, bar and other service places are all open within the college. It can be said that students of Ernst College live completely within the college.

  "What a magnificent sight." Lin Lei stood at the entrance of Ernst Academy, couldn't help but exclaim.

  The main gate of Ernst Academy is about fifty meters wide, and above the gate there is a huge semi-circular building. On that semi-circular building, there are various mysterious magic symbols. Just by looking at its complexity, it can be known that the magic array on the gate of Ernst Academy is a large-scale magic.

  At this moment, the entrance of the college was still quite lively, with a row of staff members on duty. A young man holding an admission letter and ID card had just started to register for school. Lin Lei immediately took out his admission letter and ID card to go through the registration process as well.

  "School officially starts on February 9th, and today is February 8th. According to the notice, I must arrive before February 9th. This young man in front of me also came to register today, and his residence should be close to Ernst College." Lin Lei thought to himself.

  The boy in front of Lin Lei was actually just a child, half a head shorter than Lin Lei. There was also an old man accompanying the child.

  "Hello, I'm Reno from the Aubrey Empire." The boy who was handling his enrollment in front of Lin Lei suddenly turned around and greeted Lin Lei enthusiastically.

  When he heard that the Reno in front of him was from the Aubrey Empire, Lin Lei's heart skipped a beat: "Aubrey Empire?"

  The Aubrey Empire, one of the four major empires, is located east of the Beast Mountain Range. However, the Ernst Academy is situated west of the Beast Mountain Range. To reach the Ernst Academy, one must take a detour from either the northernmost or southernmost part of the mountain range. After all, except for ninth-level experts or Sanctuary experts, no one dares to cross the Beast Mountain Range directly.

  The mountain range of demons stretches for tens of thousands of miles.

  And from the O'Brien Empire all the way over, the journey alone is estimated to be nearly 20,000 miles, and if it's in the eastern part of the O'Brien Empire, the distance will be even farther.

  A journey of twenty thousand miles, rushing along the road will probably take a whole year.

  "I am Lin Lei, of the kingdom of Fenlai." Lin Lei said politely to this boy called 'Laino'.

  Reno blinked his big eyes and sighed, "The Kingdom of Fenley? Then you're comfortable, I spent a whole year rushing from home to the Kingdom of Fenley. You must have spent a much shorter time."

  "Yes, it took me half a day to get here from home." Lin Lei replied honestly.

  "Hmm..." Ren's expression was very colorful.

  One rushed for a whole year, but another one was just half a day.

  "Student, hurry up." The examiner on the other side urged.

  In the process of handling admission procedures, one of them is to re-examine the student's strength. After all, Ernst College is also worried that someone will snatch the admission letter and impersonate it.

  "Here." Reno immediately went for testing.

  Lin Lei was surprised in his heart when he saw the test results.

  This boy named 'Leyno', has an affinity for elements that is top-notch, as for his spiritual power...

  "Reynolds, eight years old, spiritual power thirty-two times that of his peers, super class."

  Lin Lei was taken aback by the number reported by the test personnel, but the expression of the on-site testers was very calm, without any surprise.

  "Lin Lei, what's wrong? Are you surprised?" Leno said nonchalantly. "This is the Ernst Academy, which only recruits a hundred students from the entire Yulan continent every year. Each one of them is a genius! My level can only be considered average among the students."

  "But the Ernst Academy, when recruiting, is biased towards the Sacred Alliance. The Ernst Academy recruited fifty people in the Sacred Alliance, while the four major empires and the Dark Alliance combined only had fifty people. It's really unfair." Reno sighed on the side.

  Lin Lei listened and smiled.

  Ernst College was established by the Holy See, of course, leaning towards the Sacred Alliance.

  "It's my turn." Lin Lei also ran to get tested.

  Renault scrunched up his nose: "This Lin Lei, is a person from the Sacred Alliance, when Ernst Academy was recruiting, he had more advantages than me. His talent is probably not as good as mine." Renault was very confident.

  When the detector brought out Lin Lei's data, Leino was shocked.

  "Equal in spiritual power, but superior in elemental affinity? And also having both earth and wind attributes?" Reno was completely speechless.

  Having a single affinity that surpasses the superiors is already extremely rare, but Lin Lei is actually dual-affinity, and both of his elemental affinities are superior. This is what it means to be a genius, and he's even stronger than Leno. After all... dual-affinity mages are incredibly powerful.

  "Reno, don't be dazed, let's go." Lin Lei said with a smile.

  "Oh." Although Renao was only one year younger than Lin Lei, he looked like he was two or three years younger.

  Lin Lei and Leno received the "Student Certificate" of Ernst Academy, and also received the dormitory key. In Ernst Academy, no matter how poor or humble, they must live in a unified dormitory. Whether it's tuition or accommodation fees, everything is completely free.

  But...

  "Huh? You're paying tuition?" Lin Lei was surprised to see an old man next to Leno helping with the payment.

  Hillman, who was standing beside Lin Lei, smiled and said: "Lin Lei, the tuition and accommodation fees at Ernst Academy are all waived for members of the Sacred Alliance. For anyone else, they have to pay a hefty fee."

  Renault also nodded.

  The old man next to Renault smiled kindly at Lin Lei: "Yes, it's not just the Ernst Academy that does this. The O'Brien Academy, the number one warrior academy on the continent, also does this. For students from their own country, tuition is free, but for people from other regions, they have to pay a hefty fee."

  Lin Lei is not stupid either, think about it and you'll understand.

  "Lin Lei, the young master of our house has the same dormitory key as you, so you two should be in the same dormitory. I hope you can help each other out in the future," said the old man with a friendly tone.

  "Alright, Grandpa Lumm, you can go back now. I've already arrived at Ernst Academy anyway."

  "Uncle Hillman, you can go back too, I'll take care of myself." Lin Lei said with a smile to Hillman. Hillman nodded reassuringly: "Lin Lei, then I'll head back, work hard." Hillman encouraged.

  Lin Lei nodded with a smile.

  "Lin Lei, let's go." Leno instead warmly grabbed Lin Lei's hand and rushed towards the academy.

  "Goodbye, Uncle Hillman."

  Hillman watched with the old man as the two children entered the academy and didn't leave until much later.

  After bidding farewell to Uncle Hillman, Lin Lei followed Leno into the Ernst Academy. Inside the Ernst Academy, green trees shaded the area, with lakes, stone bridges, and ancient academy buildings... an ancient atmosphere hit them in the face. Just one of those huge trees that seven or eight people could wrap their arms around was enough to imagine its age.

  "It's indeed different, not as flashy as some newly built colleges. This is what it means to have depth." Reno gazed around with her big curious eyes, still marveling at the sight.

  In Ernst Academy, there are still various signs today, writing the paths leading to each place. It's obviously for the service of new students.

  "Lin Lei, let's go, we're going back to the dorm." Lin Lei pulled along Leno and rushed towards the dorm.

  Dormitory number —— 1987.

  Lin Lei and Leino were among the next to register, usually four students lived in one dormitory. When Lin Lei and Leino arrived at the accommodation area, they couldn't help but gasp in amazement. Row upon row of single-door courtyards stretched out before their eyes, numbering in the thousands.

  In addition to these thousands of single-family homes, there are also very rare two-story small apartments.

  "1987, 1987..." Lin Lei and Leino looked at the number plate as they kept running south.

  The room number is very regular, starting from 0001, and each row has 100 single-family houses with separate doors. When Lin Lei ran to the 20th row, he saw 1901. Then he ran east again, and after running for a while, the two of them finally arrived in front of the single-family house with the number 1987.