September 1st is a grand day for the four major dynasties, as it marks the opening of thousands of schools and the start of school for millions of students.

  On September 1st, Huaying Academy of Dongtu Imperial Dynasty opened its school, and students from all over the imperial dynasty came to report one after another.

  Huaqing Fu is one of the top ten academies in the mainland's four major imperial dynasties, and several generations of national teachers of the imperial dynasty have completed their studies at Huaqing Fu, which can be seen as having a profound foundation.

  In an era where it takes a hundred years to cultivate a saint, the history of Huqing Fu can cultivate saints, which shows that the teacher's strength of Huqing Fu is unparalleled in the mainland, especially in the Eastern Dynasty, it is the first-rate academy, the strongest academy, without exception.

  The Huaqing Mansion covers an extremely vast area, even larger than some small countries on the mainland. Any influential family hopes that their children can enter the Huaqing Mansion for study. Unfortunately, only a handful of students are qualified to enter the Huaqing Mansion for study. The mansion has extremely high requirements for student qualifications, and unless one is from the royal family or a noble family with extraordinary talent, it is impossible to enter this mansion for study.

  The gate of Huqing Mansion was bustling, and the words on the plaque above the gate were written by a sage, emitting a sacred atmosphere that had lasted for thousands of years without dispersing, attracting one student after another to stop in front of the gate.

  Dada!

  A golden Qilin beast came running from afar and stopped at the gate, where a scholar in imperial attire dismounted from its back. He bowed to the sacred characters on the gate's signboard and led the Qilin into the Huqing Mansion.

  Whoosh!

  A silver phoenix carried a woman wearing brocade clothes, like an immortal, and landed in front of the Huqing Mansion. The woman tidied up her scattered hair, lightly got off the phoenix's back, looked around, bowed slightly to the sacred words on the plaque, and led the phoenix into the Huqing Mansion.

  Knock knock knock!

  A loud rumbling sound came, and three unicorns arrived at the gate of Huqing Fu like a whirlwind. Three majestic young men got off from the unicorns, laughing and talking, and simultaneously bowed to the sacred characters on the signboard, leading the unicorns into Huqing Fu.

  On this day, students came to the gate of Huqingfu one after another. They were the students who had the good fortune to complete their studies at Huqingfu this year, and they were the most outstanding talents among thousands of people.

  The entrance of Huqing Mansion was filled with students entering the academy, but a different scene appeared, a student with four followers walked out of Huqing Mansion.

  "Look, it's Guī Suǒ Dào Xǐng, he is a 'celebrity' of Huá Qīng Fǔ, the only one who studies ghost and spirit learning, also the sole heir of the Ghost Saint for hundreds of years."

  "It's said that Guī Cái Sū Dào Xǐng did something earth-shattering in the Academy today. He requested a three-year leave of absence from the Academy, and under pressure from the Su family, the Dean surprisingly agreed to it. Unbelievable! Ordinary students can take a leave of absence for at most one year, but he managed to get three years off - truly befitting a noble young master of the imperial court."

  Some old students who entered Huqing Mansion saw Su Daoying's figure and discussed it in an uproar.

  Su Dao Xing was just a thirteen-year-old boy with an evil aura, his appearance was not ordinary. He heard the discussions of the students around him and let out a bitter laugh.

  For thousands of years, every subject in the Huqing Academy has been a popular choice among students, except for one subject - Ghost Spirit Studies. Very few students choose to study it, and the academy only keeps this subject out of respect for the legendary talent, Gui Sheng, who graduated from here.

  Su Dao Xing's first year at the Academy, he occasionally came into contact with the study of ghosts and gods, and was unexpectedly drawn into it, unable to extricate himself. While other students were making rapid progress in the realm of transformation, he remained stagnant, still a ordinary student after a year, without even entering the realm of transformation.

  Su Dao Xing, in the eyes of his fellow students, was just an untalented and uneducated noble son who indulged in absurd spiritual theories all day long. The nickname "Ghostly Talent" given to him was purely a mockery.

  Su Dao Xing was born into one of the top ten aristocratic families in the imperial court, the Su family. Although he was a bastard child, his birth was still extremely noble, especially since he had a grandfather who made great military contributions to the imperial court, which allowed him to enter the prestigious Huqing Academy for studies. Of course, his talent also matched up to the standards of Huqing Academy, but he took a wrong path and became one of the academy's biggest laughingstocks.

  Facing others' ridicule, Su Dao Xing looked very open-minded. Others laughed at him for being too crazy, but he laughed at them for being too ignorant. They didn't understand the Ghost Saint's ghostly studies and didn't know that the path to sainthood in ghostly studies was the most practical way to become a saint over thousands of years, but he knew.

  Su Dao Xing, in order to prove to others that the ghost and god theories he learned were correct, and to prove to the Su family members who misunderstood him that the path he chose was correct, resolutely sold all the ancestral properties under his name, mobilized the family's power to get the school to approve his suspension for three years, preparing to implement a plan that had been brewing for a year.

  "Master, everything has gone according to your plan. All the family property has been sold off, even the cold jade bed passed down from our ancestors was pawned at a pawnshop, and those things were purchased." Attendant Su Han reported to Su Dao Xing.

  "Master Su, you've worked hard." Su Dao Xing bowed slightly to Su He.

  "Alright, alright." Su Hong revealed a silly smile and accepted a bow from Su Dao Xing.

  The four attendants who followed Su Dao Xing were nominally his attendants, but in reality they were his four masters without the title of master, yet with the actuality of imparting their skills.

  These four people are the four guardians chosen by Su Dao Xing's grandfather to protect Su Dao Xing until he comes of age, at which time the four can leave Su Dao Xing.

  Su Dao Xing had great respect and affection for the four of them. He knew that Su Dumb, who always wore a foolish grin, was a master at managing finances; Su Duan, who had lost an arm, was a skilled fighter with knives; Su Liu Zhi, whose face looked somewhat disreputable, used to be a master of the "Miao Shou Kong" school; and Su Hong Zhuang, who still wore red makeup and whose gender could not be determined, was a kind person who treated him like family.

  "I hope that plan succeeds. If it does, I'll be on top of the world; if not, I'm still just a small insect." Su Dao was thinking about his own plan at all times.

  The four guardians actually didn't think much of Su Dao Xing's plan, but the four of them had always cooperated with him. Even if Su Dao Xing told them to go up to the ninth heaven to chase the sun or down to the ninth sea to catch turtles, they would still do it without fail.

  Four guards stood around Su Dao Xing, and the five of them left the gate of Hu Qing Fu.

  The five of them left Huqing Fu and came to a street lined with shops next door, where they bought a sedan chair.

  "Master Su, are you planning a long trip?" The sedan chair vendor happened to know the notorious Su Dao Xing and casually asked.

  Su Dao Xing replied: "I and four masters are going to Wei Mountain."

  "You want to go to the Weishan Mountain, which is known as the Ghost Mountain?" The merchant's face changed, "It's said that only those who are about to die and have no other choice would think of entering Weishan Mountain. Only a strong cultivator who has reached the Nascent Soul stage would dare to explore Weishan Mountain. Su Gongzi hasn't even entered the Nascent Soul stage, yet he dares to go to Weishan Mountain..."

  The merchant didn't finish speaking, and then he realized his words were unpleasant, so he immediately shut up.

  Su Dao Xing smiled indifferently, knowing that the merchants must have thought he was going to Mount Wei to send himself to death. He didn't say much and boarded the sedan chair.

  Su Hei, Su Hong Zhuang, Su Duan, and Su Liu Zhi had always been taciturn guardians. They lifted the sedan chair and swiftly carried it out of the Huqing Manor's grounds.

  Ordinary people on the mainland only have a lifespan of hundreds of years, and some are even shorter-lived. Only strong practitioners who have entered the Houtian Boundary can extend their lifespan, so all ordinary people want to step into the Houtian Boundary.

  However, those who enter the realm of transcendence are one in a thousand. Without extraordinary talent, without transcendent intuition, and without opportunity, how can ordinary people transcend?

  In the Huqing Mansion, any student who fails to enter the Hua Fan realm within a year will be expelled. Su Dao Xing was also suspended for three years because he did not enter the Hua Fan realm within a year and had no face to stay in the Huqing Mansion. He wanted to use these three years to complete a plan, successfully enter the Hua Fan realm, and then return to the Huqing Mansion as a legitimate student.

  "Hua Fan, Hua Fan! How difficult it is to enter the realm of Hua Fan?" Su Dao Xing sighed as he gazed at the majestic mountain in the distant clouds.

  Su Hongzhuang usually doted on Su Daowu, and upon hearing this, she smiled and said: "Young Master's plan will surely make Young Master successfully enter the Realm of Immortal Ascension."

  "Su Hongzhuang, stop deceiving the young master. In fact, if the young master had chosen to study swordsmanship, knife techniques, or academics, he would have already succeeded in becoming an immortal long ago. But he insisted on studying the doctrine of ghosts and spirits, and until now, he has been unable to enter the realm of immortality. The young master also knows that in the hundreds of years of history of the Huaclear Mansion, there were many disciples who chose to study the doctrine of ghosts and spirits, but they all failed to become immortal and eventually gave up on it." Su Duan said bluntly, despite seeing Su Hongzhuang give him a stern look, he still spoke his mind.

  "Elm knot, isn't it because of your straightforward and outspoken nature that you offended a noble, and ended up getting one of your arms broken by the noble's servant? If General Su hadn't happened to pass by and saved your life, you'd already be a vengeful spirit who died unjustly at the hands of that noble." Su Hongzhuo jeered at Su Duan, spitting out words that almost landed on his face.

  "I won't bother with you." Su turned his face away and ignored Su Hongzhuang.

  Su Hongzhuang's face turned gloomy with anger, he looked like a woman in appearance, dress and temperament, but what he hated most was that others took him for a woman.

  Just as the two masters were about to fight, Su Dao Xing straightened his body and said: "Four masters, the Ghost Saint Book says that only by breaking the shackles on one's body can a cultivator of ghostly arts enter the realm of true cultivation from the mortal realm. I wonder if these ten shackles are among the eighteen shackles of the mortal realm?"

  "Gentlemen, I've seen it recorded in the sect's archives that the eighteen shackles of the Mortal Realm have different methods of breaking them for the Martial King, Literary King, and Evil King. The names they use to refer to the eighteen shackles are also different. The Ghost Sage's eighteen shackles should correspond to the eighteen shackles of the Mortal Realm." Su Liu pointed out, his body agile and his hands empty, with knowledge as deep as the ocean.

  "Hmm! This time in Weishan, I will definitely enter the Huanfan realm within the shortest time and become a Wu Wang." Su Dao Xing's eyes shone brightly, he indeed had confidence to enter the Huanfan realm.

  Su Hen, Su Hong Zhuang, Su Duan, and Su Liu Zhi only shook their heads with a bitter smile, neither confirming nor denying what Su Dao Xing said.