Chapter 934: To the Black Cloud Academy
A peaceful weekend has begun, the next sunrise...
For two days starting today the Moon Goddess and the Immortal Sun Emperor will not be heading to the Pill Tower as if they are working everyday. This time they had stayed at the floating island waiting for the guests they had invited over to arrive. There were those who were training, those who were sparring, some even at the kitchen making some snacks. Only Yue Xuexia, who was napping at the hammock in the garden being watched over by Shen Jueyang, is free in the mansion. The Moon Goddess is quite lazy by nature. Unless necessary she wouldn’t work, especially not on weekends.
Wu Zhou had brought only his most trusted aide. The old butler of the Wu Clan. Ever since receiving the letter from the Moon Goddess and informing his elder brother who cannot go with him, he had prepared to not directly involve the academy for this private visit. After all, this disciple of his elder brother hasn’t officially come to the Black Cloud Academy to register despite having his elder brother’s personal token.
At the guard station, at the entrance of the noble district...
Two people from the Black Cloud Academy had stopped by the entrance. The noble district is a private property for most powerhouses that live in this city and the whole place was covered in a formation one cannot easily enter without invitation from someone who owned a property inside. Moreover, not just anyone can enter the noble district. It was unknown what kind of power who governs these floating islands but just for the fact that not just anyone can own a place in this district is known to everyone in the Inner Haven. Some people even considered this location as a forbidden zone.
Now Wu Zhou and the old butler of the Wu Clan stood at the entrance of the district where they were blocked by a dozen of Godking, Quasi-Emperor, Hidden False Emperor realm cultivators chosen as guardians of the district.
"Please stop where you are."
"This is the noble district. Only those who have a property of their own inside the place can enter."
"If you are a guest please tell us the island number and show us any form of invitation from someone inside the district."
"This black cloud pattern is familiar."
"People from the Black Cloud Academy?"
The current principal, Wu Zhou, didn’t mind that he was recognized through the insignia of the Black Cloud Academy instead of his face. Though many know that he is the current principal of the Black Cloud Academy outside the most popular one was his elder brother and the second one is the Grand Elder who held half of the other faction in the academy itself. Wu Zhou despite inheriting the position of his elder brother after he had gotten sick never openly called himself the principal after all in his heart this position will always be his elder brother’s.
Principal Wu Zhou didn’t answer and instead showed the letter passed to him by an elder from the Pill Tower. The head of the guards frowned for a moment and only relaxed after reading its content. He returned the letter with a polite gesture as if this piece of invitation was something worth more than gold. The ordinary looking invitation was returned by the head of the guards with two of his hands, unlike his serious expression from a few minutes ago there is a small smile on his face this time.
"Welcome you may now enter," said one of the guards. "One of us will escort you to the first floating island."
With some guards helping them, the least that could be done was to accompany people. When they landed on the floating island number one, they went closer to the center of this land and saw the palace-like mansion at the center of it. At the gardens, they saw the Moon Goddess and the Immortal Sun Emperor waiting for them to arrive like this.
The Immortal Sun Emperor, Shen Jueyang said, "Finally here. Come over."
Wu Zhou and the old butler from the Wu Clan clasped their hands before the Moon Goddess and the Immortal Sun Emperor before lowering their heads. People who can own the Floating Island One shows not only their wealth but also the power behind them.
The Goddess of the Moon who was napping in her hammock finally opened her eyes and looked at the two people from the Wu Clan.
Yue Xuexia asked, "Where is my master, Wu Yao?"
This one sentence is enough for Wu Zhou and the old butler Wu that this young lady before them truly had some connections with the Eldest Master. She had waved her hands and a wooden table and chairs appeared on the spot. With a gesture she had invited them over to take a seat.
"Please have a seat," said Yue Xuexia.
Wu Zhou and the old butler looked at one another before taking a seat and joining Shen Jueyang to the table as Yue Xuexia stay at the hammock.
The current Principal answered the Moon Goddess’s question from before about Wu Yao.
"About my elder brother, Wu Yao, he couldn’t leave the bed as he had fallen ill and had been bedridden for years. He couldn’t even leave the bed and had thinned a lot. However the doctor couldn’t find the reason he had ended this way. So they can only extend his lifespan to some extent," Wu Zhou said.
Upon hearing what had happened to Wu Yao, the sleepiness in the Moon Goddess had completely faded. Before Wu Zhao and the old butler could react, Yue Xuexia had longed to teleport before them and beside Wu Zhou. She extended her hand and lightly touched Wu Zhou’s hand. Well, it’s just a simple touch of her finger that landed on the back of Wu Zhou’s hand.
The Goddess of the Moon used her new ability, Retrocognition, to see through the past of Wu Zhou. Within his past memories the most frequent one is his daily visits to see his elder brother, Wu Yao. The old master from her memories, the old man who loves to eat her cooking with a slightly chubby face is gone. There is only a thin, pale and all skin old man whose flesh was almost disappearing slowly from the body itself. The moment Yue Xuexia saw this state of her master her eyes which were languid and full of boredom had changed to something full of worry.
Yue Xuexia used divine consciousness and spread it to the whole mansion so everyone in the island could hear her voice in their mind.
She said, ’Jueyang and I will not need lunch. We will be back before dinner. We will visit the Black Cloud Academy.’
’Yes, Mistress!’ Everyone who had heard the Goddess of the Moon’s voice had responded except for the man who would leave with them.
Then before Wu Zhou and the old butler could react, the two of them including the Moon Goddess and the Immortal Sun Emperor himself had disappeared on the spot. They had disappeared from the Floating Island One and suddenly reappeared in front of the Black Cloud Academy. Which caught the security personnel off guard and even Principal Wu Zhou and his family old butler were stunned.
The security guarding at the gates startled and called, "Principal Zhou?"
They looked at the familiar looking gate before them and at their surroundings. A few seconds before, even before they blinked from the scenery from the Floating Island the noble district to the academy ground only took a few split second of change.
’This is... Teleportation!?’ Thoughts of Principal Wu Zhou at this moment.
The old butler for the Wu Clan looked around and said, "This is truly the academy. But how?! We are in the noble district just now!"
"Lao Wu, calm down." Principal Wu Zhou said to the butler and looked at the guards at the entrance. "Return to your posts!"
"Yes, Principal (Second Master)!" The guards and the old butler responded.
After Wu Zhou had calmed down, he had turned to the Moon Goddess and the Immortal Sun Emperor. With a polite gesture he invited them into the Black Cloud Academy.
"Please come inside, guests!"
With Principal Wu Zhou leading the group, he had escorted Yue Xuexia and Shen Jueyang to the main mountain where the mansion the former principal is staying at. Some students and teachers were watching them the whole time and rumors spread in the academy saying that these two people are new students under the principal. This news had spread to the other factions within the academy so fast that these people started scheming.
At the mansion where Wu Yao is, Wu Zhou had personally escorted them. Upon entering the mansion, they were welcomed by the doctors on standby.
"Is my brother awake?" Wu Zhou asked the doctor.
A doctor responded, "The Eldest Master is awake and is now reading a book to pass time."
"Good. Empty the room. I want someone to meet my brother," said Wu Zhou.
When they heard the Second Master’s words, the doctors couldn’t help but peek at the young lady and the young man behind them. No one dares ask questions and emptied the eldest master’s room upon request.