King of Ten Thousand Years

Chapter 48: Chapter 47: Silver Area

After the rewards were distributed, the Mentors all took their leave.

In the end, only a single female Mentor remained, responsible for guiding the new students who had just entered the Holy Mansion.

「A short while later.」

The one hundred students on site entered a world shrouded in mist, filled with towering pavilions and palaces.

The Sun Chasing Holy Mansion was built among a vast range of mountains rich with dense Spiritual Qi.

As far as the eye could see, majestic towers and palaces connected to gardens and pavilions, covered corridors and waterside terraces, all displaying the grandeur of a top-tier Wu Mansion.

"Follow me!"

The female Mentor led the one hundred students to collect their Identity Tokens and academy attire.

Luo Tian discovered that, aside from himself who possessed a Silver Token, the other new students all received Bronze Tokens.

"We’re here! This is Sunrise Peak. Go ahead and choose your own residences."

The female Mentor brought the students to the foot of the mountain peak.

Near the foot of the mountain were rows of Bronze Stone Houses. Each occupied an area of about twenty square meters and looked plain and crude.

"Get in there! Grab a residence with dense Spiritual Qi!"

A few of the youths who understood the Holy Mansion’s rules sprinted toward the Bronze Stone Houses.

In the Holy Mansion, there was competition everywhere.

The most fundamental of these competitions was for Cultivation residences.

On Sunrise Peak, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi gradually grew stronger from the bottom to the top.

Bronze Students lived at the foot of the mountain, where the Spiritual Qi was the weakest. Even so, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi here was twice as strong as in the outside world.

WHOOSH!

Nangong Yu’s speed was unmatched; he chose a Bronze Stone House in a higher position.

Tang Wei and Princess Yunxiu followed close behind.

"Brother Luo, why aren’t you running?"

Chen Haofei dashed several dozen meters ahead before realizing Luo Tian was still standing back where they started, not moving at all.

"Heh, that kid got lucky and became a Silver Student. I bet he’s getting carried away."

"After we’ve claimed the best houses, he’ll be stuck with the worst spot!"

A few students from Noble Families remarked, gloating over his misfortune.

"I’m a Silver Student. I should be living higher up."

Luo Tian gazed into the distance at the midway point of Sunrise Peak’s slope, where rows of tall and magnificent Silver Pavilions stood.

These Silver Pavilions were each two stories tall, occupying over a hundred square meters. They emanated a hazy, metallic luster, appearing both exquisite and grand.

In comparison, the stone houses where the Bronze Students lived were far too simple and crude.

The difference between the two was like that of a commoner’s hovel and a luxury mansion.

"Brother Chen, come visit me when you have time."

Luo Tian bid farewell to Chen Haofei and departed gracefully, followed by the envious and jealous gazes of the other students.

Sunrise Peak, midway up the slope.

Luo Tian arrived before the cluster of Silver Pavilions.

’The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi here is at least twice as strong as in the Bronze Student area!’

Luo Tian breathed in the crisp air, his spirits lifting.

Based on the difference in residence alone, a Silver Student’s Cultivation efficiency would far surpass that of a Bronze Student.

At that moment, in front of the Silver Pavilions, a few Silver Students were also looking down and observing the Bronze Student Area below.

"Have you guys heard? This year’s number one new student was directly promoted to Silver Student!"

"This batch of new students is so lucky! Sigh, I remember the torment we endured in the Spirit Fighting Tower before we became Silver Students. I can’t even bear to think about it."

"I wonder who the biggest winner of this year’s trial was. Tang Wei, or Nangong Yun?"

"Heh! I’d rather have a beauty like Princess Yunxiu come be our neighbor."

...

Just then, a handsome, unfamiliar youth in a blue-green robe slowly walked over.

"Who is this person?"

"How is he only at the Fourth Layer of Meridian Opening? He must be here to do menial chores, right?"

Several Silver Students glanced at Luo Tian but paid him no mind.

Luo Tian, in turn, was sizing up his surroundings.

’As expected of the Holy Mansion!’

Everywhere he looked, the senior Silver Students wore Silver-White Robes with a rising sun pattern embroidered on the back, giving them an extraordinary air.

The Cultivation of these senior Silver Students was generally at the Seventh Layer of Meridian Opening or higher.

"Greetings, seniors."

With a pleasant expression, Luo Tian stepped forward to greet them, hoping to get on good terms with his new senior neighbors from the start.

Just then, a short-haired Silver Student walked over and spotted Luo Tian.

"Do you know who came in first in the new student trial today?"

The short-haired youth spoke casually, his condescending tone making it sound as if he were addressing a servant.

"First place? That would be me."

"Brat! You must have a death wish, daring to mess with me!"

A vicious glint flashed in the short-haired youth’s eyes as he snapped.

"Forget it. Just get lost! This area has already been cleaned today. You don’t need to come back."

The short-haired youth snorted.

He had other matters to attend to and couldn’t be bothered with a servant. On any other day, he would have just slapped the boy across the face.

Luo Tian froze for a moment. ’This senior Silver Student actually mistook me for a handyman?’

After all, he had just arrived at the Academy and hadn’t yet changed into his student uniform.

Silver Students were almost all at the Seventh Layer of Meridian Opening and held a noble status.

In their eyes, Luo Tian’s Cultivation was too low, and since he wasn’t wearing the attire of a Bronze Student, they mistook him for a servant.

"I told you to get lost! Are you deaf? Just a handyman, stop trying to cozy up to us!"

Seeing that Luo Tian hadn’t left, the short-haired youth rebuked him impatiently.

"Hurry up and go! If you anger Senior Li Hai, you won’t just lose your job, you’ll be lucky to escape with your life!"

A nearby Silver Student added as a well-intentioned warning.

Li Hai was notorious among the Silver Students for his explosive temper. Any Bronze Students or servants who unintentionally offended him would be beaten half to death, if not killed outright.

Once, a servant who was cleaning his room accidentally broke a cup, and that servant was never seen again.

At this moment, many of the Silver Students cast looks of pity toward Luo Tian.

One could only imagine the consequences for a servant or a Bronze Student who fell into Li Hai’s hands.

"My residence is here. Why should I leave?"

Luo Tian was inwardly amused. He calmly swept his gaze over Li Hai, not backing down an inch.

In an instant, the area fell completely silent.

The other Silver Students stared at Luo Tian as if he were an idiot.

"You’re... courting... death!"

A savage look contorted Li Hai’s face. A violent aura, like a raging tide, brewed within him, kicking up a whirlwind of dust around his body.

That terrifying pressure was enough to make anyone below the Seventh Layer of Meridian Opening tremble uncontrollably.

He, Li Hai, couldn’t care less about being called a bully!

Inside the Holy Mansion, Silver Students were a class above. Killing a servant by "accident" would result in no punishment.

’As expected of the Holy Mansion. A single Silver Student here is as strong as a Mentor from an ordinary Wu Mansion or Academy!’

Luo Tian thought to himself, completely unruffled.

Within the Holy Mansion, the class hierarchy was strict and severe.

If he were truly just a servant, he would be completely at their mercy.

Too bad for them, he wasn’t.

SWISH!

Luo Tian took out a Silver Token. Ignoring Li Hai, he walked straight toward a Silver Palace.

’Not a servant?’

The furious expression on Li Hai’s face froze. Even if the boy were a Bronze Student, he couldn’t just openly attack and kill him.

Wait!

Is that... a Silver Token?

Li Hai stared intently at the Silver Token in Luo Tian’s hand, his eyes wide with disbelief.

"A Silver Token!"

"He’s a Silver Student? A Silver Student at the Fourth Layer of Meridian Opening?"

The crowd gasped in astonishment.

In that instant, countless gazes filled with shock and doubt converged on Luo Tian.

They knew that the first-place winner of this year’s Holy Mansion trial would be directly promoted to a Silver Student.

But!

This person wasn’t Nangong Yu, Tang Wei, or Princess Yunxiu—it was some unknown kid at the Fourth Layer of Meridian Opening who had appeared out of nowhere?

What in the world happened during this year’s Holy Mansion trial?