Half a month later, Qin Tian stood on the main square of the Qilin Mountain Sect.

The disciples and elders of the Qilin Mountain Sect's Three Veins gathered together.

"Everyone, I will carry the glory of the Qilin Mountain Sect to the Eastern Capital to participate in the East Han Academy's new student selection exam. After I leave, the sect will be managed by Sect Leader Qiao Zheng, assisted by Sect Leader Qiao Yongyan and Elder Liu Yu. They will jointly decide on all matters."

Facing Qiao Zheng and the others, Qin Tian spoke while bowing to them, saying, "I entrust this to the three of you!"

Qiao Zheng, Qiao Yongyan, and Liu Yu all bowed to Qin Tian, saying, "We will not fail the Sect Leader's trust!"

The selection for new students at the East Han Academy is extremely strict.

Firstly, the cultivation must reach the Primordial Pill Late Stage; this requirement shatters the dreams of most immortality cultivators.

Secondly, the age of participants must be under forty. This requirement effectively locks out older immortality cultivators.

Without a doubt, the East Han Academy seeks students with talent, capable of continually increasing their strength to defend the borders of the Tianyuan Dynasty against foreign enemies — the cultivation immortality geniuses.

From the Qilin Mountain Sect, ultimately, only Qin Tian qualifies to go.

"Wenxuan, I'm leaving. Take good care of yourself and look after your father."

Qin Tian approached Qiao Wenxuan and, disregarding the gazes of others, directly embraced her.

Qiao Wenxuan nodded, her eyes already moist. "You must take good care of yourself. The Eastern Capital is full of powerful individuals, and many students come from noble families who are born with a silver spoon. You must avoid getting into trouble. I heard that among the students at the East Han Academy, eight possess affluent familial backgrounds, all of them are court officials... Qin Tian, we come from humble beginnings, just focus on cultivation and don't cause trouble. You're alone out there..."

Qin Tian nodded, clasping Qiao Wenxuan's hand, said seriously, "Rest assured, I will keep a low profile and definitely behave carefully over there."

Releasing Qiao Wenxuan, Qin Tian's gaze fell upon Zhou Yang once more.

Zhou Yang now was different from before. With Qin Tian's help and the continuous supply of cultivation immortality resources from the Qilin Mountain Sect, Zhou Yang's cultivation slowly improved, reaching the Qi Refining Late Stage. Though a far cry from Qin Tian, considering his cultivation immortality talent, he was doing well.

His overall demeanor also looked positive.

"Boss, you go first, I will come find you in the future."

Facing Qin Tian, Zhou Yang said confidently.

Qin Tian patted his chest, saying, "You've always spoken with confidence, as expected from someone from Dragon Soul! Good brother, cultivate well! You've seen it, in this world, strength rules. Once you're accomplished in cultivation, we'll venture into the Spiritual Domain and make a great achievement together!"

The two exchanged a heartfelt hug. Afterwards, Qin Tian parted ways with everyone, and his Red Sword flew out. He took to sword flight, disappearing into the sky of the Qilin Mountain Sect.

On this journey, Qin Tian knew he was entering another world full of challenges yet immensely exciting.

What awaits me? Qin Tian wondered.

...

The Eastern Capital, the capital of East State, is known as one of the five most prosperous cities of the Tianyuan Dynasty. It's located northeast of Qilin Mountain, several tens of thousands of miles away.

With half a month to spare, Qin Tian was not in a rush. Sometimes he'd travel by sword flight, sometimes by walking briskly on the ground. Although he was alone, he saw many sights on this journey that he had never seen on Earth.

Chickens with four legs, pigs with wings, geese in seven colors...

These things dazzled Qin Tian, though he wasn't particularly curious, treating it like a sightseeing tour.

Rumble!

One evening, Qin Tian was walking on the roads of a hilly plain, enjoying the scenery, when he suddenly heard the distant sound of galloping horses behind him!

Turning around, he saw a group of riders charging toward him!

"Hyah!"

"Yah yah yah yah!"

On the plain behind him, over a dozen men riding fast horses shouted loudly, closing in on Qin Tian!

"Boss, there's a lone traveler!"

"Hahaha, who dares to travel alone in this place? Surround him!"

"Should we rob him?"

"Of course! Scare this kid!"

A group of sixteen hollered as they surrounded Qin Tian, all riding horses and shouting in language only bandits understand.

Qin Tian realized he'd encountered bandits, feeling frustrated, thinking he really had incredibly bad luck. He hoped this wouldn't delay his time for the Eastern Capital exams.

"Gentlemen, please move aside, I'm in a hurry."

Qin Tian looked up at the scarred leader and said, "I don't have anything valuable on me; robbing me won't do you any good."

"Hahaha, this kid isn't even scared."

The scarred face laughed upon hearing Qin Tian's words, saying, "Kid, are you really dumb or just pretending? Have you ever seen bandits rob someone without gaining anything?"

Speaking, the scarred face pointed to the storage bag at Qin Tian's waist, saying, "Hand over your storage bag. Haha, we saw it. An immortality cultivator with a storage bag should at least be in the Qi Refining Late Stage, must have something valuable."

At that moment, Qin Tian indeed had multiple storage bags on him, a total of four hanging from his waist. Two contained various valuable cultivation immortality resources, and the other two held spirit stones, a few hundred low-grade spirit stones. For Qin Tian now, they weren't worth much.

So, facing the scarred bandit's demand, Qin Tian hesitated momentarily, preparing to avert conflict since he couldn't discern these people's cultivation levels.

After all, to the Eastern Capital, the Qilin Mountain sect was practically the outskirts. The bandits in those places might differ in strength from those here.

"Fine."

Qin Tian grimaced, pulled out a black storage bag, and tossed it to the scarred face, saying, "That's all I have on me, gentlemen. I've given you everything valuable, spare my life!"

To complete the act, Qin Tian put on a pitiful look.

The scarred face opened the storage bag and inspected, saying, "Hmm, not bad. A few hundred low-grade spirit stones, enough for our supper money tonight. Hahaha... Brothers, do you say let him go?"

A skinny person next to him, appearing to be a strategist, whispered, "Brother Scar, we're on a schedule, let him go."

Scarred face appeared disdainful but nodded insidiously.

Qin Tian sighed in relief, thinking Scarred face intended to let him leave. As he prepared to act frightened and depart, Scarred face, exuding "arrogance," pulled his reins, rode to Qin Tian, pointed to beneath his steed, and laughed:

"Kid, I can let you leave, but you'll have to crawl through under my horse's legs! Come on!"