Zephyr Academy (3)

"There is one around here somewhere, but we've never been there before." Qiao Chu replied, scratching at his head. They've been to the pawnshop often enough, but the auction house….. They've no experience with it.

It was more than a million taels and it was not easy to raise such a sum. They had rushed to make it here by September and the Zephyr Academy was open for enrollment only three days. If they missed it, they would have to wait till next year.

Many of the people in the Zephyr Academy were highly skilled that made even Qiao Chu and the others hesitate to just rush in recklessly.

While the five of them were huddled together discussing how they were going to raise the enough money, several youths who were walking past the tree heard them and exclaimed in loud voices dripping with scorn.