There was a faint sneering voice from the two students behind him.

"I mean, just imagine. Look at him. Is the Profound Academy now a place someone like him can just enter?"

"His filthy appearance alone is enough to disqualify him. He's really a good match for the trashy branch."

"Yeah, toads go with frogs, hahaha..."

Lynn frowned when he heard this. It wasn't because he was going to argue with those guys, but because he could tell that the branch's image in the minds of these students was not very good. He couldn't help but wonder about his decision to come here.

After exiting the east gate of the city, he could see a big mountain a few miles away by the side of the road. When he first came, he was passing through the south gate, so he had no idea what was going on at the east gate.

At the foot of the mountain, he saw a not-so-wide flagstone road extending up the mountain, and he could vaguely see a few huts on the hillside. He looked at the landscape before him, and decided that this should be the right path.

After walking for a while, he saw the whole frame of the compound in the close distance. There should be about a dozen huts, all of which were very simple in the earthen style. Some were very old, and some have traces of refurbishment, but the backyard was not small. It occupied almost half of the mountainside and was surrounded by a courtyard wall.

Was this the place? No matter how Lynn looked at the place, he couldn't tell if this was what an academic environment supposed to look like. It felt like a free-range chicken farm on the mountainside in his previous life.

Looking around, there were no other buildings. So, he quickly walked towards the house. In the distance, he could see a small gate with a plaque hanging above it. From its appearance, it seemed to have been there for quite a long time, and the words on it have weathered and blurred.

However, part of the words written on the plaque could still be vaguely seen.

This couldn't be the branch of the Profound Academy, could it? Lynn wondered in silence. Could it be that this was a courtyard used by Profound Academy to store sundries? Or could it be that he came to the wrong place? After thinking about it, Lynn turned around and was about to go back the way he came.

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As soon as he turned around, he stopped to think. He seemed to have missed something. He turned around again, took a few steps forward, and looked intently. He saw a small sign hanging on the side of the gatehouse, with a few big words written upright.

Fairland Mountain, Profound Academy Branch.

He was stunned. Was this really the branch?

Walking to the door, Lynn hesitated for a while, not knowing whether he should knock on the door or go back and think of a way to approach this. Looking at the old appearance of this Sect's premises, even if he was to enroll in this place, what skills could he learn here?

Suddenly, the door was pushed open and and a thin small figure rushed out, bumping into Lynn's back. Lynn was thinking about something with his back to the door, and was frightened by this sudden collision.

Lynn wasn't the only one shocked, but the one who opened the door was also startled.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know..." Just halfway through, the person stopped talking after seeing Lynn's appearance clearly. "Who the hell are you?"

Lynn took a closer look and found that the one who bumped into him was a little girl. She looked similar in age to him, and she was pretty and cute, but for some reason, this person had the appearance and aura of a rogue. After a few fiddles, the girl turned and wanted to run away.

At this moment, someone standing by the door said. "Maya, what's going on?"

The little girl had only taken a few steps, when she heard the words. She stopped running, stomped her feet fiercely on the ground, looked back at Lynn, and replied. "Nothing, master Baldwin. I heard someone knocking on the door, so I came out to open the door."

Afterwards, the little girl shoved the thing in her hand into Lynn's hand, pulled Lynn up from the ground and walked back in through the door.

Lynn raised his hand and looked at it, and found that the little girl named Maya had given him a small package. Thinking about what she said before, he wondered if this little girl was planning to escape from here before?

At this time, Maya had pulled Lynn into the courtyard, where he saw a middle-aged man standing in front of the door of a large hall. He was almost two meters tall, wearing a blue mage robe, thin, with a small beard hanging under his jaw. Simply put, his face was elegant.

Maya pulled Lynn towards the front of the middle-aged man and immediately said. "Master Baldwin, this boy said he came to join the academy." Afterwards, Maya gave Lynn a secret wink.

Lynn couldn't help laughing in his heart, and bowed to the middle-aged man. "Master Baldwin, my name is Lynn Cooper. I'm here to enroll into the Profound Academy, sir."

"Cooper?" The middle-aged man frowned when he heard the name, and said. "Where are you from?"

"I'm from the Ironwood tribe, north of the dark forest, sir."

"Ironwood clan... dark forest." Baldwin repeated the words before falling into deep contemplation.

At this moment, Maya looked at Lynn curiously. She didn't know if it was because she got Lynn's good intentions at heart, or because she was full of curiosity about the newcomer.

Lynn didn't say much, but smiled at Maya and showed his appreciation. But she gave him a blank look, her eyes fixed on the small bag in his hand, clearly thinking about how to get that small bag back.