Nine Lotus Academy…
The Gates of the Sect…
The war jet named Sleeping Beauty cut through the mountain air. It had flowery decorations along the outer body and a sleeping beauty emblem etched on its side.
Leo Clark sat at the controls, guiding it down toward the mountain peak below.
Tony, Lily, Julie, and Leo were all on board, along with a handful of young members from the Frost family, all of them heading to the Nine Lotus Academy.
After clearing the last of several security checkpoints, the final barrier lifted, and the jet began its descent.
Below them, the mountain opened up into something between an airport and a fortress — wide roads, advanced infrastructure, dozens of vehicles already parked across the clearing. Nothing about it appeared on any map.
For ordinary people, this place simply did not exist. Only those walking the Marshall path knew of Nine Lotus Academy and what it meant.
Tony stretched his arms lazily and sat up from the leather sofa.
