A Mysterious Visitor to Jia Nan Academy!

"Don't do anything rash! My father is a Dou Wang. If you dare kill me here, there won't be any place for you in Black Mist City!"

As Wan Hai spoke these threatening words, he had already retreated to the doorway.

Just then, a yellow mist enveloped him, and Xiao Yi Xian lightly walked past him.

"Ah... I've provoked another Dou Wang. Looks like it's time to find another city to wander around."

After stepping out of the shop, Xiao Yi Xian sighed.

Then, she leaped into the air. After vaulting across several streets in succession, she headed straight for the city gates.

After Xiao Yi Xian left, the other customers who had been standing stunned inside the shop, along with the shop attendants, all screamed and fled outside.

"Run!"

"The Wan Family's second young master is dead!"

As similar cries rang out along the street, a young man in white seated on the second floor of a teahouse unconsciously crushed the teacup in his hand.

He immediately leaped down from the second floor onto the street, casually grabbed a passerby, and shouted, "Speak! Is it true that the Wan Family's second young master has died?"

"Ah!"

Gripped by the collar by the young man in white, the middle-aged man hurriedly pointed in a direction in terror. "Yes, he died over there..."

After hearing the middle-aged man's description, the young man in white's face gradually darkened. The next moment, he rushed with all his strength to the entrance of the shop where Wan Hai had died.

"Brother Hai, rest assured. Your brother will definitely avenge you." Looking at the blackened skin on Wan Hai's corpse, the young man in white cried out in grief.

An hour later, a white-clothed elderly figure suddenly flew out of Black Mist City toward a certain direction.

At the cold pool within Nine-Colored Valley of the Misty Cloud Sect, Qing Lin skillfully placed a green pearl into a jade bottle. Then, she said to the petite Cai'er beside her, "Little Sister Cai'er, Teacher said that Senior Brother and Senior Sister's training this time will probably take a year. Doesn't that mean that once I collect three hundred and sixty-five pearls, they'll all be able to return?"

"Yiya, yiya!"

"Yes, Sister Qing Lin. Once three hundred and sixty-five pearls have been collected, they'll return!"

Cai'er replied softly to Qing Lin.

Hearing Cai'er's answer, Qing Lin blankly gazed at the somewhat illusory sky within the valley. Suddenly, she shook her head and said, "No, I can't keep counting the days like this. When Teacher left, she said that she hoped I could cultivate the Heavenly Snake Art and fully develop the abilities of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils."

After saying this, Qing Lin turned to Cai'er and said apologetically, "Cai'er, I may not be able to play with you for a while. Once you've condensed the pearls, could you help me place them into these jade bottles?"

Hearing Xiao Yi Xian's words, a complicated look filled Cai'er's eyes. She then nodded.

"Yiya!"

"Sister Qing Lin, go cultivate. Cai'er will be fine."

"Mm!" Seeing how understanding Cai'er was, little Qing Lin nodded heavily.

After little Qing Lin chose to enter seclusion, a beautiful figure seated cross-legged at the center of the Sect Leader's hall in the Misty Cloud Sect slowly opened her eyes.

"Husband! Where are you now? I miss you so much!"

She murmured softly as a jade talisman appeared in her hand.

Blankly staring at the jade talisman in her hand, Yun Yun recalled what Gu He had said before leaving: "No matter how far away I am, as long as you crush this jade talisman, I can instantly come to your side!"

"If I crush it now, will Husband really come back?" Yun Yun's grip on the jade talisman tightened slightly.

After struggling for a long time, Yun Yun ultimately chose not to crush the jade talisman.

The reason was that she felt that if the jade talisman was truly so miraculous, its creator would certainly suffer enormous harm.

Jia Nan Academy was an ancient academy situated in the heart of the continent. Over the centuries, every peak expert who had emerged from this place had possessed tremendous fame and shaken an entire region of the continent.

The most frightening thing about an academy was not how strong its teaching staff was, but the tens of thousands of experts who had emerged from it. If Jia Nan Academy ever faced a crisis of destruction and summoned back all the experts who had left the academy, it was difficult to imagine just how terrifying that force would be.

Although the various academies across the continent were nearly countless, Jia Nan Academy's reputation had never been surpassed. From this, one could see just how profound the foundation of this academy shrouded in ancient air truly was.

Throughout the continent, regardless of race, countless people took pride in being able to enter this ancient academy. Unfortunately, its nearly harsh admission requirements left many sighing helplessly.

At this moment, the enormous circular plaza of Jia Nan Academy's Outer Academy was packed with countless students. Each of them wore pale blue robes, and on the chest of each robe was pinned an azure badge engraved with a dagger stained by traces of dark red blood.

From the sky, the plaza was filled with a sea of black heads and clamor that soared into the clouds.

At this time, an elderly man who had been sitting leisurely in the stands of the enormous plaza with a teacup in hand suddenly frowned, then hurriedly left.

Before long, he had arrived at Jia Nan Academy's gates.

At the gates, a white-clothed figure had already been standing there.

"Who are you?" Staring at the mysterious visitor who had suddenly appeared at Jia Nan Academy's gates, Outer Academy Head Hu Gan shouted.

"This one is Gu He," the white-robed figure said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Hu Gan was first startled. Then, as if he had thought of something, his gaze sharpened slightly, and he asked in surprise, "You are... Gu He, the Dan Emperor of the Jia Ma Empire?"

"That is indeed me." Gu He nodded.

With a smile on his face, Hu Gan asked curiously, "I am Hu Gan, head of the Outer Academy. May I ask what brings the Dan Emperor to our Jia Nan Academy?"

Hearing Hu Gan's question, Gu He stated directly, "I have come from afar only in the hope of joining Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy. I wonder whether Jia Nan Academy would be willing to take me in."

"Join the Inner Academy... Indeed, with Your Excellency Dan Emperor's reputation, it would be a waste of your talents for you to merely serve as an instructor in the Outer Academy." Hu Gan's expression first relaxed upon hearing Gu He's stated purpose, but then he said somewhat awkwardly, "However, regarding the Inner Academy... this old man has no authority to make such a decision. Still, I will immediately inform the Inner Academy's Grand Elder of this matter. As for the outcome, it is not for this old man to decide."

"Then I must trouble Head Hu Gan." Gu He cupped his hands toward Hu Gan.

"It is no trouble. Your Excellency Dan Emperor, please rest for a moment. This old man will head to the Inner Academy at once." After saying this, Hu Gan hurried toward the Inner Academy.