After quickly gathering the spoils of war, an Azure Flame shot forth and burned the corpses strewn across the ground to ash.
"Chen Guan, are you unhappy?"
Seeing the Young Man's slightly furrowed brow, Zi Yan asked in confusion.
These Black Bandits were dead, and that was that. She had not given them another thought, so the Young Man should not have cared much either.
Chen Guan looked up and shook his head. "No, there's just a question I can't figure out."
"What question?"
"I was wondering whether a snake that bites its own tail would be poisoned to death, and whether the egg came first or the bird."
Zi Yan looked utterly bewildered.
After brushing off the little girl, the Black Storm also subsided. Like sunlight piercing the night, faint light spilled from the gloomy sky, and the Black Region Great Plains returned to their usual state.
Seeing that the Griffin Beast had returned to normal as well, Chen Guan did not delay any longer and continued on with Zi Yan.
Apart from casually wiping out a few bands of raged Black Bandits, Chen Guan spent the entire journey pondering Soul Dou Techniques.
This Black Storm had given him quite a bit of inspiration. Once properly refined, it might become a rather formidable method.
The journey passed without a word.
The next day, early morning.
Great Elder Su Qian sat before his desk, looking over the roster and information Hu Gan had sent over from the Outer Academy a few days ago. It recorded several new students Hu Gan thought highly of this year.
Every one of them was a little genius. Once the time came, entering the Inner Academy would pose no problem.
However, with such a shining example already before him, Su Qian no longer felt such