Xiao Yan frowned, and kept rubbing his hands on the teacup. Seeing his thoughtful expression, Xun'er and the three of them stopped disturbing him and just waited quietly for his decision.
"Hoo"
The silence lasted for nearly a few minutes. Xiao Yan finally took a long breath, stood up, and said in a deep voice, "Okay, I'll follow you guys! Just for fun."
"Let's go!"
After saying this, Xiao Yan waved his hand and strode towards the door. After that, Xun'er and the other three looked at each other, smiled, and quickly followed.
Walking out of the attic is a green avenue, and on both sides of the avenue are the residences of other freshmen of this class. Of course, compared with the small pavilion of the four Xiao Yan, theirs is a little more simple. From this point of view, it seems that not everyone has this kind of treatment.
At this time, there were no traces of freshmen on the road. They must have gathered at the exit. Xiao Yan and the four of them did not dare to neglect. They tapped their toes on the ground and turned into a wisp of smoke, rushing towards the end of the avenue.
Nearly four or five minutes later, the four people Xiao Yan, who were speeding along, slowed down and looked up at the end of the road. Sure enough, they saw a large number of people crowded here, and the noise of abuse was endless.
Waving slightly, Xiao Yan led the three of them to the crowd. Some of the freshmen gathered around looked at the four Xiao Yan, and couldn't help but beam with joy. They were about to cheer, but were interrupted by Xiao Yan's gesture, and they hurriedly shut up.
After greeting the freshmen, the four Xiao Yan squeezed into the crowd, looking through the gaps in the crowd towards the exit.
At this time, the avenue exit was blocked by seven or eight old students wearing tower-shaped badges on their chests. Behind them, there were a large group of old students watching the fun. Obviously, they were very happy to see the new students frustrated, because many of them had passed this level back then.
Opposite the eight old students was A Tai, who had just come to ask for help from Xiao Yan. At this time, he was leading the new students to confront the old students with livid faces.
"No need to talk nonsense, boy, the tribute fee for new students has been Inner Academy for so many years. We have not been harsh on you, so we should hand it over obediently and avoid losing money and disaster. Don't you all understand?" A man about the age of A young man in his mid-twenties smiled and said to the livid A Tai and others opposite him, "With two days of "fire energy" per person, the guards will be safe and sound at the Inner Academy. This deal is a very good deal."
"Hmph, don't think that because we are freshmen, we don't know the rules. Freshmen are indeed expected to pay "tribute fees" to old students, but Inner Academy also has an unwritten rule. Freshmen can only give to two forces at most. After paying to these two parties, other forces want to If you want to collect it, you have to go to those two forces and tell them that it's none of our business." A Tai snorted and said angrily, "But today, there are no less than five groups of forces here, and we still have a lot of "fire energy" for you."
"Hey, that's an ordinary situation, but aren't you freshmen very strong? In all these years, I have never heard of a freshmen team being able to counterattack the veteran team's energy on "Fire Energy Hunt Competition". Since you are so unique, the rules for treating you must be special," the young man said with a grin.
"Furthermore, you are not as poor as ordinary freshmen now. You may have much more "fire energy" than some old students."
"You fart, we said we won't give another "Fire Power", no matter whether we still have "Fire Power", don't have any illusions!" A Tai cursed angrily with a livid face. Behind him, many freshmen also had angry faces. The repeated exploitation of these old students also made them completely angry.
"Hey, okay, very good. They are really tough people." Hearing this, the old man couldn't help but sneered and said in a conspiratorial manner, "Boys, don't forget, this is not Outer Academy. In the Inner Academy, except for the arena, although other places cannot hurt people's lives, there will always be physical pain during the "sparring"."
"If you really don't pay today, then I'm not sure whether you will receive some unfair treatment after you walk out of here. Young people, don't be impulsive."
"You" looked at the young man with a sinister smile on his face, and the hearts of all the freshmen were on fire again, and their eyes were about to spit out fire.
"No need to be sure, the freshmen will not give you another half-day of "fire energy", and since this senior is here, how about you simply hand over the fire energy in your hands to us?" A faint sneer suddenly sounded from the group of freshmen.
"Who?"
His face quickly darkened, and the young man glanced coldly across the freshmen, twisted his fist slightly, and said in a cold voice, "This freshmen class is indeed as others said, arrogant. It seems that as seniors, we have an obligation to let you understand the ethos of the Inner Academy."
"Haha, that's fine. Then I'll give you a lesson. How can senior make me understand?" Laughter rang out again, and soon a path separated from the newcomers, and five figures, two men, three women, slowly walked out from the crowd.
"It's Senior Xiao Yan!"
Seeing the appearance of the four people, there was a burst of cheers from the surrounding freshmen. After Fire Energy Hunt Competition's success, Xiao Yan's reputation among the freshmen was already quite high.
"Xiao Yan? Is he the Xiao Yan who defeated Luo Hou?" Hearing the cheers around him, some of the old students who were watching the excitement outside the avenue couldn't help but shout in surprise, staring at the young man in black robes with a strange look.
"Are you Xiao Yan?"
Seeing the new students who were suddenly in high spirits, the old students blocking the road exit also changed a bit. Obviously, they were quite afraid of Xiao Yan's name. After all, if they were really the rumored Dou Ling strong ones, they would already be in the top few of the Inner Academy Strong Ranking!
Xiao Yan glanced at the young man with a changeable expression, folded his arms in front of his chest, and said with a smile, "I am Xiao Yan. What advice does this senior have?"
"Are you planning to be the first? Although you defeated Luo Hou, you must also know that among these Inner Academy, there are many people who are stronger than Luo Hou!" In front of a large audience, the young man did not want to retreat in shame, so he had to stiffen his neck and snort coldly.
"Oh ho? Then when they come to me, they will say, now, please take back your fire energy cards. The new students will ask you to collect 'protection fees'."
"You must not want to have peace in the future, right?"
Boom!
As the sound of Xiao Yan fell, excitement suddenly filled the faces of the dozens of freshmen behind them. They stamped their feet on the ground, and fighting spirit surged out. For a time, dozens of fighting spirit momentum condensed together, and the pressure formed caused the old students to take a few steps back hurriedly.
"You Xiao Yan, don't think that you can be arrogant because of the large number of people. We are the people of "Green Mountain", and Inner Academy offends us." Being frightened by the momentum of the group of freshmen, the young man stepped back. His face couldn't help but look a little ugly, and he warned angrily. However, before his warning could be heard, the sound of breaking wind suddenly came. Immediately, a black shadow passed before his eyes, and his shoulders suddenly sank. The former suddenly discovered that a huge black ruler had been placed on his neck.
"Again, it's the time for freshmen to collect protection fees, so stop procrastinating~" Xiao Yan said coldly, holding the ruler in his left hand and staring at the young man who was sinking under the weight of the attack with his dark eyes.
Looking at the coldness in Xiaoyan's eyes, the old student's throat rolled slightly, and a drop of cold sweat dripped from his forehead. He could feel that there was a real cold murderous aura in the words of the young man opposite him who was much younger than him.
"'Gudu'! Here... here..."
"Everyone, take out the fire cards~"
The heavy ruler moved slightly, making a sound of breaking wind, and turned back to Xiao Yan's back. Xiao Yan slowly retreated, and finally retreated in front of the three Xun'er.
"Okay, don't stay still, go get their protection money back!"
After hearing Xiao Yan's instructions, the freshmen's eyes immediately brightened, and they stepped forward directly. Under the gnashing eyes of these old students, they grabbed the fire energy cards from these old students and swiped them. Suddenly, in addition to the basic In addition to the five Heavenly Fire Energy cards, the original number of days of fire energy of these old students, including the protection fees collected from the freshmen during this period, and the fire energy earned from the Inner Academy transaction harvest, were all removed.
Several people handed over all the collected fire energy. Xiao Yan just looked at it, but did not put it away. Instead, let him return the protection money that has been plundered from the freshmen these days.
Hearing this, all the freshmen looked at Xiao Yan with even more fervor and reverence.
"Senior Xiao Yan, thank you again this time." The young man named A Tai came up with a smile and thanked Xiao Yan respectfully.
"We are all freshmen, so we naturally need help together, but I didn't expect that we successfully passed "Fire Energy Hunt Competition", but we got into all this trouble." Xiao Yan shook his head and said helplessly.
"Oh, yes, this kind of thing has rarely happened in recent years, and most of the old students have been treated like this when they entered Inner Academy. Now, suddenly seeing our freshmen passing through so swaggeringly, it is inevitable to feel a little unbalanced. I think this time, with the help of the name of senior Xiao Yan, these guys will be driven away, maybe some will come again in the future." A Tai sighed and said.
Xiao Yan frowned slightly and murmured in a low voice, "It seems that this is not a long-term solution."
The distance between the two was close, and Xiao Yan's murmur naturally did not escape A Tai's ears. His eyes brightened slightly, he hesitated for a moment, and then carefully considered his words: "Senior Xiao Yan, I don't know. Do you have any plans to create a self-protection force in the Inner Academy?"
"Oh?" He raised his eyebrows slightly, Xiao Yan stared at the dark-skinned young man in front of him, but he looked quite capable.
"Haha, perhaps senior Xiao Yan should also know that in this Inner Academy, there are quite a lot of forces, big and small, distributed randomly. Moreover, the atmosphere of the Inner Academy does not stop these cliques, but rather encourages them," A Tai said in thought.
"In the Inner Academy, generally speaking, unless a person is extremely strong, otherwise, if he mixes alone, there will be some unavoidable troubles. Let alone other things, let's talk about entering "Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower" practice. This is for every Everyone attaches great importance to the key for the Inner Academy students to quickly improve their strength, and in the tower, each floor is divided into three levels of training places, high, middle and low by the Inner Academy. The speed and benefits of practicing in high-level places will undoubtedly be much greater than those of the latter two."
"And with Senior Xiao Yan's current reputation in the minds of the freshmen, it is entirely possible for the freshmen to form a new force! By then, our freshmen will also be able to reap more benefits!" A Tai nodded heavily and said solemnly.
Xiao Yan crossed his fingers, but did not answer immediately.
"Senior Xiao Yan, if you have plans, you must seize the opportunity, because generally speaking, every time a new student enters Inner Academy, there will be other forces to pull them into their respective camps. This is when Senior Xiao Yan's reputation is at its peak. If you don't give up, If you use it, if you think about it by then, I am afraid that everyone will have been dragged away by other forces. Moreover, if we freshmen can have a force of our own, it will be beneficial to us. Therefore, as long as the seniors dare to take the lead, I dare say that no one among the freshmen will object." A Tai said solemnly.
"You seem to know Inner Academy very well?" Xiao Yan nodded slightly, and then looked at A Tai in surprise. What this guy said was far beyond the knowledge of ordinary freshmen.
"Hehe, I have some friends in the Inner Academy, so I am quite clear about this information." A Tai chuckled and said, "How about it? Senior Xiao Yan? As long as you agree, I will tell the freshmen that there will be no problem in keeping it."
"Just call me Xiao Yan. Do you know how many students there are in the Inner Academy?" Xiao Yan smiled, lowered his head and pondered for a long time, and asked.
"It should be close to a thousand. The exact number has never been measured." A Tai thought for a moment and replied.
"Nearly a thousand? So many? There are only fifty freshmen entering Inner Academy every year, and the students won't stay here forever, right?" Xiao Yan said with a slightly surprised expression.
"Haha, Inner Academy is a five-year system. Students can practice here for five years. After five years, it is time to go their separate ways. Of course, if your talent is really outstanding, you can apply for an extension of two years. These remaining students are all The peak powerhouse of the Inner Academy, one of the top "Strong Ranking", although there are only fifty places to participate in the trials every year, this is not all of the Inner Academy. Sometimes, if some elders go out and meet talented people, Disciples who graduate from the Inner Academy can also become Inner Academy students as long as they can pass Inner Academy's rigorous assessment. In addition, there are also special departments such as Alchemy Department, Enforcement Team, etc. They can also enter Inner Academy through other channels, so after years of accumulation, it is not impossible to have nearly a thousand Inner Academy students." A Tai smacked his lips and said in surprise.