Tian Yuan Star, Heart Source City Zero, Wan Tao Academy.
Martial Intent Guidance Branch, Dean's Office.
"Xue Han, shouldn't you be at the Hundred Prisons Hunting Ground at this time? Could something have gone wrong in there?"
"It's fine. I can arrange for two True Intent Martial Artists to head to Hundred Prisons with you. As long as you uphold Wan Tao Academy's reputation."
A man reclined halfway in his chair, cheerfully speaking to the woman standing before him.
Upon closer inspection, this man was the one who had strongly recommended Jiang Yan's admission to the academy, only to be mercilessly rejected—
Fan Wei.
"Dean, something has indeed happened at the Wan Tao stronghold."
Xue Han spoke, and her single sentence immediately caught Fan Wei's attention.
He sat up from his chair. "What happened?"
Xue Han said, "Our garrison... has been taken..."
The moment those words fell, Fan Wei's face immediately flushed red.
"What! What did you say?! How could our garrison have been taken?"
"Was it those people from Dragon Soaring Academy? Or Qian Ze? Or perhaps Star Gazing Academy?"
Fan Wei listed the three most likely forces. All of them were among the Four Great Academies; if they had made a move, then the fall of the Wan Tao stronghold would have been understandable.
Yet Xue Han's answer disappointed him.
"None of them. The person who took our garrison is called Jiang Yan."
Boom!
The name "Jiang Yan" exploded directly in Fan Wei's mind, leaving him thoroughly thunderstruck.
Jiang Yan—the man he had once invited into the academy, only to be ruthlessly rejected.
Smack!
Fan Wei slammed his palm onto the desk. Veins bulged across his face, and he was utterly enraged.
"Damn it! I invited you into the academy and you refused, yet you ran to the