Confirming His Identity, No Shortage of Love Rivals

Xiao Tian turned his head and looked at the corner of the hall where the Teleportation Gate was located.

Inside was a Little White Snake shimmering with seven-colored light. It flew towards Xiao Tian and arrived in front of him in an instant.

"Little one, what are you doing here?"

Xiao Tian was stunned. Without a doubt, it was Queen Medusa's scheme; this little guy definitely didn't have such an idea.

Xiao Tian took out the Amethyst Origin, put a few drops into its mouth, and then it hovered in Xiao Tian's hand with a satisfied expression.

Xiao Tian had no intention of taking her with him. In a flash, he appeared inside Medusa's palace and gently placed the Seven-Colored Little Snake on the bed.

"I'll keep an eye on your medicinal herbs for you. You don't need to follow me. Those old guys inside are all stubborn old men. Just stay here and protect Qing Lin and the others for me."

After saying something softly, Xiao Tian disappeared into the palace.

"Hmph, do you think I want to follow you? If that little brat hadn't begged me, I wouldn't have bothered with her at all. I'll only reluctantly help you protect your woman because you helped me find medicinal herbs."

The Seven-Colored Little Snake gradually transformed into a bewitching woman, who gripped the blanket and gritted her teeth.

Xiao Tian took out a Disposable Teleportation Portal. It would take about a day to fly there from here, which was too time-consuming.

Selecting coordinates and activating the Teleportation Gate, Xiao Tian stepped inside.

Just ten minutes after Xiao Tian left, Xiao Yan appeared in Dusk City, followed by a woman with a veil over her face.

"Let's go, your teacher should be here. This is Tian Ge's territory."

Xiao Yan said helplessly to the woman behind him. The woman looked up and it was Nalan Yanran.

After being defeated by Xiao Yan, he disappeared from the Misty Cloud Sect the next day and followed Xiao Yan closely. At first, he followed from a distance, but after realizing that he had been exposed, he stayed close behind him.

Xiao Yan had actually considered getting rid of her, but when he thought about how she was Lan Na, and that they were in an unfamiliar place, he worried that if something happened to her because of him, he wouldn't be able to face Xiao Tian and Yun Yun.

So they tacitly agreed that she would go along with it.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Free and Unfettered Hall. After being informed, Nalan Yanran also met Yun Yun. Xiao Yan also learned that the Xiao Family had moved here and saw Xiao Tian's Small World. Even Yao Lao was very surprised.

Let's rewind to ten minutes earlier.

Xiao Tian stepped out of the Teleportation Gate and arrived at the edge of a small town.

Nestled between two towering mountains lies a small town, the first town surrounding Jia Nan Academy Jia Nan Academy and its gateway.

To the left of the town's entrance stands a massive, gnarled, black tree, its branches laden with corpses, their deaths gruesome. This is the infamous Dead Spirit Tree.

Hanging on it are the corpses of those who came to cause trouble and those involved in a bloody battle.

Xiao Tian glanced at it, then lost interest and started walking into the town.

As soon as Xiao Tian stepped into the town, he felt a strange, inspection-like aura sweep over him.

Xiao Tian knew what this was, so he didn't care and continued walking forward.

Just then, more than a dozen figures leaped from the rooftops on both sides of the street and landed in front of Xiao Tian and the people entering the city.

"Halt, everyone. Before you go in, you need to state your identity, name, etc. If you do not wish to cooperate, you may leave now."

The middle-aged man at the head of the group stepped forward, holding a Jade Bottle in his hand, and spoke calmly.

"Also, after you state your identities, you need to take this pill. It's not poison; it's just a pill to detect murderous intent. If you harbor murderous intent in the town, your bodies will emit a red glow, and you know the consequences."

"You can pick up the antidote at the town center when you leave. There will be someone supervising your departure."

Upon hearing the middle-aged man's words, the expressions of the people from the Black-Corner Region beside Xiao Tian changed.

People living in the Black-Corner Region are generally very distrustful of others, let alone readily consuming pills given to them by strangers.

Then, the middle-aged man from the Jia Nan Academy subdued the people of Black-Corner Region with his imposing presence. Some of them left, while others took the pills and went inside.

"Can students from this college skip this?"

Xiao Tian looked at the pills in front of him and refused to speak.

Are you a student of this college?

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment when he heard Xiao Tian's words, and then looked at Xiao Tian suspiciously before speaking.

After the others finished distributing the pills, they heard the two talking and gradually approached.

"Yes, but I took a leave of absence for a while after passing the test. I just arrived at the Academy. My name is Xiao Tian, and my tutor is Ruo Lin."

Xiao Tian briefly explained his identity and mentor.

"You came here by yourself?"

The middle-aged man looked at Xiao Tian with surprise and asked directly, "Because it's not the enrollment period for the Jia Nan Academy, there's no team of instructors to bring you here, so you have to cross the Black-Corner Region on your own."

Xiao Tian nodded slightly. "I guess so."

You just teleported here yourself, so you didn't ask me how you got here.

The middle-aged man looked surprised. He couldn't sense the other man's cultivation level either, so he was about to ask the people behind him to look up the information when one of the young men frowned, as if he remembered something. "You're Xiao Tian, the Xiao Tian from the Jia Ma Empire?"

"Xiao Tian? Is that the Xiao Tian Gege Xun'er always talks about, the Xiao Tian who took more than a year off before the start of the semester?"

The others were stunned when they heard the young man's sudden shout, and then exclaimed in surprise.

Seeing the expressions on these people's faces, Xiao Tian knew it must be because of Xun'er.

It seems I have quite a few rivals in the Academy, and many of them even have a crush on Xun'er. Looks like I'll have to become the Thunderclap King.

"That's right, it's me. You can check the records if you don't believe me."

Xiao Tian looked directly at the middle-aged man, whose expression was equally surprised.

"Okay, my name is Huo De, come with me."

The middle-aged man gave Xiao Tian a deep look, then called out and walked into the town. Xiao Tian responded and followed behind him.

After Xiao Tian left, the remaining youths watched his retreating figure and murmured among themselves, "Is that really Xiao Tian Xiao Tian? He's certainly quite handsome; I reckon the top spot in the Outer Academy will soon be his."

"I just don't know his strength. If he's too weak, things will get tough."

"He shouldn't be too weak. After all, the fact that he came all the way from the Black-Corner Region unscathed shows that he's no ordinary character. It seems things are about to get interesting in the Outer Academy."

After Professor Huo De checked and confirmed Xiao Tian's student status, he briefly asked if he was coming to study and why he had been on leave for so long. He also told Xiao Tian that Ruo Lin had registered him for the Inner Courtyard Selection Tournament last year and this year.

"This is the Academy's badge; you need it to enter the Academy." Huo De handed Xiao Tianyi light blue badge.

"Huo De, Instructor Hord." Xiao Tian took the badge and pinned it to his chest.

"I'll arrange for Flying Magical Beast to take you there now. From here to Canaan City, you'll need to cross a primeval forest."

Huo De patted Xiao Tian on the shoulder and said gently.

"Huo De, Instructor Hord. But you don't need the Flying Magical Beast; I have a way to get there. Just tell me the location."

Xiao Tian realized that Flying Magical Beast were too slow, and they would need to rest along the way, so it would definitely take seven or eight hours to arrive.

"Alright then." Upon hearing this, Huo De froze on the spot. When he saw the wings behind Xiao Tian, he came to his senses after about three breaths. He thought that what was behind Xiao Tian was Flying Dou Skill, and told Xiao Tian the location of Canaan City.

"Huo De for informing me, Professor Hord. I'll depart now."

Xiao Tian clasped his hands in a salute to Huo De, then his wings fluttered slightly, he took off, and disappeared into Huo De air as a streak of light.

"Flying Dou Skill, huh? I never expected to see them here."

Meanwhile, a figure meditating cross-legged on a mountain listened to the report from the person kneeling behind him. His body trembled slightly, and a smile that made even the most beautiful flowers lose their luster appeared on his face.