As the saying went, one person called, and ten thousand answered!
Liu Fei's words quickly stirred up the Jia Nan Academy students. One after another, they cast doubtful looks at Yan Lin, murmuring among themselves about whether he was a fake.
And the cries of "fake" were especially loud.
There was no other reason. Yan Lin simply looked far too lacking in authority.
Take a medical doctorate, for example. If you still had a full head of black hair, ordinary people would shake their heads upon seeing you and think your medical skills were lacking.
But if you were bald or prematurely gray-haired, then you would look authoritative enough. If not a department head, then surely a professor.
As it happened, Liu Fei had quite a high reputation in the Inner Academy, at least several mountains higher than Yan Lin, this newly arrived unknown. Naturally, the academy students were more inclined to believe her.
"I am an Inner Academy elder. Why would I need to pretend?"
Facing everyone's doubts, Yan Lin's expression did not change. His tone was calm, fully displaying the bearing of an expert.
His composed appearance actually weakened the doubts considerably.
Yet Liu Fei, dressed in a snow fox fur skirt, clearly did not believe him. Covering her mouth, she giggled. "Hehehe, you do have some bearing. Too bad your act isn't very convincing."
"I've been in the Inner Academy for years, and I've met all the Inner Academy elders. I can say for certain that the Inner Academy has never had an elder as young as you. Are you still refusing to admit it?"
Thanks to her cousin Liu Qing, she had actually had the chance to meet Jia Nan Academy's elders. That was precisely why she was certain that Yan Lin was not an Inner