"That is..."
Han Yue studied him for a moment, then said uncertainly, "It seems to be Han Han?
A lone student ranked near the bottom of the Strong Ranking. An early-stage Dou Ling. He usually keeps an extremely low profile, barely interacts with anyone, and hasn't joined any faction."
"Han Han?"
Qin Han and Zi Yan stopped bickering and moved closer from either side, repeating the name.
Qin Han's gaze turned cold. He remembered this person. In the Inner Academy, Han Han had practically been invisible. Qin Han had never expected to see him here, acting so sneakily, seemingly... tracking the Gu Clan's group?
Zi Yan's large purple eyes were full of impatience. "Sneaking around like that—he's obviously no good! I'll go catch him and ask what he's up to!"
As she spoke, she was about to charge downward.
She had just accepted Xuner's gifts, so she was especially enthusiastic now.
"Wait." Qin Han reached out to stop her, his eyes still fixed on the shadowy figure. "Let's watch first. What if... it's just a coincidence?"
Even he found his own words unconvincing.
Deep in the Back Mountain, where no one ever came, a man who usually kept such a low profile he was nearly invisible appeared just as Xuner's group departed, then precisely pursued them at full speed in the same direction. The odds of that being a coincidence were minuscule.
Sure enough, after watching carefully, Qin Han noticed even more suspicious details.
With Han Han's early-stage Dou Ling cultivation, he should never have been able to catch up to the Gu Clan's group riding flying Magical Beasts.
Yet he seemed to have used some sort of secret technique. The fluctuations of Dou Qi around him were violent and rapidly weakening, but his speed barely allowed him to remain