Everyone who heard the middle-aged man's words seemed to remember something—the events of tens of thousands of years ago.
"Her—is it her? She's back!" Terror filled an old man's expression. He had lived through that era, and both this person and this name inspired the deepest fear in him.
"Zhou Xuanqing!" The middle-aged man delivered the final verdict. Then he drew a deep breath, his gaze becoming incomparably profound. "We still do not know why Zhou Xuanqing has come. Is she here to avenge what happened back then?"
"However, since she has entered the Heavenly Well, we must report this to the Dean. The Dean should decide this matter."
The middle-aged man's gaze flickered slightly. Thinking of Zhou Xuanqing's pink radiance from earlier, his heart shuddered with alarm. If Zhou Xuanqing began slaughtering people outright, probably only a handful within Dao State Academy could stop her.
Moreover, Zhou Xuanqing had brought someone with her. They knew nothing whatsoever about that person's strength.
"Yes, yes, yes. Quickly report to the Dean. This matter, this person—only the Dean can make the decision."
"No matter why they entered the Heavenly Well, it certainly cannot mean anything good for Dao State Academy."
The old man beside the middle-aged man spoke.
After a brief discussion, they forcibly endured the pain in their bodies, and the middle-aged man went to notify the Dean.
Yet before they could leave the formation space, they saw the crack in the passage open directly. A person who appeared to be a youth stepped through, though his head was full of white hair and his eyes were steeped in the vicissitudes of time.
He looked utterly unremarkable, like a little old man from the Mortal World. Yet not a single teacher of Dao State Academy dared to underestimate him. Instead, upon