"Mr. Yun, back then you said you were going to the Central Plains. I never thought it would be so many years before you returned—and your strength..."
He was the elder stationed at the eastern gateway to the Black-Corner Region for Jia Nan Academy, and one of the Inner Academy's Eighteen Elders back then!
They had fought side by side, and even after so many years apart, they were still quite familiar with each other.
"I had a few fortunate encounters. It's nothing worth mentioning..."
Yun Zimo replied just as he had all those years ago. Even his tone and expression made the elder feel, in a daze, as though time had never passed at all.
"Mr. Yun, you've returned this time for something important, haven't you?"
The stationed elder asked softly. After catching up with the people from Xia Lan, Yun Zimo had the elder, who had already arranged everything, take them to Jia Nan Academy.
"Mm..."
Xiao Yan picked up the conversation beside him. The stationed elder turned to look as well. As the most outstanding newcomer in the Inner Academy's history, Xiao Yan had been a source of pride to every elder at Jia Nan Academy.
"Back then, there were still a few small problems at the bottom of the magma that I couldn't take care of. I've come back this time to settle them once and for all!"
At those words, the stationed elder was startled. Back then, Xiao Yan had absorbed the Fallen Heart Flame and burst out of the tower. Later, he had gone back down into the magma and brought out a juvenile Fallen Heart Flame. The Inner Academy had thought the matter was completely resolved. They hadn't expected Xiao Yan to say otherwise—and to have returned especially for this.
"Then who are