No Interference
Xiao Yu's smile gradually faded. After all, one should be modest. If the five people he had bullied heard this, they would definitely roll their eyes. Is this how you behave in keeping a low profile? Beating up our seniors like this?
However, Xiao Yu didn't care about any of that. After all, a young man who isn't arrogant is still a young man! Although Xiao Yu is already a father, that doesn't stop him from being a young man!
Looking down at the scarred young man, Xiao Yu asked, "What's your name?"
The young man swallowed hard, forced himself to remain calm, and said, "My name is Jiang Han."
After all, this Fire Energy Hunt Competition cannot kill people, but it can severely injure them. Even so, Jiang Han did not want to be hit with a heavy punch like before. He was still in excruciating pain in his chest, and he estimated that several of his ribs were broken!
Xiao Yu nodded slightly and said, "Not bad, you're relatively honest. Just answer whatever I ask, understand?"
Seeing the dangerous glint in Xiao Yu's eyes, Jiang Han quickly nodded and said, "Ask away, I'll tell you everything I know!"
"Do you have a map of this forest?" Xiao Yu asked with a smile.
Jiang Han's eyes darted away, but Xiao Yu only slightly raised his fist. Jiang Han could only helplessly say, "There is a map of this forest, of course, but it's just a simple map. It can point you in the right direction!"
Xiao Yu nodded. If this guy had said no, he would have given him a good lesson.
"Take it out!" Xiao Yu said to Jiang Han with a smile.
After a slight hesitation, Jiang Han reluctantly pulled out a rough piece of paper from his Storage Ring and handed it to Xiao Yu, saying, "I spent a whole day's worth of Fire Energy to buy this from those bastards!"
Xiao Yu chuckled, casually took the document, glanced at it, and said, "Who told you to be so greedy? If you weren't greedy, wouldn't it have been better to stay quietly in the Inner Academy? Now you've lost more than just a day's Fire Energy!"
Jiang Han and the others all lowered their heads in despair, a hint of regret slowly creeping onto their faces, but it was too late to say anything now!
Xiao Yu then extracted a lot of information from Jiang Han, and then looked at the other freshmen from the Outer Academy around him and said, "According to the map I just saw, you can reach the Inner Academy by heading northwest from here. Now you'd better leave quickly, or you won't be so lucky next time!"
The freshmen exchanged glances, then looked at Xiao Yu and asked, "We want to follow you, is that alright?"
Xiao Yu frowned slightly, then shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that won't work. I still need to take care of some things. If you run into other senior teams, you probably won't be so lucky!"
A hint of disappointment was clearly visible on the faces of the five new students, but they quickly said, "Alright then, thank you, Xiao Yu, we'll be leaving now!"
Xiao Yu nodded slightly, and with a wave of his hand, several jade bottles flew towards the group. The group quickly grabbed the bottles. Xiao Yu said, "These are some healing pills I've refined. Take them and leave quickly!"
The new students looked at Xiao Yu with great gratitude, thanked him repeatedly, and then, after taking the pills, helped each other leave.
After the new students left, Xiao Yu's gaze returned to Jiang Han and his group. Jiang Han trembled, his heart filled with shock. He screamed internally, "He's an alchemist? He's actually an alchemist? How could he be an alchemist? His strength is so great!"
Xiao Yu chuckled and said, "You just said yourself that if your Fire Energy is below seven, you'll automatically be withdrawn from this Fire Energy Hunt Competition, right?"
Jiang Han looked at Xiao Yu with some confusion, then nodded and said, "That's right, we've been eliminated now!"
"Alright then, I'll be going now. See you in the Inner Academy!" Xiao Yu said, tossing them a few bottles of pills as well. Then, with a flicker, he vanished from the scene.
Before Jiang Han and the others could react, Xiao Yu had already left. "It seems the Inner Academy's structure is about to change. I didn't expect a monster to come to the Outer Academy this time. I just heard those freshmen call him Xiao Yu?" Jiang Han gripped the pill in his hand and muttered to himself.
One of the people next to him said, "We've only been in the Inner Academy for a year, and we haven't joined any gangs yet. Once Xiao Yu enters the Inner Academy, with his strength, he certainly won't be subservient to anyone. After he establishes his power, how about we go and join him?"
Another person agreed, saying, "That's right. Although Xiao Yu is a bit violent, he's a decent person. He even gave us some pills when he left, and he's also an alchemist. I think joining his faction would be a good choice!"
Jiang Han lowered his head in thought, and after a long while, he sighed and said, "Alright, once Xiao Yu has established his power, we'll join him!"
The others smiled faintly upon hearing Jiang Han's words. The five of them were considered a small group within the Inner Academy, but the power dynamics within the Inner Academy were complex and intertwined. Therefore, they had been observing the situation within the Inner Academy for the past year. Now that a fierce tiger had arrived, they naturally wanted to rely on it!
Xiao Yu, who had left, was unaware that Jiang Han and the others had decided to join him. At present, Xiao Yu Xiao Yu flying swiftly through the mountains and forests. His immense Soul Power made him extremely familiar with his surroundings. Even in this dense forest, he moved around like a monkey without any hindrance.
Two figures sat atop a giant tree somewhere in the forest. If Xiao Yu were here, he would surely recognize these two old men as Elder Su and Elder Qing, whom he had met before.
Elder Su suddenly opened his eyes and said with amusement, "That old Old Man Hu, he didn't even tell us about such a big thing. No wonder his eyes looked a little off when he left. Xiao Yu's strength is actually at the Dou Ling!"
Elder Qing nearby, also expressed some surprise, saying, "Xiao Yu's strength is indeed ridiculously high, and the other top five are also very strong, mostly at the level of six or seven-star Da Dou Shi. There are certainly some promising talents this year!"
However, Elder Qing said with some concern, "But Xiao Yu's strength is too great. I'm afraid it will also be a blow to the other senior students. Should we stop him?"
Elder Su smiled faintly and shook his head, saying, "Why should we stop him? Xiao Yu is one of the new students this year. His strength is his own business. We can't let him get special treatment just because he's strong. That wouldn't benefit either of Xiao Yu!"
"And I think with Xiao Yu and a few other little guys joining us this year, the Fire Energy Hunt Competition will be very interesting!" Elder Su said, chuckling softly.
Elder Qing chuckled and said, "That's good. It's time to let those arrogant seniors know what it means to be outmatched and have someone more capable!"
The two of them fell silent, and slowly closed their eyes, plunging the surroundings into silence once more.
Meanwhile, in the north and south directions of the forest, groups of senior students were constantly being ambushed and killed by two teams led by Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan!