Three years had passed, and many things had already happened in the outside world. The Sect Tournament had also concluded in full swing, except that Xiao Yan had stayed inside the internal space of the Xiangsi Tree for too long and consequently missed the Sect Tournament.
Before the Sect Tournament, Xiao Gui, the administrator of the Wanhuo Sect, had settled the sect's affairs and spared time to return to the Spirit Academy in order to ask Luo Menglan to dispel his cold poison. The two of them subsequently pledged their lives to each other, but unfortunately, Ling Yu found out about this matter. Later on, when Xiao Gui returned to the Wanhuo Sect, he was ambushed by someone, which caused his internal injuries to become even more severe. Afterwards, because Xiao Yan failed to arrive for the Sect Tournament, Xiao Gui forced himself onto the stage despite his injuries.
Regrettably, with Ling Yu obstructing him from the shadows, the entire Wanhuo Sect suffered complete defeat, and even Xiao Gui was beaten by an administrator from Qingyun Pavilion. Ever since then, the standing of the Wanhuo Sect had plummeted drastically, and the entire sect even closed its doors to visitors. Xiao Gui's figure, worn out by daily toil, faded from everyone's sight for reasons unknown.
Because of this, Luo Menglan even appealed to Headmaster Luo time and again to find Xiao Gui, but Headmaster Luo regrettably declined her. It seemed that this time, Xiao Gui had provoked some extremely terrifying existences-existences that left even Headmaster Luo with lingering fear.
"Heheh... All of you, keep your wits about you."
"This place is now the territory of our Tingfeng Pavilion." Within a crystal vein, a man wearing the characters "Tingfeng" on his clothes remained constantly vigilant. Most of these guards were sentries their