Both Return to the Academy! (Two-in-One)

Several days later, under cover of night, Gong Xiaoran returned to the academy with his two junior brothers, dragging his heavily wounded body behind him!

The moment he returned to the Array Palace, he heard that Mentor Hua Ran from the Alchemy Palace was willing to contribute to the academy a method that had a chance of refining pills bearing pill patterns!

For Gong Xiaoran, who was severely injured and had been stripped so clean he was practically down to his underwear, this was indeed rather good news!

Given his status in the Array Palace, and the fact that his own uncle was one of the academy's higher-ups, obtaining Calamity-Breaking Pills with pill patterns would not be too difficult!

After all, several mentors in the Alchemy Palace were already sixth-grade alchemists!

As long as he acquired Calamity-Breaking Pills with pill patterns, coupled with the fact that he had met representatives from those powerful factions at the auction before!

With Calamity-Breaking Pills bearing pill halos, he would have more than enough to befriend those powerful factions!

What gave Gong Xiaoran a headache now, however, was that before setting out, he had promised Biyao that he would bring that immortal herb back!

Yet not only had he returned empty-handed, he had even been beaten into a serious injury by some petty villain whose appearance he could not make out!

Even the immortal herb and his storage ring had been snatched away!

Most of his resources had been kept in his storage ring. The thought of it made Gong Xiaoran's fury surge, and his injuries had yet to heal!

As his blood and qi rushed upward, Gong Xiaoran could not help coughing up another mouthful of blood!

Early the next morning!

Biyao, now addicted to putting on an act, once again took