No matter how many times they explained it to the people around them, the latter still looked at them as if they were fools.
"If you two damned miners knew someone like that, you wouldn't still be damned miners."
The person who had explained things to them earlier replied impatiently, thinking the two had truly lost their minds.
With the way you two look, you know the champion? Then I'll say my old man is an elder of the Hidden Moon Sect—let's see if he recognizes me.
He waved his hand dismissively and could not be bothered with them any longer, shaking his head as he walked away.
Wang Quan and Ji Fan exchanged a look, their hearts filled with helplessness.
Yes, who would believe that two bottom-rung Biyou Market miners scratching out a living in the mines would know the newly crowned outer mountain champion? Even they themselves had been too stunned for words at first.
Wang Quan raised his head to look at the dim, cloudy sky. Specks of snow still drifted down, and the cold wind remained as biting as ever, clearing his head a little.
"Let's go. Xu Yuan has truly stepped through heaven's gate now. We probably won't be able to find him."
Wang Quan said this to Ji Fan, who silently nodded.
They had thought that Xu Yuan had only been here for a year. No matter how capable he was, he could at most have just found his footing and learned a few spells.
Who would have thought that he had now soared straight to the heavens?
Just as the two lifted their feet to leave, a hurried figure nearby suddenly stopped. He seemed to have heard something and quickly came over.
"You two, do you know Lord Xu?"
"Lord Xu..." Wang Quan