"What sort of cooperation did Master Yang have in mind?"
Su Qian and Hu Qian both stared intently at Yang Chen, their expressions carrying a trace of hesitation. Neither knew what Yang Chen was really planning, but one thing was certain: Yang Chen's target was also Jia Nan Academy's foundation—the Fallen Heart Flame.
However, compared to Han Feng, who had always tried to seize it by force, this far more mysterious Yang Chen employed gentler and more sophisticated methods.
Yang Chen had hit the mark on one point: the Fallen Heart Flame's eruptions were becoming increasingly frequent. Within ten years at most, perhaps even five, it might erupt completely. When that happened, the entire Inner Academy would likely be destroyed.
It was not as though Jia Nan Academy had no way at all to deal with the Fallen Heart Flame. The academy's two guardians could fully suppress the erupting Fallen Heart Flame again. It was simply that those two had long stopped concerning themselves with worldly affairs. So long as the Inner Academy was not completely wiped out, they would not intervene at all.
Therefore, if they wanted to ask those two to act, they would have to wait until the Fallen Heart Flame erupted, then have Su Qian order all Inner Academy elders to offer no resistance, notify Han Feng to enter the academy, and allow both sides to fight within Jia Nan Academy and kill its students. Otherwise, asking Elders Qian and Bai to intervene would be harder than ascending to heaven.
This was why Su Qian had initially shown goodwill toward Yang Chen. Yang Chen bore a grudge against Han Feng, so if Han Feng wanted to make a move against Jia Nan Academy in the future, he would have to take Yang Chen's threat into account.