The Elders' Astonishment

Xiao Meng brought Fallen Heart Flame with Su Qian and the others to help the Outer Academy, but by the time they arrived, Earth Demon Old Ghost and that mysterious person had already withdrawn.

When Qian-Bai Elders saw Xiao Meng riding Fallen Heart Flame over, they were stunned for quite a while. After Hu Gan introduced him and explained what had happened in the Inner Academy, the two of them stood frozen on the spot, only recovering after a long time.

Afterward, the two naturally expressed their gratitude to Xiao Meng.

Honestly, Xiao Meng hated these formal, courteous occasions.

Next, he, the elders, and Qian-Bai Elders gathered together to discuss what had happened that day. They talked for a full three or four hours. When they discussed how to deal with the Misty Cloud Sect, Xiao Meng offered several suggestions. Qian-Bai Elders and the others found them quite good and readily adopted them.

At the same time, Xiao Meng provided them with more than a dozen fairly powerful formations, telling them to familiarize themselves with them first. If there was anything they did not understand, they could ask him. In a few days, they would work together to set them up.

This shocked everyone, but it also filled them with gratitude toward him.

"Kid, thank you again for this time," Su Qian said, clasping his fists on the way back.

"What's there to thank me for?"

Xiao Meng rolled his eyes, then thought for a moment and said, "Old Su, after a while, gather some people. Let's completely cleanse the Black-Corner Region. They're all forces that have committed countless evil deeds anyway. Wiping them out would count as a great merit."

"And it would also be a good chance to consolidate the Black-Corner Region's forces and prepare for dealing with