Atop an unnamed mountain, Zhao Li sat cross-legged amid the Sea of Clouds, as if he were a celestial being.
He had finished sorting through the information brought by All Deities and already had a plan in mind.
Though "Journey to the West" had only been a spur-of-the-moment plan he had devised on a whim, he certainly did not want it to fail.
Back when he had been with the Snake People Tribe, he had asked Yao Chen to bring Xiao Yan to the Black Corner Region, treating that place as a Trial Ground. If Xiao Yan could handle the Black Corner Region properly, then what came after should not pose any major problems—Zhao Li had, after all, gone over the continent according to the Black Corner Region's template!
Now, it all depended on how many points Xiao Yan could score on this exam.
"Don't disappoint me..."
Amid the Sea of Clouds, Zhao Li murmured softly. Then he rose to his full height and stepped out, like a teacher preparing to grade a student's exam paper, leaving the Northwestern Continent behind amid expectation and doubt!
On the Northwestern Continent, in the Black Corner Region, Jia Nan Academy had already maintained its foothold there for over four hundred years. In the eyes of many great factions, it naturally did not amount to much, but in the eyes of the many second- and third-rate factions around the Black Corner Region, it was a prize worth coveting, and they were very willing to send their younger generations there to cultivate.
After all, young people were always easily influenced by their surroundings, and Jia Nan Academy was almost the easiest place for them to come into contact with where the younger members of their clans could get to know many geniuses no worse than