Tai Cang Came to Ask

Spring came and autumn went, and Xiao Han unknowingly spent two years at the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy.

However, compared to Heaven Seat Elder like Zhu Tian, Xiao Han's presence was almost nonexistent. Apart from the graduates who participated in the final battle, almost no students knew that he was a Heaven Seat Elder.

However, this suited Xiao Han's original intention. He could study the Spirit Array system of the Great Thousand World whenever he had free time. If he couldn't stay in the academy, he could travel around the Northern Azure Continent and the surrounding continents. Life was quite pleasant.

However, Xiao Han also knew that such easy days would not last long. Not to mention that the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy was now limiting his strength recovery, if he continued to waste time like this, it would be extremely difficult to go back.

Furthermore, over the past two years, he has gained a fairly good understanding of various information about the Great Thousand World. However, reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. If he does not see the scenery of the Great Thousand World with his own eyes, he will probably regret it for the rest of his life!

Everything told him that it was time to say goodbye.

However, to Xiao Han's slight surprise, before he could even look for Bei Ming Long Kun and Tai Cang, the latter came to him first.

"You want me to help the academy's students with special training?" Xiao Han was surprised; this was the first time in two years that the other party had come to him for help.

Dean Tai Cang was somewhat embarrassed by this, since he had agreed that the other party would not be involved in the affairs of the academy, and he had broken his promise.

But since things had come to this point, Dean Tai Cang had no choice but to bite the bullet and proceed.

"Elder Xiao, please feel free to make any requests. As long as it is within the capabilities of our Northern Azure Spiritual Academy, we will do our utmost to fulfill them."

Xiao Han raised an eyebrow. This was no simple matter; it had actually gotten such a tough guy like Tai Cang to ask for help.

Tell me about it!

Tai Cang breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't refuse outright, as there was still room for negotiation. He then began to explain.

Things can be difficult or simple, and simple in some ways, they can also be troublesome.

To be precise, the current Northern Azure Spiritual Academy has become an obstacle in the path of some people.

Or rather, from the moment the former chose to become one of the Five Great Academies, it was destined to stand on the opposite side of certain forces.

However, the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy was once quite powerful, and it managed to deflect all the trouble.

The current students of the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy are slightly weaker, and things are about to become unbearable.

"The Spiritual Academy Tournament has begun. How is the Saint Spiritual Academy planning to cause trouble this time?" Xiao Han calmly took a sip of tea and said casually.

"Elder Xiao knows?" Tai Cang asked in surprise. He had never mentioned the conflict between the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy and the Saint Spiritual Academy!

"This is no secret," Xiao Han said calmly.

"That's true." Dean Tai Cang nodded in agreement; even an old man from the academy knew this.

Then, Tai Cang changed the subject cautiously, saying, "I wonder if Elder Xiao could do this favor for the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy? Perhaps lend a hand once?"

"How many people?" Xiao Han glanced at Tai Cang and asked.

"Ten people," Dean Tai Cang gestured, "For a period of six months."

"Basic strength".

"Two Heavenly Completion Late Stage, five mid-stage cultivators, and three early-stage cultivators."

Their strength is still passable.

"Target."

"Elder Xiao, just do your best." Dean Tai Cang didn't dare let Xiao Han set any goals, in case things went wrong.

"Are you sure?" Xiao Han put down his cup, looked at Dean Tai Cang, and smiled enigmatically.

For some reason, Tai Cang had a bad feeling. Could it be that he made the wrong choice? Was Elder Xiao not the kind of strong person who was good at teaching?

However, when everyone exchanges ideas and verifies their knowledge with each other, Elder Xiao's erudition has impressed all the Elder, including himself and Lord Bei Ming!

But since things had already been said, it wouldn't be good to suddenly back out. Dean Tai Cang, sticking to reason, affirmed:

"Sure."

"Then give me the student information, and have those kids come to me tomorrow."

Xiao Han's reaction surprised Tai Cang. "Elder Xiao, shouldn't you make some preparations?"

"Isn't there still one day left?" Xiao Han asked, puzzled.

Is one day enough?

Tai Cang did not say those words aloud.

"Alright, leave the information here, you can go." Snatching the student information from the dazed Tai Cang, Xiao Han waved him away.

It wasn't until Tai Cang came to his senses and was surprised to find himself outside the door that he shook his head.

"What kind of mess is this?!"

On the other side, Xiao Han also began to open the information of the prospective students that Tai Cang had mentioned with great interest.

It must be said that the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy is indeed capable. Although the general strength of this group of students is still somewhat inferior to that of the outstanding juniors of well-known sects in the Great Thousand World, this is a limitation of the academy itself, not the fault of the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy.

Expecting a student who has only studied at the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy for a few years to be able to keep up with those disciples who were selected by powerful forces from a young age and trained with huge resources is an insult to anyone.

Moreover, among the students listed in the information, three came from extremely poor backgrounds. If they hadn't entered the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy, their achievements in this life would have been limited.

It can be said that the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy has given many students with decent talent but insufficient background an opportunity to become strong.

"Huh?"

Xiao Han suddenly let out a soft exclamation, his gaze fixed on the information of a certain student.

"The Ice Spirit Race?"

Bing Yu, Ice Spirit Race.

This introduction is enough to prove the student's talent and background. While nothing is absolute, it is undeniable that the various ancient races in this Great Thousand World do indeed have considerable advantages over ordinary people.

At least the Ice Spirit Race's talent in cultivating Ice Attribute Spirit Energy is unmatched.

In a sense, Xiao Han is also the pinnacle of ice-attribute cultivators in the Fierce Qi Continent, and he is in no way inferior to the ancient powerhouses.

He was proud and arrogant in some ways and had a unique kind of persistence. For example, the strong members of the Ice Spirit Race were the objects of his interest. Of course, this half-grown Ice Spirit Race boy was not worthy of Xiao Han's attention.

Although some useless people inevitably appear among the Ice Spirit Race, as someone who can be included in the preliminary list of the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy's Spiritual Academy Tournament, Bing Yu is naturally not a good-for-nothing. He is one of only two people among the ten to Heavenly Completion Late Stage.

"But..."

"Does the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy have a partnership with the Ice Spirit Race?" Xiao Han wondered curiously.

If he remembered correctly, there seemed to be another Ice Spirit Race member among the students in the same year as Mu Chen.

However, subsequent information overturned Xiao Han's guess.

"This has really put me in a difficult position!"

With a headache, Xiao Han rubbed his forehead, certain that this kid named Bing Yu was definitely someone that Bei Ming Long Kun had put in there.

The others simply introduced the students' strength level, cultivation techniques, enrollment time, and other basic information, with almost none exceeding ten lines.

Only Bing Yu had a huge amount of writing, even more than the other nine people combined.

The information included, but was not limited to, the basic information above, Bing Yu's ancestors for eighteen generations, and even clearly stated something about Bing Yu that he was very interested in.

A blatant conspiracy!

To openly tell him that Bing Yu has a problem is something that Tai Cang doesn't have the ability or the guts to do. Only Bei Ming Long Kun has the audacity to do that.

"Bei Ming, you're ruthless!"

Xiao Han gritted his teeth and said,

"But..."

"I'll take it."

"Hehe..."

"The Ice Spirit Race... I've always wanted to see them!"