While Mountain Bearer battled Wolf Sage and Snake Sage, Fang Yun left the Ten Cold Ancient Land. He had only just arrived outside the Sacred Academy's Star Gate when he encountered Western Sage's incarnation.
Fang Yun said only a few brief words, asking Western Sage to keep his lips sealed. Western Sage's incarnation nodded and entered the Ten Cold Ancient Land without asking a single question.
The Ten Cold Ancient Land was not a complete realm. Starting at the Great Scholar level, the stronger someone was, the more literary qi the Sacred Academy consumed to send them in. But now that the Ice Emperor was dead, sending in a Half-Sage incarnation consumed very little literary qi.
When Fang Yun walked out of the courtyard housing the Star Gate, Wei Huangan was waiting outside the entrance and hurried over to meet him.
Fang Yun froze at the sight of Wei Huangan.
Wei Huangan was actually wearing the purple literary rank robes of a Great Scholar.
Back then, Wei Huangan had been the foremost Grand Academician in the Bloodmang Ancient Land, a man of extraordinary talent whom few could surpass even on the Saint Origin Continent. Still, he was only a middle-aged man in his forties. Becoming a Grand Academician had been no surprise, but becoming a Great Scholar already put him on a par with the Four Great Talents of past generations.
For a moment, Fang Yun could not make sense of it. He did not even attend to the countless Wild Goose Letter Relay messages in his Official Seal.
Seeing the bewilderment in Fang Yun's eyes, Wei Huangan could not help laughing, though his expression soon filled with the relief of someone who had survived a catastrophe.
"Greetings, my lord. Never mind how I became a Great Scholar for now.