Amid utter silence, Xiao Yan descended to the ground with the pill resting in his hand.
As the sound of his landing broke the surrounding silence, before Liu Bai could react, Han Xian charged out from afar, his eyes red as he roared in fury.
"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible! How could anyone advance from fourth grade to fifth grade so quickly?"
He raced furiously across the Arena, its surface crisscrossed with gullies, then suddenly lost his footing and fell.
Liu Bai also wore a stunned expression. What trick had Xiao Yan used to form that pill? Refining with a cauldron condensed through flame control was no easy process to see through.
Seeing Han Xian lying on the ground like a turtle flipped onto its shell, many people in the stands frowned. Those who entered the Inner Academy were all heaven's favored children, born to shatter the impossible. This man had far too little spirit. How had he even gotten into the Inner Academy?
Displeasure appeared on Hao Elder's face. He had built his reputation on fairness. If Xiao Yan had cheated right under his gaze, would he not have spoken up?
"Student Liu Bai, surely you don't share that opinion?" Casting a cold glance at Liu Bai beside him, Hao Elder said, "I can judge right and wrong, and what is fair, for myself."
Liu Bai's heart tightened, and he hastily said, "I wouldn't dare." He was not so muddleheaded as to tell Hao Elder to his face that his old eyes had grown dim.
With a flick of Xiao Yan's palm, the pill flew toward Hao Elder. He smiled and said, "Please inspect it, Hao Elder, so no one has any grounds for suspicion."
Hao Elder caught the pill, a trace of eagerness in his eyes. This Dragon-Strength