"Y-you... what's your name?!"
At that name, Hu Gan shuddered violently, his clouded old eyes instantly going wide!
Seeing Hu Gan's reaction, An Yi breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. "What? Have you heard of me, senior?"
Hu Gan looked as though he had seen a ghost, disbelief written all over his face. "Two years ago... after Ruo Lin returned from recruiting students in Wutan City, she did report something to me in private."
"She told me that she'd discovered a priceless treasure during that recruitment trip! A monstrous genius who had broken through to Da Dou Shi at just sixteen!"
"But she also said that this peerless genius had a carefree disposition. He had only registered his name with her before immediately asking for three years of leave, saying he wanted to gain experience on his own and would come to Jia Nan Academy when the time was up."
Remembering how Ruo Lin had fretted over gaining and losing such a student, Hu Gan shook his head with a bitter smile.
In truth, over the past two years, not only had Instructor Ruo Lin herself largely given up hope, but even Hu Gan, the widely experienced Vice Dean, had never really believed that an unbridled monstrous genius like that would obediently come to Jia Nan Academy to submit to anyone's discipline.
"Y-you... you're really that Nangong Yi from Wutan City?!" Hu Gan stared fixedly at An Yi, his voice trembling.
An Yi shrugged. "If you really don't believe me, senior, just call Instructor Ruo Lin out to identify me. Wouldn't that settle everything? Besides..."
"If that still doesn't work, that young lady Xun'er at your academy will definitely recognize me. Surely you wouldn't doubt even her word, senior?"
At those words, Hu Gan and the Three Elders