The Sky-Blotting Mystic Staff, Unfathomable Power, and Xiao Yan's Debut

"Profound Class One, Bai Shan, versus—"

"Yellow Class Two, Xiao Yan."

As the white-haired elder at the center of the arena called out the names, the entire venue fell quiet. A handsome man in white drifted down onto the stone platform, fanning himself with a Feather Fan and smiling.

Even the Little Demoness frowned at the announcement.

"Who arranged this? They put him up against Bai Shan right away? Even I'm wary of that guy—"

Bai Shan was a Da Dou Shi who had long since made a name for himself in the Outer Academy. An ordinary Da Dou Shi would leave an encounter with him bruised and battered, let alone that bastard who had been off somewhere for more than a year. Whether Xiao Yan had even reached Da Dou Shi was still in question.

"Heavens above, please let Xiao Yan appear—" Tears welled in Ruo Lin's eyes. She could feel her teaching credentials slipping farther away, so she resorted to superstition in the hope of making Xiao Yan show up.

"If no one comes to face me, I suppose you'll have to declare me the winner—" Bai Shan smiled as he waved his Feather Fan, every inch the carefree young nobleman.

Then, as if it were an afterthought, he added,

"And this Xiao Yan took more than a year's leave but still gets to stay enrolled. Does that mean all the other students can take leave whenever they please?"

"..."

Ruo Lin covered her face in despair.

Now it was all over—

Bai Shan had made an issue of it.

Not only would Xiao Yan be expelled, but she would be dismissed along with him.

"Xun'er, what's going on with that sweetheart of yours? Don't tell me he died out there?" the Little Demoness said indignantly. After all