Across the entire Inner Academy, heroes rose in droves and prodigies were everywhere. Yet even Han Xian, the strongest alchemist in the Medicine Gang, the Inner Academy's most famous student organization, was merely a Fourth-Rank Alchemist...
What did the fifth rank mean?
It meant standing shoulder to shoulder with someone like Elder Huo, a revered figure whom no one in the Inner Academy dared provoke, someone even Grand Elder Su Qian would show a measure of respect.
More terrifying still, he was only a student who had just entered the Inner Academy.
Could he be...
Han Yue swallowed, astonishment flashing through her beautiful eyes. Another prodigy from the Central Plains?
Only the Central Plains could nurture someone of this caliber. The Northwest Continent, tucked away in a remote corner of the continent, could hardly produce such a genius.
Come to think of it, she was from the Central Plains herself.
Her home was merely in a remote backwater of the Central Plains. Even so, her horizons were exceptionally broad, and she had seen quite a few monstrously talented students from there.
Thus, although this Fifth-Rank Alchemist in his twenties shocked her, she quickly regained her composure, unlike the other Inner Academy students, who remained dumbstruck and incredulous. A trace of warmth and eagerness flashed through her beautiful eyes. She needed to establish a good relationship with him.
A Fifth-Rank Alchemist might well advance to the sixth rank within the next few years.
For a Six-Star Dou Ling like her, who was about to attempt a breakthrough to the Dou Wang Realm, he was exceptionally important. At the very least, she could not afford to offend him. "What are you all staring at? Get back to cultivating! If you came to the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower just to watch the