Confusion filled the students' eyes at Elder Su's words. After all, they were only freshmen who had just advanced to the Inner Academy. How could they defeat senior students who had already trained there for a year?
Xiao Fan paid no attention to that. Instead, he studied the two missions he had just triggered. Acquire as much Fire Energy as possible? As he looked at the restless students around him, a gleam flashed in his eyes. It seemed to be... excitement.
He beckoned Xiao Yan, Hu Jia, and the others over, and they formed a circle. Meeting their puzzled gazes, he quietly asked, "You all heard the rules clearly, right?"
"We did." Hu Jia nodded. "Why?"
"Do you want to earn some Fire Energy?" Xiao Fan glanced at their puzzled expressions and continued, "Elder Su just said that training in the Inner Academy requires Fire Energy. Judging by those Inner Academy students' expressions, it must be pretty scarce. Since they can rob us, we can turn the tables on them!"
"You mean...?" Surprise flickered across their faces, but they were all clever enough to grasp Xiao Fan's idea.
"Right! The five of us can form a team and rob them of their Fire Energy instead!" Hu Jia pumped her fist, letting out an excited, hushed cry. Once they had worked out their plan, they quietly slipped into the dark forest ahead.
Elder Su and the others, who had remained where they were talking, wore equally astonished expressions after the group left.
"Old Hu, these youngsters are something else!" Elder Su looked at Hu Gan with a smile. After all, a group of Da Dou Shi had been plotting not far from them. With their strength, they could hear the conversation clearly even without deliberately listening.
At first, they had merely