Xiao Fan led the group through the streets, making quite a spectacle. After all, with the battle over, news that a powerful newcomer had defeated Bai Cheng had already spread.
The news instantly stirred up towering waves throughout the Inner Academy.
"Really? This Xiao Fan is way too fierce!"
"That's nothing! My cousin saw it with his own eyes. He said Bai Cheng couldn't hold Xiao Fan off at all. By the end, he'd even eaten a cake to save his life, and Xiao Fan still knocked him flat!"
"Hehe, the White Gang has really lost face this time."
"You can say that again. Good thing the White Gang picked a fight with the Pan Gate first. Otherwise, who knows which of us would've taken that beating today?"
While everyone in the Inner Academy buzzed with discussion, Xiao Fan had already led the Pan Gate members back to their territory.
Since everything they had heard was secondhand, they all clamored to ask Xiao Fan what had caused the fight.
Xiao Fan hid nothing from them and told them what had happened in the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower.
After hearing his account, everyone wore odd expressions as their gazes darted between him and Yue Yao.
A-Tai said sourly, "I was wondering why Yue Yao never came along whenever we asked her to train. Turns out she was waiting for Boss Xiao Fan to give her private lessons!"
"Exactly, exactly!"
Quite a few of the other newcomers joined in the teasing. Among all the newcomers, only Xiao Xun'er could rival Yue Yao's beauty, and more than a few of them had feelings for her.
Yet, as sweet and obedient as Yue Yao was around Xiao Fan, she was utterly aloof in front of everyone else.
She looked delicate, gentle, and