Before anyone knew it, three months had passed since the upheaval in the Inner Academy.
Over those three months, many things had happened in the Inner Academy.
The flames inside the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower had run rampant, and experts from the Black-Corner Region had attacked the Inner Academy, nearly destroying it in a single stroke.
Fortunately, there had been virtually no casualties among the students, so within three months, countless buildings had risen again on the Inner Academy's original grounds.
And alongside those rebuilt buildings stood a statue of a young man.
Though the statue had been carved from nothing more than black rock, its lifelike features made it clear that this man had a face handsome enough to make every student envious.
"Sigh..."
Lin Yan stood before the statue, looking at the towering figure holding a spear, a rare trace of bitterness in his voice.
"Let me tell you, I joined the Pan Gate. I'm one of its chief guardians now. Oh, and I even dragged Qian Mo into it.
"The Pan Gate is now the undisputed number one faction in the Inner Academy. Even Lin Xiuya's Wolf Fang has to step aside. And that fellow Xiao Yan ran off to the Black-Corner Region too. He only sends back a message or two every so often. He really never lets anyone stop worrying."
"I heard he founded something called the Xiao Gate in the Black-Corner Region and snatched all sorts of resources from those people who lick blood off their blades..."
As he finished speaking, Lin Yan found himself gazing into the black statue's eyes, a faint trace of envy lingering in his voice.
"You two fellow disciples really have it easy. Of the five founders, all three with the surname Xiao ran off. Now Hu Jia