At the outskirts of the mountain range, Xiao Fan and his companions finally emerged.
Xiao Fan glanced back at the mountain range behind him and could not help feeling a little sorry for those magical beasts.
He had never expected Zi Yan, who looked so harmless, to keep a little ledger of grudges in her heart.
She remembered every magical beast that had bullied her before.
This time, with You Ruo backing her, she had taken Xiao Fan along and steamrolled through them one by one, giving every magical beast that had treated her rudely a thorough beating.
Still, dealing with those magical beasts had not been unpaid labor.
After all, Zi Yan had handed half the rare medicinal ingredients those magical beasts guarded over to You Ruo. You Ruo, however, had then given them to Xiao Fan, so they ended up in his pockets.
Zi Yan had also given most of her own smaller share to Xiao Fan for him to refine into medicinal pellets for her.
"All right, let's go take a look at the territory the Inner Academy has established outside."
Xiao Fan glanced back at the two figures following him, one tall and one small, and suddenly felt as though they were a family of three out shopping.
A faint smile curled his lips again.
Neither You Ruo nor Zi Yan objected to Xiao Fan's arrangements. Wherever he went, it would not stop the two of them from wandering around.
Recalling the First Elder's instructions back at the Inner Academy, Xiao Fan got his bearings, then led You Ruo and Zi Yan off in one direction.
Chuangu City.
It was an unremarkable, second-rate city in the Black-Corner Region.
Its location offered few advantages, and there was nothing particularly special nearby, so it was merely a place