Faced with Su Qian's question, Xiao Yan merely smiled faintly. He neither nodded nor shook his head, instead glancing at Su Qian before speaking.
"I hear entering the final floor requires the Great Elder's personal approval. Would you be willing to give me that opportunity?"
Hearing Xiao Yan's words, Su Qian fell briefly silent.
Although everything Xiao Yan had said sounded quite reasonable, the earlier incident with Han Feng made him hesitate.
Was the fellow before him really more trustworthy than Han Feng?
While Su Qian hesitated, another tremor rose from the otherwise quiet depths beneath the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower. This time, he keenly sensed that even the fallen heart flame within the tower had been affected.
"Very well. I'll take you to see the fallen heart flame, Elder Yan Xiao. But I hope you remember our agreement. Otherwise, even if I die, that doesn't mean this academy has no experts capable of keeping you in check."
Su Qian's words made the two elders beside him pale slightly. The Great Elder seemed to be implying that even he was no match for Elder Yan Xiao.
At that thought, a trace of fear entered their eyes as they looked at Xiao Yan again.
Just half a year ago, the Alchemy Department elder named Han Feng had quietly killed the two elders guarding this very place before slipping underground.
Had Su Qian not discovered it in time, the Inner Academy might already have been destroyed in a single stroke.
Even so, an expert as powerful as the Great Elder had nearly perished at that fellow's hands.
If Xiao Yan harbored the same intentions today, the two of them might also perish here without a sound.
*Sorry, but there really isn't anyone in Jia Nan Academy who can keep me in