Earth Tier mission: travel to the vicinity of Spring God Ravine to gather medicinal herbs. Strength requirement: Da Dou Shi or above. Mission reward: a Profound Tier Low Grade Dou Technique or a fourth-tier pill.
At first sight of this mission, most students had wanted nothing to do with it.
Although a Profound Tier Dou Technique or a fourth-tier pill was extremely tempting, everyone had heard about what had happened near Spring God Ravine. Spring God City had been filled with countless experts, yet only a few dozen had escaped in the end.
Wouldn't small fry like them, mere Da Dou Shi and Dou Ling, be marching to their deaths?
With that in mind, they had already decided not to accept the mission. But when they saw the instructor listed at the bottom of the mission notice, they briefly hesitated.
The instructor leading the team was none other than Elder Yan Xiao, currently the most celebrated figure in the academy.
Many students had learned what little they knew about Elder Yan Xiao's strength from scattered reports circulating through the Alchemy Department. His cultivation level was at least Peak Dou Emperor.
That strength alone should have made him a formidable expert even across the entire Black-Corner Region.
However, the devil capable of slaughtering Spring God City was probably no weaker than a Dou Zong.
Of course, Xiao Yan's strength was only one reason these experts were drawn to him. What they truly coveted was Elder Yan Xiao's generosity. Whatever else might be said about him, he really was generous.
Han Yue had received the priceless opportunity to undergo body tempering three times merely for speaking up on his behalf. Even ordinary students like Lin Xiuya and the others, whom he had only met once, had received an opportunity to