Xiao Yan looked only sixteen now. A sixteen-year-old Da Dou Shi-what did that mean? Even the geniuses currently in Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy could not compare.
Now that this Outer Academy instructor had stumbled upon such a treasure, if he could recruit Xiao Yan as his student, he would soon become one of the academy's most sought-after instructors. How could he fail to seize an opportunity like this?
"Sure!"
Xiao Yan had never expected his cultivation as a One-Star Great Dou Master to bring him such tremendous benefits. Before he had even entered the academy, an instructor had already taken him in.
Then, under everyone else's bewildered gazes, Xiao Yan followed the instructor named Sain into a hall in the town.
Next, Sain blew a whistle, summoning a giant Griffin, and took Xiao Yan into the sky. The sight left the other young students dumbfounded as well. It was their first time seeing anyone receive such treatment.
The flight lasted nearly an entire night, though that included two or three hours of rest along the way. As dawn began to break the following day, a ray of morning light shone from the edge of the earth, driving away all the darkness between heaven and earth.
At that moment, Xiao Yan, who had been sitting with his eyes closed in quiet concentration, suddenly seemed to sense something. He opened his eyes and looked into the distance, where the outline of a city so vast it left one speechless slowly emerged through the thin mist.
"So this is Jia Nan City!"
Even high in the sky, he still could not take in the entire city at a glance. That alone showed just how enormous it was.
"The academy is inside the city. I'll report the information you gave me about