Jia Nan Academy stood within the Black-Corner Region. With the headmasters of both the Inner Academy and the Outer Academy perpetually wandering abroad and leaving affairs unattended, and Elders Qian and Bai responsible only for guarding the academy, Su Qian was its actual leader. Naturally, he knew exactly where the academy stood in relation to the Black-Corner Region.
The Black-Corner Region had no shortage of Dou Zong experts, but the one Su Qian truly found troublesome-the enemy he had always planned against-was unquestionably Medicine Emperor Han Feng.
The reasons were complicated, but there were two main ones. First, Medicine Emperor Han Feng wielded tremendous influence. If he wished, he could promise benefits to most of the powerful factions in the Black-Corner Region, mobilizing a great number of Dou Emperors and Dou Zongs into a formidable force that could threaten any faction. Jia Nan Academy was among those under threat.
Second, the very foundation upon which Jia Nan Academy had been established was a Heavenly Flame-the [Fallen Heart Flame], ranked fourteenth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.
As for how alluring Heavenly Flames were to alchemists, those who knew, knew.
It was about as enticing as a chubby, round-faced man with a full beard and white socks walking down the streets of a certain city.
But now Hu Gan was telling him that someone had beaten Han Feng up, and beaten him so badly that even his own mother would not recognize him?
"Tell me more."
He produced a bag of sunflower seeds from somewhere and handed another bag to Hu Gan.
Although puzzled as to why Su Qian was giving him sunflower seeds, Hu Gan accepted them anyway.
"What I learned began with a change in the Black List... A while ago, someone at the Dou Ling level killed Kui Sha,