Li Changhe stared silently at the vanishing figure in the sky.
Only after a long time of contemplation did he turn and leave.
After this small episode, the entire Heavenly Dao Academy fell into turmoil.
The students were abuzz with discussion.
What exactly did that sudden phantom mean, and what were those words it had spoken?
Someone in the Supreme Domain actually dared to provoke Heavenly Dao Academy. More importantly, Vice Dean Li seemed to have known about this matter long ago.
The academy had yet to give any response.
If not for this sudden appearance, most people would probably still have been kept in the dark.
"Do you really not know?" Xu Zimo looked at Shi Jian and asked.
"I don't," Shi Jian shook his head.
"I've always lived on Vermilion Bird Island and had no interest in other matters."
"Does Heavenly Dao Academy have any enemies?" Xu Zimo asked.
"What enemies could it have?" Shi Jian laughed and shook his head.
"The academy teaches and nurtures people. It has never blocked anyone's path, so where would enemies come from?"
"Now that's interesting," Xu Zimo said with a smile.
The two chatted briefly before Shi Jian returned to the smithy to forge his weapons.
With nothing else to do, Xu Zimo wandered around Vermilion Bird Island.
On the island, the Southern Bright Lihuo Fire illuminated half the sky.
Countless flowers, grasses, and trees grew lush and vigorous amid the blazing flames.
From the moment he had set foot on this island, he had sensed that it was extraordinary.
To be precise, the ground beneath his feet was not an island at all, but the back of the Vermilion Bird.
He could sense a faint heartbeat, the flow of blood, and the indistinct pressure within its meridians.
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