"You... you..."
Jia Wei trembled all over with rage after being mercilessly insulted to his face by Su Xiaoxiao. His chest heaved violently, yet he could not force out a complete sentence for a long while.
Though he was an Academy Elder and an Emperor Realm cultivator, his status within the Academy was far inferior to Su Xiaoxiao's.
Not to mention that Su Xiaoxiao's reputation as the Dual Master of Pills and Talismans resounded throughout Starfall City, her mid-Emperor Realm cultivation alone was beyond what an early Emperor Realm cultivator like him could provoke.
Suppressing the fury in his heart, Jia Wei could only lower his stance, his tone carrying a trace of grievance. "Elder Su, you have connections and ability, so naturally you do not care about a single mineral vein. But do you understand the difficulties faced by ordinary elders like us? That Primordial Mine Lin Yi seized was a resource I spent several months painstakingly surveying and had long claimed. It was worth more than a million Void Crystal Coins! He is merely a new student who just entered the Trial, yet he snatched it away without regard for right or wrong. If I do not strike back, once word gets out, anyone will dare to trample all over Jia Wei!"
"So what if they do? Who do you think you are?"
Su Xiaoxiao's tone remained cold, her eyes filled with disdain. "As for Lin Yi, his methods are far from as simple as what you have seen. If you insist on offending him, do not blame me for failing to warn you when you suffer later."
Jia Wei frowned deeply, his heart full of doubt. "Doesn't he only have Zhou Huan of the Seventh Vein behind him? Could there be some other powerful backing?"
"You can