Seeing the two of them frozen not far away, caught between advancing and retreating, Chen Xiao beckoned.
Neither of them moved an inch. They shook their heads with all their might, the terror in their eyes as they looked at Zi Yan impossible to hide.
Although they had never truly fought Zi Yan, they had seen last year how those in the top ten of the Power Ranking had been brutally beaten by her. Punch after punch—none had landed on them, yet they had left quite a few veteran students with no small psychological shadow.
From then on, this little girl who did not look very old had become the one existence in the Inner Academy that all veteran students least wanted to provoke. The rumors grew more and more bizarre, to the point that many people almost turned pale at the mere mention of her.
"I told you to come over."
Zi Yan spoke in displeasure.
The two who had been hesitating did not dare delay in the slightest. They squeezed out strained smiles and came closer, but they had no idea how to greet her, so they could only stand to the side and laugh dryly.
"Where are the herbs you left half-eaten just now?"
Zi Yan did not understand what he meant, but she still took them out of her Storage Ring and handed them to Chen Xiao.
Chen Xiao nodded slightly and passed them to the woman from the Medicine Gang.
"I heard from that captain of the Black Devil Team that you're an alchemist. What tier?"
"S-second tier."
The woman nervously glanced at Zi Yan, who was standing beside them and did not seem as terrifying as the rumors made her out to be, then answered honestly.
"That's enough. Zi Yan and I won't look