Chapter 132: Xiao Yan: What, Father is missing?

Jia Nan Academy, Inner Academy.

"Hoo!"

Xiao Yan let out a long breath, suppressing his restless Dou Qi; just a moment ago, he had broken through to the level of a Four-Star Dou Ling.

Having been in the Inner Academy for nearly two years, he now had a bit of a reputation there.

"Teacher, Han Feng seems to have disappeared from the Black-Corner Region these past few years. If I want to find him, it will be very troublesome without some influence!"

Xiao Yan recovered from his meditative state and communicated with Yao Lao's soul inside the Storage Ring.

"No rush. With your current strength, even if you found that rebellious disciple, you couldn't beat him! Not to mention seizing his Exotic Fire."

Yao Lao spoke bluntly.

Although it was a bit discouraging, it was the truth.

According to some information he had obtained, Han Feng had stepped into the peak of Dou Huang long ago.

Xiao Yan was currently only a mere Dou Ling; even with the help of his own soul power, he could barely fight a Dou Huang.

That brat Han Feng was a Dou Huang with an Exotic Fire, and his strength was much greater than an ordinary Dou Huang, so it was impossible for Xiao Yan to defeat him.

"In a while, you should leave the Inner Academy!"

Yao Lao suddenly said.

"Go where?" Xiao Yan was stunned.

"Central Plains Southern Region!"

Yao Lao said indifferently, his words filled with nostalgia; he remembered the Starfall Pavilion, where his old friends were.

With old friends helping him and Xiao Yan, his recovery speed might become much faster, and Xiao Yan's strength could also progress more quickly.

"Alright!"

Xiao Yan agreed without asking further.

Just then, Xiao Yan received a letter from home, sent by Xiao Ning from the Outer Academy.

"What, Father is missing?"

When Xiao Yan saw the contents of the letter, his expression changed drastically.

During his childhood, because he went from a genius to a good-for-nothing, most of the people around him mocked and looked down on him.

But his father, Xiao Zhan, had never treated him coldly and had always encouraged and supported him.

His father, Xiao Zhan, was the person Xiao Yan cared about most in this life.

"I must hurry back to find Father!"

The letter was instantly crushed to powder by Xiao Yan, and then he soared into the air, preparing to leave the Inner Academy.

"Don't lose your head first. Let's see what exactly happened before we decide."

Yao Lao appeared in time to persuade Xiao Yan.

With Yao Lao's persuasion, Xiao Yan finally calmed down.

Thinking carefully, how could his father go missing for no reason?

His father's strength as a Great Dou Master was not considered strong.

But in a small place like Wutan City, there was absolutely no one who could make him disappear into thin air.

"There must be something fishy about this!"

Xiao Yan realized this point.

"That's right, one must be careful in everything. I feel that the Jia Ma Empire has not been peaceful lately. Be careful on this trip back!"

Yao Lao cautioned.

"I know, Teacher. There is no time to lose; I will go ask for leave to leave the Inner Academy now!"

Originally, in the original story, Xiao Yan's father would have been taken away by a Soul Clan powerhouse during the Three Year Agreement, but previously, because of Gu Fei's protector, the Soul Clan powerhouse had delayed the plan.

But what was meant to come, came anyway.

……

"We are almost at Jia Nan Academy ahead. Zi Yan, you wanted to go over and take a look, right!"

In the Black-Corner Region, Gu Fei and his group finally returned here after a month.

At this moment, they were riding on the Amethyst Winged Lion King, appearing in the sky of the Black-Corner Region; the Amethyst Winged Lion King, whose size was enough to block a large patch of sunlight, immediately attracted the attention of many people.

"Look at that, what is that!"

"It's actually a Magical Beast. Judging by its strength, it seems very powerful. Could it be the Amethyst Winged Lion King?"

"Look closely, there seem to be many people on the back of the Amethyst Winged Lion King... such a powerful Magical Beast is actually just a mount!"

"What kind of person could make the Amethyst Winged Lion King willingly act as a mount!"

The appearance of the Amethyst Winged Lion King alarmed many powerhouses in the Black-Corner Region; even some Dou Huang looked at the Amethyst Winged Lion King with trepidation.

Because, today, the Lion King was already a Seventh-Rank Magical Beast; the arrival of a Seventh-Rank Magical Beast in the Black-Corner Region was enough to cause a huge sensation.

But a Seventh-Rank Magical Beast really had no face in front of Gu Fei and the others, so the Lion King was still willing to act as a mount.

"Forget it, let's come when we return!"

Hearing Gu Fei's words, Zi Yan hesitated slightly, then shook her head.

"Fine, then we'll come when we return!"

"Let's go to the Jia Ma Empire first!"

Gu Fei ordered the Lion King to turn and head in the direction of the Jia Ma Empire.

Hearing this, the Lion King shook its wings, stirred up a gale, and galloped toward the Jia Ma Empire.

At the Lion King's current speed, it would take only two or three days to fly from the Black-Corner Region to the Jia Ma Empire.

Looking around from the Lion King's back, the surrounding scenery left trails of afterimages as it was quickly left behind; a few days later, the group arrived at their first stop, Qingshan Town.

After arriving at Qingshan Town, the Lion King transformed back into human form and landed on the ground, and the group entered Qingshan Town together.

"Is this the hometown of Big Sister Xiao Yixian?"

Zi Yan entered the small town and looked around with great curiosity.

"There are quite a lot of cultivators here, but they all look sturdy while their strength is actually very weak," Zi Yan muttered as she walked.

"Sister Zi Yan, not every place is like Jia Nan Academy where geniuses gather; this is the real life of ordinary people."

Qing Lin came from a humble background, so she understood.

"Is that so?"

Zi Yan did not seem to understand.

From the time she could remember, she had lived at Jia Nan Academy, a place where geniuses gathered, so naturally, she had never seen people who licked blood from the edge of a blade.

Later, she followed Gu Fei to the Central Plains, and the areas she could move in were almost all the great clans of major cities, and subsequently Shengdan Cheng, Ancient Dragon Island, and the Ancient Realm.

These places were likewise gathering spots for the elite.

What she saw and heard was even more different from Qingshan Town.

Zi Yan was like a princess born with a silver spoon in her mouth, not knowing the taste of coarse tea and plain rice.

The strong have the survival habits of the strong, and the weak have the survival laws of the weak.

Qingshan Town is adjacent to the Magical Beast Mountain Range, so mercenaries who want to enter the Magical Beast Mountain Range to hunt Magical Beasts often gather here.

Most of the mercenaries are rough men with weak strength.

Their living environment is very harsh, and they rarely see a beautiful woman on a daily basis.

Now, led by Gu Fei, several great beauties arrived at once, immediately attracting the gazes of a large number of mercenaries, and many even stopped in their tracks unconsciously to look.

Cai'er sensed the gazes of these people, and a cold aura immediately radiated out; she felt these people were incomparably filthy.

To avoid unnecessary trouble, Gu Fei slightly released his aura to intimidate the crowd.

Most of the mercenaries were merely Dou Zhe or Dou Shi; a Dou Zun was an existence like the heavens to them.

After feeling Gu Fei's pressure, they immediately withdrew their gazes and became well-behaved.

Gu Fei and the others were thus able to stroll through Qingshan Town smoothly.

"Qingshan Town doesn't look like it has changed much from before," Gu Fei said softly.

Xiao Yixian arrived with a light heart, but as she walked, she felt there were not many places here that made her nostalgic.

In fact, thinking of those past encounters, Xiao Yixian even felt a bit of anger in her heart.

The only place she truly missed was that one.

"Forget it, let's go to the small valley!"

(End of this chapter)