Chapter 292: Heping Zhen

After observing for a while, Xiao Yan lifted his foot and walked into Heping Zhen.

However, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into Heping Zhen, a strange fluctuation swept across his body, and immediately after, more than a dozen figures flashed at the entrance of the town, their gazes scanning Xiao Yan.

One of the leading middle-aged men said indifferently: "Anyone entering Heping Zhen must report their identity, name, etc. Otherwise, they will be expelled."

Xiao Yan scanned these people and found that they were all young people, likely students from Jia Nan Academy out for training.

"In addition, after reporting your name, take this pill! Don't worry, this isn't poison; it's just used to sense murderous aura. Once a murderous aura is generated in the town, this pill will produce a beam of light, and then we will know who is making a move!" The leading middle-aged man said again to those entering the town.

Hearing this, some people who wanted to come to Heping Zhen to do bad things were suddenly shocked, silently took two steps back, and then secretly left.

"Hmph! Those who want to cause trouble, leave as soon as possible, otherwise the Dead Spirit Tree doesn't mind having a few more corpses!" The leader naturally saw some people with ulterior motives, but only gave a warning.

"I am a student of Jia Nan Academy; I shouldn't need to take this pill, right?" Xiao Yan asked with a smile.

"You are a student of Jia Nan Academy?" The leader was stunned after hearing Xiao Yan's words.

"You come with me to check the files first. If what you said is true, you don't need to take this pill. My name is Huo De; I am the captain of the second team of the Jia Nan Academy Law Enforcement Team, and also a Huang Tier Instructor!" Facing Xiao Yan, whose strength might be above his own, Huo De's tone also became friendly.

After checking the files, Huo De found that Xiao Yan was indeed identical to the portrait in the file, and he looked at Xiao Yan and smiled: "I didn't expect you to really be a student of Jia Nan Academy. You came at a very coincidental time; tomorrow is the inner academy assessment of Jia Nan Academy! I think with your strength, you will definitely shine in this assessment."

"Heh heh, because of some things, I asked for leave for a period of time!" Xiao Yan smiled embarrassedly.

"You are Xiao Yan? The Xiao Yan from Wutan City?" The middle-aged man widened his eyes and asked.

"You came through the Black-Corner Region alone?" The middle-aged man sized up Xiao Yan and asked, seeing that Xiao Yan's limbs were intact; after all, the probability of wanting to pass through the Black-Corner Region without injury was too small.

"Yes!" Xiao Yan nodded and said.

"Xiao Yan, eighteen years old, Instructor... Instructor Ruo Lin!" Xiao Yan naturally wouldn't report a fake name at this time and directly stated his real name.

"Uh... you know me?" Xiao Yan scratched his head, not knowing how he had become so famous.

Hearing this, the middle-aged man and the dozen or so young people behind him all gasped.

"Heh heh, you insisted on asking for leave at the time, and Instructor Ruo Lin seemed to have suffered a loss when sparring with you. This matter has spread throughout Jia Nan Academy, and many genius students want to compete with you! Now that even the Dou Qi fluctuations on your body can't be detected, your strength has reached a higher level, right?" The middle-aged man said with a faint smile.

"Report your name, age, and instructor!" The middle-aged man sized up Xiao Yan again and said.

"He is Xiao Yan? The Xiao Yan brother in the mouth of Xun Er junior sister? He looks quite handsome!" The people behind the middle-aged man also began to talk in low voices.

"Thank you for the compliment, Instructor!" Xiao Yan said with a smile.

"This azure badge is the key to entering the academy; only by wearing it can you get in!" Huo De took a badge from his storage ring and handed it to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan took the badge, looked at it, and wore it directly on his body.

"There is still a distance from here to the academy. In order not to delay tomorrow's inner academy assessment, I think you should set off now! However, there is a primeval forest outside Jia Nan Academy, which contains many high-rank magical beasts. How about I have someone ride a Griffin to take you to Jia Nan Academy?" Huo De looked at Xiao Yan and asked.

"Then thank you, Instructor. This is a little bit of my heart; I hope the Instructor will accept it!" Xiao Yan took out two bottles of pills from his storage ring and handed them to Huo De: one bottle of Qi Recovery Pills and one bottle of healing medicine.

"What is this?" Although Huo De didn't want what Xiao Yan gave, he opened it to see out of curiosity.

But upon seeing this, Huo De was stunned and asked Xiao Yan in surprise: "This is Qi Recovery Pill, and high-quality healing medicine. Did you refine these? Are you an alchemist?"

"Heh heh, a small token of appreciation, no need to be polite!" Xiao Yan said with a faint smile.

Since the other party was so enthusiastic, Xiao Yan naturally wouldn't be stingy; after all, he had too many pills on hand, and these were the lowest grade ones. Xiao Yan sold anything below Grade 2 to the Alchemist Guild at a low price.

"Then thank you!" Although Huo De really wanted to refuse, he really couldn't say it, these life-saving pills.

"By the way, I also have a flying pet that will follow along, so please let it pass later!" Xiao Yan naturally wouldn't leave Hei Yu outside; if it were caught by someone with ulterior motives, it would be troublesome.

"You also have a mount?" Huo De was stunned and asked with some surprise.

"Heh heh, I was lucky and got one!" Xiao Yan rubbed his nose and smiled.

Hearing this, the instructor and the students were dumbfounded. Everyone is human, so why is the gap so big!

"You call it over first, and I'll record it and enter it into the file." Huo De said to Xiao Yan.

"Okay!" Xiao Yan walked out of the house and whistled to the sky.

After a while, a huge golden giant bird appeared in everyone's sight.

Looking at the giant bird in front of them, the crowd showed fearful expressions; after all, Hei Yu was kept in captivity by Xiao Yan all year round, foraging in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and was no different from a wild magical beast.

Hei Yu was now close to breaking through to Rank 5, equivalent to a human Dou Wang, and the power it emitted made people tremble.

Huo De subconsciously raised his weapon; after all, if this magical beast went crazy, it could flatten Heping Zhen. He felt incomparably regretful in his heart at this moment; why did he agree to it?

Those students who didn't know the situation and the people walking around were scared stiff on the spot when they saw Hei Yu appear, and some even peed their pants.

Hei Yu's body was already incomparably huge, with a wingspan of nearly five zhang and a height of three zhang, as big as a house where humans lived.

After Hei Yu landed, Xiao Yan walked to Hei Yu's side, smoothed the feathers on its neck, and let it withdraw the aura on its body.

"This is really your mount? It's almost close to Rank 5!" Huo De felt like he was dreaming at this moment. Since when could such fierce magical beasts be tamed by humans, and this was a combat-type one, unlike the ones kept by some forces just for flying.

"Just lucky, so I picked one up!" Xiao Yan smiled awkwardly and said.

Hearing this, Huo De rolled his eyes. You pick up another one for me to see.

"Since you have a mount, and your mount is clearly much faster than a Griffin, I'll give you a map and you go yourself, how about that? After all, these students still have tasks." Huo De looked at Xiao Yan and asked.

Hearing this, Xiao Yan was overjoyed; after all, he really wasn't used to riding a Griffin. Having gotten used to Hei Yu, other mounts seemed too slow.

Xiao Yan rode Hei Yu and flew all the way. After passing through a forest, he followed the direction indicated on the map and stopped after flying to the vicinity of Jia Nan City, then walked in. After resting in the city for a night, Xiao Yan set off at dawn the next day and headed to Jia Nan Academy.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 293 =====