Chapter 391: Taicang Comes to Seek Help

As spring departed and autumn arrived, Xiao Han had spent two years at the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy without even realizing it.

However, compared to a Heavenly Seat Elder like Zhutian, Xiao Han's presence was so low it could be said to have reached the horizon; apart from the students who had already graduated and participated in that final great battle, almost no students knew of the existence of such a Heavenly Seat Elder as him.

Yet, this actually suited Xiao Han's original intention; when he had nothing to do, he would study the Spirit Array system of the Da Qian World, and if he couldn't stay in the academy, he would go for a stroll around the Beicang Continent and the surrounding few continents—the days were quite comfortable.

However, Xiao Han also knew that such relaxed days would not last long; not to mention that the current Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy had already restricted his recovery of strength, if he were to continue wasting time like this, wanting to go back could be said to be extremely difficult.

Furthermore, over these past two years, he had already understood the various intelligence of the Da Qian World well enough, but reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles; if he didn't see the scenery of the Da Qian World with his own eyes, he would likely regret it for the rest of his life!

Everything told him that it was time to bid farewell.

However, what made Xiao Han slightly surprised was that before he could even go to find Beiming Longkun and Taicang, the latter had taken the initiative to come to his door.

"You want me to help with special training for the academy's students?" Xiao Han was surprised; this was the first time in two years that the other party had come to his door for help.

Regarding this, Dean Taicang was also a bit embarrassed; after all, it had been agreed upon that he would not interfere with academy affairs, so this counted as him actively breaking his promise.

But since things had reached this point, Dean Taicang had no choice but to bite the bullet.

"If Elder Xiao has any requests, feel free to bring them up; as long as our Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy can do it, we will certainly not refuse."

Xiao Han raised an eyebrow; things were not simple if they could make a tough guy like Taicang take the initiative to ask for help.

"Let's hear it!"

Taicang breathed a sigh of relief; there was no direct refusal, so there was still room for maneuver, and he began to explain.

The matter was difficult to describe, yet simple; it was simple, yet troublesome.

To be precise, it was that the current Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy had blocked the path of certain people, becoming a stumbling block.

Or rather, from the moment the former chose to become one of the Five Great Academies, it was destined to stand on the opposite side of certain forces.

It was just that the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy's strength had once been strong enough to block all the trouble.

Now, the strength of the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy's students was slightly inferior, and they were almost unable to hold on.

"The Spiritual Academy Tournament is starting; how is the Holy Spiritual Academy planning to cause trouble this time?" Xiao Han took a calm sip of tea and said indifferently.

"Elder Xiao knows?" Taicang asked in surprise; he had never mentioned the conflict between the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy and the Holy Spiritual Academy!

"This little matter is no secret." Xiao Han was extremely calm.

"That is true." Dean Taicang nodded in agreement; any old person in the academy knew about this.

Then Taicang changed the subject and said cautiously: "I wonder if Elder Xiao could do this favor for the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy? Take action once?"

"How many people?" Xiao Han glanced at Taicang and asked.

"Ten." Dean Taicang made a gesture, "For a period of half a year."

"Basic strength."

"Two in the late stage of the Tongtian Realm, five in the middle stage, and three in the early stage."

A strength that was still passable.

"Goal."

"Elder Xiao just needs to do his best." Dean Taicang did not dare to let Xiao Han set any goals; what if things went wrong?

"Are you sure?" Xiao Han put down the cup in his hand and looked at Dean Taicang with a half-smile.

For some reason, Taicang always had an ominous premonition; could it be that his choice was wrong, and Elder Xiao was not the kind of expert who excelled at teaching?

But when everyone communicated and verified their learning in their daily lives, Elder Xiao's knowledge had convinced all the Elders, including him and Lord Beiming!

But since things had already been said, it wouldn't be good to suddenly go back on his word, so Dean Taicang followed his reason and affirmed:

"Sure."

"Then hand the student profiles to me, and have those little guys come to me tomorrow."

Xiao Han's reaction instead shocked Taicang, "Elder Xiao doesn't need to prepare?"

"Isn't there still one day left?" Xiao Han asked strangely.

One day... is it enough?

Taicang did not say this sentence out loud.

"Alright, leave the profiles, you can go." Snatching the student profiles from the dazed Taicang's hands, Xiao Han waved his hand to see him out.

Not until Taicang came back to his senses did he discover in surprise that he had already appeared outside the door, and he couldn't help but shake his head.

"What kind of situation is this!"

On the other side, Xiao Han also began to open the profiles of those prospective students Taicang had mentioned with great interest.

It had to be said that the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy's capability was indeed there. Although the general strength of this batch of students still had a gap compared to the excellent descendants of well-known sects in the Da Qian World, this was a limitation of the academy itself, not the fault of the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy.

Expecting a student who had only studied at the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy for a few years to keep pace with those disciples who had been selected by major forces since childhood and cultivated with huge resources—who was he looking down on?

What's more, among the students shown in the profiles, there were three who came from almost nothing; if they hadn't entered the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, their achievements in this life would have been just that.

It could be said that the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy gave many students with decent talent but insufficient background a chance to become strong.

"Eh?"

Xiao Han suddenly gave a light exclamation, his gaze fixed on a certain student's profile.

"The Ice Spirit Clan?"

Bing Yu, a member of the Ice Spirit Clan.

This introduction was enough to prove this student's talent and background. Although nothing was absolute, it could not be denied that the various ancient races in the Da Qian World indeed had a significant advantage compared to ordinary people.

At the very least, the Ice Spirit Clan's talent in cultivating ice-attribute Spirit Power was rarely matched.

And in a sense, Xiao Han was also the pinnacle of ice-attribute cultivators in the Dou Qi Continent, not even inferior when compared to ancient experts.

Being proud in some aspects, he had a different kind of persistence; for instance, experts of the Ice Spirit Clan were objects of his interest—of course, this half-grown kid from the Ice Spirit Clan could not catch Xiao Han's eye.

Although there would inevitably be some dregs and waste among the Ice Spirit Clan, as someone who could be listed on the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy's pre-selection list for the Spiritual Academy Tournament, Bing Yu naturally would not be a fool; he was one of the only two in the late stage of the Tongtian Realm among the ten.

"However..."

"Does this Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy have a partnership with the Ice Spirit Clan?" Xiao Han wondered curiously.

If he remembered correctly, there seemed to be a member of the Ice Spirit Clan among the students in the same year as Mu Chen.

However, the subsequent information overturned this guess of Xiao Han's.

"This has set a difficult problem for me!"

Rubbing his forehead with a headache, Xiao Han was certain that this kid named Bing Yu was definitely stuffed in by that fellow Beiming Longkun.

The others only briefly introduced basic information such as the students' strength levels, the Spiritual Art they practiced, and their enrollment time, with almost none exceeding ten lines of text.

Only Bing Yu alone had a long, rambling account, even more than the other nine people combined.

The content on the file included but was not limited to the above basic information as well as Bing Yu's ancestors for eighteen generations, and even clearly wrote down something on Bing Yu that he was very interested in.

A naked, open conspiracy!

To tell him so blatantly that this Bing Yu had a problem—Taicang did not have the ability or the guts to do this; only Beiming Longkun had such thick skin.

"Beiming, oh Beiming, you win!"

Xiao Han said through gritted teeth,

"But..."

"I'll take it."

"Hehe..."

"Ice Spirit Clan... I have always wanted to see them for myself!"