"You...". Hearing this, Su Qian slightly shook his head helplessly and said nothing more.
They had known each other for a long time, and there was really no need to be too polite, especially since Su Qian didn't pay too much attention to this aspect either.
The conversation between the two did not affect Elder Huo beside him, who fixed his gaze on Xiao Ming, who entered the study immediately after Hu Gan.
Xiao Ming stepped forward and bowed respectfully.
"Master, First Elder Su."
Behind him, Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin also bowed to Su Qian and Elder Huo.
Only Zi Yan strutted towards Su Qian and greeted him nonchalantly before looking for a chair to sit on.
At Zi Yan's behavior, Su Qian merely smiled kindly, while the others knew Zi Yan's identity, so they did not care.
"You're back, have you finished with the family matters?" Elder Huo looked at Xiao Ming's extraordinary bearing, and his face, which had been stiff, revealed a smile.
Elder Huo, formerly known as Huo Li, was a lonely person and usually didn't smile much, but only when facing his only disciple, Xiao Ming, did he usually have a smile on his face.
"Mm, everything is fine," Xiao Ming said with a faint smile.
"Old Huo, your old face doesn't even smile when you talk to us, old people, but the moment your precious disciple comes back, you smile nonstop."
Hu Gan looked at Elder Huo's smile and said speechlessly.
"Hehe, if you had a disciple like mine, you would also be smiling every day." Elder Huo said.
These words made Su Qian next to him nod his head, Xiao Ming had been at the Inner Academy for six years, and to say the least, it could be said that he had watched him grow up.
Xiao Ming was diligent in his cultivation and was never arrogant and domineering just because he was strong.
If he had such a disciple, he would have smiled every day.
Thinking about this, he suddenly noticed Xiao Ming's increasing strength.
"Huh! In less than a year, your Cultivation Realm has reached Dou Emperor?" Su Qian said in surprise.
"It was just a lucky encounter." Xiao Ming smiled faintly.
"Hehe, Old Huo, looks like the disciple will surpass the Master in no time." Xiao Ming's calmness caused Su Qian to nod in satisfaction before he laughed again.
"Who cares? In the path of Alchemy, he has long since surpassed me, his Master, and now he just has to catch up in the cultivation realm." Elder Huo was not worried, instead, he was happy that Xiao Ming had achieved so much.
"Old Huo, shouldn't you be in seclusion to break through to Dou Ancestor? Now that you show up here... didn't you manage to break through it?"
Hu Gan asked, in his perception, Elder Huo's aura was not much stronger than before.
"Sigh, it's true that I failed, this Dou Ancestor really isn't that easy to break through, fortunately, I had the Zong Breaking Pill, otherwise, perhaps my strength would have dropped a bit this time."
Speaking of which, Elder Huo was also a bit depressed, he had originally felt that he was close to success, but at the last moment, he fell short.
"Breakthroughs are inherently full of uncertainty, so you must look on the bright side." First, Hu Gan consoled him, and then added, "That said, with the pill's effect of preserving strength even if the breakthrough fails, the Zong Breaking Pill really lives up to its name as a sixth-tier pinnacle pill, no wonder people want it so much."
"This is why a sixth-tier Alchemist has such a powerful appeal that even Han Feng, a Dou Emperor, dares to attack our Jia Nan Academy."
Everyone's faces turned serious as they reached this point.
Xiao Ming first led Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to a place for them to sit, then he went to sit beside his Master.
"Xiao Ming, how certain are you about the information that Han Feng will attack?" asked Su Qian.
"Eighty to ninety percent." Xiao Ming pondered.
"Hmph! That arrogant Han Feng is lawless, just because he has some strength, he already wants to plot against my disciple, he has to ask me first!" Elder Huo beside him snorted coldly.
Although Elder Huo's Alchemy skills were only fifth tier, the Alchemy Department had produced many alchemists under him over the years.
Combined with the contacts he had accumulated in his early years, if he was truly given time to prepare, the number of powerful people he could mobilize would not be much worse than Han Feng.
"That Han Feng is really a bit ignorant of his own ability, he actually doesn't put us in his eyes and dares to try to snatch the Heavenly Flame in the Jia Nan Academy, he is completely delusional."
Su Qian agreed, not to mention that his target, Xiao Ming, was a sixth-tier Alchemist like him, and was also inside the Jia Nan Academy, which had many strong people, and no one knew who had given him the courage to invade the Jia Nan Academy.
Did Han Feng really not know what he was doing? Of course, he did.
The reason for all of this was simply because the Heavenly Flame was too tempting for him.
The Heavenly Flames were his hope of advancing in strength. Han Feng, despite his extraordinary talent, had been stuck at the peak Dou Emperor for years because of the Flame Mantra.
So, two Heavenly Flames were enough reason for him to take the risk.
Especially since the Jia Nan Academy had, on the surface, only one Dou Ancestor.
And this was the reason why Su Qian and the others felt a bit annoyed.
'If it wasn't for those old men hiding and cultivating every day without showing their faces, there wouldn't be so much trouble.' Su Qian thought of the Qian Bai Two Elders who were hiding to cultivate and couldn't help but complain.
Especially how elusive the Headmaster had been for decades, Su Qian also felt particularly speechless, sometimes he wondered if the Headmaster died outside, or else, he wouldn't have taken so long to return.
Listening to Xiao Ming's conversation with the Elders, Xiao Yi Xian suddenly felt extremely powerless, when Xiao Ming needed support, she was not able to do anything to help him, instead, she would only become a burden. As a result, she lowered her head in dejection.
After a brief speech, Su Qian spoke to Xiao Ming and the others about countermeasures.
"Why don't we liquidate Mister Gold and Mister Silver first, anyway, we know the location of their seclusion." Su Qian suggested.
"No, we had no conflicts with them in the past, this will easily alert the snake, if you make Han Feng abandon his plan of a direct attack and instead secretly stalk my disciple, it will be troublesome." Elder Huo directly refused.
...
After some more deliberation and discussion, the final decision was the ambush plan.
This plan was quite simple, the Jia Nan Academy had one Outer Academy Elder; the Department Head of the Alchemy Department, Elder Huo; the Commander of the Law Enforcement Unit, Wu Tianlang; and Hu Gan. Four peak Dou Emperor.
Adding Xiao Ming, a total of five Dou Emperor. In addition, there are also dozens of Dou King Elders, and finally, a three-star Dou Ancestor, Su Qian.
Most of them would not be coming out in the near future and then they would spread the word about Xiao Ming's recent refining of the pills needed by the Elders at the Inner Academy in a discreet manner.
Han Feng would definitely seek out Xiao Ming's location when he wanted to take the Heavenly Flame, they just needed to keep an eye on him.
When Han Feng and the others appeared, Su Qian would block the Dou Ancestor that might appear, while Mister Gold and Mister Silver would be held by Xiao Ming.
The rest would be left in the hands of Hu Gan and the others.
It was impossible for Han Feng to find so many powerful high-level Dou Emperor and dozens of Dou King in the Black-Corner Region that would match the strength of Hu Gan and the others, no matter how hard he searched.
Once the people in the Black-Corner Region were taken care of, Mister Gold and Mister Silver, as well as the Dou Ancestor, would either retire or stay.
As for Han Feng, the perpetrator.
Neither Xiao Ming, nor Su Qian, nor anyone else, had any intention of letting him go.
"You...". Hearing this, Su Qian slightly shook his head helplessly and said nothing more.
They had known each other for a long time, and there was really no need to be too polite, especially since Su Qian didn't pay too much attention to this aspect either.
The conversation between the two did not affect Elder Huo beside him, who fixed his gaze on Xiao Ming, who entered the study immediately after Hu Gan.
Xiao Ming stepped forward and bowed respectfully.
"Master, First Elder Su."
Behind him, Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin also bowed to Su Qian and Elder Huo.
Only Zi Yan strutted towards Su Qian and greeted him nonchalantly before looking for a chair to sit on.
At Zi Yan's behavior, Su Qian merely smiled kindly, while the others knew Zi Yan's identity, so they did not care.
"You're back, have you finished with the family matters?" Elder Huo looked at Xiao Ming's extraordinary bearing, and his face, which had been stiff, revealed a smile.
Elder Huo, formerly known as Huo Li, was a lonely person and usually didn't smile much, but only when facing his only disciple, Xiao Ming, did he usually have a smile on his face.
"Mm, everything is fine," Xiao Ming said with a faint smile.
"Old Huo, your old face doesn't even smile when you talk to us, old people, but the moment your precious disciple comes back, you smile nonstop."
Hu Gan looked at Elder Huo's smile and said speechlessly.
"Hehe, if you had a disciple like mine, you would also be smiling every day." Elder Huo said.
These words made Su Qian next to him nod his head, Xiao Ming had been at the Inner Academy for six years, and to say the least, it could be said that he had watched him grow up.
Xiao Ming was diligent in his cultivation and was never arrogant and domineering just because he was strong.
If he had such a disciple, he would have smiled every day.
Thinking about this, he suddenly noticed Xiao Ming's increasing strength.
"Huh! In less than a year, your Cultivation Realm has reached Dou Emperor?" Su Qian said in surprise.
"It was just a lucky encounter." Xiao Ming smiled faintly.
"Hehe, Old Huo, looks like the disciple will surpass the Master in no time." Xiao Ming's calmness caused Su Qian to nod in satisfaction before he laughed again.
"Who cares? In the path of Alchemy, he has long since surpassed me, his Master, and now he just has to catch up in the cultivation realm." Elder Huo was not worried, instead, he was happy that Xiao Ming had achieved so much.
"Old Huo, shouldn't you be in seclusion to break through to Dou Ancestor? Now that you show up here... didn't you manage to break through it?"
Hu Gan asked, in his perception, Elder Huo's aura was not much stronger than before.
"Sigh, it's true that I failed, this Dou Ancestor really isn't that easy to break through, fortunately, I had the Zong Breaking Pill, otherwise, perhaps my strength would have dropped a bit this time."
Speaking of which, Elder Huo was also a bit depressed, he had originally felt that he was close to success, but at the last moment, he fell short.
"Breakthroughs are inherently full of uncertainty, so you must look on the bright side." First, Hu Gan consoled him, and then added, "That said, with the pill's effect of preserving strength even if the breakthrough fails, the Zong Breaking Pill really lives up to its name as a sixth-tier pinnacle pill, no wonder people want it so much."
"This is why a sixth-tier Alchemist has such a powerful appeal that even Han Feng, a Dou Emperor, dares to attack our Jia Nan Academy."
Everyone's faces turned serious as they reached this point.
Xiao Ming first led Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to a place for them to sit, then he went to sit beside his Master.
"Xiao Ming, how certain are you about the information that Han Feng will attack?" asked Su Qian.
"Eighty to ninety percent." Xiao Ming pondered.
"Hmph! That arrogant Han Feng is lawless, just because he has some strength, he already wants to plot against my disciple, he has to ask me first!" Elder Huo beside him snorted coldly.
Although Elder Huo's Alchemy skills were only fifth tier, the Alchemy Department had produced many alchemists under him over the years.
Combined with the contacts he had accumulated in his early years, if he was truly given time to prepare, the number of powerful people he could mobilize would not be much worse than Han Feng.
"That Han Feng is really a bit ignorant of his own ability, he actually doesn't put us in his eyes and dares to try to snatch the Heavenly Flame in the Jia Nan Academy, he is completely delusional."
Su Qian agreed, not to mention that his target, Xiao Ming, was a sixth-tier Alchemist like him, and was also inside the Jia Nan Academy, which had many strong people, and no one knew who had given him the courage to invade the Jia Nan Academy.
Did Han Feng really not know what he was doing? Of course, he did.
The reason for all of this was simply because the Heavenly Flame was too tempting for him.
The Heavenly Flames were his hope of advancing in strength. Han Feng, despite his extraordinary talent, had been stuck at the peak Dou Emperor for years because of the Flame Mantra.
So, two Heavenly Flames were enough reason for him to take the risk.
Especially since the Jia Nan Academy had, on the surface, only one Dou Ancestor.
And this was the reason why Su Qian and the others felt a bit annoyed.
'If it wasn't for those old men hiding and cultivating every day without showing their faces, there wouldn't be so much trouble.' Su Qian thought of the Qian Bai Two Elders who were hiding to cultivate and couldn't help but complain.
Especially how elusive the Headmaster had been for decades, Su Qian also felt particularly speechless, sometimes he wondered if the Headmaster died outside, or else, he wouldn't have taken so long to return.
Listening to Xiao Ming's conversation with the Elders, Xiao Yi Xian suddenly felt extremely powerless, when Xiao Ming needed support, she was not able to do anything to help him, instead, she would only become a burden. As a result, she lowered her head in dejection.
After a brief speech, Su Qian spoke to Xiao Ming and the others about countermeasures.
"Why don't we liquidate Mister Gold and Mister Silver first, anyway, we know the location of their seclusion." Su Qian suggested.
"No, we had no conflicts with them in the past, this will easily alert the snake, if you make Han Feng abandon his plan of a direct attack and instead secretly stalk my disciple, it will be troublesome." Elder Huo directly refused.
...
After some more deliberation and discussion, the final decision was the ambush plan.
This plan was quite simple, the Jia Nan Academy had one Outer Academy Elder; the Department Head of the Alchemy Department, Elder Huo; the Commander of the Law Enforcement Unit, Wu Tianlang; and Hu Gan. Four peak Dou Emperor.
Adding Xiao Ming, a total of five Dou Emperor. In addition, there are also dozens of Dou King Elders, and finally, a three-star Dou Ancestor, Su Qian.
Most of them would not be coming out in the near future and then they would spread the word about Xiao Ming's recent refining of the pills needed by the Elders at the Inner Academy in a discreet manner.
Han Feng would definitely seek out Xiao Ming's location when he wanted to take the Heavenly Flame, they just needed to keep an eye on him.
When Han Feng and the others appeared, Su Qian would block the Dou Ancestor that might appear, while Mister Gold and Mister Silver would be held by Xiao Ming.
The rest would be left in the hands of Hu Gan and the others.
It was impossible for Han Feng to find so many powerful high-level Dou Emperor and dozens of Dou King in the Black-Corner Region that would match the strength of Hu Gan and the others, no matter how hard he searched.
Once the people in the Black-Corner Region were taken care of, Mister Gold and Mister Silver, as well as the Dou Ancestor, would either retire or stay.
As for Han Feng, the perpetrator.
Neither Xiao Ming, nor Su Qian, nor anyone else, had any intention of letting him go.
