In an open space in the Inner Academy's mountain range, the energy of heaven and earth raged, and rolling thunder stirred.
Su Qian watched in shock as Han Feng flew backwards into the torrent of lightning. A green lotus was born and absorbed all the thunder.
Only then did Su Qian realize that Han Feng's strength had probably already surpassed his own.
After pacifying the thunder, Han Feng slapped his medicine cauldron, and a seventh-grade pill emerged, emitting a dazzling spiritual luster.
"Elder Su, thank you for acting as my protector this time."
Han Feng put away the pill and came before Su Qian with a smile.
Su Qian shook his head.
"With your current strength, where would you need me as a protector?"
"On the contrary, this old man has benefited, having observed the process of a seventh-grade alchemist refining a pill."
Han Feng and Su Qian returned to the Inner Academy together.
Su Qian suddenly said, "By the way, there is one matter that I might have to trouble you with."
"Please speak, Elder Su."
"An important guest has come to the Black-Corner Region and has issued a mission request to Jia Nan Academy. It happens to be near Feng City. If you have time, could you lead a team of students to handle it?"
"An important guest?" Han Feng looked at Su Qian.
Su Qian didn't keep him in suspense.
"It is said to be an elder from the Wind Lightning Pavilion of the Central Plains. He lost something this time."
"Lost something?" Han Feng smiled. "Does such a matter require a mission request?"
"Yes, perhaps the other party has encountered some difficulty. The specific situation still needs to be understood in person. On your side, Elder Han..."
"I don't have much to do recently."
"Alright then. The team will set off tomorrow. Gather at the main gate."
As the most "righteous" faction in the Black-Corner Region, Jia Nan Academy had the responsibility of maintaining the region's balance. Since the Wind Lightning Pavilion had made a request, they could not sit by and do nothing.
Otherwise, if the Wind Lightning Pavilion were to intervene, the turmoil in the Black-Corner Region would be even harder to clean up.
Han Feng first returned to his small courtyard. Lin Xian'er was cultivating in a separate training room. Ever since she had officially started learning the "Poison Pill Method," her Woeful Poison Body had gradually awakened, so she needed to remain in isolation while cultivating.
Ye Qingyun and her daughter were cultivating in their room.
Qing Lin had begun to sense Dou Qi at just over three years old. This talent was truly commendable.
If nothing unexpected happened, she should be a cultivation genius just like Ye Qingyun.
Han Feng came to his own room and began his usual cultivation and meditation.
In the past six months, Han Feng's soul realm had reached the half-step Spirit Realm. He was just one final opportunity away from a breakthrough.
However, this opportunity would require at least an eighth-tier spiritual object to break through.
For example, the Earth Core Soul Marrow.
Besides his soul realm, Han Feng's Dou Qi cultivation had been compressed by him for one full cycle.
This was based on the Dou Qi compression technique used when a Dou Venerate breaks through to Dou Saint.
An ordinary Dou Emperor would not have such a profound understanding of Dou Qi, but Han Feng was a reincarnated person with rich experience, so he had successfully compressed it at the Dou Emperor stage.
He should now be considered to be at the "First Revolution Peak Dou Emperor" realm.
Of course, using this method here was a bit foolish. If an ordinary cultivator had this opportunity, they would have long since used it to try to break through to Dou Ancestor.
It was only because Han Feng did not plan to break through now that he had made such a decision.
This method was not without its benefits. When he broke through to Dou Ancestor, his cultivation could directly cross the initial stage of one-star Dou Ancestor and reach the middle or late stage, or even directly reach the two-star Dou Ancestor realm.
After cultivating until night, the treasure hunting team returned, saying that they had made a small discovery this time, but after tracking it, they found that it was not a magma world.
Han Feng was not in a hurry, just telling them to keep up the good work.
The next day.
Han Feng arrived at the main gate of the Inner Academy early in the morning. The three students who had accepted this mission also arrived one after another.
One was the fifth on the Strong Ranking - Horizontal Training Mad Lion - Guo Qin - a nine-star Dou Spirit.
One was the fourth on the Strong Ranking - Flying Heaven Flame Blade - Yan Li - a nine-star Dou Spirit.
And the other was the third on the Strong Ranking - Wood Fairy - Lin Yin - a nine-star Dou Spirit.
In another month, it would be the Inner Academy's quinquennial Strong Ranking Competition. All the students were fully preparing for it.
Although due to the special nature of the dueling arena, many students had already had their rankings decided in advance, only the real Strong Ranking Competition would give this ranking its authority.
And only the real Strong Ranking Competition would award prizes that all students would envy.
"Elder Han."
Seeing Han Feng, the three of them bowed respectfully.
No matter what kind of geniuses the three of them were, they maintained the utmost respect for Han Feng.
They had benefited greatly from Han Feng's several lectures over the past six months.
Compared to the other elders in the academy, Han Feng's knowledge was definitely the highest.
The Strong Ranking Competition was next month. The fact that they were still willing to go out on a mission at this time was actually because this time it was led by Han Feng.
Han Feng smiled and nodded at the three of them.
"Let's go. Let's make it quick."
The four of them shared a flying magical beast, slowly rose into the air, and flew away from the Inner Academy.
Three days later, the group arrived at their destination.
Black Luo City.
The ruler of this place was the Rakshasa Gate. The gate master, Su Mei, was a top Dou King. Her seduction skills were superb, and she had many experts supporting her.
After entering the city, the four of them came to an inn.
This was the meeting place of the person who had issued the mission.
Guo Qin, Yan Li, and Lin Yin, as leaders among the Inner Academy students, had already completed several second-level missions in the Black-Corner Region and were considered very experienced veterans.
This time, they were even led by the Medicine Emperor Han Feng, so they were very confident.
They knocked on a room door, three short and one long. A slight Dou Qi fluctuation came from inside, and a slightly hoarse voice came from within.
"Who is it?"
"Jia Nan Academy."
Bang.
The door opened automatically, and Han Feng and the others walked in.
What came into view was an old man half-leaning on the bed, his face as pale as paper.
Han Feng tossed a scroll in front of him.
"Sir, take a look. Is this the mission you issued?"
The old man weakly raised his arm, opened the scroll to take a look, and then nodded.
"It is."
Han Feng raised his chin slightly, signaling the three students to search the corners of the room and at the same time to keep an eye on the situation outside.
"What would you have us do, sir?" Han Feng asked.
The old man swallowed with difficulty, his sharp gaze looking at Han Feng.
"Find an item."
Han Feng looked at the old man's appearance. "You seem to have been poisoned, sir. Do you not need an antidote?"
The old man shook his head. "You can't cure my poison. You just need to help me find my storage ring."
"What exactly happened?"
The old man slowly recounted the matter.
It turned out that he had suffered some kind of serious injury and was passing through the Black-Corner Region. When he really couldn't hold on any longer, he landed in the nearest city, wanting to buy pills and ingredients to heal.
But unfortunately, he had mistakenly believed the words of a villain and was ambushed while he was unconscious.
Although he was not killed directly, his storage ring was snatched away.
"My storage ring has my soul imprint on it. He can't open it, and he can't escape!" the old man grunted.
"Unfortunately, in my current state, I can't track down the culprit. I can only entrust it to you, Jia Nan Academy."
Having just been backstabbed, the old man would naturally not easily trust the people of the Black-Corner Region again, so the "righteous" Jia Nan Academy became his only choice.