Battle Through the Heavens: The Strongest in the Entire Map, I Will Always Be Above You

"Hmm!" Xue Lei nodded, but did not mention Xiao Xun'er, whom Xiao Yan had mentioned. Compared to his students, he trusted the academy's teachers more.

Ruolin was somewhat confused as she was led to Hu Qian, and then followed Hu Qian out the door toward the guesthouse next door.

She didn't dare to say or ask anything along the way, and just followed along!

At the same time, Su Qian in the inner courtyard also received a message from Xue Lei: "A Dou Zong expert has come to visit, go and see!"

Su Qian muttered a couple of words, then leaped up and headed straight for the outer courtyard.

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In the guesthouse, Xiao Yan sat for another ten minutes before finally getting up. As soon as he stood up, he saw Xue Lei leading an old man with white hair and a beautiful woman who was in full bloom. The woman was Ruolin.

After entering, Xue Lei first bowed to Chen Yang. Just as he was about to introduce Chen Yang to Hu Qian and Ruolin, he suddenly heard Ruolin's voice!

"You...you are Xiao Yan???!!!" Ruolin was all too familiar with Xiao Yan, so much so that she was almost gritting her teeth.

This brat stood me up. He said he would only take a year off, but it turned out to be more than a year and a half.

"Instructor Ruolin, I'm sorry, Xiao Yan is a little late!" Xiao Yan said apologetically, rubbing his nose.

"Hmph! You still remember I'm your mentor?" Ruolin glared at Xiao Yan, saying with a resentful look.

"Cough cough..." Xue Lei saw that Ruolin had confirmed Xiao Yan's identity, so he no longer had any doubts.

However, seeing that Ruolin was still complaining about Xiao Yan, he was afraid that Chen Yang would lose his temper, so he coughed lightly to stop Ruolin.

Hearing the inner elder's soft cough, Ruolin stopped complaining about Xiao Yan and gave him a look that said, "You'll pay for this later." Ruolin then stepped aside.

"Please excuse my poor appearance, sir!" Xue Lei said to Chen Yang with a smile upon seeing this.

"It's alright. It was my little brother who broke his promise first. The academy can punish him however it wants!" Chen Yang smiled and said nonchalantly.

"Haha, you flatter me, sir. It is an honor for Canaan Academy that Xiao Yan can still choose to attend. Not to mention Instructor Ruolin, even if the Dean himself came, he would not blame Xiao Yan!" Xue Lei said with a smile.

Chen Yang smiled and nodded.

"Sir, this is Hu Qian, the vice dean of the outer academy of Canaan Academy!"

"Vice Dean Hu Qian, this is Mr. Chen Yang whom I told you about!"

After introducing themselves, Hu Qian bowed to Chen Yang.

Even without knowing whether the other party was friend or foe, Hu Qian was still happy to befriend a young Dou Zong powerhouse.

"Dean Hu Qian, you're too kind. I should thank you for taking care of my friends and juniors who are studying at Canaan Academy!" Chen Yang said with a smile.

"It's all part of my duty, my duty!" Hu Qian said happily. It's a great honor to have friends and juniors studying at Canaan Academy.

Just as everyone was about to continue exchanging pleasantries, an undisguised aura of a Dou Zong descended from the sky and landed in the courtyard.

Upon seeing this, Chen Yang stood up and looked towards the door.

"Elder Su Qian of Canaan Academy, I apologize for keeping you waiting!" As soon as Su Qian entered, he saw Chen Yang in the crowd, whose aura was clearly stronger than his own, and greeted him with a smile and a cupped hand.

"I have long admired Elder Su's name. I am sorry to have disturbed you today. Please forgive me!" One cannot hit a smiling face. Besides, Chen Yang had no ill intentions towards Su Qian. He still liked this old man who bet the entire Canaan Academy on Xiao Yan in the original story.

"Haha, Xue Lei, why did you only serve this gentleman some thin tea? Go, have someone brew some of my good tea and send it over!" Su Qian had been the Grand Elder of Canaan Academy for many years, and he could tell whether Chen Yang's smile was genuine or feigned.

Although he didn't know why this young Dou Zong seemed to have a good impression of him upon their first meeting, he figured he'd just go along with it since the other person was being polite.

So, after apologizing, Xue Lei took Su Qian's good tea and brewed it himself. As for Instructor Ruolin, she was completely dumbfounded.

Why is this young man who came with Xiao Yan so respected even by the Grand Elder of the Inner Court?

After Su Qian took her seat, the two introduced themselves to each other.

When Su Qian heard that Xiao Yan was actually an outer student of Canaan Academy, she was immediately taken aback.

"My god, a two-star Dou Wang, and a fourth-grade alchemist, Xiao Yan, you're already an inner court elder!" Ruolin was even more dumbfounded when Su Qian said this.

What did she just hear?

Two...two-star Dou Wang, not two-star Da Dou Shi?

A year and a half ago, the little guy who fought me to a draw is now a two-star Dou Wang?

"Elder Su, don't be fooled by this kid's appearance. He only got these clothes half a year ago. Now, his success rate in refining fifth-grade pills is extremely high!" Chen Yang directly exposed Xiao Yan's true colors.

In fact, given Xiao Yan's current strength, in order for Canaan Academy to allow him to devour the Fallen Heart Flame, besides the fact that the Fallen Heart Flame is uncontrollable, he also needs to demonstrate his due value.

"Hiss..." Su Qian gasped again, "A young prodigy!"

An eighteen-year-old two-star Dou Wang was already enough to make Su Qian take him seriously, and now he's adding a fifth-grade alchemist to the mix. Tsk tsk, next time the dean comes back, he'll probably praise Su Qian for his good judgment—even though he didn't participate in Xiao Yan's recruitment work.

At this moment, Ruolin was completely dumbfounded, and she had only two thoughts in her mind.

One is that there might be no more Xuan-level instructors!

The other one is—Earth-rank mentors and even Heaven-rank mentors are beckoning to me!

"Xun'er, Xun'er, you little sweetheart, you've really given me a huge surprise!" Remembering the huge surprise Xun'er had told her about yesterday, Ruolin's heart was filled with unease...

Chapter 109 Su Qian: Xiao Yan is quite humble!

"Truly a young prodigy, a young prodigy!" Hu Qian looked at Xiao Yan, who was scratching his head shyly, and immediately thought of his granddaughter, whose sexual orientation was somewhat questionable, and exclaimed that she was a young prodigy.

"You flatter me, seniors. I am unworthy of such praise!" Xiao Yan quickly waved his hand and shook his head upon hearing the praise from the vice dean and the elder.

"Clang, clang!" Hu Qian's face was all wrinkled from smiling.

He secretly glanced at Elder Su Qian, secretly chuckling to himself. Although Xiao Yan had already reached the Dou Wang cultivation level and met the standards for graduating from the Inner Academy, strictly speaking, he was still a student in the Yellow Rank Class 2 of the Outer Academy!

Every year in the past, when students from the outer academy entered the inner academy, they would be severely bullied by the upperclassmen of the inner academy. This year, with Xiao Yan here... unless the Grand Elder sends out that brute force king, otherwise...

Thinking of this, Hu Qian was even happier.

"Ahem... Mr. Chen Yang, may I ask who your friend and junior are? I'll send someone to invite them over." Su Qian coughed lightly, looking at Hu Qian's pathetic appearance, and then turned to Chen Yang with a smile.

If this young Dou Zong expert were from a major family in Zhongzhou, Canaan Academy would have to think twice and treat him rationally, given its size. After all, no matter how powerful Canaan Academy is, it's nothing compared to a Dou Sheng family.

If Chen Yang didn't have such a background to achieve this much at this age, then Canaan Academy could try to win him over. Having more friends means having more options. Canaan Academy seems as stable as Mount Tai now, but only Su Qian knows that the Fallen Heart Flame under the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower is stirring. If he could get help from a Dou Zong expert stronger than himself, he could solve the problem in time if the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower had any issues one day.

Therefore, Su Qian is willing to make things convenient for Chen Yang within reasonable limits.

When Chen Yang heard Su Qian's words, he smiled slightly, waved his hand and shook his head. Then he pointed at Xiao Yan, who was sitting on the chair with his buttocks looking like they had sores, and laughed, "Elder Su, we'll talk about my matter later. You should take care of my little brother's matter first. Look at him, he can't even sit still thinking about his little girlfriend!"

"Uh... Hahaha, okay, okay, I'll arrange it!" Su Qian turned her gaze to Xiao Yan upon hearing this.

When Chen Yang and the others introduced them, they only said that the two were friends, but in Su Qian's opinion, Xiao Yan's respect for Chen Yang was heartfelt. Even if Chen Yang was not Xiao Yan's teacher, he was more than a teacher to him.

After looking Xiao Yan up and down, Su Qian felt a little regretful. Such an outstanding student was only nominally associated with Canaan Academy.

Thinking of this, Su Qian laughed heartily: "Xiao Yan, you..."

However, before Su Qian could finish speaking, Hu Qian became anxious: "Elder, Xiao Yan is still a student of my outer academy. Why don't we go through the inner academy's promotion competition process first, and then you can make arrangements after he joins the inner academy?"

Hu Qian was terrified that Su Qian might just appoint Xiao Yan as an elder with a single sentence, which would mean he was completely doomed.

“Hu Qian, Xiao Yan has now broken through to the Dou Wang level. In principle, he has reached the graduation standard. His future path should be his own choice,” Su Qian said, looking at Hu Qian.

He originally intended to offer Xiao Yan two suggestions to choose from. Moreover, he did not know why Xiao Yan came to Canaan Academy after breaking through to the Dou Wang level, or how Xiao Yan became a two-star Dou Wang and a fifth-grade alchemist in just one and a half years.

These all require further investigation before a specific decision can be made.

"Elder, I am willing to stay at Canaan Academy." At this point, Xiao Yan turned to look at Instructor Ruolin. "Instructor Ruolin has gone through a lot to help me get leave. Now that I have achieved a little success, it would be unbecoming of me to abandon the academy."

Hu Qian nodded upon hearing this, inwardly praising him as a good child, while Su Qian nodded slightly, a hint of appreciation flashing in her eyes.

He had met countless people and seen countless outstanding young people, so he knew that outstanding young people almost all had one common problem: arrogance!

Whether it's Xue Lei, who is now an elder of the Inner Court, or the young people of his generation, or Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, and others in the Inner Court today, they all have a certain arrogance.

However, some people only show their true feelings on the surface, like Liu Qing, while others keep them hidden in their hearts, like Lin Xiuya.

However, he did not sense any strong arrogance from Xiao Yan in front of him; on the contrary, he was very humble.

With Xiao Yan's current strength, he can completely ignore Ruo Lin. Whether he graduates as an outstanding student of Canaan Academy or joins the inner academy as an elder, his status far surpasses that of Ruo Lin.

However, this child wanted to stay because he was grateful to Ruolin for going to great lengths to ask for leave for him, which was truly commendable!

As for whether Xiao Yan was lying, Su Qian was confident that after several hundred years, he wouldn't be so old and blind that he couldn't see the character of a young man.

"You rascal, you say it's all for Xun'er, but you even dragged me into it, really..." Ruolin glared at Xiao Yan reproachfully after hearing his heartfelt words, but she couldn't suppress the smile on her lips.

"Uh... there is a tiny bit..." Xiao Yan scratched his head, which made Su Qian and the others laugh.

"Haha... It's only natural for a young man to admire someone!" Su Qian laughed heartily, his appreciation for Xiao Yan growing even stronger.

Chen Yang looked at Xiao Yan and nodded in satisfaction. This Xiao Yan, full of youthful spirit, was exactly the future Flame Emperor he had read about in the book when he was thirteen or fourteen years old.

"In that case, Xiao Yan, welcome to Canaan Academy!" Su Qian stood up, walked up to Xiao Yan, and extended her hand to him.

Xiao Yan chuckled, reached out and shook hands with Su Qian, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, they weren't rejected by Canaan Academy because of their superior strength.

"Since you want to spend some time with your little girlfriend, why not participate in this Inner Academy advancement competition? With your strength, you can easily get first place and also gain access to the library for a chance to win something." Su Qian patted Xiao Yan's shoulder and said with a smile.

"This...would my participation in the selection competition undermine the fairness?" Xiao Yan scratched his head.

"Haha, there's no fairness in cultivation at Canaan Academy. The path of cultivation depends entirely on competition. You applied for the Canaan Academy selection normally, joined normally, and took leave normally. It's just that your strength has improved a bit faster..." Su Qian smiled. "Don't miss the opportunities in the library. There are some things inside that even I would be envious of. These are exclusive benefits for the top five students in the outer academy of Canaan Academy. If an inner academy student doesn't become one of the top five in the advancement competition back then, even if they become number one on the ranking list later, they won't have this benefit."

Xiao Yan nodded upon hearing this, pondering what he had been lacking recently. Suddenly, the words "sonic fighting technique" popped into his mind.

"Thank you, Elder! Thank you, Vice Dean!" With that thought, Xiao Yan bowed to the two of them.

"However, once you join the inner academy, you can no longer be a student. Since you are an alchemist, you must be cultivating fire-type battle qi. Many of your seniors who graduated from the inner academy chose to join the academy and become elders. As for why, you will know after you enter the inner academy!" Su Qian kept it a secret.

"Elder, don't worry. With his relationship with that classmate Xun'er, even if you try to get rid of him, he won't leave!" Hu Qian was overjoyed to see Xiao Yan about to go through the motions in his outer courtyard.

"Haha...that would be wonderful!" Su Qian stroked his beard and laughed again.

"Well... Elder, Vice Dean, and Elder Xue, I... I'll be going now..." Xiao Yan pointed outside, he couldn't wait to see Xun'er.

There was no way around it; he had been following Chen Yang around for over a year and had really had enough of being fed dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection).

"Go ahead, Ruolin, lead the way for Xiao Yan. Canaan City is so big, it would be troublesome if he got lost!" Hu Qian said with a smile to Ruolin.

"Yes, Vice Dean!" Ruolin nodded and prepared to leave with Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan then looked at Chen Yang and said, "Brother Yang, I went to see Xun'er and then brought her and Xiao Ling here!"

Chen Yang waved his hand: "You go and keep your Xun'er company first. You don't need to worry about my affairs. I've made arrangements here and I'll come find you!"

Xiao Yan nodded upon hearing this. Yang Ge was always reliable, so if he said not to worry about it, then not to worry about it!