The same kind of expulsion that Akara had once experienced happened again. An old man and a young girl were forcibly driven out. They were Kana and her grandfather, Taji Meranti.Akara and Kana briefly exchanged glances, but it seemed neither of them recognized the other. Seven years was not a short time—they had grown from small children into teenagers.Akara then walked straight into the shop and found a blacksmith who was still irritated, muttering to himself.“Excuse me, may I meet the blacksmith of this shop?”“I’m the blacksmith… sorry, kid. I’m still upset about that old man earlier,” he replied, trying to calm himself down.“Oh, it’s fine. I want to buy some material stones,” Akara said. He had no interest in the cause of the earlier argument and chose to focus on his business.“Oh, come here! You can choose the stones yourself!” The man invited Akara to the back of the shop, but Akara refused.“No need. I’m looking for Cryostar stone.”The moment he heard that, the man sudden

He was utterly horrified. Both guards were family elders with formidable cultivation—one at the peak of the Kinanthi Realm with four energy orbs, the other at the early Asmaradana Realm with five.“That’s impossible! They’re immortal realm cultivators! How could you—!?” Wan Waru trembled violently, staring in terror at Alice, who still floated calmly in the air.“Watch your mouth. You’re not even worth a speck of dust beneath Brother Akara’s feet,” Alice said flatly.A deafening thunderclap followed as lightning struck Wan Waru’s body.“What kind of power is that!?”“It’s even more terrifying than the Snow Fairy back then!”The students, previously entranced by her beauty, now shuddered in fear after witnessing her strength.Not far away, Instructor Pricilia and Lina observed the scene.“Oh? The beauty has arrived? What a splendid opening—doesn’t it stir some nostalgia?” Pricilia teased her student while suppressing laughter.Lina ignored her teacher completely and walked away. Seeing

“My master once told me that the level of one’s aura isn’t important. What truly matters is how you refine a pill and how good the final result is,” Akara replied, making Dong Waru even more curious. Fortunately, Aulia quickly patted his shoulder and spoke.“He deliberately suppressed his alchemist aura before the refinement was completed. There must be a reason for that. It’s better not to pry.”Reluctantly, Dong Waru complied and calmed himself. In short, the refinement process had ended, and it was time to evaluate the pills.“Mala Jati—successful refinement of a level-two Energy Formation Pill! You pass as a Level One Alchemist.”Dong Waru handed her an alchemist badge.“This is all because of you two! Otherwise, I could’ve gone even higher,” Mala pouted after accepting her badge.“You did very well,” Aulia said gently, stroking Mala Jati’s head with a smile. The girl immediately calmed down. Dong Waru then examined Aul Besiah’s pill.“Excellent. A level-three Energy Formation Pil

The man in green remained hovering in the air, observing the fugitive teenager and the wolf-masked girl below. What was meant to be an ambush against the girl had instead turned into a trap for himself. His own weapon had backfired—there was no escape now, or rather, no one to help him escape. On an open plain with not a single tree in sight, speed was the only thing one could rely on. Unfortunately, his opponent was an immortal of the Asmaradana Realm. With a single flap of his wings, he could traverse dozens of meters in a single second. As for the girl—she was not on his side and was instead cornering him as well.Akara forced himself to think rationally, though the sweat pouring down his face betrayed his panic. The three of them remained still, merely watching one another warily, until the man finally spoke.“Miss, do you also hold a grievance against that boy?”The wolf-masked girl with a ponytail said nothing, not even moving an inch. The man in green, who had been eagerly wait

The owner of the orange-colored aura with two patterns could not be found, yet they were able to exert crushing pressure and create such crystals. Hundreds of crystals formed a cage around them, faintly shrouded in drifting purple mist. At the same time, all of the crystals were launched forward—accompanied by flames erupting around Akara’s body and a surge of red energy flaring from the masked girl.“Watch out!” the masked girl shouted as she ran toward Akara.Akara managed to stand again, his body engulfed in flames as he swung both of his wooden swords. The girl continuously hurled daggers to assist him in deflecting the attack, but even so, several crystals slipped through and struck him. His arms, shoulders, and legs were wounded, and the fallen crystals embedded themselves into the ground, turning into deadly mines. The sharp crystals pierced the earth like thorns, and worse yet, they were coated in poison. Fortunately for Akara, the flames surrounding his body burned away the p