Thus, he exhausted every means to find Han Yu in hopes of becoming his apprentice. At that time, Han Wenan’s thinking was simple: since elixir refining was beyond him, he would then learn poisoning techniques, and such study would not waste his birth into an alchemy family, right?

However, after watching Han Wenan refine an elixir once, Han Yu directly dismissed him. But Han Wenan was determined to learn poisoning techniques from Han Yu, refusing to leave, and knelt outside Han Yu’s residence for a whole year...

"Thankfully, Han Wenan had a good physical foundation; otherwise, kneeling down for a year would have been unimaginable. After all, he is a genius of the Han family. His sincerity moved me, so although I did not formally take him as a disciple, I agreed to teach him poisoning techniques; thus, he can be considered half my disciple..." Han Yu sighed as he spoke.

Before coming to Yuhai Academy, Han Wenan always lived with Han Yu, making Han Wenan relatively close to Han Yu. However, since Han Wenan arrived at Yuhai Academy, the two of them saw each other less frequently, and their relationship gradually became distant. Yet, every time Han Wenan returned to the Han family, he would still visit Han Yu...

"How long has Han Wenan been at the Academy?" Mo Jiuli asked.

"It should be a few thousand years!" Han Yu thought and replied.

"A few thousand years and he still hasn’t left?" Mo Jiuli asked curiously.

"Are you referring to the Academy Competition held every hundred years, leaving the Cloud Underworld?" Han Yu responded.

"Yes!" Mo Jiuli nodded.

"That’s because you have just arrived and haven’t understood. Yuhai Academy has passed down for countless years; estimated, no one knows within the entire Cloud Underworld. Over these years, while the Academy’s rules have changed somewhat, the only constant is the Academy Competition held once every hundred years. The top 100 can choose to leave the Cloud Underworld, being directly sent to the Cloud Middle World by the Academy! Of course, one can also choose voluntarily not to leave, remaining in the Cloud Underworld, but then cannot continue staying at Yuhai Academy, only setting out independently to establish oneself! Yet, over the years, just think, every day there are people enrolling at the Academy, every day there are people ascending from various barriers to the Cloud Underworld. The Academy only selects 100 people every hundred years to send to the Cloud Middle World—the ones beyond those 100 have to wait another hundred years for the next Academy Competition. Over the years, the experts within Yuhai Academy are practically countless. Those like Zongzheng Yuntian and Han Wenan, having entered the Academy and joined a faction, finding a top hundred place in the Academy Competition is hardly easier than ascending to heaven! Additionally, each time before the Academy Competition, the various factions within the Academy engage in both secret and open wars. Countless people fall, and if a faction loses the internal battles, they will be targeted during the Academy Competition. No matter how strong one person is, the Academy Competition is a challenge match, being targeted by a group means exhaustion simply from defending oneself," Han Yu explained in detail to Mo Jiuli and Di Minghan.

After listening, Mo Jiuli and Di Minghan roughly understood Han Yu’s intentions. Indeed, perhaps it is due to the fierce and ruthless battles within the Academy that it still has room to accommodate people; otherwise, Yuhai Academy would have been overfilled long ago...

It seems they truly must seize a faction; otherwise, they could become the focus of hostility, and such a result is not what they desire. Although they may not necessarily need to use the faction, they’ll adapt to the Academy customs...

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