462: Chapter 131: The Origin of the Judgnt Hunting Team_1 462: Chapter 131: The Origin of the Judgnt Hunting Team_1 This corridor lies in the southeast direction of Lin Zhong Lake, not far from where Zheng Qing patrolled on Saturday night.
Standing in the pavilion looking afar, the fog over the lake and the moon over the sand added a hint of coldness to the air.
There weren’t any dense vines clinging to the left and right of the pavilion, nor towering trees in the way.
Separated by the placid lake water, the two passersby could clearly see the brightly lit little square on the other side of the lake, aglow with alluring colors.
The wizards in various colored robes congregated excitedly, so drinking rrily in groups of threes and fives, others paired off in couples; occasionally, a tipsy wizard would break into the crowd with a soulful solo dance; from ti to ti, magic fireworks would slowly rise from the crowd, coloring the night sky with a riot of hues.
The hustle and bustle by the lake had scared away many animals feeding in the water in the nightti, yet it attracted even more uninvited guests.
A group of graceful dancers whirled in the air above the dance party, their bodies wreathed in a bluish-green glow.
Keeping to the rhythm of the lively music, they flapped their wings and occasionally burst into song, leading a chorus of unknown birds in their ensemble.
These were the luminous nightbirds from the depths of the Silent Forest, who always showed up uninvited, helping themselves to the food and drink whenever the wizards held a dance party.
However, their glowing feathers in the night and their lodious songs always managed to cool the hosts’ tempers and warm their hearts.
Besides these cheerful perforrs, the dance party also had many silent spectators.
For instance, the tree elves perched on branches, lazily sucking on succulent insects, their eyes dreamy; or the fishn, with only their heads above the water, looking furious yet helpless.
Of course, the spectators of the party included the two wizards chatting leisurely in the pavilion on the lakefront corridor on the other side of the lake.
Deng Xiaojian was still leisurely explaining to Zheng Qing the origin of the ‘Judgnt Hunting Party’.
“…That was the most difficult ti for the ‘Will’.”
“However, even though there were many factions within the community and the struggles between different ideologies were fierce, everyone was trying in their own ways to rejuvenate this ancient organization, to reclaim its past glory.”
“There were the hardliners, who insisted that the ‘Will’ should stick to its traditions of five hundred years without any change, that any attempt at reform was heresy.
In their opinion, as long as the organization adhered to its initial policies and started all over, it could regain its life.”
“While there were those who stubbornly held onto their beliefs, there were also those trying to make improvents.
Compared to the hardliners, the reforrs recognized that with the changing tis, the ‘Rigid Will’ of the past could no longer carry the ‘Active Minds’ of contemporary wizards.
Hence, they advocated for reform — a change in organizational structure, promotion channels, recruitnt of newcors, including even the basic ideology of the ‘Will’, in order to better adapt to the needs of the era.”
“Besides these, there was also a faction with the most radical stances — they believed that the ‘True Will’ had already died and if it wished to be reborn, it must abandon all the old and start afresh.”
“I bet the last victors were those radicals.” Zheng Qing couldn’t help but make the rash conclusion.
Deng Xiaojian looked at him aningfully but didn’t comnt on his judgnt.
“…One thing that’s difficult to handle in a large organization is…
it’s very hard to win a majority agreent on any issue.
It’s also impossible for everyone to set up a ‘sandbox’ in the organization to test various ideas.”
“Since consensus cannot be reached, there’s no choice but to upset the apple cart.”
“The reforrs, the revolutionaries, those who stuck firmly to their beliefs ended up pulling their own people out of the ‘Will’, forming one new organization after another to validate their ideas.”
“…That period lasted for a long ti, almost forty or fifty years.
In all, about thirty clubs were ford by groups departing from the ‘Will’, among which there were no less than five that were top-tier.”
“‘Judgnt’ was born during that ti.”
“Judgnt used to be a club?” Zheng Qing stared in surprise.
“Yes, upholding the idea that ‘fairness requires judgnt’, ‘equality needs asurent’, ‘Judgnt’ was born from the ‘Will’…
Perhaps because this direction was indeed correct, ‘Judgnt’ gradually grew.”
“Of course, if it was only this, ‘Judgnt’ wouldn’t be any different from the other four or five clubs that could rival it.
They were all simply products born after departing from the ‘Will’…
Until one day, at a school-thed hunting party, the Judgnt Hunting Team defeated the ‘Will’ Hunting Team, defeated four academy teams, and defeated the team of the number one university, winning that year’s ‘Academy Cup’.”
“Wow.” Zheng Qing let out an ambiguous exclamation.
“It was in that year that the then leader of ‘Judgnt’ picked up the tradition once held by the ‘Will’— he took on the title ‘Lei Zhe’.” Deng Xiaojian paused here and sighed deeply.
“Isn’t ‘Lei Zhe’ a title passed down within the organization?” Zheng Qing felt a little dizzy.
“Yes, and no.” Deng Xiaojian shook his head, and continued, “If you’ve stayed in the school for a while, you would know that the tradition of ‘Lei Zhe’ is hidden in so corner of Jiuyou Academy…
It might be a book, a test, a task, or even a secret realm…
But as long as any student of Jiuyou Academy passes the test, they could receive the title of ‘Lei Zhe’.”
“So they say, ‘Lei Zhe’ is everyone’s aiming for, and next year it could be .”
“So, even a person who is not part of the ‘Holy Will’ could get the ‘Lei Zhe’ title and beco the final boss of ‘Holy Will’?” Zheng Qing was sowhat shocked.
“In theory, that is the case.” Deng Xiaojian reluctantly nodded, but added, “However, there are very few people outside the organization who could get the title.”
“Judgnt is an exception then.” The young state-sponsored student mumbled.
“Yes, ‘Judgnt’ is an exception.” Deng Xiaojian exclaid, but then shook his head, “But in fact, the leader of Judgnt also ca from the ‘Will’, so technically it doesn’t count as an exception…
But the real problem is not this.”
“In theory, since the leader of ‘Judgnt’ had obtained the title ‘Lei Zhe’, their club is the true ‘Will’…
However, the original boss and the executives of the ‘Will’ did not seem to think so.”
“Theory is one thing, practice is another.”
Zheng Qing nodded, seeming to grasp the point.
“‘Lei Zhe’ and ‘Will’ appearing simultaneously in two clubs caused chaos throughout the whole academy, with minor disputes every two days and major ones every three…
No matter if it was diation by the school workers’ committee or the joint eting of professors, all were declared failures…
The school could restrict the students from fighting but could not ease the deep rift within the academy.”
“In the end, even the principal was involved.”
“Principal?
Which one?” Zheng Qing licked his dry lips.
“Of course, it was the unnad Principal.
He personally issued a command, ordering ‘Judgnt’ and ‘Will’ to rge again, and chose a new na for the new ‘Will’ — the ‘Holy Will’.”
“Simple and brutal,” was Zheng Qing’s comnt.
“But it was effective.
At least after the rger, both sides, albeit reluctantly, accepted it.” Deng Xiaojian shrugged, “In commoration of the once-existing ‘Judgnt Club’, ‘Lei Zhe’ chose to rena the ‘Holy Will’s hunting party as ‘Judgnt’…
The school also tacitly accepted this.”
“So, that’s why the ‘Holy Will’s hunting party is known as ‘Judgnt’.” The wizard in the blue robe took a deep breath, ending this complicated story.
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