"You, my elder, are truly the most generous and farsighted. We cannot compare to your wisdom."
"Just a mont ago, you were calling an old geezer..."
"Slap."
The woman imdiately reached out, slapping herself hard, leaving a blood-stained handprint on her delicate skin.
"Please forgive , ever since I took the wrong path in my youth, I've been cultivating diligently in the Academy for years, yet still struggle with arrogance and impatience."
"Ah..." The Ji Clan Ancestor sighed, "Alright, I know you well. I can only tell you, it's best if you do nothing, or else you will just cause trouble."
Hearing this, the woman imdiately sighed in relief and bowed deeply and respectfully.
"Thank you for your effort."
"Don't go anywhere recently, don't leave here, just stay and study."
The Ji Clan Ancestor shook his head, packed up the Beast Skin scroll, and turned to leave.
Upon leaving the courtyard, an elder in a long robe had been waiting outside for so ti.
Seeing the Ji Clan Ancestor, the elder first greeted him, then walked alongside him, speaking as they walked.
"When Wanjun was young, she strayed into the Evil Dao, and later beca Devilic. It was hard enough for her to hold onto herself.
Her actions may be extre, but she does not cross the line. You should tolerate her a bit.
If she weren't there to intimidate, it would be hard for the Academy to enjoy its current peace."
"Do you need to say it? Don't I know? Old Man Jiang, what have you received to be here as a lobbyist?"
"I really received nothing this ti, not even a pot of good tea." Old Man Jiang shook his head imdiately.
"Alright, I know, it's hard to keep any secrets in this Academy."
The Ji Clan Ancestor had, in fact, decided to agree, but if it were anyone else, he couldn't care less.
Yet when it cos to Wanjun, he finds it hard to refuse.
Back when the Immortal Dynasty was in chaos, from the major factions to the court, there were intense open and covert struggles.
No matter how exalted the status of the Academy, its primary composition is still people, making it hard to avoid that such fights would spread into the Academy.
Even the Ji Clan Ancestor, backed by the Ji Clan, could never sit on the side opposing the Ji Clan.
During that most chaotic ti, a prince with the right to contend for the throne brought that kind of struggle right into the Academy.
The commotion was severe, with several scholars dying, dragging many professors into the fray.
It was then that Wanjun publicly smashed that prince's head into his chest, imposing a deadly rule: from then on, any mber of the Imperial Family who dared to cause trouble in the Academy would be executed on sight.
She even carried the corpse directly into the Forbidden Palace to et with the Emperor.
No one knows what happened afterward, but the Emperor's fury could be felt even outside the palace.
Wanjun was only symbolically confined for three months.
The reason for the confinent was not related to the killing; rather it was said that during her cultivation in the Academy, she was too easily provoked by trouble, her Devilic and evil nature getting out of control, signifying inadequate cultivation, thus needing confinent to cool off.
Since then, everyone behaved obediently, and the Academy quickly returned to peace.
Even if a prince can be casually killed, and the Emperor said nothing about his son's death, then others eting their demise would be even more deserved.
The Ji Clan Ancestor sighed, initially not planning to rush into anything, but now he truly couldn't refuse.
Leaving the Academy, the Ji Clan Ancestor returned ho, personally wrote a visiting note, stamped it with his private seal, and with a breath, exhaled a white mist that enveloped the note.
The visiting note transford within the white mist into a white crane, spreading its wings and flying towards the sky.
The white crane soared above the clouds, flying out of the city towards the wilderness.
Not long after the white crane flew out of the Immovable Immortal Dynasty's territory, a vulture descended from the sky in an arc towards it.
"Where did this silly bird co from, daring to fly around here?"
In the blink of an eye, the white crane's beak shook, piercing the vulture's skull.
With a scream, the vulture transford into a half-human and half-demon form, tumbling from the sky.
Upon landing and seeing a group of little demons gathering around, clutching his bloodied head, the vulture demon gazed at the distant white crane flying away with an expression of feigned bravado.
"What are you looking at? That was a ssage-bearing white crane released personally by the big shot from Jixia Academy. It's remarkable that I only lost a bit of skin!"
A group of little demons trembled, one bold enough to point at the vulture's feet and cautiously said,
"My Lord, a piece of your skull fell off..."
The vulture demon looked down, touched his head, and upon finding his brain exposed, lost all pretenses of bravado and hurriedly began searching for a Pill.
The white crane, elegant in posture and swift in speed, flew further, and after more than ten days, began circling above a dense mountain forest before gradually descending.
Settling on a giant tree trunk, it gazed at the depths of the forest, quietly waiting.
After a short wait, two Black Ship Saints cautiously approached.
Upon seeing them, the white crane flipped off the tree trunk, folding its wings, accompanied by wisps of white mist, transforming into a visiting note that hung before the Black Ship Saints.
On the visiting note, large flowing characters were written.
"Greetings from Ji Shen of the Ji Clan, Sacrificial Officer of Jixia Academy."
The script here differed considerably from that in the Four Divine Dynasties, yet was just right for the Black Ship Saints.
The two Black Ship Saints, receiving the note and sensing the aura from the elder they previously t, put it away to deliver to the High Priest of the Black Ship.
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