"You’re all a bunch of idiots!"
"Complete and utter idiots!"
"Why doesn’t the Dragon God Sect dare to directly seek out the Immortal Sect, but cos to our Celestial Academy to make small moves with a Body Refining Realm? Can’t you think this through?"
"Are you pigs?"
Indeed, the Celestial Academy is now at a turbulent juncture, unlike before.
Since Mitian Sect was wiped out by the Immortal Sect, no other influence at Bright Mirror Lake dared to rival them, especially as Ji Liangping is seen in close relations with the Immortal Sect by those Sect Leaders.
But now that the Dragon God Sect is making trouble, even the Saintess has personally co to Pingyue City, making those influences stop respecting Celestial Academy. They only think about pushing down the wall and dying to finish off Celestial Academy. Past conflicts were ignored because Celestial Academy was a Three-star Influence giant. But now, any slight conflict is magnified and placed in front of everyone at Bright Mirror Lake.
Yet in this situation, Ji Liangping doesn’t feel much, as the Celestial Academy stands at the peak, it naturally has the ability to withstand sudden difficulties and resolve them.
What angers him the most are those upper managent at Celestial Academy.
Couldn’t they discuss with him before capturing Shi Hua?
After Yang Xibi released him from the Main Hall of the Outer Courtyard, he charged silently towards the back mountain.
If only soone said sothing, he would have disclosed everything about Shi Hua, stabilized his people, and stabilized everyone further.
But there wasn’t a single person!
Everybody had silly thoughts — handing over Shi Hua would be beneficial without any harm.
"Dean Ji, please calm down. Let’s sit down and discuss things slowly. Anger only leads to losing the most accurate judgnt of a matter. Right now, you’re the head of the courtyard; you should act accordingly." Hua Zeyu, having been scolded harshly, couldn’t help but tremble her wrinkled face twice. Yet she didn’t retaliate against Ji Liangping’s insults, instead, she showed a clear-headed deanor.
It is precisely this deanor that strengthened the elders’ resolve to follow Hua Zeyu.
They surely can’t bear to give up their position, afraid of falling from the peak of Bright Mirror Lake, so whoever seems more capable of solving the current crisis, they’ll choose to follow.
"Dean, calm down."
"The Dragon God Sect is a Four-star Giant Influence, an overlord at Heaven and Earth Lake. No matter how strong the Immortal Sect is, can it overpower the peak influence at Heaven and Earth Lake?"
"We are also doing it to protect the Celestial Academy; who else would want your only direct disciple to bear all this?"
Everyone spoke one after another, causing the entire conference room to plunge into chaos.
Ji Liangping stood there and kicked the chair from behind, scanned his gaze through everyone, yet said nothing more. He only looked at Hua Zeyu, his eyes still filled with rage.
Finally, he slowly gritted his teeth and spat out a few words, "You’ll understand soon enough."
After saying this, Ji Liangping left the eting room without looking back.
Ji Liangping didn’t want to say anything more, as these people are old fossils; no one can change what they’ve decided in their hearts. Rather than argue with them, he should go and solve Celestial Academy’s issues.
But once Ji Liangping left, those elders began looking towards Hua Zeyu.
It was clear they wanted to seek Hua Zeyu’s opinion.
A flash of light appeared in Hua Zeyu’s cloudy eyes, quickly disappearing as if it never existed before. She sighed and revealed an expression full of extre loss as she looked towards where Ji Liangping left.
"The Dean is no longer the sa as before."
As these words were spoken, the entire conference room fell into silence.
The feeling of losing their backbone, their pillar, was unpleasant.
This process continued for a long ti.
And was slowly broken by quiet whispers.
Finally, an Outer Sect Steward suddenly stood up.
"Vice Dean Hua, you just direct us. We all listen to you."
Hua Zeyu imdiately lifted her head, looked at this young Outer Sect Steward, and a hint of smile crossed her lips before glancing at those surrounding elders.
"Vice Dean Hua, since Dean Ji is not in the right state, you might as well direct us first."
"I agree."
"Support!"
Within just a few breaths, half of the elders in the conference room lifted their heads to express willingness to listen to Hua Zeyu.
This ti, Hua Zeyu didn’t show a sorrowful expression again but stood up in an extrely excited state, seemingly forgetting her old age, "Elder Li, follow to the Hundred Sects Alliance. Right now, showing goodwill towards the Dragon God Sect is top priority. The rest, go and mitigate friction with other influences; if you can endure, temporarily endure. If you can’t, teach them a lesson, let them know Celestial Academy is not to be trifled with."
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
Voices echoed throughout the conference room.
...
A day later.
Above the Sea of Clouds.
Wen Ping stood at the bow of the Flying Ship, letting the wind caress his face while tightly gripping the rail, his gaze fixed on the waters below and the islands passing by.
Long Ke happened to walk out of the cabin just then, stretching lazily with a very relaxed deanor.
Seeing Wen Ping’s contrasting stance, he curiously approached.
Light footsteps, firmly stopping a yard away from Wen Ping.
"What are you thinking?"
Wen Ping glanced over.
"Nothing, just looking at the world."
"What’s there to see, the 108 lakes at Heaven and Earth Lake are just like this. Once you grow to the point where you can venture out, you’ll understand this world is actually vast; what you see is just a drop in the ocean."
At hearing this, Wen Ping turned his glance back at Long Ke again.
This ti, he had a smile.
Because the world is vast, this he understands well, it’s amusing how his aunt considers him a frog in a well.
Long Ke didn’t know, smiled self-sufficiently, then continued, "Similarly, even the influences at Heaven and Earth Lake are just like this. Of course, I’m not saying the Four-star Influences are nothing outside, but there are stronger forces out there. If you want your Sect to grow stronger, you’ll endure more pain. After all, everything in your Sect is unique in the world outside."
"I know what you want to say."
Isn’t Long Ke just urging him to stay calm?
To have the composure even if Mount Tai collapses before him?
However, it depends on the situation.
Shi Hua has already lost everything; Wen Ping is her only friend, and he’s the one who sent her to Celestial Academy. Initially, he hoped Shi Hua could live a stable life, but now she’s back in danger because of him; how could he not be emotional?
Wen Ping continued, "Guest Minister Zhao, after this affair, you’ll be one of the Immortal Sect’s elders. As for Wind Valley, you may enter whenever you want."
"Alright!" Long Ke smiled, then suddenly thought of sothing and turned to ask, "Can I not pay in White..."
She didn’t bring much White Crystal on this trip.
Since the Wind Attribute Anomalous Vein is unique, obtaining it will naturally be difficult.
Given the entry fee to Wind Valley, her assets wouldn’t last long inside.
However, before she could finish her sentence, Wen Ping’s voice suddenly appeared, "No way!"
"So stingy."
Long Ke found her nephew’s frugality truly speechless.
She really wanted to ask, where did he learn it from?
Wen Ping replied, "You can have extra bowls of Spirit Rice, but if you don’t pay in White Crystal, just observe from outside... Enough said, we’re nearing Celestial Academy."
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