(╥╯^╰╥)
Li Xuanxiao wiped away his tears.
At the same time.
In the academy's rear mountain, the pines roared like raging waves.
Zhang Haoran stood with his hands behind his back, his shadow stretched long beneath the dying sun.
Behind him, the breaths and heartbeats of the Su Family's Grand Scholars boomed like war drums.
"To establish a heart for Heaven and Earth, to secure a destiny for the living people, to carry on the lost teachings of the sages of old, to bring peace to all ages to come..."
Su Jia's knuckles turned white as frost, and a surging passion rose uncontrollably within his heart.
That emotion steadily swelled until the final line—bringing peace to all ages to come.
The Righteous Qi within Su Jia's chest reached its peak, and he could scarcely suppress the aura within his body.
He was far from the only one. Grand Scholar Zhao Jianzhi was the same.
The two young disciples staggered backward, their faces flushed red.
The mountain wind abruptly ceased, while pale cyan ripples lingered endlessly in the air.
Before long, the academy's other three Grand Scholars also arrived.
The academy head had even ended his secluded cultivation early and rushed over.
The head looked at the more than fifty stone steles that had turned to powder, then at the Four Sentences of Hengqu inscribed upon them.
At last, his gaze fell upon Zhang Haoran.
Zhang Haoran smiled faintly.
The young male and female students who had looked down on him earlier now stared at Zhang Haoran in shock as well.
The academy head excitedly patted Zhang Haoran's shoulder. "You... what is your name?"
"Zhang Haoran!"
"Zhang Haoran?"
Su Jia and Zhao Jianzhi exchanged a glance, then both cupped their hands and bowed to Zhang Haoran.
"We spoke offensively earlier. We