Chang Cao Academy

Zhang Chen could scarcely believe that Chen Sanliang would say something so venomous, leaving no way back.

"Could the news I brought be false? The entire South of the River Dao is in an uproar now. Countless scholars are talking about it, while the common people are terrified and panic has gripped every heart," Huang Chao said.

Zhang Chen forced himself to calm down. Only after a long while did he ask, "What happened?"

"Isn't it all because of that Chang Cao Academy in the Lishe Principality?" Huang Chao's voice was full of resentment.

"The matter began at Chang Cao Academy in the Lishe Principality. It was the greatest academy in Lishe. This morning, while its Dean was debating the Dao with Chen Sanliang, he used Han Su Zhen as an opening and attacked him through her, enraging Chen Sanliang. Yet Chen Sanliang forcibly kept his cool and refuted him until he was defeated. But after losing, that Dean refused to submit to Chen Sanliang and even insulted Chen Sanliang's wife. Chen Sanliang flew into a rage upon hearing it. Ignoring the surrender of all six hundred students in the academy, he ruthlessly struck them down. Every scholar was slain by Chen Sanliang, and the entire Lishe Principality was destroyed. This shook all the academies in South of the River that had not yet fallen. The major academies were aflame with righteous indignation and actually mobilized their subordinate forces, intending to offer sacrifices to Zhou Qiucheng and help him enter the Twelfth Order of the Divine Path, so that he could fight Chen Sanliang to the death. Some scholars even wrote articles denouncing Han Su Zhen, spewing filthy slander that she had eloped with Chen Sanliang and failed in a woman's virtue, and so on. This completely enraged Chen Sanliang.