Chapter 859: Refining the Human Sovereign Pill!
A farce came to an end.
Pei Ji and Lin Baoyu exchanged a glance, then silently walked up to Lu Qingyu and cupped their fists in salute.
Pei Ji said, "Many thanks to Academy Head Lu Qingyu for stepping in to help. Otherwise, the Sword Dao Academy would truly have lost all face today."
Lin Baoyu also nodded. "We had no choice but to act as we did."
Pei Ji and Lin Baoyu looked at each other, both smiling bitterly.
Just as Pei Ji was preparing to make a move, Lin Baoyu had acted decisively, bolstering their prestige and forcibly bringing out the Sword Dao Academy's imposing momentum.
Otherwise, with fellow disciples of the Sword Dao Academy turning against one another today, the other eight academies of Divine Relic Ridge would surely have mocked them in the future.
Lu Qingyu chuckled. "The nine academies of Divine Relic Ridge appear calm on the surface, but beneath it, undercurrents surge. Especially your Sword Dao Academy, Blade Dao Academy, Fist Dao Academy, Spear Dao Academy, and Hatchling Dragon Academy. None of your five great academies submits to another. Everyone wants to trample the others beneath their feet—even swallow them whole."
"Heh heh. Fortunately, peace reigns now. But if the Five Venoms Sect were ever to return, I hope the Sword Dao Academy can set aside its old grudges and join the nine academies of Divine Relic Ridge in resisting the calamity."
Lu Qingyu said it as lightly as brushing dust away.
Ever since the Five Venoms Sect had been destroyed, the balance of power on Divine Relic Ridge had left it without an opponent in the eastern region.
After more than twenty years of tempering, the academies had begun turning their strife inward.
Especially within the