Child...?
A c...hild?
The elders and disciples throughout the hall all froze.
Gu Qingshan was no exception.
How had this—
turned into this situation?
Given Discipline Elder's usual style, he would surely produce a mountain of evidence, combine it with the sect's rules, then use an irrefutable argument to expel the disgraced disciple from the academy.
In everyone's mind, Su Qing's fate had long been sealed. There was no way to turn things around.
And yet he was still a virgin?
That was incredible.
Looked at from another angle, he had gone out to carouse, yet this was the result. It proved instead that he really had been Treading the Mortal World to temper his Dao heart, and that his heart had remained clear all along.
In that case, there was no reason to expel Su Qing. They ought to reward him instead!
But...
Nine years after entering the academy, and he was still a virgin—
That was simply impossible to believe.
He could really endure loneliness!
Gradually, everyone came around to the idea, and all sorts of looks turned toward Gu Qingshan.
After freezing for a moment, Gu Qingshan began to think it over too.
According to my original plan, after calling out to the academy master just now, I was supposed to demonstrate a few advanced techniques in front of everyone, then wield my sword a few times to prove that Su Qing's past dalliances among the flowers had only been to make it easier for him to enter the mortal world and temper his Dao heart. His ultimate goal was to advance his cultivation.
*After that, it would be even easier. Whoever refused to accept it, I'd beat them up. Once I'd beaten them so badly that no disciple dared step forward, that would prove what I'd