Don't be fooled by how well Captain Shi seemed to be getting along in Titan City-state. The moment he was brought into the academy, he trembled like a quail, completely stripped of his usual arrogance. Fear and panic overwhelmed him. His legs nearly gave out, and he could barely walk.
Asura Grand Scholar had personally led people to arrest him. Captain Shi knew perfectly well that this could not be good.
Had something gone wrong with his deal with Bronze Coconut Scholar? That didn't make sense. Bronze Coconut Scholar had said the academy encouraged this sort of thing, and that plenty of scholars did it. The academy wouldn't oppose it; on the contrary, it would lavish rewards and generous payments on those who made outstanding contributions.
By that logic, he shouldn't be guilty of anything. If anything, he ought to have earned merit.
He wanted to argue his case, but what kind of figure was Asura Grand Scholar? Compared with him, Shi was no better than a flea. If he wasn't given permission to speak, he couldn't even let out a fart.
For all he knew, even breathing too loudly could be a mistake.
Without any need for threats or intimidation, Captain Shi spilled everything about his dealings with Bronze Coconut Scholar, like beans pouring from a split bamboo tube.
Captain Shi felt he had been wronged, but in front of the academy's top Grand Scholars, he didn't even have the courage to plead his case.
He could only bow repeatedly and beg, "Grand Scholars, please hear me out. Bronze Coconut is a scholar of the academy, a man of high rank and influence. Back in the Jianghu, he was my big brother, the one who led me. When he approached me, he said the academy encouraged this deal and