Pressure Like Never Before
In fact, Jiu Xiu Grand Scholar had another reason for refusing Linghua's demand on the spot and insisting that Biyao Grand Scholar's body be taken back to the academy for safekeeping. He had seen Linghua Grand Scholar's reaction at the time, and it had left him deeply uneasy.
He felt that Linghua Grand Scholar had also sensed the lingering aura of the Absolute Life Domain on Biyao Grand Scholar's body.
That was why she had made such an abrupt demand, insisting on personally taking Biyao Grand Scholar's body back to the Flower Demon Clan.
Under normal circumstances, the request was clearly unreasonable. When someone from the academy died, their body had to be taken back to Taiyi Academy first. Only after a thorough investigation and once everything had been settled would they consider returning the body to its homeland for burial.
Linghua had made that demand because she wanted to bring the news and evidence to the Flower Demon Clan as quickly as possible. What did that mean? It meant that, in Linghua's eyes, the person who had assassinated Biyao Grand Scholar was him, the Chief Grand Scholar. Even if she had not directly accused him, she was certain to believe he had a great deal to do with it.
If he let Linghua take the body back, and she started spreading rumors to the Flower Demon Clan, he, the Chief Grand Scholar, would have no way to clear his name.
Therefore, he would never allow Linghua to take the body away, and he was even more determined to keep her under house arrest.
However, no matter how carefully Jiu Xiu Grand Scholar kept things under wraps or what precautions he took, he had still underestimated how quickly the news would spread.
All kinds of rumors,