This was rather awkward. Even Shen Guang, the Chief Grand Scholar, could hardly defend his own. The facts were simply too glaring.
During the days Shuijing had commanded Giant Stone Pass, his military achievements had been remarkable, and he had been adored by the defenders. They had practically treated him like a god. Just look at his record: never mind that he had held the Titan Academy's army outside Giant Stone Pass, or how many Titan Academy soldiers he had killed in the near-ten-day war of attrition. Even the outstanding achievement of killing Asura Grand Scholar could be left unmentioned.
Shuijing Grand Scholar's improvements to the defenders' tactics and morale alone were unquestionably meritorious achievements.
After days of real combat, the defenders of Giant Stone Pass had made tremendous strides in tactics and experience, improving by leaps and bounds each day. They had gone from fearing and dreading the Titan Academy to actively seeking battle and holding their own. That boost in confidence was priceless.
Yet Shen Guang's trusted aide had managed to squander all these hard-won gains in just two or three days, wiping out the little foundation they had painstakingly built.
It could be said that during the two or three days he had commanded the defense of Giant Stone Pass, he had done nothing right besides fighting for power and scheming against others.
Every move he made could be considered the exact opposite of what he should have done. And his methods were so crude and blatant that even Chief Grand Scholar Shen Guang couldn't find a suitable excuse to defend him.
His trusted aide's actions were simply suffocating.
Shen Guang knew, of course, that his aide had acted with his best interests in mind. He had wanted to erase Shuijing Grand Scholar's influence and, indirectly, to