The Four Sides Heavenly Balance had applied far too much pressure. Otherwise, the academy would never have been willing to bring its students to the Upper Realm for training, effectively giving the Four Sides Heavenly Balance a chance to recruit them.
Now that they had arrived, it was impossible to back out.
Looking back, all the students' eyes were shining. Rogue Cultivator students suffered from a lack of resources, while those with family or sect backgrounds were even more eager to join the Four Sides Heavenly Balance. This was an insoluble dilemma.
As soon as Lu Yin arrived at the Tree Starry Sky, he learned from the Bei Family that something had changed within Yixian Academy. That change was rapidly altering the academy's position and structure. The Four Sides Heavenly Balance's goodwill and Food God's helplessness both proved it.
Food God could no longer protect Yixian Academy.
The Upper Realm was nowhere near as large as the Zhongping Realm, but traveling from the Cloud Ladder to the Wang Family Continent still took five days at the speed of a paper boat. That speed was only possible under Wang Miaomiao's control as a Star Envoy. Otherwise, an Enlightenment Realm cultivator would need at least several months to make the journey.
As for Food God, he wished he did not have to go to the Wang Family. How could he possibly help them speed things up?
Over the past few days, Lu Yin, Mr. Wei, and Mr. Tang had all met with Wang Miaomiao. Wang Miaomiao knew Mr. Tang and had met him before, but she showed a strong interest in Mr. Wei, dragging him aside for conversations whose contents remained unknown for days.
Whenever the two women spoke, Lu Yin and the others stayed far away.
As for Wang Xiao Fan,