Heavenly Mystery Academy.
More than half a month had passed. During this time, Mu Yuyi had remained in secluded cultivation, paying little attention to matters outside. Though he was nominally the dean of Heavenly Mystery Academy, he had no direct authority within it, and his power had effectively been hollowed out. The ones truly controlling the academy were still its powerful elders.
These people had once joined forces to pressure Mu Yuyi into handing over the Heavenly Mystery Pearl, but Mu Yuyi had refused outright. They had nearly come to blows then, but both sides had ultimately exercised restraint.
To the elders of Heavenly Mystery Academy, although Mu Yuyi controlled the Heavenly Mystery Pearl, he could not control the entire academy. In Mu Yuyi's hands, the Heavenly Mystery Pearl was more of a symbolic item with no practical significance. Moreover, Lu Boyue had only recently died. With troubles both within and without, directly going to war with the academy's strongest disciple was hardly a good idea. Besides, Mu Yuyi had the Luo River Sect, the foremost sect of the Water and Fire Kingdoms, backing him. If these elders truly wanted to make a move against Mu Yuyi, they had to weigh the consequences first.
As for Mu Yuyi, these elders were nothing more than a bunch of fence-sitters. He simply could not be bothered to fight them right now, and with the timing still immature, he did not want to create further complications. Thus, he did not bother holding anything against them. Once the time was right and he could truly take control of Heavenly Mystery Academy, he would not hesitate to grind this group into the ground.
As for the other four great academies, each had members of [Akatsuki] within them, such as Lin Long and Wei Wu. Their