When it came to influence on Blue Star, if Lin Yi claimed second place, who would dare claim first?
There was no need to say more about Lin Yi's parents' status on Blue Star. Even if Lin Yi never returned for the rest of his life, no one on Blue Star would dare show them any disrespect.
"Uncle, Auntie, thank you very much for your guidance. I will remember everything you said today. I'll work hard to become someone I can be satisfied with."
A young student from Fuxi Academy had taken advantage of Shenxiao's break to pay a special visit to the Esteemed Dean's parents.
Lin Yi, their Esteemed Dean, had been missing for more than ten years. During that time, Shenxiao's teachers and students, including Wan Chongshan, had neither eaten nor slept well.
To Shenxiao, Lin Yi was not merely a dean, nor merely the strongest.
He was Shenxiao's spiritual pillar.
Countless Shenxiao Scholars had trained diligently and honed their combat skills just to shine in Shenxiao's crucial competitions, hoping their idol might notice them for even an instant and give them Lin Yi's approval.
Yet they had gone far too long without seeing Lin Yi, nor had they ever heard of him appearing anywhere on Blue Star.
Information was no longer so tightly restricted. Aside from intelligence concerning Blue Star's safety, most information could be shared. Shenxiao was Lin Yi's alma mater and Great Xia's foremost institution of higher learning. With Lin Yi serving at the school, there was basically no chance that news would be withheld from Shenxiao.
A full ten years. They had heard nothing of Lin Yi for an entire decade. Shenxiao's students were not fools; they all knew that something major must have happened to Lin Yi.
Even so, no one had ever