"Jingtan."
Zhou Grand Scholar shouted, "It was only because Prince Ning intervened that the Imperial Court threw your father into prison."
Zhou Grand Scholar's words exploded beside Lin Jingtan's ears, leaving him dazed.
Time was pressing, so Zhou Grand Scholar kept it brief.
"Marquis Wu'an has already reached the Divine Repository Realm and killed Prince Fu, earning an unparalleled military achievement. Prince Ning feared being implicated, so he personally moved against the Peace Prefecture Marquis Estate. Do you understand?"
Lin Jingtan's pupils shifted, and a change came over his vacant expression.
"Li... Xuancang..."
Lin Jingtan was filled with fury, his hatred towering to the heavens.
He had clearly been avoiding Li Xuancang. Why was Li Xuancang still unwilling to let him go?
"The Imperial Court now needs the academy's strength, so it has not come to arrest you yet. But it is already negotiating with the academy. The academy cannot stall for much longer. Leave the academy at once. Leave Great Yan. Do not come back. Do you understand?"
Zhou Grand Scholar kept it brief as he urged Lin Jingtan to leave.
After all these years together, he had regarded Lin Jingtan as his own flesh and blood. He did not want Lin Jingtan to be captured.
Now that Li Xuancang was at the height of his power, there was no place for Lin Jingtan anywhere in Great Yan. Only by fleeing Great Yan could he remain safe.
"Master, this disciple has failed you. From now on, I will no longer be able to listen to your teachings."
Lin Jingtan's eyes reddened as he repeatedly kowtowed on the ground.
In his heart, Zhou Grand Scholar was both teacher and father to him. Now that he had to flee Great Yan, he might never see Zhou Grand Scholar again in this