On the eighth day of the ninth month, the head of the Lei Family was removed from his position by the Ritual Hall for his failure to govern his household, and the Lei Family was ordered to appoint a new head. Lei Wu's entire household, several hundred people in all, was exiled to the Desolate City Ancient Land, forbidden to return to the Saint Origin Continent for all eternity.
The Great Scholar Lei Tingyu was reprimanded by the Ritual Hall for threatening a Void Sage and sent to serve three years in the Sea-Cliff Ancient Land.
After the Hall of Punishment delivered its verdict, waves of curses rose throughout the Lei Family, with Fang Yun's name ringing out incessantly.
Replacing the family head and exiling Lei Wu's household sparked little debate, but banishing a dignified Great Scholar to the Sea-Cliff Ancient Land ignited a fierce dispute on the Discourse Ranking.
Even Fang Yun, who was preparing for the Double-Ninth Literary Gathering on the ninth day of the ninth month, was stunned when he heard the news.
Beside him, Ao Huang gloated. "Haha, it looks like the elders of the Ritual Hall and the Hall of Punishment are getting more and more fed up with the Lei Family. Even being sentenced to a sunless battlefield like the Prison-Suppressing Sea would be better than going to one of the infamous Three Great Traitor Ancient Lands, like the Sea-Cliff Ancient Land!"
Fang Yun set down the book in his hands. "I know about the Three Great Traitor Ancient Lands, but the books sold among the human race are almost forbidden to mention them. Even the ancient books the Jing Kingdom Imperial House gave me only touched on them in passing. Your Dragon Palace must have plenty of stories about them, right?"
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