"Could we band together to protect ourselves?" Wei Huangan asked.
"Ridiculous. With what? Never mind the Sacred Academy-even a single aristocratic family could make us bow our heads and lower our eyes."
"I've injured my bones before. My head won't bend." Wei Huangan leaned against the back of his chair, looking utterly irreverent.
Meng Jingye said, "Please, everyone, do not harbor suspicions. The Sacred Academy will certainly make appropriate arrangements. Our two lands are one family, after all."
"When have we ever worried about the Sacred Academy? What worries us is those great families and powerful clans with their ugly table manners!" Yun Zhaochен said.
"With the Sacred Academy overseeing them, they will restrain themselves," Zeng Yue said.
"With the Sacred Academy overseeing them, why did Void Sage Fang descend into the Ancient Land?" Wei Huangan countered.
The six Grand Academicians from the Saint Origin Continent were left speechless.
Meng Jingye said, "Fang Yun suffered attacks from the Xun Household because he championed our Meng Ancestor's teaching that human nature is inherently good. Our Meng Family has already defended him in secret many times. Though Void Sage Fang has fallen, you are his friends, and ours as well. We cannot leave him bitterly disappointed in the realm beneath the Nine Springs. How about this? While the outside world still knows little about the Bloodmang Ancient Land, we will take Wei Huangan to the Saint Origin Continent and first inform His Majesty the Eastern Sage. He is reasonable and understanding, and deeply fond of Void Sage Fang. He will surely issue some temporary decrees favorable to the Bloodmang Ancient Land."
Zeng Yue immediately nodded. "Indeed. The Eastern Sage is the pillar standing firm in the Human Race's midstream. He was even willing to give up the Dragon-Shocking Brush to save Fang