In the great square before the Sacred Academy's main entrance, an invisible force slowly pushed the nearby people aside. Those with experience immediately realized something was about to descend upon the Sacred Academy and stopped to watch.
Large groups hurried over from the Eastern Sage Pavilion, the Hall of Punishment, the Medical Hall, and other places.
Not far from the great square, more than a dozen people stood together: Great Scholars in purple robes, Grand Academicians in blue, as well as Hanlin Academicians and Metropolitan Graduates. All were members of the Lei Family who stayed in Kong City and the Sacred Academy year-round.
"They'll be back soon. Do you think our Lei Family will win?"
"Does that even need asking? Fang Yun is known as the Mad Sovereign. He'll certainly agree. And once he agrees, he'll certainly lose. This time, it wasn't just our Lei Family stepping forward. The Western Sea, Southern Sea, and Northern Sea all joined forces to block him. Never mind that he's only a Hanlin Academician now-even if he were a Great Scholar, he would still fall in bitter defeat beneath the Dragon Gate."
"The Bloodmang Fief! Just thinking about it makes my heart stir. The Myriad Worlds have countless stars, but only a handful are truly suitable for the human race to inhabit. Even the Demon Realm isn't suitable. Ordinary people who go there can live thirty years at most. You have to be at least above the rank of Provincial Graduate to live to fifty or sixty."
"With the Bloodmang Fief, our Lei Family's standing will be even more secure, and our strength will rival that of ordinary Half-Sage Families!"
Suddenly, fierce winds rose, and thunder rang through the sky, making everyone shudder.
Then streaks of watery light descended from the heavens, each holding