Within the Sacred Academy, the Eastern Sage Pavilion was a whirl of activity. Its grand academicians immediately convened an emergency council. Those at the Sacred Academy hurried to the pavilion's council chamber, while those elsewhere, if near a local Temple of Sages, could use it to project their images into the chamber.
Purple robes fluttered in the Eastern Sage Pavilion's council chamber as one Great Scholar after another took a seat.
Once the last grand academician entered, the chamber's main doors closed.
Zong Ganyu, head of the Zong Family and a grand academician of the Eastern Sage Pavilion, swept his gaze over the assembly. "Zhang Longxiang of Sage Kong's Literary World wrote three poems and one lyric today. The lyric reached Nation-Quelling rank, and the other three all show signs of attaining it. The primordial energy of Sage Kong's Literary World is in turmoil, and the Literary Star Light has veered toward it, pouring down more Literary Star Force. Before long, Sage Kong's Literary World will surely undergo a change."
The dozens of Great Scholars remained silent. None expressed a position.
Zong Ganyu continued, "The Eastern Sage Pavilion oversees the Saint Origin Continent, the Southern Sage is traveling among mortals, and the Northern Sage is in the Demon Realm. This matter should therefore be entrusted to the Western Sage Pavilion. Does anyone object?"
"No objection!"
"No objection!"
Every Great Scholar serving as a grand academician spoke those same words.
Liu Yuan, a grand academician of the Western Sage Pavilion, said, "I have read all four works closely. They are indeed exceptional pieces rarely seen, and Zhang Longxiang deserves a place among the finest masters of poetry and lyrics in recent years. However, I hear he is suspected of being a Rebel Species. Does anyone know the details?"
The Great