Everyone who received the news, wherever they were, froze as though all sound had fallen silent.
The Miscellaneous School had actually made its move.
Although it had only targeted those who studied the Miscellaneous School as a secondary discipline this time, and was merely issuing a warning, this also proved that the Miscellaneous School had the power to ruin vast numbers of scholars in Jing Kingdom.
Among the scholars of the Human Race, the greatest number studied the Confucian School as their primary discipline, and it was also the most common secondary discipline.
Relatively few took the Miscellaneous School as their primary discipline, slightly fewer than those of the School of War, Legalist School, Craftsmen School, Medical School, and others, but more than those of the School of Historians and Agricultural School.
However, the number of scholars who studied the Miscellaneous School as a secondary discipline was second only to those who did so with the Confucian School.
One could even say that, in terms of broad influence, the Miscellaneous School was actually second only to the Confucian School and the School of War, far surpassing all the other schools.
This was especially true of low-ranking officials throughout the Human Race. Realizing that their talent was limited and that they would struggle to set foot on the path of the Sacred Way, most eventually took up the Miscellaneous School as a secondary discipline regardless of their original primary discipline, hoping to obtain higher office through the Miscellaneous School Sacred Way.
The facts also proved that officials who studied the Miscellaneous School as a secondary discipline were more likely to be promoted than other officials.
Although punishment from the Miscellaneous School had a relatively minor effect on those who studied it as a secondary discipline-at worst, their literary guts would crack,