Fang Yun sat in a grand armchair, his right hand resting on the desk before him, his index finger tapping lightly against its surface.
The Sacred Academy had strict levels of confidentiality.
The sages had the authority to access all intelligence and information.
Below the sages were the heads of the sage families, whose clearance exceeded that of ordinary Great Scholars.
Next came the Human Race's Great Scholars. The levels of clearance below them no longer mattered.
But an exception had emerged among the Human Race-a living Void Sage!
Exactly what classified intelligence a Void Sage's clearance should allow him to view remained an unresolved problem for the Sacred Academy.
Most people believed a Void Sage should have the same clearance as a sage family head, but a minority believed that a Void Sage was still a sage, and should not be treated as anything less.
When Fang Yun first became a Void Sage, his clearance had merely matched that of a sage family head.
As Fang Yun's contributions to the Human Race continued to grow, his recent achievements had already rivaled those of some of the weakest Half-Sages. Yet the Human Race could not create an additional clearance or confidentiality level for one person. Thus, Fang Yun's clearance had not risen, but he had suddenly gained access to some intelligence and documents that only Half-Sages could view.
Fang Yun soon figured out the pattern: as long as a Half-Sage had not specifically forbidden anyone below the rank of Half-Sage from reading a document or intelligence report, Fang Yun had the right to view it.
Thus, a gray area of clearance had emerged between Half-Sages and sage family heads-the clearance Fang Yun possessed.
Some of the Sacred Academy's recent intelligence concerning the Demon Realm related to Burial Saint Valley.
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