The two Saints met each other's gaze.
Thunder crackled through the void above Upside-Down Peak Mountain.
The scholars of Kong City looked up at the sky, concern on their faces.
There would never be natural thunder within a hundred miles of Upside-Down Peak Mountain.
Whenever wind and thunder rose, it meant a Half-Sage's heart had stirred.
In the study of Emperor Land Academy, the two stared at each other for a long time.
"Can this old man take back what I just said?" Mi Fengdian asked slowly.
"You can," Fang Yun said.
Mi Fengdian gave a helpless, bitter smile, faint wrinkles appearing on his withered face.
"This matter is of great importance. If you insist on going your own way, you will certainly enrage the scholars of the world," Mi Fengdian said.
"Have I, Fang Yun, angered the scholars of the world too few times already?"
Mi Fengdian was speechless.
After pondering for a long while, Mi Fengdian said, "The Battle of Two Worlds Mountain has only just ended. The other Great Sages of the Demon Realm will soon return, and the Human Race urgently needs a great number of scholars."
"Which is precisely why women need to become scholars now."
"The Sacred Academy does not have surplus Literary Qi to bestow upon women."
"I do," Fang Yun said.
A look of astonishment appeared on Mi Fengdian's face. Clouds flowed like water within his eyes, churning rapidly. At last, he seemed to understand. "In that case, the resistance will indeed lessen considerably. However, the Contest of Sacred Ways is fraught with extreme danger. You have only just entered the Half-Sage realm. You must deliberate carefully."
"Was it merely a joke when you praised me for soaring straight to the summit?" Fang Yun asked in return.
Mi Fengdian did not know