The students had still wanted to keep discussing how Fang Yun had recited it backward with perfect fluency, but the Provincial Graduate lecturer raised his voice. "After Fang Yun passed the Sage Appeal, Lord Swordbrow suddenly descended upon blue clouds and asked Fang Yun how Academy Head Wei should be dealt with. Academy Head Wei refused to name his accomplices, and Fang Yun determined that he deserved death. Lord Swordbrow then used his Lip Spear and Tongue Sword to execute Academy Head Wei!"
"Academy Head Wei is dead?"
No one in the dining hall dared speak again. Academy Head Wei had held the rank of Metropolitan Graduate and served as head of the Prefectural Academy. So long as he had not betrayed the Human Race, not even the monarch of Jing Kingdom could kill him. Yet Lord Swordbrow had killed him with a word. That was the benefit of holding authority within the Sacred Academy.
These people had not witnessed the scene, so they did not know what to say. The lecturer continued, "After Academy Head Wei died, everyone cheered. Fang Yun was right: he had harmed Fang Yun again during the Sage Selection. If such a man did not die, there would be no law in Jing Kingdom and no righteousness among the Human Race!"
Many people imagined that scene, and most of them nodded slightly afterward. Harming someone during a Sage Appeal was no different from murder.
Zhuang Wei's face turned green, then white.
Li Yuncong, seated beside Fang Yun, put down his chopsticks and said, "Forgive my bluntness, but Academy Head Wei was a disciple of the Left Prime Minister and a lackey of the Liu Household. Since Liu Zicheng was also present, people cannot help but be suspicious. Still, Liu Zicheng ultimately admitted his fault to