Yuelu Academy stood in the heart of the Qi Kingdom, north of the Heaven River.
As the foremost of the Four Great Academies, Yuelu Academy held an exalted position, with an endless stream of disciples arriving each day to study.
As soon as the date for the Devil Alliance's Mountain Opening Ceremony had been set, Yuelu Academy announced to the public that on that day, its four academy heads would gather together, throw open the gates, and broadly invite scholars from across the world to bring the Classics of the Sages and attend the lectures.
In matters of ceremony, the Four Academies Grand Gathering ranked below the Imperial Academy's Grand Classics Lecture.
Yet in the hearts of most scholars, the Four Academies Grand Gathering carried far greater significance than the Imperial Academy's Grand Classics Lecture.
After all, the Imperial Academy's Grand Classics Lecture served the court more often than not, while the Four Academies Grand Gathering was a pure festival of expounding the classics, discussing the Dao, and Literary Cultivation.
The news shook the world.
Not only did scholars from the Qi Kingdom set out in droves, but Literary Cultivators from the Southern Kingdoms also began their journeys.
Over these past months, Yuelu Academy had been like a lake, with trickling streams flowing in from all directions, converging into a sea.
Yuelu Academy, perched halfway up the mountain, was packed solid from its grand hall to its gates, from the stone steps all the way down to the foot of the mountain.
Countless Literary Cultivators, dressed in long robes, carrying book cases on their backs and scrolls in their hands, arrived dusty from travel to join this Four Academies Grand Gathering.
Yuelu Academy was not large, and it had been crammed so tightly not even water could pass through.
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