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More than ten days had passed since the smoke of the Provincial Tournament cleared, yet throughout the streets and alleys of Fasinuo Province, the waves it had stirred among ordinary folk still surged, their ripples far from settled.
The first and greatest of those waves was the change in the tournament's top three.
The Three Great Academies' old monopoly over the rankings had been shattered completely, signaling that the once-impregnable order of the education world was quietly undergoing earth-shaking changes.
Even more astonishing, however, was Canghui Academy's shocking elimination.
For an academy that had weathered centuries of storms, this result was nothing less than a heavy hammer striking its glorious reputation, leaving a scar that would be difficult to erase.
Meanwhile, Chang'an Academy was riding high, stealing all the limelight.
Not only had they successfully defended their title, preserving the Three Great Academies' precarious reputation, but their feat of winning with a Middle Division team had also written an unprecedented chapter in the history of the Gaoying Tournament.
That achievement instantly put them a tier above academies such as Yue Si and Canghui, making them stand alone within the province as the undisputed center of attention.
Yet what truly sent Chang'an Academy's reputation soaring and profoundly affected every corner of society was the storm of early recruitment they unleashed across the province's Thirteen Commanderies.
This move undoubtedly lit the fuse of the battle for students, even changing the educational landscape.
Reportedly, in Heavenly Spirit Commandery alone, they had recruited more than thirty outstanding students with level six innate soul power, including four little geniuses with level seven innate soul power.
The number of students with level five innate soul power was more than twice that.
Those were merely the gains from Heavenly Spirit