Luo Ci and Luo Yan had anticipated that those down-and-out noble scholars would come to Luo State, but there was one thing they had not anticipated: this was a time of truce!
The three great states of Jin, Chu, and Qin had signed a truce covenant with Luo State as witness.
This covenant represented the will of the five great states of Qi, Jin, Qin, Chu, and Luo. Who would be blind enough to stir up trouble at a time like this? And so, it was as though someone had suddenly pressed pause on the entire world of All Xia.
Under these circumstances, a sage appeared at the Academy of Luo State. At the same time, the Academy of Luo State began inviting scholars from across the world. Together, these factors caused an enormous stir among the states.
Wouldn't all the talented and intelligent men in the world end up in Luo State?
The first to react was Chu State!
In Chu State, there had long been talk of the four great clans: the three ducal clans and the one clan of royal in-laws.
The so-called three ducal clans were Chu State's three branches of the Ducal Clan, while the one clan of royal in-laws was a minor branch of the Luo Clan: the Xiang Clan of the Ji surname.
Although the Xiang Clan had already branched off, the methods for training heirs passed down by the Luo Clan, along with the vast number of books Luo Yan had brought when he entered Chu, allowed them to stand proud within Chu State.
Moreover, the ducal clans shared a surname with Chu's Royal House and could not intermarry with it, whereas the Xiang Clan could marry into the Royal House generation after generation to maintain their standing. It rather resembled Qi