"The inner court's experts are the academy's greatest secret. If word gets out, the academy will have no secrets left.
Do you know why the Ten Sects of the Sea Saint have never dared provoke us, and even help us when we need something done?
It's because they all know we have an inner court.
But they don't know what the inner court is really like.
That's why they've always been wary. Otherwise, they would have torn Ridge-Sea Academy apart long ago.
Those sects devour people without spitting out the bones. Back then, our founding patriarch actually wanted to establish the Linghai Sect.
But later, others suppressed him, and it survived by becoming Ridge-Sea Academy," Lin Zhi said.
"But this time, we signed a military pledge. That old fellow Chu Guang has been watching us the whole time, and he even sent Feng Jiuxue to keep an eye on me.
If we can't beat Tang Wen, how will Ridge-Sea Academy have the face to remain in this world?
What's more, Chu Guang actually erected two huge stone tablets. People from Linghai go to look at them every day.
This time, we've been forced into a dead corner. We have no way out," Gao Qiu said.
"You idiot, this was a trap Chu Guang laid. How could you walk right into it? Do you think I don't know?
That day, Chu Guang invited Tang Wen inside to eat with him, but didn't invite you.
So you resented it and challenged Tang Wen to his face.
That old fox Chu Guang seized the opportunity and erected stone tablets to spur you both on.
When the time comes, both of you will have to risk your lives for him.
If you fall behind, first, the people of Linghai will ridicule you, and second,