"Master, these are the Blade Sect's Blade Sect Master, the Buddha Sect's Master Ku Lia Chan, and the Hua Ling Mountain's Mountain Lord."
At this moment, Xia Xilou's several years of traveling abroad finally paid off. He swiftly moved past these people, introducing them to Song Sheng, worried that Song Sheng might offend them without knowing their backgrounds.
However, the more this happened, the more his heart churned with turbulent waves.
Qin Si, how did he get involved with these people?
Blade Ming was one thing, he always leaned towards the Abandoned Continent. But Master Ku Lia Chan and the Hua Ling Mountain Lord, weren't they long retired from worldly affairs?
The sects of the Divine Revelation World were not monolithic, nor was their status fixed.
For instance, the once supreme Heavenly Revelation Sect, a top-tier sect for divination and deduction, had now fallen to the bottom of the third tier. Conversely, the previously second-tier sect, Supreme Sect, had, under Li Tingyun's iron fist, ascended to the forefront of the first-tier sects in recent years.
However, no matter what, some sects remained special, transcending these rankings. They rarely showed themselves, these sects being known as One Sect, Two Pavilions, and Three Mountains.
The Buddha Sect was that "One Sect," and Hua Ling Mountain was one of the "Three Mountains."
The Buddha Sect was detached from worldly matters and seldom participated in disputes between sects. However, because the Mahayana cultivators in the Buddha Sect who practiced seclusion were the most numerous among all sects, no one dared to provoke them.
Hua Ling Mountain, besides being on good terms with the Two Pavilions, also had good relations with many first-tier and second-tier sects, with the widest influence. It was rumored that the Hua Ling Mountain Lord's cultivation had long reached the late stage of Mahayana, awaiting only an opportunity to ascend.
Song Sheng had long noticed the dense pressure emanating from these three individuals. Blade Ming was passable, likely only at the late stage of Soul Transformation, but he couldn't see through the Hua Ling Mountain Lord and Master Ku Lia Chan at all.
Song Sheng, after years of seclusion, was extremely confident in his own cultivation. He found it hard to believe that Qin Si could truly find such powerful helpers. He formed a hand seal and smeared it over his eyes, activating his spiritual sight to look at the Hua Ling Mountain Lord—
"Ugh!"
Song Sheng let out a muffled groan as a sharp pain struck him. He quickly closed his eyes, but it was too late. Crimson blood flowed down from the corners of his eyes.
"Master!" Xia Xilou hurried forward to support Song Sheng, then turned to Qin Si and said, "Junior Brother, today we are discussing our academy's internal affairs. It's not right for you to bring outsiders to bully your own kin like this."
Why was Qin Si so fortunate!
When he traveled in the Divine Revelation World, he had exhausted all his efforts to connect with the One Sect, Two Pavions, and Three Mountains without success. How could Qin Si achieve what he couldn't, to have these people willingly come to the Abandoned Continent?
"You are mistaken in what you say," Qin Si stood in the center of the grand hall, his phoenix eyes carrying a cold glint. "The Nine Revolutions Fortune Stealing Array not only concerns the entire Divine Revelation Continent but also the Outer Continent. It is not an internal family matter."
"Qin Si, what do you mean?" Xia Xilou's face suddenly darkened, and he reprimanded sharply, "Are you trying to become a sinner of the academy?"
"Hah! If I, Qin Si, am a sinner of the academy, then what are you? Are you the eternal tumor of the academy?" Qin Si sneered.
If Xia Xilou was so righteous, why didn't he admonish Song Sheng and obstruct the Supreme Sect!
His words were even more direct, more venomous, and more icy than Qian Ying's.
"If we are to talk about sins, then I shall meticulously lay them out for you two. Not going far back, let's start from three years ago. Three years ago, you incited the cultivators of the Artifact Forging Peak to betray the academy, causing the loss of over twenty mid-grade Earthly treasures. Do you admit to this?"
Before Xia Xilou could speak, Qin Si let out a scoff and continued.
"A year and a half ago, you had already returned from the Outer Continent, but instead of returning to the academy, you secretly received people who had illegally entered from the Outer Continent, allowing them to roam freely through our continent's secret realms, collecting heavenly treasures. They even poisoned spatial rifts, causing heavy losses to the Heaven Mending Squad. Do you admit to this?"
"A year ago, you received a secret order from Song Sheng to leak the news of the Starfall Emperor's Realm within the secret realm to people like Ying Dan from the Outer Continent. This was discovered by academy students, and you murdered them..."
"Half a year ago..."
...
"Five days ago, you set up the terrestrial formation of the Nine Revolutions Fortune Stealing Array, shut down the mountain protection array, intending to merge the three formations to activate the fortune-stealing grand array, and transfer all the luck of the Divine Revelation Continent to others. Do you admit to this?"
Xia Xilou's face had lost all color.
He certainly dared not admit it!
Any one of these matters, if brought to light, would be a violation of the academy's internal rules. If no one had explicitly stated them, perhaps given his position as Vice Dean, it might have been overlooked. But once exposed, even Xia Xilou, who valued his reputation, would be in trouble.
"Junior Brother, listen to my explanation, these are not true..."
Qin Si leisurely interrupted him, "Oh, it seems you do not admit. But it's alright. Unlike you, who resorts to slander, I have evidence."
As his voice fell, his aura suddenly changed, with wind and snow swirling around him, exuding overwhelming might. Although he stood in the center of the hall and Xia Xilou occupied the main seat, Xia Xilou still felt as if Qin Si was looking down on him.
He was prepared.
"Bring them up!"
As Qin Si's voice echoed, Ling Yue led several gray figures into the center of the hall, unceremoniously tossing several cultivators down.
"Peak Master Qiu? Elder Liu? Elder Mei?"
Wen Jiuyin scanned them and realized they were all familiar faces! Some had been expelled from the academy long ago, while others had not appeared in the hall earlier. He had thought they had been well-behaved this time, but unexpectedly, they had been anything but!
"Spare us! Vice Dean Qin, we only closed the mountain protection array because Vice Dean Xia instructed us to!"
"Vice Dean, it was all Xia Xilou's doing, it has nothing to do with us!"
These individuals were already terrified. Seeing Qin Si, they all began to beg for mercy, disregarding the complete loss of face and dignity in front of so many fellow disciples.
"Today, I shall purge the sect."
Qin Si walked step by step towards the main seat of the grand hall.
His back to the crowd, facing Song Sheng and Xia Xilou, his words carried no restraint, resounding throughout the entire academy.
"From this day forth, I am the Dean of the Divine Revelation Academy. Do you all submit?"
"We submit!" Qian Ying and Wen Jiuyin were the first to bow, "Greetings, Dean!"
Following them, the Peak Masters of the Dan Suppression Peak, Alchemy Peak, Beast Taming Peak, and others, who had already made up their minds, also declared, "We submit! We greet the Dean!"
As these Peak Masters spoke, streams of spiritual light shot out from various peaks of the Divine Revelation Academy and the tokens of their respective Peak Masters. These lights intertwined, merged, and then surged into Qin Si's body!
According to the old customs, this point would signify the acknowledgment of Qin Si's position as Dean by the various peaks of the Divine Revelation Academy. However, the anomaly today did not stop there.
Qin Si had already approached Song Sheng. The sense of threat made Song Sheng increasingly wary. He suddenly attacked!
"Be careful!"
Blade Ming was about to assist when a rainbow bridge suddenly rose from the center of the grand hall.
The rainbow bridge was resplendent and dazzling, but it carried an unstoppable surge that directly dissipated Song Sheng's attack, then stopped in front of Qin Si, transforming into a jade-green seal. Upon closer inspection, the seal was actually a miniature replica of the entire Divine Revelation Academy.
"Mountain Lord?"
The pupils of the Hua Ling Mountain Lord constricted. He was far too familiar with this scene!