Chapter 626: Aftermath (2)

Yuan Qingdong looked at Chen Yong and said, "I believe you know this person as well, Elder Chen. In fact, you probably know him quite well. And I have solid proof that he is now a cultist. Since Feng Ji had helped Su Yu, I suspect that there is a hidden story here. Why had Su Yu plotted the deaths of Jin Yuhui, the other cultural researchers, and the cultists from the Fire Blood Sect, Celestial Dragon Sect, Devil Scorpian Sect, and the others?

"Is it possible that he was trying to remove the competitors of the Six-Winged Divine Sect? Was Prefect Zhu fooled? Just whose side is Su Yu on? Where did his cultivation methods come from? A ruin? Or the six-winged divine race? Is he even a genius? Or is he a prop of the six-winged divine race?

"If his inheritance came from a ruin, nobody will covet it. But I still hope that he can release the source of his inheritance. Don't worry. I'm not trying to steal his ruin. I'll even suggest that Great Xia and the Knowledge Seeking Realm work together to protect his ruin. We will help him inherit the ruin. But what if his inheritance did not come from a ruin?

"Elder Chen, this is my first business here at the Great Xia Cultural Research Academy. This is no minor issue. This is a massive scandal that has involved both Great Ming and Great Xia. Even those from Great Zhou and Great Shang were involved to a certain extent. We need to find out the truth. We can't allow him to argue his way out of this."

Yuan Qingdong's expression turned cold as he said, "He might be an undercover genius of the Six-Winged Divine Sect. And he has even earned the trust of Great Ming. Something like this can't be ignored."

The other elders couldn't find anything to say, but their expressions were unsightly.

Old Huang asked, "What is the proof that Feng Ji is a member of the Six-Winged Divine Sect?"

"Proof?" Yuan Qingdong smiled and said, "Here it is. Please take a look."

He played a video showing Feng Ji and some Six-Winged Divine Sect members operating together. But the face of the so-called Feng Ji in the video couldn't be clearly seen.

Old Huang frowned and asked, "How can you prove that this is Feng Ji? Sure, the figure is similar—"

Yuan QIngdong interrupted, "We received this from our investigators. The Knowledge Seeking Realm has already verified it. If Feng Ji dares to come out and prove that he is not a cultist and everything is a misunderstanding, we can solve this issue. But if he doesn't dare to do so, then it is reasonable to suspect that there was something suspicious about his faked death."

That was reasonable as well. Faking his death was indeed quite suspicious. There was also the question of how Feng Ji had returned to the Human Realm from the Luminous Domain Mansion.

Ignoring everything else, as a genius Great Xia had spent a lot of effort nurturing, the act of faking his death could be considered an act of defection. And the same Feng Ji had helped Su Yu during the battle at the Starfall Mountain.

Chen Yong calmly asked, "Is Vice Principal Yuan suggesting that we arrest Su Yu?"

"It's too early for that." Yuan Qingdong said, "But I need Su Yu to return to Great Xia and prove his innocence. That's a reasonable request, right? If he's unwilling to come, I can go to him instead. As long as he can explain his relationship with Feng Ji, there won't be any problems between us."

Chen Yong said, "What is there to explain? I was the one who had sent Feng Ji to help Su Yu."

Silence descended.

Chen Yong continued, "Feng Ji is my good friend. As for his act of faking his death and joining the Six-Winged Divine Sect, he did it under my arrangement. Back then, the Six-Winged Divine Sect attacked me. In order to find out the truth and find my true enemies, I had Feng Ji fake his identity and join them. Is there a problem with that?"

"Yes." Yuan Qingdong said, "Not even you have the qualification to send an undercover agent to the cult. Did you report this arrangement to anyone?"

A record must be made for every undercover sent. Otherwise, there would be no way of knowing if one had truly turned cultist or if one was merely spying.

Yuan Qingdong smiled and said, "According to the rules, the multiple character faction no longer exists here. The Character Technique Stele has always been stored inside the books depository. Please hand it over to the academy..."

Chen Yong smiled, "Character Technique Stele? Back then, my grandteacher took it to the Allheaven Battlefield and lost it."

His grandteacher was the fifth principal. The elders were rendered completely speechless.

Bullshit!

Su Yu had just inherited his character technique not long ago. Wasn't this clearly a lie?

Even Yuan Dongqing blanked out.

He had thought that Chen Yong would refuse, resist, or even find excuses to not do it. But...he had never expected that Chen Yong would treat him like a fool.

"But Su Yu..."

"Su Yu has formed his character technique by himself due to his incredible talent. Oh, that was also the case for me and my junior brother, Bai Feng..."

Chen Yong grinned, "Even my student, Wu Jia, formed her character technique herself. If you find this hard to believe, I can accept a few hundred geniuses as my students. As long as you give me enough time, I guarantee you I will produce at least a few geniuses with self-learned character techniques as well."

"..."

Bullshit! He was lying through his teeth! He was treating all of them as fools! Self-learning genius? Absolute nonsense!

Chen Yong smiled and said, "If you find this hard to believe, you can ask my grandteacher. Perhaps he can answer you."

Yuan Qingdong narrowed his eyes before saying, "In that case, forget it. But since Su Yu has joined the Great Ming Cultural Research Academy, his identity as a student here should be removed as well. It is not appropriate for the same person to be registered as a student of two different academies."

Chen Yong smiled, "Sure. I have no objections. This is pretty good. With this, we can sever the final link between this academy and him."

But Wan Tiansheng disagreed, "Forget it. Keep him registered as a student here. No matter what, he is a genius who has walked out of this academy. Vice Principal Yuan, you must be tired after such a long journey. Time for you to take a rest. Don't tire yourself out for a single Su Yu. It's not even a big deal."

"Principal Wan..."

Yuan Qingdong wanted to argue, but Wan Tiansheng coughed and said, "I guess age really is catching up to me. I can't seem to sit on the same chair for long. Let's end the meeting here. We seem to be having more and more meetings nowadays. Don't bother calling for a meeting for the sake of a single Su Yu in the future. Stop wasting everyone's time."

He then stood up and left.