Xuan Army Empire, Zhiling City.
The rain that started after the Soul Point Gathering was sometimes heavy and sometimes light, sometimes slow and sometimes heavy, but it didn't stop for a few days. In this non-rainy season, this was quite a rare strange weather.
The chief examiner of the Soul Point Gathering, Ding Wen, sat in his study, looking out the window at the rain that didn't stop, feeling a little annoyed.
He pulled the coat that was draped over his shoulders, and couldn't help but grin. The injury that he suffered from a punch from Lu Ping in the Soul Point Gathering a few days ago, was still fine today. With a little movement, many parts that were affected would feel a dull pain, which was very annoying.
But compared to the list paper that was spread out on his desk, the annoyance caused by the pain was nothing.
It had been a week since the Soul Point Gathering. If it was in the past, the final Soul Point List would basically be released within three days after the end of the gathering. But this time, a whole week had passed, and the list still hadn't been released.
It wasn't that there was any difficulty in making the list, but this list was really difficult to deal with.
The reason was, of course, the four people that were written at the top of the list.
Lu Ping, Su Tang, Siffin, Morin.
That day, the four of them didn't wait for the Soul Point Gathering to completely end and left, but no one dared to sit in the seats that they left empty.
They confiscated a bunch of waist tokens of the Academy Commission's commanders and even inspectors, and beat him, the chief examiner of the Soul Point Gathering, with one punch. The difference in strength was really too big, so big that it made people speechless.
And after losing the competition for the first to fourth places, there were only three more challenges in the Soul Point Gathering, and it ended hastily.
But even if it was such a depressing Soul Point Gathering, they still had to release the list in the end, according to the final result that ended hastily.
From one to four, the four names of Zhenfeng College were really an eyesore, but in the end, Ding Wen couldn't make any changes in the face of this fact.
The list was supposed to be released within three days, but later, the examiner Mu Yong, who went to release the list, suddenly came back with the list paper.
At that time, Ding Wen was still recuperating in bed. After confirming the list, he basically didn't ask much, but as soon as Mu Yong came back, he immediately asked to see Ding Wen.
Ding Wen's face was sickly, while Mu Yong's face was filled with anxiety.
He went to release the results. As usual, they were posted on some eye-catching streets in Zhiling Inner City and Outer City. At the same time, they were sent to the various academies. But that day, when he went to a street in the first district of the inner city, he saw a wanted poster.
It was an arrest warrant issued by the Council and the Zhiling City Lord's Residence. Wanted List: Lu Ping, Su Tang, Siffin, Morin, and Chu Min.
This list, excluding Chu Min, was exactly the same as the top four of the Soul Point List that Mu Yong was going to post.
Although the Soul Point Conference had always been ruled by these forces. But the top four they chose overlapped with the wanted criminals that the Council and the Zhiling City Lord's Residence had jointly ordered to capture. It was really easy for people to interpret the meaning of going against them — although they had no such thoughts at all.
This list, Mu Yong really couldn't post it, so he had no choice but to come back and wake Ding Wen up from his sickbed to let him make a decision.
When Ding Wen heard this. He also felt a headache.
He was very happy to remove Lu Ping and the other three guys from Zhenfeng College from the list. But, if it was because of this reason, he was a little unwilling. This had nothing to do with who was on the list, but this kind of taboo would undoubtedly make the Soul Point Conference lose face and become a laughing stock. Those onlookers, would not care how uneasy it was to be in sync with the ruling forces.
"This … let's think about it again …" Ding Wen hadn't made up his mind at that time, so he put the matter aside. In the end, he put it aside for a week. Many academies with students on the list came to ask. After all, the Soul Point Board was still something valuable in their eyes, no matter how many unpleasant things had happened in the process!
The expectations of these academies towards the Soul Point Rankings really did increase Ding Wen's confidence a bit. After all sorts of excuses and excuses had been used up, he finally came to a decision. Release the list! Release the list according to the results of the Soul Point Conference! The Soul Point Conference really didn't care what crimes these annoying fellows had committed. They would follow their principles and decide matters based on the results of the Soul Point Conference.
Once they made up their minds, things were naturally done quickly. It was Examiner Mu Yong again, about to post the list. But he came back quickly this time, and also brought back the list with a grimace.
This time, he saw the wanted posters again. Those people were still there, but there was one more name: Dean of Zhenfeng College, Guo Youdao.
This time, the wanted posters were no longer jointly signed by the Board of Supervisors and the Zhiling district. Even the Board of Supervisors had to stand on one side this time.
This was because this wanted poster was stamped with the seal of the Xuan Army Empire's Law Arrest Bureau. It had been ordered by the central government, and all eleven districts of the Empire were working together to supervise it. This amount and strength was much greater than the joint signatures of the Board of Supervisors and the Zhiling district's city lord. If they were to post the Soul Point Rankings now …
"No, I don't think it's appropriate." Mu Yong had only let Ding Wen make the decision last time, and he'd done as he'd been told. This time, he'd made his position clear.
"I happened to run into the Board of Supervisors when I went out and heard about it," Mu Yong said.
"What did you hear?" Ding Wen asked.
"They killed most of the Xiabong Castellan family guards, and even the city lord of Gorge Peak, Wei Zhong, was killed in the end …" Mu Yong said.
Ding Wen immediately sucked in a breath of cold air. He finally understood how this wanted order had suddenly risen to such a high level.
"These kids are quite bold …" Ding Wen looked at the four names on the Soul Point Rankings and sighed with amazement.
"They dare say they'll surpass the big four, what else do they not dare to do?" Mu Yong said.
Ding Wen was a bit happy to hear this because it was obviously pushing the status of the big four higher. But at the same time, he was a bit depressed because he, an examiner from the big four, had been knocked down by Lu Ping with one punch that day. This was seen as the first step towards surpassing the big four.
"I also heard about it." Mu Yong continued. "The director of the Board of Supervisors, Qin Qi of the Qin family, personally went to the Gorge Peak district. Zhenfeng College has been razed to the ground."
"Oh? Something like that happened? "
"So, I say, why don't we …" Mu Yong said vaguely.
Ding Wen naturally understood what he meant. Zhenfeng College was directly obliterated. And their Soul Point Rankings had always been for the students of the college. Since the college was gone, this person should not be qualified to participate. However, they participated first, and the college was obliterated later. In the end, there was still such an unjustifiable detail.
"Anyway … you should think about it more!" Mu Yong said and actually bid farewell to Ding Wen. The meaning of this behavior couldn't be more obvious: Anyway, I won't meddle in this matter. If you insist on releasing the list, I won't go anyway.
Ding Wen sat in front of the table and thought for a long time. Finally, he picked up the pen and wrote down the four names, along with their colleges, in thick ink.
"Someone come in." He called, and soon someone answered and came in.
"Go, remake the list and release it as soon as possible." Ding Wen handed over the list with four names that he had ticked off.
"Yes." The servant didn't ask much and immediately left with the list. Ding Wen leaned on the chair and suddenly felt relaxed. Thinking of the moment when he just ticked off the four names, it was really a little satisfying.
"What an idiot who doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth!" He sighed. They didn't take the big four colleges seriously and dared to wrestle with the Board of Supervisors and the City Lord. These people really didn't know who they were?
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