The day before the Seven Star Examinations had always been a day of tension. Three major pieces of news had been released one after another, and the night before the Seven Star Examinations made it even more difficult for people to calm down. Many people had lost sleep from the shock and nervousness, so they walked out of their rooms to get some fresh air. Very quickly, people discovered that the seventh floor of the Sevenstar Tower was still lit.
The number seven seemed to be a symbol of respect in the North Style Academy. The seventh floor of the Sevenstar Tower was also a rather important place.
There was only one room on this floor, and it was very spacious.
There were only seven seats and a round table in the room.
The back of the seven seats was engraved with the Big Dipper, while the front had two words, from Dubhe to Alkaid. These were the names of the Seven Stars.
The seven seats were placed around the table, but they were extremely far away from each other. Because the table was extremely large, there was a faint flow of soul energy on the surface.
The seven seats on the seventh floor of the Sevenstar Tower had a name in the North Style Academy: Seven Stars Assembly.
At this moment, the Seven Stars Assembly was lit up. There were seven seats for seven people, but two of them were empty.
The Alkaid position. Ruan Qingzhu had been stripped of his Alkaid Academy Fellow status, and his first disciple, Deng Wenjun, was in charge of the Alkaid Peak. However, this did not mean that he had become a Alkaid Academy Fellow. Thus, even though he had entered the Seven Stars Assembly, he could only stand at the side of this seat. He did not have the right to sit on it.
Similarly, the Yang Opening position.
The Yang Opening Academy Fellow, Guo Wushu, rarely showed his face. His first disciple, Bai Zhu, attended the meetings on his behalf. Everyone was already used to it. However, the meeting of the seven Academy Fellows would definitely be discussing important matters of the academy. This was the first time that Guo Wushu had not appeared. This made Bai Zhu somewhat nervous.
However, Principal Xu Mai, who had called for this Seven Stars Assembly, did not seem to have noticed this.
"You're all here," he said.
Some nodded, some remained silent, and some snorted coldly. Merak Star Song Yuan glanced at Bai Zhu with dissatisfaction.
He only revealed a slight hint of his attitude, but did not immediately criticize Guo Wushu for not attending the Seven Stars Assembly. That was the current situation.
The oldest of the seven Academy Fellows. The one with the longest seniority was the one who operated in the dark. Like the Seven Kills Guards and Dubhe Pavilion warriors, he was one of the three great teams with the same privileges as the Seven Kills Guards and Dubhe Pavilion warriors. Even Big Dipper's Dean did not have the authority to give orders.
Apart from these three teams. The others like Alkaid Peak's Imperial Courtyard, Megrez Peak's Medicinal Kitchen, and his Merak Peak's Discipline Team, although they were all elites, they absolutely didn't have such absolute authority.
Therefore, Guo Wushu was never someone Song Yuan wanted to offend. It was just that he was in a really bad mood today. Now that there was a place to vent the anger in his heart, it was inevitable that it would leak out a little. At this moment, it was just an attitude.
Although it was just an attitude, Bai Zhu found it hard to accept it. Even the Seven Stars Gathering had asked him to attend. Even he himself felt that his teacher was going too far this time. He wondered if it would arouse the opinions of the other academicians.
Seeing that the others were still fine with it, Song Yuan was the only one who had a different opinion on the matter. While heaving a sigh of relief, he also wanted to speak up for his teacher. Unexpectedly, before he could speak, Dean Xu Mai actually spoke first. He didn't say anything about Bai Zhu attending the Big Dipper Meeting on behalf of Guo Wushu, and he didn't seem to notice Song Yuan's dissatisfied attitude. He went straight to the point.
"Academician Yao Guang is vacant. Does anyone have any suggestions?"
The few who came had already guessed that this would be the case. After all, the position of the Seventh Academician was very important. However, no one expected Xu Mai to cut to the chase without any foreshadowing. For a moment, everyone fell silent. After a short moment of silence, Alioth Star's Li Yaotian broke the silence.
"Logically speaking, the retired academician should recommend the three successors," Li Yaotian said.
"Ruan Qingzhu hastily recommended the Divine Weapon Inheritance. Her actions are child's play. It doesn't count as a retirement, so she doesn't have the right to recommend, "Xu Mai said.
Everyone fell silent again.
Actually, according to North Style Academy's rules, Ruan Qingzhu was one of the Seventh Academicians. The Merak Peak's disciplinary team had no right to interfere with her actions. If the Dean of North Style wanted to punish her, he should've reached a consensus with the other academicians during the Big Dipper Meeting and directly stripped her of her academician status. In the Seven Stars Assembly, the headmaster only had the weight of two votes when it came to voting and expressing their stance.
However, Ruan Qingzhu's punishment this time … Xu Mai didn't pass the Big Dipper Meeting. Although this was against the rules, the deans knew that there was a sufficient reason. Song Yuan, who originally wanted to convene the Big Dipper Meeting to impeach Ruan Qingzhu, was speechless.
Hence, no one had any objections to Xu Mai's unruly actions. None of the Seven Big Dipper Academicians stuck to the rules. Even Li Yaotian, who was the most serious and rigorous, wasn't a pedantic and stubborn person.
However, when he heard that Ruan Qingzhu didn't even have the qualifications to recommend them, he couldn't help but be shocked. This punishment was extremely severe. It didn't leave Ruan Qingzhu any face.
Li Yaotian was the one to break the silence again. He sighed and shook his head, saying, "It's hard to think of a suitable candidate in such a short time."
"Indeed." Tianji Peak's academician Wang Xin nodded.
"No one." Megrez Peak's Chen Jiu sounded a little angry.
Three deans had expressed their opinions in succession. This was the first time Bai Zhu had participated in the Big Dipper Meeting on behalf of the Seven Big Dipper Meeting, and he had encountered a major event like recommending the Seven Academicians. With his status as the first disciple, he didn't feel that he had the qualifications to recommend the Seven Academicians. Naturally, he shook his head. As for Deng Wenjun, the one who had his academician status stripped was his mentor. How could he recommend someone to replace him? Seeing that none of the four had a candidate, he cautiously raised his hand and asked, "Old … Ruan Qingzhu can be recommended?"
"No." Xu Mai replied.
"Then there's no one," Deng Wenjun said a little resentfully.
Xu Mai didn't mind Deng Wenjun's little awkwardness. He admired such a normal reaction. After smiling, his gaze fell on the last person who hadn't expressed his opinion yet, Merak Peak's Song Yuan.
Song Yuan had indeed thought of a few names in his mind. They were all powerful and famous people under his wing. However, after seeing the first few people express their opinions one by one, he had to admit that the serious and rigorous Li Yaotian was right: there was no one who could convince the masses. Deng Wenjun's little awkwardness was actually quite honest. Apart from Ruan Qingzhu, there really wasn't anyone in the academy who could stand shoulder to shoulder with the Seven Academicians. Song Yuan felt that it was still too early to say that he was on equal footing with Song Yuan, even if it was his first disciple, Zhan Ren. There wasn't much meaning in bringing up these names …
Thinking up to here, Song Yuan finally shook his head, maintaining the same opinion as everyone else.
"Everyone seems to have forgotten someone," Xu Mai said at this moment.
"Who?" Everyone looked at Xu Mai. However, they suddenly remembered.
"Dean, are you talking about Lu Chenfeng?" Li Yaotian asked. This person was a member of the Big Dipper Gate who was above the Seven Academicians in terms of realm. However, even Li Yaotian had forgotten about his existence. One could well imagine that this peak expert's presence in the North Style Academy was actually very weak.
"I'm afraid Lu Chenfeng himself isn't willing," Li Yaotian said. Lu Chenfeng had been cultivating wholeheartedly for many years and had never cared about the outside world. Even though he had obtained the qualifications to inherit a divine weapon, he still hadn't gone to the Hall of Seven Sins to obtain a divine weapon. One could imagine how stubborn he was towards his cultivation.
"We still haven't asked for his opinion. Does anyone have anything to say about his words?" Xu Mai said.
"What else is there to say?" Chen Jiu said. The others also nodded, feeling a little excited in their hearts. Lu Chenfeng was a member of the Big Dipper Gate, but he was only an extremely thin symbol. He was only a symbolic existence. It could be said that he didn't have any substantial contributions to the North Style Academy.
If he was willing to walk out of his stone house and become a Big Dipper Seven Academician, then the North Style Academy would indisputably become the leader of the four great academies.
"I hope he will agree," Wang Xin said. However, his tone was somewhat pessimistic. It could be seen that although he was looking forward to it, he didn't dare to place too much hope on it. After all, it wasn't the first time that he had set his eyes on Lu Chenfeng.
"What if he still isn't willing? I think the possibility of this is extremely high, right? "Song Yuan said.
"Then we will follow the old system. What does everyone think?" Xu Mai said.
"Divine weapon inheritance, Seven Stars Seize the Championship," Li Yaotian said. This was the old system that Xu Mai mentioned. The divine weapon inheritance was the qualification, while the Seven Stars Seize the Championship was the achievement.
"We can only do that." The others nodded in agreement. Song Yuan began to calculate the strength of his outstanding disciples.
Deng Wenjun raised her hand weakly at this moment.
"If that's the case, doesn't that mean that Lu Ping is also qualified?"
The Seven Stars Gather once again fell into silence.
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