Yuan Qingdong frowned and said, "Principal Wan, I'm not done here. We also need to talk about the three demonic beasts that had helped Su Yu previously. We can't return those beasts to him easily. These were all beasts that had committed numerous atrocities against humanity in the past. Everyone thought they were dead, but that is clearly not the case. Even the Cloudbreach and Skysoar beasts that are currently with Su Yu had committed atrocities against humanity in the past..."
Wan Tiansheng coughed and stood up. With a smile, he said, "If they are willing to reform and start afresh, all is fine. They have all been registered as mounts. After they have been punished, they can be allowed to exist as long as they are willing to work for humanity.
"Just look at the mounts of those Invincibles. Vice Principal Yuan, do you dare to say that none of these mounts have killed a human before? Back then, everyone fights for their own side. As long as they don't commit any crimes after being subdued, we can forgive their past. Serving as a mount counts as a punishment.
"Don't forget that Hong Tan has been quite ruthless. He has been selling their flesh and blood for many years. We only found out about that recently. I have been curious about his source of income before this, but I now know why. So there is no need to talk about this anymore. If they have really committed any crimes after becoming mounts, even the master would need to be punished."
Yuan Qingdong frowned, but he said nothing else. He had not expected Wan Tiansheng to talk about the mounts of Invincibles. In all honesty, any beast worth their salt would have killed before.
Before being subdued, the beasts and the humans were fighting for different sides. And the stronger a beast was, the more likely it would be for the beast to stir up trouble in the Allheaven Battlefield. That was how most of these beasts had caught the attention of the Invincibles. And that was how they eventually ended up subdued as mounts.
These mounts were most definitely not kind and harmless. If Yuan Qingdong insisted on investigating this matter, it would eventually implicate the Invincibles as well.
After Wan Tiansheng left, Chen Yong stood up and smiled, "I'll be taking my leave as well, Vice Principal Yuan. By the way, since I'm now in charge of resource allocation, I will be auditing the accounts later. All the money better be there. If not, Faculty Head Zhou better plug the hole. And if that's not possible, well, I'll be left with no choice as well."
Yuan Dongqing ignored him. The other elders also started leaving one after another. Before leaving, Old Huang sighed deeply. He said nothing, but he was clearly dissatisfied. Things had barely settled down when someone like Vice Principal Yuan arrived. How annoying.
It was good that Su Yu was no longer here. Otherwise, more chaos would break out. That kid was not as patient as Chen Yong. In fact, if he was an elder, he would have directly turned against Vice Principal Yuan during the meeting.Looking at the departing elders, Yuan Qingdong frowned unhappily. Just as he was about to leave, some words reached his ears through voice transmission.
"Vice Principal Yuan, don't swing your blade around rashly. That blade of yours is not sharp enough. The multiple character faction is left with nothing. Basically, we no longer have anything to lose. It's not like Sunmoons have never died before. After my teacher leaves seclusion, he will be a Sunmoon as well. A multiple character faction Sunmoon. I hope you won't regret your actions today when the time comes."
Yuan Qingdong's eyes turned sharp as he looked outside the building.
There, Chen Yong was looking at him with a smile. "Feng Ji better survive this. Otherwise...you should start keeping an eye on me all the time. Don't ever lose sight of me or your family members will...heh..."
With a sneer, Chen Yong left.
Yuan Qingdong coldly said, "Chen Yong, you have gone mad. Are you threatening me with my family?"
"Mad? Not at all. You are the one who has gone mad. What did I say? I merely promised to take good care of your family. What's the issue?
"I no longer have anything to lose. My junior brother is in the Allheaven Battlefield. My martial nephew has been forced to leave. I only have a student left. But it's fine. Marquis Xia promised to assign her parents to the Shrine of Heroes.
"If you're gutsy enough, feel free to touch her. As for me...there is no need for you to worry about me. Unfortunately, you're not sharp enough as a blade. You are free to try killing me in the academy or Great Xia itself. I might be worried if you're an Invincible, but you're not."
"Chen Yong! You have truly gone mad!"
Yuan Qingdong said, "Everything I said was in accordance with the rules. We have solid ground to suspect Feng Ji and Su Yu. It is reasonable since you guys have been hiding the truth from us. How dare you threaten me?"
"You misunderstand me, Vice Principal Yuan. I did no such thing."
With the same smile on his face, Chen Yong vanished into the distance.
After everyone left, Elder Fang softly asked, "Vice Principal Yuan, what should we do now?"
Yuan Qingdong glanced at him and said, "Nothing. Reorganize the single character faction, expel the garbage, and keep the elites. Focus all your available resources on those elites. Prioritize the ninth-stage Cloudbreaches and try to help them reach the Mountainsea Realm. Take over the books depository and try to find the Character Technique Steele. Since Chen Yong had so easily agreed to let go of the books depository, the steele must have been taken away by Su Yu.
"Keep an eye on Chen Yong. He is the only significant member of Great Xia's multiple character faction left. Hong Tan is in seclusion while that student of his can be ignored. A weakling like her won't be able to change anything even if she can reach the Skysoar or even the Cloudbreach Realm. It's a good thing that Su Yu is no longer here. Otherwise, Great Xia's multiple character faction might really rise from the ashes."
Yes. Su Yu's departure was not necessarily a bad thing for him. He was too talented and troublesome to deal with. If he remained, he would definitely create more trouble in the future.
"I understand."
Yuan Qingdong said, "For now, stop creating trouble for insignificant issues. I wanted to cut Su Yu's path of return, but Wan Tiansheng blocked me..."
He narrowed his eyes and said, "Whatever. Since Wan Tiansheng wishes to hide, he can continue doing so. If he keeps doing this, he will probably turn into a cat from a tiger. At the end of this year, the Human Realm will start picking candidates for the next Luminous Domain Mansion exploration. I don't care about anything else, but the single character faction needs to get at least five out of the twenty slots allocated to Great Xia."
Elder Fang nodded and said, "That won't be too difficult. Both Liu Hong and Hu Wensheng are geniuses. And they have both reached the Cloudbreach Realm. We also have a few talented Skysoars who might be able to get those slots. Including the single character faction geniuses of the Nine Heavens Cultural Research Academy and Daoseeking Cultural Research Academy, we won't have any issue getting at least five slots."
"I hope so."
Yuan Qingdong said, "By the way, the Character Faculty will be welcoming a new teaching assistant soon."
"Teaching assistant?"
"Shan Xiong."
Elder Fang asked in shock, "H-he's joining the Great Xia Cultural Research Academy?"
"Why can't he?" Yuan Qingdong smiled, "Interesting, isn't it? Perhaps he will bring us some surprises."
Elder Fang said, "The Xia Family..."
"They have just cleansed their ranks not long ago. Are they going to start killing again so soon?"
Yuan Qingdong glanced at Elder Fang and asked, "Are you perhaps trying to win the Xia Family's approval? Do you still not understand? The Xia Family has always been on Liu Wenyan's side. They have merely been holding back against you guys because they lacked an excuse to do something. Don't give them that excuse they are looking for, you fool. Do you understand?"
Despite the impolite tone, Elder Fang nodded. He could see that the Xia Family was indeed biased toward the multiple character faction. They would not show any quarter the moment they were given an excuse to move. The elders of the single character faction had just been punished with the harsh three familial exterminations not long ago. Elder Fang had not forgotten about that.