Chapter 22 Whereabouts of the Tongsheng Pill
Chapter 22 Whereabouts of the Tongsheng Pill
The vice-president was silent for a long time, then said, "How do you want the academy to admit defeat? Do you want me to resign and kowtow to Gu Zhuo and apologize before I leave office, begging him to come back to the academy?"
No one responded.
There was silence in the room.
However, the eyes and expressions of many people have already revealed their attitudes - acquiescence or even approval.
"What a bunch of idiots."
The vice-president suddenly sneered, looked at everyone in the room and said sarcastically: "When you came up with this idea, could you use your brains a little and recall why Gu Zhuo had to make such a big scene and had to expel him?"
"That's because he wanted to get the Tongsheng Pill from me, but I was unwilling to give it to him, so he immediately turned around and colluded with Lin Wanyi, using all means to force the academy to bow to him!"
The old man shouted angrily: "You don't even know the root of the problem, and you expect me to kneel down and beg for mercy?"
Having said this, he was extremely angry and could no longer maintain his usual composure.
boom!
There was a loud bang.
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice, and saw that the desk was continuously developing cracks starting from the vice president's palm, until the cracks covered every corner... and turned into powder all over the room, along with the reply letter written by Gu Zhuo himself, which fell to the ground together.
It was not until a moment later that the echo finally dissipated.
There was no anger on the vice president's face anymore, only expressionless indifference.
"But this is not something that can be solved by just banging or flipping the table. That's not how the problem can be solved."
An old man sighed and said, "After all, you can't slap Gu Zhuo with this palm."
Having said this, he stood up, walked behind the vice president, and patted his colleague on the shoulder as a way of persuasion.
The vice-president took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and said slowly: "Everyone present knows why I don't want to give out the Tongsheng Pill. As long as you can solve this problem... I can save face for Changzhou Academy."
Upon hearing these words, the professors and gentlemen present couldn't help but tremble slightly.
Yes, just as the vice-president said, each of them knew the inside story of Tongshengdan.
Changzhou Academy was donated a total of three Tongsheng Pills that year. The first two had been used up a few years ago, but the public was never informed. The last Tongsheng Pill left in the academy had its specific use determined five years ago.
What's more troublesome is that the purpose of this Tongsheng Pill involves an important secret of the academy, which cannot be spoken out loud, so he can only use it as a reason to tell Gu Zhuo.
It was precisely because of this complex reason that the vice president decided to refuse without hesitation after learning of Gu Zhuosuo's request for the Tongsheng Pill. After the incident, no one present used this as an excuse to attack or blame him.
"Let's do both."
The vice-president suddenly said: "I will personally ask the dean and seek his advice, but at the same time the academy will continue to implement the previous plan and seek the possibility of crossing the border... and defeating Gu Zhuo."
In the second half of the sentence, even his tone became hesitant, and it was obvious that he did not hold much hope for this.
At this point, everyone present could no longer blame him and nodded in agreement, with some even offering their comfort.
“Although Gu Zhuo has attained enlightenment, he is still practicing the academy’s techniques. It is impossible for him to switch to other sects’ techniques in a short period of time. He may not have no chance of winning.”
"Crossing the border to fight is certainly extremely difficult, but it has happened before in the history of cultivation, so we don't need to fall into despair in advance."
"The problem is that we can no longer encourage Gu Zhuo's peers to deal with him. No one would be stupid enough to bring shame upon themselves and be laughed at as an idiot."
“He is indeed the only one who is so honest among the younger generation in Wangjing, but he is not the only one who is so honest in Wangjing.”
"You mean... to bully the weak? But who can afford to lose face like that? If you win, it's not shameful, because there will definitely be people who will talk behind your back. If you lose, it's even more shameful, and you won't be able to hold your head up for the rest of your life."
"But this is the only way now. No matter if it's bribery or some other method, as long as we are willing to spend time looking, we can always find someone who doesn't want to lose face."
"Wait... why should we, no, the academy do this?"
"Why are you so forgetful? Isn't it for the purpose of accumulating enough samples so that we can find Gu Zhuo's weakness and defeat him?" There was a sudden silence in the room.
The expressions of several college professors became very strange, as if they wanted to say something but stopped themselves from saying it.
Until one of them couldn't bear it anymore and finally spoke out what was in his heart.
"This is too bizarre. People who don't know us would be so angry if they saw us hiding here in the middle of the night to plot. They would think we were dealing with a world-famous demon master and saving people from disaster."
"What's the result? We are a bunch of old men sitting here, fighting against a kid who just turned seventeen, and we can't do anything to him."
"Ridiculous, ridiculous, so damn ridiculous!"
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The next morning.
Gu Zhuo woke up with his eyes open, greeted the spring scenery outside the window, got up and washed up simply.
Unlike yesterday, the door of the courtyard was not knocked again today, and no accident was waiting behind the door.
Under the sunshine, everything seems so peaceful.
He moved the chair outside the rain corridor and chatted with everything for half an hour before he got up and left the yard.
The Lin family was no different from usual, and it didn't look like an assassination had just taken place yesterday. Butler Qiu was directing his servants to handle some trivial matters.
Seeing Gu Zhuo coming, the old servant's expression became a little complicated. It was obvious that he had learned about the reply letters that he had sent out last night, and the four or six words written on the letters.
"Did you get a reply?"
Gu Zhuo's tone was somewhat casual.
Butler Qiu shook his head and said, "Of course not."
No matter how humiliating those four or six words are, they are just words after all. If you continue to persist, then the humiliation will befall you.
No one wants to be that idiot, so naturally, the hundreds of challenge letters received yesterday fell on deaf ears, as if nothing had ever happened.
"but……"
Butler Qiu changed the subject and looked at Gu Zhuo and said, "Today, many people want to see you, Master Gu. They are all professors from various academies in Wangjing. Even Changzhou Academy has sent people here."
The old man paused, then continued, "I followed your instructions yesterday and asked these people to go back temporarily, but they left a lot of things behind. Would you like to take a look?"
Gu Zhuo hummed.
To him, all this was taken for granted.
If Lin Wanyi had not been assassinated yesterday, making things inexplicably complicated, such a lively scene would have appeared yesterday.
What he really cared about was the second half of the sentence, because that sentence mentioned the things left behind by the representatives of each academy, which must be something trying to move his heart and then take action.
To put it simply, it must be a pile of valuables worth a lot of money.
Gu Zhuo glanced at the Lin Mansion with its deep courtyard and thought that last night should be his last night here.
Thinking of this, he gave a very polite and gentle smile.
"Please lead the way, Butler Qiu."
(End of this chapter)