Chapter 2297: Academy Reorganization (2)

Hong Anguo quietly told Yang Xiao that through special channels he learned that the General Bureau was very pleased that Sheng Yanlin, that old fox, had accepted all the treaty terms thanks to Yang Xiao’s efforts, and that he had been listed as a key young cadre for the General Bureau’s next training phase.

“Congratulations, Younger Brother Yang. Don’t forget about your elder brother when you become successful in the future.” Hong Anguo remained with his usual cheerful demeanor.

“Thanks to Brother Hong’s guidance. I see that Brother Hong is also blessed with good fortune and will soon rise even higher.” Yang Xiao reciprocated with polite words.

“Hahaha—” Hong Anguo laughed heartily: “I don’t really care about promotions or such; like you, my younger brother, my heart is solely concerned with the country. Promotion and wealth are not our wishes; we only wish for peace and prosperity for the nation.”

“Promotion and wealth are not our wishes, but we don’t reject them either.” Yang Xiao smiled on the surface while privately completing Hong Anguo’s thought.

If he didn’t care about promotions and wealth, what’s the point of Hong Anguo being so busy? Leaving a good life in Qinglan City to travel thousands of miles to Yiling City to fight for his life—isn’t that madness?

Of course, everyone knows this in their hearts, but it must never be said aloud. It’s called maintaining dignity.

You maintain my dignity, and I maintain yours; in the end, everyone is happy and dignified, as everyone who has ever mixed within the system understands.

For the next two days, during the daytime, Yang Xiao accompanied Dean Sheng at the academy. Sheng Yanlin guided him through various academy affairs, even involving him in confidential matters, so the elders at the academy became increasingly courteous to him.

After the battle to reclaim the academy, no elder who was there dared to underestimate this young man any longer. The fact that he was able to single-handedly kill the Master of Ruyi Sect was proof of Yang Xiao’s prowess.

Everyone understood that unless one of the top-ranking elders of the academy made a move, no one could match him.

Soon, the Patrol Defense Office’s representative office at the academy officially opened, and a dozen staff members sent by the office had already settled in. Yang Xiao temporarily assumed the role of Specialist at the representative office.

However, considering various influences and under Yang Xiao’s coordination, the representative office did not display the signs of the Patrol Defense Office, and the staff did not wear the office’s signature black uniforms. Instead, they wore the academy’s uniform and officially referred to the place as a liaison office.

The two elders of the Esoteric Sect also changed into Yiling Academy’s attire and officially became members of the Elder Council of Yiling Academy.

These were promises Sheng Yanlin made early on, and now they were gradually being fulfilled.

Because of the outstanding performance of the two elders of the Esoteric Sect in the previous battle, they were quickly accepted. The academy elders treated them with respect, knowing that the consequences would have been unimaginable if those two hadn’t contained the poisonous miasma.

Afterward, Yang Xiao inquired about the two, wondering how the poisonous miasma was so formidable. Knowing Yang Xiao’s status as a young priest, they did not hide anything from him, plainly saying it was all Elder Kunpa’s arrangement.

It turned out that the technique of the poisonous miasma was not originally created by the Dharma Sect but was stolen from a power known as the Poison Sect, which had already been wiped out.

Upon hearing the name Poison Sect, Yang Xiao found it familiar. Soon, with Elder Zhou Shen’s reminder, Yang Xiao remembered that he had heard of the Poison Sect back when he was in the Esoteric Sect.

That was when he was in dire straits, shortly before the Life Demanding Monk found him.

The Poison Sect was also part of the Yin Temple Alliance, ranking moderately with its strongest being the Poison Sect Hierarch, who had Half-step Nether Realm strength.

The Poison Sect built its reputation on poison. Perhaps they played with poison too much and damaged their minds, as the hierarch dared to speak rudely to a messenger sent by the Black Buddha Mother. Not only did he kill the messenger, but he also kept the gifts.

Unquestionably, this angered the great figure, the Black Buddha Mother, who sent a messenger for revenge. The messenger, though only possessing Half-step Nether Realm strength like the Poison Sect Hierarch, had been granted a “Buddha Seed” by the Buddha Mother.

After using the Buddha Seed, the messenger’s strength surged, and with sheer force alone, he massacred hundreds at the Poison Sect headquarters, almost annihilating a small town.

It was only when the White Robe Sect Leader of the Dharma Sect, along with his foster father, the Cannibal Buddha, went to handle the matters that things were settled.

According to Zhou Shen, after that incident, the Poison Sect was nothing more than a name, and the Dharma Sect had long been eyeing the Poison Sect’s Poisons Miasma Technique.

While the Poison Sect appeared independent, in reality, it was an affiliated force of the Blood Sect. Even though they had coveted it, the Dharma Sect couldn’t act because of the face of the Blood Sect’s High Priest. They stealthily captured skilled individuals from the Poison Sect who were abroad, imprisoned them secretly, tortured them severely, and finally forced out the method of making the Poisonous Miasma Corpse Pill.

Elder Kunpa suspected that Sheng Jingxuan would play such a move, and the facts proved Elder Kunpa’s judgment correct.

Sheng Jingxuan was indeed vicious; once this move was executed, apart from a handful of powerful experts, other teachers and students would perish if the miasma spread within the academy.

This was clearly a case of “if I can’t have it, neither can Sheng Yanlin,” as he was willing to destroy the Yiling Academy, which took several generations of effort to build into its renowned status.

This was the reason Sheng Yanlin was determined to kill him.

Suddenly, Yang Xiao thought of an inconsistency. Since the Poisonous Miasma Technique was the Poison Sect’s unshared secret, how did Elder Kunpa know how to handle it?

“In response to the young priest, at that time, we also found some Poison Sect experts. Our Esoteric Sect now knows how to make these Poisonous Miasma Corpse Pills, and we even extracted the formula for the antidote powder,” the Esoteric Sect expert named Zhou Shen answered calmly.