Hu Yang walked away for a while before Xu Chong leisurely walked over, gave a casual bow, and said, "Dean, I don't know how I offended you by saying such harsh words."
Gu Pingsheng sneered, narrowed his eyes, and pulled Fang Jie, who had been hiding in the shadows, out. "She was expelled from this hospital a month ago. Why is she still here?"
"I don't know about that myself, and the academy hasn't received any notification." Xu Chong's tone was completely indicative of "I don't know anything, so you can't blame me."
Gu Pingsheng looked at him expressionlessly, too lazy to argue with him. "Very well, once the matter is investigated, I hope you can still speak up."
“Xu Chong, the vice dean of the Dan Academy, has defied the academy and acted as if he were superior to us.”
"Furthermore, this academy suspects that he is involved in the disappearance of the academy's teachers and students. Therefore, this academy has decided to suspend him from all his positions at Shengshi Academy until the matter is investigated and clarified."
Xu Chong remained calm and didn't take his words to heart. He smiled and said, "Dean Gu, you can't make things up without evidence. I'm either in the Pill Hall or in the academy. You can't just falsely accuse people."
"Whether you're innocent or not, you know it in your heart." Gu Pingsheng looked at him expressionlessly, but his eyes were cold.
Xu Chong felt he had handled the situation cleanly, so he said, "I don't know what Dean Gu meant by blatantly framing me. You should know that I am a member of the Pill Hall."
"By insisting on expelling me from Shengshi Academy, you are making an enemy of the Pill Hall."
"Oh, I didn't know you could represent the Pill Hall. My apologies." Gu Pingsheng spoke calmly, with a look of surprise on his face.
But the next sentence made Xu Chong jump up.
"Then our Shengshi Academy can no longer tolerate such a big shot as you. From today onwards, Xu Chong will no longer serve as the vice dean of the Dan Academy of Shengshi Academy, and all his affairs related to Shengshi will be terminated."
"In addition, Xu Jue is expelled from the title of elite disciple of Shengshi Academy and his disciple status of Shengshi Academy is revoked. He is not allowed to claim to be a disciple of Shengshi Academy."
Xu Chong roared in fury, "Gu Pingsheng, how dare you? Aren't you afraid that the Pill Hall will sever its cooperation with Shengshi from now on?"
Gu Pingsheng sneered, "This academy would really dare to do that."
He spent a month following Gu Yunxiao, and he certainly didn't leave empty-handed.
Shu Jianyue is a genius at alchemy; her alchemy skills surpass even those of Xu Chong, a mere rank-one alchemist.
Seeing that more and more disciples were gathering around him, Xu Chong said with a dark red face, "Fine, very well. Then I'll see what happens to your Shengshi Academy without the support of the Pill Hall."
"Oh, then you just wait." Gu Pingsheng was completely unfazed.
"Do you think our Shengshi Academy is supported by your Pill Hall?"
Shu Jianyue stood by watching the show, scratched her chin, and whispered to Chaotian, "How about we set up an auction house in Hongcheng down there?"
"Okay, I'll take care of it right away." Chaotian said, about to leave.
Shu Jianyue quickly grabbed him, "Hey, no rush, let's form an alliance first."
After all, I'm new here, I need some powerful connections.
Shu Jianyue narrowed her eyes as she watched Gu Pingsheng's retreating figure.
Gu Pingsheng felt a chill run down his spine and involuntarily shrugged, ignoring the coldness as he looked at Xu Chong's pale and flushed face.
The two of them were originally in a mutually beneficial cooperative relationship, but he just had to court disaster. If we don't take him down, he'll think we're afraid of him.
Xu Chong rescued Xu Jie and sneered at Gu Pingsheng, "I will inform the Palace Master of what happened today, and you will pay the price for it."
"This academy will also have a good discussion with Danxia about today's events, and see what kind of people are in his Dan Hall." Gu Pingsheng retorted without any politeness.
Xu Chong's eyes widened as he looked at the disciples surrounding him and announced loudly, "Whoever is willing to leave this prosperous world with me will be given excellent cultivation resources."
Seeing that the disciples watching were somewhat tempted, Gu Pingsheng smiled slightly and said, "If you feel that our Shengshi Academy can no longer provide you with good resources, you can choose to withdraw from the academy. Those who withdraw will never be accepted by Shengshi Academy again."
The disciples looked at each other, but none of them dared to step forward.
Xu Chong's face stiffened, and he said again, "Everyone, with my strength and the Pill Hall's support, what are we afraid of in this prosperous era?"
"Those who are willing to follow me, stand beside me."
The disciples looked at each other in bewilderment. Only three disciples from the Pill Academy stepped forward. They had been following Xu Jue all along, and if they didn't go with him, staying at Shengshi Academy wouldn't end well.
Xu Chong nodded in satisfaction. "Very good. Anything else?"
The other disciples basically didn't move.
Getting into Shengshi Academy is already quite difficult. Having finally made it in, why would someone quit and follow Xu Chong, who has questionable character, to the Pill Hall? What's wrong with their mind?
However, there are also concerns. After all, they are now at odds with the Pill Hall. What if the Pill Hall really stops supplying medicinal herbs and pills to Shengshi Academy?
Gu Pingsheng didn't care about those with ulterior motives. Shengshi Academy had already risen to prominence before it joined the Pill Hall. Now that the Pill Hall was gone, how could it possibly collapse?
"If he wants to leave, he can leave. Our academy won't cause him any trouble, but Shengshi Academy will no longer welcome him."
All the disciples took a step back, distancing themselves further from Xu Chong.
Xu Chong's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. He snorted coldly at Gu Pingsheng and looked at the disciples around him, "You'd better not regret this."
Then he left Shengshi Academy with those people.
Gu Pingsheng was very satisfied and wanted Hu Yang to remove those people from the list, but then he remembered that Hu Yang had gone to take care of something.
"He Ming, remove those people from the Shengshi Academy's list. They shall never be allowed to enter the academy again."
He always keeps his word.
Turning his head, Gu Pingsheng saw Shu Jianyue staring at him with shining eyes. He couldn't help but take a step back. "What kind of look is that?"
Shu Jianyue smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's just the Pill Hall. My pill resources are pretty good too, how about we cooperate for mutual benefit?"
She had accumulated a batch of spiritual herbs, which she knew how to use herself, but they were very useful for the disciples of the academy to learn from.
She ran out of pills and gave them all to Yi Dexi before she came out, since the auction house below still needed to operate.
"Cooperation?" Gu Pingsheng looked at her with a skeptical expression.
How can we cooperate?
Shu Jianyue smiled and said, "I'm thinking of opening an auction house, but I'm new here and don't have much influence, so I need you to sponsor it a little."
"If you only sponsor the naming, I'll give you 10% of the profits and the priority selection right for Shengshi Academy, how about that?"
Naming rights?
Gu Pingsheng coughed lightly and asked, "What kind of naming rights are you referring to? And what kind of priority selection criteria are you referring to?"
Shu Jianyue pulled him along as they walked, saying, "I just need to borrow your name, otherwise what am I supposed to do when those shameless people bully me, a newcomer?"
"The right of first refusal means that you have the right to purchase items from our auction house first."
Gu Pingsheng stopped and glanced at her sideways. "Just priority purchase?"
Shouldn't it be supplied directly?
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