But as the power of the aristocratic families penetrated deeper and deeper into the academy, this situation was almost foreseeable. Xiao Shengtian felt powerless about this situation and urgently wanted to change it.
He had wanted to take Xue Huan as his apprentice because he valued her commoner background.
When she was walking on the Heart-Questioning Bridge, she caused the strange phenomenon of the Phoenix Crying in the Ninth Heaven. This shows that she has great potential and her future achievements will definitely not be low. If she can grow up, he will pass the position of dean to her. When she, a commoner, becomes the dean, the atmosphere of the academy will definitely be improved.
Perhaps, she can make the academy show its glory of thousands of years ago with a hundred flowers blooming and a wealth of talents, and bring new vitality to it.
The current college has gradually become a stagnant pool.
At the elders' meeting, the aristocratic faction and the common people's faction had a heated debate over whether to conduct a thorough investigation of the students in the yellow-character class.
The civilian faction was defeated.
Although the aristocratic faction harbored selfish motives and had sinister intentions, every word they spoke was under the guise of doing what was best for the academy. They kept saying that they wanted to clean up the academy's environment and not let people with evil intentions get in.
When the civilians wanted to speak, they were accused of not considering the students and of shielding people with evil intentions!
Finally, Dean Xiao Shengtian spoke up: "Since you're going to investigate, then do it thoroughly. Check every student in the academy. I'll personally oversee this matter. This information must remain confidential for now and must not be leaked. If anyone violates this, don't blame me for being ruthless."
The last four words were spoken with such murderous intent that everyone felt a chill down their spines.
Even though Xiao Shengtian looks like an approachable and docile old man next door now, how can he not have the real talent to become the dean?
Back then, he was a terrifying figure, but after staying in the academy for a long time, the evil spirit in him gradually disappeared, or rather, was restrained.
But once it is released, it is terrifying.
The next day, all the students in the college gathered in the square in front of Taihe Building.
Everyone was very confused.
Inside the Taihe Building, Xiao Shengtian and several elders sat in a room set up with a heart-searching array. Under the heart-searching array, people could not tell lies.
The students entered the house in order from oldest to youngest class and were questioned one by one by the elders.
Because Dean Xiao Shengtian was also present, the elders of the aristocratic families could not do anything openly, and their original plan fell through.
But during the questioning, their attitudes towards the children of aristocratic families and the students from the civilian faction were completely different.
In front of the children of aristocratic families, he was as warm as a spring breeze and asked questions as if they were casual chats. However, when facing the children of commoners, he used a tone of interrogating a prisoner and asked particularly tricky questions. It was obvious that he treated them differently and deliberately forced the commoner students to embarrass themselves.
Xiao Shengtian couldn't stop it openly.
After some questioning, they actually uncovered several undercover agents sent by other forces.
Because they were warned not to reveal the interrogation to anyone, all the students who had been there kept silent about it after coming out, which made the students behind them feel a little uneasy.
In the team, Xue Huan guessed that it might be because of what happened in the Babel Tower Monster Garden yesterday.
She was just trying to teach Ma Bi a lesson by giving him a taste of his own medicine, but she didn't expect it would cause such a big fuss in the academy.
It was the turn of the Yellow Class. More than 30 people in the class walked into the room together. Xue Huan noticed that a large formation had been set up around them.
The Heart-Searching Formation.
It has the same function as the truth talisman, but is more powerful and has a group effect.
"Xue Huan, was it you who did what happened in the Monster Garden yesterday?" Elder Wang was the first to point the finger at Xue Huan.
A hint of satisfaction appeared in Wang Qiubai's eyes.
Xue Huan calmly asked, "What is Elder Wang referring to?"
With the Five Elements Beads, a magical artifact, to protect her, the Heart-Searching Formation couldn't do anything to her.
Elder Wang didn't expect her to ask him a question in return. He snorted, "Of course it's about controlling the monster to attack Ma Bi."
Because Ma Bi was a party involved, he was also present at today's investigation. However, he was not qualified to sit in front of the dean and several elders, so he stood aside.
Xue Huan: "Elder Wang, you're joking. How could I, a mere Qi Refining Stage cultivator, possibly control so many monsters to attack Teacher Ma?"
Elder Wang choked and checked her bone age again. She was only eighteen. It was quite good for her to reach the late stage of Qi Refining at this age. It was unlikely that she would hide her cultivation level.
The other elders also asked some questions, but they did not target any particular person.
After the questioning, the students in the yellow class were cleared of suspicion.
At this time, Xue Huan asked, "Dean, why are we the only students being questioned? Shouldn't Teacher Ma be questioned as well? He might have staged this incident himself."
Ma Bi: "You're talking nonsense! I'm so full that I let those monsters attack me?"
He didn't expect the fire would burn himself, and he could no longer maintain his hypocritical expression.
Xue Huan smiled faintly: "Who knows?"
Xue Huan's words made Xiao Shengtian think deeply. Indeed, on the surface, Ma Bi was the victim of yesterday's incident, but his injuries were not that serious, not to the point of breaking bones. However, he used this incident to bring up a very sensitive topic, giving the people from the aristocratic faction in the Elders' Council an excuse to interrogate the students.
If he, the dean, had not been involved in this, the elders of the aristocratic families might have used this incident to suppress the civilian faction!
Therefore, it is hard to say whether this was not a self-torture trick performed by Ma Bi at the instruction of the aristocratic faction!
Thinking of this, Xiao Shengtian's expression became serious and he said to Ma Bi, "Stand over there."
This means that Ma Bi will be interrogated in public.
Ma Bi suddenly panicked. Although he was innocent of yesterday's incident, he could not guarantee that he would not reveal other flaws under the dean's interrogation.
What's more, the incident yesterday was caused by him wanting to teach Xue Huan a lesson!
If he were to find out, he would no longer be a teacher!
Teachers deliberately harm students, which is the most intolerable thing in the college!
But now he was already under fire. If he didn't go over, wouldn't it just show that he was guilty? There was something wrong at first glance!
Elder Wang disagreed, "Dean, Ma Bi is a teacher. How can he publicly interrogate him based on a student's unfounded suspicion? Where does this put his reputation? If other students follow his example, wouldn't the academy be in chaos?"
Wei Ziping: "Don't talk nonsense. If Ma Bi truly has a clear conscience, what is there to be afraid of? Besides, why can students be interrogated but teachers can't? In my opinion, if you have to interrogate them, you should treat everyone equally and investigate everyone in this academy."
Elder Wang's heart skipped a beat. "How about this? Let the Council of Elders vote to decide whether or not to interrogate Ma Bi?"
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