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Li Er and Cui Dongshan made their way onto the mountain summit, where Mao Xiaodong was standing outside the pavilion with a grim expression.
There were far fewer ninth tier martial artists than 10th tier cultivators on Eastern Treasured Vial Continent, and that was why Song Changjing held such a significant status in the Great Li Empire.
Ninth tier martial artists had refined their bodies to essentially the limits of what was humanly possible, making them supposedly impervious to all attacks. Mao Xiaodong knew that ninth tier martial artists weren't actually as almighty as the rumors suggested. After all, there were still cultivators of the Upper Five Tiers who possessed the power to move mountains and part seas.
However, the performance that an eighth tier Song Changjing had displayed during his battles against top-tier cultivators showed that martial artists really were worthy of the high praise that they received. After all, cultivators of the Upper Five Tiers were like profound deities that resided in the heavens, and they were extremely rarely seen.
Cui Dongshan smiled as he introduced, "This here is Mao Xiaodong. He was once Qi Jingchun's junior brother, and he's currently only a deputy mountain master of Mountain Cliff Academy, but he's the one who actually calls the shots here."
Li Er hadn't even bothered to take a glance at Mao Xiaodong prior to this, but he immediately greeted Mao Xiaodong with a smile. "It's an honor to make your acquaintance, Mr. Mao. I am Li Huai's father."
Both Mao Xiaodong and Cui Dongshan were quite taken aback to see this. Given Li Er's short temper, they had thought that he would've at least harbored some resentment toward Mountain Cliff Academy.
After all, the academy hadn't done anything during this entire debacle, and it appeared that they had taken a fair and neutral stance, but in reality, that was a rather inhospitable display. Not only were Li Baoping and the others feeling extremely indignant, even the students who had left the Great Li Empire together with Mao Xiaodong were unable to understand why Mao Xiaodong hadn't stood up for them to demand an explanation from Great Sui Nation's imperial court.
This was just like back in Jewel Small World, where Qi Jingchun had fallen into a deadend, and there was no way that he would've been able to leave the small world alive. Even though the emperor of the Great Li Empire hadn't actively contributed to Qi Jingchun's downfall, nor had he tried to protest against the powers that were determined to have Qi Jingchun killed, and that had thoroughly disappointed many of the scholars who had emerged from the old Mountain Cliff Academy.
A smile appeared on Li Er's face as he said, "Back in the town, Mr. Qi was drinking with me one time, and he mentioned Mr. Mao. A scholar who's earned the approval of Mr. Qi must be a true scholar in my eyes, so as the head of the academy, I'm sure that you had your reasons...
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