Martial Cultivator Chapter 49: Bug Hidden in the Shadows

That letter was delivered to the bank of South Lake by Song Lian. Actually, there was news that came from South Lake long ago. That news was too big, instantly shaking the entire Divine Capital.

It was like someone threw a large rock into the South Lake. The ripples that were set off were no less than a torrential storm raining in the Divine Capital.

There was an academy beside the South Lake. Since it was an academy, there would be a dean.

The academy had existed for thousands of years. Each generation's dean was naturally an extremely impressive existence.

The current dean had stated explicitly long before he took office that he wanted to emulate the sages' stories and take in 72 disciples. Hence, in those years, there were occasionally academy students who the dean thought highly of and taken in as a disciple. It was just that along with the passage of time, the intervals between the dean's acceptance of disciples became longer and longer. Because the remaining spots at the back became increasingly fewer, the dean's requirements naturally became higher and higher too.

All the way until 30 years ago, after the dean took in the 71st disciple, there was only one last spot remaining.

In these 30 years, the academy would observe when the academy recruited students annually, but he no longer had anyone that he fancied.

Just as everyone thought that the dean would still need many years before finding that last disciple, the news came out.

That girl from White Deer's Xie Clan had become the dean's final student now.

She was even the one and only female student.

This matter shocked the academy first.

Countless students gathered at the bank of South Lake. They looked towards that elegant little courtyard over from the lake and started discussing.

"I said long ago, how can that Xie Family's girl be an ordinary person? It's perfectly natural that she doesn't attend some classes on normal days. How can it be worth making a fuss over?"

"I feel the same too. After all, the dean personally exempted her from the entrance examina

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