This brings three major benefits. First of all, from now on, these academies can never hope to unite again.
Secondly, these scapegoats who have risen to positions of power certainly won't have any goodwill towards those who just coerced them.
Finally, and most importantly, these scapegoats will undoubtedly be filled with gratitude towards Xue An, who 'saved' them.
Killing a person, but with Xue An's methods, it clearly achieved a threefold effect.
Many people are in awe of Xue An's brilliant tactics.
However, Xue An completely ignores those scapegoats kneeling on the ground, knocking their heads in gratitude, and instead turns and returns to the Xiyue Inn.
To him, whether these academies exist or not, they are subjects of no consequence.
Because in Xue An's eyes, these people are no different from ants.
The reason he didn't just wipe them out entirely was merely to give some face to this world's literary will.
