The excitement in Element City naturally drew the attention of countless forces across the continent.
As Shui Ningbing had mentioned, members of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan had once wanted to offer friendly sponsorship for Element City's expansion, but after some consideration, Shui Ningbing politely declined.
First, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan's own situation was becoming increasingly awkward. Originally, they had been relatively stable, relying on the Heaven Dou Empire, but after Shen Hanyu noticed some issues, they began to consider breaking away from the empire and going independent. The empire naturally tried hard to retain them, while Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan leadership were also hesitating.
After such prolonged wavering, it was inevitable that some accidents would occur.
The empire seemed to have grown somewhat tired of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan's indecisive attitude and gradually distanced itself from them.
The position of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan within the Heaven Dou Empire suddenly became awkward. They had lost some of the empire's support, and due to various reasons, they were continuously withdrawing their industries, as if they were already prepared to pack up and run at any moment.
Regarding this, Shen Hanyu could only sigh lightly, lamenting that Ning Fengzhi had been shrewd his entire life, yet he had made such a serious mistake on this major issue.
Now, showing goodwill toward Skywater Academy, what else could it be but an act of helplessness?
As for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, although the disciples of this clan generally carried some aristocratic flaws, their stance had always been extremely clear—they firmly stood on the Heaven Dou Empire's side. Up to now, they had never expressed any opinions regarding the development of Element City and Skywater Academy.
The Heaven Dou Empire's attitude toward Element City and Skywater Academy had been quite enthusiastic a few years ago, especially as Emperor Xue Ye's health steadily declined.
But unfortunately, neither Shui Ningbing nor Shen Hanyu was interested in standing on the same side as the Heaven Dou Empire. Their relationship had always been maintained at a level of some contact but not much.
Even so, the Heaven Dou imperial family remained persistent. This time, for Element City's expansion, they provided financial assistance, and with an extremely tough attitude, forcefully using gold soul coins to smash out a bit of rapport...
Next was the attitude of Spirit Hall. Bibi Dong's ambitions had grown wildly in recent years, becoming so great that the entire continent had become aware of it. As Shen Hanyu said, all forces on the continent now had to make an important decision, one that would affect whether their forces could continue to exist or prosper in the future. This was an unavoidable choice for any force within either of the two empires.
A few years ago, when Spirit Hall strengthened the soul masters stationed in Element City, they had completely concealed their actions afterward and become much more low-key in their conduct.
Shen Hanyu still had some guesses about this. Although Qian Daoliu no longer interfered in Spirit Hall's affairs, he had always held the most core power of Spirit Hall that Bibi Dong could never touch. In the short term, snatching some authority from Bibi Dong's hands would not be difficult. After all, in Spirit Hall, if the Papal Hall held the highest authority on the surface, then the Worship Hall was an untouchable sky above the entire Spirit Hall.
Qian Daoliu's attitude toward Shen Hanyu and the others was still fairly friendly. This old fellow had guarded the Worship Hall his entire life and had no real scandals to his name. Although he had once been madly in love in his youth, after so many years, judging from the conversation Shen Hanyu had with him back then, and what Qian Daoliu said, at most, he could only be said to have too many regrets about what happened back then.
It truly lived up to that saying: one should not meet someone too stunning in youth, or the rest of life would be filled with regret.
However, with Qian Daoliu restraining Bibi Dong within Spirit Hall, the overall situation across the continent had noticeably eased. The shock left by You Mengchu's speech back then, along with various advanced theories, continued to be developed and researched by people. Although no useful results had emerged yet, countless individuals still rushed forward one after another to study them. Shen Hanyu had to admire their perseverance.
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The continent had barely calmed down for a few days before another piece of news spread through various channels.
The general gist was that Skywater Academy was accumulating strength to rebel or harbored intentions to overthrow and replace the existing order.
People were unsure who exactly had started this brainless rumor, but they had to admit that once enough people knew about it, even if it was originally white, someone would deliberately paint parts of it black.
And once public opinion had an opening, it would spread like wildfire, unstoppable. Although most people didn't care much about such things, it couldn't stop those who wanted to smear Skywater Academy's reputation and situation, thoroughly isolating it.
So the next morning, Shui Ningbing, together with Shen Hanyu, You Mengchu, Snow Emperor, and Demon Empress, a total of five people, stated their names.
This statement thoroughly clarified Skywater Academy's purpose and position. It was also the first time Skywater Academy, as a newly risen hegemon-level soul master force on the continent, publicly spoke out.
The core of the content was that, unless necessary, Skywater Academy would not participate in any continental conflicts. It would only focus on nurturing students to maturity and would forever remain a third-party existence. Of course, if anyone or any force took the initiative to provoke or threaten the academy's fundamental interests, Skywater Academy would not mind delivering an extermination package.
At the end of the statement, an additional announcement was added: Skywater Academy declared full control over Element City, while inviting small sects or soul masters willing to join Element City to settle there. It also issued a notice that the several individuals jointly issuing the statement were open to challenges from external soul master powerhouses, with opponents to be randomly selected from within Skywater Academy.
Over these years, as her strength continued to grow, Shui Ningbing's attitude toward such matters had become increasingly domineering. Although Skywater Academy, due to Shen Hanyu's interference, had derived the policy of not participating in continental struggles and not casually fighting for power and profit, if someone bullied them to their faces, probably no top-tier soul master force could sit idly by.
After doing all this, Shen Hanyu felt a bit inexplicable. Such a statement somehow followed the same path as Shrek in the original work.
But none of that mattered anymore. In a world of fantasy where strength reigned supreme, history here would never praise how kind the losers once were. It would only slap an ugly mask of evil on them, turning them into objects of scorn. Even if this place was truly a sewer, it still abided by this iron rule.
Shui Ningbing also took this opportunity to publicly announce Skywater Academy's brand-new school regulations.
Due to Skywater Academy's special nature of only recruiting female students, these regulations largely focused on cultivation and an extremely lenient resource allocation system based on cultivation level. The academic area was also simply divided, and the rights of the dean and teachers were detailed. Additionally, Skywater Academy still retained its fine tradition of accepting civilian geniuses and had slightly relaxed some requirements in this regard...
Perhaps for Skywater Academy, and for everyone, including Shen Hanyu, tomorrow would undoubtedly be a brand-new beginning...
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