Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Chapter 110: Breaking Feudal Superstition
The public trial and the aggressive dean of the chess academy, Chu Xingluo, were all within Duan Mingyuan's expectations. In fact, he had been reflecting on this from time to time in the past few days, wondering if he had gone too far.
The ability to bring the dead back to life eliminated the possibility of murdering the deans of several colleges. Inviting Mr. Chen Chou to be an assistant teacher made the traitor's plan to destroy the seal of the Nether Prison and cause chaos on Qingchi Peak fail. In just two days, he did not leave much room for the traitor.

Perhaps it was because of the involvement of One World that caused his actions to become much more radical.

However, Duan Mingyuan took into consideration that the traitor held a high position in Yunhai Academy and was most likely an old gentleman. Based on the principle of respecting the elderly and loving the young, he still felt that he owed him something.

Put yourself in his shoes. If he was a traitor in the academy, who had been plotting carefully for a long time and was not afraid of being branded a traitor, but his plan was ruined by a new teacher who had been there for less than two days, he would probably explode in anger with the other party.

However, as a scholar, Duan Mingyuan hopes to be rigorous when facing academic issues.

He looked at the dean of the chess academy, Chu Xingluo, and asked, "Dean Chu, you said that the sword-controlling technique is a secret technique passed down from the First King's family. Only people with the same bloodline can master this trick. Is there any scientific basis for this theory?"

This question was so powerful that Chu Xingluo was stunned for a long time.

He had thought of many possibilities. Perhaps Duan Mingyuan would deny it and say that he did not use the sword-controlling technique; or maybe he would simply put the blame on the evil spirit in the Nether Prison. After all, no one in the academy had ever dealt with that evil spirit and had no idea what its abilities were.

Chu Xingluo had thought of all the rebuttals, but he never expected Duan Mingyuan to raise questions to him from a scientific perspective.

"Scientific basis? Duan Mingyuan, I advise you not to make such a fuss anymore."

Chu Xingluo of course couldn't answer the scientific basis of it, so he could only angrily scold, "The art of controlling the sword has been established since ancient times, these are things passed down by our ancestors."

"Has it been correct since ancient times?"

"What other excuses do you want to make?"

“Excuse me, who is the person who made the assertion?”

"Of course it is... the founders of Yunhai Academy. Do you want to question their wisdom?"

“It’s not wisdom, it’s knowledge.”

Duan Mingyuan said, "The founders of Yunhai Academy lived in the chaotic times hundreds of years ago, and were mainly active in the era before the arrival of the aliens. After the war was lost, they were hunted down by the court officials and came to Qingchi Peak, where they founded Yunhai Academy. This means that they actually did not enjoy the technological changes brought by the aliens, and never lived in an era of convenient transportation and advanced online consultation. In that era, it was physically impossible for them to travel to every piece of land on this planet."

"so what?"

"Then let me ask you, if someone who was not from the First King's clan used the sword-controlling technique somewhere at that time, how would they know?"

Chu Xingluo said disdainfully, "You are just making sophistry. They once fought alongside the First King. The First King once said that the art of controlling the sword is only passed down to family members. It is a family secret."

"This only means that the First King family is unwilling to share the family secrets with outsiders, but it does not mean that outsiders cannot learn. I have read many classics in the library, and it is not uncommon for family secrets not to be passed on to outsiders."

“If it is not passed on to outsiders, how can outsiders learn it?”

"If a servant in the family learns this, how would the founders of the academy know? Have they met every member of the family?"

"You are making excuses!"

Chu Xingluo slammed the table. As the dean of the chess academy, teachers and students of the academy were in awe of him on weekdays, and he was used to living a life where his word was final.

What made him even more angry was Duan Mingyuan's calm attitude. Although he was clearly regarded as a spy who had sneaked into the academy, he did not show any panic at all, as if he was not being judged but discussing academic issues with others.

"I'm not arguing, but Dean Chu has been slow to provide evidence that can convince me."

For Duan Mingyuan, this is actually a question of working backwards from the result, "Why am I, an outsider who has no blood relationship with the First King's family, able to use the sword-controlling technique that has been passed down from generation to generation?"

Duan Mingyuan believed that this was enough to overturn the conclusion that only the descendants of the First King could learn the art of sword-wielding.

"You should ask yourself. I have read many classics. I am afraid that even the first king himself would not be able to do this well, right?" "I did learn about the sword-controlling technique from somewhere else, and then I learned about the sword in the mountain."

Duan Mingyuan did not deny it.

"Then tell me, where did you learn about the existence of the sword-controlling technique? There is no relevant record in the library of the academy. I only learned about it by chance in my early years."

"Without his consent..."

"it's me."

An unexpected voice interrupted the conversation between the two, and everyone looked in the direction of the voice at the same time.

When the Dean of the Qin Academy, Su Yunru, saw the visitor, she glared at her fiercely, as if she wanted to use her eyes to warn her not to set foot in this court.

But the traitor Ning Ruyue once again ignored her warning, walked through the crowd with a firm gaze and went straight to Duan Mingyuan.

She held the sword in her right hand, and with a thought, the flying sword engraved with royal patterns flew towards the court amid exclamations and landed steadily in front of Mo Song.

"Dean Chu is generally correct, but the person who inherited the bloodline of the First King was not Teacher Mingyuan. It was only after I asked him for advice that he learned about the existence of the sword-controlling technique."

"Kisaragi!"

Su Yunru was furious and shouted, "Don't talk nonsense here!"

"Master, I can't retreat any further."

Ning Ruyue did not back down. Instead, she raised her voice and said to everyone, "I am the daughter of the First King. This sword was passed down to me by my father himself. The mark on it is the best proof."

While speaking, Mo Song had already checked the mark on the flying sword and nodded slightly, agreeing with Ning Ruyue's words. Then, he glanced at Su Yunru. From the conversation between the two just now, it was not difficult to see that the dean of the Qin Academy seemed to have known this huge secret for a long time.

The legitimate daughter of the first king is the eldest princess.

The eldest princess in the court had actually lived in the academy for so many years right under their noses.

"Ugh!"

Su Yunru sighed, closed her eyes and leaned back. After a long while, she said, "A few years ago, I owed a great favor to a friend in the court. At that time, the court was in chaos. He risked his life to escort Ruyue all the way here. Before he died, he entrusted Ruyue to me. How could I refuse? But I guarantee as the dean of the Qin Academy that everything that happened in the academy recently has nothing to do with Ruyue."

Duan Mingyuan noticed that with the arrival of Ning Ruyue and the sigh of the dean of Qinyuan, the atmosphere in the courtroom suddenly became hot.

When he was debating with Chu Xingluo on academic issues, the teachers of Yunhai Academy were lifeless, and it seemed that no one was interested in the topic of "whether people other than the First King's bloodline could learn the art of sword-wielding".

But now, they all came "alive", everyone held their breath, concentrating so as not to miss any details of what was to come.

Ning Ruyue is the eldest princess in the court?

The old friend mentioned by the dean of the Qin Academy who has always been self-admiring like a flower on the mountain?

There is also the chaos in the court and the entrustment of the deceased.

Elaborate!

Duan Mingyuan could only see these two words from the eyes of the people who stretched their necks and had eyes as bright as spotlights.

Currently the total number of days on the shelf: 35~
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(End of this chapter)