I'm only one year old, what the heck is a Overturning System?!

The Great Master rarely makes an appearance, only showing up at the annual academy conference to expound on Confucian classics for them.

The Second Master is even more elusive, having been absent without a trace for over a decade.

Had it not been for the rumors in the academy that the Second Master was away and had not returned, he would have thought that person had already perished.

The Third Master before him, although he too travels, always spends several months a year at the academy teaching them Confucian techniques.

For this reason, in the hearts of Chen Fan and many other scholars, the Third Master is much stricter than the other masters.

"Teacher, are you here to see me?"

Seeing the Third Master still standing, Chen Fan looked up at him and asked somewhat unnaturally.

The Third Master nodded, smiled, and said, "Earlier Dong An found me and said you should stay in the academy for the time being, and I was worried you might slack off."

"Now..." He pointed to the scrolls on Chen Fan's desk and said, "Now I am at ease."

Chen Fan's heart relaxed, and he saluted, "I dare not slack off, Teacher."

The Third Master gestured for them to sit down and continued saying:

"I assume you are aware of Dong An and Jiang Ye's departure from the academy earlier."

"Upon consideration, it seems best to have them return to the academy for the upcoming grand event. If it's convenient for you, Chen Fan, how about going to the Left Minister's Mansion to persuade them on behalf of the academy?"

Chen Fan paused, a hint of joy on his face: "Rest assured, Teacher, I too hope for Brother Dong An and Brother Jiang Ye to return."

Wang Yanran glanced at him and asked playfully, "Teacher, can I go with them?"

"You?" The Third Master looked at her with a half-smile: "Yan Ran, you've been slacking in your studies lately, haven't you?"

Wang Yanran blushed but said quite frankly, "I've been pestering... accompanying my brother since he returned from the Path of the Grand Void."

"The Path of the Grand Void?"

The Third Master looked a bit surprised, pondered for a moment, then nodded:

"You're talking about Wang Yongnian? The fellow disciple of today's Heroic Marquis Chen Yi?"

"Then you can go with Chen Fan, but don't cause trouble; I still want Dong An and Jiang Ye to participate in the grand event under the academy's name after they return."

Nearby scholars, hearing they could leave the academy, immediately crowded over to plead to accompany them to the Left Minister's Mansion to persuade Xie Dongan.

"You?"

"We will certainly do our utmost to persuade the two brothers."

Seeing them agree, the Third Master smiled, encouraged them a bit, and then sent them all off from the Book Storage Tower.

Chen Fan immediately called on Wang Yanran to tidy up the scrolls on the desk and returned them to the bookshelf.

The other scholars did the same.

For the scholars of the Kyoto Academy, maintaining the cleanliness and organization of the Book Storage Tower is ingrained as eating and sleeping.

"Teacher, we take our leave."

After finishing these tasks, Chen Fan and the others saluted the Third Master and turned to leave the Book Storage Tower.

It wasn't until they had walked quite a distance that Wang Yanran suppressed her voice to complain, "The teacher's words are indeed effective; I asked you to come play... study the six arts, and you wouldn't."

"It's different. Brother Dong An and Brother Jiang Ye did nothing wrong, yet they were blamed by other classmates. We naturally must invite them back to the academy."

"True, if Brother Chen Yi were here, those people probably wouldn't even manage to speak..."

Once a dozen or so scholars had left.

Only the Third Master was left outside the Saint Statue.

He looked at the scholars obscured by the bookshelves, adjusted his long robe, and passed through the Saint Statue to a room inside.

When the door closed, his expression suddenly turned stern.

The Third Master looked at the plain white walls inside the room, waved his hand to spread a veil of Vast Energy to conceal the aura inside.

Then he took out a jade ring and placed it on his finger, saying coldly:

"I told you, unless absolutely necessary, you must not communicate through sound transmission, right?"

"Of course, it is necessary," a voice emitted from the jade ring:

"'Old strategist,' you're being too cautious. Could it be you're afraid of being discovered by Lin Zhongke?"

The Third Master's eyes turned cold as he sat cross-legged in a corner of the room, saying indifferently:

"Just when you used the secret technique to communicate, Li Qingzhou happened to come in, and Lin Zhongke was present too."

"Isn't that a good thing?" The voice said playfully: "With Li Qingzhou here, Lin Zhongke won't notice you."

"Stop with the nonsense!"

"Alright, alright... I'm here to inform you that the time has moved up; the 'General' wishes to see us tonight."

The Third Master slightly frowned, his tone growing more solemn, asking: "Why the rush?"

"The Earth Monk came at dawn to tell me there had been a change in the Kyoto Prefecture, 'Lu Xiaofeng' suddenly appearing which grabbed the 'General's' attention, and mentioned that your prediction was inaccurate..."

"Inaccurate?" The Third Master snorted: "He's just worried that the plan might be meddled with."

The voice continued, "It's for the best."

"Start earlier, end sooner. I've waited forty years; it's time to head to Taizhou Mountain to gather with you all."

The Third Master nodded after pondering for a moment: "That makes sense."

"You've indeed stayed on the Tianyuan Continent for too long. If you don't return to meet with everyone soon, I fear at the next conference, you'll drop from the 'Major' rank to 'Soldier' rank."

"True enough... I came specifically to inform you of this; don't miss the opportunity at quarter past midnight."

After the words were finished, the owner of that voice withdrew their consciousness.

Once everything had calmed down, the Third Master still had a frown on his face, clearly thrown off by the sudden change.

"Tonight..."

The Third Master, after a brief contemplation, made a decision.

Subsequently, he set off quickly from the Book Storage Tower back to the deeper part of the academy, heading straight to the tea room on the top floor.