Skystar Academy.1

This was a new academy established twenty years ago. Countless descendants of senior officials, children of local officials, and those with extremely strong potential matriculated as students. Today, however, its august halls were so silent that a pin drop could be heard.0

Hou Xiaochen coughed and held a list of names in his hand. He stood on a stage and called out, “Xu Ming, Xu Yue, and Xu Rong… Are these students here?”0

He swept a gaze over several thousand furious students and coughed again. “Additionally, those that I call next will step forward as well. I am taking a roll call of those whose parents serve in the four institutions of Calm Borders. There seems to have been an insurrection there, so I must bring you back to the Night Watchers for your safety.”0

“Hou Xiaochen, the Silver Moon martial world refrains from dragging family members into your feuds! You go too far!” someone shouted.0

“My apologies, I am not of the martial world!” Hou Xiaochen smiled with a cough. “I am an official, the Skystar commander, and a deputy director of the Night Watchers. Those who serve in the government do not follow...2