"Speak up. Why did you go outside Feng Yuqin's small building?" Liu Yu said calmly.
The students opened their mouths to make excuses.
Just then, Liu Yu spoke again, "Don't bother making excuses. That formation was clearly damaged."
All the students fell silent.
"We just went there to take a look," the young man in white said.
"Take a look?" Liu Yu sneered. "And then damaged the girl's formation?"
Another law - enforcer was also shocked. "So, if you want to take a look at someone else's small building in the future, will you just damage their formation? How is this different from being a robber?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of all the students involved turned ugly.
After all, in their hearts, they had high self - esteem.
Most of them were disciples from big families.
Now, being called robbers by the law - enforcers, how could they be willing?
"No, we didn't damage the formation on purpose," one of the students said. "It was an accident."
Liu Yu was so angry that he laughed. "Are you stupid, or do you think we're all as stupid as you?"
"But we didn't affect her in any way," one of the students said defiantly. "She was fine inside, while three of our people got hurt."
"So?" Liu Yu gave the student a cold look. "Do you think Feng Yuqin should compensate you because her formation hurt you?"
Since they didn't know what had damaged the spiritual consciousness of the three students, Liu Yu automatically assumed that it was Feng Yuqin's formation.
"It's clearly her fault," these people had distorted values.
This was what Liu Yu was thinking at the moment.
"Since this is your attitude, call the people in charge of your families here," Liu Yu said. At this, everyone was stunned again.
"No... no," one of the students instinctively objected.
Although these people were from big families, not all of them were favored.
They could make their families proud by being in the academy.
Some of them, who were not very favored in their families, had their status in the family improved because of their good performance in the academy.
So, if these students were asked to call their parents by the academy, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"Humph!" Liu Yu sneered. "No? Do you think you can decide at this stage?"
These people's moral compass was clearly off.
So his gaze fell on an elder who had just entered. "Elder Zhuang Yang, you're just in time."
Elder Zhuang glanced at these students. On his way here, he had already understood the whole situation.
So now, his face was not looking good either.
"Elder Liu," Elder Zhuang Yang stepped forward nervously.
Although he was also an elder, there were differences among the elders.
Among the elders in the academy, except for a few senior - level ones, Liu Yu was more feared than other elders in terms of power and prestige.
Liu Yu pointed at these students. "A new student just came to the academy. Elder Kou took her to choose the most remote small building. None of these people chose that small building before. Now that she has a better spirit - gathering formation, they're jealous?"
Elder Zhuang Yang was sweating nervously when he heard this.
Because he knew about this.
They all thought the small building was too remote and the effect of the spirit - gathering formation was not good.
So they chose the ones that were better in all aspects.
Now, not only were they coveting another student's things, but they had also caused a ruckus in the law - enforcement hall.
"Elder Liu, don't worry. I'll definitely punish them severely," Elder Zhuang Yang immediately said.
"I've already decided that they should call their parents," Liu Yu knew very well that if these students could make such excuses today, they must have done such things often before.
If no one took the initiative to cause trouble when they bullied others, he was too lazy to care.
But this situation was different.
The academy attached great importance to a genius like Feng Yuqin.
Moreover, they had gone looking for trouble on their own initiative, got hurt themselves, and even alerted the elders' council.
He couldn't ignore it.
Now, he just wanted Elder Zhuang to handle this matter properly.
"This..." Elder Zhuang was a bit embarrassed because he had received a lot of benefits from the students' families. "Elder Liu, isn't it a bit too harsh to call their parents?"
Liu Yu narrowed his eyes dangerously. "What? Is it getting in your way?"
Elder Zhuang was speechless.
It was indeed getting in his way, but could he say so?
Dare he say so?
He dared not.
But the students didn't care about that.
"Elder Zhuang, we won't call our parents. We won't do such things again. Please give us a chance," the students were still pleading, but Liu Yu was already impatient.
He waved his hand. "Elder Zhuang Yang, take them all away. Apart from calling their parents as I said, other punishments should be carried out according to the academy's regulations."
"Elder Liu, please forgive us. We were wrong... We won't dare to do it again," some students realized that they were really going to have their parents called.
They immediately panicked.
All of them began to plead for mercy. Those who had been making excuses before didn't care about it anymore.
All they wanted was for Liu Yu to forgive them.
Thud!
One after another, the students knelt down to plead for mercy. Some even said to Elder Zhuang, "Elder Zhuang, please plead for us. We were wrong this time. We'll never do such things again."
The commotion inside soon attracted others.
Most of the interrogations in the law - enforcement hall were carried out in this outer hall.
People outside the door could just see what was going on.
Moreover, as cultivators, they could easily hear the voices inside.
So they were all curious.
"What's wrong with these people? They seem to be in a bad situation," one person said.
"I know," someone who knew the inside story said. "It's said that Feng Yuqin, the one who is really good at passing the trials, has moved into the ninth district. But these people didn't know and wanted to cause trouble for her."
"What kind of trouble could they cause for Feng Yuqin?"
"It's said that the spirit - gathering formation in the small building where Feng Yuqin lives was not very effective before. But after she moved in, it got better. So they wanted to take it over," the person who knew the inside story began to explain to those around.
Soon, everyone knew what was going on.
"So, they went looking for trouble on their own initiative, got hurt themselves, and now the elders are asking them to call their parents?"
"Yes. Generally, big families have high hopes for the people who enter the academy. Some people even rely on being students of the Mountain - Sea Academy to have a place in their families."