456 The Current Situation

For the next few conferences, Baiyi remained insufferably unyielding towards compromise. It was as though he did it to see if anyone would still dare cross him. Fortunately, no one was hurt — neither did anyone die — unlike that poor sod, as not many were stupid enough to try their luck.

Ever since Da Xue was founded, Baiyi acted as meek as a scholar to most people. Many thought his interests laid solely in the pursuit of knowledge. Combined with the fallibility of the human memory, ten years were enough to make the more forgetful — and the less vigilant — members of the public to forget who Baiyi really was. They had also forgotten how he attained the position and status he currently held.