ed in an uproar.The white-haired national scholar, the head of the Imperial Academy, was so moved that he wept tears of joy. He cried out loudly, “May our ancestors protect us! May our ancestors prote...g away suddenly let out a muffled groan and froze in place.He struggled to turn over, but the life force rapidly draining from his body prevented him from doing so.A trace of scarlet blood seeped from...