Virat was very particular about the whole thing.
He didn't give any autonomy to the team at the moment. The elders and instructors whose egos were so beat up because of this protested harshly to the Deans. But the Deans didn't give a hoot.
They only had one answer for them.
'That same kid beat you all to actually dismantling the bird puppet of the hub. So, technically he had the lead on all of you. We always have been seekers of knowledge and believed that whoever holds more knowledge is fit to be the leader and teacher of that subject.
How come it is changing when the said person with more knowledge is just a bit weaker in cultivation?"
This answer kept them all dumb.
They didn't know what to say. It is not that none of them never followed that rule. It has always been the rule of Sanatan realm and they actually followed it in many cases. They were even taught by students in some cases.