He had fallen from rank 10 to rank 11 on the Proclamation of Azure Clouds, being overtaken by Qi Jian, this was an injustice to him. Qi Jian was someone that had lost to him before and his goal was Qiu Shan Jun, therefore, having entered the top 10, he no longer bothered issuing challenges. On what basis was this judgement made? Didn’t the Council of Divine Ordinance usually use the results of personal duels as the basis for their evaluations?
His wet hair draped across his eyes, blocking out his sharp gaze. Thinking of his little junior, nay… Her Highness, Luo Luo’s current position on the proclamation, was enough to drive him into a frenzy, but he immediately calmed himself, with only his eyes showing a hint of red. He had once thought that he didn’t need to prove his strength in front of others, but he now knew he was wrong. That Chen Chang Sheng wanted to place first upon the First Banner? Junior Luo Luo called him Sir? Very well, Zhuang Huan Yu raised his head, finding that he longed for the date of the Grand Examination to quickly arrive.
At the Tian Hai clan’s manor, the current family head, Tian Hai Cheng Wu, and his son, Tian Hai Sheng Xue, had a brief discussion over today’s update to the proclamation and the declaration that was made.
“If Chen Chang Sheng was to be able to place first upon the First Banner, then he really might be able to marry Xu You Rong into his family… but this is impossible.”
“I agree, this is impossible.”
Tian Hai Sheng Xue calmly replied to his father, his pearly white face didn’t reveal any reaction; he didn’t care as to whether Chen Chang Sheng could complete his Purification, even if Chen Chang Sheng was to come across multiple miracles, he still wouldn’t care. He knew that Chen Chang Sheng wouldn’t succeed; he himself had returned from the faraway Yung Xue pass to the Capital in order to achieve only one goal and that was to place first upon the First Banner.
In the anterior section of the Li Palace complex, behind the Cedrus trees lining the divine avenue, the guesthouse that was hosting the Southern envoy group was still as quiet as it was during the day.
Gou Han Shi was sat upon a long chair that was beside the veranda, looking at the sectioned off night sky that was visible through the courtyard’s skylight. He quietly contemplated for a lengthy amount of time, as if he wished to discern some sort of truth from the myriad of stars above.
Liang Ban Hu, Guan Fei Bai and Qi Jian all sat on chairs to the side, quietly discussing something. Elder Xiao Song Gong had left, alongside the Qiu Shan family head, those elders who had come for the betrothal, had already embarked on the journey towards returning to the South. They had to participate in the Grand Examination and thus remained; without their elders around, these youths from Li Shan Sword Sect were evidently more relaxed.