It was the day after the ranking tournament, and Zheng Jin, along with nine other disciples, was called onto the sect's Grand Hall to commemorate their victory in the Outer Sect's Ranking Tournament.
Zheng Jin, now mostly healed from his minor injuries, paid no attention to the chatter of the disciples around him and simply read a book while on his seat, giving the task his full attention.
As per usual, Jin Xing—who was supposed to be the proctor of the event—intended to arrive at the very last moment, he thought.
Taking a short break from his public reading session, he looked around and saw Bai Shuanyang sitting on the side of the room, not even making eye contact with him. Beside her, another disciple who won the tournament was, unsurprisingly enough, the number one seed in the compet
