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Inside Elegant Room 77, agarwood smoke curled up from the gilded bronze sparrow burner, lingering into a thin mist like springtime mist and rain.
Chen Xiaojun picked up the purple clay teapot and poured tea for his guest, then gently pushed a celadon cup in front of Si Baining. "Academy Head Baining's name has long been renowned throughout Wuling. It is a pity fate has kept us from meeting until now."
"Today, you spoke up for justice in the hall. Xiaojun is grateful from the bottom of his heart."
As he spoke, the jade pot tilted slightly, and amber tea flowed into the cup on Xia Yun's table as well.
Si Baining pressed her scallion-white fingers to her round fan to hide her lips, her eyes rippling like peach blossoms in March. "Young Master Chen praises me too highly. Those rootless duckweed words of mine could hardly shake a towering locust tree. In the end, this matter was still your Chen Clan's might overawing Fasinuo."
Chen Xiaojun's brows lifted slightly. "You cannot put it that way. Tian Feng's reputation is known throughout Fasinuo. Speaking for justice on the Martial Arts Viewing Platform was enough to speak on behalf of the academies, just like winter plum blossoms breaking through the snow."
Si Baining suddenly set the round fan down on the small table with the entwined branch pattern, her slender fingers smoothing the gold-thread edging of her shawl. "Known throughout Fasinuo? Too much praise."
"Tian Feng only ranked eighth this year, worse than seventh place last time. I should instead congratulate Five Mountains Academy on entering the top three."
Xia Yun silently raised his cup in a distant toast. Through the curling tea mist, only a sudden flash of sharp light could be seen in his rhinoceros-like