Twenty minutes later.
Gu Shen was summoned back to the classroom where the assessment was being held.
The three Sealed Items on the table had already been put away. The five Assessment Team members sat upright, and the atmosphere was momentarily solemn.
Had the assessment results come in...?
Gu Shen felt inexplicably nervous. He knew his Dream Interpretation results had been good, and there was a ninety-percent chance he had secured this assessment. Yet ever since childhood, whenever he found himself in a solemn, formal setting, he would get a little intimidated.
The odds were overwhelmingly in his favor, but there was still a slight possibility of failure.
What if... the result was bad?
Seeing the unease on Gu Shen's face, the Tribunal Head of Red Cedar District was the first to laugh.
Then the other Review Officers laughed as well.
Those few seconds of silence in the classroom were a small joke the Assessment Team had prepared for this S-rank newcomer after their discussion.
The result had already been decided the moment Gu Shen completed the Dream Interpretation of the Cage of the Netherworld Phantom.
An unquestionable S-rank.
So they let him worry for a little while.
"Congratulations."
Presiding Review Officer Tang Qingquan's voice broke the silence in the classroom.
A smile slowly appeared on his stern face. This tall Grand Arbiter, with his meticulously slicked-back hair and a face that seemed to say keep strangers away, unexpectedly looked warm and approachable when he smiled.
"Gu Shen, after our assessment and deliberation, the Assessment Team has decided to grant you an S-rank potential rating." The Grand Arbiter said solemnly, "Over the past twenty years, only a handful of transcendent beings in the Adjudication Court have received an S-rank evaluation. You are a newcomer in whom we place great hopes,