It was still early. Since the matter had been resolved, there was no need to delay any longer.
For the first-year freshmen of the Outer Court, the class placement assessment was currently their top priority.
Xuan Zi nodded in agreement and returned to the academy before Ye Chen.
As for Ye Chen, he was staring in the direction Candlelight had left, his heart filled with thoughts.
In truth, he and Candlelight had exchanged only a few words. From the moment they met until now, only five short minutes had passed, and the strange phenomenon had lasted less than a quarter of an hour from beginning to end.
Yet in those mere fifteen minutes, he had learned far too many inconceivable things. In particular, that line from the other party—"Wasn't it you who brought me here?"—still made no sense to him, but it seemed the true answer was no longer far away.
And Candlelight seemed extremely familiar with his affairs, even calling the world within his left pupil the Netherworld.
If this Netherworld was the one he remembered, the one Houtu had transformed into, then this was a huge problem.
But judging from what he knew, that was unlikely. Perhaps it was merely a similar place with a similar name.
Ye Chen let out a breath and temporarily suppressed his chaotic thoughts.
Earlier, he had sent Wang Dong'er to the Inner Court to notify Bei Bei and the others. Given that girl's personality, she had probably already completed the task he gave her and was on her way to find him.
He might as well wait for her here. They could go together later to meet those newly selected Reserve Team Members in the Outer Court. After all, this was not far from the freshmen's teaching building.
Ye Chen's mind was