The next day, the tournament continued.
The first event was the contest for the seasonal-seat student position: Princess Bailing against Yan Ruyu.
Princess Bailing had completely emerged from yesterday's blow. The more she fought Yan Ruyu, the braver she became, and in the end, she defeated Yan Ruyu for the first time and claimed the seasonal-seat student position.
After the contest for the seasonal-seat student position ended, the contest for Chief Student followed immediately.
Jiang Ping'an stepped onto the arena and waited for quite a while, yet Shangguan Xue still did not appear.
In the end, Shangguan Xue never showed up, and Jiang Ping'an won by default.
As he stepped down from the arena, Jiang Ping'an could not help wondering whether Shangguan Xue had deliberately stayed away from the match because she did not wish to compete with him.
He searched his own heart. If Shangguan Xue had appeared today to fight him, would he have yielded?
Both he and Shangguan Xue had concealed their strength, neither wishing for others to know their true capabilities.
That afternoon, Jiang Ping'an received word that Shangguan Xue had left Taiwu Academy the previous night, leaving behind a letter.
He immediately guessed that Shangguan Xue had been forced to leave Taiwu Academy and Yujing because she feared being coveted by others.
Back then, Shangguan Xue had asked him to keep her secret. Yet barely half a year had passed, and she had exposed so much of her strength in such a public manner that everyone suspected she had obtained a Great Destiny.
Although she had left Taiwu Academy in time, some ill-intentioned people would still track her down. She was still in great danger.
Without Taiwu Academy's protection, those villains coveting her Great Destiny would become even more unscrupulous.
A man was guilty merely