There was about a month left until the Second Genius Ranking Tournament.
It was the Ten-Day Rest. The descendants of the Zhennan Marquis Estate held their second gathering at a teahouse outside Taiwu Academy, having booked out an entire floor.
Their first gathering had been a month and a half ago, not long after the Genius Ranking Tournament ended. Nearly everyone had been badly shaken, and the atmosphere had been so stifling that no one spoke.
This gathering was much livelier. These descendants of the Zhennan Marquis Estate had basically recovered from the blow.
Jiang Ping'an naturally could not possibly attend such a gathering, yet he became the center of discussion among the descendants of the Zhennan Marquis Estate.
"Lately, Jiang Ping'an has been driving me mad. People keep asking whether he came from the Zhennan Marquis Estate, and they even want to use me to get close to him so he can guide them," complained one descendant of the Zhennan Marquis Estate.
The other descendants of the Zhennan Marquis Estate immediately joined in the complaints.
"Same here. Someone even asked me why Jiang Ping'an's surname was Jiang instead of Zhao. I told him outright that Jiang Ping'an wasn't worthy of the Zhao surname! That guy said nothing on the surface, but mocked our Zhennan Marquis Estate behind our backs. It makes me furious!"
"Jiang Ping'an is deeply scheming and exceptionally skilled at buying people's hearts! He only guides three people a day, making everyone line up and beg him."
"I saw through him long ago! He buys people's hearts while taking benefits from them, yet so many students foolishly fall for it and treat him with the utmost respect! Detestable! Loathsome!"
"Now I feel sick to my stomach whenever I hear his name!"
"Me too! He's a Mortal Body,