Lin Yuan Pavilion.
Second floor.
"Greetings, Your Highness!" Wan Jianyi went up to the second floor and saw the Third Prince holding a wine cup. He immediately cupped his hands, then accepted the wine cup the Third Prince handed him.
"Come, a toast to Brother Wan. Many thanks for doing me the honor of attending!"
"You are too courteous, Your Highness! Since Your Highness invited me, how could I possibly not come!" Wan Jianyi smiled faintly, without the pride swordsmen so often had.
And at this moment.
Li Qing was staring straight at Jiang Ning, both eyes fixed on him.
"Senior Sister Li!" Jiang Ning met Li Qing's gaze and smiled faintly.
Hearing this, Wan Jianyi finished the wine in his cup, then glanced at Jiang Ning with a cool gaze.
When he saw Ji Mingyue beside Jiang Ning, a strange look flashed through his eyes.
Though he did not know Jiang Ning, he had long since heard Jiang Ning's name, and had even heard that the Seventeenth Princess of the Imperial Clan had had her heart captured by Jiang Ning, and that the two had already privately pledged themselves to each other for life in secret.
Now that he saw Ji Mingyue sitting at his side, her expression and bearing intimate, he knew this outstanding-looking man before him was Jiang Ning, ranked fourth on the Potential Rankings' Heaven Rankings.
He secretly sized Jiang Ning up twice, committed Jiang Ning's face to memory, then withdrew his gaze.
He knew that in the imminent Martial Examination Metropolitan Examination, Jiang Ning would be his greatest competitor—perhaps without equal.
As for that Master Mingxin, though his ranking on the Hidden Dragon Rankings' Heaven Rankings was higher than Jiang Ning's, Wan Jianyi understood the depths of Master Mingxin's strength, and he was still inferior