"Newcomer?"
"Seems like I've never seen him before. What's his background?"
"Never seen him either. He's probably one of the useless fools from the Grade C or D Halls, someone who only scraped together a minor achievement."
Quite a few gazes turned his way, and more than a few carried malice.
Yun Ye acted as though he had seen and heard nothing.
In the entire Prominent Learning Hall, only the children of Aristocratic Clans truly had the right to speak. For everyone else, keeping their mouths shut was the optimal solution.
However, based on Yun Ye's observations, the so-called children of Aristocratic Clans did not actually include those from the great clans. He had never seen anyone from the true rulers of White Stone Town, such as the Liu Family.
Those who truly came to the Prominent Learning Hall belonged to ordinary Aristocratic Clans. They possessed cultivation methods and controlled part of White Stone Town's means of production, but they had not completed the entire cycle and still needed the Prominent Learning Hall and the government to obtain resources.
But since they controlled the means of production and part of White Stone Town's industries, their status was still far above that of commoners and wealthy merchants.
Wealthy merchants in particular had no choice but to attach themselves to an Aristocratic Clan, apart from outsiders. Otherwise, their wealth would inevitably be harvested.
Under such circumstances, although there were indeed many wealthy people in the entire hall, their status was generally low—only slightly higher than that of commoners—so they usually kept a low profile as well.
The moment Yun Ye entered the Prominent Learning Hall, he was judged to have a little money, but no talent or family background. That judgment was based on this very context.
Those who truly came from