Despite Director Fang's eyes spitting fire, Xu Yi simply refused to look at him. He stood motionless in the hall like a wooden post.
There were forty or fifty A-rank Deities like him in the hall. Hidden among the crowd, he didn't stand out at all.
After Envoys Xia Qijie and Qiu Ze had each delivered their speeches, Director Long, who was presiding over the gathering, said, "Which A-rank Deity would like to report their results first? This time, the academy intends to settle things for real. Those who have earned merit will be rewarded. Ever since Director Liu left his post, the academy has kept it vacant. We've been waiting for today. Of course, having no merit is a fault in itself. The one who ranks last will be stripped of their A-rank Deity position and severely punished."
Xu Yi felt that Director Long's gaze seemed to drift toward him as he spoke. He glanced at Director Fang out of the corner of his eye and saw him glaring at him with a sinister grin.
"Who would like to report their results first and get us off to a good start?" Director Long asked with a smile, his gaze settling on a long-faced youth. Although Xu Yi hadn't been at the Loose Immortal Academy for long, he knew the young man was called Fan Cheng, a well-known figure among the A-rank Deities.
Rumor had it that Fan Cheng was related to Xia Qijie. He'd heard long ago that the higher-ups were offering Director Liu's position as a reward this time specifically for Fan Cheng.
Otherwise, when had anyone ever heard of the higher-ups offering such a generous reward for an A-rank Deity evaluation?
Fan Cheng had only just stepped forward when a voice rang out. "I've registered a total