"Those are the First-class Guards who advanced this time?"
"I can't believe five people advanced this time."
"Who would've thought? By the way, that beauty must be Guard Mu, right? And the one beside her is Guard Chen?"
"It has to be those two. I hear they've made quite a name for themselves lately."
"Indeed. For guards to make us all hear their names, they must have some real talent."
"In all these years, those two have been the fastest-promoted guards in the Yun Family."
"I hear Yun Hao is trying to win them over."
"Hah, so what if he is? Do you think they'll amount to anything?"
"Exactly."
"Yun Hao is one thing; at least he's from a collateral branch. Yun Fan is the one who's truly fallen low. He's a young master of the main family, yet he's trying to win over guards too. What a disgrace."
The Yun Family had a vicious hierarchy of contempt, and guards stood at its very bottom.
After all, no matter how outstanding a guard might be, in their eyes, guards were nothing but servants dependent on the Yun Family.
So the five First-class Guards, Chen Changan and the others, did seem rather out of place here.
"The Yun Family's grand competition comes once every thousand years. This time, we have to do our best to become external members of the Yun Family."
"Exactly. Only by leaving our status as guards behind can we gain more resources and a brighter future."
"Just look at those people. They've really forgotten their roots. They used to be guards too, but now they all look down their noses at everyone."
"Maybe they're just insecure. They hate their past, so when they see us, it's like they're looking at their former selves. They treat us this