Sometimes, time came to a standstill for a single moment.
It happened when the human mind couldn't process what lay before it.
Daylight broke. The wind rose. For an instant, a chill seized them.
With a thud, Chu Xuansheng's body slowly slid down from the Green Wall. A ring of white shockwaves spread from the spot where his body had just collided with it.
He landed on the ground, sprawled on his side like a scorned woman, his eyes fixed on the floor.
Silence.
A silence like a raging torrent, like a cold wind, swept through the entire Body Tempering Room.
Lu Chong, whom Chu Xuansheng had just sent flying, was still wailing, but in the next instant, his body stiffened.
Li Qingyuan, Gao Yuan, and the other students—whether they were inside the Body Tempering Room or elsewhere within it—slowly turned their stiff necks toward the young man standing against the wall.
Far away, inside a high-rise.
Chu Feiyuan's eyes flew wide open, then narrowed again in the next instant. Sweat beaded on his forehead.
Gong Tuo fell silent, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper.
Beside him, Luo Puxin's brows shot up, and stayed there.
Holy shit.
"You..."
Inside the Body Tempering Room, Chu Xuansheng shook his head. The fury in his eyes gradually ebbed, replaced by even deeper shock and bewilderment.
"You..."
He looked at Chen Yan.
"Who are you?"
Chen Yan didn't answer. Under the silent gazes of everyone around him, he stepped forward and stopped right in front of Chu Xuansheng, a faint smile on his face.
"I'm weak. I'm not worthy of you knowing my name."
"Heh."
Chu Xuansheng froze. He studied Chen Yan closely, a smile slowly appearing at the corner of his mouth.
The smile deepened, growing more and more savage, until in the