After leaving the Martial Arts Assessment Center, the crowd dispersed in twos and threes. Some wore excited expressions, while others looked utterly dejected.
On the way back, Chen Shouyi was no longer all by himself.
"You live here too? I didn't expect you to be staying at the same hotel as us!" a burly man with a full beard shouted when they reached the hotel entrance.
"Yeah, what a coincidence." Chen Shouyi smiled.
He learned that the other man was named Lu Weifeng, and that his companion was Wei Chenghao, who was tall and lanky. The two came from the same place, but unfortunately, only Lu Weifeng had passed the preliminary test.
"Let's go eat together later." Lu Weifeng looked at Chen Shouyi and invited him with a smile. Although there was a huge age gap between them, that did not stop him from taking the initiative to make friends. Someone like this would definitely become an important figure in the future, as long as nothing unexpected happened.
Wei Chenghao, who had been somewhat downcast, also spoke up. "Yeah, let's eat together. Pick somewhere a little better."
"Sure. I'll go get something first." Chen Shouyi agreed readily.
"Then we'll meet at the hotel entrance." Lu Weifeng said.
Chen Shouyi returned to his room and took his briefcase. He opened it and glanced inside before pulling it shut again. By the time he reached the entrance, the two men had already been waiting there.
The group picked an upscale restaurant and reserved a private room.
"I'm not planning to go back. I'm thinking of training at the otherworld training room here for a while." Wei Chenghao set down his chopsticks, drank a glass of wine with a heavy heart, and spoke in a low voice.
"What about your wife and child?"