The other man looked perfectly composed, calm as a cloud drifting on a light breeze. He hardly seemed like some reckless fool who knew nothing.
By contrast, Junior Brother Meng was red-faced with anger, and his opponent controlled the entire pace of the exchange.
After a moment's hesitation, the Cold Woman sensed the atmosphere growing stranger and finally rose to her feet.
"Oh? Senior Sister Yuru is interested in this Array contest too?"
When the young man surnamed Meng had stepped forward, the Heavenly Star Sect Disciples had seen it as nothing more than a petty squabble.
But the moment the woman stood up, the atmosphere changed.
Even Elder Gongsun, who sat alone at the center of the Array Hall delivering his lecture, quietly knitted his brows.
Of the hundreds of Disciples in the hall, Yan Yuru was the only one he truly cared about. He had even come to regard her as the successor to his teachings.
That she had stepped forward of her own accord surprised Elder Gongsun.
"Well, looks like someone important has stepped in."
Xiao Jinghong took in every change in the hall after Yan Yuru rose, then quietly signaled to his senior brother.
He knew nothing about the Array Path and had paid no attention to the lecture. Instead, he had been discreetly watching the Heavenly Star Sect Disciples.
The woman they called Senior Sister Yuru was one of the few Heavenly Star Sect Disciples, apart from Luo Yi and his own senior brother, who had listened intently to Elder Gongsun's explanation of Array fundamentals.
She had not uttered a single complaint.
With that sort of temperament, how could she be an ordinary person?
Remembering how someone had overheard his earlier voice transmission, Xiao Jinghong approached Senior Brother Beichen with care and spoke softly in