On Qin Kingdom's side of the preparation seats.
The commander of the Barong Army, Zhang Gu, smiled warmly. "It seems this Qi State Prodigy has made Zhizhen feel pressured, too."
"Before the competition, he went out of his way to speak with that Jiang Wang from Qi State. He probably already knew something about him."
Gan Chang'an, whose injuries had mostly healed, chimed in from beside them.
Huang Budong, who had been half asleep for a while, opened his eyes and mumbled, "So this Jiang Wang might bring even more surprises than Huang Sheli and Zhao Rucheng?"
The Yellow River Assembly was a grand gathering of the young Prodigies of every nation, all of them in their prime.
Huang Budong was the sole exception. Just by appearance, he looked several generations older than even Zhang Gu.
Sitting beside the youthful-looking Gan Chang'an, who was only nineteen, he could easily have passed for his grandfather.
Yet among these two Prodigies, the one who looked green and tender surveyed the whole situation, considered everything carefully, and worried about everything.
The one who looked aged and weather-beaten, meanwhile, was muddleheaded and worried about nothing.
"Perhaps that's how Qin Zhizhen sees it, though I don't think it's realistic," Gan Chang'an replied. Then he asked, puzzled, "I thought he'd only draw his saber in the final. Why does he take this Jiang Wang so seriously?"
Gan Chang'an could see all the information on the Prodigies of the various nations that Qin Zhizhen could access.
According to the records, Jiang Wang of Qi State had dominated overseas and was unmatched within Qi. He certainly stood out. But among the Prodigies of the six great powers under heaven, he wasn't exactly top-tier.
With his cultivation at the Heavenly Mansion, Qin Zhizhen was the overwhelming favorite to win