At the sight of those three characters, the sky-filled cheers from the West Courtyard disciples came to an abrupt halt. Everyone's expressions froze as they stared at the Heavenly Mystery Tower in disbelief.
"Th-this... must be a mistake..."
"How could this be..."
"An illusion?"
It was not only the disciples who thought they had seen wrong. In that instant, many Nascent Soul-stage elders also thought there was something wrong with their eyes. Some even circulated spiritual energy into their eyes and looked again. Only then did they confirm that the name displayed on the Heavenly Mystery Tower was not wrong. Those three characters truly read Mu Yuyi, not Shui Wenyao!
"Hahaha! Mu Yuyi! Our East Courtyard's Mu Yuyi!!!" Elder Liu of the East Courtyard was the first to burst into laughter. When he saw his prized disciple finally become the first name to appear on the Heavenly Mystery Tower, he nearly wept tears of joy on the spot.
Immediately afterward, once the East Courtyard disciples recovered from their shock, they erupted into the most fervent screams and applause. To return all the mockery they had endured earlier, every one of them went all out, filling the area around the Heavenly Mystery Tower with their wild cheers.
The many elders who had kicked Mu Yuyi while he was down smacked their lips and awkwardly glanced at the name on the Heavenly Mystery Tower, not knowing what to say. Just moments ago, they had unanimously believed that Shui Wenyao could not be surpassed, yet they had been slapped in the face so quickly.
"What's there to be so smug about? It's just first place..." an elder from the South Courtyard said with a disdainful frown.
"Exactly. He acts as if he's something extraordinary..." someone immediately echoed.
These people simply could not