At Tai'e Sword Academy,
Leng Qiu's elegant brows drew together.
She was still puzzling over the Arena. Why would an exalted Fifth Realm powerhouse like Hall Master Lei suddenly interfere in a Life-and-Death Arena match between two juniors?
Then,
the Void Terminal on her wrist gave a faint vibration.
Leng Qiu glanced down and froze.
My place on the Primordial Ancient Star expedition was approved! A flicker of delight rose in her heart.
She was in the Nu River Realm, but the sect had plenty of Nu River Realm experts. By her own reckoning, she barely ranked among the top twenty.
She had submitted her application just to try her luck, believing her chances were vanishingly slim.
Yet the place had actually gone to her!
Then she read on and saw the name listed as her partner.
"Lu Zhen?" Leng Qiu's eyes widened in disbelief. How could it be him?
He had only joined the sect recently and had just broken through to the Rushing River Realm!
Does Lu Zhen have some unspeakable connection to Hall Master Lei? Could he be his illegitimate son? Leng Qiu muttered inwardly.
Otherwise, nothing made sense.
Why had Hall Master Lei appeared at the precise moment Qi Xuan was about to strike a killing blow and forcibly canceled the match?
He had not only saved Lu Zhen, but turned around and given him a place on the Primordial Ancient Star expedition?
As Leng Qiu saw it,
even if Lu Zhen played every card he held and defeated Qi Xuan,
he was still a hundred and eight thousand li from qualifying for the Primordial Ancient Star expedition.
Still,
when she thought about traveling to that perilous, unknown Primordial Ancient Star with that wicked boy who always had a glib answer,
Leng Qiu's heart beat half