Evening Party, Ouyang Tianhan?

[An electronic message came into view: "Your ranking information has not yet been found."]

[You told Bai Ci about it. It was his first time encountering such a situation as well. After having you try several more times with no result, he comforted you by saying there might have been a problem at the Association headquarters. Yet both of you knew the odds of such an incident occurring were minuscule.]

[After Yan Ruliu learned that you had been unable to check your assessment ranking, she suspected that you had used some underhanded means and been discovered by the Association headquarters. The man beside her mocked you as well.]

[You paid no attention to their ridicule. After all, you had no intention of locking horns with two irritating flies.]

[As night fell, you arrived at the Alchemist Association in Guanghai Port City. Tonight, there was an evening party gathering the young alchemy geniuses of all Great Xia, and naturally, you would not miss it.]

[During the event, you heard that every year, the Alchemist Association headquarters dispatched ten Radiant Gold Elders to the branches in the top ten assessment-ranked cities for lectures and guidance. No one knew whether anyone from Guanghai Port City would make it into this year's national top ten.]

[However, some speculated that the only person in all of Guanghai Port City with any hope of challenging the national top ten was Miss Yuan Mengqi. Just as they said this, someone cried out, "Look! It's Yuan Mengqi herself! I never thought she'd attend in person today. Doesn't she usually dislike lively occasions like banquets?"]

[You followed everyone's gazes, and sure enough, a beautiful figure entered your sight.]

[The boiling clamor of the Alchemy Talent Exchange Meeting suddenly fell silent for an instant, then quietly rippled back out as