Before the Martial Refinement Tower.
Ding ding!
The bronze bells beneath the eaves of the ninth floor swayed slightly.
"Senior Sister Wang has begun!"
"Lin He failed. Can Senior Sister Wang succeed?"
"Who knows!"
"..."
Amid the Martial Academy students' discussions.
Only a few breaths passed.
The bronze bells on the ninth floor of the Martial Refinement Tower, which had been swaying slightly, suddenly fell still.
"Did Senior Sister Wang succeed? Or fail?"
"Who knows!!"
After a few simple exchanges outside the tower, silence returned.
But Jiang Ning knew that Wang Qingtan had likely succeeded.
How could Wang Qingtan, who possessed divinity, be as simple as she appeared?
She had chosen to enter the tower now because she was clearly unwilling to lag behind others. She would surely clear it with ease.
After all, the ninth floor of the Martial Refinement Tower was only difficult enough for a seventh-rank martial artist to handle.
A moment later.
Boom—
The tower door trembled slightly before slowly opening.
The morning sunlight streamed through the gap in the door and shone upon Wang Qingtan's splendid long dress. The gold-trimmed gown reflected a golden radiance beneath the sun, making her seem like a koi fairy, yet also like a divine maiden of the phoenix.
At that moment.
The bronze bells from the first through ninth floors of the Martial Refinement Tower began to ring in unison.
Ding ding ding!
The sound was pleasing and crisp, brimming with joy, as though celebrating something.
"Senior Sister Wang succeeded!!!" Seeing the strange change in the Martial Refinement Tower, the Martial Academy students outside immediately parted their lips in astonishment.
Lin He, ranked first at Eastern Mausoleum Martial Academy, had only just failed. None of them had thought Wang Qingtan could succeed.
If Wang Qingtan could succeed, how could