After locking eyes for a few seconds, Xu Zhi looked away. For some reason, she felt that there was something subtle about the way that girl looked at her.
She could understand curiosity—many people were curious about her now—but the other girl's gaze differed from the others' simple curiosity. Xu Zhi felt that there was an oddly familiar quality in it.
It was not that Xu Zhi recognized her. Rather, the girl seemed as though she had seen Xu Zhi somewhere before.
Too strange.
After looking away, Xu Zhi poked Su Ran's shoulder beside her and asked quietly, "What's the name of that especially conspicuous Lamp attribute girl on the left? Which academy is she from?"
The moment Xu Zhi asked, Su Ran knew who she meant.
After all, with such an obvious external manifestation of the [Lamp] attribute, it would be hard not to know.
"Jiang Qing. A core member of Lingzhou Light Institute."
Just as Xu Zhi thought Lingzhou sounded somewhat familiar, Su Ran continued explaining, "Lingzhou Light Institute ranked first in this year's Light Institute internal competition. They're also one of the favorites to win the league this year. Quite a few people predict that the finals will be them against either the Heavenly Heart Society or Heaven-Answering City."
After saying that, even Senior Su Ran, who usually did not talk much, could not help sighing. "She's beautiful, isn't she? She practically doesn't seem like something from this world."
Xu Zhi nodded. "She really is beautiful."
"She's ridiculously strong, too. They didn't lose a single match in the Light Institute internal competition. Some say Heaven-Answering City only won the last championship because Jiang Qing hadn't joined the team yet."
Shu Yushan overheard their conversation and added, "If we'd had our junior during the internal competition, our ranking