He had even thought of a way to handle it: fudge the accounts a little to cover his clothing expenses.
"What happened to Little Seven? You look all dried up, like someone drained your yang to nourish their yin. Did the head of the Household scold you again?"
Shu Jinze wanted to say no, but after a moment's thought, he plunged out the door and raced all the way to the Falling Kite Tower. The waiter told him the three of them weren't there and had probably gone to the Cloud Platform.
...Why would disciples of a major sect care about a paltry Cloud Platform winning streak?
Shu Jinze had decided to stay away from the Cloud Platform for a while. Losing his streak was embarrassing, after all. But circumstances left him no choice. Besides—
"What happened? Why is it so lively?"
"Young Master Seven, what brings you here?" The man realized his slip as soon as he spoke and hurried to explain. "Someone challenged Huang Qixuan's Hundred-Win Streak today!"
Pingshui City had four Cloud Platforms. Three were the Low Cloud Arena, Middle Cloud Arena, and High Cloud Arena. The last was the Heavenly Arena, which only those with a Hundred-Win Streak could enter.
Anyone who achieved a Hundred-Win Streak, regardless of cultivation level, would have their name placed on the Heavenly Arena's Heaven Ranking. Though the Heaven Ranking carried less authority than the Prodigies Ranking, it was renowned throughout Pingshui City and the surrounding cities. It was the region's most prestigious ranking.
What was more, everyone on the Heaven Ranking was an honored guest of Pingshui City and enjoyed a wealth of benefits. For cultivators who came from neither a major sect nor an Aristocratic Clan, those benefits alone were worth fighting for with everything they had.
Of course,