Even students from the same school were not all united. Every year, those who ranked at the bottom of the assessments were eliminated. If others did well and your own results fell a little short, you could find yourself facing expulsion.
Although Kang Nan and the others had encountered tremendous danger, they had also found tremendous opportunities. Their assessment results for the trip to the Lost Forest were all excellent, and the resources they had brought back could even earn them extra points, leaving the other students far behind. Those who had yet to complete their missions felt even more pressure.
That evening, once most of the students had returned to the camp, murmurs of discussion could be heard everywhere.
Kang Nan was an Advanced Class student with some powerful connections, so most people did not dare gossip about him. But the other students grew visibly dispirited after hearing so much talk about themselves. Kang Nan was too absorbed in his training to notice, but Ye Chuqi saw it.
She and Xiaojiu were temporarily staying in the Imperial Capital Academy's camp as well. They had pitched a small tent right beside Bai Fenghua's—a perfectly ordinary little white tent bearing the conspicuous emblem of the Bai Family.
The students of the Imperial Capital Academy had all heard about Ye Chuqi's identity—Teacher Bai Fenghua's long-lost niece, who was also the Ye Family's eldest daughter, missing for years. That identity alone would send shock waves through the Imperial Capital.
Quite a few of these students had special ways to contact their families, including but not limited to devices such as crystal balls. The news of Eldest Miss Ye's return would surely spread throughout the Imperial Capital soon and resound across the continent.
The only concern was that the Ye Family might be the