Young Master Nan sat in the stands with a puzzled expression. He had seen plenty of the world and watched countless mirror images of the various sects, yet he simply could not make sense of what Shi Chun and his companion were playing at on the screen.
The participants from other sects practically wished they could tie themselves to their fellow disciples. They did not want to leave their groups even for a moment, and tried to dodge any assignment that required going alone, terrified of running into danger.
Those two were something else. They had broken away right at the start and infiltrated another sect-no, another continent, the camp of their greatest rival. Like a scorpion taking a shit, they were truly one of a kind. Weren't they afraid the Life Continent Regional Lord would beat the shit out of them?
He was far from the only one who could not understand it. Feng Chi, hidden beneath a black cloak, and Lan Qiaoyan and her daughter were all thoroughly bewildered.
After learning what had happened, Yan Ji was equally baffled. He walked to the cliff's edge and looked out over the mist-shrouded mountain forest beneath the rising sun, wondering where Guan Wen had gone.
He believed what the group had told him. The insect core crystals they had gathered were only part of the evidence. More importantly, he understood Guan Wen's thinking. With so many Insect Core Crystal Meteor Showers falling nearby, someone like Guan Wen-calm on the surface but with undercurrents churning beneath-would certainly not want to miss out. Which of their fellow disciples did not want to impress their senior sister?
After considerable thought, he decided that Guan Wen was, after all, a fellow disciple. Abandoning him would be hard to justify. Turning to the others, he