"C-eighteen, thirty-one lock lifts. Final grade: c-grade middle," the examiner announced Xu Yang's final result.
Everyone who had thought he was merely playing to the crowd fell silent, then turned in unison toward Lu Ren.
Was Xu Yang gifted, or was Lu Ren an overhyped fraud?
Despite the Gu Family's wholehearted support, his result was scarcely better than Xu Yang's.
"Damn it!"
Lu Ren's expression turned exceedingly ugly. That bastard Xu Yang had once again performed almost as well as he had, making everyone think he was useless. Even with all those resources, he still had not pulled ahead of Xu Yang.
"Damn it!" Gu Fang cursed inwardly too.
She had already caught an approving glance from her elder brother, Gu Haoming. He thought she had won Xu Yang over and secured another powerful ally.
If she told her brother that she had no friendship whatsoever with Xu Yang, and even mocked him from time to time-
Gu Fang hardly dared imagine the consequences.
"Not bad!"
On the raised platform, a faint smile appeared on Lin Cheng's face. With a result like this, waiving Xu Yang's tuition and giving him precious Qi-Nourishing Pills had not been a waste.
He just wondered whether the lad had held something back as well.
"He wasn't playing to the crowd. He's a genius with the potential for dragon ascension."
"Ling'er, you missed out on someone like this in our commandery city. He's no worse than Lu Ren."
"No, he's more gifted than Lu Ren."
Listening to her close friends, Huang Ling'er's face abruptly drained of color.
Xu Yang refusing the marriage alliance had not been a major matter. But to save face, she had gone to the Mighty Far Hall and slandered him instead, claiming she was the one who had rejected him. That