Volume Three, "Revealing One's Brilliance," began!
Time flashed past like a white colt slipping through a crack, and the year was now 2539.
Three years had passed since the Chen Clan emerged from seclusion-three and a half, to be precise.
Sunlight spilled golden radiance everywhere, and the March breeze brushed gently against faces.
Within Chang'an Academy, life flourished.
A group of students raced toward the central avenue just inside the academy gates.
"Holy shit! Holy shit!" they kept shouting, barely able to contain their excitement.
"Oh my god, look! Look!"
"Is that them? Have they come back with gold from the Soul Master Theory Competition?"
"Obviously! The Peerless Young Master's paper, 'Soul Rings Are Soul Masters' Personal, Exclusive Soul Tools,' shook the entire soul master world."
"Clear arguments, lofty ideas, classical references at his fingertips, profound insights, comprehensive applications, incisive conclusions-it opened minds and sparkled with wisdom!"
"Run! We're going to miss them!"
"They didn't even tell us they were coming back. Honestly!"
"Maybe they wanted to keep a low profile."
"He's only in his second intermediate year, and you're all going this crazy?"
"What, are you jealous?"
"Just look at the Peerless Young Master! Elegant, handsome as an immortal, outstanding in strength, brilliant in writing-his reputation as an academic genius is no empty boast. He's the very picture of a gentleman as warm and flawless as jade."
"Isn't there a line about that? 'On the country path, a man like jade; a young master without peer in all the world.' That's what the latest Heavenly Prodigy Ranking said."
"Yes, yes! The new Heavenly Prodigy Ranking added another line of poetry about him. It fits him perfectly."
"Exactly. He's the Third-Place Laureate on the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking."
"What does Third-Place Laureate mean?"
"You don't even know that? You're behind