After returning to Xiushui Commandery, Chu Xisheng did not head straight back to the commandery seat, but went to Ancient Market Town on the East Bank instead.
Young Master Zuo was already waiting for him at Ancient Market Town's docks.
Young Master Zuo was still riding in that carriage cast from steel, while the Female Guard stood atop it, keeping watch in all directions.
But once they met, Young Master Zuo stared fixedly at Chu Xisheng, his strange gaze holding a measure of doubt.
Chu Xisheng had seen plenty of such looks lately, so he thought nothing of it.
It all stemmed from the Azure Cloud Ranking released by the Martial Discourse Tower seven days ago, on which Chu Xisheng ranked eighty-ninth.
That was presumably why Chu Xisheng's Martial Dao Points had suddenly surged by nearly a thousand during the battle in the secret realm that day. It had also drawn him considerable skepticism.
Over those seven days, through introductions by Zhou Xiongba, Lu Ze, and the others, Chu Xisheng had met figures from every corner of Linhai's martial world.
Many had reacted just like Young Master Zuo upon first meeting him: half believing, half doubting.
They trusted the authority of the Martial Secrets Almanac, but still had their reservations.
After all, it was not as though the Martial Secrets Almanac had never made mistakes before.
Chu Xisheng could not help thinking of Xie Zhenqing, whose face he had stepped on twice. What a good person she was.
Despite how badly he had offended her, Xie Zhenqing had still risked pushing him up to eighty-ninth on the Azure Cloud Ranking, then lavished praise and high expectations on him in her article, praising him to the skies-
Just how deeply did this woman hate him?
Chu Xisheng chuckled. "How much longer