Chapter 3684 — The Resentful Lan'er
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Catching sight of Wei Zhao among the new disciples, the little curly-furred bear clinging to Shangguan Lan'er immediately squealed with excitement. Had she not held it back, it would surely have struggled free and run to Wei Zhao's side.
"Hey, hey, you heartless little white thing, what kind of spell has that creature cast on you? All these years, from the time you were small, you've never once been this eager with me!" Shangguan Lan'er pouted, grumbling with unconcealed indignation.
The Rear Mountain Hall was one of the most remote corners of the Triple Stack Pavilion. Were it not for something special, she would never have been willing to come all this way—and this time she had come purely because the little curly-furred bear had wheedled and pleaded without end.
It had all started when, chatting idly with the other young masters and misses, she heard Xu Lingchong casually mention the Welcome Pavilion's new disciple trial—and from that moment the little creature had been bewitched, insisting on dragging her along to join the fun.
In the end, utterly helpless, Shangguan Lan'er had no choice but to indulge it; otherwise the little thing would truly have turned the house upside down.
At first she had found it odd, assuming the little curly-furred bear simply wanted to slip off to the rear mountain to play. But now, seeing how it behaved, her heart was clear as a mirror—the little thing had come all this way just to see Wei Zhao!
Ten-odd years of pouring out her heart and soul, and yet the little creature was fonder and more eager toward Wei Zhao after only a few hours of play—how was that for mortifying!
For a moment, the look Shangguan Lan'er turned on Wei Zhao began to carry a sour resentment.
Sensing this, Wei Zhao shrugged, baffled. To this day he still had no idea who this young woman was, though judging by how deferential Xu Lingchong and the others were toward her, her background must run deep!
Seeing everyone assembled, Hu Yunfeng sought the three elders' permission, then cleared his throat and announced, "Silence, all of you. We now begin registering the points from this new disciple trial and determining the final rankings."
At those words, the six senior stewards of the Welcome Pavilion entered their respective camps of new disciples and began calling out names and scores one by one. As for the three exalted elders, naturally they need not bother with such trivial matters—they had only to ensure fairness and impartiality, and that no one tampered behind the scenes to sully the Rear Mountain Hall's reputation.
The process was not conducted simultaneously across the Triple Stack Pavilion but in sequence. Heaven-Rushing Pavilion went first, the Mystic Mechanism Pavilion second, and the Azure Cloud Pavilion, naturally, came last.
Since the numbers were not large, the Heaven-Rushing Pavilion and the Mystic Mechanism Pavilion quickly settled their rankings. Both pavilions averaged over five hundred points, a respectable showing compared with previous years. Worth noting was that the Heaven-Rushing Pavilion's first place was ultimately claimed by the dazzling Kang Jingming, while Zhong Yongliang took third, obtaining a Foundation Establishment Pill as he had wished. (To be continued...)
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