"Latest intel from the Four Directions Building, Great Wei Dynasty’s grand tournant!"
"In the second round of the tournant, Lin Xueru from the Grand Void Sect once again clinched first place, reaching the 132nd level in the Thousand chanism Tower!"
"Second place is Xie Dongan, who reached the 92nd level in the Thousand chanism Tower!"
"Third place is the Fifteenth Prince of the Great Wei Dynasty Royal Family, Wei Nantian, who reached the 88th level!"
"Fourth..."
Although the second round of the tournant lasted only two days, due to the Huangshan Taoist’s Thousand chanism Tower and the entertaining antics of the various prodigies during the challenge, it unexpectedly attracted more attention than the first round.
Especially Jiang Ye, who was the first to take on the challenge, and is now a household na; not only the common folk, Jianghu Guests, and mbers of the aristocratic family in Kyoto Prefecture are familiar with his na, but thanks to promotion by the Four Directions Building, the governnt, and the Night Watch Departnt, he’s also known throughout Wei Dynasty’s Seventeen Prefectures.
There’s no other reason but because, within the two days following the end of the second round of the tournant, whenever people discussed the performance of each prodigy in the tournant, they always begin with "Hey, have you heard about the performance of the second son of the Vice Commander of Black Armor Guard, Jiang Ye?" This has made "Jiang Ye" increasingly famous, even overshadowing Lin Xueru, who ranked first in both rounds, and Xie Dongan, ranked second.
Inside the Jiang Mansion.
"Little Ye, you haven’t eaten anything for two days, how can this be okay? Hurry and co out to eat sothing."
Jiang Ye’s biological mother, Madam Xu, the wife of Jiang Ziqi, stood worriedly outside the room with a food box in hand. The maids and house servants behind her kept their heads down, fearing to lift their heads lest they burst into laughter upon seeing the room, each with faces flushed red.
"Mom, just take it back. I intend to starve myself to death!"
"Silly child, what nonsense are you saying? It’s just poor performance in the tournant, isn’t it? As a man, though this ti you didn’t perform well, put in so effort next ti and strive to do better." Madam Xu said, looking at him with a hint of reproach:
"Good child, co out and eat sothing. Mom made your favorite crispy roast duck, it slls wonderful."
"Not eating, not eating, not eating..."
Inside, separated by a door, Jiang Ye was huddled under the quilt, kneeling like an ostrich on the bed, covering his ears and shouting outward:
"Mom, please let your child be alone, your child really... really has no face to et anyone."
At this ti, not only was he angry with himself about his performance in the tournant, but he also began to regret that his cultivation was so powerful that he could hear clearly the sounds of laughter coming from outside.
It’s crystal clear—
"Brother, have you heard about Jiang Ye from the Kyoto Academy? Yes, yes, the son of the Vice Commander of the Black Armor Guard, Jiang Ziqi."
"I’ll tell you, when he rushed into the Thousand chanism Tower, I was watching from outside. It amused to death, hahaha..."
Damn you, how co you didn’t die?
"Especially in the first level where he ran around like a headless chicken, and finally, when he got to the second level, he was knocked out by a cup of Knockout Drug hahaha..."
You’re the headless chicken, your whole family is!
Almost as soon as he heard sothing about him, Jiang Ye would ntally curse back.
But the more this happened, the more stifled he felt, totally not wanting to step out the door for fear of being laughed at face to face by his academy classmates.
If that happened, he’d rather just die.
"Ye, winning and losing are everyday affairs in a military family, you mustn’t be undone by a few setbacks."
"Mom..."
"Listen to Mom," hearing this, Madam Jiang stopped smiling and earnestly advised:
"Have you heard about the grudges between Heroic Marquis Chen Yi and Duke Jingye’s Zhou family?"
Oh?
Jiang Ye was stunned for a mont, then quietly perked up his ears.
He had heard Xie Dongan ntion this before; he knew that Chen Yi had once killed Zhou Tiance with a single sword stroke, but he only had a rough idea of the enmity between Chen Yi and the Zhou family.
"Just yesterday your dad told , when Heroic Marquis was two years old, he was kidnapped by traffickers, arranged by none other than Old Marquis Zhou Tiance himself."
"If it weren’t for Heroic Marquis’s exceptional talent, able to cultivate Sword Qi at such a young age, he would have been sold to another place along with Lin Xueru that night."
"Furthermore, on that night another matter happened—Old Marquis Zhou was present and even intended to harm Heroic Marquis. If not for Duke Xing’s tily arrival, he’d likely have t a grueso end."
What?
Hearing this, Jiang Ye was both astonished and sowhat enlightened, no wonder Brother Yi would strike Zhou Tiance without considering the Holy Emperor’s sentints, it turns out everything stemd from this.
"Mom is telling you this to let you know that Heroic Marquis went through countless trials and hardships since childhood, yet he never complained or gave up, persisting all the way till now."
"Though Ye, your talent might not match Heroic Marquis, you’ve never encountered much adversity from a young age, your fortune is much better than his."
"And the performance in this grand tournant only affects your reputation, it doesn’t endanger your life. If you just cave in like this, wouldn’t it make people look down on you even more?"
Creaaaak.
Before Madam Jiang finished speaking, the door to the room opened, and Jiang Ye walked out clumsily, took the box directly, and said with a face full of embarrassnt:
"Mom, please don’t say anymore, your child realizes his mistakes."
Madam Jiang was delighted, and looking at him with relief, said: "Eat well, Mom won’t say anymore, she won’t talk about it."
Then she turned around to the servants and instructed: "From now on, nobody in the whole mansion is allowed to ntion the tournant, understood?"
"Understood, Madam."
"Understood, hehe... the little one deserves to die!"
Unexpectedly, as soon as a servant spoke, he caught a glimpse of Jiang Ye’s appearance from the corner of his eye and inadvertently burst into laughter.
It seed to trigger sothing, causing the other maids, including Madam Jiang herself, to laugh along.
Jiang Ye: "..."
He looked around in grief and indignation, worn out, might as well die...
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