C96 Hall of Three Trials Began the Competition

Sun Fu strode forward, his face alight with smiles, flanked by a host of eager disciples. Just days before, he had triumphed in his evaluation, advancing from a mere disciple to an Outer Sect deacon and stepping onto the sect's bureaucratic ladder.

He halted at the front of the procession, flashing a smile at a robust young man in his early twenties. "Junior Brother Ao