The atmosphere in the hall was strange. After saying that one line, Lin Ruxue and Lin Junzhao passed through the hall and entered the back chamber, leaving a houseful of people waiting here. The others were still fine; they returned to their original seats and waited quietly. But the White Deer Institute's mountain chief Su Fengchen and Li Ang, who had come in later with Lin Ruxue, could clearly feel how out of place they were compared to everyone else in the room. All the gazes probing them dodged away in a guilty flurry. Several times Su Fengchen wanted to say something, but the moment the others noticed his intention they immediately turned their heads aside, leaving him enormously embarrassed.
