Jiang Zuo took out an Array Stone. This was the one with the leaf imprint.
He never imagined that this Array Stone would be what spared him from the expulsion.
'Is this a good thing or a bad thing?'
Before long, everyone else had been expelled, leaving Jiang Zuo all alone on the fourth floor.
'He was probably the only person on the fourth and fifth floors now.'
However, the Heart-piercing Snakes on the sixth floor didn't seem to have been expelled, as he hadn't seen any of them come down.
'What's the expulsion mechanism? An issue of status?' Jiang Zuo wondered as he looked at the stone.
But he didn't dwell on it. 'I'm trapped. I should be thinking about how to get out.'
Meanwhile, outside, the higher-ups deep within the Holy Land were practically numb from shock. 'What in the world is happening this year?'
The old crone asked Yue Xi, "Can you contact the Saintess?"
