"However, when it comes to cultivating top young geniuses, we can't afford to be blindly arrogant or narrow-minded."
"The world is vast, and there are too many freaks of nature out there. They just don't all happen to be from our Great Xia."
Yi Jiugao's tone remained placid.
But his words were like a bucket of cold water, instantly dousing most of the joy that had just sparked in Zhu Mingyi's heart.
'He's right. Great Xia is advancing, but aren't other nations and factions also developing at a breakneck pace?'
Just as everyone in the hall thought the competition for this year's top scorer was a foregone conclusion, destined to be decided between Xiao Lingchen and Xia Lianxue, the main screen flickered again without warning.
A young face, unfamiliar to the vast majority of those present, appeared in the center of the screen.
When Li Kai Nian saw that face, he jolted violently!
