More than a month had passed since the bus carried them back through Jianghe's east gate.
The city had received them the way it always received things that were bigger than expected, quietly at first, then loudly once the information spread. The examination results had been public knowledge within a day. The score board from Celestial City had been replicated on the academy's main display, and for approximately a week afterward Lin Yi could not walk through the campus without someone stopping to say something about it.
