In the stands of the entire martial arts arena, everyone was staring intently at the seven students from the Inner Courtyard.
Among the seven were both men and women.
But aside from their uniforms, not a single one of them looked like a student.
The man from the Leopard Institute, for instance, had a big beard and looked old enough to be some of the other students' father.
The so-called female student from the Fox Institute was curvaceous and alluring, but she seemed to have crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, hastily smoothed over with some kind of powder. She looked very mature.
Just as the members of the Small Institutes in the crowd were voicing their doubts, the female student from the Fox Institute giggled. "How are we not students? I'm only eighteen this year. I was just born with a mature look."
As she spoke, she sauntered forward and stopped a short distance in front of the students from Liyan Academy, who were ranked first.
