The sect guides eventually blew loud whistles across the Iron Hearth Dining Hall. First-year students immediately scrambled to finish their remaining steamed buns. Instructors holding wooden clipboards marched through the double doors and began calling out names for the morning training sessions.
A blue-robed instructor stopped directly in front of Solomon's table. Arthur Vance paused midway through drinking his soup, and Maximus Thunderstrike gripped his chopsticks tighter. The instructor pointed a wooden pen at the silver-haired boy.
"You are dismissed from the standard beginner classes," the instructor announced, looking down at his clipboard. "Pavilion Leader Jin specifically requested your presence at the Central Sword Pavilion. Report there immediately."
