I am Bai Yufeng, captain of the Assault Squad, S-Rank.
Everyone who witnessed this scene felt their pupils quake like mountains collapsing.
“Isn’t she an F-rank Sentinel?! How is this even possible?!”
“What’s the difference between this and an outer-sect female disciple slapping a sect’s Law Enforcement Elder flying with one slap?!”
“Now she’s dead for sure!”
Yun Yishan stared at her own hand in shock, then looked toward Lu Feichen in the distance. Had she just accidentally gotten her revenge?! It really was rather sudden. But then, that was always how she did things, avenge a grudge on the spot!
Yun Yishan’s face showed nothing, but inside she was secretly delighted. Hah, so what if he’s a Guide, so what if he’s a captain his strength is nothing special! Well then, she certainly wasn’t going to be afraid anymore.
Lu Feichen leaned against the railing, head lowered, his gaze still somewhat dazed. After sitting quietly for a moment, something seemed to occur to him, and he suddenly let out a soft laugh, something he hadn’t done in a long time. His knuckles brushed the blood from the corner of his lips, and he slowly rose to his feet, walking back step by step.
The crowd fell dead silent. The “tap, tap, tap” of his footsteps ground over everyone’s hearts. No one dared look directly into his cold eyes except one person. Yun Yishan had judged that her strength was far above that of this Lu fellow, so at this moment her heart didn’t race, her hands didn’t tremble, even her back was straight, and she met his gaze with perfect composure.
“What are you looking at!” She glared right back, adopting her usual imperious air. “When This Palace disciplines you, must I pick an auspicious day for it?”
The moment the words left her mouth, several guard soldiers instantly closed in around her, their dark muzzles all trained on her.
“Take her down!” the guard commander ordered.
“Wait!” Yun Yishan was startled. “What are you doing? On what grounds are you arresting This Palace?!”
The Exam Proctor kindly explained: “Within the White Tower, all Awakened are subject to Federation Army regulations. Deliberately attacking an S-Class Guide, regardless of identity, warrants forced detention under military law.”
Yun Yishan’s spine went stiff.
Houli Crab! She was supposed to be punished too? What kind of logic was that! That Lu fellow had offended her repeatedly and without provocation in the first place! She had merely given him a taste of his own medicine! Besides, she had only given him a light push, how could that count as a deliberate attack?
Utterly absurd!
She furiously glared at Lu Feichen, who stood with his hands behind his back, and was just about to argue her case when she saw him slowly raise a hand.
“Stand down.”
His voice wasn’t loud, but it silenced the entire scene.
The guards hesitated. “Captain Lu, she—”
“I said, stand down.”
Yun Yishan quietly studied Lu Feichen.
In her past life in the harem, reading hearts had been her greatest skill. Hearing the string, she knew the tune, she could read the true emotions buried deep within from a single gesture, a single tone of voice, even the slightest micro-expression. Joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, hidden schemes, she saw through them all at a glance, and she had never once been wrong.
At this moment, they stood at a moderate distance apart, but she could sense that the hostility between Lu Feichen’s brows had faded, his breathing grown calm. And that faint scent of cedar at the tip of her nose no longer carried any aggression; instead, it exuded the peace and dampness of a pine forest after rain.
He had no intention of laying a hand on her.
Yun Yishan was somewhat surprised. That Lu fellow could have arrested her with perfect justification, yet for some reason he had let her off easily. For him to have reservations, could it be… related to this examination? Her gaze swept across the crowd and finally landed on the electronic report in the Exam Proctor’s hand.
So that was it. If she guessed right, her rank was above that Lu fellow’s!