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When propriety is defied, destruction swiftly follows; without virtue fitting one's station, calamity is certain to arise.
If Xiang Loulan had known that his trial would be announced before a large audience, perhaps he would not have spread such an enormous lie in the illusion; but all such assumptions are merely the helpless sobs of regret. After securing the top position in the second stage, the Xiang Family of Chaochang gained not respect but isolation instead.
The likes and dislikes of the youth always seem so direct. Xiang Loulan, once thought to be decent, became known as a second-rate martial artist heavy with the air of a merchant. It was as if the gatherings of young noblemen lacked something if they didn't trample on the Xiang Family of Chaochang a bit, where was the elegance of Longzhou's eighth prestigious clan?