Things Are Different Now

"This is Lou Cheng."

She introduced him simply, without fanfare, but it was enough to turn the mood in the room solemn. Zhang Li and the rest of the guests momentarily became quiet.

"Look, this is the favored fighter of the age." Ji Lingxi was the first to break the silence. Smiling, she turned to Yan Zheke and complained, "They were so excited and curious about Lou Cheng that they came here to wait for you shamelessly. They wanted to see the favored fighter of the age in person to confirm if he really had three heads and six arms."

"So I'm a monster in your eyes?" Lou Cheng joked.

"No, no, no! You reached the top Sixth Pin after only learning martial arts for one and a half years. You're not a monster but a superman!" Zhang Li smiled.

This relatively level-headed man kept rotating his string of brown beads.