After returning to his seat beside the bonfire, Zhou Yuan could clearly feel the changes in how everyone looked at him. There was no longer any scrutiny, but instead admiration and surprise.

“It seems that it is true, you did defeat Qi Yue.” Wei Qingqing’s bright eyes glowed with amazement as she stared at Zhou Yuan. She had previously been under the impression that something fishy had been going on during the class ranking exam, but the formidable attack Zhou Yuan showed earlier had stunned even someone like herself.

Only a handful of people under the Qi Nourishing stage would be capable of receiving such a strike.

“I was blind previously. Please accept this toast as an apology.” The straightforward Wei Qingqing raised her winecup towards Zhou Yuan and downed it in a single gulp.

Her motions were confident and contained no traces of deception.

Zhou Yuan smiled as he returned the toast. The tiny bit of sulkiness he had from before...