The crowd was waiting outside with darting eyes while the courtyard was completely empty - certainly different from the excitement earlier.

“Where’s Teacher Li?” A student looked around and found Li Qiye nowhere in sight all of this time.

Gu Qiheng didn’t say anything. He stood and coolly stared at the stage in waiting.

“Why isn’t Teacher Li here yet?” A student quietly asked.

“Hah, who knows?” Someone from Hundred Halls laughed: “Teacher Qiheng did such a good job and no young teacher can surpass him. So now, people would just embarrass themselves by going up there, the guy might be too afraid to accept the challenge now.”

This student clearly wanted to flatter Gu Qiheng since he was a teacher...