The next few days were extremely busy for Gu Lingzhi.

If she was not waiting to compete at the Town of the Brave, she was busy forging weapons in her inn. This created a problem for Rong Yuan, but soon, he soon thought of a way to see her more often. He decided to wait with Gu Lingzhi every time she was waiting for her turn at the battle arena. This caused Gu Lingzhi to garner quite a bit of attention.

At the same time, the name, Black Thorn started to spread amongst Martial Students in the capital. It was not only because Rong Yuan was treating her especially well, but also because Gu Lingzhi was only a Level Five Martial Student who had managed to obtain 36 consecutive...