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"The question was too difficult."
"I hadn't revised that particular knowledge point."
"I made a mistake during the exam."
When the results came and they got their papers back, they realized that their so-called underperformance meant not getting a perfect score and the mistake was getting one question wrong.
That was the sort of feeling the twelve Peak Masters had.
Cao Zhen was puzzled. Are you guys finding it interesting to compete with yourselves? There's still one person here, don't you know to look at what I wrote?
Eventually, the twelve Cave Masters seemed to realize that ignoring someone completely wasn't very nice, and one Cave Master said with a smile, "Why don't we take a look at Peak Master Cao's masterpiece?"
"Having a look couldn't hurt."
"I'm curious to see which style of calligraphy Peak Master Cao excels in."
As they spoke, they had already approached Cao Zhen, bowed their heads, and began to look at the Xuan paper laid out on the table in front of him.
