"As for Teacher Admirable Fish..."
Ms. Huang suddenly laughed, a somewhat abrupt laugh. It seemed to contain a myriad of unusual emotions, yet ultimately all that surfaced was, "He's already not of this world; consider him an exiled immortal from the heavens, conducting a clandestine visit to our mortal realm."
The so-called poetry contest had become child's play.
Admirable Fish withdrew from the poetry contest, and it likely held this significance: it wasn't just because the literati were unworthy to compete with him, but also because he intended to conquer this literary event in his own way. Once he stopped competing, did the contest hold any meaning for the others?
They were merely completing a task, after all.
Ms. Huang saw through this clearly, and so did the other literati, yet they could only go on with it stubbornly, even though their minds had long since drifted far away.
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