The Hall of Washing Away Dust was quiet, on both the first and the second floor.
No one knew how to evaluate this battle. Only after a very long time did Archbishop Mei Lisha finally sigh, "Outstanding."
The word 'outstanding' referred to both Chen Changsheng and Gou Hanshi. Chen Changsheng was outstanding because he was able to be so calm, even wooden, before the great terror that was death, making him all the more frightening. Gou Hanshi was outstanding because he was able to, at the most important moment in all of his life of cultivation, calmly use his intelligence to convert the hotblooded passion of youth into another type of strength, the strength to concede.
The final match of the Grand Examination had come to an end. With Gou Hanshi's withdrawal, the first rank of the first banner had been decided, yet the important personages were still beset by an indescribably complex mixture of emotions.
