One of the gate guards seemed visibly taken aback, his eyes widening in genuine shock the moment he saw the specific name engraved on the identification badge. He had heard the persistent, dark rumours circulating since yesterday evening that a talented student named Bai Xifeng had perished in the terrifying and tragic incident at Xien Cave.
Consequently, when he saw that very same name presented right in front of him, he was completely stunned into silence. He looked down at the badge and then back at Bai Xifeng's face several times, his head bobbing back and forth as he tried to confirm with his own eyes that she was a real, breathing person and not some lingering, vengeful ghost. It seemed that the news of her untimely death had been nothing more than a baseless, albeit convincing, rumour after all.
