At nine o'clock in the evening, at the Grand Cloud Hotel.
The area was already packed with all sorts of luxury cars, bustling with activity. A red carpet was rolled out across the street in front of the entrance, a level of grandeur that far surpassed most other events.
Autumn had just ended, and the weather had begun to turn cold. Patches of white frost even coated the ground.
Nearly everyone hoping to become an apprentice waited respectfully on either side, standing in the biting cold wind without a single word of complaint as they awaited Master Liu's arrival. Some wore suits, while others were dressed in fine gowns. All of them were dressed in thin attire, leaving them trembling uncontrollably in the frigid wind. Yet despite the cold, no one dared to utter a word.
