"I wonder who will take the top spot in this preliminary selection," Sheng Huaixu said pointedly, standing at the edge of the railing and looking down.
Luo Yao shook his head. "It's hard to say. The other factions are keeping things under wraps. Even if we wanted to speculate, we'd have to wait at least a few months after the preliminary selection starts before we could even identify a few likely candidates."
"The winner of the preliminary selection might be undecided, but the top spot among the Star Seeds is likely already settled. I heard the extra reward the Royal Court is offering this year is Morning Star Essence. They might as well just give it to Su Chen. Why waste time?"
Su Chen raised an eyebrow and turned to look. The speaker was a man with an unnervingly effeminate face. Su Chen remembered him from the earlier introductions; he was Gu Feng, the Star Seed from the Holy Cauldron Sect.
'I don't know what this guy is getting at, but I completely agree.'
