Morning in the camp came with noise.
Not the careless noise of confidence, but the sharp, brittle kind...metal on stone, voices raised just enough to hide nerves, the sound of bodies testing themselves after rest that hadn't truly been rest. The second day of recovery had begun, and with it came the unspoken understanding that everyone was already being measured again.
Jin Yue moved through it quietly.
He joined the early training rotation without drawing attention, standing among a loose group of participants assigned to the outer practice grounds. The area was lined with wooden frames, weighted beams, balance rigs, and rotating mechanisms meant to test reaction speed and coordination. None of it was officially dangerous.
Officially.
Jin Yue took his place near the edge, as he always did.
