Two days passed in the blink of an eye. When news of Lin Xuan's death reached Qingcheng Mansion, it was like a bombshell had gone off in the Inner Hall. The talk spread like wildfire, and most of it was mockery.
Upon hearing the news, Fifth Elder Qing Piaoyun slumped into his chair, stunned. He muttered, "How could he just die like that? Why on earth did he have to choose the Mysterious Fragrance Forest? Going there with only a Body Refining Stage Cultivation... Was that not just asking to die?"
While Qing Piaoyun felt a sense of grief, others were more inclined to gloat. They whispered that the Elders must have been blind to choose an idiot for the Core Disciple assessment. Now things had worked out for the best; he had died not long after joining the Inner Hall, so the issue of his special qualification was moot.
