"Alright, and finally, let's have this test's first-place winner, Zhao Chi from Basic Class 4, come up to the stage to receive his award."
Dean Liao Zheng announced loudly.
The entire Grand Hall fell silent.
Everyone was trying to get a good look at the first-place winner.
Zhao Chi had always been a nobody.
The only time he had ever been remotely famous was when his name appeared on the bottom 10 list, which only a handful of people had even noticed.
But as he began to study voraciously, his theoretical understanding improved daily, and he never appeared on the bottom-ranked list again.
In this test, it was as if he had appeared out of nowhere; many people had never even heard his name.
"Oh, so that's Zhao Chi. I see him in the library all the time."
"I've seen him around too, but how did he get so good?"
"Maybe his family is well-off?"
"Definitely not. Forget his immediate family, his entire clan is just ordinary."
"No way, right? He got first place all on his own?"
