Fang Muyun praised Ye Qing with a warm smile on his face, “You’re Ye Qing, right? The proverb ‘heroes are often young’ shines in you.”0

“You flatter me, my lord,” Ye Qing replied politely. Although he didn’t recognize the young man, he doubted that there was anyone present who was a small fry. At the very least, there was no harm in addressing the young man as “my lord”. “I just got lucky. If anything, I am most ashamed of my performance.”0

“Ashamed?” Fang Muyun tilted his head in confusion.0

“Yes. If I wasn’t delayed by something, I’m sure I could’ve done so much better,” Ye Qing replied with deep regret. Although he wasn’t eliminated, he was certain that his ranking was pathetic considering that he started so late. He didn’t even want to imagine what Gu Suitang would do when he heard about this.0

Everyone fell silent and stared at him oddly as soon as he said this. It was such a strange reaction that Ye Qing couldn’t help but scratch his head in confusion. What? Is it a sin to be humble?0

“Hmph! Youngsters these days are arrogant beyond imagination!” Jing Huang scoffed with dripping disdain. Ye Qing had reached the peak first in half the time everyone else took, and he said...0