As the old man was narrating stories about the famous Hope — the stories that had been exaggerated by the Church — to the young lad, other candidates began to show up to the venue, one by one. A vast majority of them wore Masters-level badges. Almost all of them gazed at Baiyi, who stuck out like a sore thumb at one corner; some even bravely went up to him to say hello. Baiyi returned the favor by introducing himself as inconspicuously as possible, but the wave of discussions that came after that could not be avoided. It did not induce a very big commotion, however.