บท 246: Initiation Contest

"Do you always divine intentions so accurately?" I was a bit nonplussed. 

"Well, I try. There, all done. You're actually one of the last to adjust. We'll be putting into the sect tomorrow night. Make sure you're well rested—at the Dragon and Tiger Palace, we like to greet newcomers by holding a certain contest. Show those who are basically merely adequate Outer Court members their place, while allowing those with greater potential to demonstrate it." 

"I see. I went over the chapter on competitions in the handbook, and found no mention of this as a special event. Are you telling everyone about this?" 

He handed me back my badge with a wry smile. "What do you think?" 

"I think," I said to Chen Huan once he'd gone, "I ought to go find Gao Rong." 

A few minutes of asking around about his whereabouts later, I learned which was Gao Rong's cabin. "It's Xu Zuhui, please open the door."