The grand ritual bell of the Master Teacher Pavilion tolled nine times.
BONG! BONG! BONG! BONG! BONG! BONG! BONG! BONG! BONG!
The deep chimes rolled across seventy square miles of floating granite platforms. It carried the official proclamation of the Grand Arbiters to every corner of the Land-wide Conclave.
In the center of the Grand Terrace, three towering, gold-inlaid honor scrolls hung suspended from the marble arches.
On the Music Scroll: LU ZHEN — 5-STAR MUSICIAN (PERFECT Deep hum).
On the Calligraphy Scroll: LU ZHEN — 5-STAR CALLIGRAPHER (LOAD-BEARING ENFORCEMENT).
On the Painting Scroll: LU ZHEN — 5-STAR PAINTER (PERMANENT Load-bearing MANIFESTATION).
Never in the eight-hundred-year history of the Jiuzhou Continent had a single tester swept all three backup arts in a single day.
