'They are projecting so hard they're basically IMAX theaters,' Ji'an shrieked in her mind. 'I cannot deal with this! I cannot deal with being the object of affection for both the male AND female demographics of this entire continent!'
Ji'an whispered to herself, sliding down the petrified-glass wall until she was sitting on the floor, pulling her knees to her chest. "I'm going to lose my mind. I am going to pack my woks and walk into the ocean."
She had to shut it down.
She had to be brutal.
As if the universe had decided that her suffering was not yet complete, the heavy glass doors of the dome slid open again.
Ji'an looked up, hoping for a distraction.
Instead, she was greeted by a procession of the highest-ranking, most terrifying, ancient poison masters of the Azure Dragon Sect.
Elder Viper led the group, flanked by Elder Hex, the strict array master she had humiliated days prior, and three other venerable alchemists.
