The two of them wrapped up this topic, and Zhou Lin suddenly brought up Lu Chang'sheng, "Senior Brother, you don't seem to care much for him? You know, he did receive a Grade B evaluation."
Zhou Lin referenced Grade B, not Upper Grade C, precisely because there was some internal controversy about it—some felt that, given Lu Chang'sheng's performance at the time, he truly deserved a Grade B in the end.
Back then, Alchemist Lei's actions seemed pointed and deliberate.
And since Zhou Lin is on good terms with Alchemist Lei—plus, as the only alchemist to get a Grade B in the past few years—he naturally wanted to avoid suspicion. When speaking about it publicly, he would always call it Grade B, not Upper Grade C.
"Come on, you know how it is. Even an alchemist's talent needs time to mature. If his bone age wasn't so advanced, or his cultivation was a bit higher, he wouldn't have ended up with just a Grade C evaluation."
