Tian Lei only shrugged, unbothered. "I didn't enter the sect because of its reputation. It was… by chance, actually."
Meng Shen let out a low whistle. "By chance, he says. Meanwhile, the rest of us went through blood, sweat, and ten thousand bowls of noodles to get here."
"Ten thousand noodles?" Tian Lei frowned, confused.
Meng Shen scratched his head awkwardly. "It was a mental trial. My dream was… well, I ordered ten thousand bowls of noodles but didn't pay for them, then ran away in the illusion."
The others burst out laughing.
"And he was pretty famous for that for months," Xiao Rou added, wiping tears from her eyes. "They even called him the Noodle Thief back then. But after he showed his strength, everyone got scared he might beat them up, so the nickname quietly died out."
Gao Fei chuckled too. "No wonder you're always so mysterious. The rest of us fought tooth and nail for a place, but you just wandered in like you were taking a stroll."
