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The moment the representative said that, Wei Cheng's expression sank .

Not only Wei Cheng, even Chen Zi Quan's aura turned murderous for a split second . He had purposely made the beasts run rampart in order to kill Lu Wan, but it had failed miserably . Not only that, Lu Wan managed to return back and achieve far greater number compared to him .

It was unpleasant .

Looking over at the smug young man, Wei Cheng's lips twitched . 'Impossible . '

There shouldn't be any way for Lu Wan to reach that high number in normal condition . He felt that it was truly unfair . They had created trouble for this man, yet the result just went against them .

"Congratulations, Lu Wan," Chen Zi Quan gave his congratulations . His expression was unreadable .

Lu Wan smiled . "Many thanks to you, Your Highness . "

Wei Cheng's face was even darker, but he didn't say anything because he knew he wouldn't be able to stop once he started . Seeing the second prince had turned around, he decided to follow suit .

"Your Highness," Wei Cheng called from behind .

"There's no need to say anything . I just need to work faster on my plan," Chen Zi Quan said coldly . His eyes glinted with ruthlessness for a split second as he sped up his pace . Lu Wan has become a much bigger eyesore than he thought .

On the other hand, Lu Wan disregarded everything that occurred . He returned back to his residence and retrieved his herbs back before heading to the inn once again . Rather than staying in his residence, he preferred to stay in the inn .

Days pa.s.sed .

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There was no more upset to the ranking as there was not even any group that managed to gather cores close to them . The fourth in the ranking reached 503 points, but it was still far etched compared to what Lu Wan and Qi Huan achieved .

"Has the first part concluded?" Ye Jiao asked as she walked out of her room . During this time, she just focused on controlling her Eon Energy and absorbed much more from outside . It has become far easier and she believed that she would advance to rank 2 soon enough .

Qi Huan nodded . His hand was holding a paper . "There's a problem . "

"What is it?"

"Princess Cao Mei never returned back . "

Lu Wan froze in his place when he heard that . He might be an idiot on a daily basis, but it didn't mean that he didn't understand what this implied . Cao Mei was included in one of the geniuses selected for the meeting . There was no doubt that this girl must be one of the most talented Eon Energy Masters from Cao Kingdom .

Now, this person died?

"Is it an accident or murder?"

"No one knows for sure," Qi Huan replied . "There's no evidence and her body is still out there, unknown where . They're gathering everyone to interrogate all of us one by one . "

"Including me?" Lu Wan pointed to himself .

"Yes . "

"Why? I don't even know that princess . "

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Qi Huan beckoned for the two of them to start walking . "It's not a secret that you and Prince Chen Zi Quan have a bad relations.h.i.+p with one another . They're suspecting that you might want to harm the prince, but the one who gets the brunt is Princess Cao Mei instead . That's why they want to try asking you too . "

That conjecture just made Lu Wan speechless . He might have had a bad relations.h.i.+p with Chen Zi Quan, but he knew that it would be a death wish if he tried to harm that prince at this point . There was no doubt that there would be a lot of powerful guards around the young man, protecting him from the slightest harm .

Trying to harm him wouldn't do him any good .

"That's ridiculous . "

"They're just desperate because Princess Cao Mei is one of the rare talented female Eon Energy Masters," Qi Huan gave a sidelong glance to Lu Wan . "As you might have known, the number of talented females tends to be lower compared to male . "

"Yeah, I know . "

Ye Jiao, who was listening silently, decided to ask . "What about you, Senior Brother Qi? Did they suspect you too?"

"Yeah," Qi Huan replied in an indifferent tone . "Princess Cao Mei has a crush with me . She has been trying to get on my side for a long time but I always reject her . They suspect that I might want to harm her because I don't wish to be bothered by that woman anymore . "

"What? You say that she likes you?"

QI Huan arched his eyebrows . "Is there anything wrong?"

"Is there anything wrong? I can't believe that there's anyone in this world idiot enough to fall for you . Someone like you is just…" Lu Wan found it hard to put into words . He could not believe that there would be a woman who fell for this prince .

On the other hand, Ye Jiao was confused by Lu Wan's exaggerate reaction . She knew that Qi Huan could be rather scary at times because of his bloodl.u.s.t and thick killing intent . But that shouldn't hinder girls from getting attracted to him, right? On the daily basis, he wouldn't act that way . He had great self control to the point that one wouldn't be able to see his true self if he didn't show it .

Besides, His appearance was not that bad, though, Ye Jiao might never think of him in that way . It was still far too early for her to think of that kind of matter .

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"At least, I have a better reputation compared to a certain troublemaker," Qi Huan responded calmly .

"Tch, you're just a double faced prince . "

Qi Huan smiled without responding . The two of them soon arrived by the field and Ye Jiao retreated to the side, intending to watch the commotion . She was not part of them for now because she had to keep herself hidden .

For this period of time, she was nothing but a helper while the main characters were her senior brothers .

"Qi Huan has arrived per instruction," Qi Huan saluted .

"Lu Wan came to report," Lu Wan followed suit and greeted formally . He no longer tried to put on any air as he knew that they were suspecting him .

The representative from Cao Kingdom glared at the children in front of him . Right now, he was very angry . With Cao Mei's power, only those at higher power could possibly harm her, which was these five over here . They were the only ones who kept in contact with Cao Mei .

He took out a stone from his pocket and imbued it with Eon Energy .

Qi Huan's gaze landed on the stone for a moment, but he didn't care . It was just a stone used to detect lies . While it was convenient, it couldn't detect the lie of people who were more powerful than the user .

"Let me ask you, when did you last see Princess Cao Mei?"

"During the beginning of the hunt . "

"Before the hunt started . "

"Right before we enter the forest . "

"In the forest . "

"it should be when the hunt just began . "

Four of them gave similar answers and only one person said differently . Chen Zi Quan was in the same group with Cao Mei, so there was no doubt that he should be the last one to see her amongst them all .

On the side, Ye Jiao could hear their conversation because she didn't stay that far . The representative also looked at her direction for a moment, but they didn't seem to care that she was there . Her current appearance was simply harmless .

In the first place, not many would suspect a 10 years old girl to know so many things .

'That stone should be a tool to help the representative find out the truth,' Ye Jiao thought to herself . She could see the representative glanced at the stone from time to time, making sure that it reacted properly .

At the same time, she could feel the repeated flow of Eon Energy into the stone .

'But it used so much Eon Energy .

The representative was already Eon Energy Master rank 3, so he had much more Eon Energy compared with ordinary people . However, Ye Jiao could sense that he had to use a large amount of Eon Energy to maintain the stone .

It would mean that the representative wouldn't be able to ask so many questions .

'Can he find the truth with only a limited number of questions?'

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