Night Meeting with Angel Xue Qianren

Tang Yuehua picked up the thread. "Because of what happened before, the Third Prince, Xue Beng, took several Soul Saints with him to cause trouble for Shrek Academy. In the end, he was beaten badly by that Star Luo prince named Dai Mubai. And that wasn't the end of it. On his way back to the palace, he was attacked by someone."

She paused, lowering her voice. "The Swan Martial Soul inside him disappeared. It wasn't sealed—it vanished outright. The Heaven Dou Royal Family was furious and searched the whole city for the culprit."

"Did they find them?" Xiao Yun asked.

"No. Shrek Academy was investigated several times, but they found nothing." Tang Yuehua shook her head.

Ning Rongrong also lowered her voice and said, "Everyone at our academy is saying Spirit Hall did it. Some people are also saying His Highness the Crown Prince did it."

Xue Qianren picked up her teacup and took a sip, her expression unchanged as she spoke. "Spirit Hall wouldn't do something like that. They would love nothing more than for the Heaven Dou Royal Family to become even more chaotic. A useless Third Prince is more useful alive than dead."

"What about His Highness the Crown Prince?" Ning Rongrong pressed.

Xue Qianren set down her teacup. "His Highness the Crown Prince wouldn't do something like that either. The Third Prince, Xue Beng, posed no threat to His Highness the Crown Prince's position in the first place. Killing him would only invite trouble."

Ning Rongrong nodded thoughtfully, then turned to look at Xiao Yun. "Teacher Xiao, who do you think did it?"

Xiao Yun glanced at Xue Qianren.

Xue Qianren was looking at him too, her gaze calm as still water.

Their eyes met for an instant. Xiao Yun looked away and said flatly,