"You say you're the referee, and that makes you the referee? Who can prove it?" Fen Mo spoke as she pulled out a pink rabbit plush from who knew where, tugging its ears and shaking it as she questioned the black-robed man.
"Maybe you're one of the people we're supposed to duel. You disguised yourself on purpose to trick us." Fen Mo tilted her head and continued.
If anyone else had asked such a question, it would most likely have been taken as a provocation. But Fen Mo looked so innocently childlike... Though the Wise Sovereign knew she was putting on an act, he could hardly be bothered to take offense for real.
"Whether I am the referee or not, 'she' will naturally prove it."
As soon as the Wise Sovereign finished speaking, the Gray Merchant in the distance suddenly stiffened. He took out that shattered mirror fragment again, though he did not unwrap the bundle around it. Even through the layer of wrapping, everyone could still sense waves of mental fluctuations coming from within the fragment.
The meaning they deciphered was exactly as the black-robed man had said—he truly was the referee.
After confirming the black-robed man's identity, Fen Mo tilted her head aside and muttered softly, "Even if you are the referee, what right do you have to make us accept a test you set?"
The Wise Sovereign still did not grow angry. He merely said, "I truly have no standing to impose a test upon you. Then let us forget the test I mentioned."
When Fen Mo heard the black-robed man yield, triumph appeared in her eyes.
But in the next second, the Wise Sovereign's words froze Fen Mo's expression.
"Though there is no test now, your goal is to duel them. Then find them first." Having