Night had fallen, and today's East-West Continent Grand Competition had already ended.
There were quite a few contestants, so even the preliminary rounds had to be held over three days.
Since it was a martial competition, there naturally had to be winners and losers. Some were delighted, while others were miserable.
Qin Xuanxiao had easily won his match that afternoon, but his heart remained shrouded in gloom.
His Highness the Prince was extremely displeased.
The dog slave had not come forward to identify Chu Huai Xu. That was one reason.
After Chu Huai Xu emerged from the Imperial Pool, neither His Majesty nor the two Imperial Advisors would say a word about what had happened inside. They clearly had no intention of telling him. That was the second reason.
"What exactly did he do?"
"Why did the four strands of the Emperor's Divine Sense inside me suddenly fall asleep?"
Qin Xuanxiao desperately wanted to know the truth.
Yet no matter how he pressed them, those who knew the truth simply refused to speak.
But he could tell that both his Imperial Grandfather and Old National Preceptor Ming Xuanji looked extremely grim.
Only the Female Imperial Advisor acted as though the matter had nothing to do with her. She seemed distracted and frequently lost in thought.
Still, it was not hard to see that her mood seemed rather good.
What Prince Rui's Heir did not know was how cruel the reason was for these people hiding the truth from him.
Since you were merely a [vessel], how could they let you know that the Emperor's Divine Sense also possessed the ability of Body Possession?
More tragically, he had originally become an abandoned [vessel].
After the Ancestor Emperor saw Chu Huai Xu, he had immediately "fallen in love with someone else" and