Everyone turned toward the Heavenly Snake Crown Prince at the sound of his voice. He had been silent, but now his face was livid, his eyes blazing with fury he could barely contain.
Everyone was puzzled. No one had provoked him, so what was wrong?
Hua Yunfei tipped back his head and drank, amusement in his eyes. Aside from the Heavenly Snake Crown Prince, he was the only one present who knew why the prince was in such a state.
It was only natural. Anyone would be frustrated and enraged if a treasured item they had spent years painstakingly refining suddenly vanished.
The Heavenly Snake Crown Prince's gaze swept across everyone present. His instincts told him that the thief was one of them.
But he had a question: with his strength, who among them could steal his treasure without his divination detecting it?
What was more, he had just been on the Dao Entry Stairway, where he couldn't use Dao arts or divine abilities.
And it was even less likely that an outsider could have stolen it from him.
After turning it over in his mind, the Heavenly Snake Crown Prince's gaze settled on the Black Robed Person.
This person was unfathomably mysterious and skilled in concealment techniques. They had also happened to be climbing the stairway not far from him earlier. They were highly suspect!
"Why are you looking at me?" The Black Robed Person noticed the Heavenly Snake Crown Prince's gaze and turned to ask.
"Was it you?" The Heavenly Snake Crown Prince was blunt.
"?" The Black Robed Person fell silent for a moment. Had they just been made the scapegoat?
"So what if it was me? And what if it wasn't?"
The Black Robed Person liked making enemies. Being wrongly accused was perfect; they could use