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"I'll explain."

Xu Jingming gathered his thoughts and briefly recounted the entire sequence of events.

"What? The Essence Soul Seal Liu Yushan left behind had a backdoor? You suspect he may have used it to manipulate your Mental Strength?"

Cao Jun frowned after hearing the full story. After thinking for a moment, he continued:

"Jingming, it's not that I don't believe you.

But is it possible that Zakri deceived you, and the Essence Soul Seal doesn't actually have any backdoor?

Based on what we know of Councillor Liu Yushan, he shouldn't be the type to do something like this."

This was bad!

Xu Jingming's heart sank at once.

Cao Jun simply didn't believe him!

Then again, Liu Yushan was a Ninth-Order Middle-Level councillor. He couldn't be condemned based on a single statement alone.

As for Zakri deceiving him, that was completely impossible!

After learning the Soul Suppressing Pagoda, Xu Jingming himself had been able to detect the flawed backdoor left in the Essence Soul Seal.

"It is indeed possible that Zakri deceived me.

But it's better to believe it exists than risk it not existing. I think this matter should still be investigated thoroughly."

In Cao Jun's view, Xu Jingming was a Lightning Type Metahuman. It was perfectly normal for him to have been deceived by a Ninth-Order Peak Mental Type master.

No matter how much he argued, Cao Jun might not believe him and could even become displeased.

So Xu Jingming did not press the matter further and merely made a suggestion.

"That's true."

Cao Jun nodded slightly. "I'll keep this in mind and arrange for people to investigate it."

"Thank you, Grandpa Cao." Xu Jingming quickly expressed his thanks.

He did not expect to bring down Liu Yushan in one stroke. It was enough for the investigation to