Investigation

The moment those words left his mouth, Chen Xu, who had his back to him, slowed slightly. Tilting his head, he said, "Yuan Ruzhou, you should know what price you'll pay for slandering a student ranked eighth in the Inner Academy."

Chen Xu's words reached Yuan Ruzhou's ears. He gave a disdainful laugh and refused to back down. "Junior, you should also know what punishment awaits someone who reports false information to the Inner Academy—especially false information about the death of a genius ranked fifth in the Inner Academy."

"The information Chen provided has been jointly confirmed by the dean and the professors. Who the hell are you to question it?"

"Words are useless. Do you dare confront me face-to-face before all the teachers and students of the Inner Academy and conduct a second review of the information you provided?" Yuan Ruzhou's voice rose higher and higher, as though he stood on the side of justice and was about to pass judgment on an evildoer.

"It takes either two professors or more than one-third of the students to question information. That's an Inner Academy rule. Yuan Ruzhou, surely you understand that? There's no point barking here. Get lost!"

Chen Xu deliberately laced the word "lost" with a trace of Essence. The weaker students were immediately shaken several steps back and fell onto the ground.

"You!" Yuan Ruzhou's face darkened until it seemed ready to drip water when Chen Xu still refused to respond.

If Chen Xu kept responding with that shameless, unmoved attitude, there was truly nothing Yuan Ruzhou could do to him.

"Then what if this professor says that Professor Peng will question it alongside me?" A familiar voice drifted over from the stone bridge linking the islands. Chen Xu looked up and saw none other than Professor Fu,