The Deer Gate Marquis hung his head, but Hu Mu suddenly reached out and lifted his chin.
"Look at them and tell them how I plotted against you," said the Barbarian King Hu Mu.
The Deer Gate Marquis said nothing.
Hu Mu gave a cunning smile. "It was simple. You thought all my rambling about everything under the sun was meant to distract his divine sense. No, it was only a test. I was testing which people and events drew a reaction from the Deer Gate Marquis. In fact, a quarter of an hour ago, I noticed subtle changes in his expression and movements when he heard 'the fourth year of Zhou Yuwang's reign.' What happened that year? It was decades ago, but as it happens, I know all the major events in the Literary World over those years like the back of my hand. That year, the famous Shouchun Examination Hall Case took place in the Chu Kingdom. After thinking it over at length, I realized that the Deer Gate Marquis's esteemed teacher had held office in Shouchun that year, yet had escaped implication. So, just before we struck, I steered the conversation toward the Shouchun Examination Hall Case. The Deer Gate Marquis was distracted for the briefest instant, and his literary guts wavered. I first exploited that with Fox Race sorcery, then had the other three kings strike in succession. And we captured him!"
After hearing Hu Mu's explanation, many scholars shuddered. Everyone said Demon Barbarians were less intelligent than humans, yet this Fox Barbarian King was far too shrewd. He had actually devised such a method to create an opportunity to capture the Deer Gate Marquis.
To the two races, capturing a Human Race Grand Academician and killing one meant things as far apart as heaven and