Dugu Bo's Arrival

The Academy's teachers arrived first. When they got there and saw Xue Beng on the ground, Wang Shan, as a teacher, immediately grew anxious. Though he also thought Xue Beng was nothing but a playboy, Xue Beng was still a prince and had a close relationship with Prince Xue Xing.

After all, Prince Xue Xing was in charge of the Royal Academy, so Wang Shan did not dare show any dissatisfaction toward Xue Beng.

Thus, Wang Shan rushed to Xue Beng's side and examined him. He discovered that several of Xue Beng's ribs had been broken and his internal organs had suffered a heavy blow. He had been severely injured in a single strike.

But that was not the most fatal issue. The most fatal thing was that Wang Shan found Xue Beng had also been poisoned, and the poison had already crept close to his heart. Once it reached his heart, death would await him.

So, the next second, Wang Shan shouted:

"Who was it? Who injured the Fourth Prince?"

Upon hearing that, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling stepped forward and came before Wang Shan. Then Dugu Yan said:

"I did it."

Hearing someone admit it, Wang Shan was just about to raise his head and scold the culprit, then pin all the blame on her so that the Emperor's and Xue Xing's wrath would fall upon her.

But when Wang Shan looked up and saw Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling—

Wang Shan felt like dying on the spot. Dugu Yan was the granddaughter of Dugu Bo, the famous Title Douluo of Heaven Dou City. Ye Lingling was the next head of the Ye Family.

Neither was someone he could afford to offend. Even if Xue Xing himself were here, he would be in a difficult position.

So, Wang Shan forced a smile onto his face and asked:

"May I ask why you two young ladies wished to beat His Highness Xue Beng to death? He is a prince of the Empire."

Dugu Yan was just about to reveal what Xue Beng had done when a voice suddenly rang out:

"Yanyan, are you all right? Grandfather was just coming to the Academy to see you. The moment I reached the gate, I sensed you using your Martial Soul. Did something happen?"

Upon seeing her grandfather arrive, Dugu Yan threw herself into Dugu Bo's arms and burst into tears.

Dugu Bo immediately grew anxious at the sight and hurriedly asked:

"Yanyan, who bullied you? Grandfather will avenge you!"

As he spoke, Dugu Bo stared straight at Wang Shan, frightening Wang Shan badly.

At that moment, Xue Xing also received word and arrived. Seeing Xue Beng on the ground, barely breathing, he became extremely anxious. But on the way here, Xue Xing had learned that this was done by the granddaughter of Dugu Bo, whose favor he had always sought to maintain. Thus, he did not dare fly into a rage or say much.

He could only wait to hear what Dugu Yan had to say and learn what had happened.

Still in Dugu Bo's embrace, Dugu Yan began to cry out her grievances:

"Grandfather, this Xue Beng is a beast!"

"Lingling and I were chatting in our dorm room when Xue Beng suddenly barged in. We asked what he was doing there, and he actually said that his friend told him that if he wanted to compete with Xue Qinghe for the throne, he had to win you over. So he wanted to ruin your granddaughter's purity, so that in the future, I could only follow him. And when he saw Lingling there too, he even wanted to kill two birds with one stone."

"At first, Lingling and I thought he was talking nonsense, so we prepared to drive him out."

"But when we made our move, we discovered that Lingling and I had already been poisoned by Xue Beng. The poison left our entire bodies weak and prevented us from using Soul Power."

"Xue Beng then took the chance to come to my side and forcibly tear off my outer robe. Just as that beast was about to keep tearing at my clothes, I don't know why, but I suddenly could use my Soul Power again. It had even become extremely violent. To stop Xue Beng from attacking me again, I used my Soul Power to strike him."

"And that is how things ended up like this."

Hearing this, Ye Lingling hurriedly nodded as well, agreeing with everything Dugu Yan had said.

After everyone present heard this, the students and teachers watching all looked at Xue Beng with contempt. A playboy wanted to fight for the throne? That was bad enough, but he had even dared use such filthy methods against the granddaughter of a Title Douluo and the young princess of the Ye Family.

Even the way they looked at Xue Xing changed, as if they were saying that this was all his doing.

Xue Xing had a headache over the situation. He never imagined his nephew would be bold enough to do something like this. Doing it was one thing—if he had targeted the daughters or granddaughters of ministers who held military power in court, Xue Xing might even have approved. But Xue Beng had actually tried to scheme against the granddaughter of the Poison Douluo and a daughter of the Ye Family. Wasn't that courting death?

Still, as Xue Beng's uncle, Xue Xing wanted to speak a few words in his defense, so he said:

"We still do not know exactly what happened. What if the two young ladies remembered incorrectly because they were frightened?"

Upon hearing Xue Xing's words, Dugu Bo snorted coldly. Dugu Bo did not care about any of that. He knew only one thing: his granddaughter had been bullied, and even had her outer robe torn off.

As he spoke, Dugu Bo prepared to make a move and eliminate Xue Beng, that beast.

Seeing this, Xue Xing knew the matter had become serious. He hurriedly stepped in front of Dugu Bo:

"Your Excellency, give me some face. What if there are other circumstances? Could we wait until Xue Beng wakes up before discussing this?"

Seeing this, Dugu Bo remembered that Xue Xing had helped him in the past and could be considered to have saved his life. Just as Dugu Bo was considering whether to give Xue Xing some face—

Wang Shan had already understood. Wasn't this the perfect chance to get rid of this scourge?

He had just heard that Xue Beng had drugged Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling. Since he had used poison, there had to be some evidence left on Xue Beng.

So Wang Shan quietly began searching Xue Beng's body.

Before long, he found a porcelain bottle on Xue Beng. Naturally, Jin Hao had planted that bottle there. Since he had done it, he would of course do it perfectly.

Then Wang Shan spoke:

"Poison Douluo, Prince Xue Xing, I just found this item in His Highness Xue Beng's robes."

As he spoke, Wang Shan took out the porcelain bottle. Seeing this, Xue Xing felt like dying. If it proved to be the bottle containing the poison, then Xue Xing would be waiting for death.

So Xue Xing immediately wanted to take the porcelain bottle first. But how could Dugu Bo let him have his way? With one step, he arrived before Wang Shan and directly took the bottle.

Holding the porcelain bottle, Dugu Bo immediately opened it and smelled the poison inside.

Perhaps others did not know what poison it was, but as a Title Douluo known for poison, how could he fail to recognize it?

The next second, Dugu Bo tossed the porcelain bottle to Xue Xing and said angrily:

"Look for yourself. This is poison produced by Spirit Hall. I recognized it the moment I smelled it. Its effects are exactly as Yanyan described: it first weakens the victim, then causes their Soul Power to become violent, and finally leaves their entire body aching. It all matches what Yanyan said."

"What else do you have to explain?"