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Five chapters today (3/5).
In the deepest shadow beneath the eaves, the delicate-looking woman's heart hammered wildly inside her chest.
"What were those eyes?! That was no ordinary insight or see-through vision... that icy scrutiny reached straight into the deepest recesses of the soul, as though it would sift through every sin committed in this life... Third-Place Laureate Chen Xiaojun, third on the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking, truly lived up to his reputation. Eerie and unfathomable!"
"My disguise Secret Art, Soul-Quieting Spirit-Concealing, should... should fool him, shouldn't it? No, I must prepare for the worst, just in case..."
She instinctively leaned closer to the stone pillar, hiding in its shadow, her fingers unconsciously twisting the hem of her coarse cloth clothes.
Just as she turned her back, believing she had slipped into perfectly safe darkness-
Chen Xiaojun's gaze casually swept over that patch of shadow again.
Deep within his eyes, the golden-red vortex of runes that had just faded spun again for one fleeting instant, almost like an illusion!
This time, his perception was subtler and more inscrutable, like Yin-Yang Qi flowing together and converging, piercing falsehood in a flash to point straight at its source.
Even though she was hiding behind the stone pillar.
His gaze lingered on her for an imperceptible instant, then returned to utter calm and depth, without another ripple.
"Sixth," Chen Mu said with a wink, "we're almost finished here. Should Uncle Gu and I go interrogate that batch of 'spoils' next?"
Gu Yuanchao chimed in, "Yes, Young Master, Fifth Young Master. I can oversee the initial arrangements for the remaining children and girls afterward. The main thing is enforcing what you said about 'following the rules.' In a little while, I'll have Wuneng, Mingyuan, and Anzi take