"There was no mistaking it," Long Haochen murmured, still reeling from what he had just witnessed. "That was Dad's Nine Dragon Steps."
"Hm?" Cai'er clearly knew nothing of Long Haochen's circumstances, so she naturally did not understand what he meant.
Li Xin was different. As his sworn elder sister, who had spent years with him, she naturally knew what he had been through before coming to the Haoyue Branch Hall.
Then she connected that with the drastic change she had noticed in Uncle Ye Hua's attitude toward Yue Chen over the past few days, as well as the things he kept muttering to himself from time to time.
Li Xin suddenly felt that she had figured it all out.
Yet Yue Chen, the person responsible for this whole affair, had no idea that one casual kick of his could cause so much trouble.
What's more, since his match against Gandalf was the last one of the day, he had already returned to his dormitory through Sol's teleportation the moment he entered the exit passage.
Meanwhile, in the spectator stands, Long Haochen and Cai'er were listening intently to Li Xin's analysis. Cai'er in particular had her lips slightly parted, revealing just how much Li Xin's words had shocked her.
"No, that's absolutely impossible!" Before Li Xin could finish, Long Haochen shot to his feet. "I'm going to find Yue Chen and ask him face-to-face!"
Only then did he realize that Yue Chen had not returned to the spectator stands after his match. He had no idea where Yue Chen had gone.
"It's impossible. I'll ask my teacher right now." Long Haochen suddenly remembered something. "Teacher is the Holy Knight Commander's disciple now. He must know about Yue Chen."
With that, he teleported to his hotel room through his blood pact