Jing Hongchen's expression was frighteningly grim.
He had always known there was a mole within Illustrious Virtue Hall, and that the mole was probably one of the Senior Soul Engineers at his side.
Otherwise, an outside force could never have known the exact location of the hundred-thousand-year embryo and stolen it.
But he had always been extremely confident in Illustrious Virtue Hall's defenses, and interrogating those Senior Soul Engineers would have been awkward, so he had paid it little mind.
Now, however, upon thinking it through again, he realized the inside accomplice might have come from outside.
Jing Hongchen recalled the abilities Huo Yuhao had demonstrated for him: the exquisitely precise Spiritual Detection and the elusive Simulation. Given enough time, Huo Yuhao would have been perfectly capable of locating the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo.
Moreover, Huo Yuhao's body martial soul forced Jing Hongchen to entertain suspicions. He could very well belong to the Body Sect.
After turning it over in his mind, he sat in his temporary office in the Academic Affairs Office and coldly asked the director, Lin Jiayi, "Jia Yi, is Huo Yuhao still at the academy?"
Lin Jiayi froze, unsure why Jing Hongchen had suddenly asked this. Puzzled, he replied, "Hall Master, students aren't allowed to leave the academy without a special reason."
"I haven't received any request from him to leave lately. He must still be at the academy."
Jing Hongchen said coldly, "I'm afraid he might already be gone. If he wanted to leave, no one could keep him here."
"Jia Yi, send someone to find him at once."
"Yes, Hall Master." Seeing Jing Hongchen's grave expression, Lin Jiayi did not delegate the task. Instead, he went to the Sixth-Year Teaching Building himself to find Huo Yuhao.
Soon, under Jing Hongchen's somewhat astonished gaze, Lin