The people from Di'ao Academy and Shrek Academy exchanged glances, then passed one another with remarkable mutual understanding.
It was nearly ten at night, but none of the competing teams had gone to rest. They were all discussing strategies among themselves.
"Yuhao," Long Aotian said, sitting beside Huo Yuhao, "did you confirm it with He Caitou just now?"
Even though the Heaven Dou Empire was already ninety-nine percent certain that He Caitou was Xu He, the former crown prince of the Sun Moon Empire, the matter could not be conclusively settled without Huo Yuhao examining him through Spiritual Detection.
Huo Yuhao said, "I checked when we passed the Shrek Team just now."
"He Caitou was indeed wearing an exquisitely crafted human-skin mask."
At those words, everyone in the meeting room wore the same expression: just as they had expected.
"Captain Huo," Nan Qiuqiu said, propping her chin on her right hand, "since we've confirmed that He Caitou is Xu He, why spread the news about Long Xiaoyao?"
"What if the Sun Moon Empire takes the easy way down the slope and labels Xu He an Evil Soul Master too?"
This was precisely what Huo Yuhao had worried about before.
But the Heavenly Soul Royal Family had said that the Sun Moon Empire would not brand He Caitou an Evil Soul Master.
The reason was simple: Xu Tianran would not allow it.
Xue Heng had explained it to Huo Yuhao from the perspective of imperial bloodlines:
He Caitou's identity was a festering wound for the Sun Moon Empire.
With the old emperor liable to die at any moment, what Xu Tianran feared most was anyone who could challenge his right of succession.
Denying He Caitou's identity was impossible, because portraits of each country's emperors circulated throughout the nations.
As long as