The Central Plains King's expression turned icy, and he said coldly, "Here, I am merely a spectator. Your identity is that of a student of Hidden Dragon High Martial, no longer my goddaughter!"
The Central Plains King!
Everyone was stunned once again, left dumbfounded by this explosive revelation. Xiao Junyi was actually the Central Plains King's goddaughter!
Ye Changqing was among those most profoundly shocked.
Over the preceding battles, Ye Changqing's anger had kept mounting, along with grief-grief that tore him apart.
What Minister Ding and the marshals had said was certainly true, an accurate reflection of reality. But everything required gradual progress. Not everyone was born a qualified soldier; battlefield experience, too, had to be accumulated little by little.
Now, watching the gifted students his school had painstakingly nurtured die one after another at others' hands, their blood spraying, their deaths too ghastly to behold-how could his heart not ache?
How could he have no objections?
But now, suddenly hearing Xiao Junyi call out "Godfather," then seeing the Central Plains King's reaction, Ye Changqing abruptly understood something...
A flicker of startled uncertainty crossed his eyes, followed by a meaningful gleam.
Could it be...
Xiang Kuangren, Liu Yichun, Cheng Guying, and others shared that thought.
And the person most bewildered by that cry of "Godfather" was none other than the homeroom teacher of fourth-year Class One. He had never known that the student he had always thought highly of possessed such a special identity.
Xiao Junyi said plaintively, "I don't want to go up and fight... I... I'm scared..."
On the platform, the Central Plains King's expression shifted. Suddenly, he turned and said, "Marshal, I would like to ask a favor. Images of this goddaughter of mine have already been sent into the palace... His Highness the Crown Prince is