"Yes! It's that simple!"
Although Lu Qian couldn't help wanting to laugh, he still did his best to put on an utterly innocent expression.
Then Lu Qian cautiously said to Flender:
"Dean, do you think you might possibly have misunderstood Spirit Hall before?"
"Impossible!"
"Absolutely impossible!"
Flender, who had still been puzzling over it, immediately roared as though on reflex.
"Uh, all right."
"Forget it. Let's leave that aside. As long as you're all right, that's what matters. Let's return to the academy first."
"Okay."
After returning to the academy, Lu Qian was indeed subjected to the three-man inquisition he had expected.
Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Yu Xiaogang!
First, Flender told Zhao Wuji everything that had happened. Then Lu Qian told all three of them what he had experienced inside the Spirit Hall Main Hall.
After hearing Lu Qian's account, all three looked puzzled, because this time, Lu Qian really had deliberately provoked trouble. It had even escalated into a conflict between Spirit Hall and the City Lord's Manor.
So why had Lu Qian walked out of the Spirit Hall Main Hall so quickly, and completely unscathed at that?
"I don't understand."
Zhao Wuji shook his head.
"I can't understand it either."
Flender was just as bewildered as he had been that morning.
"Perhaps I've figured something out."
Yu Xiaogang spoke thoughtfully.
"Let's hear it?"
Yu Xiaogang glanced at Lu Qian, then slowly said:
"If Lu Qian had engaged in a private fight like this before, he would certainly have been punished by the City Lord's Manor's Punishment Department before being released. And Spirit Hall wouldn't have intervened at all."
"As for the reason, that should be the tacit understanding between Spirit Hall and the Two Great Empires, a sign that Spirit Hall still accepted the Two Great Empires' restraints."