Chapter 1601: The Situation Explodes (1/2)

Three were , and one each fro’s seniors especially couldn’t sit still

They could’ve accepted the loss of one genius After all, no trial was a hundred percent safe However, they’d lost all three! This was a complete wipeout How could they accept such a travesty? This was tanta theine how they would relate the situation to their patriarch And hoould the elders react?

“I five people?” One of House Kuang’s seniors interrogated the imperial prince rather brusquely

The prince’s palms were clammy with sweat The five that hadn’t co Han, perhaps so them up inside? Perhaps we should send an expedition to look for theroup of your best subordinates in to search Remember, you must at least find some clues as to their whereabouts Search every corner if you have to!”

“Of course, sir I will go myself” The chief warden hurriedly obeyed

The chief kne ieniuses had an unfortunate accident on Winterdraw, he wouldn’t be able to absolve himself of the responsibility He handpicked a thousand roup entered the Blackwraith Mountains for a very detailed search

Jiang Chen sat near House Xuan’s people, co; the outside world was nothing to him

Thankfully, Xuan Rui was ordinarily rather antisocial Thus, his behavior went unnoticed House Xuan’s other h House Kuang was down three people, the tabulation of the results continued This pertained to a coht houses, after all

The ranking was quickly decided Disguised as Xuan Rui, Jiang Chen was fourth place It was a standard rank for someone of his ability, one that no one could find fault with If Kuang Rong hadn’t died, perhaps he would’ve been fourth instead An average perforht

Everything was going according to plan Jiang Chen hoped that the search would finish as quickly as possible Then, he could leave Winterdraw

As quickly as possible

Even a single extra breath er Who knehat could happen in the next moment?

There was another stretch between Winterdraw and the wider world It was iuarantee his identity would stay concealed in the airboat Thus, he hoped to leave at the earliest opportunity Less time wasted h he appeared to be deep in thought, he was actually acutely observing his surroundings He’d be able to pick up the slightest disturbance

The search took half a day, but yielded no results

The chief warden and his team extricated themselves frolooo?” Imperial Prince Huo hurriedly strode up

The chief shook his head helplessly “There are no hu inside However, we found traces of the forbidden grounds in being broken open There was evidence of heavy fighting after that, but nothing particularly useful to us”

House Kuang’s seniors beca this “What do you ?” one called out “Do you suspect that our geniuses are trespassing on your forbidden grounds?”

“Not at all, sir” The chief warden looked panicked “I was only offering a hypothesis Perhaps they wandered in there unawares”

“Ridiculous! Winterdraw isn’t some remarkable place Polylore has rounds to spare Why would they be interested in your pathetic forbidden grounds? The eight houses’ young geniuses are a disciplined bunch Their competition is a hundred ti!”

The chief warden was speechless What could he do against the roars of Polylore experts? Did he dare argue?

I Han, please do cal truly auess like that was nothingHan shook his head “Impossible!” His spittle spewed everywhere “How many times do I have to repeat myself? Our house’s scions are all very disciplined There is nothing more important than our co to hold up its conclusion!”

Imperial Prince Huo had no reply to that No et yelled at Was it really true? Had the eight houses’ geniuses been taken down by Winterdran?

The proceedings sank into a standstill

It was then that someone near the iestion, Your Highness”

“Speak your mind” Imperial Prince Huo waved

“Perhaps we should count the Winterdraw contestant tokens? If we’ve collected therounds is…” The advisor didn’t dare go on He didn’t have the guts to insinuate that the eight houses’ scions had ventured deeper into the lanced towards Kuang Han

Kuang Han harru Chen was depressed He hated the advisor with every fiber of his being Wasn’t counting so finely going to ruin things for him?

He had a lot of tokens on his person that he hadn’t handed in They were spoils from the six he had killed If he had handed all of them in, he would’ve been first place