Chapter 264: Can Hide No Longer (1/2)

”Do you know how many royal family members there are?” Alex asked

”Hmm… The emperor has 3 siblings as far as I know, and 3 children. As for the sibling's children, I am not sure. Although, the youngest one isn't even married despite being very old by now. I heard he is… ” Ma Rong stopped.

”He is what?” Alex asked.

”Shh. We can't talk about these things in the open, Disciple Yu,” the second elder said. ”You never know whose eyes and ears are focused on us. It's better to take caution and not say anything.”

Alex was a little surprised. But from the reaction, he could guess that whatever his master was going to say about the little brother of the emperor, it definitely wasn't going to be anything good.

'So the emperor's brother is a bum or something?' Alex wondered.

Soon, they reached the arena in the coliseum and Fu Zhen was there to explain to them about the different competitions that would take place today too.

The Alchemy competition for today was the fastest pill making. There was only a single one, so Ma Rong made Fan Ruogang, Zhou Mei, and Wan Li take part in the competition.

With the top 3 of the sect taking part in the competition, they could be pretty sure that they were going to win at least some points.

Alex and the rest of the group went to their seating area while Ma Rong took the three to get registered.

”Ah, Yu Ming. There you are.” Alex heard someone call his name. From the sound, he knew who the person calling him was, but he wasn't sure if he should turn around to say something or not.

'I'll get beat if I don't say anything,' he thought and turned around. ”Hello, sister,” he said.  The one whole called out to him was none other than Luo Mei.

”I saw your competition yesterday. Congratulations on the first place,” Luo Mei said.

”Thank you, sister,” Alex said.

There were people behind both Luo Mei and Alex, and they were all surprised. The people couldn't understand why they were acting so close.

Du Yuhan was right there too and he was paying attention to the two of them talking.

”Senior Luo, do you know this guy? He was part of our sect but then he defected to Hong Wu sect,” the girl named Su spoke from behind. ”He was the guy that beat Huo Tu in a fight.”

Sounds of gasps and surprise appeared from the Tiger sect side of the group. They all knew about Huo Tu losing to an inner sect disciple, but they never expected him to be part of the Hong Wu sect.

People started murmuring to themselves, wondering if Alex left the sect because he was scared of Huo Tu's retaliation.

Luo Mei frowned a little and said, ”He did no such thing. Don't try to bring down my junior brother's name,” Luo Mei said.

The girl named Su was a little surprised at Luo Mei's reaction. ”Your… junior brother?” she asked.

Just then, the rest of the Tiger group returned from the registration place. Wen Cheng was followed by a few disciples, one of which was Meng Yun.