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"I hope that when the time comes, Seventh Imperial Brother can find a way to satisfy Imperial Father and all of us will be satisfied. I still need to prepare for the Martial Arts Competition and return first. I hope that the Pre-Sky Realm Martial Palace will not cause another great fire like today." Han Zhao coldly glanced at Han Xiao before flinging his sleeves and quickly leaving, as if he was really angry because of today's inexplicable fire.

The corner of Han Xiao's mouth slightly rose as he looked at Han Zhao's back. He turned around and asked Zheng Dai, "Scholar Zheng, who is this year's reading official?"

"Reporting to Seventh Prince, he's the prince's teacher, Lord Tang." He said respectfully.

"Tang Yong?" Hearing this strange name, Han Xiao frowned and saw that Zheng Dai was still looking at him. He smiled and said, "I know, the matter today is indeed strange. I would like to take a look at it from here. You can go back first."

"Yes, Seventh Prince, that seventh prince will be leaving now." With that, Zheng Xian respectfully took his leave.

After Zheng Xian left, Han Xiao arranged for the examinees to seal up the papers and let each of the guards leave. In the blink of an eye, the crowded courtyard suddenly became very quiet, with Han Xiao being the only one left.

Seeing that Han Xiao had already slowly walked in, Han Li thought to himself that the first place to start the fire was the west side. Perhaps it was because the west side was the first place to start the fire so it was relatively serious, the whole wall had turned black from the fire, the scattered charcoal and tiles on the ground looked very messy, according to his memory, Han Xiao walked to the first place to start the fire, but unfortunately, it was already pitch black without any clues.

Ye Zichen rubbed his chin as he looked around the hall, but couldn't see anything abnormal. As for the other starting points, they didn't leave any clues because of the huge fire, as if the fire had really started for some unknown reason.

Just as Han Xiao was frowning and thinking about the cause of the fire, the sound of hurried footsteps came from outside the door. Turning around, he saw Xiao Jianfeng bringing Little Lei Zi and Xiao Ke, Xiao Moke, and the other two directly enter the Hall and quickly walk towards him.

"Seventh Prince, Subordinate has already seen the outside of the Hall of Arts and there's nothing abnormal." Xiao Jianfeng said while bowing.

"There is nothing unusual outside and there is nothing unusual inside. Moreover, Han Zhao did not do anything different when the fire started. So, how did this fire happen?" Hearing Xiao Jianfeng's words, Han Xiao frowned even more as he muttered to himself.

"Could it be that the seventh prince's reason is because the Hall of Literature's buildings are too old, and because the weather is so dry?" Little Lei Zi asked.

"The written test is held here every year. Why haven't there been any fires due to the old buildings and the dry weather?" Han Xiao looked indifferently at Little Lei Zi and said.

Hearing Han Xiao's question, Little Lei Zi did not know how to answer. He touched his head and said gloomily, "Is it really like what people outside said? Is it because you provoked the God of Rage and caused this huge fire?"

"Does someone outside say that now, Little Lei Zi?" Han Xiao frowned and asked. It had only been four hours since the fire, yet there was such a rumor outside. That could only mean one thing. It must have been spread before the fire.

"Yeah, when I returned with Miss Xiao Ke Er and Xiao Moxian, I heard a lot of people saying that they had a good story. Some people even said that you secretly let it go when you were on patrol because you hated the Emperor." Little Lei Zi looked at Han Xiao and said.

"Han Xiao, we did indeed hear these rumors when we came back. However, how long has it been since the fire started?" Xiao Ke Er frowned as she spoke.

"I'm afraid that someone had planned this beforehand. Rumors have already spread out." Shao Moke looked at Han Xiao and said.

What Shao Moke said is right, the rumors were spread a long time ago, and Cousin Jianfeng sent people to the palace to find out who was the first to spread them, not just to investigate the people in the Three Emperors Palace, all the princes and princesses have to investigate, even the people in the inner court have to investigate. Han Xiao said as he threw a storage ring to Xiao Jianfeng.

Receiving the storage ring, Xiao Jianfeng immediately left. Seeing that Xiao Jianfeng had left, Han Xiao turned around and said to Little Lei Zi: "Little Lei Zi, if you have nothing else to do, take Ke Er and Xiao Moke back to the Asgard. Remember, no matter what rumors you hear, do not argue with them.

"So what if they conflict? At most, Han Xiao will just reveal my identity, but I don't believe that someone with my identity can do anything to me. " Xiao Ke Er said, in dissatisfaction.

"Especially since we can't expose your identity. Those who want to deal with me don't dare to come, but they might attack you secretly. News of the death of the only daughter of the president of the Abyss Academy in the Yun Ming Empire is more than enough to cause chaos throughout the entire Kuang Xiao Continent." Han Xiao indifferently looked at Xiao Ke Er as he spoke, his eyes filled with unprecedented seriousness.

Xiao Ke Er's status was too important. If something really happened to Xiao Ke Er here, then Xiao Zheng wouldn't be merciful to him no matter how much he valued himself. After all, Xiao Ke Er only had one daughter, but there were plenty of geniuses.

Seeing Han Xiao's serious expression, Ke Er also realized what was happening. Although she was unwilling in her heart, she could only nod and agree.

Han Xiao, you want us to go back? "What else can you find after burning this place to black charcoal?" Shao Moke asked doubtfully.

"If you can't find it, you have to try. Go back first, I don't have anything to do from here." Han Xiao said.

Seeing that Han Xiao insisted that Xiao Moke and Xiao Ke'er should follow Little Lei Zi back to the Palace, the lively Hall of Arts immediately quietened down. Feeling the silence around them, Han Xiao closed his eyes and started to think back to what had happened between the start of the written test and the start of the fire.

From the time Han Xiao thought about it three times, he still couldn't think of anything abnormal. On the contrary, everything was too normal, to the point where this huge fire seemed extremely abnormal.

Unknowingly, Han Xiao's surroundings darkened, and the bright moonlight shone through the windows of the Hall of Records, leaving behind mottled reflections on the ground. The sparse reflections were as vivid and poignant as the words written by the moonlight.

"Words." Thinking of the words Han Xiao suddenly recalled the scene when the examinees were writing their papers, at that time they were all written using source energy, although there were a total of 139 people, because Han Xiao was very curious about this method of answering the questions so he took a look at those people's source energy attributes. If he remembered correctly, there was a fire type source energy user near the starting point of the fire, he remembered that he was curious about why there were so many fire soul cultivators at that time.

"Could it be that the fire was due to the fire attribute Origin Energy on the examinees' bodies? But at that time, they should have been seriously writing their scripts without any intention of setting them on fire. Furthermore, it's impossible for Han Zhao to bribe all of them to set them on fire in the Hall of Literature at the same time." Han Xiao frowned as he looked up at the ceiling. He could vaguely see a white light shining through the cracks in the roof and onto the ground, forming a long white line.

I remember that the Soul Stone only has source energy, but the properties of the source energy inside will change along with the change of a cultivator's attribute, and the face of the Soul Stone is like a magnifying glass, no matter how good one is at controlling the Origin Energy, a portion of it will still spread out, not to mention that the people taking the exam today don't have a good control over the Origin Energy. It's not impossible for the flow of the Soul Force to affect the Soul Stone, and if you add on the sunlight outside, the Soul Stone will become a spark, which can explain why Han Zhe used the Fire Talisman to continue burning. Slowly, Han Xiao's mind cleared up, and a trace of happiness appeared on his face. However, when he saw the nearby black charcoal, the happiness slowly disappeared, even though he had thought of Han Zhao's method to ignite the fire, but he didn't have any evidence to prove it.

"Seventh prince, we've found the person who spread the rumors. It's the servant named Zhang Yu, who is standing beside Lord Zheng Shuang." Just when Han Xiao was about to prove that the fire was Han Zaifang, Xiao Jianfeng walked in and said respectfully.

"It seems that Han Zhao has put in a lot of effort to deal with the people who are working for him." Han Xiao sneered, "But it is also because of this that I can find the solution. Cousin Jianfeng, I need you to help me find four fire soul cultivators from today's examinees, tell them that I want to ask them for help tomorrow. If they don't want to, just say that it's my order, and if it's necessary, you can use my identity as an examiner to suppress them." Han Xiao supported his chin as he spoke.

"This subordinate understands, but I wonder what the Seventh Prince can do with these people?" Xiao Jianfeng asked doubtfully.

"You'll know the specifics tomorrow. Right, which palace has been abandoned for a long time?" Han Xiao asked.

"This, should only be Ya Fei's Glazed Embroidery Palace. When Ya Fei said something bad about the previous Empress that made His Majesty furious, she was directly sent to the Confession Palace. The Glazed Embroidery Palace has been abandoned ever since." Xiao Jianfeng thought for a moment and said.

"Embroidery Palace. If I remember correctly, it's next to Mother Han Zhao's Imperial Concubine Wen's Jewel Palace." Han Xiao asked indifferently.

"Yes, it's precisely the Imperial Jewel Palace." Although he did not know what Han Xiao wanted to do, Xiao Jianfeng dutifully answered.

"If that's the case, then let's choose that one. If we're lucky, we might not even be able to burn down the entire Pearl Palace." Han Xiao said with a faint smile.

"Burn to the Pearl Palace?" This time, Xiao Jianfeng expressed that he didn't understand it.

Seeing the doubtful expression on Xiao Jianfeng's face, Han Xiao faintly smiled and said, "First go and do the things I've asked you to do, tomorrow everything will be clear."

Seeing Han Xiao say this, Xiao Jianfeng did not continue asking and left respectfully.

"Han Zhao, the wind is helping the fire. I hope you can like the big gift I gave you tomorrow." Han Xiao looked at the roof and said indifferently.