Martial Master

At this moment, Qin Chen was filled with astonishment.

The black slave also frowned slightly.

The number of martial artists who came to the imperial city with Mu Lengfeng was originally not many; all counted, there were only six people: You Qianxue, Yuwen Feng, Wang Qiming, Princess Zixun, Zhao Lingshan, and the Fourth Prince Zhao Wei.

Among these six, You Qianxue, Yuwen Feng, and Wang Qiming were the strongest. During the Great Competition of the Ancient South Capital, they successfully made it into the top twelve and obtained the heritage of the Ancient South Capital.

Therefore, in Qin Chen's view, if any of them had joined the Imperial Star Academy, it would most likely be Wang Qiming, Yuwen Feng, or You Qianxue, which is why he asked.

To his surprise, the other party had never heard of Wang Qiming and even stated that there was no student he was unfamiliar with in the entire Imperial Star Academy.

This caused Qin Chen's expression to darken.

The occurrence of this situation generally meant one of two possibilities: either Wang Qiming had indeed not become a student of the Imperial Star Academy, or the other party was lying.

Coldly gazing at the two guards, Qin Chen could tell that they were not lying.

Wang Qiming hadn't joined the Imperial Star Academy?

Qin Chen's heart twisted painfully.

This represented that the promise made to him by Mu Lengfeng had not been fulfilled, and the original plan had deviated.

However, Qin Chen could not yet determine where the deviation had occurred.

"Then may I ask if your esteemed academy has a student named Yuwen Feng?"

Qin Chen spoke again; he wanted to know exactly where the deviation lay—was it just Wang Qiming's issue, or had everyone failed to join?

"Yuwen Feng?"

The guard wore a puzzled expression, which made Qin Chen's heart sink again.

He saw the other party showing confusion, and after pondering for a moment, he shook his head again: "I've never heard of him; our Imperial Star Academy does not have this student."

"What about You Qianxue?"

Qin Chen hurriedly asked again.

As soon as this name was mentioned, Qin Chen suddenly felt that the atmosphere in the vicinity seemed to undergo some strange changes. Many students around turned their gazes toward him, filled with odd expressions.

No, these people should have met You Qianxue, at the very least, they must have heard of her; otherwise, they wouldn't have such expressions.

Just as he was about to inquire further, he suddenly heard a derisive laugh: "Are you talking about those commoners from the Five Nations?"

Turning his head, he saw a pair of men and women standing not far away. The man was quite handsome, and the woman was also exceptionally beautiful, but both had an air of superiority and arrogance that made Qin Chen uncomfortable.

However, at this moment, Qin Chen had no mood to argue with them; he simply said in a deep voice, "Have you seen them?"

The girl snorted coldly, eyeing Qin Chen up and down, and laughed mockingly: "Just a few commoners from the Five Nations, how could I not have seen them? Those guys thought they had decent talent during the recent enrollment, attempting to join our Imperial Star Academy. How laughable! Our Imperial Star Academy is the top academy of the Dawei Dynasty; how could commoners like them possibly enter? Regardless of their strength, just their identity as commoners makes it impossible for them to become students of our Imperial Star Academy, truly ridiculous."

"They didn't join the Imperial Star Academy?"

Qin Chen's palms clenched tightly, his heart sinking: "Where are they now?"

His tone was anxious and tense.

The reason You Qianxue and the others had come to the imperial city of the Dawei Dynasty was that as long as they joined the Imperial Star Academy, the forces like the Liu Xian Sect could no longer cause trouble for You Qianxue and her group.

But now, if You Qianxue and the others had failed to join the Imperial Star Academy, what kind of danger would they face?

Qin Chen couldn't bear to imagine it.

Hearing Qin Chen's anxious tone, the girl looked at him suspiciously, her expression turning cold: "Why are you so eager to inquire about them? Could it be that you are also a commoner from the Five Nations like them?"