Ye Xingxue smiled helplessly: "Alright, I'll go with you."

Ling Luo looked up at him: "Didn't you want to eat?"

Ye Xingxue laughed: "I also want to see a fight."

Ling Luo nodded: "Okay."

Jiang Xinghe and the others: "..."

Their Crown Prince has never been one to join in the fun or get into fights...

Such an obvious excuse, only you, Crown Princess, would believe it, right?

Just as everyone was thinking this, the eldest prince of the Tans Empire, Olica, and the fifth princess, Tina, came over.

Olikai's expression was somewhat unnatural, but Tinas stared intently at Yexingxue.

After seeing Tina, Ye Zeru and the others all looked at Ling Luo.

Ye Xingxue held Ling Luo's hand tightly. Seeing them approach, she gave a curt greeting: "Is there something you need, First Prince and Fifth Princess?"

Ye Xingxue and Tina rarely had a chance to meet. Since she finally had the opportunity to get close to him, she wanted to see Ye Xingxue a little longer, so she forcibly dragged Olikai over with her.

Olikai coughed lightly: "We just happened to be passing by and saw you, so we came over to say hello."

Just as Ye Xingxue was about to speak, Lin Yushen's voice suddenly rang out from the crowd.

"Everyone's here? It's quite lively."

Upon hearing his voice, Ling Luo narrowed her eyes slightly.

Everyone else also looked at Lin Yushen.

When Lin Yushen saw Tina and Olikai, he smiled and said, "The eldest prince is accompanying your fifth princess to find the person she likes again? The fifth princess is really devoted."

Tina was both ashamed and angry that Lin Yushen had spoken so directly.

Before he could speak, Lin Yushen said with a grin, "Fifth Princess, don't misunderstand. I support you. After all, you are so outstanding, and with so many boys here, who would dare say you are not good enough for him?"

As he spoke, Lin Yu smiled and looked at Ye Xingxue: "Is that right, Your Highness?"

Ye Xingxue was naturally not foolish enough to jump into the pit he had dug.

He said calmly, "I thought the Third Prince would be in a bad mood after withdrawing from the competition, but it seems he is in a good mood now."

Lin Yu knew that Ye Xingxue would use this to retaliate against him.

He didn't care at all and laughed, "As for the assessment, it happens every year. If you get eliminated, you get eliminated. It's no big deal."

Night Snow: "The Third Prince is quite open-minded."

Lin Yushen shrugged: "I've always been very open-minded. Having participated in so many assessments, it's rare to be eliminated midway through. It's a unique experience, and I don't think it's too bad."

Lin Yu sighed, checked the time, and said, "The results will be out a little earlier today. I guess when the results come out, your Lingliu Empire will be in first place, right? Congratulations!"

Ye Xingxue didn't believe he had come specifically to congratulate him.

He had just thought of this and hadn't spoken yet when Lin Yushen laughed and said, "I think your empire's students are quite happy because of this. But then again, your empire hasn't won first place for so many years, so it's normal to be happy. But... you won this first place with someone who has no cultivation aptitude. Don't you feel a little guilty taking it?"

"After all, the purpose of our assessment is to test the overall level of the school's students. Even if you get first place, apart from your Crown Princess, the overall strength of the other students is still far inferior to ours, isn't it?"

That certainly sounds true.

but--

Ling Luo is also a member of the school.

Lin Yushen spoke of the whole picture, but deliberately excluded her from it.

She looked at Lin Yushen and, unusually, spoke first: "You look down on abilities other than martial arts masters?"

If the person leading the Flying Feather Empire in this assessment were a highly qualified martial artist, Lin Yu Shen certainly wouldn't have said that.

—Just one chapter today. I'll be busy tomorrow, but I should be back to normal updates the day after. Mwah!