Huang Yueli looked calm and turned a blind eye to the glances from everyone around her.
It wasn't until Master Xiao collected all the wooden boxes that she followed the crowd and left the backyard.
Huang Yueli deliberately walked at the end of the team, lowering her head and keeping silent. When no one noticed her, she found a corner and ran away secretly.
Huang Yueli found an unoccupied room and hurriedly changed her clothes.
Then, after she regained her true self, she swaggered through the gate into the backyard and arrived at the room where Master Xiao was.
In the room, the five Tianbao Grandmasters who were invited to serve as judges this time have been sitting together and discussing for a long time.
These five people happened to be the five Tianbao masters who were invited by General Mu to review the maps of her spiritual weapons when Huang Yueli first arrived in Zhongliang City.
Of course, inviting them over is no accident.
In Zhongliang City, these five masters represent the highest level of Tianhuzhou Tianbao Liuli Pavilion. Having them serve as judges is enough to convince all the major powers participating in the competition.
However, these five people are now sitting together, each of them looking a little confused and uneasy.
"Master Xiao, what's going on? Didn't we agree that Mr. Li will be here today? Where is he now?" Master Han couldn't help but ask.
Master Xiao's expression froze, "Young Master Li obviously came here this morning and even said hello to me! However, when the competition was about to begin, he suddenly said that he was in a hurry and wanted to go for a while, and then he didn't know how to run away. Where have you gone!"
"What? I don't know where you went? How is that possible?" Master Yuan frowned and said, "Since you said it was an internal emergency, you must have gone to the clean room, right?"
"It depends on what you said? Could this old man not know? However, I have sent people to search every room in the house, not to mention the clean room, even my daughter's boudoir, but I can't see Mr. Li. The silhouette of a human being!"
"What's going on? Will something happen to Mr. Li?"
The five people looked at each other, and instead of feeling less doubtful, they became even more uneasy.
After a while, Master Han said: "What should we do? I don't know what happened to Mr. Li, how could he just leave? Moreover, it doesn't matter if he is not around when the spiritual weapon masters are refining the weapons! Now it’s time to announce the results of the competition, and he’s still not here!”
Master Yuan also said: "Master Xiao, what do you think we should do now? We have been delaying for nearly an hour. There are still so many spiritual weapon masters and powerful figures from major forces waiting outside. There is no way for us to delay any longer. We must I need to give them an explanation!”
Master Wang hesitated and said: "But, after all, this is Mr. Li's business. If he is not here, it doesn't seem appropriate for us to just announce the results directly, right?"
Master Yuan nodded and said: "That's true, but in this situation... Master Xiao, you have the deepest friendship with Mr. Li, and you have the highest status in Tianbao Liuli Pavilion. Please give me an explanation!"
"This... I am not deliberately trying to shirk it, but..."
This hot potato was pushed into Master Xiao's hands, but he felt that he couldn't take it, so he hesitated and tried to shirk it.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
Master Xiao frowned and said displeasedly: "Who is outside?"
(End of chapter)