Dawnless Sovereign

The Huo Clan had no plausible deniability.

Not only did all of the identity tokens prove that those bodies belonged to Three Saints Church members, the incense hall also contained many pieces of evidence, and that was even to mention the three pieces of living evidence.

Chen Ruhai was looking at Fang Che in a skeptical manner as he remarked, "This Su Yue really is very good to you. On both occasions, he's left all of the accolades for you to claim."

"Brother Su has done more for me than anyone! I have nothing but gratitude for him, and I feel truly honored to have a friend like him!" Fang Che replied in a serious manner.

"But wasn't the Su Clan a subsidiary clan to the One Heart Church?" Chen Ruhai asked as he raised an eyebrow.

"I dunno anything about that," Fang Che exclaimed with a stunned expression.

"What?"

"I dunno."

Chen Ruhai was stunned speechless as he stared at Fang Che's innocent expression.

"Get out of here!"

"You got it!"

This had always been Fang Che's plan.

From his perspective, all he knew was that Su Yue was his good friend. As for the Su Clan, he didn't know anything.

Even if the Su Clan was a subsidiary clan to the One Heart Church, Brother Su definitely isn't a church member! You say that he is? Where's your evidence? How about you capture Brother Su and interrogate him? As for why he helped me, go ask him! I don't know anything! You can't find him? That's your problem!

The logic was watertight!

"Are you stupid? Why did you even bother to ask?" Fan Tiantiao scoffed.

Chen Ruhai: "......"

***

The evidence was irrefutable, and Fang Che had made another major contribution.

This time, it was an even more significant contribution as he had exposed an eight-tier clan, while the Ximen Clan had only been a ninth-tier one.

“Congratulations," Fan Tiantiao said as he squeezed out a benevolent smile. "You've made more contributions to the Hall of Guardians than your entire new student cohort combined. Perhaps someday, we'll be fellow colleagues in the Hall of Protectionists."

"I'm still far from reaching that point," Fang Che replied in a modest manner. "All of this has been handed to me on a silver platter by Brother Su, so I am unworthy of your praise."

Fan Tiantiao didn't argue with that, and he arranged some people to escort Fang Che and Huo Churan's trio back to White Cloud Warrior Academy.

Moon Shadow's report was rather vague this time, but that makes sense. After all, she's only a maidservant, and Fang Che wouldn't discuss everything with his maidservant in such fine detail. She needs to continue to get stronger. Only when she's a sufficiently capable warrior to be of help to Fang Che will he be inclined to confide more in her.

The staff at the academy's evaluation office were flabbergasted.

They had thought that Fang Che's previous shenanigans had been nothing more than a one-off, yet he had completely proven them wrong.

After examining all of the evidence and confirming the Huo Clan's ties to the Three Saints Church, the staff at the evaluation office were at a loss for words.

"One Lord for a hundred points, two Generals for thirty-two points, six Great Grandmasters for forty-eight points, thirteen Lesser Grandmasters for thirty-nine points, and twenty Warrior Masters for twenty points. Additionally, Huo Churan has recently reached the Lesser Grandmaster tier, so he counts for another six points. That's a total of 245 points!"

This was a staggering number for a first-year student, and these were all future merit points as well!

Additionally, the academy had to reward him with regular merit points as well!

"There were also the previous two occasions when the Huo Clan sent two three Lesser Grandmasters and two Great Grandmasters after me. Now that the Huo Clan's traitor status has been confirmed, I should get merit points for those five Grandmasters as well, right?"

"... Sure. Three Lesser Grandmasters is nine points, and two Great Grandmasters is sixteen points, amounting to twenty-seven. That takes the total to 282 for this time, and in addition to the twenty-six points from last time, your grand total is 308."

The staff at the evaluation office were stunned beyond words.

Furthermore, all of them had come after Fang Che, so it was all justified self-defense, and in light of those circumstances, they couldn't punish him for completing missions beyond his grade.

But still, this was way too many future merit points!

Even if he did nothing for the rest of his five years in the academy, he had already done enough to guarantee himself a job in the Hall of Protectionists upon graduation!

Fang Che was very pleased with this haul.

It was still dark outside, but the academy staff had already been hard at work for some time.

Fan Tiantiao was sitting in Huang Yifan's office.

Huang Yifan did not like the look of him. How old are you? Why do you already have so many wrinkles at your age?

"What do you want?" Huang Yifan asked.

"I want to take the three Huo Clan survivors back with me. There are still some matters that our Hall of Protectionists have to take care of."

Huang Yifan's expression instantly darkened upon hearing this.

"Are you worried that these three will be silenced as well?"

Fan Tiantiao offered no response in silent confirmation.

Huang Yifan couldn't argue with that. It was already confirmed that there was at least one undercover agent in the academy. To this day, the undercover agent still hadn't been caught, and they still didn't even know how the two Kings had been silenced.

However, at the same time, this only made him less fond of Fan Tiantiao.

"Get Chen Ruhai to come see me next time. I feel depressed just looking at this face of yours!"

"Your wish is my command."

Huang Yifan stared at Fan Tiantiao for a moment, trying to think of a reason to pick a fight, but came up short.

Hence, he resorted to a personal attack. "What's wrong with your face? I can't imagine how much of a wrinkly prune your father must be if you already have so many wrinkles at your age!"

Fan Tiantiao's expression also darkened upon hearing this.

"I didn't ask to be born like this. On the day that I was born, my mother took a premium Evergreen Pill, which can solidify one's appearance and ensure that they don't age any further, at least outwardly. Unfortunately, the pill took effect on me as well, and I've never been able to get rid of the wrinkles that I was first born with."

Huang Yifan erupted into laughter upon hearing this.

"So you're the sixth child of Fan Yitong! I heard about what happened to you, but I didn't think it'd be this bad!"

Fan Tiantiao's expression darkened even further, whereas Huang Yifan was suddenly in a much better mood.

He put on a meaningful and heartfelt expression as he patted Fan Tiantiao on the shoulder and consoled, "Don't blame your parents for this. Your mother had been dreaming of that pill all her life. You know what a pill like that means for a woman.

“Finally, your father was able to get one for her, and she was so excited that she took it without considering the consequences. Who could've anticipated that you would be born on the same day?"

However, he was unable to maintain his caring facade for long before bursting into laughter again.

"I'll be taking my leave now," Fan Tiantiao said as he stormed away with a furious expression, slamming the door so violently behind him that the entire building trembled from the impact.

Fan Tiantiao was fuming!

Never had he been humiliated like this before!

If it weren't for the fact that he was no match for Huang Yifan in battle, he would've challenged him there and then, even if Huang Yifan were his superior!

Following Fan Tiantiao's departure, Huang Yifan gave a triumphant harrumph.

"That's what you get for pissing me off! I'm going to bring this up every time you come to see me!"

***

Once again, Fang Che was praised by the academy and awarded an additional sixty-seven merit points.

At the moment, he had 308 future merit points and 420 normal merit points, taking his total to 728.

What all of the students were most envious of were those 308 future merit points.

They could be spent like normal merit points, but even after that, they would remain on his record, meaning that his future was ensured!

Furthermore, he still had over four years to raise this total even higher.

His current total would at least guarantee him a position of head constable working for the government or centurion in the army, and he could even become an official Protectionist if he wanted.

Mo Ganyun was green with envy. He didn't even have a single future merit point yet!

"Why do all of these good things always happen to you?"

"You think constantly being targeted by assassins is a good thing?" Fang Che exclaimed.

"Why do they never assassinate me?!"

Fang Che rolled his eyes and left.

***

After lunch.

"Pope Yin, I have now accumulated 308 future merit points at the academy, and the Huo Clan has also been exposed."

Fang Che wasn't going to pass up any opportunity to boast about his feats to Yin Shengong.

Yin Shengong heaved a faint sigh and didn't bother to respond.

He was already aware of this, having been notified through a message from Qian Sanjiang.

"The Huo Clan and the incense hall of the Three Saints Church have both been taken down. Night Demon really is a cruel customer! He's still using Su Yue's name even in death!"

"What else is he supposed to do? Tell everyone that it's our One Heart Church that's helping him?"