"No need to thank me in the future. I don't care to hear it."
"Huh?"
He turned and walked away.
Lucy Luan: "..."
What a weird temper...
Three months passed in a flash.
His Majesty the Celestial Emperor announced the results for each group.
There were only two outcomes: pass or fail.
There were nineteen groups in total, and six didn't pass.
Those who passed were beaming with pride.
Those who failed looked dejected.
Most accepted the results without complaint.
Except for Jenna Summers's group.
As soon as Jenna saw her group had failed, she called out to His Majesty the Celestial Emperor, "Your Majesty! Why did we fail? We clearly won!"
The Celestial Emperor glanced at her and said, "You had your brother help you—did you think I wouldn't know?"
Everyone shot her unfriendly looks.
She actually cheated.
Jenna's face instantly turned red. She argued, "My brother just happened to pass by and helped out a little. He didn't even know I was doing a mission there."
The Celestial Emperor smiled, "Jenna Summers, you probably don't know I placed proctors at every mission site! When you met and spoke with your brother, one of them caught it and recorded everything."
Jenna's face changed dramatically.
"Does anyone have any objections to the results of this assessment?" he asked again.
Everyone indicated they had no objections.
But Jenna spoke up again: "Your Majesty! As far as I know, Lucy Luan's group also got help from Divine Race members—they cheated too!"
"Oh?" The Celestial Emperor looked at them. "Is that so?"
Lucy Luan's eyes turned cold. She asked, "Jenna Summers, what do you mean by that?"
"Didn't Mia Quinn help you?" Jenna raised her brows.
"Mia and Divine Lord Clouddeep did go to the Heavenly Moon Empire where we were doing our mission. But we didn't ask them for help. The Heavenly Moon Empire is Phoenix territory, and when they saw Calamity Thunder there, they deduced something unusual might happen and went over."
"You're lying!" Jenna said. "It was Snow Yuan who went to Cangwu to invite them! Plenty of people saw Snow Yuan in Cangwu!"
Snow Yuan stood up angrily and retorted, "I did go to Cangwu! But I went there to find a minor immortal who could speak for the Heavenly Moon Empire! I really just happened to run into them on the road!"
"Who'd believe that?" Jenna sneered. "Do you have any proof?"
Just as Snow Yuan was about to speak, a clear voice rang out from outside: "I am the evidence!"
A little girl around seven or eight years old walked in from outside—it was Mia Quinn.
She wore a pink Divine Robe and looked absolutely adorable.
"Mia Quinn? Why are you here?" Jenna's expression changed.
"Special permission from His Majesty—I’m now part of the Divine Generals’ Camp!" Mia said with a sweet smile.
Then she told everyone, "At the time, we noticed Calamity Clouds gathering toward Heavenly Moon Empire. My Divine Father was with my Divine Mother and Divine Lord Tanya Quinn!
They can all testify that my father and I only went because we saw the Calamity Clouds. We had no idea Fifth Highness and the others were doing a mission there."
The Celestial Emperor smiled and said, "In fact, I've already confirmed this with Divine Lord Tanya Quinn. It’s true."
Mia Quinn nodded.
Jenna looked mortified.
After class, Lucy Luan asked Mia what happened.
Turns out, after Mia returned to Cangwu, she really begged Phoenix Divine Lord Tanya to let her join the Divine Generals’ Camp.
Phoenix Divine Lord Tanya couldn’t resist her and asked the Celestial Emperor for permission.
But the Celestial Emperor isn’t easy to deal with.
It took a lot of effort for Phoenix Divine Lord Tanya to ask for this favor, so the Celestial Emperor seized the chance to make demands—he wouldn’t agree until she promised him something in return.