It didn't take long before Liu Qing returned.
"My lord, I've found out everything," Liu Qing said with a grin. "This trial had no first place."
"What?" Gao Fei was taken aback. "No first place? How come there is no first place?"
"It's all because of the Dragon Corpse," Liu Qing explained. "The appearance of the Dragon Corpse attracted many powerful figures vying for it, turning the Sea of Death upside down. In the end, the officials had to end the trial prematurely, so no first place was determined." At this point, Liu Qing added another sentence, "To put it simply, this trial was a failure."
"I see," Gao Fei nodded. "The officials are busy fighting over the Dragon Corpse, so how could they have the mind to hold a trial?" Gao Fei looked up at Liu Qing, "We must keep the matter of the Dragon Corpse a secret. We can't let it leak out, or we'll all be in trouble."
"Rest assured, my lord," Liu Qing said, patting his chest. "Even if I die, I won't reveal a single word."
