Questioning Tang Yuehua

Heaven Dou Empire's capital, Heaven Dou City.

In the bustling heart of Heaven Dou City stood a small five-story building. Even within Heaven Dou City, it counted as a fairly tall structure.

The building's first impression was one of elegant refinement. Its overall architectural style was somewhat antique, and the plaque bore only two simple words: Moonlight Pavilion.

Not many pedestrians came and went from the building, but it was clear that those entering and leaving were either lavishly dressed or exceptionally poised. There were both men and women.

This was the Heaven Dou Empire's court etiquette academy, a place specifically dedicated to teaching all manner of noble etiquette to the empire's aristocrats.

Yet few people knew that Moonlight Pavilion's background was far from simple. Even the imperial family was unwilling to offend it, because this place was actually an asset of the Clear Sky Sect, once one of the Upper Three Sects and now sealed away from the world.

Moonlight Pavilion's top-floor attic.

This was the private room of Moonlight Pavilion's master, Tang Yuehua.

At that moment, the soft tap-tap of footsteps echoed upon the sandalwood staircase. Looking closer, the approaching figure was a graceful and luxurious beautiful woman dressed in a silver court gown. She appeared to be in the prime of her years, yet her beautiful eyes held a depth that did not match her appearance. At a glance, one could tell she was a woman with a story.

This elegant, composed woman, whose every gesture was refined and whose aura was noble yet cool, was none other than Moonlight Pavilion's master, Tang Yuehua.

Beyond that, she had another identity. She was the younger sister of Tang Xiao, the current sect master of the Clear Sky Sect. She was chiefly responsible for managing Moonlight Pavilion while gathering intelligence from the outside world, ensuring that the secluded Clear Sky Sect would not know nothing of the world beyond and be abandoned by the times.

Tang Yuehua had just reached the door to her room. She placed her hand against it and was about to push it open when a clear ding suddenly sounded beside her ear.

Question...

The instant she heard that sound, Tang Yuehua immediately realized that she had been selected by the quiz and would have to answer a question.

She could not help feeling both delighted and apprehensive.

She was delighted because answering correctly would earn her generous rewards.

She was apprehensive because a wrong answer meant facing an unknown punishment!

This quiz game was like a gamble!

Win the bet, and one would soar to great heights.

Lose the bet, and one would be doomed beyond redemption.

It made the people of the Douluo Continent both love and hate it; they feared its punishments while coveting its rewards.

Tang Yuehua took several deep breaths, doing her best to calm the turbulent unease in her heart. Once she had settled herself, she began carefully reading the question.

But very soon, when she saw the contents of the question, the expression she had barely managed to calm instantly shattered.

Question: Why did Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao lose an arm and a leg...

"How is that possible?!"

Tang Yuehua could not stop herself from crying out.

Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao was none other than her own elder brother. But what had she just seen? Her second brother had lost a leg and an arm?!

What exactly had happened?!

How could this be possible?

Her second brother had once been the youngest Titled Douluo on the continent!

Before Ye Cheng, who possessed Twin Martial Souls, had been exposed, her second brother Tang Hao had been the youngest Titled Douluo in the history of the Soul Master World. He had even achieved the remarkable feat of severely injuring the Spirit Hall's Pope upon first becoming a Titled Douluo.

How could someone as powerful as him have an arm and leg severed?!

What exactly had happened?

Forcing down her agitation, Tang Yuehua once again took several deep breaths. She even activated her innate domain, Noble Circle, before finally managing to calm her emotions.

She began carefully examining the contents of the quiz again.

Question: Why did Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao lose an arm and a leg?

Option One: Lacking the pride of a true powerhouse, he bullied the weak and abused his strength to oppress the young. He was instead taught a lesson by their elder, who severed an arm and a leg as a minor punishment.

Option Two: His son was in danger, so he revealed himself to rescue him. Unable to defeat the powerful enemy, he had no choice but to detonate his soul bones and risk his life.

Option Three: Feeling that he had wronged the sect, he severed one arm and one leg himself and returned the soul bones.

Option Four: Unable to defeat an enemy, he had an arm and a leg severed by that enemy.

Option Five: His old injuries worsened, and to redirect the damage, he severed an arm and a leg himself.

Correct answer: Martial Soul defect remedied; obtain top-tier Martial Soul aptitude!

Wrong answer: Noble Circle innate domain revoked!

"These five options... I wonder whether they concern something that has yet to happen in the future, or something that has already happened." After seeing the quiz's contents, Tang Yuehua furrowed her brows slightly and murmured inwardly.

At the same time.

Tang Hao, who had been secretly guarding and protecting his son Tang San, was likewise pulled into the quiz's Live Stream Room. After seeing the contents of this question, he too was deeply shocked.

"I'll lose an arm and a leg?!"

Tang Hao instinctively refused to believe it. But then he recalled that the quiz's contents might concern events that had already occurred in the past or would occur in the future. That meant he truly would lose an arm and a leg in the future.

He carefully examined the five options.

Option One: Lacking the pride of a true powerhouse, he bullied the weak and abused his strength to oppress the young. He was instead taught a lesson by their elder, who severed an arm and a leg as a minor punishment.

Tang Hao immediately ruled out this option.

It was not that he truly believed he possessed the pride of a strong man and would never bully the weak or use his strength to oppress the young. Rather, he knew that if he were ever to bully a junior with his power, he would first make sure to investigate the other party's background. If they were someone he could not afford to offend, he would never make a move.

That was why he considered this option impossible.

Option two: His biological son encountered danger, and he appeared to save him. Unable to defeat a powerful enemy, he had no choice but to self-destruct his soul bones and risk his life.

Tang Hao ruled out this option as well. Its likelihood was also low. After all, the soul bones on his body were inherited soul bones of the Clear Sky Sect and carried tremendous significance for the sect. Even if Tang Hao blew up his martial soul, he would never destroy those two soul bones.

Option three: Ashamed before the sect, he severed one arm and one leg and returned the soul bones.

Option four: Unable to defeat an enemy, he had one arm and one leg severed by that enemy.

Option five: His old injuries worsened; to redirect the damage, he severed one arm and one leg.

The remaining three options were all possible, but when Tang Hao thought of the injuries that had accumulated in his body over the years, he inexplicably felt that option five was likely the correct answer.

Unfortunately, he was not the one answering the question. Otherwise, he could have received the reward.

Still, the one answering was his younger sister. If she received the reward, it would at least remain within the family.

Thus, Tang Hao decided to give her a hint.