"You got it right!"
The moment those words fell, everyone was stunned. Even Lin Xuan's mouth fell open.
"Unfortunately, you only had the right idea—you did not fully understand it. I'll count it as half right."
"Though I cannot grant you the chance to enter the inner sect directly, I can give you a small privilege. Later, I can lower some of the entry requirements for you."
Xiao Chen stared at Lin Xuan in astonishment. "Big Brother, you're incredible!"
"Hehe... otherwise, how could he be the big brother? They might as well give it to you." Lian Qingtian smiled faintly, drawing a fierce eye-roll from Xiao Chen.
"As expected of Junior Brother!" Mu Jingfeng's eyes blazed so brightly that anyone unaware might have thought he had some peculiar obsession.
Unlike them, Xu Wang and the others were looking at Lin Xuan with displeasure.
They had not heard what Lin Xuan said, but that did not stop them from being upset. It felt as though Lin Xuan had suppressed them once again.
"Enough. This concludes the questioning. No one answered correctly, and everyone has lost the chance to enter the inner sect directly."
The old gatekeeper's voice spread through the sky.
Countless people sighed in disappointment.
"Senior, what exactly is the Heavenly Dao you speak of?"
Zhan Yunqian spoke at this moment.
He wanted to see what sort of answer the gatekeeper considered correct.
The gatekeeper glanced at him, a smile curling at the corner of his mouth.
Facing the expectant gazes of everyone present, he slowly spoke. "The Heavenly Dao is a cage, imprisoning heaven and earth, constructing order, and treating all things as straw dogs."
The entire venue abruptly fell silent, so still that one could hear a needle drop.
The gatekeeper's words were simply earth-shattering.
The lofty Heavenly