Hearing the Seventh Hall Master's doubts, the Holy Maiden's eyes grew distant. After pondering for a long while, she slowly said, "There is only one possibility: his mastery of the Heavenly Fiend Blood Concealment Art far surpasses that of our Quan Clan."
"That's impossible!" The Thirteenth Hall Master immediately denied it. "The Heavenly Fiend Blood Concealment Art is our Quan Clan's secret art. Only those of the direct main line can master the complete version."
The Thirteenth Hall Master was also surnamed Quan. Aside from the Ninth and Tenth Halls, which were necessarily headed by members of the Quan Clan, members of the Quan Clan could also compete for the positions of Hall Master in the other halls.
"That may be true, but once all impossibilities are ruled out, this is the only truth." The Holy Maiden shook her head.
The reason she could not persuade her uncle was because her mastery of the Heavenly Fiend Blood Concealment Art was far inferior to his.
First, her uncle's bloodline was more orthodox and had inherited more.
Second, he was much older than she was.
Third, he was the Sect Leader.
Her aptitude was not vastly superior to her uncle's, so naturally, her mastery was far behind his.
Did they really think Wenren Sheng could make Quan Sect Leader bow his head and acknowledge him as master just by casually saying a few words? If someone else had said those same principles, Quan Sect Leader would first have checked whether their brain was properly cooked.
The same reasoning had completely different effects depending on who said it.
"What? How could that be?" The Hall Masters were greatly alarmed.
Yet upon careful thought, this was indeed the only possible explanation.
They were all at the highest level and understood the Quan Clan's direct-line