"Questionable character?" Song Tao looked astonished.
What kind of assessment was that?
"Remarkable talent"—he could understand that.
Grandfather had merely asked him a casual question, yet he had successfully broken through, leaping from the Empty Valley Realm to the High Mountain Realm and completing an extremely important step forward.
Grandfather had asked him the same question back then, but he had felt nothing at all, nor had he encountered such a fine opportunity and stroke of luck.
But what did "questionable character" mean? If Grandfather thought his character was questionable, why had he invited him to meet?
"After all that talk, his mouth was full of lies," Song Gudú said.
Song Tao could not help laughing. "So Grandfather blames him for not being honest. I've met him quite a few times and indeed found his words hypocritical and his manner frivolous. But there's something I don't understand. Since his character is questionable, why did Grandfather still invite him here?"
"First, to verify a suspicion I've held." Song Gudú looked at the plum blossoms glowing with golden light in the courtyard. "This doubt has lain across my heart for many years. I've always wanted to find a chance to confirm it."
"Have you found the answer, Grandfather?"
Song Gudú pointed at the plum blossoms filling the courtyard. "Aren't these the answer?"
"That's the answer?" Song Tao looked toward the blossoms. "Grandfather suspects that Li Mu Yang's origins are connected to the 'Twin Dragons Seize Pearl' incident fifteen years ago?"
"That was not Twin Dragons Seize Pearl."
"It wasn't?"
"It wasn't."
"Then what was it?"
Song Gudú shook his head. "That is also the answer I want to obtain. I had you invite him here so I could see what kind of person he really is—and whether he is truly the answer