Chen Changsheng offered a word of praise, visibly pleased.
"We're not Xue Huan, nor are we subjects of the Great Jing Dynasty."
"When dealing with the Great Jing Dynasty's problems, we don't need ironclad evidence."
"If Xue Huan spouted nonsense without evidence and offended certain people, even dying a hundred times wouldn't be enough."
"That's also why she's had her hands and feet tied in everything she does."
After hearing Chen Changsheng's answer, Ma Yuxuan asked curiously, "Teacher, according to your guess, where exactly did the Great Jing Dynasty's water law go?"
"Right here in my hand!"
Chen Changsheng raised the porcelain bottle in his hand and shook it.
Seeing this, Ma Yuxuan thought for a moment before asking, "Teacher, are you saying someone hid this region's water law inside the Imperial Jade Seal?"
"Yes!"
"A Drop Becomes a River might sound mysterious, but it's actually just an application of the water law."
"Surely you understand something that simple?"
"Of course I do, but the Imperial Jade Seal has existed since the founding of the Great Jing Dynasty, while the drought only began twenty years ago."
"Could the Imperial Jade Seal contain only a small portion of the water law's fragments?"
"That's a good thought, but is it possible that someone has been extracting this region's water law all along?"
"And it was only twenty years ago that the water law here was gradually drained dry."
"But there's no evid-"
"Hmm?"
Ma Yuxuan had instinctively tried to object, and Chen Changsheng raised his voice a notch.
Meeting Chen Changsheng's gaze, Ma Yuxuan rephrased his words. "Isn't drawing a conclusion from that one guess a little too one-sided?"
"A single guess is indeed a little one-sided, so I made some other guesses to complete the chain of logic."
"For instance, the