"Have you forgotten?"
"I even greeted you!"
Chai Asi began, "I have elders above me and children below..."
Then he abruptly shut his mouth.
Because he had already felt the constraints of the rules and understood what kind of pressure Bear Three Thoughts had endured back then.
The overt rules of this question-and-answer game held the greatest authority. Once the questioning began, anyone who dared speak a lie would be directly obliterated.
Chai Asi himself was all alone, with no elders or children to worry about.
His first instinct, of course, was to frantically call out to the Great Ancient God in his heart.
But only then did he discover that his inner voice could not sound at all.
In this question-and-answer game, outside help was forbidden!
Chai Asi had thought he would lose his head and immediately fall to his knees begging for mercy. Yet strangely, at this moment, he was not all that nervous.
Perhaps it was because the precious mirror in his arms was still there, the divine seal in his heart still held power, and the Great Ancient God was still by his side.
Perhaps it was because... he, Chai Asi, was no longer the same as before.
Bear Three Thoughts had already crossed this river once. Could he not cross it safely as well?
"Why don't I ask you first?" he changed his tune.
He Huating looked at him quietly, ignoring his request as he continued on his own. "Your cultivation is weak, your aptitude mediocre, your demon traits ordinary, and your looks quite average as well. Yet you are so... confident."
He began his question. "What does your confidence come from?"
With every judgment He Huating spat out, Chai Asi's expression grew uglier.
The rules of the question-and-answer game forced him to provide an