What drove Tang San even closer to a breakdown was that the current Tang Sect leader actually thought it over carefully for a while, then agreed outright.
Tang Ya carefully considered Huo Yuhao's words and found that they did make some sense.
After nodding in agreement, she praised Huo Yuhao directly.
"Yuhao, that's a good idea. We'll do as you suggested. I'm sure our founder wouldn't want his divine position falling into someone else's hands either."
What neither of them knew was that everyone across the entire Douluo Continent had heard every word of their conversation loud and clear.
Inside Shrek Academy, Bei Bei, who had been watching Tang Ya all along, stiffened, embarrassment flooding every inch of him.
It felt even worse than being publicly pilloried himself.
Most importantly, his great-great-grandfather was right beside him.
Now, he felt as though bugs were crawling all over his body, and he kept glancing in every direction.
Mu En, who had been wearing a kindly smile, could no longer smile either. Looking at how uncomfortable his descendant was, he somehow felt embarrassed on Bei Bei's behalf.
Xu Sanlei actually laughed aloud. He could already picture Bei Bei's expression. If he had been beside Bei Bei right now, he would probably have started teasing him.
What Huo Yuhao had not expected was that, before their founder had even grown angry over his conversation with Teacher Xiao Ya, Wang Dong beside him had already lost her temper.
"You! How could you two do this? You're members of the Tang Sect, and one of you is even its current sect leader! How dare you covet your ancestor's divine position?"
"Don't you know that's disrespectful to your ancestor? Aren't you afraid he'll bring his wrath down on you?"
Only after Wang Dong's rebuke did the two realize they had been plotting far too loudly.
Tang Ya was left speechless, stammering helplessly, while Huo Yuhao lowered his head, unsure what to say.
Hearing his daughter speak up for what was right filled Tang San's fatherly heart with comfort.
He had not raised this daughter in vain. Even without her previous memories, she still stood up for her old father.
Faced with Wang Dong's words, Tang Ya did not argue. Instead, she recognized her mistake.
"Well, Wang Dong, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have said that. Actually, I'm worried about our ancestor's safety too. If someone really recognizes him, he'll be in trouble."
Since even Teacher Xiao Ya had said that, Huo Yuhao stopped trying to defend himself.
"Wang Dong, I was wrong too. I shouldn't have come up with that plan. If you want to scold someone, scold me."
"Hmph. As long as you know you were wrong. Don't say things like that so casually again. He's your Tang Sect's ancestor."
With that, Wang Dong turned her head away and ignored them.
What Wang Dong did not know was that Xiao Hongchen of the Sun Moon Empire had heard her earlier words perfectly clearly, and they had aroused his suspicions.
Xiao Hongchen pulled Meng Hongchen into a secluded spot, pointed at Wang Dong, and said quietly:
"Mengmeng, do you see that person? She kept defending Tang San just now. I suspect she might very well be Tang San."
"I've seen a portrait of Tang San before, and she does bear some resemblance to him. If Tang San really is in this space, she's definitely the prime suspect."
Hearing her brother's words, Meng Hongchen followed Xiao Hongchen's pointing finger and looked at Wang Dong.
With just one glance, Meng Hongchen's pretty, adorable face flushed red, and her eyes never left Wang Dong again.
"Well, Little Meng? Do you think there's something off about her?"
Meng Hongchen did not respond. Her eyes remained fixed on Wang Dong, and her little face grew redder and redder.
A puzzled look crossed Xiao Hongchen's face. What was wrong with his sister today?
He waved a hand in front of her eyes and spoke again.
"Little Meng, what's wrong? Say something."
Meng Hongchen finally snapped out of her daze and immediately spoke up in Wang Dong's defense.
"Brother, I think you've guessed wrong. That person doesn't look anything like the legendary Sea God Tang San to me."
With that, her eyes returned to Wang Dong.
Xiao Hongchen also looked at Wang Dong again, comparing her to the portrait of Tang San he remembered seeing.
"She clearly looks a lot like him. Little Meng, are you sure you're looking at the right person?"
"No, no. Brother, you're mistaken. It can't be her. It definitely can't be her."
"All right, let's stop talking here. Let's go see whether there are any other suspects."
After saying that, Meng Hongchen firmly pushed Xiao Hongchen away, though her eyes never left Wang Dong.
Xiao Hongchen felt that his sister was acting very strangely today.
What neither of them knew was that their grandfather, Jing Hongchen, had heard their entire conversation loud and clear.
As the head of the Virtue Hall and the dean of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, he also felt that Xiao Hongchen's words made some sense.
He also had someone fetch the portrait of Tang San that Xiao Hongchen had seen, and upon comparing them, found that there was indeed some resemblance.
At the same time, he noticed something amiss in Meng Hongchen's gaze. As their grandfather, Jing Hongchen knew that his little granddaughter had fallen for someone.
Under ordinary circumstances, he might not have said anything, but if that person really was Tang San, then his granddaughter's behavior posed a problem.
Had he been inside that space, he would probably have already told his granddaughter to come to her senses.
But ultimately, he had not been selected. He could only remain on the Douluo Continent and wait for events to unfold.
It was not just Jing Hongchen. After hearing Xiao Hongchen's words, the great powers of the Douluo Continent with ten-thousand-year legacies and portraits of Tang San all brought out their treasured portraits to compare.
They discovered that Wang Dong did indeed bear some resemblance to Tang San. At once, all the great powers across the Douluo Continent boiled with excitement, as though they could already see the divine position falling into their hands.
They only hated that they could not enter the Sky Screen Space to answer the questions. If they could get inside, they would certainly never let the divine position slip through their fingers.
The only ones who truly knew the truth were the two in the Clear Sky Sect.
Both of them knew Wang Dong's true origins, and they also knew that she absolutely could not be Tang San.
Still, it was true that the connection between them was far from shallow.
Meanwhile, as soon as the two learned that Tang San was in that space, they began trying to contact the Divine Realm.
But no matter how they tried, they received not the slightest response from the Divine Realm, as though it had vanished into thin air.
"Big Brother, have you still not managed to contact the Divine Realm? Could the Sea God really be inside that space?"
Da Ming's brows were tightly knitted.
"I really can't reach it. This Sky Screen is extremely strange. No matter what method I use, nothing works."
"As for whether the Sea God is in that space, I don't know either. I can only hope he isn't. Otherwise, he'll truly be in danger."
Fear stirred in Er Ming's heart. If even the Sea God was inside that space, just how powerful was the Sky Screen?
At the same time, inside the space, Xiao Cai's voice rang out again.
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