The Second Question Officially Begins

Lin Yang had long been prepared for the next question. He turned to Xiao Xiao beside him and asked.

"Xiao Xiao, what do you think the Sky Screen will ask for the second question?"

"How would I know? I'm not the one setting the questions."

With the appearance of the Sky Screen, Shrek Academy had suspended classes, so Xiao Xiao had time to spend with Lin Yang.

"Just take a guess. It won't take much time. What if you get it right?"

Hearing this, Xiao Xiao actually began to give it serious thought. After a few minutes, she offered her guess.

"I think this question will be about what we discussed a few days ago: where the Tang Sect's secret arts came from."

Xiao Xiao was simply guessing blindly, but by coincidence, she really had guessed correctly. That was precisely the question Lin Yang had prepared.

No sooner had she finished speaking than the Sky Screen's voice rang out above the Douluo Continent once again.

[Question two: Where did Tang San's Tang Sect Secret Arts come from?]

[1. The Tang Sect in another world taught them to him. After crossing between worlds to the Douluo Continent, Tang San carried them forward and made them flourish.]

[2. He created them in another world. After crossing over to the Douluo Continent, he taught them to his disciple Jixiang on his way to Sea God Island.]

[3. After falling off a cliff in another world, he found a cave and obtained them by chance. They turned out to be another sect's secret arts, and once he was discovered, he was hunted down.]

[4. As an outer sect disciple, he was forbidden from learning the sect's inner sect secret arts, so he found a way to steal them and was hunted down by the sect.]

[You have 10 minutes to answer. The countdown begins now.]

Since the previous question had already given away some of the truth, Lin Yang could only introduce obstacles through the answer choices.

Even so, Lin Yang believed plenty of people would choose incorrectly. After all, Tang San still had quite a good reputation on the Douluo Continent.

Hearing the question from the Sky Screen, Xiao Xiao turned to Lin Yang in disbelief, astonishment written all over her face. Her expression seemed to say, I actually guessed right?!

As the Sky Screen's voice faded, the hourglass turned over again, and sheets of colored paper once more landed in everyone's hands.

Grains of fine sand began to fall, marking the official start of the answering period.

In an instant, everyone sank into thought.

All four choices seemed to have their own logic. In terms of difficulty, this question actually surpassed the first.

The answer to the first question had already been recorded in the Douluo Continent's history books. Anyone who trusted history completely would certainly have answered correctly.

But no one knew the answer to the second question. They could only rely on their guesses and luck.

Naturally, the difficulty soared when a question depended entirely on luck.

The only reason so many people had answered the first question incorrectly was that the answer was too outrageous. Even those who suspected it had not dared to choose it.

Outwardly, Tang San furrowed his brow as he gazed at the choices in the sky, seemingly deep in thought.

In reality, he was staring at those choices, wanting to cry but unable to shed a tear.

He knew that once the answer was revealed, the reputation he had spent years cultivating on the Douluo Continent would be utterly ruined.

He had cherished his feathers for so many years on the Douluo Continent. The image he had left behind had been one of grandeur, righteousness, and virtue.

Yet because of this quiz, not only might his life be in danger, but his image would be completely destroyed as well.

At the thought, Tang San could not help blaming those stubborn old fossils of the Tang Sect.

Why did those old fossils have to cling so desperately to those antiquated rules?

Why wouldn't they teach me the Tang Sect Secret Arts? Why insist on passing them down to the inner sect's direct bloodline descendants when I was clearly better than them?

Those Tang Sect Secret Arts should have belonged to me in the first place!

Tang San had never regretted stealing the secret arts. He only regretted letting the sect elders discover a flaw in his cover.

And this damned Sky Screen-is it deliberately trying to make an enemy of me?

The Illustrious Virtue Hall, Sun Moon Empire, Douluo Continent.

At that moment, Jing Hongchen was watching his two grandchildren's every move intently, barely paying attention to the question on the Sky Screen.

Compared with the rewards for answering correctly, he cared far more about the Divine Position he could obtain by finding Tang San.

Unfortunately, he noticed that neither of his grandchildren seemed to be taking any steps to identify him.

The sight left him feeling as though a hundred claws were scratching at his heart. Just as his impatience was mounting, a voice rang out from beyond the garden.

"Hall Master, His Highness the Crown Prince wishes to discuss an important matter with you."

"No need to announce me. Hall Master Jing, I've come in myself. I hope I'm not disturbing you?"

A smiling young man in a purple-and-gold robe embroidered with dragons pushed open the door and entered.

The young man sat in a wheelchair, his motionless legs covered by a thick blanket.

He was Xu Tianran, the current crown prince of the Sun Moon Empire.

Watching Xu Tianran enter uninvited, Jing Hongchen looked somewhat surprised.

His Highness actually pushed the door open and came straight in. Has his temperament changed?

Despite these thoughts, he still put a smile on his face.

"Not at all, not at all. Your Highness's presence truly brings radiance to our humble Illustrious Virtue Hall."

"You're too kind, Hall Master Jing. You are a pillar of the nation, and the Illustrious Virtue Hall is its foundation. It was truly improper of me to arrive unannounced."

"Your Highness, you're too polite. No matter when, the Illustrious Virtue Hall will always be the Sun Moon Empire's Illustrious Virtue Hall."

"That is true, of course. But I wonder when the Illustrious Virtue Hall might become this crown prince's Illustrious Virtue Hall?"

Jing Hongchen's heart jolted. Why was the crown prince making no attempt to conceal his intentions today, even saying something like that outright?

Xu Tianran watched Jing Hongchen with a broad smile, seemingly waiting to hear his answer.

Jing Hongchen did not respond. He knew Xu Tianran was testing him.

There had been countless such probes before, but none had been this blatant.

"May I ask what brings Your Highness to see your subject today?"

Hearing Jing Hongchen deliberately change the subject, Xu Tianran did not grow angry.

"I came to see you today because of the Sky Screen. I imagine you are quite concerned about it as well, Hall Master Jing?"

"Indeed. At present, there is probably no one on the entire Douluo Continent who isn't concerned about the Sky Screen, is there?"

Jing Hongchen could not quite understand why Xu Tianran had brought this up.

Has he come to watch me seethe in frustration? After all, everything my grandchildren said has already spread. There's no way the crown prince hasn't heard.

Xu Tianran moved closer to Jing Hongchen.

"I know you are still troubled over your two grandchildren, Hall Master Jing. I came here precisely to resolve your troubles."

Hearing this, Jing Hongchen grew interested.

"Oh? What could Your Highness possibly do about the Sky Screen?"

"It isn't that your subject underestimates Your Highness, but the power possessed by the Sky Screen is something even our entire Sun Moon Empire cannot alter in the slightest."

"I truly cannot imagine what solution Your Highness might have."

Xu Tianran smiled, taking none of Jing Hongchen's words to heart.

"Of course I cannot change any decision the Sky Screen makes. But I can change your perspective, Hall Master Jing, so you needn't be so troubled."

"Does Your Highness know what is troubling me?" Jing Hongchen countered.

"Who on the entire Douluo Continent doesn't know what troubles you now, Hall Master Jing? You're simply worried about your grandchildren identifying Tang San."

"Watching a Divine Position slip through your fingers when it was almost within your grasp-surely even you couldn't remain untroubled, Hall Master Jing?"

Jing Hongchen's expression darkened.

"If Your Highness has come here to mock me, then please leave. I still have important matters to attend to."

"No, no, no. How could I have come here to mock you, Hall Master Jing? I've clearly come to clear up your confusion."

"If I told you that your grandchild's guess was wrong, would you believe me?"