"Xiao'er was wrong? How could that be?"
Jing Hongchen blurted out, his voice thick with doubt.
Xu Tianran, however, wore an expression of absolute confidence.
"As expected, Hall Master Jing, you've never considered this possibility. But please think it over carefully. Why couldn't it be possible?"
"Deep down, you know the answer. You were simply blinded by that divine position and never thought in this direction."
Jing Hongchen fell into thought.
"How could that be? If he isn't Tang San, why does he defend Tang San at every turn? He clearly isn't one of Tang San's people, nor does he have any connection to Tang San."
A single remark from Xu Tianran shattered these thoughts of Jing Hongchen's.
It was also remarkably similar to what Bei Bei had written earlier.
"Hall Master Jing, do you think the legendary Sea God Tang San is a fool?"
Jing Hongchen froze on the spot.
Was Tang San a fool? Of course not!
If he really were a fool, how could he have obtained a divine position?
At that thought, Jing Hongchen understood.
Since he wasn't a fool, he would never make it this obvious.
The boy his grandson had identified could never be Tang San.
Seeing Jing Hongchen's expression relax, Xu Tianran knew that he had understood what he meant.
"Since you've figured it out, Hall Master Jing, I won't stay any longer. Once the question on the Sky Screen is over, there'll be quite a show from the Holy Spirit Cult. We can't miss that."
Now that everything had become clear, Jing Hongchen relaxed completely. Hearing Xu Tianran's words, he even gave a mischievous smile.
Indeed, next they would get to watch the Holy Spirit Cult's little spectacle.
Earlier, when he heard that Wu Yun wanted to identify Tang San, he had been terribly anxious, thinking the man had stolen his grandson's divine position.
Now, he merely offered Wu Yun a silent condolence.
Not only would the man fail to obtain a divine position, he had now offended the Holy Spirit Cult and even incurred Shrek's bitter hatred.
Once this question was over, he would surely be kicked out of the Sky Screen Space. With both sides hunting him down, he would face ten deaths without a single chance of survival!
"Thank you very much, Your Highness. If not for you, I'm afraid I'd still be troubled by this."
"No, no, there's no need to thank me. With your intelligence, Hall Master Jing, you could have realized it long ago. You were simply blinded by the divine position."
"Besides, once that man makes his identification, the truth will come to light. I merely pointed it out to you a little earlier."
"Regardless, I must thank you for this, Your Highness. Once my grandson comes down from the Sky Screen, I'll ask him whether it has a way to cure your leg condition."
Xu Tianran did not refuse the offer. His leg condition had been the torment of his life.
"Then thank you, Hall Master Jing. I'll await the good news from your grandson."
With that, he left once more. He had come here specifically to do Jing Hongchen a favor.
After all, the Illustrious Virtue Hall would undoubtedly be crucial to his becoming ruler of the Sun Moon Empire.
But Jing Hongchen's final words had truly stirred his heart.
Surely this Sky Screen had a way to cure his leg condition?
On the Sky Screen.
"Teacher Xiao Ya, as the Tang Sect Leader, why don't you tell us which answer we should choose?"
Bei Bei posed the question to Tang Ya with a teasing air.
Huo Yuhao also looked at her curiously, clearly eager to see what his Teacher Xiao Ya would choose.
Hearing this, Tang Ya stepped forward without hesitation.
"All right, let me analyze which answer we should choose."
"I guarantee I won't get it wrong this time. If I do, Bei Bei will eat poop."
"Hey, my dear Sect Leader, if you're the one who gets it wrong, why should I have to eat that stuff?"
Hearing those familiar words, Huo Yuhao remembered something, and a mischievous smile appeared on his face.
"Teacher Xiao Ya said earlier that if we got the last question wrong, Eldest Senior Brother would have to eat poop. Now that he's here, how should we make him eat it?"
Bei Bei stared at Huo Yuhao in disbelief, his words full of doubt.
"Junior Brother, you've picked up bad habits from your Teacher Xiao Ya, haven't you? You actually dare to make fun of your eldest senior brother? Shall I check how strong you've become?"
With that, Bei Bei adopted a posture as though he were about to teach someone a lesson and reached for Huo Yuhao.
Before Huo Yuhao could dodge, Tang Ya had already appeared in front of him.
"You rotten Bei Bei, what do you think you're doing? You actually dare to bully your junior brother? Do you have any respect for me as the Tang Sect Leader?"
Seeing that someone had his back, Huo Yuhao poked his head out and made a face at Bei Bei.
Seeing that his junior brother had thoroughly picked up bad habits, Bei Bei bristled with anger.
"Sect Leader, I've been wronged! Junior Brother brought this on himself!"
"How is this Junior Brother's fault? I really did say that earlier, and I even cost him his reward."
"So, in the name of the Sect Leader, I order you to fulfill my wager once we get out. Otherwise, I won't speak to you anymore."
Faced with his sect leader wielding a chicken feather like a command arrow, Bei Bei had no power to resist. What he feared most was Tang Ya refusing to speak to him.
But at the thought of that stuff, he still decided to put up a little resistance.
"Fine, but could I eat something else instead?"
"How about grilled fish? I'll grill it for everyone myself."
Huo Yuhao spoke up, rescuing Bei Bei from deep waters and scorching flames.
Thinking of her junior brother's grilled fish, Tang Ya couldn't help swallowing.
"In that case, I'll let you off this time. But I want some grilled fish too."
"All right, Teacher Xiao Ya. Everyone can eat their fill then. Now, hurry and analyze which answer we should choose."
Seeing his junior brother come to his rescue, Bei Bei felt deeply gratified.
It seemed his junior brother was still the same junior brother as before and hadn't picked up bad habits too quickly.
The thought of grilled fish invigorated Tang Ya.
"All right, I'll analyze which answer we should choose."
"First, let's look at the first option."
"The first option says that our Tang Sect Secret Arts were taught to our ancestor by the Otherworld Tang Sect. After crossing over to the Douluo Continent, our ancestor taught them to the members of the Tang Sect and brought them to flourish on the Douluo Continent."
"I think this option is very likely."
"The ancestral sayings passed down in the Tang Sect mention that our ancestor always spoke of making the Tang Sect flourish on the Douluo Continent."
"At first, the sect's members thought our ancestor spoke of making it flourish because he had obtained his Tang Sect Secret Arts from some ruins on the Douluo Continent as a child."
"And to repay that debt of gratitude, our ancestor decided to bring the Tang Sect Secret Arts to flourish."
"This theory circulated within the sect for a long time. Now, it seems it was definitely wrong, because the previous question already proved that our ancestor crossed over from another world."
"In short, I think this is definitely the most likely option. But I'll analyze the other options too, to verify my thinking."
Tang Ya revealed her preferred choice right at the start, but her analysis did not end there.
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