Just as the boy was rejoicing, the previously silent Tang Ya sprang back to life. She looked at Huo Yuhao, patted the back of his head, and spoke excitedly.
"Yuhao, it's all right. We still have a chance. This was only the first question, and the reward was already so generous. The later rewards surely won't be any worse."
"As long as we answer all the remaining questions correctly, the rewards we receive will definitely let us fulfill our wishes."
Tang Ya was not just encouraging Huo Yuhao. She was encouraging herself, too.
Hearing those words, Huo Yuhao, who had still been somewhat quiet, immediately grew excited.
Although he had just used the same words to comfort Teacher Xiao Ya, they really worked when directed at him, too.
"All right, Teacher Xiao Ya. Let's do our best together. We still have a chance."
"Yes, let's do our best."
The two had already begun dreaming of the moment they received their rewards.
Across the Douluo Continent, those curious about what reward the boy had received were left dumbstruck when they heard Tang Ya mention innate full soul power.
Wasn't this reward far too extraordinary?
Even an ordinary person without soul power could gain innate full soul power, surpassing the vast majority of Soul Masters on the continent.
At the same time, this made them yearn for the Sky Screen even more, imagining themselves entering that space to answer questions and receive rewards.
Aside from the boy himself, no one was happier than his parents.
They lived in a small mountain village that did not have a single Soul Master. Now, hearing that their child could become one, they embraced each other and wept.
After so many years of hardship, they could finally see the day when they would rise above it all.
The most excited of all were the ordinary people across the Douluo Continent. Upon hearing Tang Ya say that the boy had gained innate full soul power, they erupted with excitement, as though they had glimpsed a path forward for themselves.
They desperately wished they could take his place and go up to the Sky Screen.
Bei Bei, who had originally remained wary of the Sky Screen, completely put his mind at ease upon seeing this reward.
He had feared that the Sky Screen would endanger Tang Ya and had tried to stop her from going there. Now that he had heard how generous its rewards were, he felt nothing but happiness for her.
He knew the hatred in Tang Ya's heart, and he knew how difficult it would be for her to take revenge with her talent. He was even more afraid that she would sink into hatred and lose herself.
If the Sky Screen could improve Tang Ya's talent, perhaps she would no longer have to live steeped in hatred.
"It's good to be young!"
Mu En sighed with a smile.
Hearing his great-great-grandfather's words, even Bei Bei felt his face grow warm.
Where there was excitement, there was naturally dissatisfaction as well.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was deeply disappointed by this reward. If all the later rewards were like this, wouldn't he lose his chance to kill Sea God Tang San with his own hands?
Tang San had naturally heard the commotion as well. To avoid exposing his identity, he moved closer despite having no interest in the reward.
Just as everyone on the Douluo Continent and within the space was caught up in their various emotions, the Sky Screen's voice rang out again.
[A sequence of images will now be shown. Please watch carefully.]
The seven-colored celestial light obscuring the Sky Screen dispersed once more. To everyone's surprise, however, what appeared this time was not a question, but a sequence of images.
The footage seemed to have been presented in response to everyone's earlier doubts about the answer.
At the beginning, a man appeared, running at tremendous speed, as though something behind him was pursuing him to kill him.
The man was fast, and his footwork was extremely unusual. Seeing those familiar steps, Tang Ya could not help blurting out.
"Isn't that our Tang Sect's Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track?!"
Hearing that it was connected to the Tang Sect, everyone seemed to realize something. However, no one questioned Tang Ya. Instead, they continued watching the footage unfold.
The only one whose expression differed slightly was Tang San, because he recognized where this scene had come from.
This was when the Tang Sect elders had pursued him to kill him in his previous life!
Seeing these images made him uneasy. This was a past he absolutely never wanted to mention, yet the Sky Screen was now showing it before so many people.
As the footage continued, everyone understood that this was indeed a pursuit to the death.
However, the footage had no sound, so they did not know why someone who knew the Tang Sect Secret Arts was being hunted.
As the footage progressed, they saw the man being pursued reach a cliff. He seemed to be preparing to jump.
Just as the man was about to leap, everyone saw him throw something from his hand.
When Tang Ya made out its appearance, another startled cry escaped her lips.
"Is that the Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus?"
Everyone was shaken by Tang Ya's words.
Although the Tang Sect had now fallen into complete decline, legends of the Tang Sect Hidden Weapons still circulated throughout the continent. They all understood what the Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus signified.
Their earlier suspicions grew even more certain.
Back in the footage, after throwing out the Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus, the man jumped off the cliff.
The death they had expected to see never appeared. Instead, a mass resembling a soul emerged.
Then that soul passed unconsciously through barrier after barrier, arriving somewhere before everything went pitch-black.
The footage did not end. After the darkness, a baby appeared. The baby opened his eyes, and the perspective shifted to his point of view.
Through the baby's eyes, everyone saw a middle-aged man. The nine soul rings surrounding him proclaimed his strength as a Titled Douluo.
After the perspective shifted to the baby's, everyone could finally hear sound as well.
"Tang Hao, our Spirit Hall came today for that hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor. Now that she has sacrificed herself to you, your life shall accompany her to the grave."
Tang Hao! The Spirit Hall!
Hearing those two names, everyone finally became certain that the Sky Screen was showing the origins of Tang San, the founding ancestor of the Tang Sect.
But it did not end there. Next came Tang Hao escaping with severe injuries, while of the Spirit Hall's two Titled Douluos, one died and the other was gravely wounded. The Supreme Pontiff was also gravely wounded.
The scene shifted again, and only a voice could be heard.
"From now on, your name will be Tang San."
Then the Sky Screen dimmed once more.
For a moment, Tang Ya was speechless.
If she had previously harbored doubts about the answer given by the Sky Screen, she now believed it completely.
So the founding ancestor of our Tang Sect went through something like this. As the current sect master, I only learned of it now.
The voices of doubt across the Douluo Continent also vanished completely after everyone watched this footage.
Those who studied history were ecstatic, preparing to record this piece of history in their books.
Tang San, however, felt his heart flutter with unease. How could this Sky Screen know so much about me? It won't expose everything that happened in my previous life next, will it?
He did not want these people to know that he had once stolen the Tang Sect's secret arts.
The image he had left behind on the Douluo Continent was one of towering greatness. If the Sky Screen revealed these things, wouldn't his reputation be utterly ruined?
Just as Tang San's heart trembled with unease, a voice broke the silence. It belonged to Meng Hongchen of the Sun Moon Empire.
"Weren't there two people who answered correctly? Why was there only one reward?"
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