"Oh!"
The Yellow Calico Cat muttered as if suddenly enlightened, "So that's how it is..."
"What?" Zheng Qing looked at the cat.
"Didn't you say earlier that there were the words 'very tasty' in the Universe Ascends Through Tribulation Response Exam?"
The cat did not hold a grudge over having been fooled earlier. At this moment, delighted that it had solved the "mystery on the plate" in Zheng Qing's memo, it eagerly showed off. "I originally thought it meant that Big Octopus was very tasty... But after taking a look just now, I didn't have much appetite... If even I have no appetite, then let alone you lot. If everyone thinks it doesn't taste good, then naturally the three words 'very tasty' wouldn't remain..."
"Except for the world." Professor Yao nodded almost imperceptibly and unhurriedly added a remark.
"I wasn't finished!"
The Flower Cat glared irritably at the headmaster of Jiu You Academy. Its tail snapped against the space behind it, lashing the void into ripples, while it sped up its speech. "Now I understand. When you wrote 'very tasty' in the 'Strategy Examination,' it didn't mean that you thought it tasted good, nor that I thought it tasted good. It meant that the Xuanhuang Small World 'ate' Big Octopus, and the Xuanhuang Small World thought it was very tasty!"
It raised its chin slightly and looked at Zheng Qing.
It wore a reserved expression.
Zheng Qing immediately put on an expression of sudden enlightenment.
"—So that's how it is!"
He praised it loudly. Though there was a hint of playing along in his tone, the Yellow Calico Cat's explanation was indeed very reasonable, and he almost instantly realized that this might be what those three words had truly meant.
After a pause.
He was about to continue, asking whether