Unfortunately, Nüwa Niangniang did not indulge Master Tongtian. Instead, she continued questioning Hong Ze on her own.
"At today's Profound Gate Three Sects Dao Discussion Assembly, were your Eldest Grand-Uncle and Second Grand-Uncle deliberately targeting your master?"
Hong Ze could only nod again.
"Were they doing this to prepare for the next Heaven and Earth Tribulation?"
Hong Ze still nodded.
"Do you know the key to the next tribulation?"
The moment Nüwa Niangniang asked this, even Master Tongtian became somewhat unsettled.
He even looked at Hong Ze with eager eyes, hoping that Hong Ze would continue nodding.
After all, even Saints could not peer into the River of Fate when they could not draw upon the laws of the Heavenly Dao.
Thus, the heavenly secrets Saints could deduce only extended a few thousand years into the future.
If it involved the next tribulation, even Saints did not dare deduce it lightly. Otherwise, they would inevitably suffer backlash from the Heavenly Dao.
In the end, Hong Ze did not disappoint Master Tongtian. He nodded once again.
This naturally delighted Nüwa Niangniang. You little rascal, you finally lost to me, didn't you?
At the same time, she said to Master Tongtian, "Senior Brother Tongtian, this is not actually my first time meeting Hong Ze.
"Twelve years ago, in the Hua Xu Tribe, I met Hong Ze once before. At the time, he was arranging for Mother Wu Dang to deliberately approach Hua Xu.
"Because I caught him red-handed, he told me some things about the River of Fate and the next tribulation. Otherwise, I would not have questioned him today."
Master Tongtian nodded and looked toward Hong Ze, his gaze seeming to carry a trace of reproach.
Hong Ze had long expected this outcome. Master Tongtian would certainly demand an explanation from