"Was there... something wrong with what I said?"
Li Tianyang's heart suddenly lurched. He had no idea why the others had reacted that way.
"Nothing wrong. It just sounded... well... a little too familiar."
An Ke shook her head, signaling that Li Tianyang needn't be nervous, but the strange look in her eyes only deepened.
It was more than familiar. What Li Tianyang had said was exactly what Hu Jia had said during the first round. And the rebuttal that had just sprung to her mind was the same as in that first round, too.
For some reason, it brought certain things to mind.
"Kid, there's no way you'll find one. If that thing really existed, why would these Taoists go down the mountain?"
"Maybe you're looking for a god, only to turn around and find that god's become a ghost."
He Zheng sneered, thinking Li Tianyang was hopelessly naive. Fine, he'd thought the same thing during his first round, but after being chased by a so-called god, he'd sworn never to believe there were gods in the Examination again.
Ye Lin was the exception, of course. He believed anything Ye Lin said.
Li Tianyang was shaken and looked at He Zheng in surprise.
He hadn't expected He Zheng, who looked like nothing more than a brute, to think that far ahead. After hearing him out, he realized he'd fallen into a faulty line of reasoning.
Was everyone here this smart? Why did every one of them seem so capable...?
He instinctively glanced at Zhang Tie beside him, suddenly unable to stop himself from wondering whether that goofy smile was an act as well.
"Then where do we go?"
His confidence gone, Li Tianyang gave a bitter smile, only to find that no one answered. They simply followed Ye Lin,