"Hall Master, please calm your anger."
"It's not that we haven't been doing our best. The problem is that this person isn't in the Central Plains! For the past half month, we've worked day and night without rest, asking everyone we met. We found plenty of people surnamed Nalan, but not one named Nalan Yanran, much less anyone who broke off an engagement," Gu You said bitterly.
For the past half month, they had truly searched like madmen, turning the Central Plains upside down, but they simply could not find her.
Hun Miesheng would hear none of it. If he failed to carry out something the clan leader had personally ordered, he truly would not be far from death.
He immediately snapped, "Then keep looking! The rest of you go too. If you can't find her, kill yourselves!"
The oppressive might of a Five-Star Dou Sheng erupted, making everyone in the hall tremble.
Faced with the enraged Hun Miesheng, aside from the other Dou Shengs, none of the high-level Half-Saints or Peak Dou Zuns dared incur his wrath.
"Could it be that she simply isn't in the Central Plains?" In the utterly silent hall, the Great Heavenly Venerate slowly spoke, opening up a new line of thought for everyone.
"Right! If she isn't in the Central Plains, we won't find her even if we turn the place upside down!" Hun Miesheng's eyes lit up, and he shouted, "Yes! Send people at once. Notify the branch halls on the other continents and have them find her, whatever the cost! Southeast, northeast, southwest, northwest-wherever humans live, turn every last place upside down!"
The Jia Ma Empire.
Outside Qingshan Town.
Travel-worn from his journey, Xiao Han watched from several hundred meters away as mercenaries came and went, surrounding a slender, pretty woman as she strolled into town.
"Sure enough, that fellow Xiao Yan really does have a pretty good eye. That waist really is slender and delicate!" Xiao Han murmured, a faint smile appearing on his face.
He really had come to the right place.
That fellow Xiao Yan only flirted without ever taking a bite anyway. Rather than let Xiao Yi Xian watch him and Xiao Xun'er flaunt their love, he might as well let his fellow countryman reap the benefits. At least he would not waste fine food, would he?
"All right, I'll find an inn to stay in first, then look for a chance to slip into the Hunting Party."
The next day.
Xiao Yi Xian did not go out.
Xiao Han was not anxious at all. He was not the protagonist; how could staying a single night trigger a side quest?
He could take advantage of this time to practice the Early Earth Tier Dou Technique that came with the Lightning-Control Art: the Eight Forms of Raging Thunder.
Flashes of purple light rolled and churned in his palm.
Another day passed.
Xiao Yi Xian still did not go out.
Thinking it over, Xiao Han agreed that it made sense. Who would head straight back into the Magical Beast Mountain Range after just returning from gathering herbs? Even a Dou Zhe could not withstand such running around, much less Xiao Yi Xian, who was not even a Dou Zhe.
Xiao Han was in no hurry. He had plenty of time.
It was just that these past few days had made him miss the system a little. After he spent all his points, the rate at which his strength improved had dropped to freezing point. A full day and night had passed, yet he was still stuck at the One-Star Great Dou Master realm, without the slightest sign of breaking through to two stars.
"This sixth-grade Dou Di Bloodline isn't much good either."
"It's been two whole days, and there's still no sign of breaking through to Two-Star Great Dou Master." Xiao Han sighed.
Having enjoyed rocket-like cultivation speed only a few dozen days ago, he really found this hard to get used to.
"I wonder what it takes to open the Answering Space again. If I still have to be near the male and female leads, that will be a little troublesome."
Xiao Han murmured inwardly.
Several days later.
A gentle, delicate figure appeared at the street corner, and as she came within a hundred meters of Xiao Han-
"Ding, major supporting character Xiao Yi Xian detected. Battle Through the Heavens, Please Answer: round two begins."
"Randomly drawing upon the fortune of protagonists and supporting characters within the Jia Ma Empire to generate the Answering Space."
Xiao Han's eyes instantly lit up.
"It's here."
"So supporting characters can generate the Answering Space too. Coming to find Xiao Yi Xian really was the right choice."
At that moment, six beams of light descended from the sky within the space.
"The first participant in this round: Hun Tiandi."
"The second: Gu Yuan."
"The third: Zhu Kun."
"The fourth: Xiao Xuan."
"The fifth: the Nascent Pill."
"The sixth: Xiao Han."
It was precisely Xiao Han and the other five from last time.
But unlike last time, the voice did not merely ring out beside those six people's ears. At the same time, Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, and Nalan Yanran's vision blurred, allowing them to see into a space.
"Well, if it isn't Hun the bastard! We meet again!" The moment he landed, Xiao Xuan greeted Hun Tiandi with a broad smile.
He had thought he would never come in again. He had never expected this mysterious space to pull him back in after only a few days.
This truly was wonderful.
"Hahaha, answering questions is great! These questions need answering!" Zhu Kun was beaming too. He did not care much about the Emperor Grade Pill or Dou Di Bloodline, because they cost too many points, and he might not be able to exchange for them.
But a Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse only cost one point. He had swallowed the last one in two or three bites and was still savoring the memory. Fortunately, the space had pulled him back in. He swore that if he earned points this time, he would chew carefully and savor it slowly.
"Good morning, everyone." Xiao Han was rather polite. He nodded to everyone, then said nothing more.
The Nascent Pill was more casual. As a pill, points were not much use to him even if he had them, and he did not eat anything, so he began wandering around the space before things started.
The remaining two, Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan, looked rather grim.
One was a Mid-Stage Eight-Star Dou Sheng, the other an Early-Stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng. Neither had recovered his strength before being dragged back in. If they answered incorrectly again, they would truly be finished.
Thus, both wore dark expressions, and neither spoke.
"All participants have assembled. Candidates, please reach your designated locations within ten seconds. Failure to arrive within the allotted time will result in a percentage deduction from your cultivation."
Those who had experienced it once were no fools now, especially Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan. Thus, the moment the voice rang out, everyone followed the lines to their respective positions.
Xiao Han was no exception. He was a Da Dou Shi expert now. If he accidentally dropped to Dou Shi, it really would make his heart ache.
"All candidates are in position. Answering will now begin!"
"This round consists of five questions, all requiring answers."
"Candidates may answer using the buttons beneath their feet."
"A correct answer earns one point. An incorrect answer deducts one point."
"Those with zero points will be punished."
"Due to the greater difficulty of this round's questions, each person has one opportunity to eliminate an incorrect answer!"
"The three highest-scoring participants in this round will additionally receive rewards of their choosing, selecting in order from highest to lowest score."
As soon as the voice in the space fell silent, beams of light descended from the sky once more, filling the central area.
Among them were three gleaming golden items: the Azure Sky Dragon Transformation Art, the Great Wilderness Imprisoning Heaven Finger, and the Great Sun Thunder Body.
At the same time, information about the three items entered the six people's minds.
"Heaven-tier martial arts from another world?"
"Heaven-Tier Dou Techniques from another world?"
"Hiss!"
Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air.
These illustriously named cultivation arts once again confirmed that other worlds truly existed.
This made the Dou Shengs among them involuntarily think of one thing: why all the Dou Dis had disappeared.
Xiao Han was naturally no exception, because he had never imagined that this Answering System could even bring Martial Universe into this.
It won't bring people from Martial Universe in later too, will it? Xiao Han muttered inwardly.
Those inside the space were utterly shocked, and those outside were no exception.
Especially since some of them knew people inside the space.
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