"It really works!" Xiao Xuan's face lit up with delight.
He did not care whether the space had a consciousness, but transferable points were another matter entirely. After all, keeping the points was of little use to him, but if he gave them to his descendants, perhaps Xiao Yan could become an Emperor even sooner.
Gu Yuan, meanwhile, was brimming with excitement. Of everyone here, he alone was on good terms with Xiao Xuan. Who else would Xiao Xuan give the points to?
"Brother Xiao Xuan!" He looked at Xiao Xuan expectantly.
"Heh." Xiao Xuan gave Gu Yuan a meaningful smile. "Brother Gu, don't rush. There's still one question left."
"Right, right. No rush, no rush!"
"Question five!"
"In the world of Battle Through the Heavens, how did Xiao Zhan, the father of Flame Emperor Xiao Yan, become a Dou Huang expert?
"A, the Hun Clan's unstinting assistance; B, his own extraordinary talent; C, his son Xiao Yan's help; D, an explosive breakthrough after the Xiao Clan was exterminated.
"Please answer!"
"A mere Dou Emperor requires extraordinary talent?"
Hun Tiandi looked disdainful. He immediately used his option-elimination opportunity and learned that D was incorrect. Then he readily ruled out B as well.
"That leaves only A and C." A sharp gleam flashed through Hun Tiandi's eyes.
To him, the answer was already obvious.
His Hun Clan wanted nothing more than for every last member of the Xiao Clan to die. Why would they spare no effort to help this fellow called Xiao Zhan become some Dou Huang expert?
Besides, if the Hun Clan put in the effort, they could pile enough resources onto even a pig to make it a Dou Zun!
A mere Dou Emperor would be an embarrassment to his Hun Clan.
So, without hesitation, he pressed the button for his son Xiao Yan's help.
"My Xiao Clan was exterminated again?"
Xiao Xuan drew a deep breath and silently resolved that he had to let Xiao Han take the points out and give them to his Xiao Clan's descendants.
Judging from these questions, that old bastard Gu Yuan truly was unreliable.
He first ruled out an explosive breakthrough after the clan's extermination.
Having already died once, how could he not know whether such an explosive breakthrough was possible?
Back then, more than a dozen Dou Sheng from the Hun Clan had besieged him while he was suffering a backlash. He had fought with his very life, on the verge of kicking the bucket, yet had only taken a few unimportant old bastards from the Hun Clan down with him.
He had not even killed Hun Tiandi. An explosive breakthrough? Explosive, his ass.
Faced with the three remaining options, Xiao Xuan drew a deep breath, silently hoping the space's elimination opportunity would come through for him. He closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and eliminated the incorrect option of his son Xiao Yan's help.
Looking at A and B, Xiao Xuan smiled calmly and promptly chose extraordinary talent.
Gu Yuan knew far more about the situation than they did.
Xiao Zhan was a five-star Da Dou Shi in his forties. What extraordinary talent could he possibly have?
So he, too, immediately used his incorrect-option elimination to remove his son Xiao Yan's help, then stared blankly at the remaining options of the Hun Clan's assistance and an explosive breakthrough.
He did not believe in an explosive breakthrough either,
but he believed in the Hun Clan even less.
"Could it really be extraordinary talent? Isn't that bullshit?" Gu Yuan was torn.
Unlike those three and their anxiety over points,
among the remaining three, Zhu Kun had already resigned himself to his fate.
These damned multiple-choice questions clearly had no intention of letting them get the answers right.
Otherwise, why did they keep asking about trivial crap that he, the mighty Dragon Emperor, paid no attention to?
If they had just asked where Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion was, he would have soared long ago, all right?
Weary at heart, Zhu Kun closed his eyes and pressed a random button. He did not even look at what he had chosen. Whatever.
From this moment onward, he, Zhu Kun, was giving up.
As for the Nascent Pill, he had only ever been a bystander and had given up long ago.
Points did not matter to him. As a pill that had gained sentience, getting one point was useless. Surely he could not exchange it for a pill of an even lower tier than himself just to munch on?
"Ugh, what a mess. A perfectly good system-why pull all these ridiculous stunts?" Xiao Han sighed and silently pressed the option for the Hun Clan's assistance.
There was no way he would deliberately choose incorrectly when he knew the answer.
As for whether answering all five questions correctly would let those old fellows realize something, he could no longer worry about that.
With five points in hand, he could keep exchanging them for pills and Strange Lightning to improve his strength. As long as his strength increased, that was better than anything else.
"Countdown: three, two, one."
Hearing the countdown begin, Gu Yuan gritted his teeth and chose A.
"Beep. Countdown complete. Everyone has made their selection. Evaluating. Evaluation complete."
"Xiao Han, Zhu Kun, and Gu Yuan answered correctly and earn one point."
"Hun Tiandi, Xiao Xuan, and the Nascent Pill answered incorrectly and lose one point."
"Beep. Two participants have been detected with no points to deduct. A percentage of their cultivation will be deducted instead."
"What? The son doesn't help his own father?" Hun Tiandi was practically going mad.
"Hahaha! It actually was the Hun Clan's assistance. What are you humans playing at? Aren't you enemies?" Zhu Kun, who had earned another point, asked cheerfully.
"Brother Xiao Han, please help me deliver my remaining point to the Xiao Clan's descendants. I, Xiao Xuan, would be endlessly grateful. All the points I earn next time will be yours." Xiao Xuan paid no attention to why the answer was the Hun Clan's assistance, instead addressing Xiao Han urgently.
Xiao Han naturally would not refuse free points like these, because he, too, was a descendant of the Xiao Clan.
"No problem. Rest assured." Xiao Han nodded with a smile.
"Brother Xiao Xuan, you..." Gu Yuan looked utterly incredulous.
He truly had not expected Xiao Xuan to give the points to a hidden nine-star Dou Sheng rather than him.
Was he not afraid of bringing disaster upon the Xiao Clan?
Xiao Xuan ignored Gu Yuan's displeasure. Instead, he cupped his hands toward Xiao Han, his face full of entreaty.
"This quiz has concluded. The three participants with the highest points, please select your rewards."
"The Azure Sky Dragon Transformation Art! I want the Azure Sky Dragon Transformation Art!"
Xiao Han immediately selected the cultivation method.
Its defensive power was exceptional, and since the system provided it, it surely would not conflict with the Lightning-Control Art he cultivated.
"I choose the Great Wilderness Imprisoning Heaven Finger."
Xiao Xuan was the second to choose.
With the top two finished choosing, Zhu Kun could only smilingly accept the Great Sun Thunder Body.
"Participants will shortly be expelled from the space. You may call upon the space at any time to redeem your points."
"Space, may I ask whether this Dou Technique can be given away?" At the last second before leaving, Xiao Xuan hurriedly asked.
"Yes!"
Hearing that affirmative reply in his ears, Xiao Xuan slowly opened his eyes. He had returned to the Heavenly Tomb's space.
Only this time, his face bore a smile.
"Whew..."
After leaving the space, Xiao Han let out a breath.
His haul this time was quite good: a full five points.
Including the one point Xiao Xuan had given him, that made six points. He would have to plan carefully.
But the next second, Xiao Han's expression changed.
With a strange look on his face, he reached out and grabbed.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh."
Three books appeared in the void and fell into his palm,
They were the Azure Sky Dragon Transformation Art he had obtained, along with the Great Wilderness Imprisoning Heaven Finger and the Great Sun Thunder Body, gifts from Xiao Xuan and Zhu Kun respectively.
"Xiao Xuan is one thing, but what does Zhu Kun mean by this?" Xiao Han rubbed his chin.
A moment later, however, he smiled faintly. "Forget it. No point thinking about it. Accepting gifts ties your hands. At worst, when I become a Dou Wang and go find Zi Yan, I just won't spank her bottom for the time being."
He immediately began studying the cultivation method with delight.
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