As for why he had ruled himself out, first, he had never met Medusa, and second, his eldest and second brothers happened to be right on the edge of the Snake-People Desert.
Since the Answering Space had posed this question, it naturally could not be false.
Someone must have gotten Medusa pregnant.
At that moment, Xiao Yan's admiration for his eldest and second brothers reached its peak.
Beside a lake within the Snake-People royal court in the Snake-People Desert, Medusa saw that she would actually have a daughter in the future and swept her tail furiously.
"How dare they! How could I have a daughter with a human? And aside from the Heavenly Flame, everyone listed is surnamed Xiao. How could I possibly take a fancy to a human!"
Her purple snake tail instantly lashed out like a steel whip, snapping a nearby tree in two.
"Your Majesty." The tremendous commotion made Yue Mei, who was standing guard nearby, shudder.
"I'm fine. Withdraw for now. You're not needed here at the moment." Medusa took a deep breath, steadying her heaving bosom, and gave the order coolly.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Once all the guards had left, Medusa's beautiful face immediately fell.
The strength of the human race filled him with despair.
These two, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, were very likely experts above Dou Zong, perhaps even Dou Sheng.
Otherwise, how could they possibly make her future self submit?
She would rather die.
Only if she could not die even when she wanted to would she be forced to give birth to a child.
"Damn it, I'm still too weak..."
The Misty Cloud Sect.
Xiao Xun'er's and Nalan Yanran's expressions changed at the same time.
Oh no, Brother Xiao Yan's name is on the list again!
"Medusa? Could that be the Snake-People queen in the Snake-People Desert who has killed countless people?" Looking at Medusa's name in the question, Nalan Yanran grew secretly anxious. She was the young lady of a distinguished military family in the Jia Ma Empire.
She had heard her grandfather mention the name Medusa quite a few times.
Extraordinarily beautiful, ruthless, and decisive-those were her hallmarks.
Inside the space.
The minds of the five people other than Xiao Han raced as they stared fixedly at the options, scanning them back and forth.
This question offered a tremendous opportunity. A correct answer would earn them two points, enough to offset the penalties for two wrong answers.
But if they failed, the penalty would also be severe. A double penalty would be enough to drop their cultivation to Five-Star Dou Sheng.
"It must be Xiao Yan!" Hun Tiandi stared fixedly at the last option.
Since Xiao Yan was a future Dou Di, conquering a woman would be perfectly normal.
Not to mention that this girl was also surnamed Xiao.
He was completely certain that this girl was Xiao Yan's daughter.
So he chose D without hesitation.
Gu Yuan, however, hesitated a little. Aside from the Fallen Heart Flame, all three people listed in the question belonged to the Xiao Clan.
Xiao Ding was Xiao Yan's eldest brother.
Xiao Li was Xiao Yan's second brother.
Logically speaking, any of them could be Xiao Xiao's father.
But the Answering Space's previous two questions had already made it clear that Xiao Yan was a lecher.
So there was a strong chance that Xiao Yan was Xiao Xiao's biological father.
Yet he felt that something was off.
How could the Answering Space possibly pose such an easy question?
"Hahaha, what's difficult about this question? I think it's clearly a freebie. It has to be Xiao Yan, no doubt about it. At any rate, it can't be that blasted Heavenly Flame." Zhu Kun laughed three times and chose Xiao Yan without hesitation.
He knew the Fallen Heart Flame well. Before that old bastard Tuoshe had trapped him, he had been the one to throw that little flame out.
In just a thousand years or so, it could not possibly have taken human form.
He did not know the remaining two, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, either, so he might as well choose Xiao Yan directly.
"Brother Zhu Kun has a point!" Hearing Zhu Kun's analysis, Xiao Xuan, whose gaze had been lingering over the names of the Xiao Clan trio, nodded in agreement.
If it wasn't Xiao Yan, who else could it be?
Surely it couldn't be the Fallen Heart Flame.
Haha.
A bunch of idiots. The corners of the Nascent Pill's eyes twitched imperceptibly as he continued secretly watching Xiao Han.
After participating in the Answering Space twice, he had also figured out a few patterns. The more unlikely an option seemed, the more likely it was to be correct.
Rather than choose the same answer as them, he might as well take a gamble.
At worst, failure would mean dropping another two levels.
He could not get out anyway. Those damned Nihility Devouring Flame and Purifying Lotus Demon Flame had ignored him after escaping.
Rather than stay trapped in that wretched cave waiting to die, he might as well turn back into a pill.
Holy shit, they can even come up with a question like this.
Once the correct answer comes out, won't Xiao Yan and Medusa blow up if they see it? Xiao Han felt very strange about it.
He did not know whether Medusa could see it, but there was a fifty percent chance Xiao Yan would.
After all, activating the Answering Space siphoned off the protagonist's luck.
Still, complaints aside, he chose A.
There was no way he would pass up two points, especially since he was now a Five-Star Dou Ling expert.
It would hurt if he really dropped two stars.
The Ancient Realm.
"Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xiao Yan? Aren't those the three children of the family Xun'er went to? To think they would be presented as part of a question by this strange space!" The Gu Clan elders were dumbfounded.
As someone with the Gu Clan's divine-grade bloodline, as well as Gu Yuan's own daughter, Gu Xun'er naturally held one of the highest positions in the Ancient Realm.
Thus, Gu Yuan alone could not decide whether she stayed or left.
Back when she had been sent to the Xiao Clan as an undercover agent to seek an opportunity to find the Ancient Jade, half the elders had opposed it.
Their idea had been to wipe out the Xiao Clan outright, find the Ancient Jade, and be done with it.
But Gu Yuan would not allow it.
In the end, they had no choice but to send the exalted young lady of the Gu Clan to such a remote backwater in the northwest.
They had even specially sealed her bloodline for fear of frightening the Xiao Clan.
Otherwise, Gu Xun'er would have become a Dou Zhe at five, a Dou Wang at ten, and at least a Dou Zong upon reaching adulthood.
The Flame Realm.
"Three people surnamed Xiao? Could it be..." Yan Jin's expression shifted. Back when Xiao Xuan had died and the Xiao Realm had been destroyed, although the Xiao Clan's direct line had been wiped out, a few members of its collateral branches had escaped.
Especially that scene where the burly, bear-like man had spoken Xiao Yan's name with a certainty that matched Xiao Xuan's.
Yan Jin would stake his cultivation on it: the Xiao Clan definitely had a secret.
Inside the space.
"Countdown: 3, 2, 1."
The familiar voice jolted Gu Yuan. Not daring to hesitate any longer, he hurriedly chose D.
"Beep. The countdown has ended. Everyone has made their selection. Assessment in progress. Assessment complete."
"Xiao Han and the Nascent Pill answered correctly and receive two points."
"Hun Tiandi, Xiao Xuan, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun answered incorrectly and lose one point."
"Beep. Four participants have been detected with no points to deduct. A percentage of their cultivation will be deducted instead."
"How could it not be Xiao Yan?" Hun Tiandi looked utterly dazed.
His cultivation had now fallen to early Seven-Star Dou Saint. If he returned to the Soul Realm, he would not even be able to defeat the Four Demon Saints.
"Was I mistaken?" Gu Yuan was also somewhat bewildered.
Could Xiao Yan have changed his ways? Or had he wrongly blamed Xiao Yan?
Was Xiao Xiao's father one of the two brothers, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li?
Although Zhu Kun and Xiao Xuan were also somewhat bewildered, they were not as anxious as Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan.
After all, one of them had been dead for over a thousand years, and the other had been trapped for over a thousand years. Even having their peak cultivation was useless if they could not get out.
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