As Qian Renxing's words fell, the entire hall fell silent.
All the enshrined and all the elders felt the sacred meaning in His Highness the Holy Son's words, and the way they looked at him changed.
They no longer looked as though they were looking at an idiot, nor at a Holy Son, but at a true saint-sacred, far too sacred!!
"Ohhhhh, Your Highness the Holy Son, I will support you forever!!"
Tears streamed down Mighty Lion Douluo's face at those words. "Though ten million stand against me, I shall press on. The Holy Son's sacred words are too sacred..."
"Reproducing a billion copies of the sacred painting and spreading them throughout the world, making such a rare treasure known to everyone-this is simply the act of an idiot! But I support you, because sometimes people just have to act like idiots!!"
"Ohhhhh, Your Highness the Holy Son, we will support you forever too!!"
All the enshrined and elders cried out excitedly, their eyes brimming with hot tears.
Their gazes toward Qian Renxing held fervor and devotion, bearing their sincere faith. "We originally thought you were just an idiot, but only now do we realize how outrageously wrong we were. Our past selves were complete and utter idiots. You were the one who was right!"
"The sky shouldn't be blue, thunder shouldn't have echoes, dreams shouldn't be false, and people should face retribution after death! We shouldn't believe in this world at all!!"
Rumble!!
Surging presences poured from the bodies of the enshrined and elders.
Breakthroughs-breakthroughs again!
After listening to the Holy Son's sacred words, they had actually gained new insights again!!
"Wait, you've gained enlightenment again?"
Seeing the enshrined and elders gain new insights and make further breakthroughs, Qian Daoliu was dumbfounded.
He looked at the enshrined and elders in disbelief. "The sky is blue, thunder does have echoes, dreams are false, and there is no retribution after death at all. How have you stopped believing in even the world? Have you become idiots too?!!"
Yet when Qian Daoliu's perfectly normal words reached the ears of the enshrined and elders, it was simply as though they were hearing an idiot whisper.
"Big Brother, you wouldn't understand!"
Mighty Lion Douluo looked at Qian Daoliu in disappointment. "Admit it. You're an idiot. You haven't the slightest comprehension, because you can't grasp even a fraction of the sacred meaning in the Holy Son's words!!"
"That's right, Big Brother. You're simply an idiot, actually unable to comprehend the sacred meaning in the Holy Son's words!"
The other five enshrined also looked at their dear big brother Qian Daoliu in astonishment. "Don't you find His Highness the Holy Son's sacred words sacred? Can you truly not feel that sacred intent at all?!!"
"No, not at all! Where exactly are you getting this sacred meaning from?!"
Qian Daoliu lost his composure. "All of you, come to your senses! Look up at the sky. Isn't it blue? Could the dreams you have possibly be real? This world is real. Don't insult the entire world with your delusions!!"
"Grandpa, you really don't have the slightest comprehension~"
Qian Renxing shook his head and sighed. "How can you not know something even an idiot like me knows? Don't look with your eyes. Look with your heart. Open the eyes of your soul!!"
Hearing the Holy Son's words, the enshrined and elders all wore expressions of agreement. "That's right. You shouldn't look with your eyes or listen with your ears, but use your heart to comprehend that sacred meaning!!"
"The eyes of the soul? What are the eyes of the soul? Am I really an idiot?!"
Seeing the approving expressions on the enshrined and elders' faces, Qian Daoliu was utterly baffled. What nonsense were they talking about? Was there anyone normal left here?
How had he, a normal person mixed in with this bunch of idiots, ended up looking like the only idiot instead?!
In fact, Qian Daoliu wasn't the only one left baffled. Bibi Dong, the Pontiff, was equally bewildered as she listened to these elders and enshrined.
What did they mean, the sky wasn't blue? What did they mean, thunder had no echoes? What did they mean, dreams weren't false? What on earth was any of this?!!
But that didn't stop Bibi Dong from seizing the opportunity to announce the final result. "The six enshrined and five elders have each cast one vote in favor, and my three votes are also in favor. Only the Great Enshrined opposes, which means three votes against. Thus, the final result is fourteen votes to three. The resolution to 'reproduce a billion copies of the sacred painting and spread them throughout the world' passes!!"
"Wait, Pontiff, I'm the Master of the Elder Hall!!"
It was clearly already an utterly overwhelming victory, yet Qian Daoliu was still objecting?!!
At Qian Daoliu's words, the enshrined and elders were all astonished:
"What! Big Brother, do you still have something to say? The result is perfectly clear, isn't it? You've already lost. You're not planning to oppose it by force, are you?!"
"Great Enshrined, as the Master of the Elder Hall, are you going to oppose the decision all the elders and enshrined made at the elders' council?"
"Qian Daoliu, Xiao Xing is your grandson, after all. Are you really going to take things this far?!"
Bibi Dong frowned as well. Qian Daoliu was, after all, a rank ninety-nine Peerless Douluo. If he truly came to blows with them, even she would have to be wary.
"No, this result should be announced by me, as the Master of the Elder Hall..."
Qian Daoliu shook his head and sighed. Since the matter was already settled, was there any need for him to object?
Besides, no matter what, Xiao Xing was his own grandson!
It was only his century of unsullied reputation, his lifetime of illustrious renown, along with the Qian Family's reputation through the generations and the prestige Spirit Hall had accumulated over hundreds and thousands of years.
Were those more important than his own grandson Xiao Xing?!!
"I, Qian Daoliu, in my capacity as Master of the Elder Hall, hereby announce that the resolution to 'reproduce a billion copies of the sacred painting and spread them throughout the world' has passed the elders' council unanimously, with seventeen votes!!"
Qian Daoliu's solemn, dignified voice rang out through Spirit City, startling everyone within it.
Spirit City fell silent for an instant, then erupted the next moment as countless people in the city cheered and leaped for joy:
"It passed?! Wonderful! His Highness the Holy Son's sacred miracle should be seen by everyone in the world!!"
"I was once fortunate enough to witness His Highness the Holy Son strip his way to sainthood, leap into a pot of whale rubber, and stand firm without falling. That scene was too sacred! Everyone in the world should see it. Even a sacred painting containing only a fraction of its true meaning should surely allow the people of the world to be steeped in His Highness the Holy Son's sanctity!"
For a time, Spirit City was enveloped in its residents' cheers. They were overjoyed.
After all, having witnessed the sacred miracle with their own eyes, they had been utterly won over by the Holy Son and had come to believe in this young saint with all their hearts and souls.