The other enshrined nodded in agreement. His surname was Tang, and he had been able to severely injure Qian Xunji. Apart from someone from the Clear Sky Sect, there was no one else it could be.
Tang Hao, who was traveling with his elder brother Tang Xiao, was utterly bewildered when he heard Tang Fan say on the sky screen that he had severely injured Qian Xunji.
"Hahaha, impressive, little brother! You actually severely injured the pope of Spirit Hall. That really brought great glory to our Clear Sky Sect!"
"Big brother, I have a feeling things aren't that simple. Why would I fight the pope of Spirit Hall?"
"That... I don't know. Let's hear what that kid on the sky screen has to say."
With Tang Fan, Bibi Dong swallowed. "I killed my teacher in Spirit City? How could the Great Enshrined possibly let me off?"
"You've hit the nail on the head. That's also a bug that many readers can't make sense of.
"Qian Daoliu couldn't possibly have been unaware that you killed Qian Xunji, yet he didn't do anything to you. He even helped you become pope.
"Some people guessed he feared the Rakshasa God behind you. Others said it was for Qian Renxue's sake-that he didn't want her to lose both her parents.
"Of course, those are all just guesses. The book never explained exactly what Qian Daoliu was thinking. After all, he was only a supporting character with limited page time."
On the Douluo Continent, Qian Daoliu himself fell into thought.
Why would he not kill Bibi Dong under those circumstances?
Was he afraid of the Rakshasa God behind her? Impossible. He was the Great Enshrined of the Angel God. Bibi Dong had already betrayed the Angel God, so he had all the more reason to kill her.
Doing it for Qian Renxue's sake made no sense either. If it really were for her sake, he had all the more reason to kill Bibi Dong, make Qian Renxue the pope, and come out of seclusion to help her govern.
Qian Xunji saw Qian Daoliu's grave expression and spoke up. "Father, you've noticed it too, haven't you? What Tang Fan on the sky screen said about the book doesn't match what we're thinking at all."
"Are you saying the man on the sky screen is making it all up?"
"No. There may be some hidden circumstances we don't know about that he hasn't mentioned."
Qian Daoliu nodded. "For now, we can only hope Bibi Dong's child can ask him for some more useful information."
In the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi let out a sigh.
"Alas... I never expected so many upheavals to occur in Spirit Hall in the future."
"Isn't that a good thing? Fengzhi, what are you sighing for?"
"Old Bones, have you gone stupid? Now that the sky screen has exposed the future, Spirit Hall will certainly do its best to prevent that future from coming to pass.
"That's good for Spirit Hall, but it can hardly be called good for us."
"Uncle Jian is right. This sky screen has brought too many variables. For the sake of the sect, we need to give this more thought."
Meanwhile, Tang Fan was in the mood to complain, so he went on to criticize Qian Daoliu.
"Do you know the stupidest, most incomprehensible thing Qian Daoliu ever did?"
"What was it?"
"He actually agreed to let Qian Renxue, who was still a child, go to the Heaven Dou Empire and replace its eldest prince, Xue Qinghe, to carry out some nation-stealing plan.
"That was stupidity beyond all bounds. Qian Renxue was the Angel God's successor, and she had god-given level 20 innate soul power the moment she awakened.
"As long as she cultivated step by step, she would have a chance to pass the divine trials and become a god before she turned thirty.
"After all, the Douluo Continent is a place where strength reigns supreme. Once she became a god, wouldn't unifying the continent be a matter of minutes?
"Yet Qian Daoliu wasted Qian Renxue's precious cultivation time just like that, sending her off to be a spy.
"Even if a donkey kicked you in the head, you couldn't do something that stupid."
Pfft! Bibi Dong couldn't help laughing out loud, then hurriedly clapped a hand over her mouth.
On the Douluo Continent, Qian Daoliu's face had turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
He absolutely refused to admit that he would do something so stupid. He was the Great Enshrined of the Angel God. How could he possibly allow her successor to leave his sight?
"Golden Crocodile, tell me, do I look like someone who would do that?"
"Big brother, don't listen to that kid's nonsense. How could you possibly do something that stupid?"
"So you think it's stupid too?"
"Uh..."
Elsewhere, Tang Chen, who was on his way to Sea God Island, burst out laughing.
"Hahaha... That old bastard Qian Daoliu had a younger descendant with such great talent, yet instead of protecting her, he actually sent her out to work undercover. What an absolute fool.
"It's just the Heaven Dou Empire. Why go to all that trouble? If I wanted to, I could easily put a different emperor on its throne."
Tang Chen wasn't boasting. As a level 99 Peerless Douluo, he could accomplish that with ease.
With Tang Fan, Bibi Dong even said a few words in Qian Daoliu's defense. "Perhaps the Great Enshrined had some other consideration."
"Whatever his considerations, the fact is that, as her grandfather, he sent his granddaughter away for nearly twenty years.
"Delaying the Angel God's successor's cultivation was disloyalty to the Angel God.
"Failing to care for his own granddaughter for twenty years was a lack of familial affection.
"Helping the Bibi Dong in the book become pope and bring disaster upon Spirit Hall was a lack of benevolence.
"I ask you, how could a man so disloyal, unaffectionate, and unbenevolent have the face to confront the Angel God he believes in?"
Hearing Tang Fan curse him like that, Qian Daoliu nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood.
He, Qian Daoliu, had acted carefully and cautiously all his life, with a clear conscience. How had he become a disloyal, unaffectionate, unbenevolent scoundrel in Tang Fan's telling? He absolutely refused to accept those accusations.
"Father, don't get worked up. That kid is talking about the man in the book, not you. Please put your mind at ease."
Qian Daoliu glared at Qian Xunji again. Tracing the matter back to its source, Qian Xunji was the reason Qian Daoliu in the book was being cursed by Tang Fan.
Tang Chen was laughing even more happily now.
"Hahaha, well said! I always said Qian Daoliu was no good, hahaha..."
But before long, he could no longer laugh.
Bibi Dong also thought Tang Fan had been too harsh, so she spoke up to change the subject.
"Right, you just said that it was because Tang Hao severely injured my teacher that the me in the book had a chance to kill him. Who is Tang Hao? Could he be related to that protagonist Tang San you mentioned earlier?"
"Clever! Tang Hao is the protagonist Tang San's biological father, and also the grandson of Tang Chen from the Clear Sky Sect."
"So he's from the Clear Sky Sect. Is he very powerful? How come I've never heard of him?"
"At this point, Tang Hao and Tang Xiao should have only recently begun their journey of training. They haven't made a name for themselves as the Clear Sky Twins yet."
"So Tang Hao is around my age?"
"You should be about the same age. He's only a few years older than you at most."
"Then how did he end up fighting my teacher? Could it be that Spirit Hall will go to war with the Clear Sky Sect in the future?"
"Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect do go to war, but you've got the order wrong. It was because of Qian Xunji's death that Spirit Hall launched a major attack on the Clear Sky Sect.
"And the reason Tang Hao clashed with Qian Xunji was entirely because of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, who was also the protagonist Tang San's biological mother."
"Huh?"
It wasn't just Bibi Dong. When the people of the Douluo Continent heard Tang Fan's last sentence, question marks popped up over all their heads too.