Nangong Lingyun's last sentence instantly made Tang San's barely-calmed emotions explode again.
His expression turned extremely anxious as he hurriedly explained:
"Xuan Tian Gong, Gui Ying Mizong, and Kong He Qin Long are all mine. I didn't steal them from Kaiyuan Academy."
Bing Qing Yu Jie absolutely hadn't expected Qin Feng to think this way.
Hearing such an absurd claim for the first time, his shock far outweighed his anger—his eyes widened dramatically.
But immediately after, an immense wave of grievance and fury surged up in his chest.
In his previous life, he had sacrificed his life for the Xuan Tian Bao Lu, forced to leap off a cliff and die—what did that have to do with Kaiyuan Academy?
Nangong Lingyun revealed a look of extreme disdain on his face.
"Not yours? You think that just because the Haotian Sect sealed itself off, no one can know what goes on inside?
Please, stop treating everyone like idiots.
The Haotian Sect's core bloodline began learning these three martial skills right after Tang Long and Tang Hu joined Kaiyuan Academy's genius training camp.
The content is nothing but a crude imitation of the training camp's courses, and the timing is separated by only a few days.
And you're telling me it's not? If this is a coincidence, then isn't it just a bit too coincidental?"
"I…"
Tang San was speechless, feeling like a lump of mud had fallen into his pants—no matter what he said, it couldn't be explained clearly.
Passing Xuan Tian Gong down, and sending someone into Kaiyuan Academy—these were part of the deal between him and his father; of course they happened around the same time.
And the technique was something Tang Hao himself learned first before passing it to his elder brother, who then taught it to other Haotian Sect disciples. So naturally, it lined up perfectly with Tang Long and Tang Hu joining Kaiyuan Academy.
But none of this could be said to Qin Feng.
In front of outsiders, until his strength officially surpassed Tang Hao, the relationship between father and son had to appear close and seamless.
Tang San took a deep breath, his fingernails digging tightly into his palms.
He forcefully suppressed his inner anger and anxiety, explaining once more:
"Feng-ge, whether you believe me or not, Xuan Tian Gong really has nothing to do with Kaiyuan Academy.
Gui Ying Mizong and Kong He Qin Long might indeed resemble some of their training.
But I also have Zi Ji Mo Tong and Xuan Yu Shou—even Nangong Lingyun absolutely doesn't know them. I can teach them all to you without holding anything back."
After serious consideration, Tang San was ready to offer his last trump card—his only usable bargaining chip.
Zi Ji Mo Tong could cultivate spiritual power and was crucial for breaking through to Titled Douluo level.
And once reaching the "Subtle Insight" realm, one could observe every movement of the opponent with microscopic clarity—essentially a vision plug-in for combat and soul battles. Its importance ranked just below the core internal art Xuan Tian Gong.
Xuan Yu Shou was also essential for cultivating and using hidden weapons, and even had partial offensive capability—equally important.
As long as there was any room to maneuver, he would never willingly trade away these things. But at this moment, he had no other choice.
Tang San had not planned to teach Zi Ji Mo Tong earlier, nor prepared any scrolls.
He could only explain the cultivation method orally, sentence by sentence.
Another half hour passed.
After Nangong Lingyun had asked about all details and uncertainties, and after the system verified both martial skills as correct, a satisfied smile finally appeared on his face.
"Methods for cultivating spiritual power are extremely rare. Zi Ji Mo Tong is indeed good.
Now you can speak. What is it that you want to know?"
Hearing this, Tang San exhaled deeply, a huge weight lifting from his heart.
After all the twists and sharp turns, they had finally reached the real topic.
He immediately followed his pre-planned script and described, in full detail and without omission, everything he had experienced during the Feixian Assessment—
Including how Lin Xian'er tortured him, how Tang Hao advised him, and how he coped during this period—nothing was hidden.
After finishing, Bing Qing Yu Jie looked at Nangong Lingyun with sparkling eyes, full of anticipation.
Tang Hao also secretly pricked up his ears.
He wanted to know—faced with such an awkward situation—what high-level insight Qin Feng could possibly offer.
During Tang San's entire recounting, Nangong Lingyun's brows stayed tightly furrowed.
By the end, he let out a long sigh, shaking his head as though speechless and disappointed.
"Tang San, do you know why the assessment's theme is 'United in Heart', and why the format is based on small teams…
But the final results and clearance standards are based purely on individual performance?
And also—clearly it's a team, so why is there such a strange setting like internal teammates paired into duos?"
"Why?"
"Because unity has two forms.
First: seven people working together and uniting mutually.
Second: six people uniting around a single leader.
The first requires complete trust.
Teammate pairings and splitting battle experience allow the strongest to carry the weaker ones—for example, support-type members or those who need to sacrifice for the team.
Without enough trust, who would do something so foolish?
The second, however, requires ruthless competition to filter out the alpha wolf, the core main force, the functional members who are barely useful in certain situations… and finally, the weakest deadweight.
Especially when the seven people don't know each other beforehand, this filtering becomes even more brutal.
Clearly, during your team's internal ranking, you exposed far too many weaknesses and were completely abandoned by your squad.
From personality, to conduct, to ability and strength—they believe spending any experience on you is a waste, and might even create instability."
Tang San's heart sank.
He deeply regretted acting pretentious during the first meeting, exposing his precious life-attribute, approaching Lin Xian'er too easily…
And worst of all, being stupid enough to trust an enemy—causing his teammates to never trust him again.
"Then in this situation… what exactly should I do?"
"You need to find a single strength or advantage within yourself, then settle down and wait quietly until you encounter an opportunity where you can perfectly display it.
And that opportunity isn't far.
In the second assessment, aside from the Escape-Kill Game, there is another crucial segment called the Demon-Hunt Trial Grounds.
If the Escape-Kill Game emphasizes combat, then the Demon-Hunt Trial Grounds will assess every aspect of a trial-taker.
Personality, wisdom, judgment, worldview, tolerance, willpower… even luck."
Right—there was still the Demon-Hunt Trial Grounds, whose rules were completely different from the Escape-Kill Game.
Nangong Lingyun's words made Tang San instantly overjoyed—his entire body trembled uncontrollably, face flushed, eyes shining.
To be honest, these words weren't much different from inspirational nonsense—they sounded reasonable, but actually executing them was extremely difficult.
But Tang San desperately wanted to change his current situation.
Even a single straw—he would cling to it with everything he had.
After the moment of joy, Bing Qing Yu Jie continued asking:
"Feng-ge, what exactly is the Demon-Hunt Trial Grounds like?"
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