In this chapter, several people shared the same opinion as Lin Yu, including Bibi Dong from the Spirit Hall, Ning Fengzhi from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, and Dai Tianfeng from the Star Luo Imperial Family. However, their reasoning differed from Lin Yu's. Unlike him, they weren't aware that in the timeline of the "Peerless Tang Sect," no Jade Phosphor Serpent Spirit Masters appeared.
Their conclusion that the Jade Phosphor family would face destruction came from something Lin Yu revealed during a previous livestream. When exposing Tang San, Lin Yu mentioned that four great clans followed Tang San, only to meet their downfall. Considering Tang San's typically hypocritical and despicable character, which Lin Yu always pointed out, they assumed the Jade Phosphor family would share the same fate as the four great clans.
Others also believed that the Jade Phosphor family would decline, reasoning that no family remains powerful forever. Even if they soared to great heights by aligning themselves with Tang San, the future Sea God, and Asura God, past live streams had already hinted at the downfall of the Tang Sect, as Tang Ya had stated in a broadcast featuring Huo Yuhao.
Given that even the Tang Sect would not survive long-term, it was inevitable that the Jade Phosphor family would also perish. This is a common fate for many spirit families.
Since the question wasn't particularly difficult, the virtual screen quickly filled with answers.
Lin Yu's name naturally appeared first. Following him were individuals from the Spirit Hall, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, the Star Luo and Heaven Dou imperial families, various spirit families, free spirit masters, nobles, and even commoners.
Notably, Bibi Dong, Ning Fengzhi, and Dai Tianfeng didn't answer the question themselves. The reason was simple: the rewards for this livestream were tangible, exchangeable items. It didn't matter who answered the question correctly, as long as it was someone from their forces. If the answer was right, the reward could be handed over to their faction; if wrong, no punishment would fall upon them.
In the blink of an eye, all ten slots for the quickest answers were filled. The livestream began verifying whether the answers from the first ten people were correct.
Soon, the results were in.
With a line of blood-red text appearing before everyone's eyes, the cold voice of the system echoed in their ears:
[Notification: Lin Yu's answer: "In the livestream, the Jade Phosphor family was ultimately destroyed." Correct answer!]
[Reward: A book of mysterious elixirs, distributed!]
[Notification: Spirit Hall's Lin Feng's answer: "In the livestream, the Jade Phosphor family was ultimately destroyed." Correct answer!]
[Reward: A random immortal herb, distributed!]
[Notification: Star Luo Empire's Dai Ao Xuan's answer: "In the live stream, the Jade Phosphor family was ultimately destroyed." Correct answer!]
[Reward: A bottle of Hundred Herb Elixir, distributed!]
As the system finished announcing the top three correct answers and their rewards, many others who had answered "The Jade Phosphor family would decline" were left in disbelief.
"How is that possible? How could the Jade Phosphor family be destroyed?"
They couldn't fathom how this could happen. After all, Dugu Bo had helped Tang San so much and eventually joined Tang San's forces. With Tang San's future ascension to Sea God and Asura God, surely the Jade Phosphor family would thrive!
Even if centuries passed, and time changed everything, at most, the Jade Phosphor family should have shared the Tang Sect's decline — but not destruction! The Jade Phosphor Serpent Spirit is a top-tier spirit, and a family with such a powerful spirit should never face annihilation!
However, these were mostly sentiments from ordinary spirit families or families that had little knowledge of the Jade Phosphor family. Those familiar with the family understood that the poison afflicting Dugu Bo was not unique to him alone.
This hereditary poison affected every member of the Jade Phosphor family, slowly diminishing their numbers with each generation. If no solution could be found, extinction was inevitable.
Many people mistakenly believed that the poison only afflicted Dugu Bo. Based on the livestream's clips, they thought Tang San had cured Dugu Bo's poison, and thus the family's future was secure.
But this assumption was gravely mistaken!
After the system finished announcing the top three and their rewards, it immediately moved on to punishing those in the top ten who had answered incorrectly.
Meanwhile, Dugu Bo found it hard to believe the news.
[Dugu Bo (in disbelief): No! It can't be! How could my family be destroyed in the future?]
In the live stream, Dugu Bo had seen how he had become friends with Tang San, even helping him multiple times. Ultimately, he even joined Tang San's Tang Sect.
Tang San appeared to be a good person. With his insight, how could he have judged someone so wrongly? Tang San knew how to help the Jade Phosphor family overcome the Jade Phosphor poison. He should have been able to help the family solve this problem, right? So how could the Jade Phosphor family face extinction?
Seeing Dugu Bo's disbelief on the screen, Lin Yu shook his head.
[Lin Yu (sighs): @Dugu Bo, isn't this obvious? In the future shown in the livestream, although you brought the Jade Phosphor family into Tang San's camp, he never truly considered you one of his own.]
[That's why he never taught your family how to cure the Jade Phosphor poison, at least not in a way you could solve it yourselves.]
[I've said it before: Tang San is a hypocritical, selfish person. It's no surprise he didn't help you. Did you expect to gain any benefits from him?]
I…
Reading Lin Yu's words, Dugu Bo's face turned grim.
Could it be that he had truly misjudged Tang San in the livestream?
Meanwhile, at the Strength Clan's camp…
Seeing Lin Yu once again "smearing" his name, Tang San's rage boiled over.
Why did Lin Yu hate him so much? First, he ruined his family, making his mother disowned him and eventually tearing their family apart. And now, this guy dared to call him hypocritical and despicable!
In his previous life, Tang San had been a chivalrous man of the martial world, always repaying kindness and fighting for justice. How could the Jade Phosphor family's destruction have anything to do with him?
In the world of Douluo Dalu, it's survival of the fittest. If the Jade Phosphor family perished, it was their fault. Perhaps they left the Tang Sect, leading to their demise.
Whatever the case, it had absolutely nothing to do with him!
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